not one damn dime day (sorry if this is already here)

[coffeenap]

Not One Damn Dime -- Spread the word!

This might be the closest we could come to a general strike in this country and could be powerful symbolically if it were wide spread...

Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND SPREAD THE WORD!

On "Not One Dime Day" is for 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 Dime Day" please don't spend money. Not one dime for gasoline. Not one dime for necessities or for impulse purchases. Not one dime for anything for 24 hours.

On "Not One Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target etc...

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 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 lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.

"Not One Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way.

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 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 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.

[Sporadicus]

1. Been Posted Already, But It's Alright

We need reminders of this statement as *'s coronation approaches. Starve the beast!

[BeFree]

2. I like it

Every Tuesday should be the same. That way we'd have 52 days a year of "Not One Dime Days"

[Not a Sheep]

3. Interesting idea. /eom

[meganmonkey]

4. Good topic

but wrong forum - I would post this in GD Politics, GD, and the Lounge. This particular forum is specifically for 2004 election results.

btw, WELCOME TO DU!!!! :toast:

[coffeenap]

5. thanks-sorry, thought it went along with protests 1/20 which = 2004 elect.

[meganmonkey]

6. Good point, I didn't even realize the date connection!

:P

[Pharaoh]

7. great idea

I'm in..............:toast:

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. Great suggestion.

Unfortunately, by that time of the month, every day is already 'not one damn dime' day, for me.

So I'll be with you in spirit, even if the reality is more circumstantial.