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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (340648)	1/9/2003 11:12:25 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Begala wasn't going for it because he recognized it was a loser politically. When did he come to this conclusion? Either on the limo ride to the studio or when he last double or triple flushed his water saver toilet. He probably knew they stole the idea from Bill Maher. His idea was a little more inclusive. Bet he really got after Travolta and his personal 707. ridealone.com

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (340648)	1/9/2003 12:10:28 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Gas Pump Stickers" Those ads are great...even better, tho' -- sell stickers online for people to put on gas pumps for each brand of gas station, with the percentage that co. gets from terrorist countries: "56%% TERRORIST GASOLINE", or whatever it is for that co's products. Instead of sending $$ in for TV ads you hope to see somewhere, this would be a self-supporting direct action -- you buy stickers and put them on gas pumps yourself. It's something oil co's should be doing anyway, but since Congress and Bush havent' seen fit to identify how much $$ we send to terrorists every day, it'll have to be by direct popular action. Let people buy millions of these stickers for their favorite gas stations at 50-cents each, and post on the self-serve pumps across America. Since business has gone self-serve, it's less easily controlled than the broadcast media. A lot of little messages could be thought of, comparing each fill-up with the cost of box-knives, training, bombs etc. I think we'd see it take off, and the controversy would be significant -- Congress and states would have to take notice and try to make laws banning such stickers... It would be a brew-ha-ha. The Saudi ads on tv would increase exponentially, so the media should, in the end, love it.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (340648)	1/9/2003 6:54:03 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Stations Reject TV Ads That Connect SUVs to Terrorism truthout.org "By Joan Lowy Scripps Howard News Service Wednesday 5 January 2003 Television stations in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles are refusing to air ads that link driving sport utility vehicles with supporting terrorism, producers of the ads said yesterday. The two ads were produced for The Detroit Project, a media campaign organized by author and columnist Arianna Huffington and Hollywood movie producer Lawrence Bender, among others. Both ads were modeled on hard-hitting anti-drug public service announcements produced by the Bush administration that equate drug use with support for violence and terrorism. In one ad, a man pumps gas into his SUV while a voice says that every time he fills up he makes money for oil companies who buy oil from countries that support terrorists. A map of the Persian Gulf shows Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran. "What kind of mileage does your SUV get? Oil money supports some terrible things," the ad says. The second ad, in an ironic vein, features supposed SUV owners proudly claiming responsibility for blowing up nightclubs and putting U.S. troops in harm's way. It concludes: "What is your SUV doing to national security? Detroit, America needs hybrid cars now." Stations who have refused to air the ads are WABC in New York; WDIV in Detroit; and WABC and WCBS in Los Angeles, Huffington said. "I guess it takes courage to go up against the auto manufacturers and some of these networks don't have that kind of guts," said Bender, who produced the hit movies "Good Will Hunting" and "Pulp Fiction." Art Moore, programming director for WABC, said the station has a policy against running any "controversial" ads. Officials for the three other stations declined to comment on their reasons for rejecting the ads"