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Black Thursday

Lauren

Pouty Betty has returned to match my mood.

Do yourself a favor. Turn off the inaugural circle jerk and all the talk about political Providence. No god I am aware of would choose a man willing to lie, cheat, steal, and kill for his own ideological ends.

Today is Black Thursday and I’m holding my own one-woman countermovement. Dressed in black, yes I am, and no blogging until midnight. Further, I am devising even more long-term ways to divert my money from corporate entities to local entities and spread the word of what I know to be true. What can I do in the next four years that might make a difference in my immediate sphere? What can you do?

Media Girl has more counter-inaugural suggestions for those of us who cannot rip ourselves away from today’s responsibilities.

7 thoughts on Black Thursday

  1. For starters, I’ve taken my site down, replaced by a very short rendition of my own swearing-in for the president. I’m taking it down when I feel like it, but not before tomorrow.

    I then chose to juxtapose the “optimism” (ha!) of George W. Bush with perhaps the greatest oratorical recording of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. I saw it on Flea’s blog and was blown away by the feeling it left me with looking at it not as a historical document, but as a damning critique of contemporary American politics.

    As for fighting all this shit, I’m trying my best to support:

    –ACLU, ACLU, ACLU, ACLU, ACLU

    -News organizations dedicated to integrity in reporting. To some extent this includes PBS and NPR, but even more importantly, organizations like Democracy Now!

    -Buy local. Does anyone else really really miss the Farmer’s Market this time of year?

    -And if you do buy from Wal-Mart, screw them unmercifully. Buy things you know they’re taking a loss on. Try and return things you didn’t actually buy there.

  4. I spent some time awake from my cold-induced feels-like-a-deathbed to read The Scandal Sheet from Salon.com. All these different schemes, scandals, and illegal activites surrounding the White House in the last four years, in list form. Truly scary. It’s a great reminder for me as to why I must stay angry and fighting through the next four years.

  7. I spent no money today, drove only to chauffer my nephew to pre-school, and did not show my face in any institution where mercantile transaction took place. I did, however, surf the internet. Was pretty stoked to see Feministe valued at $75,459.42 on blogshares. But since it’s only fantasy money, I guess it’s okay to feel good about it.

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