CrAZyBeAuTiFuL4

I got this from one of my friends on thefacebook.com and thought it was pretty cool. I know I'll be participating

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It doesn't really matter that everyone will be out spending what they didn't the next day -- a point or two will have been made: 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 thepeople 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 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.

IamA-BFG

Hmmm...I like the idea, in theory, but in practice I think it won't be good, sorry.

I think if it does anything at all, it will only drain the economy down a bit, which won't teach a lesson to anybody except those poor folks already trying to get a job in an already poor economy. I think it will hurt the working people instead of hurting the ones behind the atrocities.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

The idea is a good one but we have had things like that here and they never work. They will always get people in their shops.

Duffyboy

Get the troops out. Time for peace. Time to go.

FantaOrSprite

Thats EXACTLY what my bf said when I told him about this.

I'm still doing it though. Its on a Thursday and we never shop or buy anything on Thursdays, so I AM participating!

justsotypically

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/not1dime.asp

I'm all for stopping the war and everything, but it's just a tad dumb. If I need my gas and Cheetos and carrots and irritable-bowel syndrome medication, I'll buy it that day.

And four of those paragraphs start with (or after "On") "Not One Damn Dime Day." Vary the diction and syntax! It makes the composition much more interesting, thus giving more credibility.

CrAZyBeAuTiFuL4

again, I didn't write this.

justsotypically

Fully aware: I was merely saying "Vary the diction and syntax" as an apostrophe, directed at someone that isn't here.

Lemons

Thats so cute.. boycotting things because you dont agree with the president. I'll be sure to spend as much money as I can on the 20th. lol.

Duffyboy

Someone doesn't like this "we all realise how bad the war was" now do they?