Let's take proactive steps against M$M inaugural coverage blackout

[grasswire]

You know what they're going to do. They're going to gloss over the protests.

NOW is the time to act. NOW is the time to write the networks and tell them you expect to see fair coverage of any protests. Remind them that the protests were censored from public view in 2001, and we'll have to sic Michael Moore on them again if they don't reflect the actual news of the day.

Call.

Fax.

Email.

Send snail mail.

[maxpower]

1. M$M

I think that is perfect.

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2. January20 Protest

Hi: I'm a newbie to DU even though I've been lurking for a couple of months. (I also had lost password problems.) Mostly I'm in a bunch of anti-bush, anti-rw, anti-repub yahoo groups, some of which I moderate. My mission right now is to spread the word about a strike on the US on Jan. 20. Has anyone heard of this? I think if enough people acted to shut down the economy they'd have to notice, especially if people didn't go into work at the MSM. I'm not talking the big shots, I mean we "little people".

http://www.black-thursday.com/home.html

BLACK THURSDAY, January 20, 2005
The Idea Is Simple.
Just Like The President.

This January 20th:

- Call in sick to work
- Don't buy anything

[BrklynLiberal]

4. I will be sending this message to my entire distribution list.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

3. Kick! n/t

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5. THANK YOU!!

I have been looking and looking for threads that were talking about the inauguration. DU won't let me start one because I'm a newbie. I have been on this for over a month. If you google "Not One Damn Dime Day" you'll find more sites. I think if 10 million people showed up to protest in DC the MSM still wouldn't cover it. If enough people did this, I really believe it would get major attention. I had this email going around, I've been trying to get in touch with the unions. Anybody have contacts at unions? I'll put a little of my email below:

PROTEST THE ILLEGAL INAUGURATION OF DUBYA

For 24 Hours SHUT DOWN THE U.S. ECONOMY


-- If you are an employee, take Thursday, January 20 off. Take a vacation day, a personal day, call in sick. I don't care. Just don't work. (Emergency workers excluded).

-- If you own a business, (and I realize this is a very big request), close down your business on January 20. Put a message on your voicemail letting anyone who calls know why you are closed. Put a sign in your window. Just do it!

-- If you have a website, take it down, and put up a page that says your business is closed because you are mourning the death of your country, the end of democracy and the US as we have known it, the stolen election and the illegal inauguration of bush!

-- If you have friends outside the US, tell them not to buy an american product, an american stock, conduct business with an american firm, nothing!

-- AND NO ONE HERE BUYS A THING! Not a bottle of water, a pay-per-view movie, a candy bar, a gallon of gas, a pack of cigarettes, nothing. Get organized and do it the day before.

While you are sitting home, pick up the phone and call the media and tell them what you are doing. (This is the ONLY thing you are allowed to spend money on.) Call your senators and representatives if you think it will do any good.

They wouldn't listen to us when we called and emailed and filed lawsuits. They thought that they were going to steal our country and our freedom, send us to war, put the profits in their pockets and then rub our faces in it by inaugurating bush? NO WAY!