IMPEACH: Guerrilla Merriment
Sun Dec 25, 2005 at 09:47:47 AM PDT
Good morning, Cincinnati! By which I mean you, the collection of
Cincinnatus-es who have taken up "arms" in the
IMPEACH movement.
It's the holidays. You're busy. But you know your duty. So perhpas you're torn. Do I take a day off with the family, or continue the fight?
Well, in case you missed it, the fact is that the holidays offer us as many, if not more, opportunities to keep the ball rolling, and even kick it up a notch.
Yesterday, I implored you to take advantage of the holiday celebrations to take the movement to the next level, by saving the boxes from your bounty, and using them to make larger IMPEACH signs, so that you could not only step up the power of your message, but could literally draw strength for your work from your family.
Highly symbolic, don't you think?
In response, the ORIGINAL Freeway Blogger has given us a gift that makes it easier than ever to make your gifts keep on giving.
Here are step-by-step instructions for how to convert your holiday gift boxes into a banner -- in 30 minutes or less.
Take four large box flaps, [paint 'em] white, and tape them together... both sides. Use black duct tape for lettering. Keep it folded when carrying. Post.
This took less than thirty minutes, start to finish.
[ed. note: you might consider making a slightly smaller sign with the already white insides of shirt boxes, etc.]
Click to enlarge the pics.
I'd say just about anybody should be able to pull that one off. How do you hang 'em? Well, these lightweight signs attach to chain link fencing with just a bungee cord or two, or even just some binder clips.
Don't have white paint? Try the insides of shirt boxes that are already white. Sure, the sign's smaller, but a key observation from the Freeway Blogger says that while the large signs make the best photos, it's the small signs that can get into tighter-but-still-visible spots that tend to stay up the longest.
So don't be discouraged if you didn't get a refrigerator (with its huge box) for the holidays, or don't happen to have paint lying around the house. The truth is that you can make a big ass sign with what you have lying around the house today. And think how much more these signs will mean if you make them out of your holiday gift boxes. Especially if you got gifts from a wingnut family member.
What makes this particular gesture so special, in my view, is that like Cincinnatus, you'll be taking care of your duty to your country even as you honor your commitments to your family. The truth is, we can't spend all day protesting. And that makes us feel bad whenever we're confronted with the oft-posed question, "Where's the outrage?"
Well now, like today's successful consumer products, the outrage can fit your lifestyle and your schedule. Take a half hour out from baking cookies, roasting a turkey, watching the ball game, or what have you, and tell the world what you're thinking. Free yourself. Free the word. Free a neighbor's mind. Then go back to the TV and feel like you've earned it!
The beauty of it all is that you can do this wherever you go. The stickers are easy, and this holiday weekend, many of you took them with you as you criss-crossed the country while visiting friends and relatives. Now the signs are practically staring you in the face. It couldn't be easier, nor more satisfying.
As I said to missreporter last night:
I love the fact that we're tending to the country's highest constitutional duties "in between cooking Christmas dinner and all that family stuff."
I love the fact that we're literally withdrawing the "consent of the governed" on our way to the supermarket.
I love the fact that citizens are leading the way in creating an atmosphere in which their elected representatives will be forced to challenge the overexpansion of executive authority while they do their errands.
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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