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Wanna Be a Video Star?

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Have you got love for tap water? We’re challenging college students from around the US to declare their love for tap water –– and get it on film. Breaking the bottled water habit means not only recognizing the health, environmental and economic costs of bottled water but also building renewed confidence in tap water that is safe and affordable.

Show your love for tap water by participating in the I Heart Tap Water Video Contest!

Simply produce a 30 second to 3 minute video that includes the following three elements:

A declaration of your love for tap water
Some discussion about bottled water consumption
Make the case for why your school or any campus should give up bottled water

In case you’re not quite feeling motivated enough ponder this. The winner gets fifteen hundred smakeroonies!! So be creative, have fun, and show us your love for tap water. Oh, and be sure to submit your video to us by April 14. To get started, watch this promo video:

Contest Idea

Posted by David Richard Holmquist at February 21, 2008, 02:56 PM

I am neither a student nor a videographer, but have an idea foer a contest entry for someone who is.

Barach Obama was recently pictured, in an article on the website CommonDreams, drinking water from a PET bottle. Click this link to see the article and photo.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/16/7100/

I posted to Common Dreams to express my disappointment, and promised to send him a permanent-use bottle for use on the campaign trail. I live in Chicago, so I delivered a Sigg bottle to his campaign headquarters today.

I should think that Senator Obama would be grateful for a chance to undo the damage done by that unfortunate visual. A video of him taking the tap water pledge might be very helpful to his prospects, and would bring some high-level vidibility to the issue.

Is there a REALLY enterprising student out there? Get in touch with Obama's headquarters and make an appointment to get him on tape!

To reach the Campaign Headquarters by phone, please call (866) 675-2008.

Contact them by mail at:
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680

Here he is again!

Posted by David Richard Holmquist at March 5, 2008, 02:30 PM

Sen Obama sure does love his bottled water. One might be tempted to think that he's in thrall to the multinational corporate interests that are out to control the world's water. Click here for his most recent photo op:

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080304_march_4_election_results/

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