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We must do more than simply write about the damaging effects. We have to do more than simply share our disgust about this in emails and instant messages streaming across the computer screens of concerned Americans. We must do more than post our concerns on family friendly websites.

The Heartland of America must stand up and fight for the heroes of Hollywood who do share our values, and each state must have its own effort, organized, coordinated and ready to truly preserve the family values of our Heartland.

We who were involved in the PMRC were informed 20 years ago that the task was too daunting, too big. Instead of backing away from the task, parents and concerned Americans joined our effort, without the power, resources and the connective reach that the Internet now provides. It was done with parents and groups in states all across this nation who gave their time to preserve the future of our culture.

What must be done is quite simple:

We should use the Academy Awards as a clear signal; a shot across the bow of Hollywood from Heartland America and its millions of citizens, parents, businesses, entertainers, people of faith to join together for the Heartland and for Hollywood. I have spoken to actors and production companies and to people of faith and conservatives who understand that our future, our families our children are at stake if we do nothing but allow Hollywood to continue its assault upon us.

We must establish and coordinate a watchdog operation that networks like-minded organizations, parent groups, and Internet sites to events, to community meetings and more importantly to family value entertainment that is available in our towns, in Hollywood and support those efforts.

Lastly, we must set up and sponsor regional efforts to host film festivals that are put on by groups like Liberty Films, Heartland Films and many others as well as the film production companies who would be eager to take part in them.

We can control our future and we should use Hollywood's' Academy Awards to launch our own command Academy performance for our Heartland values. Who knows, next year this time we may be celebrating our own version of Hollywood's Academy Awards...Heartland Family Style.

And the Academy goes to...

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Kevin Fobbs is President of National Urban Policy Action Council (NuPac), a non-partisan civic and citizen-action organization that focuses on taking the politics out of policy to secure urban America's future one neighborhood, one city, and one person at a time. View NuPac on the web at www.nupac.info. Kevin Fobbs is also Second Vice Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and daily host of The Kevin Fobbs Show on News Talk WDTK - 1400 AM in Detroit as well as co-founder of the Jackson, MI-based American Conservative Values Television Network. Listen to The Kevin Fobbs Show at www.wdtkam.com.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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