Happy Valentine’s Day from the Onion
by Michael HoffmanThursday, February 14th, 2008
I read a recent blog post — and I am sorry I don’t have a link handy — basically saying all of our click-to-advocate activities (such as send an email to your congressman about this or that) are really nice, but it’s nothing like taking to the streets. Imagine 1,000 people in front of a Congressional district office vs. 10,000 form emails. Which would have more impact?
Also, much of what is online is what we call narishkeit. Serious time wasters. How many times have you seen something online and thought… get a life!
It all came together for me in this important special report from the Onion News Network:
Something I meant to report last month… The Onion has gone video. It looks great. It’s funny. And they did a nice job with the integration. I will try to find out which provider they are using for the video feed. Here’s a story on immigration.