Um, Okay

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry
(Joni Mitchell, River)

Well, it's a different idea, I suppose. A couple from California have come up with a, let's be kind here, unusual plan to bring about world peace. Orgasms.

SAN FRANCISCO - Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war demonstration for the first day of winter.

But they don't want you marching in the streets. They'd much rather you just stay home.

The Global Orgasm for Peace was conceived by Donna Sheehan, 76, and Paul Reffell, 55, whose immodest goal is for everyone in the world to have an orgasm Dec. 22 while focusing on world peace.

"The orgasm gives out an incredible feeling of peace during it and after it," Reffell said Sunday. "Your mind is like a blank. It's like a meditative state. And mass meditations have been shown to make a change."

The couple are no strangers to sex and social activism. Sheehan, no relation to anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, brought together nearly 50 women in 2002 who stripped naked and spelled out the word "Peace."

The stunt spawned a mini-movement called Baring Witness that led to similar unclothed demonstrations worldwide.

You know, this sort of thing reminds me of a movie. In 1971 a little film called Cold Turkey came out. A whole town had to stop smoking to get a big amount of money from a tobacco company (this was before the rise of the lawyer-driven "tobacco settlement". Dick Van Dyke played a minister. At some point he reads that indulging in sex can help curb urges toward smoking.

It's one of the funnier moments in the film watching his movie wife (Pippa Scott) see him coming down the street toward the house. (I thought of using Come Together by the Beatles for this, but Joni seemed to capture a wistfulness better.)

UPDATE: Tigerhawk: The earth knows if you're faking it. Hot Air: Who's in?