posted January 13, 2005 08:29 PM            

So have fun kiddies.
http://notonedamndime.com/boycott/

Not One Damn Dime!
Boycott Bush's inauguration by not spending any money on inauguration day.

NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY

Since our leaders don't have the moral courage to speak out against the war in Iraq, 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, and don't use your credit card. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases. Nor toll/cab/bus or train ride money exchanges. Not one damn dime for anything for 24 hours.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Walmart, KMart and 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. 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 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 as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .

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posted January 14, 2005 01:10 PM            

You are sooo right!

Thanks Trillian! Brilliant idea.... thanks for the article!

posted January 17, 2005 02:58 AM            

Let them be like me in order to save the world, they're world!

posted January 20, 2005 05:47 PM              

*tries to calm shaking hands...taps foot...paces...blinks eyes rapidly...sits down...gets up*

Ooooh the horrors of it all! *sigh* (Can I possibly hold out til midnight?)

(Ooh mr. bush... *sigh*...

.....what you put me and my friends
through...*sigh*.......eeeeeeee)

posted January 20, 2005 06:11 PM            

You could really get with the recycling effort and wouldn't that be in line with the saving the Earth campaign?

In the meantime, prices would fall like a rock and that would be good for the rest of us.

posted January 20, 2005 06:28 PM              

(You really are a likable chap, in spite of our political differeces )

posted January 20, 2005 09:41 PM              

....you ain't helpin' the cause none...

posted January 22, 2005 01:55 PM            

Yes Rainbow one of the really likable chaps, thanks

posted January 22, 2005 02:20 PM              

For the first time since ... well since I've had a job(!) I didn't spend one damn dime.

I liked it. I might just try it again. I think Jwhop is on to something. What would give me greater pleasure than having the entire filthy, immoral, misbegotton economic system come to a grinding halt?

he he

posted January 23, 2005 12:05 PM            

After all, you have the right to poverty, starvation, public transportation only and of course, the right to share housing quarters with 2 or 3 other families. Enjoy!

posted January 24, 2005 12:30 PM            

Oh, you didn't get your Memo? Let me correct that.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..........."

I doubt there are even 2 people working in the United States government who could sit down and list ALL the government programs directed at helping American citizens with everything from housing, food, transportation, clothing and education to reduction and retirement of debt...including outright grants requiring no repayment.

All it takes to fail in America is to sit on one's $ss, ignore every rule of success, ignore all the educational opportunities and whine about how unfair it is that to prosper in America, one needs to acquire a saleable/marketable skill or product. The theory...for some, seems to be that they never asked to be brought into the world but now that they are here...against their will, we must take care of them....and at the same level of the most productive members of our society.

Even for those working directly against their own self interest and the interest of their families, we don't let them starve and poverty is a relative term...as the picture shows.

This is not...in any way directed at you TINK. You have, however hit upon one of my real hot button issues

posted January 24, 2005 07:38 PM              

That's an awfully pretty picture btw, Mr Jwhop. Where was it taken?

posted January 25, 2005 12:37 AM            

So, you know about the opposing views on government between Jefferson and Hamilton. That's good.

Above all, Jefferson was a practical thinker. Whatever he was interested in had to have some practical application. But Jefferson was a man of his own time.

How about stepping back for a moment and imagine Jefferson coming suddenly into the 21st century. His first move would be to find out how we got to where we are...economically, socially, internationally and the evolution of our government. It wouldn't take Jefferson long to come to the conclusion we didn't get where we are overnight. I think Jefferson would also understand changes aren't going to occur overnight either.

There is much Jefferson would want to change...particularly in government....federal Vs state. I think he would be surprised to see the direct election of Senators which led to the weakening of state rights which empowered the federal government.

Internationally, Jefferson's immediate instinct would be to withdraw. But that isn't really possible in today's world. No nation could really mount an effective war against fortress America in Jefferson's time nor could anyone strike suddenly in America to kill large numbers of Americans.

Given the situation that exists in the world today, I think Jefferson would see the Bush doctrine to spread representative government around the world as a positive solution to long range, long term peace.

Jefferson would be appalled at the power of corporate America in government affairs but he would applaud Bush for going after the corporate corruption and the corrupters and putting them in jail.

There are some things I really don't like about some Bush initiatives...immigration for one, trade for another but there is no disputing that Bush is turning the ship of state. I think Jefferson would understand that isn't easy given the long standing policies and expectations developed over almost 100 years but I think he would approve overall and understand it's going to take time. Jefferson would also understand the problems we face are NOT problems brought about by Bush policies and that Bush is playing the hand he was dealt.

Make no mistake, Jefferson the revolutionary would immediately recognize that Bush is every bit the revolutionary in this age.

Most people join the military at a young age with little experience in the work force and with low expectations as to pay. It's almost like joining a family where all your immediate needs are met. A something for something exchange but it's not an equal exchange over the long term.

That picture is of a refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan.

King George? When Bush's 2nd term is over, you will see a transfer of the Presidency and a sigh of relief from Bush and his family as they depart the White House. How can people look at the same set of facts and come to such different conclusions? Bush is nothing more than a hard working man who intends to do his job....as he sees it, come hell or high water and then get the hell out of Dodge....at the appointed time.

posted January 25, 2005 11:53 AM              

I think I'm going to throw up

The label "revolutionary" alone is not enough to impress me. The intent behind the revolution is what impresses me.

So you know who George III was? That's good. And yet you can not see the present incarnation of those old demagogues. Odd.
Blind, deaf and mad indeed.

ps I enjoy a bit of baiting. It's fun and it tests and strengthens the willpower

posted January 28, 2005 12:33 AM            

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I suspect you don't know what Bush's intent really is but would like to ascribe it to an evil intent.

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The label "revolutionary" alone is not enough to impress me. The intent behind the revolution is what impresses me.

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Yes, I remember George III well. Mad as a hatter. And no, there is no correlation between George III and George W. Bush in regard to the way they govern.

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So you know who George III was? That's good. And yet you can not see the present incarnation of those old demagogues. Odd. Blind, deaf and mad indeed.

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Willpower is best tested and "perhaps" strengthened face to face.

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posted January 28, 2005 08:36 AM              

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In private please

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But of course. I do all the nastier things in private.

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I suspect you don't know what Bush's intent really is but would like to ascribe it to an evil intent.

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I would ascribe to Bush a very misguided intent. But there are others to whom I would ascribe an evil intent.

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Yes, I remember George III well. Mad as a hatter. And no, there is no correlation between George III and George W. Bush in regard to the way they govern.

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Yes, mad a a hatter. Poor thing.

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Willpower is best tested and "perhaps" strengthened face to face.

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Are you making me an offer? I warn you, I am quite overpowering in person.