Recycle
the Vote
(You CAN do it!)
By Cam and Candy Canister
The Supreme Court's decision to open the floodgates of
unlimited anonymous campaign contributions has created a feeling of doom on the
left in regard to the President's ability to compete in the money wars of
campaign advertising. Indeed, the Romney campaign has won the last few cycles
and is presently out spending the President's operation at a three to one
ratio.
Most of the Obama money is coming from people who earn less in a lifetime than Sheldon Adelson will rake in from one good round of baccarat at the Venetian Resorts Casino. Before depression sets in one should take into account a few things.
We know the billionaires have more dollars, but those little one, three, five and twenty five dollar donations of ours add up. Simply put, dollars don't vote, people do and there are more of us than there are billionaires. Much to the chagrin of Governor Romney corporations are NOT people. Still, the message needs trumpeting and that takes a horn section and too many of us are tapped out, laid off and wrung dry to play another note.
Take heart ye weary minstrels. Newer reeds await. The Kochs and The Adelsons may be purveyors of Dom Perignon and Monet de Chandon but we are the Legions of soda pop and lager beer.
Alderson bankrolls casinos, we stock pile precious metals. Aluminum to be precise.
On a recent journey to the scrap metal yard to redeem some cans for the purposes of subsidizing an art project, we were surprised to learn that our bounty of 111 pounds returned $71.00. It got us thinking. Previously we would just leave a few cans in a box by the side walk for the city to take. We realized no cash reward but we did realize the satisfaction of contributing to a sounder environment. Our ability to contribute to the campaign had previously been somewhat muted, but our desire wasn't. Why not contribute to the campaign and the environment simultaneously? Surely we are not alone. There must be others. We can mobilize. We Can. YES YOU CAN TOO!
Cans are everywhere, unfortunately too many litter the sides of our national highways. Pick'em up-turn'em in- and make your donation. Have can collection crush parties. Crush cans while crushing the competition. Create a Sign In Book (Don't buy one- use the other side of previously used papers- we don't waste). Have a Festival of Cans and crown a King and Queen of Cannery Row. Give math lessons to kids using cans-they do add up. Have a Can- Can dance competition with the entry fee being X amounts of cans, the winner has the donation made in their name. Keep a list of contributors and acknowledge them. Carry an extra bag on your walk home and if you see a stray can or two- snag them.
It's not just soda pop and beer cans though. Any aluminum will do. Scrap metal centers pay by the weight so old aluminum foils and cooking tins have value too. Cook your roast and help cook Mitt's goose.
(Cam and Candy Cannister migrate between New York City and Santa Fe, New Mexico creating art and making soup. Cam holds a post graduate degree from the University of Huevos Rancheros and Candy's new novel "Oh ,Deliver Me- The Autobiography of a Pizza" will be available in the spring from Puppo Publications.)
Most of the Obama money is coming from people who earn less in a lifetime than Sheldon Adelson will rake in from one good round of baccarat at the Venetian Resorts Casino. Before depression sets in one should take into account a few things.
We know the billionaires have more dollars, but those little one, three, five and twenty five dollar donations of ours add up. Simply put, dollars don't vote, people do and there are more of us than there are billionaires. Much to the chagrin of Governor Romney corporations are NOT people. Still, the message needs trumpeting and that takes a horn section and too many of us are tapped out, laid off and wrung dry to play another note.
Take heart ye weary minstrels. Newer reeds await. The Kochs and The Adelsons may be purveyors of Dom Perignon and Monet de Chandon but we are the Legions of soda pop and lager beer.
Alderson bankrolls casinos, we stock pile precious metals. Aluminum to be precise.
On a recent journey to the scrap metal yard to redeem some cans for the purposes of subsidizing an art project, we were surprised to learn that our bounty of 111 pounds returned $71.00. It got us thinking. Previously we would just leave a few cans in a box by the side walk for the city to take. We realized no cash reward but we did realize the satisfaction of contributing to a sounder environment. Our ability to contribute to the campaign had previously been somewhat muted, but our desire wasn't. Why not contribute to the campaign and the environment simultaneously? Surely we are not alone. There must be others. We can mobilize. We Can. YES YOU CAN TOO!
Cans are everywhere, unfortunately too many litter the sides of our national highways. Pick'em up-turn'em in- and make your donation. Have can collection crush parties. Crush cans while crushing the competition. Create a Sign In Book (Don't buy one- use the other side of previously used papers- we don't waste). Have a Festival of Cans and crown a King and Queen of Cannery Row. Give math lessons to kids using cans-they do add up. Have a Can- Can dance competition with the entry fee being X amounts of cans, the winner has the donation made in their name. Keep a list of contributors and acknowledge them. Carry an extra bag on your walk home and if you see a stray can or two- snag them.
It's not just soda pop and beer cans though. Any aluminum will do. Scrap metal centers pay by the weight so old aluminum foils and cooking tins have value too. Cook your roast and help cook Mitt's goose.
(Cam and Candy Cannister migrate between New York City and Santa Fe, New Mexico creating art and making soup. Cam holds a post graduate degree from the University of Huevos Rancheros and Candy's new novel "Oh ,Deliver Me- The Autobiography of a Pizza" will be available in the spring from Puppo Publications.)
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