“ And in the general hardening of outlook that set in … practices which had been long abandoned … — imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions, the use of hostages and the deportation of whole populations — not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.” From George Orwell’s “1984”.

Thank you for taking time to read this post and comment. If you are talking about making a TV commercial like a political campaign ad, not only is the cost prohibitive, and the funds raised could be better spent on organizing and getting people there for the event. Planners of the March would also have to deal with the political leanings of the media outlet they were dealing with. Most mainstream media is not going to promote any movement regardless the intent unless there is something in it for them (ratings, ad fee, selling news papers which of course is becoming less of a profitable venture).

That said, I believe that with the digital age that is killing sales of hard-copy newspapers for instance, the promoting, recruitment, rallying, organizing for such national events is pretty much done on-line and effectively. Note how important the internet networking and social networks have become to political campaigns for example – same concept except the Peace movement was on board with internet networking long before mainstream media caught onto the internet. Look for mainstream media on-line to somehow find ways to pay for its content then subscribers will move on to other alternatives.

Planners of this event have and are in the process of making on-line infomercials and videos not only as a recruiting tool but the share information, and coordinate rallies and demonstrations nation-wide.

Every organization involved in the Peace movement always includes a request for donations or contributions to the effort. This post is but the tip of the iceberg in advertising and asking for help – MORE TO COME

Lastly, we make it a habit to give organizations and groups a VOICE that lack one in the mainstream media, however that does not mean we endorse the event, and our policy is to NOT solicit donations or contributions on behalf of any effort. When I prepare a media release or related information on an event like this I leave out any request for donations or such. The links to the original message from these groups will have that.

Bobby Hanafin

If I can sit through 93 minutes of THE TRUTH as seen through the eyes of Marines telling it like it was as they advanced on Baghdad, and then went home, I can surely encourage others to sit through this minus five minute message.

Once again I was surprised by what I saw. The very short video in comparison to Severe Clear tends not only to take up where Severe Clear leaves off, it is the BEST video I’ve seen so far that EFFECTIVELY connects the dots between the billions wasted on the war(s), who really benefits, meltdown of the U.S. Economy, and leans just as hard on the Democrats and President Obama, in fact even harder, than these similar people leaned on President Bush.

VERY WELL DONE – MARCH FORWARD!

I salute each and every one of you.