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Submitted by The Original Yoda on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 11:12pm.
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This week is National TV Turnoff Week. The goal is for children and adults to watch less television and turn their attention to a healthier life and community participation. Adbusters has gone a step further and declared it Mental Detox Week. They challenge us to curtail our use of new media like cellphones, videogames, iPods and...the internet? Just this month, Sen. Obama advocated turning off the TV and videogames as a parenting technique. I can't even believe that a Presidential candidate is saying that! Here is praise for the idea from an unlikely blogger. I've been trying to cancel my cable since July. They keep giving me sweet deals to keep me. First it was $25/month for extended basic. I called to cancel again and they sucked me into basic cable for $8/month. Considering that Marcie makes the checks out to Comcrap, I didn't think they'd ever give us such a deal.  |
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