[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] Not One Damn Dime Day

[Paul Etxeberri]

>This is a good idea. Not only does it protest Iraq, it also protests 
>the Inauguration - a sham
   which made the mess in Iraq possible.     Pax, Paul Etx

>
>
>Hi, This could be a very effective protest.  I know I plan to join.
>Please pass this on.  Peace. Richard.
>
>>This makes sense to me....
>
>>Sounds easy enough.
>>>  Subject:
>>>  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 nothing 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 
>>>internationalcorporations
>>>  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 warin
>>>  Iraq and give America back to the people.
>>>
>>>  Please share this email with as many people as possible.
>>>
>>>
>
>	"The only way out of our crisis (terrorism) is to reduce the 
>anger of the
>most rational, thus also reducing the constituency of the least rational."
>Sam Smith.
>
>	"When they come for the innocent without crossing over
>your body, cursed be your religion and your life."  Anon.  But often
>quoted by Dorothy Day.
>--
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>"Richard Walton" <richard at soup.org>
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>
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-- 
Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand