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Saturday, December 15, 2007

It's On! (UPDATE: 7:26 P.M.)

As the writer's strike seems further and further from coming to an end, it is time for us, the viewers to play our part. Why should we care? Because they have taken Lost from us! Here is my suggestion. We, the superpandimensional team, would work together. Draft a really good letter. Start passing it around. This letter will be addressed to our local cable providers. The letter will state, in brief, that if the strike does not come to and end by a certain date, we will cancel our cable contracts. This is a good idea for several reasons.

1. I have had cable contracts with two different companies. Comcast and Time Warner. Both companies do not have contracts that you are bound to. I am assuming that this is the case for most of the country then. Therefor, we could cancel our subscription and get it back up and running when the strikes end. Easy.

2. Who gives a fuck? Trust me, I am a big fan of anything featuring a situation and a comedy. I will watch any sitcom. ANY. I've been known to watch Drake and Josh. Or is it Josh and Drake? I never remember. But come on. Get a Netflix subscription instead. Even then, you will still be saving money! Even if you got 5 movies at a time.

3. What would this do to help the Writer's Guild? First of all, it would just show support. Second, Time Warner is a huge company. They don't just own AOL. They own the WB. Right, I know, you don't watch the WB. Who does? Actually, does it even exist anymore? Maybe it's CW now. Who gives a fuck? They own HBO. There, enough said. Point is, the companies are all connected. This isn't to mention the fact that such large companies have power. If Comcast suddenly saw profits drop by a couple percentage points, believe me, they would be on the studios like a fox.

4. If you really can't handle it, go to the garage, head down to Radioshack, buy an antenna. Shut the fuck up. Read a book. Remember, we lost Lost! It's personal.

You have nothing to lose but your chains.

UPDATE: I have created a website for the sake of communicating the message (Plus people will probably take that site more seriously). It can be found here.

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