Okay, so I’m not the Koch brothers.  Obviously, I guess.  I mean, I’m not even a brother, much less a rich evil brother.  Okay, so maybe evil.  I am kinda evil.  Oh crap, what I’m trying to say is that I am not a major big giant donor to political causes.

However, you and me and that guy other there and those folks up in the balcony and the woman in the back with the Carmen Miranda hat on and the guy with nose ring attached to a chain that goes to his …. holy crap, that guy needs to sit down … all of us together can be our own brothers and, of course, sisters.  We can act together to counter the Koch brothers now, thanks in part to our friend Alfredo at the Dairy Queen.

Alfredo moonlights from his job as a fry cook to work on some of his pet projects and this is one of them.

The Federal Election Commission on Monday night unanimously voted to allow Americans to make political donations via text message, making Androids, iPhones and BlackBerrys the newest weapon in the battle to raise unprecedented amounts of money.

Both parties, as well as campaign finance reform advocates, say the move will allow Americans of modest means to play a greater role in a democratic process dominated this election cycle by billionaires and multimillionaires and political organizations such as super PACs that may raise and spend money without restriction.

Okay, so here’s the deal.  We’re gonna call ourselves The Phone Brothers and each of us is gonna set aside $25 a month between now and the election to support Democrats.  You can split your donation up into $5 increments or blow the whole $25 on some dude running for sheriff in Pennsylvania.  That doesn’t matter.  What matters is that we, together, can fight back now, in no small part to the work of Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen.

Thank you, Alfredo

I’m gonna talk to my geek about setting up a special page where you can make a pitch for your favorite candidate to be Phone Brother worthy.  We’ll put a link to it on the front page here and start letting you tell us which candidate or cause we should support.  I’ll get that done as soon as candidates start using it.

And if anybody has a better suggestion for a name than Phone Brothers, I’m all over it.

Thank you, Alfredo.