Radical Anti-Bush Group Plans to Block Bush Inauguration (GOP site)

[Lori Price CLG]

Radical Anti-Bush Group Plans to Block Bush Inauguration
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2004/november/1109_radically_antibush.shtml

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (Talon News) -- A radical anti-Bush activist group that has never accepted the legitimacy of the Bush administration is calling for what it has dubbed "The Grand Refusal."

In a four-stage plan laid out in an e-mail to supporters, one portion reads, "Stage 3 will include but will not be limited to: Inauguration protests (Block Bush Swearing In: No Inauguration for Bush!)."

In stage one, supporters are advised, "Do not consume at normal levels. Do not buy any surplus goods or make other major purchases. Do not purchase entertainment goods and boycott the corporate media as much as possible. Only do what you have to do to survive. And, get others involved. Help get Citizens For Legitimate Government's Grand Refusal Coalition in motion. Help build the Grand Refusal! Once we reach critical mass, we will launch Stage 2."

Stage two, the writer comments, will include protests in every city and stage four will involve "Massive Walkouts!"

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/

[eleonora]

1. these are the times buddies

I forecast trouble

[skylarmae]

4. oh, a clairvoyant. and what kind of trouble? n/t

[eleonora]

5. hmmm....violence on the streets, perhaps?

Especially if they try to block the limo ride back to the WH

[NVMojo]

38. I predict *'s butt is sucking naugahyde right now...

and since he wants line item veto power, he probably will also want to exercise those Executive Orders like ...martial law.

[rodeodance]

7. as you said-it is right-wing web site --- yet

they make make hay of it

[nodictators]

11. This could be a set-up for martial law

BushCo claims threats from heretofor unknown group, implements martial law.

Apart from any boycott, it would be wise to conserve money and other assets. These are 'interesting' times, and dangerous tomes in many ways, too.

[Eloriel]

22. CLG isn't exactly an unknown group

They, like DU, have been in existence since about the time of the first Inauguration (or should I say Installation?).

Edited: the URL for CLG is under Lori's name above. Check it out.

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[movonne]

28. The Republican party is killing the Democratic party...and what

candidate would that be to associate with thugs like that...these wing nuts can go out and shoot doctors and bomb abortion clinics and that sure does not bother anyone on the right....

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[Sugarbleus]

2. Wow.......can't wait to hear more about this little adventure

:evilgrin:

[Just Me]

3. In other words, reasonable citizens take action against radical right-wing

power-profiting at-any-cost machine!

:bounce:

[Mr_Spock]

6. Thanks GOP for keeping us informed

I wasn't aware of this - I'll be sure to look the other way though!

[katmondoo]

8. Everybody wear Black on Inauguration Day

[yorkiemommie1]

25. absolutely!!

n/t

[donachiel]

35. I've been purposely wearing black since the day after the election

Good thing I have a lot of black sweaters. Told my children and my husband that I will not wear any other color until I believe that Democracy is not dead.

[ixion]

9. radical anti-bush = freedom loving American

IMO, at least.

[havocmom]

10. Sorta like calling Iraqi nationals who defend their homes "insurgents"

isn't it? Calling those of us who defend the Constitution and the authentic basis for government 'radical anti-bush' is almost amusing, but it is actually sad considering bush* is radically anti-American.

Somebody ought to hook up some wires to the graves of Jefferson, Franklin and maybe even Orwell. We could solve some serious energy problems if we harnessed all that spinning.

[theHandpuppet]

12. Just curious...

Why didn't you just send people to your legitgov site (beneath your sig) rather than link to a RW nutbag website like gopusa.com? I really regret having clicked on that link for what appears to be no real reason at all, when I could have gotten the same info from the legitgov site.

[kainah]

16. I suspect she's somewhat proud

that gopusa has noticed CLG. At least, if I were her, I would be. Besides that, of course, a link to the CLG website would probably not draw much traffic and, certainly, it could not be posted in LBN.

[berni_mccoy]

13. hehe, she said Radical.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Weclome to the Second American Civil War

After reading both sites, that is exactly what we are witnsessing now.

[seemslikeadream]

15. Petition to Congress requesting an investigation Presidential Election

To: United States Congress
TO: All members of the Congress of the United States of America; all Senators and Members of the House of Representatives

A Petition to immediately and without delay open a joint investigation into potential wrongdoing in the Presidential Election of 2004, specifically to investigate the potential of voting machine manipulation or purposeful malfunction, especially electronic voting machines manufactured and supplied by Diebold, Inc.; Electronic Systems & Software (ES & S); Sequoia Voting Systems, and others, and also to identify and investigate all allegations of improper conduct by election officials, workers, observers, challengers and operatives and employees of both major parties concerning the voting process including intimidation, dissemination of improper information, manipulation of registration records, improper handling of actual voting ballots and, in general, any and all potential improprieties which could have led to improper or inaccurate election results.

Such inquiries should not be limited to any particular state, precinct or district but strive to examine the voting process in any and all areas in which there is even the slightest indication of impropriety, but especially in the states of Florida, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and New Hampshire, and not limit such investigation, and expand such investigations to cover Senatorial races as well, especially those in Kentucky, Florida and South Dakota.

We, the undersigned, request that our elected representatives act in accordance with the Constitution of the United States of America in a legal, impartial and expedient manner for an open hearing before the people of the United States and if such wrongdoing, illegal practices, manipulation of voting records or processes is of such a nature to indicate egregious or extensive tampering, alteration or misappropriation of the voting process that the violators be brought to justice and remedies, potentially including a nationwide audit, recall, recount or new election be imposed by your bodies.

We feel it is our patriotic duty to request such action from you, our elected officials, and your duty to respond in a responsible manner.

Sincerely,

http://www.petitiononline.com/uselect/petition.html

[skylarmae]

21. glad to say I'm #582...

[Seabiscuit]

32. Just signed the Petition

[Dem2theMax]

33. Boy, that petition is getting around. I was # 4,591.

:)

[Vanje]

17. I've been on stage one for the past 3 years

"In stage one, supporters are advised, "Do not consume at normal levels. Do not buy any surplus goods or make other major purchases. Do not purchase entertainment goods and boycott the corporate media as much as possible. Only do what you have to do to survive."

Unemployment and the Bush economy have made stage one mandatory for many.

[juliagoolia]

34. NO Kidding me too

WE have to buy at thrift stores.. No new cars, no new clothes. nothing new..

food is all that comes in new packages here! F-Off B* Im so over all this.. work and work and work.. I am gonna have to work past death probably.

[Emboldened Chimp]

18. Looks like Chimpy won't take the traditional walk again...

[Sukie1941]

19. He'll ride alone

This time Bush won't have to ride with the out-going president...well, he IS the outgoing president!

[Nicholas_J]

20. Well at least other people are thinking of similar ideas

I suggested that here at DU we begin a movement to slow the economy by simply stopping all purchases of non-essential items. Nothing that we do not absolutely need to hold boy and soul together. Just as happened wit the Sinclair event. If even half of DU's ranks actively began doing this, adn thne spreading this message to Democratic and progressive organizations all over the web, we could put such a serious dent in the economy that Bush would not be able to bget it under control. WE have a moral obligation to make it as diffcult as possible for him to make his political agenda work, and if we cannot do it through the ability of Democratic leders in Congress to oppose him we can help give them every bit of ammunition possible to point out that the Bush doctrine is a failure and can never succeed. The list of companies that supported Bush trhat is being planned is a starting place. We must give no support in anywy to an economy that helps Bush carry on his policy of world domination or his attempyts to establish an American Fundamentalist state.We cannot support a Taliban West.

It is equally important to find ways to catch the Ayatollah Falwell and the Ayatollah Robertson with their pants down and make it stick.

[drmom]

23. Where can we donate to help the "radical anti-*" group?

I'm all for radicalism!

[Lori Price CLG]

31. LOL and thanks, drmom, right here:

http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute

:)-Lori

[Kikosexy2]

26. Bombard...

his motorcade with eggs like the last time--make an Egg-qaida attack. If Ann Coulter could a Pie-qaida attack why not Chimpie.

[Mad_Dem_X]

43. That would be awesome!

Just seeing the shower of eggs being hurled at the idiot's car...

[dkofos]

27. I'm doing most of that now.

Maybe I should sign up.

[Lori Price CLG]

29. If you want to LOL, you should read the Freeper hate mail...

we received today. I was told to accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior, get a job, and to move to Canada. My favorite was to tell us that the CLG 'does not belong on our Internet.' ?!? There was only one threat of violence... I forwarded that one to the CLG egroups for them to handle. LOL!

Please join us in the Grand Refusal, http://www.legitgov.org/ (Essays and details on our Index.)

Thanks.
Lori Price

[Joe Chi Minh]

30. Hilarious programme

on BBC TV in the Uk last night. One of the more aggressive TV political journalists called Jeremey Paxman was interviewing multi-millionaires/billionaires and politicians on a thorny subject in a crypto-fascist country.

I only saw two interviews but they were hilarious. The first was a Scotsman in California who'd made his fortune with a software company he'd set up.

Well, he began, as proud as punch, thinking that the programme was a kind of tribute to (self-styled) "wealth-creators", such as his good self. But then finally Paxman asked him whether he thought that, with such widespread poverty, he considered the "winner-takes-all" ethos was really such a good thing. Or should governments put a cap on the incomes of the highest earners.

Well, his expression changed somewhat on hearing that, and he expostulated in terms of something along the lines of: "Oh gosh! That's a very dangerous and unhelpful way of thinking... blah, blah, leveling up, blah, blah". Absolutely hilarious. Not a happy camper from then on.

But the the funniest interview of all was with with Blair! I missed the preamble, but just caught it when Paxman was lowering the boom. Do you think, Prime Minister, that with all the poverty, it would be a good thing to put a cap on the incomes of the highest earners? Instead of maintaining this "winner takes all" policy... (not verbatim).

Well, of course, to Blair, who is an ultra-"corporatist", but somehow managed to become the leader of the Socialist party, that sounded like a trick question - as of course it was intended to be. So, immediately his face was forced into a nervous, vacuous smile, strenuously maintained, as he cast about in his mind how best to answer, burbling, mumbling, generally temporizing. Finally, he realised that this was one of those rare occasions when the truth was unavoidable, hoever much he tried to spin it afterwards! Gloriously funny!

Of course, the new post-Thatcherite Tories (UK-type neo-cons all) hate Blair's guts because he's stolen all their policies, but has that modicum of low cunning that still prompts him to throw the electorate a bone, from time to time. Usually, just prior to an election.

[wordout]

37. the Scotsman needs his software protection cracked

whats the name of his company?

[Joe Chi Minh]

44. I didn't pay too much attention

to the name of it, but I wouldn't want physical damage done to his outfit's business.

I think ridicule can be a very powerful weapon in politics. What I do resent is having to desist from conveying my most satirical views about Iraq, the American election, etc., because security agencies convey their serious disapproval. I would make comparisons I know would resonate powerfully with most people, and the black humour of which I think would be appreciated; also ironical adaptions of phrases in popular songs, etc.

That pharisaic persecution of Clinton and desperately unsuccessful impeachment hearing did, strange to relate, provide one good spin-off. It was so farcical that it gave endless opportunities for the grossest satire. I used to get a real buzz out of discussing the whole fiasco with other posters on a forum called Policy-com (now defunct).

[Sideways]

41. Neo-Cons All Use The Term Unhelpful It's Code Speak For Fuck Off

I love Paxman BTW. I saw him do an interview with that disgusting Tory pig Howard and he ate his shorts and his lunch.

[rman]

42. hm, kinda like Rummy's "freedom is untidy"..

meaning "this war is a big f'n mess"

[Joe Chi Minh]

45. Yes, it's

great to see demolition jobs done on the "great and the good" and other chancers.

The most devastating interview I ever saw was conducted was by a barrister called David Mellor, who was or had recently been a Thatcherite minister, and consequently, loathed by me, normally.

His interviewee was the 2 i/c of the Scientologists, and Mellor tore him apart with the most ruthlessly comprehensive efficiency (we're probably a bit too precious over here to ream another orifice in a miscreant's fundament). Mellor was incandescent. I don't know if Ron Hubbard's finest could even frame a reply.

There was, mind you, in a much more genial vein, a hilarious Larry King show with Democrat congressman, John "Republicans' Dippity Dawg from Hell", Conyers and an elderly Republican Senator.

Congressman John Conyers quietly stated that in his brief, preceding comment, the Senator had made five errors in law.

Once again - it was a harrowing time for Larry, the Republicans' impeachment fiasco - you could sense that old corkscrew behind Larry's eyes spinning at a phenomenal speed, and a distinct loosening of his bowels, as he sought to salvage something for the Republicans from the situation. He couldn't. He had to ask what they were. Whereupon, of course, John calmly enunciated them. No animosity on anyone's part.