Right.org Announces Anti-Bailout Video Contest with Grand Prize of $27,599

Canada Free Press ^ | March 3, 2009 | Jared McKinney

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Right.org, a new grassroots website calling on Congress to do what’s right and stop bailouts, has announced a video contest asking Americans to speak out against the bailouts. The winning submission will be awarded $27,599—one person’s bailout burden as determined by the Right.org Bailout Calculator.

The contest also offers a second-place prize of $2,759, and five runner-up prizes of $275 gift certificates to the Apple Store. Videos may be submitted between February 23 and May 25. Winners will be announced in June. Contest rules and submission guidelines are available at Right.org.

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Here’s an idea I posted last month...but I don’t have any way to produce it. The real beauty of it is that sequel ads would work (ala Harry and Louise). Anyone want to team up?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2184328/posts
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Scene is a gloomy Medieval village where the ragged peasant serfs (taxpayers) are doing backbreaking work with the tax collector standing by making sure he gets his cut.

Switch to the great hall of the lord’s castle where the elites (Congress) are dining and drinking. Faithful retainers (lobbyists, unions, bureaucrats) bring out ever more lavish dishes. The nobles complain that they need lots more money in their coffers. They must pay their retainers more to keep them faithful. And there are the repairs to their summer castles that are so blasted expensive. SOMEBODY’s got to pay for all that!

So, in unison, they agree to raise taxes. Closing scene focuses on one particularly vile lord, mouth full, filthy beard. He’s laughing hysterically at the plight of the peasants, saying “Where else can they GO?!...Har, har, har!”.

This could be made into a series, ala Harry and Louise. Focus on a young peasant couple who “work hard and play by the rules”. First they’re taxed into the poorhouse. Then the lords kill their parents because they’re too old. Then they’re not allowed to farm their fields because one of the lords’ favorite species has taken up residence there. And so on.

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I like it. I’ve been thinking that with Obama acting all king-like, that we should have something like that. He takes a vacation already, takes Air Force 1 to the drug store, has those Wed. musicals, numerous parties and it reminds me of Nero who fiddled while Rome burned.

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One element I left out: the ad series would need a hero...ala Mel Gibson in Braveheart. The end would have to be altered (hopefully), but his “Freedom” cry would be familiar to audiences.