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Solitaire Donating Member (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:00 AM
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Just got this in an email...
and I it hasn't been posted yet. Not a bad idea.

Not One Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005 ~ By Bill Moyers

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 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. 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.

Please share this email with as many people as possible. Commercial speech must not be the only free speech in America!
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:01 AM
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1. It's been posted about a hundred times
But for those who think this is a good idea, I suppose one more reminder can't help.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Solitaire Donating Member (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:23 AM
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4. you never know..
with emails. I figured it might have been posted, but figured I'd try. Also, I doubted Bill Moyers did it, but I just copied and pasted the email.

It is a good idea.

:)
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:08 AM
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2. Just for the record: whoever sent that hijacked Moyers' name.
Bill Moyers did NOT endorse that message. Just so you know.
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 11:08 AM
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3. FWIW....Snopes says that Moyers is being falsely attributed ....
its still a good idea in itself.
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