MUST READ: From a Republican: Careful, your wish came true

[DuaneBidoux]

If this Republican is right, we don't want to be anywhere
near the White House for the next four years. He concedes that America might get lucky, and his prescription for fixing it might leave you upset but I've watched this man call two bubbles in a row. He's giving another warning.

<http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P93620.asp>

I say we help it along. Stop spending, go simple, call your foreign friends and spread the word to boycott American products. Shop only Blue businesses, but even there cut back. We need to make
absolutely sure that Shrub is the one to wallow in his own pile of shit.

[Sequoia]

1. It would help to know whom to boycott

any one got a list?

[glitch]

2. this is a good one

http://www.boycottbush.net/consumers.htm
scroll down, they list by product brand name.

[wildflower]

6. I can't find a list of alternatives for U.S., only for U.K....

will this be updated?

-wildflower

[glitch]

10. The middle column lists the products by their US name, the last column

gives the UK brand names.

[wildflower]

11. Right...and I'm not seeing alternatives in the U.S. column. n/t

[glitch]

12. I think you have to find your own alternatives. This is a list of what not

to buy, the UK column is a list of the UK brand names for the US products, also a not to buy column.
They don't have a list of recommended products, just a boycott list.

[wildflower]

14. Hi, thanks for your help...

(And I have been working on alternatives I find and posting them here at DU.)

There is a list of alternatives in the U.K. column; I was just wondering if they would be updating the U.S. column with alternatives as well.

Again, thanks for the link and your replies.

[wildflower]

3. Here's a thread that helps with that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2587076

Also see the Campaign to Starve the Beast:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2600099

[fudge stripe cookays]

5. Sequoia--

Several of us are starting a buy/boycott directory. (related to post #3)

Check your individual state forum for local businesses (see the "Progressive Pages- Need Your Feedback"") thread in each state.
Some states have more posts than others.

Nationally, start with the big easy ones that most people know:
Wal-Mart
Home Depot
GE

There are quite a few other threads floating around about boycotts. Do a Search and type in "Boycott." You should find quite a few threads with good ideas.

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[wildflower]

8. Also try ecomall.com for environmentally friendly products

It is a search page for businesses with environmentally friendly products. You can enter products you're looking for into its search box.

http://www.ecomall.com

Also scroll down to see "Green Living Magazine."

-wildflower

[kslib]

4. Jeez!

:scared:

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Will be fun huh?

hunker down folks

[kostya]

9. Pretty lite article.

[DuaneBidoux]

13. Sarcasm? If you read down all the way to the bottom of the article

I think he makes it abundantly clear in concrete and heavy (not lite) terms that there is good data to support his thesis. Of course you may have meant lite in a satirical kind of way...

[salin]

15. especially if one reads that he uses national semiconductor

as an example - and states that there are many (many) others that fit this pattern.

[highnooner]

16. The perceived pending housing bubble

is why I hesitate to buy a bigger house. I think it is a real possibility. The housing market has gone haywire. I own my primary residence outright and like the comfort of knowing that even though it isn't perfect for my family. Also, I have beach property that has doubled in value in just the one year after we bought it. That, in of itself tells me that the market is peaking.

[sadiesworld]

17. This guy's a hoot!

A flat tax will help???!!! Sure...further erode the tax base, put us deeper in debt, and take more $ out of the pockets of those who actually spend it.

Tort reform? Leaving aside the fact that it will shut down the last avenue of justice (the corporate media is worthless as are most of our "elected" representatives) for ordinary folks, this guy wants us to believe that tort reform is going to have any REAL impact on the coming collapse? Please. Well, I guess it WILL make it more difficult for Joe citizen to salvage anything from the charred rubble.

Term limits? Um...seems to have little to do with the pending collapse but I guess he just threw that one in (hey...can't hurt to ask, right?!) anyway. Makes sense though if your goal is to get rid of the dem stalwarts and have Diebold replace them with corporate-approved models.

Dumbass, your libertarian tax and "free trade" policies got us into this mess, and more of the same is going to get us out?! Moran.

edit to add: Term limits were a perfectly appropriate suggestion when we had real elections.