oh, and I adopted a cat. kind of. maybe.

This is what happens when the FCC holds a very short-notice hearing on media consolidation on Halloween.

"In the spirit of Halloween, a group of activists including the founders of Prometheus Radio Project dressed up as cheerleaders to "cheer" the FCC for snubbing the public and ignoring their outcry against media consolidation. They cheered: One million, two million, three million dollars, All for Clear Channel stand up and holler M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y, Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopoly makes us cry."

I hope that there will be pictures and video of this available soon. Those of us who stayed at the office today watched it all online - the FCC streams hearings, I guess - and it was pretty amazing. I love being a part of this organization. Hearing a panel of experts, including people such as Jesse Jackson and Andrew Schwartzman make such strong arguments against consolidation - and then seeing people from groups as diverse as Code Pink and the National Association for Hispanic Journalists explain how this directly affected the citizens of this country was really powerful and inspiring. Blah blah blah media activism blah blah blah!