Kick Starter and Ideas
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:38 pm
I've been at this game for 13 years almost 14 years. Some of the stuf I wrote like 'You Are Not What You Own' was when I was 17 years old. It's time to upgrade everything. I work a full time job and two part time jobs. I would like to quit both of the part time jobs and eventually replace the full time job with just part time if it is possible. And it is if I can up the political game. The ultimate aim is to create a real alternative news net work. I want it based on journalism not personalities or sensationalism. And I do have a team in mind. First things first is taking this site to the next level. I also want to run my own show because I don't like just getting famous guests. I want to be in charge so that I can interview whoever I want, whoever I judge competent whether people gave heard of them or not. A couple of guests on BFP never made it on the BFP page because Sibel didn't know who they were. Their names didn't have the drawing power of my other guests... I dont think I have to explain how much I disagree with that. Jeff Gates one of the last ones was such a a case.
I know it is a sad reality but the youtube stuff I do can't just be me talking to a camera with now and then some slide show screen shots in them. I am going to make a video about making things more presentable to judgmental people. I am going to explain what many have told me: it SHOULDN'T matter how I look and people ought to base it on the content but people are spoiled and stupid and so the entire message is lost for many if they don't have the news presentation they are used to. It's like Moses and his robes the moment his children saw him drunk and naked asleep in the cave he had to punish them because they saw him without his robes. I cant get my foot in the door with some folks so that they never even hear my content because I don't have the authoritarian look they require.
Now I'm not going to be over idealistic and say well screw them they shouldn't be so judgmental. Yes they shouldn't be, but in the long run here, the pragmatic side of me says do we want justice or not? should I be trying the most people or not. And of course I do. You'll be able to share a video with your less open minded friends if it looks like what they need it to look before they listen to a person. Face it, open minded people are not the problem. That's not who we need to change. Its the sheep that need help. And that is why I am upgrading my stuff. Im making a kickstarter which officially is to help finish and distribute a movie about Egypt. (thats the rules in kickstater that it be for artistic projects) however any extra money (which will be most of it) will be to creating a commercial page for selling T-shirts, Ebooks, and DVDs and to upgrade my video presentation on youtube. Also to pay professionals to translate War by Deception into French, Japanese, Spanish and so on. I'd also like to make More than Taboo in German.
So that's the long term plan. I will have the T-Shirts tonight. I will photo one and post that and then I am creating the site for them and the kickstarter all at once. You don't have to wait for that though, you can use the paypal button on the top on the page and get one for $30 I have M girls size and L and XL for guys. The girl shirt is actually cut for a girl. Maybe you can post your photo again. After Monday the price is gonna be $35 and on the new site it will be $35 so you can save $5 however I cannot mail anything until Tuesday Japan time since Monday is Ocean Day which is a national Holiday. Shirts cost me 17 to make and more to mail. I will be looking for a US distributer and a European distributor but its hard to find people I can trust. Sadly I think I will find the European one faster.
I know it is a sad reality but the youtube stuff I do can't just be me talking to a camera with now and then some slide show screen shots in them. I am going to make a video about making things more presentable to judgmental people. I am going to explain what many have told me: it SHOULDN'T matter how I look and people ought to base it on the content but people are spoiled and stupid and so the entire message is lost for many if they don't have the news presentation they are used to. It's like Moses and his robes the moment his children saw him drunk and naked asleep in the cave he had to punish them because they saw him without his robes. I cant get my foot in the door with some folks so that they never even hear my content because I don't have the authoritarian look they require.
Now I'm not going to be over idealistic and say well screw them they shouldn't be so judgmental. Yes they shouldn't be, but in the long run here, the pragmatic side of me says do we want justice or not? should I be trying the most people or not. And of course I do. You'll be able to share a video with your less open minded friends if it looks like what they need it to look before they listen to a person. Face it, open minded people are not the problem. That's not who we need to change. Its the sheep that need help. And that is why I am upgrading my stuff. Im making a kickstarter which officially is to help finish and distribute a movie about Egypt. (thats the rules in kickstater that it be for artistic projects) however any extra money (which will be most of it) will be to creating a commercial page for selling T-shirts, Ebooks, and DVDs and to upgrade my video presentation on youtube. Also to pay professionals to translate War by Deception into French, Japanese, Spanish and so on. I'd also like to make More than Taboo in German.
So that's the long term plan. I will have the T-Shirts tonight. I will photo one and post that and then I am creating the site for them and the kickstarter all at once. You don't have to wait for that though, you can use the paypal button on the top on the page and get one for $30 I have M girls size and L and XL for guys. The girl shirt is actually cut for a girl. Maybe you can post your photo again. After Monday the price is gonna be $35 and on the new site it will be $35 so you can save $5 however I cannot mail anything until Tuesday Japan time since Monday is Ocean Day which is a national Holiday. Shirts cost me 17 to make and more to mail. I will be looking for a US distributer and a European distributor but its hard to find people I can trust. Sadly I think I will find the European one faster.