{"article":{"id":119490,"heading":"Join the B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT!  11\/22\/04","author":"grassroots","created":"2004-11-18 13:26:44","modified":"2004-11-27 16:39:53","last_modified":"Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:39:53","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>NOVEMBER 22, 2004!  <br><br> JOIN THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT!*  <br><br> B.ring  <br>  <br> U.S.  <br>  <br> S.oldiers  <br>  <br> H.ome from Iraq!  <br><br> \"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.\"  <br>  <br> --George W. Bush, 11\/4\/04  <br><br>  <br>  <br> BACKGROUND:  <br><br> We United States citizens have allowed the Bush Administration to effectively bankrupt the U.S. economy by using OUR taxpayer dollars to fund an illegal, preemptive war on Iraq. To date, over 1,200 U.S. soldiers and an estimated 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died and nearly 8,500 U.S. soldiers have been wounded in this illegal war.  <br><br> A growing number of people of all political persuasions are renouncing this illegal war as a grotesque failure. To George W. Bush we say, \"Enough is enough!\" It's time we citizens take control of how our money is spent! It's time we, the people, TAKE BACK AMERICA!  <br><br> We must band together as a UNITED FRONT to stop the funding of the illegal, genocidal war on Iraq and bring ALL U.S. soldiers safely home.  <br><br> Preventing the flow of capital to the government is the only way that the Bush Administration will comply with our demand. This can be accomplished through a MASSIVE, collective, cooperative CASH-flow boycott.  <br><br> ****  <br>  <br> THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT:  <br><br> WHEN: Monday, November 22, 2004*  <br>  <br> (Phase I)  <br><br> WHERE: banks, savings &amp; loans, credit  <br>  <br> unions, ATMs--nationwide  <br><br> OUR ONE DEMAND:  <br><br> Bring all United States soldiers  <br>  <br> safely home from Iraq.  <br>  <br> (B.U.S.H.)  <br><br> HOW:  <br>  <br> 1) On Monday, November 22, 2004,  <br>  <br> withdraw as much CASH as you can  <br>  <br> afford to NOT SPEND from your bank,  <br>  <br> savings &amp; loan, credit union, or ATM  <br>  <br> until all U.S. soldiers are safely home  <br>  <br> from Iraq.  <br><br> The amount of CASH can be $5, $10, $20  <br>  <br> or more, whatever you can afford to NOT  <br>  <br> SPEND until all United States soldiers are  <br>  <br> safely home from Iraq.  <br><br> 2) COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE!!  <br><br> If you withdraw CASH from your ATM,  <br>  <br> black out your account number on your  <br>  <br> receipt. Write: B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT on the  <br>  <br> receipt, and put it in an ATM envelope.  <br>  <br> Insert the envelope in the ATM message  <br>  <br> slot.  <br><br> If you withdraw CASH from a bank, inform  <br>  <br> the teller or bank manager that you are  <br>  <br> participating in the B.U.S.H. Boycott and  <br>  <br> will REDEPOSIT this CASH when all  <br>  <br> United States soldiers are safely home  <br>  <br> from Iraq.  <br><br> Email, fax, call, write government  <br>  <br> representatives, the media, corporations,  <br>  <br> businesses, and financial institutions  <br>  <br> explaining that you have withdrawn CASH  <br>  <br> from your savings account, that you will  <br>  <br> not spend, lend or invest your CASH, and  <br>  <br> that you will REDEPOSIT your CASH when  <br>  <br> all United States soldiers are safely home  <br>  <br> from Iraq.  <br><br> 3) Put YOUR CASH in a safe place. Do not  <br>  <br> spend, lend, or invest it. Think of it as an  <br>  <br> investment in our children's future.  <br><br> 4) Tell everyone you know about the  <br>  <br> B.U.S.H. boycott.  <br><br> 5) The B.U.S.H. Boycott is a grassroots  <br>  <br> effort created and supported by  <br>  <br> concerned citizens who want the illegal  <br>  <br> war on Iraq to end. It is not controlled by  <br>  <br> the media, political pundits, or corporate  <br>  <br> America. Its success depends soley on  <br>  <br> we, the people of the United States of  <br>  <br> America.  <br><br> *THE B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT, will be REPEATED on the following dates:  <br><br> Wednesday, December 22, 2004, Phase 2.  <br><br> Thursday, January 20, 2005, Phase 3.  <br>  <br> (INAUGURATION DAY)  <br><br> PASS IT ON!!!!  <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"boycott","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/11\/119490.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":119515,"heading":"Not for Just 1 Day, Not Just ATM's","article":"Finally, a sensible suggestion!  Appropriate to begin on November 22, the 41st anniversary of the beginning of the Neo-Con coup - in 1963 - the assassination of JFK.\r\n\r\nBut more than just one day must be observed, and more than cash withdrawals must be done.\r\n\r\nADD to the list:\r\n\r\nA.   Cancel all  your cable & satellite TV contracts, and TELL YOUR CABLE'SATELLITE SUPPLIERS  that the reason you're doing this is because of the war crimes against humanity in Iraq\r\n\r\nB.  DO NO HOLIDAY SHOPPING this season -that's right no presents bought in November & December 2004.  And TELL YOUR CHILDREN, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND [most importantly] THE PRESS ANDMERCHANTS  that you won't be shopping for them and anyone else -and that you ask them not to shop for you.  This includes for children.  \r\n\r\nSorry, but gotta show we're really serious, and that means SACRIFICE and no more important symbol of commitment and sacrifice could be made now that to not spend anything on the Holidays.  This will have a major impact on retail sales, and the economy, which of course, supports the war machine.","author":"Holiday Moratorium","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-19 02:17:00","modified":"2004-11-19 02:17:00","fileurl":""},{"id":119525,"heading":"General Strike","article":"These are good ideas and need to be taken to the next level...a general strike.  Inauguration day has already been suggested elsewhere as a day to skip work, buy nothing, and shut down the system all at the same time.\r\n","author":"Major General","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-19 06:26:39","modified":"2004-11-19 06:26:39","fileurl":""},{"id":119631,"heading":"Mosh now","article":"must see new ending\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.eminem.com","author":"madashell","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-11-22 05:26:22","modified":"2005-08-15 03:05:32","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/11\/moshbringtroopshome.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/11\/moshbringtroopshome.jpg"}},{"id":119636,"heading":"Suicide by Political Protest","article":"In a fascist regime, it is dangerous to boycott or to protest.","author":"Mentifex","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-22 11:09:04","modified":"2004-11-22 11:09:04","fileurl":""},{"id":119853,"heading":"Fascits regimne?","article":"Since we don't live in a &quot;fascist regime&quot;  you are free to protest.\r\n\r\nIn an ACTUAL fascist regime you would be sent to a prison camp for protesting.  No so in this country.  Thats just a simple fact.\r\n\r\nEnough with the drama queen act.","author":"Q","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-27 15:14:40","modified":"2004-11-27 15:14:40","fileurl":""},{"id":119855,"heading":"What an idiot","article":"Gimme a break.  Are you stupid or what?\r\n&quot; In an ACTUAL fascist regime you would be sent to a prison camp for protesting&quot;-  I guess prison and jail are different in degree as to the entrenched authority's whim.","author":"Right","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-27 15:31:19","modified":"2004-11-27 15:31:19","fileurl":""},{"id":119858,"heading":"Protesting is legal","article":"Protesting is perfectly legal.  No one will stop you or interfere.as long as you're peaceful about it. If you start shit with the cops or other people then you might get arrested, but that would happen even if you weren't protesting.   Millions of protestors have gone to marches in the last 2 years and went home afterward.   They weren't arrested for protesting.  Its LEGAL.  Thats a FACT.   Get over it and get with reality.  \r\n\r\nYou aren't living in a gulag state with Gestapo goons kicking your dooor in every other night.  The only nightmare you're living in is in your small, pointy head.  \r\n\r\n","author":"Q","parent_id":119490,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-11-27 16:39:53","modified":"2004-11-27 16:39:53","fileurl":""}]}