In the spirit of the burning a candle for solidarity hoax, I recently received the following in my email. Thought I'd share it with everyone; though I have no idea how it would attract the government's attention.
turn your back on the economy!!! Please share this email with as many people as possible...we can protest with our spirit!!!
NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY
Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq, since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to oppose it, Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Damn Dime Day" in America.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our name in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending.
During "Not One Damn Dime Day" please don't spend money. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases.
Not one damn dime for anything for 24 hours.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Walmart, KMart and Target. Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience store. Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that matter).
For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down.
The object is simple. Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way. Now 1,200 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis have died. The politicians owe our troops a plan -- a way to come home.
There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you take action by doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.
For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.
I fear sod. And roaches. And those weird dreams where - oh. Never mind
Rex D.
in Milwaukee, WI Member
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 | 09:25 PM
I fear those dreams too.
Casey
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 | 02:16 PM
I like the idea
jkerry
in utopia
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 | 11:43 AM
Yeah, that whole "don't spend a dime boycott" thing on Jan 20, 2005 really made an impact! I thought the whole world was going to end for a while. I hear that the only reason we haven't seen a complete overthrow of our Government is because those in charge are still shocked by the power of chain e-mails and those that promote them as good ideas. No doubt, when the numbness wears off all the conservatives on Capitol Hill will either commit suicide or flee to foreign countries to escape the impending punishment for their crime of disagreeing with the left.
Ol' Tard
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 | 12:14 PM
Gotta question. Few days ago, I hit the ABC news site and there were three intros, two of which mentioned the FBI.
The first one described how a combined team of local police, DEA and FBI agents arrested a guy selling pot. Local, small fish type.
Next one described how the FBI was unable to investigate how their security system had been compromised because of a lack of agents.
Reason I'm known as Ol' Tard is because I'm an old tard so can somebody help me out here? Is it my tardism or do you non-tards think the FBone could use a little reprioritizing in its mission statement language and actions?
CarajitaMiami
in Miami
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 | 05:46 PM
Reminds me of today May 1st Imigrant day for boycott.
The problem with all these demonstrations is a number of businesses have exposed the fact that they hire illegals. The government can now move against those busineses.
Think it won't happen? Bush tried to get illegals to register with his guest worker program, but they didn't bite. Now they might have given themselves away. Unfortunately, the point the immigrants have made holds. Our labor force depends on new immigrants. The problem is we need to persuade them to become citizens.
