"Not One Damn Dime Day" - Good Inauguration protest??

[El Fuego]

I received the following via email. I hate to post my "spam" here, but I wanted to know what people thought about this:


Jan 20, 2005 - Inauguration Day — please mark your calendars now...

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 nothing for 24 hours.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart, Kmart, 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 over 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 petitions to sign. 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.

[AlbizuX]

1. i can do this...

but in order to work, it must be heavily coordinated with activist groups...

anyone working on organizing something like this?

[El Fuego]

For a start, we can forward the email to every Democrat we know.

And they can do the same...

[Lisabtrucking]

2. how about not one dame dime week, that sounds better. I think

I will do this.

[havocmom]

3. One day? BFD. So you shop the 19th and 21st? How does it help?

How about just do not buy anything you absolutely have to have to continue surviving (and there is a BIG difference between need and want) for a long stretch? Enough folks doing that plus bartering with friends, neighbors for needed services and then you might get their attention.

I would like to see every wage slave in America stay home for a week. Of course they can't to that, but no workers/no consumers would be the only real way to get the point across that we just are not gonna play on their slanted field.

I love stories about massive strikes in France where everything comes to a stop. Americans used to understand some of the power of standing together for what is fair. No more, we are all too afraid. Well, sooner or later, the ax falls on all of us. May as well live

edited for typo & claritybefore the fall.

[Lisabtrucking]

4. I boycotted Christmas, my children were fine with it. I made a big

Christmas dinner and shared it with my family and friends, and encouraged the boycott of presents.
We had a wonderful Christmas.
We all gathered and ate and talked.
Some of the children were mad because we raised them to think of Christmas as a day of what do I get.
By the end of the day the children were playing and the adults were in deep conversation on how our country has gone down hill since bush was selected in 2000 to run America, and how he was able to steal it this time.
We vowed to teach our children that what matters most in life is not what you get, or how much you have, but the freedom of what we once knew as America.
We taught them that when democracy is in jeopardy then some drastic steps need to be made. What matters is family and friends. What matters is democracy, if we don't have democracy no amount of gifts will make you happy.

Now our children understand what it means to celebrate Christmas, and what it means to stand up for what you believe.
My son and daughter told me later that night this was one of the best Christmas's they ever had, and how much they loved me.

Sharing a holiday with family and friends and giving the gift of food is the most precious gift one can give. food is a gift of life, and social gathering is a gift of love.

We all need to learn what really matters in life, then race to grab hold of it.

[havocmom]

7. Isn't Christmas SO much better when you do what you WANT to and not

what you feel obligated to do? Did that years ago when it just got to be too much. We had our usual "night before Christmas Eve open house" for friends & neighbors on the 23rd, but I said NO to (professional event) parties I didn't want to attend and did very little gifts. Daughter was fine with it. Hubby (ex-husband) was all pouty about it. It dawned on me that was part of the problem, I had knocked myself out for years trying to make up for all the bad Christmases in his childhood. He sat back and enjoyed it all. He really must have thought there was a Santa cuz he never lent a hand to help make all the magic happen.

Christmas is better now. Good music, time to communicate. NO MALLS during flu season! ;)

[L. Coyote]

5. And there is also this one: NOT ONE RED CENT DAY

This has a little more emphasis on the color of blood and the States that supported Bush (and have the blood on their hands)!

SNIP

Since our leaders don't have the moral courage to speak out against the war in Iraq, Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Red Cent Day" in America.

On "Not One Red Cent 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.

SEE:

http://www.NotOneRedCent.com

[SheilaT]

6. If you permanently

stop shopping at the businesses who give money to Republicans, then you'll have an effect. This campaign will accomplish NOTHING except to shift shopping to before or after the 20th. And if you honestly think there are enough people out there who will actually not shop that day for any stores to notice, then think again.

If you never again go into a WalMart, and never again buy a Hallmark card, you'll be doing more good in the long run. Check out Buy Blue (www.buyblue.org) to find out what stores are the good guys. I'm sure there are other websites with the same information out there.