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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:34 PM Original message |
Throw out some ideas: what can we do OTHER than march? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. And other than take a hatchet to electronic voting machines? Hmm. nt |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Boycott discretionary spending...for starters, have a giftless Christmas |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We should do that anyway: sustainable Christmases, nothing purchased... (nt) |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That would be good. Would parents do that to their kids? nt |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Buy toys secondhand instead of cheap Chinese imports |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Or you could only buy American-made gifts from American craftspeople. |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Good idea. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I agree that's a better idea. Don't buy cheap imports from big corps |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. BESTidea! And you're guaranteed to find something that you know they won't have. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Did that for the last 5 or 6 Christmases. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I've been doing that since '03 |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. if only people would actually do this |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. My family has had giftless Christmases since 2001 |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. find the democratic central committee in your country |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Vote? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Or perhaps don't vote reflexively? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. There must be a candidate worth voting for |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. More often than not, quite true. n/t |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. get a groups to try to start Low Power FM stations all over the country, |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Support those who CAN march, in your city or state or NYC. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:50 PM Original message |
O.K. You can start with an assult on the media. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. "May a thousand freeway bloggers bloom" |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. +500000000000000000000000 |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Occupy to the extent that it jams the gears of the Goliath Machine |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. That's what I think needs to be done. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Pull your money out of the bank. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Stop illegal evictions |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Take your money away from them. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. An excellent idea. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. No one is pure. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Civil disobedience and arrests. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. THIS, THIS, THIS!!! n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Moving to credit unions or community banks would be a start but really |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Oh yes it would hurt. Do it! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sit at home and starve? |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Is that what you're doing. Probably not a good idea. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Best thing we can do is stop supporting Wall St. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. If you have even 2 cents in a bank take it out! Move it to a credit union! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Faux snooze should be included for peddling bushit. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. Be responsible consumers, live within your means, work hard, raise your children |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I also like creative solutions like joining credit unions and pulling your $ out of the big banks. n |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. Boycott Black Friday. There's already a FB page started for it with like 4 likes. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Strikes, wildcat, targeted, and general |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
37. Stop having children. NT |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. Register voters, go door to door , set up in front of stores etc to get support for your issues |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
40. I've said this before and I'll keep saying it. |
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Occupied1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. They don't need us to make money. For one thing, they already have most of the money. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No that's malarky. They need us. |
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Occupied1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. well, yeah, they need us to work. but only a small fraction of us are needed to meet their personal |
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