http://www.usatoday.com/life/2005-01-12 ... test_x.htm


On Jan. 20, war protest will turn on a 'Dime'

There's a movement afoot, and the interesting thing is this: No one knows where it began.

No one knows who originated the "Not One Damn Dime Day" protest.

It's called "Not One Damn Dime Day," and it means just that. Proponents urge Americans not to spend any money on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, to protest President Bush's policies in Iraq and the estimated $30 million to $40 million cost of the inauguration.

You might already have received the plea in your morning e-mails. If so, it probably was sent to you by friends or family, because the e-mail encourages everyone to share the contents with as many people as possible. And people have.

The message is simple: "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."

But no one seems to know who fired off that initial e-mail. Not even retired PBS host Bill Moyers, whose name was attached to some of the missives.

Despite his well-known liberal leanings, "I wouldn't sign a petition if it was one asking Jesus to come back," Moyers says. "It's just not something journalists should do."

The creators of notonedamndime.com, Laura Carmen Arena and Jesse Gordon of Cambridge, Mass., don't have a clue who wrote the message either. They received it in their inbox like everyone else.

"After we went back a couple of people, the trail went cold," says Gordon. "No one has stepped forward to claim ownership."

Thousands of blogs and online forums have posted the e-mail, which began making the rounds in mid-December. Some speculate the message is a hoax. And others champion variations on the theme, from "Gasoline Boycott Day" (don't buy gas) to "Black Thursday (call in sick to work).

Gordon's site has been picking up steam since New Year's, especially with media attention from such outlets as the Houston Chronicle and Pacifica Radio. It's nearing 18,000 hits a day.

Some, both Democrat and Republican, aren't buying it.

"If you want to hit 'em where it hurts, get hold of a list of the president's top campaign contributors and vow Not One Damn Dime to those people's businesses for as long as we remain in Iraq," suggests D.J. Fone, 41, of San Diego.

In announcing the inaugural theme of "Celebrating Freedom, Honoring Service," Jeanne Phillips of the Presidential Inaugural Committee stressed that events honor the military. "We recognize this time that we are a nation at war," she says.

Others applaud the "Not One Damn Dime" concept but think "they got the date wrong. It should be April 15," says J.A. McErlean, 50, of Farmington Hills, Mich.

But participation is easy, urges the movement's originator, whomever he or she may be: "On 'Not One Damn Dime Day,' you take action by doing nothing."


Sure. This is gonna work.

But still it's ridiculous to be spending that kind of money during war.

Thoughts?

I got this in an email...it was puportedly authored by Bill Moyers...

lets see, no buy gas day...check

no buy walmart day...check

no buy shitty music day...check

no buy meatloaf with more than 3g of salt added to it...check

no buy from grocery stores that have a squeeky wheel on your car day...check


these are the dumbest emails ever sent out...ever

And the left bitches about the economy. Fucking stupid.

yeah... what good is this going to do?... the next day everyone will just spend twice as much... ill have to agree with our resident rightwingers on this one

It can't be said enough: FUCK THIS ADMINISTRATION!

But yeah, good luck, I doubt anything noticable will result. Though, I don't see the point of harming the U.S. economy on a particular day...

House Part 2: http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.jh ... 10005.html

"...sticking the bill w/ the state that voted 9-1 for the oppossition."

*laughs*

I've heard this argument with the buy-nothing day (day after thanksgiving too), and it makes sense; however the point would be to show what the effect would be if people unite to use economic clout. I like the idea, but I don't think enough people would do it for it to have an effect. Heck I stay out of stores most of the time anyway.

There is no "economic clout" on such a grand scale. How long do you think anyone is going without food? Without gas?

Hmmm, I wish there was a betting pool on this.


I'd say it's going to go over about as well as "Kick Bush out of office on election day."

well, fuck me runnin, i agree with pjdoll... that's like twice in the last two days...

Boycotts are stupid in general.

--PunkDavid (trying to be right of right)

Simply put, pathetic.

I'm against protesting, I just don't know how to express it.

- Mitch Hedberg

I love the fact that we HAVE the RIGHT to do this if we want.

roflazxzcas;ljfdja

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks