GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT: BOYCOTT!

[Fire1]

STOP BUYING SHIT!! The three biggest holidays are upon us! BOYCOTT!! NO HALLOWEEN CANDY AND COSTUMES!!! BOYCOTT!! NOTHING "EXTRA" AT THANKSGIVING!! BOYCOTT!! NOTHING NEW AT CHRISTMAS!! BOYCOTT!!

THIS is how you fight MONEY INTERESTS!!

[elocs]

1. In general, for boycotts to work they must be specific, well-defined, and local.

This is none of this things and is all but useless.

[Fire1]

4. YES, it starts out local!! Then it SPREADS!!! There is nothing

more specific than CLASS WARFARE!!! People who think like YOU are the reason we will continue to be ignored! People like YOU are the reason that teabaggers have more of a voice and INFLUENCE than WE DO!!! The civil rights movement started out as "grass roots!"
There are those of us who intend to take this to the CHURCHES WHERE IT WILL REACH THOUSANDS!!!

[Fearless]

2. Rec to zero.

[dbonds]

3. How about boycott using credit cards.

Cut them up and throw them away, maybe keep one for dire emergencies. The lack of credit money flowing will shrink the economy and send a message.

[Fire1]

5. ESPECIALLY credit cards!!! n/t

[dbonds]

27. Remember this quote from Dune...

He who can destroy a thing controls a thing.

[Kahuna]

6. This is also how you put even MORE people out of work.

:eyes:

[Fire1]

7. Yes, it's a double edged sword! But WTF!!! If the republicans,

special interests, corporates and lobbyist continue with business as usual YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE JOBS ANYWAY!!!

[bigwillq]

8. Don't tell me what to do with my money.

I can't wait for Halloween! :bounce:

[Fire1]

9. Then don't complain about a debt deal, no jobs or

anything else they shove down your throat.

[bigwillq]

10. Yes, because all of those things are my fault.

Gotcha. ;)

[Fire1]

12. It IS your fault if you keep relying on politicians to do your

bidding! It IS your fault if you keep rolling over! How many times do you plan to get fucked before you scream!!!????

[bigwillq]

13. You wish you could make me scream.

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

[Fire1]

17. I don't have to. The republicans are the ones having the fun. n/t

[bigwillq]

18. I don't know what you're talking about.

I have a lot of fun almost everyday. Have to make the best of it.

[elocs]

31. Unfortunately concerning boycotts you are out of touch with reality and have no business

in telling people what they should or should not complain about.

Your so-called boycott is not focused, is not well defined, and is all over the map. The people who it would actually be hurt the worst are those who can least afford to be hurt. The wealthy and big business will in no way ever even remotely be proportionally hurt.

This proposed boycott--massive fail.

[Fire1]

35. Well I'm glad you weren't there in the sixties. And all your

bullshit rhetoric about Obama, Koch brothers and all else conservative is just that, rhetoric. YOU don't have to do a damn thing but keep buying your ipods and blackberrys. BTW, thanks to NAFTA there aren't any jobs here anymore and those who DO have jobs are working at the mercy of those interests that have bought off politicians, courts and everything in between. For you to sit back and tell people to do NOTHING is irresponsible, imo. People like you are the reason we have no voice and no influence.

I know I'm going to do what I can in my state, my city and my community to start this movement.

[woolldog]

11. That will tank the economy

if people follow your advice.

[Fire1]

14. And??? It's tanking ANY WAY!! This debt deal will do

NOTHING to create jobs!!

[woolldog]

15. and a drop in consumer spending

will make things even worse.

It's called cutting your nose off to spite your face

[Fire1]

19. They did that in 2010! Did it help? NO! In fact, it got worse!!

So, if we don't do anything to help ourselves then all the moaning and complaining about the wealthy 1 or 2% and Obama and the democrats and progressives and teabaggers is all BULLSHIT RHETORIC!! How can you have consumer spending and nobody is working??

[woolldog]

23. false dilemna

the choice isn't between doing this or doing nothing.

[Fire1]

24. Then what's the choice? n/t

[woolldog]

25. Im just saying there are a lot of ways

to register your dissatisfaction with the deal, direction of the economy, etc that won't sabatoge the economy (and ultimately this democratic president) eg, call, write letters, protest etc

[Fire1]

26. Expressing dissatisfaction is not an affront to the President!

He didn't create this extreme deference in class! NAFTA, Koch brothers (representing that 1%)and the teabaggers have already sabatoged this economy!! Why not be PROactive instead of REactive or should we wait until we're all destitute???!!!!

[woolldog]

28. Oh god,

it's like talking to a wall. Forget it.

[bigwillq]

16. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT F*CKING NOW!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl:

[swilton]

20. I hear you - more of the same!

[yurbud]

21. the part of the boycott that is actually more effective than not buying stuff:

write the CEO and TELL them you won't buy stuff and exactly why.

That is how the boycott of Glenn Beck sponsors were so effective so quickly.

[Fire1]

22. Great!! ANYTHING to deprive them for a change!!! But the

problem with THAT is that talk is cheap! They read the letters and look at their bottom line and see nothing has changed. They laugh it off and continue business as usual.

[yurbud]

34. that's what I would have thought, but for targeted issues, it can sometimes get a quick response

if you JUST stop buying, they could think it's a marketing problem, the economy, etc.

[Fire1]

36. Good idea. We can do both. I'm taking this proposal to

several ministers and get more input. Thank you

[AndyTiedye]

29. Boycott Koch Industries — They Bankroll the Teaparty

STOP BUYING SHIT!!

That would just play into the teabaggers' hands. They want to wreck the economy so they can sweep the elections next year.

We need to buy local when we can.

We need to boycott everything connected with the Koch brothers, who are the principal benefactors of the teabaggers.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Boycott-and-Defeat-Koch-Industries/155879361093898

[Fire1]

32. Koch Industries include:

Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Sparkle, Soft n Gentle, Mardi Gras, Vanity Fair and Dixie products.

[onenote]

30. YAY! Let's make unemployment worse! YAY!

That's what you want, right?

[Fire1]

33. As the teabaggers would tell you, there's collateral damage

in any deal.

[Fire1]

37. I'm out for now. Writing e-mails and making appointments. n/t

[bigwillq]

38. Using electricity for any of this?

I hope not. Wouldn't want those corporations to win. :rofl: