Big news! FOX received your message!

[Breeze54]

From : "Adam Green, MoveOn.org Political Action"

To : Breeze54

Subject : FOX received your message!

Date : Thu, Jul 24, 2008 11:12 PM

Dear MoveOn member,

Big news!

Your petition signature telling FOX to stop their racist smears against the Obamas

had a really exciting day on Wednesday. Here's what happened:


1:00 p.m. Your signature was printed off at a New York City Kinko's along with 620,126 others—filling 19 big boxes.

2:00 p.m. The signatures were piled in front of FOX's national headquarters at 6th Avenue and 48th Street.



3:15 p.m. Hip hop star Nas (whose new album had just risen to #1 on the Billboard charts hours earlier) joined
over 100 activists and delivered the petitions to FOX on behalf of ColorOfChange, MoveOn, and Brave New Films.

3:30 p.m. FOX refused to accept the petitions. (Sometimes, the truth hurts.)

4:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m. News of FOX's racism and the star-studded petition delivery made its way around the world
—with stories in Rolling Stone, Billboard, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, India Express, Huffington Post, MTV, OpenLeft, and over 200 other places.

11:30 p.m. Stephen Colbert welcomed Nas as his guest on the Colbert Report and dedicated over half of his show
to FOX's racism. The boxes containing our signatures were stacked prominently on Colbert's set in place of his
normal interview table and chairs—and he conducted the entire interview surrounded by petitions!
Then, Nas performed his new song "Sly Fox," which is all about FOX's racism.



12:00 a.m. Several MoveOn staffers, jaws dropped open, get on the phone and engage in several rounds of, "Wow!" :)

Since then, the news has kept spreading around the world.

You sent a message to FOX, and that message was very much received!

And the fight's not over.

We'll continue to push back together against FOX's racism and their smears against Obama.

But for now, enjoy the video of Wednesday's petition delivery—

led by our friends at ColorOfChange—and the video of Colbert.

Both videos are at this link:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3980&id=13325-9167649-lHbgNjx&t=4


Thanks for all you do.

–Adam G., Laura, Ilyse, Justin, and the rest of the team

P.S. You can listen to Nas's new single "Sly Fox" on the Colbert video at the link above.

If you like it and want to buy the full album, it's available here: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3979&id=13325-9167649-lHbgNjx&t=6

[donco6]

1. I've never actually seen petitions do much, but . . .

this time it appears to have been very effective. Bravo to MoveOn.org.

[Breeze54]

3. And Bravo to ColorOfChange and Brave New Films too!

:D

[ihavenobias]

62. Ditto, and K & R

[lonestarnot]

6. Wonder what we did differently this time?

:think: Ducks in a row.

[Breeze54]

14. Having a high profile celebrity works wonders!

;)

[alfredo]

2. Excellent

[RNdaSilva]

4. Blacklisting Fox could be effective...

but then, what would the sheep do?





I would HOPE that an Obama administration would raise the level of education in this country. Not too much for some old duffers and the brain dead.

[Triana]

5. Praise for Nas, MoveOn and ColorOfChange...

...FauxSnooze Sux - they're disgusting. I'm happy to see them being taken to task for their nastiness.

[lonestarnot]

7. Fanfreak'ntastic!

Rock'n it!

[DarthDem]

8. Colbert does it AGAIN

Mad props, as they say, to everyone associated with this fantastic project, and I'm so glad Colbert got involved. That's great that the movement got so much well-deserved attention.

[Spouting Horn]

50. I watched Nas on Colbert last night...

He claimed Fox "monopolized" the media (really).

What ever happened to "changing the channel" if you don't like what's on?

Fox News is crap and will rot your brain, but no one has the right to force them to shut down.

And to say they're a monopoly defies reality.

[Breeze54]

52. Murdoch has his hands in a lot of pies..... he sucks!! n/t

[9119495]

53. perhaps he was speaking figuratively

They pulled all media to the right from at least 2001 onward--a de facto monopoly since their opinions and styles became every major media outlets opinion and style.

[Breeze54]

55. They ARE a monopoly!!

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Are you getting the picture yet?

That is a monopoly!!!

[Historic NY]

61. There used to be a LAW against media domination!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kweli4Real]

59. I guess you missed the line in his tune

"When I watch CBS/All I see is BS/Makes a brutha want to invest in PBS.

Changing the channel doesn't really change anything.

[Breeze54]

76. Well said!!!

Thank You!

:yourock:

[Yes We Did]

72. You must be kidding... right? Sticking up for Fixed Noise on DU?

They don't need to be shut down, but please... We're not talking about a violent movie. We are talking about using a network, which calls itself "news" and using it for racist propaganda.

Damn right I'd love to see them shut down, but I'd settle for them being made to stop the racist bullshit and stop calling them "news."

[Breeze54]

74. WOOT!! You tell him!!! WOOT!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:yourock:

[EvolveOrConvolve]

82. You're actually defending Fox

The Fox News Channel is culpable in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. By pushing the Bush Administration's propaganda, Fox News helped this to happen.

Damn right they should be shut down.

[DarthDem]

83. Oh, Please

Troll?

[Vickers]

84. Your logic is inescapable!

:patriot:

[krispos42]

9. Brilliant!

:rofl:

Those boxes should be on Letterman, Leno, and Kimmel! They have to go on tour!

[Breeze54]

10. That is a great idea!! I love it!!

:rofl:

Have to think of a catchy name for the tour! :P

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Dear Bill O'Reilly: Do not fuck with a muthafucka from the Queensbridge Houses

Thank you.

Signed,
The Rest of Queens


"They don't know about the blocks I'm on..." - Nas

[MidwestTransplant]

12. That's a lot of money to spend on printing. I hope they recycle the paper.

[mopinko]

13. meh

few hundred bucks.
but i find your comment cranky, and demeaning. you don't think that is a worthwhile gesture?

[MidwestTransplant]

26. Few hundred bucks? Why don't you multiply 620K times the printing rate at Kinkos.

The retail rate is 8 cents per copy. At 4 cents the paper cost $24,800.

[Breeze54]

27. I donated and they can spend it as they see fit but you are missing the point of the OP!

Did you donate to Move On, Color of Change or Brave New Films?

If not? It's none of your business!

[Clark2008]

42. What... someone doesn't have a printer?

Why would you have to go to Kinkos to print out black and white names on a page?

[druidity33]

43. ahem...

I do believe that's 620K signatures. I do believe you can squeeze more than one of those on each page.

:shrug:

[Breeze54]

47. No, each one contained a message from each signer on a form!

:hi:

My money well spent! Besides, it has much more impact the way they did it and

how do you know they aren't recycling the paper?

You don't.

[margotb822]

57. It's not like they printed one sig per page

C'mon now. If you're so concerned with the paper, why don't you ask moveon what they're going to do with it?

[Breeze54]

58. Actually, they did, along with each message from each signer.

:D

[margotb822]

60. Oh, my bad

I guess I should have looked that up. Sorry for spreading false info.

[Caretha]

65. Uhhh

I'm sure that more than one name was on each piece of paper. You might want to get your little calculator out again. :)

[MidwestTransplant]

79. Read the thread. One message per page.

[mopinko]

71. kinko's? you think move on prints at kinko's?

try $9/case of paper, and about $.005, maybe, for black toner.

[MidwestTransplant]

78. Oh so they lied then:

1:00 p.m. Your signature was printed off at a New York City Kinko's along with 620,126 others—filling 19 big boxes.

[mopinko]

85. i stand corrected

if that's what they said. but then, who cares? oh, a guy on the internet is worried about the printing costs. never mind, then.

[MidwestTransplant]

86. The funny thing about this whole thing is I don't really give a damn either way!

I was just pointing out that it was obviously expensive to print because I had just come from Kinkos. They everybody starts in at me. MoveOn and whomever should do whatever they feel is appropriate with the money they raise.

Personally I think they should have used empty boxes for their demonstration and just put a disk in it for Faux to print out. Would have saved them money and trees. Especially since I am sure they knew Faux wouldn't accept them. Just my opinion and again I don't care either way. I just hope the stunt was effective.

[Breeze54]

15. They do most of their work online but the paper is your only concern?

:crazy:

[roguevalley]

23. some of us from the 1970's got ecology training up the wazoo in

school and its hard not to notice stuff like paper. doesn't mean we don't support the cause 2000% its just that the eco thing kicks in. :P

[Breeze54]

24. We were the one's who taught you.... I'm from the class of '72

Older people, older than me, from the Depression Era knew more about recycling than anyone from yours or my generation!

[David Zephyr]

16. Enthusiastic K&R!!

:kick:

[Breeze54]

18. Thank You, David Zephyr !!

:hi:

[flashl]

17. Great! nt

[Breeze54]

19. Pretty damn cool!

:D

[Mad_Dem_X]

20. That is all kinds of awesome!

:applause: :patriot:

[MadMaddie]

21. If you haven't heard the song NAS wrote then you should

I listened to it on the Colbert show...and it's pretty wicked!!

[Breeze54]

22. I can't get that Colbert video to work... I have

dial up and you need high speed to watch it. :(

Do you know if there's a YouTube version?

:hi: MadMaddie !

[AlCzervik]

25. here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xECBcSEAk

[Breeze54]

28. You are awesome!! Thank You!!

:yourock:

I looked for one last night but couldn't find it.

Thank You!! :D

[Breeze54]

29. I thought you had the Colbert video from last nights show.

But thanks for the Nas song too! :hi:

[AlCzervik]

31. that's the song though, sorry i don't have the Colbert interview which was funny

but that's the song, here are the lyrics too.

The sly fox
Cyclops
We locked
In the idiot box
The video slots
Broadcast
The Waco Davidian plots
They own YouTube, Myspace
When this ignorant shit gon' stop?
They monopolizing news
Your views
And the channel you choose
Propaganda
Visual cancer
The eye
In the sky
Number five
On the dial
secret agenda
Frequency antenna
Doctor mind bender
Remote control
soul
Controller
Your brain holder
Slave culture
Game's over
What's a Fox characteristic?
Slick shit
Sensin'
Misinformation
Pimp the station
Over stimulation
Reception
Deception
Comcast digital Satan
The Fox has a bushy tail
And Bush tells
Lies and Foxtrots
So I don't know what's real



Watch what you watchin'
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking
Outside of the box and
Unplug from The Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say Big Brother is watchin'

Watch what you watchin'
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking
Outside of the box and
Unplug from The Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say Fox 5 is watchin'



The Fear Factor got you all rattled up
O' Reilly
Oh really?
No rally needed
I'll tie you up
Network for child predators, settin' 'em up
Myspace pimps, hoes, and sluts
Ya'll exploit rap culture, then ya'll flip on us
And you own the post, and ya'll shit on us
What is they net worth?
They gon' try to censor my next verse?
Throw 'em off the roof neck first
While I'm clicking my cursor
Reading blogs about the pressure they put on Universal
It gets worse while I'm clicking my mouse
While they kickin' my house
They figured us out
Why a nigga go south
It's either he caught a body, no sleep they watchin'!
I watch CBS
And I See B.S.!
Tryin' to track us down with GPS
Make a nigga wanna invest in PBS



Watch what you watchin'
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking
Outside of the box and
Unplug from The Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say Big Brother is watchin'

Watch what you watchin'
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking
Outside of the box and
Unplug from The Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say Fox 5 is watchin'



They say I'm all about murder-murder and kill-kill
But what about Grindhouse and Kill Bill?
What about Cheney and Halliburton? (Halliburton?)
The backdoor deals
On oil fields
How's NaS the most violent person?
Ya'll don't know talent if it hit you
Bringin' up my criminal possession charges with a pistol (pistol)
I use Viacom
As my firearm
And let the lyrics split you
Who do you rely upon?
They shoot shells at Leviathan
I'm dealing with the higher form
F**k if you care how I write a poem?
Only Fox that I love was the red one
Only black man that Fox loves is in jail or a dead one!
Red rum
Political bedlam
Don't let the hype into your eyes and ear drum
Murdoch on Fox
Not 18 with Barracas
And he hate Barack cause
He march with the marchers



I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth.
Not the biased truth
Not the liar's truth
But the highest truth
I will not be deceived
nor will I believe
In the Propaganda
I will not fall for the Okey-Doke
I am tuned-in



Watch, cause they're watching
Watch what you're watching

Better watch, cause they're watching
Watch what you're watching

Me-Me-Media
Misleading ya

Watch what you're watching

[Willo]

67. Thanks. I was looking for the lyrics

a minor edit

red rum should be one word, redrum (murder backwards)

[AlCzervik]

69. ok well i copied them off a web site, cut and paste.

[MadMaddie]

88. Ask and you shall receive my friend!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blxF1aRuunc

Enjoy Breeze54 !!:toast:

[Breeze54]

90. You are just awesome!!! - Thank You for finding it!!

:yourock:

I was just going to sign off DU and then saw the OP title pop up again
and now I'm glad I looked to see who dragged it out of the cobwebs! :P
Now I can download it while I sleep!! Thanks again!! :D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. What was the story that started this? I missed it. -nt

[AlCzervik]

34. this particular one started with O'Loofah condemning Virgina Tech for inviting Nas to perform

but a few years ago O'loofah also went after Pepsi for hiring Ludcris and then Pepsi caved and released him.

[Breeze54]

35. No, this had to do with FOX using the term LYNCHING against Mrs. Obama !

[AlCzervik]

44. but Nas's feud with O'Reilly goes back to 07 and Fox's continued use of race baiting and

over dickishness has escalated it.

[Breeze54]

48. That may be but this action was about what Faux said about Mrs. Obama. n/t

[wvbygod]

32. Where can one find the list of racism charges?

Is it online somewhere? thanks!

[Breeze54]

36. Go To Link In OP......

:shrug: I mean, that would be my guess.

You could probably go to Color of Change and I'll bet they have a lot about it!

Use a search engine for the links to their websites.

[Willo]

68. also try foxattacks.com nt

[ecstatic]

33. I'm so proud of Nas. It's about time people stood up to FOX! nt

[Breeze54]

37. Just Nas? What about the 620,126 others and the 3 groups that made this happen?

And Colbert... can't forget him! :hi:

[ecstatic]

38. lol. OK, what I meant to say was

I find Nas sexy. :) :hide:

[Breeze54]

40. LMAO!! I knew there was a subliminal message there!!

:rofl:

:toast:

He is kind of cute! :P

[lpbk2713]

39. K n R

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

[Breeze54]

41. Woot! Love that sig pic!!

:hi:

[pleah]

45. K&R I saw that episode of Colbert! It was great!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[Breeze54]

49. Whah! I still haven't seen it but glad you got to see it!

:hi:

[happydreams]

46. K&R! This is a hooot!

[defendandprotect]

51. Wonderful story --- thanks to everyone who worked this out .... !!!

I don't watch FOX, but it obviously would be great to get them pegged for who they really are!

[geckosfeet]

54. f*ck fox.

[Breeze54]

56. I'll second that! -- FUCK FAUX!!!

:P

[my2sense]

63. Good News n/t

[Breeze54]

64. Thank You, jazzy062 ! That means a lot!

:hi:

[Robeson]

66. Great song. I hope it becomes an anthem...

...I didn't get to check that Colbert show out, so thanks for posting... :thumbsup:

[Breeze54]

73. I didn't either yet but Thank You!

I'm glad you appreciated the action! :hi:

[jeff30997]

70. K&R

That's fantastic! :yourock:

[Breeze54]

75. ((((((((( jeff30997 )))))))))

:yourock:

:hug:

[eagertolearn]

77. I always felt that when I first signed on to "MoveOn" that I finally was

part of a voice. It's hard to be heard by ourselves but this just goes to prove that as a group our voice can be heard!!!! It makes me feel like we are part of a process and not just being stomped on all the time. Thank-You MoveOn, ColorOfChange and Brave New films (another favorite of mine!!!) and Colbert for putting this on his show.

[Breeze54]

80. That's the whole point! A voice for the rest of us.... together!

:hug:

[unapatriciated]

81. I got the same E-mail

:toast:

[Breeze54]

87. Looks like it was just you and me!!

How many damn times did you sign anyway?! :sarcasm:

:rofl:

:toast:

[unapatriciated]

89. Twice...

but I forged lame54's name the second time.
I'm getting pretty good at that.:hi:
From:
"Adam Green, MoveOn.org Political Action" <[email protected]>

To:
Unapatriciated
Subject:
Your signature had fun on Wednesday
Date:
July 24, 2008 11:05:30 PM EDT

You signed a petition to FOX. They received the message!

Dear MoveOn member,
Big news! Your petition signature telling FOX to stop their racist smears against the Obamas had a really exciting day on Wednesday. Here's what happened:

1:00 p.m. Your signature was printed off at a New York City Kinko's along with 620,126 others—filling 19 big boxes.
2:00 p.m. The signatures were piled in front of FOX's national headquarters at 6th Avenue and 48th Street.

3:15 p.m. Hip hop star Nas (whose new album had just risen to #1 on the Billboard charts hours earlier) joined over 100 activists and delivered the petitions to FOX on behalf of ColorOfChange, MoveOn, and Brave New Films.

3:30 p.m. FOX refused to accept the petitions. (Sometimes, the truth hurts.)

4:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m. News of FOX's racism and the star-studded petition delivery made its way around the world—with stories in Rolling Stone, Billboard, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, India Express, Huffington Post, MTV, OpenLeft, and over 200 other places.

11:30 p.m. Stephen Colbert welcomed Nas as his guest on the Colbert Report and dedicated over half of his show to FOX's racism. The boxes containing our signatures were stacked prominently on Colbert's set in place of his normal interview table and chairs—and he conducted the entire interview surrounded by petitions! Then, Nas performed his new song "Sly Fox," which is all about FOX's racism.

12:00 a.m. Several MoveOn staffers, jaws dropped open, get on the phone and engage in several rounds of, "Wow!" :)

Since then, the news has kept spreading around the world. You sent a message to FOX, and that message was very much received!

And the fight's not over. We'll continue to push back together against FOX's racism and their smears against Obama. But for now, enjoy the video of Wednesday's petition delivery—led by our friends at ColorOfChange—and the video of Colbert. Both videos are at this link:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3980&id=13325-9397620-.7.vqSx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Adam G., Laura, Ilyse, Justin, and the rest of the team