RandomKoolzip
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:29 PM
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Does bus fare count as a "damn dime" spending measure tomorrow? |
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I know we're all supposed to not spend anything tomorrow. But what about state-run services like public transportation? What about poor people who couldn't get to the store yesterday because they were too busy working two jobs? What if I sent a check to the gas company a week ago and it clears tomorrow?
Questions, questions......
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:34 PM
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1. haven't figured out what not spending money tomorrow will do. |
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let me know when there is a national strike. that's a gesture with real meaning to it.
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RandomKoolzip
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:36 PM
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2. Yeah....if you hear anything, lemme know via PM. |
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It'd be stupid if we ANNOUNCED a general strike ahead of time, wouldn't it?
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:36 PM
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3. It will do nothing and will not be noticed |
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Wed Jan-19-05 09:03 PM
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8. Okay Fine... Somebody Has To Say It: THIS IS A STUPID IDEA!!! |
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Stupid, stupid, stupid!
You're absolutely right, Meisje! Nobody's gonna notice. Nobody's gonna care. What doesn't get spent tomorrow was spent today in anticipation of tomorrow. And if someone didn't plan ahead, then they'll just hold off until Friday.
At the end of the week, the merchant's till is just as full and it's no different than if a snow storm kept everyone home for a day. It won't make a lick of difference. (Except to those folks who sit at home and pout and don't spend their "dime" for the day.)
This is a meaningless vanity gesture that's completely hollow and totally ineffective. Those who think that they are accomplishing something or sending a message are fooling themselves.
If they really want to send a message, then their time would be better spent writing a letter to their senator.
I'll be glad when this whole thing is over... it makes us all look STUPID!
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Wed Jan-19-05 09:22 PM
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11. LOL. Could not agree more. |
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Well said.
I think I will buy a house tomorrow.
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:37 PM
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I have an insurance payment and my gym membership payment that will be auto-drafted. There's nothing I can do about that.
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:44 PM
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5. I think the idea is to stop feeding |
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the capitalist machine, particularly red companies. Spending on public transit is a good way to choke the capitalist machine since you are not using a car or gasoline. As for the gas company, that is a utility that you need. If you wanted to act like a blue kind of guy, you should conserve your use of gas but you certainly shouldn't let yourself freeze.
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:55 PM
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6. You can ride the bus, I should think. |
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Wed Jan-19-05 08:57 PM
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7. Not according to this email |
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And hey, if it wasn't true, why would it have been emailed?
Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq, since our political readers 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. 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
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RandomKoolzip
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Wed Jan-19-05 09:08 PM
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9. Sounds like some people are celebrating "Not One Damn Thought Day." |
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Wed Jan-19-05 09:16 PM
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10. Lots more celebrated that November 2 |
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Wed Jan-19-05 10:53 PM
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12. Maybe if a hundred million |
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or so actually participated it would matter, but there's no way enough people will do so.
Plus, of course, if all that happens is the spending is shifted by a day, it won't have any real effect.
Better to find out which companies are blue and which are red and shop accordingly. For starters, no one here should ever be inside a WalMart. Ever.
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Wed Jan-19-05 11:01 PM
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13. I like this idea better |
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2975914It puts our values into action. The original idea is reactionary and makes us little more than caricatures of those we oppose.
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