Can we organize a national strike if * starts war w/ Iran?

[Botany]

:tinfoilhat:

Would it be possible to shut down the country if * starts a war w/ Iran?
I expect that the blogs, e mail, and cell phones would be shut down as
per NSA/Homeland Security commands.

I am paranoid but w/ the spying, building camps, and the right wing t.v.
and radio selling that Iraq had WMDs story again I think an increasingly
desperate White House badly wants a war w/ Iran so as consolidate power
and stop the ever increasing amount of bad news getting out now.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I don't know

I think that it will be a time for people to join together for meetings. Don't see how we can be arrested if we go like to a church.....

[tatertop]

2. We could definitely give it a try

[Betsy Ross]

3. I'm rooting for a military coup

The military should revolt before carrying out any orders to attack Iran.

[Burning Water]

7. Better idea

is to win in 2006 and then in 2008. The military will not revolt becasue * orders them to fight in Iran, or anywhere else. That's what they do.

[Selatius]

9. It could get very violent if the military tries a coup

The last thing we want is the military splitting in half with rebels against the loyalists who still follow Bush Co. It could be a bloodbath on US soil.

[leveymg]

13. If there were a coup, we likely wouldn't learn about it

More likely the Joint Chiefs and career heads of the intelligence services would give Fitz the go-ahead to indict Cheney and the others. That seems to be what's going to happen, anyway.

Bush could not operate without the adults. He would have to be replaced "for the good of the Party".

[coalition_unwilling]

14. I do nurse this primordial fantasy of the 82nd Airborne

surrounding Washington, DC and declaring martial law (and imprisonment\trial of regime).

Brings up an interesting ethical question: if military staged an extra-constitutional coup to depose the regime would you

a) support military's negation of constitution

b) support constitution by supporting regime?

P.S. My wife says I fantasize too much :)

[Selatius]

15. Man, I'd be torn in half with that ethical dilemma.

My gut reaction though is that I should not support either side as I was taught to have a healthy fear of authority regardless of who holds authority.

[coalition_unwilling]

17. Yes, I'd also be torn in half . . .

I think I would probably adope a "wait and see" attitude. If the military coup were headed by someone sane like Paul Hackett, I'd be way more tempted to give it the benefit of the doubt.

If, on the other hand, it were headed by one of the torture apologists like Geoffrey Miller, I'd probably move to immediate resistance.

[Just Me]

18. That suggestion scares the beejeezus outta' me!

:scared:

Besides, a military coup really wouldn't be necessary to remove those assholes. Military backing would be,...but, not a coup. All that is really required is a "will" to remove them via usual legal channels. If the stooooopid Republican HOin' representatives would get their heads out of their asses, this administration would already be out. But, the fear of losing power exceeds the concerns with the rule of law and best interests of our nation.

[Selatius]

4. We can certainly try, but once the war machine moves...

it's difficult to stop the gears from turning.

Perhaps we can borrow a page out of the playbook the Ukrainians used. We could set up a tent city on the National Mall with protesters 24/7 arguing for a resolution.

[AndyTiedye]

5. No. That's One Reason They Keep Unemployment So High

If we strike, they outsource our jobs or hire replacement workers locally, cutting their labor costs in the process.

Labor has lost all the power it once had, in case you hadn't noticed.

About all that is left to us is the boycott.

[iconoclastNYC]

6. If we plan for it now.

If we get the talking points and the memos all ready, the fliers, the meeting points, the call trees.....if we got it all worked out now and ready to execute they couldn't stop us.

Revolution was possible in 1776 and it's possible now with or without the Internet.

[RufusEarl]

11. A little revolution now and again is a healthy thing!

[MadMaddie]

8. I think that a national strike is possible...

The * Cabal does not have the soldiers boots to put on the ground for a war in Iran....
Iran with the the help of the new Iraq military and other military personnel that were fired by the dumbass * cabal and left to fend for themselves will merge and attack our troops in Iraq...our soldiers will be slaughtered....

There will be news blackouts and families won't be able to contact there military relatives in the field....

They will have to implement the draft....men and women up to 42 years of age....with a lottery who knows....

No American wants to go fight these never ending wars...

But wait theres more....Probably Russia will not support the US because the US has been taken swipes at Putin and his clamping down on his country.....Russia could side with Iran and get involved...


I think that attacking Iran will be the last straw....

Sigh....American citizens will have to stop the * Cabal because Congress is neutered.....

[anarch]

10. probably not

Maybe if they demand that we kill all our first born sons. Maybe.

[thecrow]

12. Sadly, I think too many people would be buying popcorn, koolaid,

and going Oooooh and Aaaaah over the televised edition on CNN.

[EFerrari]

16. We can't because Labor isn't strong enough.

The other way to go is student protest.

Whatever. They will try it and we will fight it. :mad:

[Harald Ragnarsson]

19. I think it would highlight who the troublemakers are for them

I'm thinking massive slow-downs. Remain a cog, but slow down your cog as slow as it can possibly go. A temp or foreign worker is ready to take your job if you go too far. It may come to that anyway, but no sense in expediting it.

Sit downs disrupting commerce would be good too.

Edit: We could set up some sort of fund to take care of food and shelter for multitudes of unemployed to protest and make noise in DC too, those that would wish to do such a thing. Just brainstorming here.

Upon further reflection, would not this money be better spent in this way than sending $$millions to MoveOn to run TV ads?