April 30, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

ENDING A WAR THE GRASSROOTS WAY
Somewhere between the avenues of ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ lays the crossroad of ‘determination’ and ‘commitment’. This is the spot where approximately 100,000 people, college and high school ‘kids’ mostly, decided to build cardboard ‘huts’ in 15 different locations across the nation (see archive article ‘Get Displaced In These Cities’). The following is the Full Value Review ‘inview’ of one such site, the one leading in people numbers as of April 28^th; the LA ‘Displace Me’ site at the Pomona Fairplex.
Pomona, CA – Arriving at the Fairplex in the afternoon of Saturday, April 28^th, the first thing to hit me was the steady stream of young people with a scattering of older parent types, all lugging various amounts of cardboard, sleeping bags, water, and saltine crackers. This was impressive because event registration had started hours earlier. Following on the anniversary of the GNC (Global Night Commute, see archives) staged last year to bring attention to the harrowing situation gripping children of northern Uganda who commute nightly from the bush to escape from being captured by the LRA, ironically named the Lord’s Resistance Army. The abducted children were being traumatized by having a younger brother, aged 4-7, macheted in front of them and then told the same thing would happen to them unless they joined the rebel army to fight the government. Children, males mostly aged 8-14 had been deemed the optimum recruitment age bracket by the LRA. The young girls from 12 or 13 would be made ‘wives’ of the rebel officers with some bearing children by the age of 13. This despicable situation, this unseen war, carried on for over two decades was unseen by the western world’s media whose focus is a ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ mindset (que Don Henley’s ‘Dirty Laundry’), until three ‘surfer dudes’ from San Diego went there and filmed this ‘night commute’, producing a documentary called INVISIBLE CHILDREN. “(This documentary) is not only breaking new ground, but has had a greater impact on my life than any other documentary I’ve ever seen,” touted Jon Turteltaub, Hollywood director. It had the same impact on everyone the three San Diegans showed their film to, leading to a grassroots movement that included 2 Million viewers from churches and high schools across the country in the first year alone. This ain’t your Grandpa’s ‘March Of Dimes’, Sports Fans.

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April 27, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

OVER 63,000 + FALL OUT BOY SAY, ‘END THE WAR – CLOSE THE CAMPS’ 

With less than 24 hours before the all day and all night INVISIBLE CHILDREN event known as ‘Displace Me’ is held, here are the totals so far for each of the 15 cities hosting the event. 

1. LA – 6189 
2. Chicago – 4811 
3. Washington, DC - 4360 
4. Austin – 4184 
5. Seattle – 4155 
6. NY – 3948 
7. Orlando – 3497 
8. Atlanta – 3190 
9. Denver – 3093 
10. Nashville - 2940 
11. Kansas City, KS – 2748 
12. Pittsburgh – 2148 
13. San Fran – 1898 
14. Phoenix – 1517 
15. New Orleans – 1042 

We expect this number to raise given the fact that Pete Wentz, FALL OUT BOY frontman and bassist, received over 100,000 hits in a day when he put up a video showing his involvement with IC and ‘Displace Me’ on YouTube not long ago. In among the numbers above will be members of Ms. Hogerheiden’s Invisible Children United club of TVHS and yours truly, The Full Value Review. Stay tuned for full coverage of this historical event to stop the ‘unseen’ war against the children and their parents in the land we all sprang from. 

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April 26, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

CAN I GET SOME FRIES WITH THAT SHAKE (DOWN)?

Temecula, Ca – While the Winds of Change still percolate at Cuppy’s and patrons enjoyed Joe Tran’s CD release party there tonight, just across the street at the McDonald’s in the Albertsons’ shopping center, two ‘Mexicans’ were supersizing their takeout order with a bag of cash. But this is T-town and Homey don’t play that sh*t, so before you could say Brad Lussenheide or he could take the coffeehouse stage, T-town’s finest rolled a maximum amount of units, both undercover and beat patrol, brought out the dogs, put the chopper in the air with its bright searchlight beam, and sent in the S.W.A.T. team. Within minutes one Frito Bandito was handcuffed and in custody while his partner, the Hamburglar, crouched in the bushes. Word on the street has it that soon after they had the dogs sniff a Big Mac, the second would-be robber was flushed out of the bush, tripped up by the two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, pickles, and the sesame seed bun smell on his bated breath. Though the CSI crew had the dining area darkened looking for clues afterwards, the drive-up window got back underway ASAP to thwart off any more Big Mac attacks. After all, Ronald didn’t pass the ‘billion sold’ mark by rolling over for the Hamburglar. Book ‘em Dano, and pass me the fries. I’m lovin’ it.

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