Higher Gas Prices, No Public Protest, Who Wins?
It's squarely up to the media to bail us out of the foreign oil dependence. Tell us, Peter Jennings, how can the Average Joe kick-start the switch from overpriced gasoline to ethanol, solar, wind and other alternative powers? Please, Bill O’Reilly, if you’re going to rant and rave, do so about something that will help America. Rail about the oil barons who suck American greenbacks and feed them to their bastard terrorist stepchildren. Geraldo Rivera, get your nose out of shipwrecks and talk about the need for a new generation of pump patriots – citizens willing to stand up and cry out for change in politicians personal political agendas. The media – and the public – must understand that the inability of citizens to raise their voices in protest is the real issue.
BOCA RATON, FL (PRWEB) May 11, 2004 -- When’s the public protest about high
gas prices going to happen?
How have the media handled the issue?
They’ve ignored it. They report on terrorism, but forget the vital link to
terror mongers. They report on high gasoline prices, but don’t address the
necessary conclusion that we’re suffering the consequences of an ill-advised
blood-for-oil conflict.
They report on the Iraq War, but dance around
connecting the dots between terrorism, foreign oil and pipeline politics that’s
been threatening America for decades.
Tell us, Peter Jennings, how can
the Average Joe kick-start the switch from overpriced gasoline to ethanol,
solar, wind and other alternative powers?
Please, Bill O’Reilly, if
you’re going to rant and rave, do so about something that will help America.
Rail about the oil barons who suck American greenbacks and feed them to their
bastard terrorist stepchildren.
Geraldo Rivera, get your nose out of
shipwrecks and talk about the need for a new generation of pump patriots –
citizens willing to stand up and cry out for change in politicians personal
political agendas.
Without an informed emotional edge, the public can’t
get the protest ball rolling to ignite a revolution, one that will save the
nation from more years of terror fears and gasoline price and supply
shock.
FOIL – the Foreign Oil Independence League – has been that one
voice. With unconventional billboards, posters, bumper stickers, decals,
newspaper ads and Internet stories, it has brought to the public’s attention
many times the need for “Made-in-the-USA” energy resources.
"So why the
lack of any rush by the media to reach the American public with the alternative
energy messages? The media need to tell the public why Washington politicians,
automobile manufacturers, oil companies and energy-based nonprofit organizations
are reluctant to market ethanol with the same competitive ferocity they display
to market cars, Hummers and SUVs?" asks Stan Cotton, founder of FOIL
True
public-spirited media can show their commitment to social causes generally by
actively supporting the pivotal American issue of energy
independence.
America needs gutsy people and provocative media to get the
word out and the job done.
FOIL will provide the grist. “Mad as Hell”
Americans must offer the muscle.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/5/prweb125040.htm