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January 30th, 2008 at 05:04pm orangehands

first, if you haven’t yet gone to BCB’s blog, well, go:  http://bcb-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/liars-diary-blog-day.html

We have artists like Bob Geldof, Green Day, Bono, Willie Nelson, and Jay-Z. We have concerts like Live 8 (which according to wiki had more than 1,000 performing musicians over 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks) and Rock the Clause. We see musicians lend their time to the many charity concerts that are going on all over the world every day.

This really wasn’t the topic I was going to pick when I said I’d fill in for GP. I had an interesting topic about time and books, and I had a few rants about my school (stealing money and corrupt politicians at the college level and the stupidity of the dining hall- amazingly enough, all connected), but this beats all of that.

I remember being so impressed with Nickleback’s If Everyone Cared music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-QfLJbEN3k

I love music that has a message, but more than that, I love musicians who use their skills and their time and their money to spread such great messages.

Which is why I have fallen, head over heels, in love with Five for Fighting.

Mostly I know them for two songs: “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” and “100 Years”

But this is why I love them, and why you should too: http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/

To quote them:

“This is the first video community that gives back!

We are all connected to one another through our actions. Each person has the ability to make a difference. This is one of the messages of the Five For Fighting video “World.”

Tell the world what kind of world you want and raise money for charity by making and uploading a video of yourself, your friends or your family–whomever and whatever–answering the question, “What Kind Of World Do You Want?”

Or, you can raise money for charities that John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting has personally selected. Watch any clip on this site and money will go to the charity listed with that video. Please see below for the updated list of charities and contributions per views.”

I came through this site by way of Nancy on Suz Brockmann’s Board, who was promoting this video for autism:

http://www.whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com/videos/view/id/408214

In an effort to support those who are affected by Autism, please view this video and encourage others to do so. The band, Five for Fighting, is generously donating $0.49 {it varies for video} to Autism Speaks for *each time* the video is viewed.

This is not a hoax-I checked it out on Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/whatkind.asp

The funding goes toward research studies. When you have a moment, please visit the link below to watch the video and pass it along to your friends and family. They are aiming for 10,000 hits, but hopefully we can help
them to surpass this goal. With 1 in 150 children affected by autism, chances are you are helping someone you know.

Anyway, to make this somewhat relevant to its point (a topic for CBs) – how many videos can you click this week? The CONTEST is explained in the first response box because this is way too long as is.

Entry Filed under: Amendments to the Golden Rule, CB World, Useless Fun