IDEA! Collectively writing a grassroots speech and filming all of us reading it

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Okay, I am really excited about this!

I've recently been inspired by all of this negative media Ron Paul has been receiving and I want to do something about it! I've started writing a speech which I was going to film myself reading it and uploading it to youtube, however I think it would be much more effective if we collectively came up with a speech (Basically explaining why people should vote for Ron Paul), and whoever wants to can film themselves reading it (With that Ron Paul supporter passion!). Then, we can get some video editors to crop it up... with all of us reading different portions and putting it into one video.

I'm telling you this will be LEGIT!!! Who's with me??
 
I'm up for this. I suppose I can record myself reading my part from my webcam. :P
 
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I support this idea 100 percent and will even give myself a once over, perhaps even shave to record this on video.
 
Yes we need a thousand word speech with at least a hundred people saying it.

Somebody needs to organize it, collect the video and edit it.

I'm happy to submit a recording of myself reading part of the speech. Keep this fire alive, this video has great potential!
 
Yes we need a thousand word speech with at least a hundred people saying it.

Somebody needs to organize it, collect the video and edit it.

I'm happy to submit a recording of myself reading part of the speech. Keep this fire alive, this video has great potential!

It doesn't necessarily have to be that large. Remember, people's attention spans.

I'll bump this daily, and I'm willing to help write the speech as soon as we can decide upon content, direction, etc.
 
Great idea, would be nice to get a few of Ron's Military/Veteran supporters involved in this project.
 
Also while we're at collecting videos, it would be great to collect their thoughts on why they support Ron Paul, it would be best if we could get people from different sectors of business/economy and people from all across America saying why they want this change.

For example, a waitress/waiter talking about taxing tips, a soldier talking about finally coming home, etc..etc...
 
Another good twist on this could be to film us reading one of ron pauls speaches and then end it with ron paul finishing his own speech
 
I think this is a great idea. If done correctly, this could be very powerful. Count me in.
 
This is going to be awsome! I am bookmarking this page. I was in the navy so if you would like i can be the voice off the military our something.... i dont know just a skit i would like to do....but i really just want to be part of the revolution so let me know :)
 
Is there/should there be a time/word limit to make the collective clip more uniform and or easier to edit? this is an interesting idea thats getting me thinking..
 
Also while we're at collecting videos, it would be great to collect their thoughts on why they support Ron Paul, it would be best if we could get people from different sectors of business/economy and people from all across America saying why they want this change.

For example, a waitress/waiter talking about taxing tips, a soldier talking about finally coming home, etc..etc...

I think this would be a good idea for a separate video.... perhaps we could do a series of videos????
 
Seeking video editor, and volunteers to recite message for video.

I believe this idea would make a great promotional(grass roots) video for the september money bomb now being promoted by the campaign. As I see it we would only need a video editor capable of taking the recorded videos of community members to make one collaborative video of our message. The sooner this video is brought to light the better. I for one support a collaborative recitation of the Declaration of Independence.

It seems appropriate to present an abbreviated version of the declaration of independence. I would like to present to following as the script for those submitting video.

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

This excerpt from the declaration along with the appropriate with visual aid/editing would provide a strong message not all to different from that of our fore fathers. We also would not want to extend out message past the attention span that of our fellow citizens.

I hereby volunteer myself to recording myself reciting this message, and would ask of anyone capable of assembling this message(video editor) from our community to step forward. I certainly approve artistic freedom in designing the video from start to finish, but including our message verbatim.

So far on board in reading our message on video.
1. ForLiberty2012 (op)
2. kah13176
3. growburn13
4. eleganz
5. TexasJake
6. Shelton88
7. FluxCapacitor

I am a novice when I comes to video editing, but I feel that with this message of our recitation of this piece of literature with the visual aid of our fore fathers with that of Ron Paul would be a powerful message.

I certainly welcome any other ideas, but wish to remind everyone that time is of the essence. We must act swiftly and procure a message which is capable of being absorbed by the masses in the allotted attention span they have.

Furthermore, if this is the message we wish to portray, we must identify someone capable of assembling our message, and then identify the format of our recording the person assigned to assemble our message.

I realize this is not the entire declaration but given the attention span of most people from a marketing perspective, I saw fit to crop this piece. However, I do not object to a complete recitation of the Declaration of Independence.
 
I'd be down.

growburn13 said:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
I'm going to urge that our language continue to focus on smaller government, not dissolving it.

If we are going to be this public, then it needs to be attractive to 70 year old grandmas.
 
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