Ken,
So do I, but a guy can dream can't he?
Re: the US "not using our Constitution." I couldn't agree more. First you and Mag agreed, and now you and I? It's cold here today, but I didn't think it was quite so cold that Hell had frozen over! ;-{)}
Kendall Corbett
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 7:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: if you're against the iraqi war...
well it might if they did not double up the next 3
days. i really doubt that half of that 57 million
would/will take part.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:16:48 -0500
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> From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: if you're against the iraqi war...
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> Do you realize what a <<proper>> boycott of oil is
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> All plastics.
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> Think about THAT one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> M
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> Meir,
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> For me, and most of us, going a day without using
> plastics would be impossible, but we might be able
> to handle going a day without buying plastics by
> going a day without buying anything. While a longer
> boycott would be more effective, I think a 3 day
> boycott could be felt by a lot of manufacturers,
> especially if a number equal to ½ the people who
> voted for Kerry/Edwards participated. According to
> CNN, the Kerry/Edwards ticket received 57,288,974
> votes. If half that number of people participated
> in a 3 day boycott, and only spent an average of $10
> per day, that would be a total of $859,334,610.
> That number might not be really significant in its
> impact on GDP, but it should be noticeable on a
> statistical basis.
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> Kendall Corbett
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> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
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> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the
> world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on
> the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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