public texting

what if projectors showing text messages were set up in different neighborhoods... they could send messages to eachother. and they would be displayed... an article I read in the Dec 26 & Jan 2 new Yorker... spoke of a swarthmore journalism group 'War News Radio' that picked up an Iraqi phone book and strted calling numbers in it for interviews. They've spoken with some 25 iraqis... they interview them thus breaking through the filters of Media sources like TIME, CNN, FOX etc. What if a projection was scheduled that allowed Iraqis to text message to a phone number here and the message would be displayed... what would they say in 160 chracters or less to the American Public? How could I set this up? Perhaps it could go both ways..? americans could send messages to iraqis, this would probably not be the best thing. There could also be a web component, people could text from the web as well as from their phone. All the messages could be archived online... they'd ahve to be in english, or would there be a translater??

The whole system could be screwed with since the system is open... i wonder if that could be filtered and redirected dependingo nt he number it comes from?? it could be displayed on it's own as a way of pointing out people messing with the system...