Newbie to this Forum...Trying to start letter writing campaign..

[itzamirakul]

A couple of posters and I have been talking about trying to start a letter writing campaign to the media to refute some of the wild lies and fantasies being bandied about by their newscasters and pundits.

Skinner referred me to the Research Forum for a permanent list of media contact addys and also okayed the campaign.

Then I read another post that mentioned this Forum which I hadn't been aware of before .

I am sure that other activities of this kind have been done and I wonder if anyone would share their experiences with us.

Also, does this letter writing campaign sound like something that the posters to this Forum would be interested in participating in?

I understand that the Republicans have over 6000 letter writers who send off short, complaining letters to the networks and cable stations whenever they see/hear something that displeases them. I am hoing that we can build a group of that size also.

If we post short letters that can be copied, cut and pasted on email forms and sent off en masse, they will HAVE to give us some attention.

I sure would love to have the input of those folks who have been a part of this activist board for awhile..

Thanks..........

[4bucksagallon]

1. Personally, I think we should go after the advertisers of right wing

radio they are the ones responsible for keeping this crap on the air. Tell them we will never buy their product if they keep supporting this swill.

[itzamirakul]

2. I agree that the sponsors of these programs must be made to

understand that we simply will not continue to sit idly by while they allow this garbage to be broadcast. I am not sure, but I think I heard that it is against the law to threaten to boycott?
Maybe I am wrong here. But we should find out so that any communication with them is not threatening something illegal.

[draloo]

3. Postcards for your mail campaign

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I am having difficulty crossing the boundary of people's disbelief that some dilettante painter would go to such lengths to give away his artwork. The admittedly somewhat incomprehensible http://draloo.com/">website is meant to be the sweet chocolate covering of a chewy nougat of truth. It is intended to be fun.
All joking aside, this project has given me a great deal of pleasure. Those people who have gotten the cards have been pleased. I have been getting requests from Europe and I have mailed them across the Atlantic. The images are being published in some small underground newspaper in Switzerland.
An enthusiastic lady in Chicago asked for more cards so I sent her one hundred and fifty. She mailed a full five card set to thirty US Senators last week. Perhaps I should expect a visit from DHS soon. There has already been an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement because of my blasphemous use of the Star of David in my paintings. If you look closely you will find that there is no Star of David in my paintings. People see what they want to see. Sometimes I feel like a canary in the coal mine of freedom. If I am not free to distribute this artwork, are any of us free? If we refuse to be afraid, the battle is won.
I don't know that I will ever again be able to paint unselfconsciously. I painted these things over the last six years and I am proud of them. They express exactly what I perceive to be the unfolding of history in the period of right wing madness we have endured.