A LIST OF ACTIONS FOR JANUARY 20TH (BLACK THURSDAY):
1. Wear a black arm band to signify your sorrow over the election
2. Wear an orange armband the color of the democracy movement in Ukraine) to symbolize your commitment to the democratic principles
3. Visit http://www.sorryeverybody.com and post a picture of yourself saying sorry to the rest of the world for sending the bum back to the white house
4. Visit http://www.apologizeaccepted.com to get much needed boost from the rest of yhe world
5. Visit http://www.costofwar.com to see the insanity, second by second, ticking away….
6. Wear a purple triangle to show your sorrow to your gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or other friends for letting them down
7. Send a thank you note to Michael Moore for bearing the brunt of the right wing’s attack machine — MMFlint@aol.com
8. Stage a walk out at your school
9. Call in sick to work
10. Write a letter to the editor
11. Call and complain to a Fox News advertiser
12. Gather at your local war memorial and hold a candle light vigil for all those in danger in Iraq and for our sorrow at the election results
13. Call the press about it
14. Call your elected representatives and demand they do something to address the voting problems NOW
15. Honor January 20th as “Not One Damn Dime Day” to disappoint major
corporations for their role in the election crisis by not spending one damn dime on their stuff
16. Go to DC and participate in the national protest
17. Go to Crawford, TX and protest
18. Forward this email to EVERYONE (including conservatives) that you know
19. Add any action you can think of to this list
20. Get Up
21. DO SOMETHING JANUARY 20TH
“There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence; and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs as protection against political despotism. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” – John Stuart Mill, Essay on Liberty

Port City Shoes left a comment here worrying about losing much needed money if they closed on NODD Day. Here’s what I think might work:
How about if you offer a 20% discount coupon for anyone who stops in on January 20th and DOESN’T BUY ANYTHING.
Make the discount good for a week or a month, or whatever works for you. Put a red, white, and blue sign in the window and say “come in today, January 20, and get a 20%-off discount coupon — good for two weeks — as long as you DON’T buy anything today.”
It means that you’ll have to keep the store open to give out the discount coupons. It also will probably mean that people will come in and ask what it’s all about, and you’ll have to admit to your politics. It might also mean that people will stop in who might not otherwise.

There’s so much I want to blog about,including to remind everyone about not buying anything on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. But mom is keeping me distracted from any logical thoughts.
However, please check out the current Truthout article here, which includes these two of my favorite Bush Administration Scandals:
The Medicare Money Scandal
THE SCANDAL: Thomas Scully, Medicare’s former administrator, supposedly threatened to fire chief Medicare actuary Richard Foster to prevent him from disclosing the true cost of the 2003 Medicare bill.
THE PROBLEM: Congress voted on the bill believing it would cost $400 billion over 10 years. The program is more likely to cost $550 billion.
THE OUTCOME: Scully denies threatening to fire Foster, as Foster has charged, but admits telling Foster to withhold the higher estimate from Congress. In September 2004, the Government Accountability Office recommended Scully return half his salary from 2003. Inevitably, Scully is now a lobbyist for drug companies helped by the bill.
The Bogus Medicare “Video News Release”
THE SCANDAL: To promote its Medicare bill, the Bush administration produced imitation news-report videos touting the legislation. About 40 television stations aired the videos. More recently, similar videos promoting the administration’s education policy have come to light.
THE PROBLEM: The administration broke two laws: One forbidding the use of federal money for propaganda, and another forbidding the unauthorized use of federal funds.
THE OUTCOME: In May 2004, the GAO concluded the administration acted illegally, but the agency lacks enforcement power.
Don’t blame me. I didn’t vote for him.
ADDENDUM:
AARRGHH. Just to add to the Bushies’ penchant for successful progaganda against us masses, the following via the Center for Media and Democracy:
Topics: public relations | democracy
Source: Washington Post, January 14, 2005
“White House allies are launching a market-research project to figure out how to sell” privatizing Social Security, while “Republican marketing and public-relations gurus are building teams of consultants,” reports the Washington Post. The effort, led by Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman, “will use Bush’s campaign-honed techniques of mass repetition, never deviating from the script and using the politics of fear to build support.” Groups including Progress for America, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Republican Jewish Coalition are also advocating for privatization. Progress for America’s TV ads, which include images of Franklin D. Roosevelt, have been protested by FDR’s family. His grandson wrote, “My grandfather would surely oppose the ideas now being promoted by this administration and your organization.”
I wish more Senior Citizens were web savvy and learned how to get their info from here instead of the mainstream Conservatively-influenced media.