Jan 20th 2005--NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY -- Spend Nothing!!!

[autorank]

This is starting to percolate around the internet(s). It's the next best thing to a national strike.

How about that! Spend nothing AT ALL on Inauguration Day -- no gas, no movies, no clothing, appliances, nothing.

Bring it all to a halt. NATIONAL CONSUMER STRIKE. No spending.

[Endangered Specie]

1. I was thinking about various things people can do:

black armbands.
walking out at 1200.
silent.
not spending.


Id say do as many as you want, just do something.

[autorank]

4. Holy Shit. That means people won't pay me...haha

Oh, well, it's worth it!

[Warpy]

5. Armbands, hell

I'm going to be in black, top to toe.

Mourning.

[knowbody0]

6. the black armbands

are a powerful statement. mourning for america. i'd like to see a one week strike.

[NYC]

2. Count me in.

I won't be spending. I won't even write checks to pay bills on that day.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. I'm in.

In fact, I do that very thing a LOT of days.

We should have one or two a month. With people out of work, it shouldn't be hard.

Every month on the 20th until he is out of office should be NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY.

[Swamp Rat]

7. Not only have I NOT bought anything this year,

I didn't even buy the 15+ text books required this last semester. Instead, I read them in the library and borrowed the remaining ones from the professors. :)

Nothing. Nada. Zilch. ZERO!

[prof_science]

8. Screw that...

...I've made this whole Christmas season my "not one damn dime day."

[tinrobot]

9. I like it -- website?

Great idea. I'll pass it around.

Anything online about this? It might be nice to have a website explaining the whys and hows.

[autorank]

10. No web site. Just an urban internet legend. It's pretty simple,

you just don't spend any $$$'s on 1/20 to piss all over * and his crappy, fraud of an inauguration.

Here is where I saw it first:

http://www.astroworld.us/archives/000457.html#000457

Message from that site:
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"This was sent to me by a friend and I am sending it out to everyone I know, please pass it on, who knows it might catch on.

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 nessities or for impulse purchases. Not one damn dime for anything for 24 hours.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Walmart, K Mart 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 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 (someestimate) 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."
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[Cobalt Violet]

11. I didn't know about this until the day was over.

But I didn't spend a dime anyway.