i'll be impressed when they can get michael moore to fast

One of my theories about political activism is that it's often done to make the activist feel good about himself rather than to accomplish anything useful. This usually manifests itself on the left in the form of meaningless, publicity producing stunts. The latest antic is to go on an anti-war fast. Most of these fasters are only going on a one day fast!

Why don't these overpaid entertainers do something useful like donate to antiwar.com or some other organization that is doing real work exposing and documenting the fundamental problems of war? Do these hijinks convince anyone who isn't already on the loony left?