Where are OUR huge demonstrations?

[slay]

I think it is about time to organize a Ukraine-like protest. We are being refused the right to even know if our election was fair or not. :(

[billyoc]

1. Macy's, Saks, Bloomingdales...

Didn't you see them all out there, fighting for what they believe in? SALE PRICES, w00t!

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Very good..

They will stand outside and suffer thru the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade..but not to demand their rights!!!!!
Pathetic, arent't we???

[billyoc]

6. Sure. You've seen the crowds in the city,

everyone's talking on their cell phones, business as usual.

[yorkiemommie1]

8. macy's and FOX news

i don't know about other macy's branches but mine has three tv screens in the women's fitting room areas permanently tuned to Fauxnews. there is a little sign on them saying that Faux and on other sports channel are the only ones permitted. several times the volume was up so high that i left the area. i've complained in writing and in person and told them why i was refusing to patronise them.

this last week only one of the three was on.


it's like orwell's '1984'

[uncle ray]

21. see, but the thing about not patronising stores is

that you don't go there. do you keep going there just to make a point of the tv being on faux news, or because you are not sticking to your boycott?

write a million letters saying you are boycotting them for faux news, but as long as their sales stay up, it won't matter.

[calimary]

29. I had to complain multiple times at my bank before they removed Pox

from their in-the-bank TV monitors. I complained verbally, I called, and I complained again - and not just to the manager but to any tellers I could find who didn't have customers. One of the tellers even tried to argue with me - about how you can't do anything about Rupert Murdoch. Well, maybe small-minded people who don't care to try what they can to effect change can't do anything about Rupert Murdoch, but I refuse to be one of those. Needless to say, the last time I went in there, they had MSNBC on. THEN, I told the teller I saw that I very much appreciated their having another channel on, and repeated how offended I was when they had the Pox "news" network on.

Sigh... you just have to KEEP complaining. And then you have to add positive reinforcement when they rectify the situation, to let them know their actions have been noticed and appreciated. And if you buy anything there at that point, tell them THAT is why you have decided to return as a customer and give them your business.

If they think you don't care, THEY WON'T, EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dogman]

13. CHARGE!

Like glorious leader B$$$ we don't care about tomorrow, we'll be in heaven by then.

[jrthin]

14. Your so on!

I was about to say the Mall, but you got it.

[billyoc]

16. We just got our first real mall here in Manhattan,

we're not used to it yet. :)

[BrklynLiberal]

2. EXCELLENT Question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Americans are just too comfortable...
Too busy watching "Survivor" and sports to go out and be discomforted by standing out side for days at a time and demanding to know the truth about the elections!!!!!

[OneMoreDemocrat]

27. ......and some are to busy posting on DU to be............

discomforted by getting up and actually doing something about the loss of Democracy.

America is a complacent, apathetic place and it doesn't just pertain to the 'Sheeple', we are all guilty of it.

[anakie]

4. maybe you have to go through years of Soviet style

oppression in order to wake the masses up. Ukraine now, Georgia last year or so, Poland, Romania and others have all post Soviet era staged huge demonstrations demanding that their democracy be recognized.

But the unwashed are all too busy lining up at the Mall of the Americas getting that bargain made in China for a buck off regular price - while your dollar goes down down down.

And anyway around 70% of Americans must be happy with the current regime as that many did not vote for Kerry.

[slay]

5. Fair elections are THE key to democracy

Are we really not going to organize, demonstrate, and force the media to pay attention to the fact that we deserve to know if this election was fair or not? I'm willing to stand out in front of the capitol for as long as it takes.

[Brundle_Fly]

7. doesnt it feel weird

that the story of the day on the MSM is the black friday shopping?

its like they are advertising it to consumers...

[slay]

10. It sure does

Ever notice how ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC all tell the same stories, just with different reporters? What they pawn off as "news" smells more and more like propaganda.

[cassiepriam]

9. Why? The media will refuse to cover it......

and by now we know that if the media doesn't cover
something, it didn't happen........

[slay]

11. I would rather go down fighting for the truth than to accept the lie

:mad:

[cassiepriam]

12. I respect that.......nt

[angrydemocrat]

15. We Need To Have A Massive Protest In Ohio or.....

...Florida. We need one that is bigger than what we had in New York. I just seen on CNN where these dumbasses in Texas were standing outside a coffee shop holding signs in support of Bush and hollaring democracy for Ukraine. Now that is the kinda shit that should piss everyone off and ask FUCK UKRAINE WHERE IS DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. We need to get it together I'm sure Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy would help get the word out. We need to do this. Any ideas anyone?

[slay]

18. I'm all for it. I would hope someone more knowledgeable than me could orga

nize it. I've never even been in a protest, much less organized one.

[AmerDem]

17. Apparently this effort ( link inside) has gone no where

I was actually hoping this was going to go somewhere but apparently many feel it's a lost cause! Sad indeed.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2688242&mesg_id=2688242

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. So where do you want this to go?

I live in the midwest and can't possibly come to NYC or Washington for a protest. I could stand on my own corner with a sign but that would look pretty silly.

I am ready to do SOMETHING at this point but want it to count. Any ideas? Other than writing letters I am not sure what to do.

It's sad but without the aid of the media we will make no progress with any protest. So it seems like continuing to contact the media is our smartest option. But what can we do on a big scale?

[AmerDem]

20. well in that thread

It clearly shows why protesting in NYC is what is needed. The fact that FAUX's main studios are there and the fact that FAUX is despised by just about every news organization in the city ( NYC is the news capital of the US) would have made it a sure thing that coverage would have been given. All of this is in the thread, starting with the opening post and the links included.

[bushnboots]

22. Bushspeak...what's good for the goosed...

Bush: Validity of Ukraine Vote in Doubt
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites) declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election...

"There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that placed their election, the validity of their elections, in doubt," Bush said. "The international community is watching very carefully. People are paying very close attention to this, and hopefully it will be resolved in a way that brings credit and confidence to the Ukrainian government."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20041127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[newyawker99]

30. Hi bushnboots!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[quaker bill]

23. Not to worry

They are coming. Just as surely as Bush will continue to waste our children's lives on military misadventures and fry the economy on hairbrained financial schemes, they are coming.

[proudbluestater]

24. Go the the Activism and Events Forum and set one up!

Most of us keep saying the same thing. Where are OUR protests? Well, we ARE the leaders I guess.

Go to that forum and organize an event in the nearest large city in your area.

Columbus has one planned. The also is the counter-inauguration planned. Another event planned is called Turn Your Back On Bush at the inauguration.

Also on the net is a place called protest.net You can check on any protests and post your own.

We can't wait for other people to lead us out of this wilderness. We have to be the leaders now.

[Baja Margie]

25. I'm with you.

[genius]

26. L.A. (CA) rally planned next Friday ( (Nov 26) at KCBS-TV/KNX News

6121 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (3 P.M)

The organizers are reachable at [e-mail] and [e-mail]

[HamiltonHabs32]

28. Look at the crowds at the parades

Parades have literaly turned into a marketing march. 24hr news channels cover these things because there are HUGE CROWDS GATHERING.

The funny thing is when protest crowds gather, they never cover it? did you see the crowd Kerry gathered in Philly? no? exactly.

/sometimes its so obviouse

[newyawker99]

31. Hi HamiltonHabs32!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[HamiltonHabs32]

34. thanks

I hope I don't be burned for being a canadian, on most message boards they just flame us right out, this place looks very welcoming and most people here share my same views, I hate to be considered an imposter but I follow American politics...and I'll be watching you guys closely in the next four years, because personally its scary whats going on down there.

I plan on sticking around this place :D

[drunkdriver-in-chief]

32. KERRY CONCEDED

That's the difference between us and ukraine. What can we do when our guy folds???

[RegexReader]

37. BINGO! We have a winner!!!

That is why he is fooling himself that he can run again in 2008.

RegexReader
$USA =~ s/Republican/Democrat/ig;

[robbedvoter]

33. I am going to one today - there are some all over the country

Saturday, November 27th, Protest Rally, NYC
Where: NYC: Times Square, south side of island at 44th
between Broadway and 7th Ave.
When: Saturday, November 27 at 1:00 (I'd like
volunteers to start arriving around 12:30 to make sure
we're set up).
http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/bbballot-invitation.htm

contact :[e-mail]

Saturday, November 27th, Protest Rally, Kansas City, MO.
1:00 p.m. 47th & Main, Mill Creek Park by Fountain.
No Stolen Elections. Bring signs. Distribute flyers after rally.
(Contact [e-mail])

Monday, November 29th, Demonstration, San Francisco, CA.
11:00 a.m. : 900 Front St. KGO TV.
12:00 noon : 1700 Montgomery St. Sen. Boxer's office.
(Contact [e-mail]... Cheryl Lilienstein, Donald Goldmacher, 650-856-0624, 510-527-1761, [e-mail], [e-mail])

Thursday, December 2nd, No Stolen Elections KC Meeting, Kansas City, MO
7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Location to be announced.
(Contact [e-mail])

Saturday, December 4th, Rally, Columbus, OH.
1:00 p.m. High & Broad Sts., Ohio Statehouse.
(Contact www.caseohio.org)

Saturday, December 4th, Protest Rally, Kansas City, MO.
1:00 p.m. 47th & Main, Mill Creek Park by Fountain.
No Stolen Elections. Bring signs. Distribute flyers after rally.
(Contact [e-mail])

Saturday, December 18th Protest, New York, NY.
2:00 p.m. Washington Square Park, Manhattan.
(Contact [e-mail])

They would have been bigger and sooner had Kerry not conceded.

[gorbal]

35. And there is one tommorow in Ohio

There is going to be another one tommorow in Ohio-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x82838

:)

[indigolady]

36. IT'S POSSIBLE THERE WERE SOME, BUT THE NEWS DIDN'T SHOW IT...

like the inauguration of W the first time.

[boi1946]

38. I'm a newbie, can someone post this

in the "Activism and Events forum", too?