MOH Forum: Not One Damn Dime Day

Not One Damn Dime Day

Posted By:
Rain Oubliette
Dec 20, 2004

In the spirit of the burning a candle for solidarity hoax, I recently received the following in my email. Thought I'd share it with everyone; though I have no idea how it would attract the government's attention.

turn your back on the economy!!! Please share this email with as many people as possible...we can protest with our spirit!!!

<b>NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY</b>
Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq, since our political leaders 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 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.

Category: Email-Hoax, Money; Replies: 234

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myst	Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 \| 11:54 PM It is pointless actually. People will either buy the stuff the day before or the day after.
Maegan	Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 \| 11:32 AM I participate in Not One Damn Dime Day all the time. I hardly ever have a buck, let alone one damn dime.
myst	Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 \| 01:38 PM I know the feeling Maegan.
Charybdis	Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 \| 06:06 PM Like myst says, this is a meaningless boycott. Just like the "Boycott gasoline to protest high prices" emails. Nobody is actually suggesting you refrain from purchasing a product at all (which might actually mean something) but rather offset your purchases by one day. One day wouldn't even be noticed by producers and manufactures of products as their production is generally geared towards a weeks product or more on hand. Only the vendors would notice and it would mostly be meaningless to them as well (I didn't sell anything today but I will sell double tomorrow - big whoop).
Maegan	Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 \| 09:07 AM When I worked in retail...we only cared about bringing in more than we paid for employees to work. If it was really slow & I had 3 or 4 people on...I'm send everyone but a single person home, this way if things picked up I still had help, but if it stayed slow...we weren't paying 3 people $6/hr to stand around. Then...we would make sure we pushed as much as we could on our regular busy days.
Joe	Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 \| 09:57 PM Well I think it's a great idea. I don't think it will change the world, but is a symbolic fart in church while they crown the king. This evil man has turned religious people into his unwitting pawns. Satan couldn't do better at deceiving people with good intentions.
Hairy Houdini	Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 \| 10:04 PM I think Joe has a damn good idea... Let's send about e-mails calling for a Symbolic Fart In Church Day. We could save our gas for several days before, letting loose with a profusion of gaseous commentary during the benediction portion of the inauguration. Let us spray. Bless me Father, for I have wind.
Becca	Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 \| 08:03 PM Are you kidding me guys? I'm doing it! I've gotta stop participating in at least this one thing that supports George W; our economy, and exploitative corporations. It will be a sad day when we are so addicted to these things that we can't even withdraw our support for one day.
BugbearSloth	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 01:12 AM Sorry, Hairy. That girl I sometimes (ahem) spend the night with says there is no way I would be able to save my gas for several days. This dude I work with has one of those remote control fart machines, though.
Julie	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 04:49 AM That lone man standing in front of the tank in Tianammen Square didn't exactly bring the repressive Chinese government to its knees, either, but there is a lot of symbolic power in what he did, isn't there? Ask yourself if you have that kind of courage. Start small - baby steps, one day boycotts. You can do it. Or is America a place filled with self-satisfied, cynical & lazy uber-consumers? Come on, people, spread the word! The Ukranians knew what to do when an election was stolen from them, in a way the Americans didn't seem to know how to do when Bush stole the 2000 election (and who knows, maybe he and Karl Rove and those Diebold voting machines did it again in 2004!) In the 60's, we knew how to get out into the streets and protest things we thought were wrong. It started slow, but it built up, and eventually, yes, we made the government rethink its policy in Vietnam. I for one am going to participate in this boycott, and I urge others not to be so cynical and to understand the power of symbolic gestures.
Hairy Houdini	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 08:16 AM I would prefer a symbolic gesture more along the lines of the response by the frat brothers from the movie Animal House. Disrupt the inaugural parade with a modified Lincoln in a parade cake float. RRRRRRRRamming Speed! See my thumb? GW's dumb.
Hairy Houdini	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 11:11 AM The question on this thread (I never divert from the thread subject. That's very important. So is regular dental checkups. And toast. Toast is essential for large gums.) is whether or not the call for a one-day boycott on Jan. 20th is/was a hoax. I've begun to think that it is a hoax, for this reason: If we all agree to sit it out on Jan. 20th, no driving, no shopping, no take-out, doesn't that sort of lessen and take away from the efforts by many to rally a mass demonstration in Washington, DC on that day? Is this just a plot to keep us from lining the parade route and showing GWB our Asses of Evil? Trust Noone Over Thirty Pounds, that's my motto. And "Toast is essential for large gums". That's my other motto. Next to "Please don't throw cigarette butts in the urinal." That's a good one, too.
Mike	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 11:41 AM Whether intended as a hoax or not, if enough people participate it automatically becomes real. For the cynics who say it won't matter because people will just buy a day earlier or day later - Duh! That is not the point. Of course people will eventually buy things - either that or die of starvation, thirst, or gum disease once they run out of toothpaste. The point is that if everyone participates on the same day those in power will be able to observe the boycott - just as a single fart in church may go undetected (depending on one's diet, of course), but 1,000 farts are sure to be noticed, especially if the stained glass windows don't open.
Hairy Houdini	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 02:06 PM But, won't they also watch us gas up before and after like lemmings? I've often thought that the whole "Buy duct tape and plastic" scare was a marketing test, to see what areas of the country showed a spike in duct tape and plastic sheeting, realize that that's where the fools are, and then market the war, and then the election, tailored with the knowledge of what areas will be most likely to see "red"? I'm all for a day of boycott, if it takes the form of a general strike. Call in sick- no work, no shopping, no consuming of any kind. No TV, no internet sales, no 1-900 numbers, nada. Zippo. Zero. Let's call it "Do Nothing To Do Something Day", or "NOT IN MY NAME, YOU VISCIOUS BASTARDS DAY", "No Means No, A-hole, Day", or my favorite: "Sex, Drugs, and Rock-and-Roll Day", just to make GW jealous.
Mike	Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 \| 02:30 PM Whether or not we gas up before or after is irrelevant, unless we are talking about a gas boycott or something of that magnitude, which is not likely to happen as long we are still in the midst of the national "buy an SUV orgy." What is important is that if no one participates, we know we are all just lone farts in scattered churches, synagogues and/or mosques, but if millions participate then we know that people are still paying attention. On a positive note, it was reported in todays news that Bush's approval rating is down below 50 percent again. It was up for a while, probably because people tried to convince themselves that our president is not really an incompetent boob, but the strain of living in denial eventually became too great and they it up. Finally, "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" will probably not make GW jealous because I am sure that he has indulged freely in whichever combination he enjoys most - although as a Republican his appreciation of the first is likely to involve some kinks, and the last to involve no.. well... Kinks...
Code	Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 \| 01:20 AM I feel quite strongly that there is a significant problem with this form of "protest". I believe it is tremendously misguided. I see no logical correlation between the cessation of consumer spending and an opinion against the war. While it may grab some brief media attention, I cannot see how it would directly affect our religious and political leaders opinions one way or the other. A reduction of consumer spending is exactly the opposite of what our fragile economy needs. Local governments, small businesses and churches are all largely facing a reduction in positive cash flow and are cutting back their spending and services. I fail to see how further reducing the income of our local business owners could equate with protesting the war in Iraq. I suggest that anyone who wants to make a difference should do what they can to voice their opinion directly to the politicians responsible. Our president, our congressmen, our state senators and representatives-- these are the people who have the ability to stop the war. If they are overwhelmed by letters, phone calls and emails expressing our anti-war sentiments, they just might get motivated to work for the public opinion and stop it. This is a lazy persons approach to political activism. Expressing oneself and being heard in a public forum requires energy, forethought and commitment. "There's no rally to attend. No marching to do."-- why not? Worldwide it has been proven again and again that coming out in large numbers in favor of a cause contrary to current government policy can shift that policy. Providing politicians with visible evidence that there is a majority of their constituents in favor of social change can be the motivation for social change. It would be wonderful if something as easy and anonymous as not spending anything for a day would have a similar effect. Do you really think it would? Who is going to let our leaders know that this is actually a protest if all involved do nothing, as we are being asked to do?
K	Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 \| 08:09 PM If your ultimate goal with this the withdrawal of troops from Iraq (despite the facts that there is further reconstruction to do, this would cause instability, and is counter the opinion of a majority of the troops) just know that you are at odds with the majority of the US population. Trying to screw up the economy partially to satisfy your half-assed qualms with our great capitalist system won't sway that public opinion, even if your plan is somehow successful. So have fun going without your necessities for a day. really. enjoy, maybe it'll lessen your guilt. Just remember, your protest isn't worth shit in the end.
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 \| 09:05 PM You're right. we need something really helpful like "Hands Across America". Was that to raise money or awareness or what? It's 15 years or more back, and I really don't remember. Truthfully, even if people were doing some of the things youse guys have suggested like contacting lawmakers and all the rational measures any good citizen probably knows to do anyway, it is still fun to entertain the thought of a mass symbolic action in addition to the logical. The folks who occupied Tiananmen Square in China used direct action in a symbolic way. We all love a theatrical response to absurdity, so let's keep the suggestions rolling. "Hands Across Our Asses Of Evil", or "Take Your Daughter To Washington Day", or "Stay Home and Drink Day". That one would be very popular
Citizen Premier	Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 \| 10:28 PM Add busters has their own anti-commerce day. The whole point is just to get people to realize how much of our lives is based on materialism.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 \| 07:08 PM I'm totally down with the whole "Stay Home and Drink Day" thing. If thats what protestings all about, I've been doing the wrong thing all along. But really, even if in some cosmic catastrophy where everyone, and I mean everyone did absolutely nothing for a day, the government would think we were being rebelious, which they will not stand for. They will make sure we understand their authority in one way or another. What's to say they won't declare marshall law on the citizens of the good ol'U.S. of A.? It sure would be an effective way and excuse to bring about a new world order and do away with the constitution and the declaration of independence so as to give themselves free reign on America and it's citizens. Besides, one day, start small, whoever said that earlier in the thread, it's not like we're going to move on up to week long demonstrations. It won't happen. And one day won't really solve much of anything. :down: <--What is this smiley looking at? I still say we do the "Stay Home and Drink Day" thing.
Misty Member	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 12:58 PM I agree as 'Joe' noted above [& others of similar opinion]:"I don't think it will change the world, but is a symbolic fart in church while they crown the king
Tony McGrath	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 01:41 PM Nothing is ever going to change the basic motives that drive humans (I think). Power, sex and greed mostly. Of course everyone should do more to take back our country from an ever more repressive and tyranical government, but it isn't happening. If this boycott were to have a significant impact on normal spending patterns for a day, whether the total net spending remained unchanged or not, it would bring hope to all sane folks who oppose the current nazis in power. Economic boycotts will lead to government change faster than anything else. Ultimately, global decisions are determined by how a majority of rich people feel. Nothing scares a money addict greedy pig like the potential for having his money stream slow down. We better do something before the pigs take total controll and it's too late to stop them.
Lee	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 03:10 PM What seems to have escaped notice here is: 51% of Americans actually support Bush. I noticed also that the first retailer mentioned for boycott is Walmart, already hated by most liberals, so who would ever notice if the liberals refused to shop there for a day?
Dale Robin	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 04:33 PM I heard about this and sent the email to everyone I know who would even remotely be likely to do it. Sure, it's just one day, and everyone will buy their gas, groceries, etc the day before or after. That's not the point. It is not going to get our legislators and certainly not our (despicable, pitiful) President to see the errors of their ways. It's that proverbial church fart. It's a way to say, we are here and we are not happy. It's a warning shot. It's the first blast (pun intended). We have been far too complacent. I, for one would like to see us out in the streets, but that is no longer our culture, at least not at the moment. I'm gonna do the Jan 20 thing and I'm gonna tell my friends and neighbors about it. In the words of my people, "what could it hurt?" Jan 20, don't spend a dime day -- do it. I bet it'll even be kinda fun. Let's see how big of a collective fart we can actually make. (apologies to all earnest church-goers -- not meant as disrespect -- but I just loved the image! -- oh -- and I include synagogue farts in the idiom. 😊)
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 05:09 PM It's a waste of time. Anything 'the people' do will not make them say or even think that they are doing something wrong and will change anything. They are just going to get annoyed at our disobedience and will take action to 'send us to our rooms to think about what we have done' so that we don't come close to 'rising up' or going against the government in any way. DO NOT piss them off. We will all have to suffer. It's bad enough they got they're Patriot Act and are trying to get the draft of the Patriot Act Two passed. We don't need to give them any more reason to try and take control over us and our country. You think you may get something done, well what happens when you fart in church, everybody looks at you like you are a disgrace to the church and it's congregation. Your children are the only ones laughing. So, fart in church, just don't be sitting next to me.
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 06:31 PM There is only one fact here to consider. George W. Bush East Rats. That is the plain truth, no sense going off onto any other tangents. We need to express our outrage at the fact that George w. Bush Eats Rats, and what better way than to declare Jan. 20th: "GEORGE W. BUSH EATS RATS DAY". We could stay home, not spending a dime, or lining the parade route wearing our "George W. Bush Eats Rats" tee shirts. What? You don't have a "George W. Bush Eats Rats" tee shirt? just go to http://www.gwbeatsratstees.cmon and get some. Free Saddam Chia Pet with every purchase over $69
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 06:33 PM not "east" rats... EATS rats... my bad
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 \| 07:03 PM can't get one. Page won't come up. Says I need to adjust my browser settings. No clue how to do that. Bummer. :blank:
aB	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 08:44 AM Here's a note on the subject from another author: Please support this action if you can. I don't know who originated it, but that is what makes grass roots activism tasty, no one blowing their own horn. How can we support this to gain momentum in the next two weeks? Any ideas? Can you personally make a commitment to make a list of ten people that might otherwise not receive notice and encourage them to participate. If you can, at exactly midnight at the end of January 19th, grab a good flashlight, then shut off the electricity breaker in your house, put on your long undies, turn off your cell phone, and then go to sleep. When you awake on Thursday, dress in black. Can you get to work without spending money? Use this thread for any additional ideas that anyone has. This event is a meme, defined as a social virus that replicates because it strikes a nerve. I have been tracking it for a few days and it seems to be spreading like wildfire on the internet. Emergence theory states that innovation emerges from 1. a critical mass of interactions producing a wide distribution of data and 2. massive feedback producing pattern recognition. Part of the desired pattern recognition is that democracy is within our grasp. OUR POWER IS OUR MONEY! The requirement of feedback producing pattern recognition means that the value of this action will be enhanced by discussion, by talking to people about the questions that arise before the day, finding ways to be with people on the day without spending money and discussing how it went for you on the weekend after.
Jason	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 09:44 AM In light of the fact that we just had an election two months ago where over 100,000,000 votes were cast for two candidates that both support continued occupation of Iraq, I doubt that there will be a noticeable decline in consumer sales. If voters don
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 10:45 AM I'd like to publically apologize for stating that "George W. Bush Eats Rats".I misspoke, and i'd like to clarify that. Ahem- "George W. Bush Eats DEAD Rats". If any live rats were offended by my remarks, well, mistakes were made. I truly think that it is for the good of the nation that the Director of Central Rat Intelligence fall on his sword for giving me such lame info. DEAD rats, okay? DEAD rats. Say it with me: George W. Bush Eats DEAD Rats". Better
Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 01:12 PM ...coincidentally, I get my paycheck direct deposit on the 20th. It will probably be the day I go grocery shopping, fill up the cars with gas...and if I'm lucky, get my eyebrows waxed. :wow: (notice the nice eyebrows on this guy!)
Charybdis in Hell Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 02:20 PM Hairy, were those rats killed as humanely as possible? I don't see our "nature-loving" pres being interested in organically deceased rats (natural causes). I'd hate to think of all those poor rats being kicked around the abattoir in an inhumane manner. And I certainly hope he uses the skins for new shoes or belts or something instead of just wasting them.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 03:35 PM Hey Hairy, why can't it be: "George W. Bush eats dead rats that were infected with the AIDS virus"? Or something similar. Organically deceased. This is exactly why I keep coming here. Everybody here is too damn funny. New words = more fun
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 03:40 PM Not one damn dime, but two damn dimes.
Michael Cammer	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 04:39 PM The second-to-last Thursday of the month is when my bank account is automatically debited for my cell phone bill, so complying with this boycott would be such a hassle.
TheCroz	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 05:18 PM Wouldn't we all be better served by just spamming our elected officials directly? Send enough letters to them, and the government will take notice. Big business wants us to think of ourselves only as "consumers." But consumers don't wield the clout that "citizens" do. Big business won't even notice a dip in their profits, but bugging elected officials in enough numbers might make our government think people actually care. Maybe.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 07:20 PM Yes, but they can delete and throw out all of the mail without a care. What good will that do?
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 07:22 PM I'm telling you, all we're going to do with any of this is piss them off, or at least annoy them a little bit, but thats not going to make them change anything. They are in a position of power and money. They want to keep it that way. You would to if you were one of them.
The wizened old know it half-assed	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 09:19 PM The ONLY things that powerfull people care about are money and not losing their power. They desperately don't want this "NODDD" deal to cause a noticeable blip on the economic radar screen because it might mean that it would light a spark of hope in the hearts of the elctorate that they might be able to use their economic power to start restoring some semblance of sanity to America.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 10:49 PM I won't cause a blip. Everybody will buy what they need for that day on the previous day, or the day after. It's not a money message, it's a nobody's doing a damn thing for one day. Including spending a dime.
The Curator in San Diego Member	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 11:04 PM For me it's going to be 'wife-has-the-car-so-I-can't-go-anywhere-not-even-to-buy-a-damn-cup-of-coffee day'.
The wizened old know it half-assed	Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 \| 11:43 PM Rex, my friend, you are too despairing. If everyone just rolls over for these swine you don't have a clue as to how bad your life is going to become. By not speaking out or takaing some kind of action to protest our hijacked government, you are making a statemnet. Silence speaks volumes. Better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Do something even if it's wrong. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Hairy Houdini has it right. Try to give him an honest read and learn.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 12:08 AM You are correct. But if you think everone is going to do this, your disillusioned. If you think everyone is not going to do this, the same. It will be half & half. I'm going to do it anyway just because I'm not supposed to, and I hate 'Big Bush' and 'Baby Bush'. They need to get out the house. I'm saying not much is going to be accomplished. It's going to be like everything else like this that's ever been done. Except now the government has the means for mass control if they need it. They didn't have all of the weapons and vehicles and man power that they have today to use against the people if they have to. I don't really care. We're only here for a short while, than we're gone so I'm going to spend my time here doing what I want to do befoe it's too late. I'm still going to participate though, I never said I wasn't going to.
bike mike	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 07:54 AM uhm. I like the Kinks. I'm afraid for the world - hey - okay, dude - listen - beware of Moonies, k? Shut uP! Bush thinks its a game he's playing. He doesn't think he's the leader of the free world (duh.) He's in a passion play about holy wars. In this game, he plays the antichrist and he thinks it's fun. Christ is played by Moon. Division between haves and have nots is hastended by their desired division between the saved and the damned. sounds crazy but i warn you they are serious, and they are taking our god with them to prove themselves. By this I mean to say our earth, our mother god, is no object except it should be destroyed so as bring on the end time noize. co-homies. unite. expose the right-wing fundamentalist moonie freaks. prevent the end of the world. Identify ignorance. Bend them with love and truth. Many of them suffer from the cult of bush. please do not join them. escape while you can. reality-based community is the shit. spend no money on Jan. 20. This is no joke.
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 11:06 AM Hey, I know you... You're the dirty brother that killed my rat. I'll never, ever, forget your face.
Guitarface of BLAMF!	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 11:26 AM I don't see how such a call for a symbolic action could be construed as a "hoax". If enough people did it, it would send a few interesting messages. 1. The economy belongs to the people, and even mega-corporations are nothing without our cooperation. 2. Our cooperation is not a given. We are not slaves to the powerful, nor to our own materialism. 3. The war in Iraq is an instance where the powerful have gone much too far, and we are taking the first steps toward withdrawing our cooperation with this corrupt system.
Hairy Houdini Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 11:42 AM I've often wondered, over the last several months, just how much differently the situation in Iraq would be now if we all just sat down and shut up, instead of actively opposing the insane avts of our government. I can't help but think that the situation would have been worse, if possible. The powers-that-be have been slowed in their pursuit of Empire. We have acted too late, and too quietly to stop the process, and we are certainly not at a stage where Cooler Heads have prevailed. If we remain silent still, we give our approval- George's "mandate", to the futile and twisted acts of our leaders. If we speak out, in one voice, in many forms, we can build a balance of power that will further slow this descent into Hell, and maybe one day, turn us back toward Heaven. PS: So George has a "Man Date"... does Laura know?
Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 12:30 PM ...I bet if people boycotted shopping the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas, there would be an impact. What are normally billion dollar shopping days...down to nothing. THAT would send a message. Jan 20th might not be that big of a deal. If a lot of people are watching the inaguration (sp?) on TV, they're not shopping or driving anyway. It's sort of like saying you are boycotting liver, but since not many people eat liver...a boycott probably wouldn't be noticed by anyone but the cows.
Guitarface of BLAMF!	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 12:49 PM Actually, there are supposed to be a lot of peaceful protests centered around the inauguration, which you're right, is also the 20th. Unfortunately, the protesters will mostly have to buy gas and supplies to get there, hopefully a day or two in advance for (symbolic) purposes of the Not a Dime... I like that Not a Dime coincides with the inauguration, though, since I feel fairly certain that Bush stole this election as well as the last one, just more convincingly this time around (see gregpalast.com for example).
Hairy Houdini	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 02:59 PM I heard of suggestion that the protest take the form of turning your back on GWB's motorcade while lining the parade route. I sorta prefer a more face-to-face approach, myself. In large primate societies, turning one's back to another is regarded as a sign of submission, allowing dominance toward those we choose not to face. I say that we should line the parade route armed with nothing but our bodies, and show The Boy Emperor a one-fingered salute, show him our Asses Unequalled. As a matter of fact, I now dub all efforts to show The Dubya-ist Man Alive our displeasure to be under the umbrella title of "ASSES UNEQUALLED DAY". Yeah, we'll look back in years to come, sitting around the hydrogen stove, sharing tales. "What did you do during the ASSES UNEQUALLED DAY Protests Grandpa"? Well, Colin, I spent not one damn dime. Your uncle Uncle showed GWB the finger during his coronation parade, and your father cracked him a smile on his webcam, and emailed it to the White House, which is what they used to call it before it became known as Fort Enduring Warfare." "But most of us just sat around in our underwear and got drunk. Talk about gassing up. People came into work the next day hung-over and raring to argue. Several water-cooler deaths were reported, people quit, got fired- it started a snowball effect that rippled thorugh our economy for years. Noone had ever seen anything like it. Some internet genius camed up with the name "ASSES UNEQUALLED", and it stuck. That guy eventually came to lead the WonderGround movement, until the CYA shot him in Jungle Room at Elvis' Graceland Mansion. At least that was the story, anyway".
Myst Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 03:22 PM Here ya go Hairy, a little something for your special day! http://img2.imagevenue.com/loc1/ae8d9_bootyshake.gif
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 03:39 PM That's a good one Myst!
Myst Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 04:03 PM Hehehe Couldn't help myself, just felt like being a http://img2.imagevenue.com/loc34/172d1_teu42.gif today.
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 04:22 PM Those smiley's are cool. I want some.
Myst Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 04:41 PM Go here http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en and do a search for "free smilies"
Rex D. in Milwaukee, WI Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 05:09 PM Thanks Myst.
Myst Member	Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 \| 05:35 PM You're Welcome.
JesseGordon	Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 \| 12:25 PM Not One Damn Dime Day is not a hoax in the sense of the usual email hoaxes on this website. I received that same email around Dec. 15 and I thought it looked like a pretty effective form of protest. Yes, it's "small" because it's only one day, but if several million people participate, Bush WILL notice (if for no other reason than the glitch in the GDP statistics). I liked the idea so much -- and found that no one had posted it on a website -- that I set up http://www.notonedamndime.com -- same text as the letter above, more or less. For those with mild sensitivities about that cussword there's also http://www.notoneredcent.com The press has certainly noticed already -- this week the email is getting into mainstream press. That's the way that it will become effective -- boycotts need publicity -- so if you like the idea, go spread the email around!
smoop	Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 \| 04:01 PM I'm glad this page exits, I've gotten the stupid foreward twice, from different people, and sent them a link to this each time.
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