Moonbat [sorry - we love this word!] urges Inauguration Day boycott ...

... displays typical Lefty's "understanding" of economics

Democrat Urging Anti-Bush Boycott

David Livingstone says the idea behind the economic boycott he's organizing is simple: If people don't show up at work or buy things, companies lose money. [The Ponderosa: And people lose jobs, though it's likely not a concern for Livingstone and his fellow travelers.]As he sees it, that's money the Bush administration can't tax, and can't use to run the war in Iraq[The Ponderosa: They can always call us and ask for more ... anything to extinguish the forces of Jihad.], protect polluters [The Ponderosa: Which is to say, anyone to the right of the Unabomber!]or chip away at the Constitution. [The Ponderosa: Or pay the fellows with the butterfly nets to chase kooks like Livingstone.]

So the Detroit Democrat and a handful of other anti-Bush groups across the country are urging others of like mind to withhold their cash and labor [The Ponderosa: Closing down the local tea house-poetry den is unlikely to have much of an effect on GDP.] on Inauguration Day - from all businesses. They don't think they'll inflict a huge economic pain, but they do want to make a point.[The Ponderosa: Aim low.]

"I view the inauguration of Bush as a black Thursday for this country," Livingstone says. "We've tried marching in the streets to stop the war, we tried writing letters, we tried initiatives on the Web, but Bush doesn't listen. It seems to us the only thing Bush and the Republicans will listen to is money."

Livingstone, a 41-year-old writer[The Ponderosa: Oh, what a surprise ... our guess was illegal alien welfare advocate.], hopes to be in Washington for the Jan. 20 festivities,[The Ponderosa: We do not encourage hitchhiking or stowing away in the baggage compartment of Greyhound buses!]which for him means protests, black armbands and backs turned to the parade route. [The Ponderosa: We will be there ... we're hoping to make a few of these nuts cry!]

And he's vowing not to buy gas, food or use his credit card that day: He wants the GOP, big oil, big banking, big box stores and any other "bigs" to know they can't push him around or ignore him - at least not on Jan. 20.

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Gordon doesn't expect to shake the economy, but does want to see the president recognize dissent.

"I think Bush should acknowledge the boycott. If we're effective, he'll know about it, and he should acknowledge it," Gordon says. [The Ponderosa: The president has often spoken on the need for quality mental health care.]

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The groups hope to see several million people eating brown-bag [The Ponderosa: But ... what of the obscene profits that will accrue to Big Brown Bag?]lunches and dinners on Inauguration Day. If people don't want to boycott all business, the groups suggest buying from just those that support Democrats. [The Ponderosa: Should be a HUGE day for porn shops, head shops, gay bathhouses and abortion mills!] The protesters say they'll measure success not in economic terms, but by whether people know about the boycott and if it sparks future activism.

And if there's by chance a blip in the GDP, that would be a bonus.

A bonus indeed, say economists and historians.

"I can't imagine it would have any impact whatsoever," says David J. Vogel, professor of business ethics at the University of California at Berkeley. "Even if everyone didn't buy on that day, they'd make up for it the next day." [The Ponderosa: Yup -- this is about as quixotic as those "don't buy any gas on a certain day" chain e-mails.]

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This is gonna be a fun coupla days!

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