On January 20th, cancel cable & the local paper. Switch utility companies.

[lostnfound]

And any mainstream magazines.

What other things can we do?

[RebelOne]

1. Well, I don't have cable. I have satellite TV

and I'm not about to give that up. I don't subscribe to the local paper. And I can't switch my utility company because there is only one available where I live. Any other suggestions?

[SmokingJacket]

2. Can't cancel the local paper.

Even though it's a worthless piece of shit.

I need to keep track of who dies, who's doing what to whom, etc.

I bought a woodstove recently. Now I can pay a local dude with some trees on his property for my fuel, instead of only EvilPowerandLight.

Ya do what ya can.

[leesa]

3. Well then I guess we just continue to feed the GOP, right?

[SmokingJacket]

6. There are many ways to starve them.

Don't drive, how about that?

My local paper provides a needed service. Cancelling it would harm the GOP just a tiny, tiny, amount. It would harm me, my friends who are reporters and photographers, and the community at large if it were gone.

Now... IMPROVING the local paper, returning it to local hands, or even starting up a competing paper would go a lot farther.

Not watching TV and driving less are both excellent ideas.

What I'd really love to do is get some solar panels and a hookup to a windfarm.

[lostnfound]

9. Actually, I was thinking 'windfarm' too..that it's a good day to switch

to Green Mountain Energy (100% wind) from Reliant (part of the BFEE, I think).

[Bertha Venation]

13. How would canceling my newspaper subscription starve the GOP?

Call me confused.

[Rockerdem]

4. My passive solar house has been working great this winter.

I put in a high efficiency furnace too. It barely has run all winter. Our country has a long way to go as far as energy gluttony.

[flygal]

11. Do they have an on-line site

My hometown has obits on-line.

[Khephra]

5. self-deleted

Sorry for being snappy...this post just caught me at a bad moment. I shouldn't have snapped like that.

I've just toally fed up hearing people push the no cable or tv line like that's an answer to our problems.

Once again, my apologies.

[bpilgrim]

7. no, all you need is INTERNET ACCESS =)

it's good for your mental health as well, not watching the teeVee, that is =)

thank GORE he 'INVENTED' the INTERNETs :evilgrin:

peace

[bpilgrim]

16. no worries, Khephra

shoot you'd have to be inhuman to not snap every now-n-then at these reTHUGlicans.

shoot, you know my history here ;->

you still da man, glad to see you post'n more often :toast:

(on edit: BTW: you aren't ALLOWED to cancle YOUR cable news service or we on DU would lose 1/2 of our info. check the revised DU rules ;->

:loveya:

peace

[lostnfound]

8. In keeping with the 'not-one-red-cent' idea, just thought I'd mention thes

as a good day to finally 'get around to it' if you've been thinking about cancelling these types of regular purchases.

[lpbk2713]

10. Order multiple pizza deliveries to the Crawford White House.

[heretheycome]

12. lol

and pretzels!

[watercolors]

14. We did that 2 months ago

You know we don't miss it at all! Visit the library more often, I find I'm spending more time with my painting, spend more time in the gym, all of a sudden we have extra time to do things. TV is such a vast waste land, we rent movies, get our news from the internet and we are looking for more ways to cut back and make life simple.

[bpilgrim]

15. that's what we did, too

and it saved my sanity, plus i have 3 children at home who i don't want exposed to the constant fear mongering and LIES, they at first were ready to strike or sometin, but now they have a much more varied schedule than before.

it's GREAT for the family AND sends a MSG they will hear LOUD-n-CLEAR: less $$$

btw: net flix is GREAT, no late fees, ever ;->

peace