rbmcdonald
01-11-2008, 03:01 PM
can't help but think there is something we need to do to counter the racist crap and jump start the campaign. I am a precinct captain and working hard locally in Travis County, but we need to do something nationally.
How about rather than marches across the country on Jan 21, we have one big march, in a central location. Kansas City probably is the most central "bigger" city. Chicago, while further north is pretty central, and would have better flights for those that can fly, also has good Amtrac connection (the contradiction here is not lost on me).
What would it take to make a real statement, that could not be ignored? Would 50K marching in one spot do it? Would it take 100K marchers to fire off a "shot heard around the world"?
Putting that into perspective, if you use 300MM as the US Population, then 100K would be .0333% or 1/300 of a percent.
Travis county has a little less than 1MM people, so that would mean on a proportional basis, a little over 300 people would have to show up from Travis County. That would be difficult. Doable, but difficult. 150 would be much easier, but not sure if 50K would have enough impact? Well, I would pledge to be there with at least 3 others. 4 down, 99,994 to go. What do people think?
I am in until the end. In addition, I am not ready to give up believing it is doable. We just need something, something to show people how serious we are, to get them to listen to the message. We can’t change who and what the National campaign is, we can’t change who and what the two major parties are, but we can raise $6MM in one day and we can put a blimp in the air. There is has to be something we can do to get people to listen to us.
How about rather than marches across the country on Jan 21, we have one big march, in a central location. Kansas City probably is the most central "bigger" city. Chicago, while further north is pretty central, and would have better flights for those that can fly, also has good Amtrac connection (the contradiction here is not lost on me).
What would it take to make a real statement, that could not be ignored? Would 50K marching in one spot do it? Would it take 100K marchers to fire off a "shot heard around the world"?
Putting that into perspective, if you use 300MM as the US Population, then 100K would be .0333% or 1/300 of a percent.
Travis county has a little less than 1MM people, so that would mean on a proportional basis, a little over 300 people would have to show up from Travis County. That would be difficult. Doable, but difficult. 150 would be much easier, but not sure if 50K would have enough impact? Well, I would pledge to be there with at least 3 others. 4 down, 99,994 to go. What do people think?
I am in until the end. In addition, I am not ready to give up believing it is doable. We just need something, something to show people how serious we are, to get them to listen to the message. We can’t change who and what the National campaign is, we can’t change who and what the two major parties are, but we can raise $6MM in one day and we can put a blimp in the air. There is has to be something we can do to get people to listen to us.