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I agree with the sentiment but not the method. Going on strike is their way, not ours. They should stick with Tea Parties.

I predict this will be as successful as the day the Mexicans stopped worked to protest immigration: I will still able to buy tacos.

i like my idea better - on this coming monday, change your w-4's at work to "exempt" - GIVE the money you'd normally be paying the fed to a reputable charity - TAKE OUR NATION BACK!

GO TO A TEA PARTY ON THE FOURTH!

This makes me uncomfortable; I am an integral part of the small business I work for. I respect my boss and the job and opportunity he has presented me with, I would feel as if I was rubbing it in his face, not Obamas by staying home from work in protest.

I agree, strikes are something the childish left does, not us; we are adults. What I will do however is not purchase anything, on the other hand I can make a whole week, or month of protest. I am a scrupulous buyer.

I had already taken the day off to go to a concert, so my absence won't really count towards this. :)

Have to stay with some of the others here, a strike is a socialist-like act, not a unified proclimation of independent free men objecting to unjust practices in government. Work stoppage, or slowdown isn't the same as peacefully voicing displeasure. I don't disagree with the "going Galt" concept, but it is an individual decision that must be made one person at a time. Of course it is a fictional description of action that results in a fictional outcome. It would never work in real life. The govt. would not capitulate for the sake of getting work oriented people to go back to work.

There is a battle to be fought over who will decide the future of America and it will not be won in this kind of warfair.

I don't care for this one, either. I like to work, will be going to work. We also have a small business and we love having customers. You're right, Eric, the idea is socialist. No thanks.

I must agree with the majority on this one. All though the intentions are good the method is not. We as a group are hard working and pride our selfs on this. To just take a day off is really going aginst all that we normally stand for. I will back most of the idea but I will work on that day and hope that my employees will also.

Our community is having a TAXED ENOUGH TEA PARTY on the 4th were going to have fun and drive whinny liberals up the wall

the biggest problem with this idea is not so much that it could be considered childish but that it presupposes people can take off work.

You are all MORONS. Socialist? A strike is socialist? WTF are you talking about. Read a book. Or better yet... an actual definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

Idiots. So glad your kind has been thrown out of power.

wow a link to Wikipedia, that's credible. Ever lived there realist? ever lived in Europe when the rail workers, coal miners, car makers, and post office strike? No?
Strikes are pretty much normal in socialist countries.

So who is the "Idiots" now, moron?

Most conservatives ought to have too much sense to refuse going to their job. This is a pretty childish idea, I'm afraid.

None of that free Hippy love shit here Sid!

At first I liked the idea. Action, not words.
Then I was uneasy. So many are employed by small business - dry cleaning, ladies hairdressers and other ladies specialities, restaurants, pre-schools, bricklayers.... it was not fair to them. And many in the medical and security professions have a problem.
Then I was uneasier, this is not a real strike -it has none of the normal strike attributes, picket lines, placards and so on. It is really a gesture, but it will not hurt the one you want to hurt.
And yet I feel the frustration behind the idea, the feeling of a lack of power in the face of moonbattery in office.
All right, so no strike. But what?
Perhaps make it an issue at the tea parties? Get ideas from the people there?
A rolling blockade of Washington with motor vehicles?
Visible outward signs of rejection are needed.

Well I can't take part in that because that's the last day of the California BAR, not a chance in hell I'm missing that test.

I think its a good idea, it never hurts to have people who are the real engine of this economy show that they are the power, not the coconuts in Congress. I understand people's desire to help their businesses and whatnot, only thing I'd possibly suggest is talking with your boss ahead of time, taking care of your business and making sure its ok.

Maybe we can all stop and shout "GOD BLESS AMERICA" at a certain time durring the day. We can arrainge it with our fellow workers, it would only take a few seconds out of our workday and people can adjust it for the diffrent time zones so that we'll shout within seconds of each other.

RE:Posted by: Travis at July 2, 2009 9:19 AM

I'm with Travis on this. I like my employer. my job, and my customers. The last thing I want to do is penalize them

I do agree that we should all start cutting back as much as we can.

I also agree that strikes, etc. are more of a Leftist thing.

"Calling In Conservative" is an interesting symbolic gesture, but not much more.

One thing we all need to be doing is voting with our wallets. If a corporation is known to support Leftist causes, don't give them any money. One example would be H.J. Heinz - when you're grilling your burgers this 4th of July, make sure you don't support John Kerry or the uber-liberal Heinz Foundation.

At one time there was a list of all of the corporations that actively supported the Liberal / Socialist / Homoleftist agenda - anyone know of such a thing now?

I will have to work as well. My job requires me to take care of the business and the market that I cater to plus I love my job. I'll do my part, however. I have already started by cutting back on cigarettes and quitting alcohol. That way Obama and the dipshitcrats can't get anymore tax money.

By the way @ unrealist......Eat these nuts you jackass Obomite!! LOL!! What an idiot you are!

Yes. At first I was actually repulsed by this idea. Why adopt 'their' tactics and strategy.

I kept thinking about it. I thought some more.

It occurred to me that the left (hard left administration and wavering Congress Critters) only see collectivism activities as having any real meaning of a purposeful message.

When many people do it at once (no matter which ACORN like bogus organization is stacking the deck behind the scenes), and it cost their districts money, then they realize that they might loose votes. That is what gains their attention more than the usual ‘we’re the silent majority routine’ does.

THEY COUNT ON YOU BEING THE SILENT MAJORITY AND BEING SLOW TO ADAPT.

I do not care how moderate or conservative you are. If you are not willing to adjust tactics and strategy, adopt winning plays from the opposing team to send clear messages and practice asymmetrical warfare, you are not going to win. You have already lost if that is your mentality.

Wait until what the left has in store for your peaceful protest Tea Parties on the 4th, and the way the media will continue to hammer moderates and conservatives as domestic terrorists, reinforcing the administration's perception and moralization of all of you.

Adapt and overcome or be run over. Its your choice. You can pretend that having a solid moral character and being quiet about it will win and get you through.

The rules have changed people. Think about it.

I meant to say 'marginalization' not 'moralization'. Apologies for the typo.

There are very few rules left. Get used to it.

The point is, if they want 'trickle up poverty' as benchmark for the hallmark of the success of the current administration and Congress, let's give them 'trickle up (the entire supply and profit chain) definace in not spending money or being responsible for a day'.

Show them what it will be like in a couple of years when 'their' socialist system is in full swing and you and I, who support the system by being responsible, won't be then.

Yes, goes against my and most responsible people's grain to do this, but sends a message.

We are all free people. You have the right to not be heard and do nothing. Live with the outcome of that decision.

GOING GALT!!!!! Thank you VAN - once again, without you, I wouldn't know!!! KEEP IT UP!!! Our TEA Party is Saturday - we've had a newspaper article & TV Story already today - should be a good one!!!

I'm still working through Atlas Shrugged. In the end, western civilization collapses. All the electricity goes out, and the cities go dark. I'm not sure that I want to go there.

I am not an illegal immigrant, and I'm not going to start acting like one now.
I am all for some sort of protest or statement, but jetisoning my principals and work ethic to make a point is not going to happen.

Take this one back to the drawing board.

And to think SLIME magazine said CONSERVATIVSM was dead shows you cant ever trust a liberal rag like SLIME

Go Galt?....naw, lets go postal!!

I'll work to spread the news, especially at the Tea Party tomorrow. This is a great website - thanks!

Great sentiment, but I can't do it. Jobs are too hard to find. Also people count on me to do my job and I can't let them down. Browncoat, go pound sand. Anything union is socialist. Especially strikes. Unions served a legit purpose once, but they are only an impediment now. "Our kind" will be around to repair the damage your kind is causing to America. You are a socialist twat and you don't even realize it.

An example of strikes in Socialist countries...

The famous "Dash to Gas" in England way back when wasn't some kind of green touchy-feely envirokook thing. It was Maggie Thatcher's reaction to a protracted coal miner's strike that was crippling the country.

AKA "greenwashing" of a policy. Kinda like couching this attempt at a huge transfer of wealth from the middle class to the leech class as "cap and trade"

I am off that day (and for the summer) as I teach at a college during the year.

Re: Post by: xantl at July 2, 2009 9:08 AM

i like my idea better - on this coming monday, change your w-4's at work to "exempt" - GIVE the money you'd normally be paying the fed to a reputable charity - TAKE OUR NATION BACK!

Sounds interesting. How does this work?
Is it legal?
How do you get "exempt" status?
What can you give to charity?
Which one/ones?

Let me know please
mcmahon351@aol.com

TonyD, you asked about not spending our hard earned money at places known to support leftist causes, and if there is a list of them.

Well, I haven't seen a list in a few years, but I know that Target stores brag about how a certain percentage of your purchase goes right back into your own community, through charities. What they don't tell you is that the charity is Planned Parenthood.

Also, Levi's jeans has special "gay" versions of some of their ads that you won't see unless you have the LOGO (gay) cable channel or look them up on youtube or something.

And we all know about Pepsi. And remember when Adidas had that hat with the hammer and sickle.

Google, and the CEO of Google have done everything they can to slience you with faulty search results when it is a conserative message.

Google owns YouTube, and they very quietly slience the conserative message.

Do not use Google. Use Yahoo or Bing.

If you cannot "Go Galt" from your job, at least try and not spend money on July 30th. Brown bag your lunch, make sure there's enough gas in your car so you don't have to buy on that day.