In my home state someone was doing a walk for campaign finance reform. I’m all for that, but I didn't walk because, frankly, I'm lazy; I mean I had better things to do like, well not the dishes, but certainly binge watching Breaking Bad. Like most people I am greatly offended by the ads that I was forced to watch in the midst of mindless entertainment during the last few election seasons. But as I was contemplating what to do I remembered an article I read about slactivists who would take time on the Internet to support, financially and verbally, various causes. The writer was lamenting their (my) lack of any other involvement. I then had an “Aha” moment. If it is hard to get people to do something, it should be relatively easy to get them to do nothing. So, all you slactivist out there I am asking you to:

TRUTH FOR TUESDAYS: Do not order any media that you have to pay for on Tuesdays. Yes, pay your cable bill but don't do the extras; for example don't order and on demand for the movie that you wanted to see but didn't get to the theater cause it took too much energy. Put it off for another day.

WATCH OUT WEDNESDAYS: Now it's harder to figure out what to do about over the air stations, cause unless you are a Nielsen family nobody will notice. But you could take the time, just a little bit of time, to e-mail your over the air stations and tell them you want them to take the pledge above.

I know the cable companies &, I guess we call them, Internet channels will say they don't have control over the ads embedded in the shows they carry. So what. Our goal is to put pressure on the entertainment providers to choose reject ads that come from sources that can't be identified. They’ll get enough political ads from people proud to support their (whatever) position. Let the Market work.

Handing out this piece of paper was hard enough, you take it from here.

Slactivists United Pledge. “Live free or die” not “Pay big and lie”

I___________, a television station, cable network, or Internet entertainment or information provider hereby pledge that I will not air any advertisements which discuss politics, any politician, or any policy matters unless I am provided with, and allowed to provide my viewers via the Internet, the name of any voter who has financed the ad, or the name of the publicly traded company, or any entity, profit or nonprofit, organization of any kind, unless they provide information below. The goal is to inform the public as to the actual people or publicly traded company behind the ad.

Any voter so listed must swear under penalties of perjury the money they gave was their own and was not provided by anyone else & no one else gave or will, use for their benefit or give them a same or similar sum one year before or after the donation.

Any publicly traded corporation will provide the name and contact information of the members of the Board of Directors.