Posted on 04/12/2006 7:23:06 AM PDT by Dead Corpse
Donate a 8" block and ship it to DC and you are in.
Originally Posted By axl: Donate a 8" block and ship it to DC and you are in.
Do you realize how cool it would be if every person p*ssed off about this sh*t (illegal Aliens/wide open borders) actually shipped a cinderblock to the capitol? just a thought
After some quick and sketchy research....it looks like it would cost around $10.00 to send one brick via USPS. A cinderblock would be cool but expensive.
1000's of bricks showing up in the capitol mailroom would be fricken awesome!
More to come and how you can get in on this great idea!
Me too! LOL!!!
U.S Constitution
Art. I, Sec. 8
"The Congress shall have the Power To...provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress insurections and repel Invasions..."
Art. IV, Sec. 4
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion..."
Art. VI., par. 3
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;..."
U. S. Senate Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
U. S. House of Representatives Oath of Office
"I, ..., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
(sarc)Letter writing campaigns have worked SO well so far haven't they? (/sarc)
I disagree. Given the way conservatives historically rally to a cause, I anticipate two or three postal workers will be quite pleased to receive blocks to assist in auto repair. :-)
Geeeez...talking 'bout being naive!! OUR POS's don't read mail...their office flunkies (aka; staffers) read mail.
Maybe we could all get together here at FR, buy a couple truckloads from Home Depot right there in DC and just have them delivered to the lawn out front.
I'd be hesitant to send anything firearms related. It's way too easy to interpret it as a threat. The cinderblocks sounds like a good idea, but I'm betting UPS refuses to deliver them after about a day. The congressional mailroom will refuse to accept them, and so UPS will refuse to carry them.
$100 will get you about 20 bags of my fecal matter... let me know when you're ready to deal...
as for the bricks... good idea... bad logistics... perhaps they should be hand delivered to the representatives now vacationing in their home districts...
teeman
P.S. NAU CFR elitists @#$# YOU!
I love this idea, but wonder if it WILL have an effect. If Limbaugh or O'Reilly, or someone of that nature, got behind the idea, they could stir up the publicity that is needed to keep it from being ignored.
"I'd be hesitant to send anything firearms related. It's way too easy to interpret it as a threat. The cinderblocks sounds like a good idea, but I'm betting UPS refuses to deliver them after about a day. The congressional mailroom will refuse to accept them, and so UPS will refuse to carry them."
Then let UPS know that there are alternatives to their service if they don't want your business. They won't refuse. If you own a business that uses UPS like I do, you know how you can push them around with a threat like that.
bump
I think the Brick/cinderblock approach is better. I REALLY like the Cinderblock.
They're big, heavy and pretty near useless unless they decide to build that wall.
If this sites goes up, I will send SEVERAL.
PLEASE .... DO IT!!!!!!
Yep... already sent it to Boortz. Rush will be getting an e-mail once we get teh website up and running.
If I gave my credentials on this subject you would understand that I know what I'm talking about. THIS WILL MAKE A STATEMENT THE MEDIA CAN'T IGNORE.
of course many of the bricks will not make it but that's not the point. If several hundred do, BAM you have a protest. You just have to be willing to sign your name to the package and talk to reporters if they call.
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