Not one damn dime day

The Coyote Kid · Post by **The Coyote Kid** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:09 am

Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005

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 Wal-Mart, Kmart, 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. Now 1,200
brave young Americans and an estimated 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.

Opinions?

Personally I think that this is about as useful as the whole "Don't buy gas for a day" thing people tried to do back in the summer. Especially if people who won't buy stuff that day stock up on it all beforehand. The companies still get their money, they just get it sooner.

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:12 am

My country didn't go to Iraq, but since you asked nice I won't go shopping in the USA on the 20th.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:37 am

Pointless, for the reason you mentioned. The products have to be bought at some point, and it will only result in slightly higher sales the day before and the day after.

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:49 am

The Grosse Pointe High Graduate is right of course.

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:03 am

but on thursdays, the best gasoline at mobile is 6 cents cheaper! are you seriously asking me to pass that up?!?

also, there were religious and political leaders who opposed and still oppose the war. however, both turned out to be in a minority.

Metzgirl · Post by **Metzgirl** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:39 am

All that would do is make the people who work in said stores (assuming they actually have a large number of people not come in that day) go "oh, we had a slow day today. Well, tomorrow will be better." It happens all the time in retail. Ask *anyone* who's worked in a retail business and they'll tell you the same.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 4:46 pm

Sounds like it was written by an unusually literate bandwagon emo kid on his LJ.

sergio · Post by **sergio** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:50 pm

I promise I won't shop that day at the Wal-Mart nearby (I never do, but it won't hurt another day!)

Why didn't that boycott include McDonalds? Or Domino's? Or Pizza Hut? I can boycott all of those as well in Mexico City :]

Edit: Or Baskin Robbins, or Dunkin' Donuts, or Starbucks, or hell... any other franchise (except Taco Bell, there are none of those here, they aren't tacos anyways)

Metzgirl · Post by **Metzgirl** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:57 pm

gee, imagine that. Mexico doesn't want bastardized versions of their food being sold in their country by an American corperation...

XenoWolf · Post by **XenoWolf** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 7:42 pm

Good idea, starve small local business so that big business get's a very minor slap on the wrist.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:11 pm

Well what would you suggest, Xeno? Is there a way for a group of people to hit big businesses something painful without having to go through the individual smaller local businesses who're just franchises?

Hm ... as for people saying "they'd say it's just a 'slow day'", wouldn't they notice something, though, if no one bought anything on one particular day?

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:08 am

A better way to do it would be to stage sit-ins at all the wallmarts, get as many people as you can to sit right in front of the doors inside the wallmart, and if they ask you to leave, don't, then they'll call the cops, but that always happens.

XenoWolf · Post by **XenoWolf** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:53 am

[quote="StruckingFuggle";p="441958"]Well what would you suggest, Xeno? Is there a way for a group of people to hit big businesses something painful without having to go through the individual smaller local businesses who're just franchises?

Hm ... as for people saying "they'd say it's just a 'slow day'", wouldn't they notice something, though, if no one bought anything on one particular day?[/quote]

Other than targeting individual businesses I really don't see how, but the point of futility still remains... no matter how 'big' this gets it's never going to happen, that's the reality of it.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:32 am

But Strucking, be logical here buddy, it's isn't going to be no one, because half the country supports the War, its just going to be slow, and all of us Hawkish Evil Conservatives are going to be all "Goddamn, this is great, the President is being innaugurated and I didn't have to wait in line for my double cheeseburger!"

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:33 am

Ha! The phong has a point.

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