Comments on: Making a List … http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:32 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Imavehmontah http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116748 Imavehmontah Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:37:34 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116748 <p>I’ve said it before, and I am going to keep saying it: It’s time for a national strike. This is the ideal time of year to make an impact. Tell everyone on your gift list that you are giving them — the gift of peace. The gift that keeps on giving. The gift of no more business as usual (including the giving of holiday gifts) until the Bush administration gives in and brings the troops home. </p> <p>A national strike. It’s so simple.</p> <p>Tell your elected representatives and all of your friends.<br /> Don’t buy anything you don’t absolutely need.<br /> Limit travel to only what is necessary.<br /> Commit to helping other strikers in need.<br /> Take as much sick time as you can from work without endagnering yourself or your family.<br /> Get others to join.</p> <p>No more business as usual until we withdraw from Iraq (or until Bush and Cheney resign)!</p> I’ve said it before, and I am going to keep saying it: It’s time for a national strike. This is the ideal time of year to make an impact. Tell everyone on your gift list that you are giving them — the gift of peace. The gift that keeps on giving. The gift of no more business as usual (including the giving of holiday gifts) until the Bush administration gives in and brings the troops home.

A national strike. It’s so simple.

Tell your elected representatives and all of your friends.
Don’t buy anything you don’t absolutely need.
Limit travel to only what is necessary.
Commit to helping other strikers in need.
Take as much sick time as you can from work without endagnering yourself or your family.
Get others to join.

No more business as usual until we withdraw from Iraq (or until Bush and Cheney resign)!

]]> By: edison http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116578 edison Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:10:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116578 <p>I attempt to support local organizations this time of year. There are many who deserve and <em>need</em> it.</p> I attempt to support local organizations this time of year. There are many who deserve and need it.

]]> By: siri http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116171 siri Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:27:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116171 <p>Comrade Rutherford @ 90</p> <p>Our rule is basically this: if they can afford to buy advertising time on TV, then they have plenty of money and they don’t need any of mine.</p> <p>THAT’S <b><em>excellent</em></b>! I have always rather stuck by that rule, but more in protest of advertising without putting together your perfect logic!!! </p> <p>I MUST spread this concept around!<br /> Thank you! God bless you and your little ones, and may they be thankful for such wise parentfolks!<br /> :)</p> Comrade Rutherford @ 90

Our rule is basically this: if they can afford to buy advertising time on TV, then they have plenty of money and they don’t need any of mine.

THAT’S excellent! I have always rather stuck by that rule, but more in protest of advertising without putting together your perfect logic!!!

I MUST spread this concept around!
Thank you! God bless you and your little ones, and may they be thankful for such wise parentfolks!
:)

]]> By: PAliberal http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116065 PAliberal Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:47:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116065 <p>Lots of great ideas here. I recently discovered <a href="http://www.goodsearch.com">GoodSearch.com</a> where I can choose my favorite local charity where I adopt a family.</p> <p>I also shopped some at <a href="http://www.diabetes.org/shop-for-books-and-gifts/gift-of-hope-catalog.jsp?WTLPromo=HOME_Flash_110507">Diabetes.org</a></p> Lots of great ideas here. I recently discovered GoodSearch.com where I can choose my favorite local charity where I adopt a family.

I also shopped some at Diabetes.org

]]> By: Hillary Rettig / The Lifelong Activist http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116039 Hillary Rettig / The Lifelong Activist Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:09:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116039 <p>Can I recommend my book, The Lifelong Activist (Lantern Books, 2006)? It’s a self-help book specifically for progressives that includes sections on managing your mission, time, fears (aka beating procrastination, perfectionism and blocks), and relationships. SusanG at Daily Kos wrote in a review, “If I had but one book to spend hard-earned cash on this year, The Lifelong Activist would be it, hands down.” Also rave reviews from Salon.com and others.</p> <p>At $20 for 400 pages it makes a great gift, and it also sets people up for success at the beginning of the new year. You can read sample chapters and order via <a href="http://www.lifelongactivist.com">www.lifelongactivist.com</a></p> <p>Thanks!<br /> Hillary</p> Can I recommend my book, The Lifelong Activist (Lantern Books, 2006)? It’s a self-help book specifically for progressives that includes sections on managing your mission, time, fears (aka beating procrastination, perfectionism and blocks), and relationships. SusanG at Daily Kos wrote in a review, “If I had but one book to spend hard-earned cash on this year, The Lifelong Activist would be it, hands down.” Also rave reviews from Salon.com and others.

At $20 for 400 pages it makes a great gift, and it also sets people up for success at the beginning of the new year. You can read sample chapters and order via http://www.lifelongactivist.com

Thanks!
Hillary

]]> By: Suburban Girl http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116036 Suburban Girl Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:05:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1116036 <p>The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is committed to ending social injustice and promoting human rights. You can donate cash through their website. They also have an online store that sells holiday cards and other gifts. Proceeds go to support their projects. UUSC is a member organization of the Unitarian Universalist ASsociation, a liberal/progressive religious organization in the humanist tradition.</p> <p>Here’s the UUSC website.<br /> <a href="http://www.uusc.org/info/mission.html">http://www.uusc.org/info/mission.html</a></p> The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is committed to ending social injustice and promoting human rights. You can donate cash through their website. They also have an online store that sells holiday cards and other gifts. Proceeds go to support their projects. UUSC is a member organization of the Unitarian Universalist ASsociation, a liberal/progressive religious organization in the humanist tradition.

Here’s the UUSC website.
http://www.uusc.org/info/mission.html

]]> By: redterror http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115977 redterror Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:30:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115977 <p>Could we have TV shows with talent like Jack Benny, Richard Deacon, and Dennis Day? No? OK. Then I’ll settle for Whirled Peas. DE, I really did not need to know that about Tom Tryon. Now I’ll never be able to watch him with Paula Prentiss in “In Harm’s Way” in the same way ever again…it figures.</p> Could we have TV shows with talent like Jack Benny, Richard Deacon, and Dennis Day? No? OK. Then I’ll settle for Whirled Peas. DE, I really did not need to know that about Tom Tryon. Now I’ll never be able to watch him with Paula Prentiss in “In Harm’s Way” in the same way ever again…it figures.

]]> By: Comrade Rutherford http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115823 Comrade Rutherford Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:12:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115823 <p><a href="#comment-1115690"><em>TheOtherWA @ 79</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-1115684"><em>Comrade Rutherford @ 76</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I tried to Buy Noting on International Buy Nothing day, but I needed food, so we spent about $50 on greoceries for dinner…</p> <p>Join the Church of Stop Shopping, I’ve been a fan of Reverend Billy for over ten years now.</p></blockquote> <p>Groceries are necessary, so they should be acceptable purchases even on Buy Nothing Day. IMHO.</p></blockquote> <p>Yeah, but I am a purist… I was hoping to not spend a single cent (like most days around here), but we needed to feed ourselves.</p> <p>We are strong anti-consumerists around here. Our 6 and 4 year old daughters remind each other regulary when they see a toy commercial, that if they see it on TV they can’t have it. They know that ads are merely brainwashing to trick them into wanting something they don’t need. Not that they don’t have tons of toys (more than I had when I was a kid), they do, we just don’t buy them new. “I am Bibi, the perfect doll. I want some more things.”</p> <p>Our rule is basically this: if they can afford to buy advertising time on TV, then they have plenty of money and they don’t need any of mine.</p> TheOtherWA @ 79

Comrade Rutherford @ 76

I tried to Buy Noting on International Buy Nothing day, but I needed food, so we spent about $50 on greoceries for dinner…

Join the Church of Stop Shopping, I’ve been a fan of Reverend Billy for over ten years now.

Groceries are necessary, so they should be acceptable purchases even on Buy Nothing Day. IMHO.

Yeah, but I am a purist… I was hoping to not spend a single cent (like most days around here), but we needed to feed ourselves.

We are strong anti-consumerists around here. Our 6 and 4 year old daughters remind each other regulary when they see a toy commercial, that if they see it on TV they can’t have it. They know that ads are merely brainwashing to trick them into wanting something they don’t need. Not that they don’t have tons of toys (more than I had when I was a kid), they do, we just don’t buy them new. “I am Bibi, the perfect doll. I want some more things.”

Our rule is basically this: if they can afford to buy advertising time on TV, then they have plenty of money and they don’t need any of mine.

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115768 David Ehrenstein Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:33:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115768 <p>I’ve never tried any of the recipes in Richard Deacon’s cookbook. It’s more a quasi-totemic <em>objet</em> than anything else to me.</p> I’ve never tried any of the recipes in Richard Deacon’s cookbook. It’s more a quasi-totemic objet than anything else to me.

]]> By: siri http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115766 siri Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:32:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/25/making-a-list/#comment-1115766 <p>You’re welcome, Laura. All of what you mentioned is true, and most of the money sent to Link Foundation, if not all, goes to elders. How horrible it would be to have to suffer the indignity and discomfort of being cold in the winter, but to have to do it at an advanced age is just too much to imagine.</p> You’re welcome, Laura. All of what you mentioned is true, and most of the money sent to Link Foundation, if not all, goes to elders. How horrible it would be to have to suffer the indignity and discomfort of being cold in the winter, but to have to do it at an advanced age is just too much to imagine.

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