Bill Moyers reminds us: "Not One Damn Dime Day"

<I've had this ("Not One Damn Dime Day") posted on my site for a while; but I just found this in my email box. It's always nice to hear from Bill.>

Not One Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005 ~ By Bill Moyers

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 Wal-Mart, Kmart, 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. 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 war in Iraq
and give America back to the people.

Please share this email with as many people as possible. Commercial speech must
not be the only free speech in America!

Sent by an anonymous contributor, this has been attributed to Bill Moyers

FOR DETAILS GO TO:

http://www.notonedamndime.com/boycott/

Not matter what, the message is good.

and promoting it, so it is making the rounds in the progressive media. To tell the truth all the parking lots around here (where I work) I can see out the window are fairly empty and they are usually pretty busy, especially the convienant store...

and now I feel bad and stupid. PerhapsI could take it all back?

It is harder than you think not to spend. I really want to go out to dinner tonight to celebrate *'s lousy inauguration, but I can't. Sigh.

was ready to buy my lottery ticket and decided to wait until tomorrow anyway...

want to contribute not one damn dime! Not one red cent! I didn't want to pay any tax penalties either though. I remembered this day and shared it with others too. I kept thinking all day, I am not spending any money today...not one damn dime.

I wonder how to tell if it was effective? How will we know? Is anyone keeping track? Is there even a way to do that?

My daughter came home Monday telling me NOT to buy anything on Jan 20!!!! She heard about it at school(in a red state) Yea! That means we are not alone in this. Need less to say, I was very pleased to hear this.


BTW...I actually did not buy ANYTHING today anad was out of diet coke (withdrawals). I REALLY sacrificed, huh? ;-)

appreciate your "sacrifice" and commend you on a job well done today.

:7

wondered if Moyer was really behind it.

I forgot and paid some bills on line. I wonder if a similar protest with longer planning time might really help cause.