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Heart is not happy with Sarah Palin
Newser explains that Heart is not happy with the GOP’s use of Barracuda.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Maybe, just maybe, if X amount of Heart fans can get their act together, joining together in a campaign that appreciates and celebrates this irony, Heart can commit to doing a Democratic fundraiser in retaliation.
Reconsidering an “R” rating
Over at Shaping Youth, Amy Jussel takes a look at the documentary America the Beautiful and suggests the MPAA’s rating system needs an R-rating itself - An R for reform.
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While Jussel mentions the reform of the rating system in passing, her point that R-rated imagery is sometimes more present on TV than it is in movies lends itself well to a potential campaign devised by those frustrated with the ratings system. Perhaps those who feel strongly about reorienting the ratings system could persuade the MPAA to open the dialog by bringing X amount of people to the campaign, and then electing a few representatives from within that group to bring forward a list of ratings-related concerns.
Fans can make demands for Ghostbusters 3
It looks like writers from The Office will be taking on Ghostbusters 3.
SUGGESTED ACTION
The Ghostbusters franchise is near and dear to the hearts of many film geeks and comedy fans. Rather than going to disparate message and comment boards all over the web, ranting about what should and should not go into the new movie, fans could come together under the banner of one campaign, put out on the table some of the things they can agree would make them movie awesome and not-awesome, and make that document unavoidable to the team in charge of the script.
Crowd-sourcing collective lawsuits against airlines
The Consumerist reports that a man sued Delta Airlines in small claims court over a bogus weather cancellation. The man won.
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Concerned air-travelers should get together and raise enough money to finance a lawsuit of this kind against every major airline in order to convey an enough-is-enough message.
Create a video game about Creation
The New York Times reports that Will Wright, the brain behind SimCity and The Sims, is about to release Spore, a cute video game about the evolutionary process.
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Creationists who oppose the validity of the theory of evolution might consider raising enough seed money to start the production of a game that focuses on Creation.
Small media and the confrontation of forceful censorship in St. Paul
Stop Big Media writes: “[Local officials in St. Paul] think freedom of the press only extends to their allies in mainstream media. For the rest of us, practicing journalism is a crime.” They go on to list incidents in which small, independent media was targeted by authorities.
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Concerned members of the small/new press might consider starting a campaign that brings X amount of folks together to formulate a letter campaign to the local and national press, produce an Internet video campaign that displays the injustice, or even stage a demonstration inside the mayors office that demands an explanation of the treatment (ala Amy Goodman).
House parties for Obama and Palin
The Wall Street Journal points out that Sarah Palin’s speech to the Republican Convention raised $1 million for McCain and $8 million for Obama.
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Further energy against Palin could ultimately go into house parties targeted towards more pro-Obama fundraising. House parties are easy to organize on a when X people show interest, we’ll schedule a party model. The party, of course, doesn’t have to be pro-Obama. A series of we’re can do better than a million pro-Palin house parties would be equally as effective.
Bringing the environment to the children
The Irish Times makes note that children are the key to protecting the environment, as educating them will create in them the initiative to keep it protected. “A basic knowledge of the need to reduce emissions and conserve diminishing resources will not suffice. We must be practical in generating awareness,” says the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan.
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Parents concerned with the environment and the idea that they’re children are not getting enough education behind it might consider paying for the creation of an extra-curricular, after school class on the subject. They can also fund-raise to hire a teacher if no one in the group fancies themselves qualified.
Grassroots Palin v. The Noonan Establishment
The Next Right suggests that Palin is an anti-establishment, grassroots figure for the Republican Party.
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Those energized by Palin in this way might consider starting a campaign that shows their support for Palin - the new grass roots - by getting behind funding a print ad in competitive electoral districts that highlights this caught-on-mic by Republican establishment figures Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan.
Rally for teen poverty education
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle suggests that poverty, not sex ed, is responsible for teen pregnancy. It suggests, “The more we fight about teen pregnancy, the less we’ll focus upon teen poverty. And that’s bad news for all of us.”
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If this is the case, perhaps, then, liberals and conservatives can come together and fund or rally for a high school class that brings awareness to this and other issues related to teenage poverty.
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