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Curses. By picking up a cup of coffee and a challah roll on the way to the office, I have already made a hash of my opportunity to participate in Not One Damn Dime Day, another one of these things that will

complement the symbolism of those who turn their backs on Bush’s parade just as we will be turning our backs on Bush’s economy.

This sounds like it’s going to be tricky. How can I make sure that I don’t spend any money today, and thereby do my bit to bring the economy to its knees? This point is addressed in the FAQ:

The best way is to plan ahead. Buy groceries and other necessities the day before…

Ah. I see.

  1. Stan says:

    So it is. That’s Friday for you.

    If I had the balls, I go on a Pro-vivisection infiltration. However, I’d actually be scared by the SHAC activists, given their penchant for car-bombings.

  2. Josh M. says:

    It’s actually protestwarrior.com, no S.

  3. Stan says:

    http://www.protestwarriors.com seems appropriate, if you haven’t seen them before ;).

  4. Anonymous says:

    Well I suppose I would get a different response since I asked her with a guy wearing a Bush/Cheney shirt… Hitler or Republican…which are worse! lol

  5. Timothy says:

    Between protests like that (although I must admit that “Busholini” is a really great name for a band) and the left’s alignment with totalitarian apologists like ANSWER and the WWP, it’s really only a stone’s throw away from outright anti-semitism. A stone thrown by somebody without much of an arm, at that.

    Call me cynical, but I think there’s something much more sinister than historical myopia at work here. Going to a dress party as a member of Rommel’s desert squad? That’s historically myopic. Agreeing with folks who’d like to see “the Jews pushed into the sea” is, quite frankly, inexcusable.

  6. Matt says:

    I also asked the Jewish Student Union what they thought of the band Busholini and Campus Facists for Bush with the Hitler stash. My response was markedly different: misuse of the word fascist, feelings of trivialization, etc. They also told me about a time last year when someone was making a “Bush = Hitler” sign and some orthodox Jewish students tried to talk to him about why maybe he shouldn’t be making those comparisons, to which the sign maker would have no part of their argument. I was laughing at the absurdity of Campus Facists for Bush for a while until I spoke with the JSU. Nicely placed in the breezeway was an advertisement from the JSU advocating holocaust awareness not a stones throw away from the giant Fascist Bush with Hitler stash. It makes me sad to see this kind of trivialization of the holocaust on our campus.

  7. Anonymous says:

    was there any rioting downtown?

  8. Josh M. says:

    I made sure to answer to their survey; I’m not sure if I’ll be their poster child, though…

  9. Anonymous says:

    I was at the protest and say “bush-olinni” play. I asked the jewish students group what they felt about brownshirts with red armbands, and one girl replied, well i think Bush is a nazi…

  10. Sho says:

    I think the even people over at Snopes have a pretty good outlook on this whole boycott:

    “As we always say about these kinds of things, results are generally proportional to effort: If the most effort one is willing to put into a cause is to do nothing, then one should expect to accomplish nothing in return.”

    As for me, I’m off to purchase a tank of gas and a pair of Nikes. Honestly.

  11. Timothy says:

    Wait, why do these idiots want to cripple the economy?

    It pretty much answers itself, doesn’t it?

  12. Danimal says:

    I already spent ten damn dimes on a Pepsi. And if my checks for utility bills clear today, my god that’s like 2,000 dimes right there!

    Wait, why do these idiots want to cripple the economy? Obviously they already have jobs.

  13. Timothy says:

    Wow, 10:15 and I’ve yet to purchase anything today. I’d better get on it come lunch. I should’ve just waited an extra hour to spend $175 on computer parts.

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