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Randy
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USA
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Posted - 10/29/2011 :  11:11:13  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Let loose the masses! Here's a simple at home protest you can do aimed at the big banks. I predict this video will go viral. Some of my junk mail would get shredded for the compost heap....not any more.

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

sailingsoul
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Posted - 10/29/2011 :  12:06:49   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send sailingsoul a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I use to do that. I just put all the crap they sent to me in the return envelope and send it back. I hated those post cards they put in magazines, I use to mail them not filled out too. Back when I use to get magazines.

There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS
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podcat
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435 Posts

Posted - 11/02/2011 :  20:04:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send podcat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Having worked at a postal plant for the past 14 or so years, I have run across credit card application envelopes that were mailed with as much junk as could be fit in them, and occasionally had angry messages written on them. My take on that is it's quite wasteful, plus it doesn't seem to be very effective, since any junk that comes in the mail could be easily thrown away.


To me, a better way to punish the banks is to "hit 'em in the wallet". There is an organization called "Move Your Money" which advocates people to move their money from the big banks to community banks or credit unions. I find that to be much more effective in getting the banks' attention.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/saturday-november-5th-bank-transfer-day-mo

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-Barry Williams, co-founder, Australian Skeptics
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the_ignored
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Posted - 11/05/2011 :  16:19:58   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Looks like that message is starting to sink in: local banks and credit unions are seeing swelling of business.

Some of the estimated 15,000 community banks and credit unions already appear to be profiting from the upcoming International Bank Transfer Day. Organizers of the action have set the date of Nov. 5 for consumers to shift their financial assets from large corporate institutions into community banks.

Already 650,000 people across the country have joined credit unions in the past four weeks.

As the date nears, potential beneficiaries of the global day of action are cashing in on an upswell of anti-corporate bank sentiment and are reporting a significant uptick in business. From Portland, Ore., to Rockland, Mass., smaller banks are seeing new accounts swell, compared to the same period a year ago.


Here's a question though: What's to stop THOSE institutions from becoming like those larger banks if they get enough customers?

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.
Edited by - the_ignored on 11/05/2011 16:22:15
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/05/2011 :  16:29:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by the_ignored

Here's a question though: What's to stop THOSE institutions from becoming like those larger banks if they get enough customers?
If this protest actually puts a dent in the big banks' wallets, then remembrance of November 5th ought to keep smaller banks that get big from getting as evil. People can always do this again.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
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