Reply #9: I've been thinking the same way, alot, recently...EXCEPT [View All]

For quite some time now I have been really angry with myself...why didn't I get out in streets and RIOT when the supreme court did not allow the vote to be COUNTED??? How did I EVER allow myself to be so "sophisticated" as to just "take it in stride"? When did I start thinking our democracy was like a sports team, "We'll get 'em next time?"

I believe that the large media outlets (radio included) have really damaged our democracy. The FCC, under Michael Powell has contributed greatly too.

I've been thinking that one of the things that really upsets corporate America is a public outcry/boycott -- it certainly worked with CBS and the Reagan movie! Corporate America is really very fickle.

I also am thinking that we need to support each other more (financially). Kucinich is my choice for President; he stands almost no chance at the Democratic convention and, in the interest of defeating bush (if we are really still having elections), I certainly plan to do everything I can for the after the convention for **ANYONE** However, we need to FINANCIALLY encourage people to run this race on our behalf.

I am not a "trust fund baby" ;( so...I've been "thinking"

What if, NOW, we turn off the cable/satellite subscriptions? what if we THEN use that "saved" money to support those candidates with $10 a MONTH that really need our financial "encouragement"? What if we were to send ANOTHER $10 a MONTH to a striking union or other ACTIVIST organization? Then, what if we sent $10 a month to a FOOD BANK or CHARITY? That would mean, for me, a SAVINGS of $20 a MONTH ($240 the YEAR) and a $120 political contribution, a $120 ACTIVIST contribution AND a $120 charitable contribution!

I would NOT be watching re-runs on the subscription TV; I would not be subjecting myself to more "brainwashing"; I would not be supporting multi-national corporate advertisers; I WOULD be SUPPORTING, for me, IN A BIG WAY, my political candidate; I WOULD be writing to my "news" channels that I was cancelling them as they have a problem with presenting "fact" based news, and are "yellow journalists" at their worst; I WOULD be writing letters to my favorite subscription "regular" shows and explaining to them that since I PAY to watch them, I expect MORE from them than constant RE-RUNS; I WOULD be writing to the ADVERTISERS and telling them I cancelled because they insist on supporting "propoganda" as opposed to "news", that I expect them to "vote with their dollar" for DEMOCRACY and not their own political agenda; I WOULD be writing to my congressmen that I am cancelling in the interest of democracy. SECOND MOST importantly, I would have TIME ... to devote to PEOPLE ... to connect ...

If just hard core DEMOCRATS were to cancel their subscription TV and send the savings on, I think we could actually DO something. Certainly we could ENERGIZE our political candidates!