Interesting....

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 4:13 am

"Not One Damn Dime Day" - Jan 20, 2005
> (Mark your calendars now)
>
>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
> dime for gasoline. Not one dime for necessities or for impulse
> purchases. Not one dime for anything for 24 hours.
>
> 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.

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 4:23 am

Lol, thats good for the economy. An interesting concept, not spend money, which in no way has anything to do with war, and expect it to end earlier.

Lumpybob

Topic Starter

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 6:30 am

exactly.....

If every one in America participates, the economy will plummet, and forcing Bush to pull out of Iraq or risk the country not being able to pay for anything, inflation would skyrocket, and in about an hour, something that costs $1.00 would cost $74.88 , the economy would not be able to handle that, and America would be thrust into a depression. So therefore, in the intrest of not risking thrusting the country into another depression, one which the country would probably never recover from, Bush would have to pull out of Iraq.

It is.....Logical.

NieKnight

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 1:05 pm

omfg you are so sad, the reasons people are not doing anything about it is maybe they agree with it and what you are saying is, save a country by killing a super power which will throw the rest of the world in to cahos? so yeah things is the us cost f***ing tons, so they sell them to us for f***ing tonns, iraq is now thrown into more cahos than it alredey was and the world is thrwn into a state of povertey where there will be multiple uprisings ect and possible wars caused by it, which could possible turn nuclear (ffs if a $1 toy cost $75) what the f*** will a computer cost?

Morons who think this sh*t up should be shot and burned and others told THINK IT THROUGH YOUR DICK HEADS.

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 1:57 pm

Last edited by ewm90 on January 3rd, 2005, 2:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

well i agree with bob i the one how gave bob the info. the us is a rich cuntry we can easly god for weeks and weeks with out munny.

the idea of the protest is to let ower voces be herd about the war. thay wont see to lisan to us maby thay thing we are all crasy pepal or some thing. but us crasy pepal are the only reson thay have a cunttry. thay dont wont to lisan to use so we will help remind tham how paiys tharev bills.

NieKnight

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 2:36 pm

right first of all you are a small bunch of people you are a majoritey i can prove this, right let me think how O YEAH BUSH WON! also that would ruin many lives.

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 2:50 pm

If you don't support Bush thats all and fine, I don't care. It's another thing to try to destroy your own economy in an attempt to stop a war most people support, besides it being fairly laughable, it's...how should I put this...stupid.

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 2:56 pm

Last edited by ewm90 on January 3rd, 2005, 3:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.

well the poles show this is an unpopler war and bush did not when be cuss ofthe war in iraq he won for uther resons.

most pepal acording to all the poles overwelingly disagrey with the war in iraq.

pleace share this info about the protest with all your finds.

thanks ewm90.

Lumpybob

Topic Starter

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 5:24 pm

but Cromeman, it costs money to launch a nuke, and if the economy crashes and America is thrust into another Depression, we couldn't launch the nukes because it would be too costly......

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 6:44 pm

the usa is a realy rich contery its not going to go in to a derperstion.
we have ben in a resetion tho wich is not good at all.

about about the nook thing i dont know haw that got in to the discution. but we have allredy paiyed for the nooks an fule to loch tham. so it whood not cost much for us o loch one.

and if you are toling about contrys like iron and N korea thay dont have the abilty to loch yet. thay whood ether have to drop it or detinate it.

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 10:35 pm

Well see the whole thing is pointless, one day of about 1,000 people not buying anything won't change...anything. Trust me thats about how many people are actually going to participate, and they will probably stock up on food the day before by spending more money, so it is indeed, useless.

Lumpybob

Topic Starter

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 11:01 pm

yes, probably.....but, it is more logical to buy food every week, so then you have to conserve or risk not haveing anything to eat for about three days.....

posted on January 3rd, 2005, 11:17 pm

Last edited by ewm90 on January 3rd, 2005, 11:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well see the whole thing is pointless, one day of about 1,000 people not buying anything won't change...anything. Trust me thats about how many people are actually going to participate, and they will probably stock up on food the day before by spending more money, so it is indeed, useless.

its usaly over 1,000,000 at the lest how do thes things give of take 50,000. and its not pontless. i know you cant see the pont or dont wont to ether whay its the same.

the gole is not to bank rupt the contry the gole is to remind the leeders haw inportent we are, and we need to be herd and not ignored!!!

posted on January 4th, 2005, 12:11 am

Perhaps your not being ignored, but maybe your simply the minority of how america thinks. Most people I know support the war and a few don't, but all are in agreement that we should leave as soon as possible as to alliviate the problems.

But we also agree we can't simply pick up and leave or countless thousands will die in a civil war that could last years. We are only staying until a few months after elections last I heard, so unless you turn back time and do this in 2004, it is, futile.

As for the so called million people who would participate, I really don't believe it. I think most people have the common sense to realise it would be in their advantage to wait a few months then do something like a boycott for a single day.