Shut the country down for one hour

[SheilaT]

22. As an idea, it's a reasonable one.

But as reality, it's not possible.

There are a surprising number of people who for various reasons cannot stay home for a day. Police officers, fire fighters, and hospital employees are the first who come to mind. Then there are those who will be fired if they take the day off. Oh, yeah, teachers are another group who can't really take a day off.

And as others have already pointed out, getting any noticeable percentage of the population to even be aware of this possible protest is iffy at best. And if you could get one percent to participate, you'd be amazing. But one percent won't shut down anything.

A serious march on DC is a much better idea. Maybe a bunch of marches in a bunch of cities, rather like the anti-war protests a decade ago, or something that takes a page from the Occupy movement.

But thinking you can shut the country down for an hour?

And zero fuel sales for an hour will make no difference to anything. Every so often someone posts some silliness about boycotting some one of the gasoline brands for a day, but (go visit snopes.com for the details here) even if it could be organized, it would make absolutely no differenct to big oil's bottom line.

The best thing is to call and write elected officials. Vote. Run for office yourself.