Welcome to the #dontgo Movement!
Posted on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
America needs to come to its senses and start on the path that will bring it victory, not defeat - prosperity, not depression. #dontgo means exactly what it says, Don?t Go.
Introduction
#dontgo Movement is a collaborative effort being developed by a group of free-market, e-activists who wish to see Congress stay in Washington until a solution for our energy crisis is found. But #dontgo is more than a single issue.
Goals
Our goal is to achieve a tidal shift in American politics from the ground up, utilizing the great potential of the grassroots movement. On a multitude of issues, from energy independence to fiscal responsibility, we plan to return the country back onto the right path.
How Will We Do It?
We will use what is now described as the ?new media? and the ?grassroots? to link the people of America with their elected representatives from both sides of the aisle. We will provide the technology to send letters to members of Congress, make phone calls to them, and provide up to date news, and blogging content. In short, we will utilize technology to push the frontier of what constitutes modern politics.
What Does #dontgo Mean?
#dontgo is an expression of what America needs, but not where it’s heading. #dontgo is the warning bell to a nation that is hungry for change, but looking in the wrong direction. #dontgo is a message to all of America, Republicans, Democrats and Independents.
Wish you all the best. Good luck, may God bless, and let us keep America on the Right path.
Followed the link here from Michelle Malkin. Have been following the Energy Independence Revolution daily. Am hoping the news can be be spread that the Republican energy plan is not JUST about offshore drilling, as it’s been characterized in the MSM.
Go, #dontgo, Go!
I just sent this to ABC,CBS,NBC, & CNN. I hope all of you will cut and paste it and do the same.
As one of the 78% of Americans that want to drill and drill now, I am writing to you as a protest to your lack of coverage of the Congressmen acting in the people’s interest. Please get a camera crew to the steps of House and cover this story!
Excellent!
We need you.
God speed, #dontgo.
Bravo!!! We need average Americans to make their voices heard. The special interests, MSM and the left have dictated debate for far too long. I have already emailed that nitwit Pelosi and my Rep Deborah Pryce (no answer yet). Oh yea, I emailed ABC as well, about the lack of coverage. We need to stop America’s slide towards Marxism. NoBama!!!!!! That much is for sure!
Had it in Ohio
Thanks for doing this! I’ve been emailing, posting links to petitions on my forum and other forums,…pretty much everything I can, in order to help pressure those who are “vacationing” right now on the backs of Americans paying too much for the price of someone else’s oil.
Energy is the tip of the spear, in terms of what this kind of political movement can tackle. But, I’m glad energy this the “jumping off” topic, as it needs to be resolved NOW, and CAN BE resolved NOW, with a multi-level approach to the problem, based on short-term solutions, and long-term planning.
God bless you for your efforts!
And thanks for helping the GOP remember it CAN have a spine, and SHOULD have a spine!
LisaVE
so glad to see this movement started.. republic/affairs of the people democratic/rule by the people. here’s hoping this revolution shakes things up in the beltway.
#dontgo,
The site looks great. Money well spent. Don’t worry, check is in the mail. Proceed to step two, “Operation Full of It.”
We’ll be in touch soon,
Rex Tillerson
CEO Exxon Mobil
[...] I stumbled on a new rightie organization called #dontgo. It’s supposed to be a pushback against Moveon, I think. The web site says its a movement! [...]
I think watching the Dems squirm and try to think of reasons refuting the law of supply and demand is FUN!
What’s even funnier is watching their “left of center” base actually come out and say that high oil prices are a good thing!
Finally It’s starting to dawn on the “workin’ Joe Six-pack” that maybe the Democratic party really isn’t for the common man anymore.
Kudos to all Republicans willing to stand on their principles of supporting the wishes of their constituents, and shame on Democrats by arrogantly refusing to heed the call of their voters, whom they deem to know what’s best for.
Good luck on selling “CLIMATE CHANGE” legislation from now on!
LMAO!
Good luck with the new site. Have it bookmarked.
Why the name #dontgo? When I first saw it, I thought it was an IRC channel. Is it an IRC channel? If not, it should be.
There is nothing wrong with high energy prices — it’s having just the effect we needed, and that’s reduced demand for oil. It’s about time people get out of their SUV’s, high-performance cars, and live more modestly. As the old saying goes, we didn’t inherit this land from our parents, we’re borrowing it from our children. It’s about time we use oil more responsibly. Can we drill ourselves out of the immediate problem? Maybe, maybe not. But why not ensure that future generations have some oil, too? If that means driving a smaller car and having a smaller house, then that’s fine with me. Let’s bring modest living back to the American culture.
Great to see these issues finally raised. I’m Dean Chambers and I’m working with Bill Collier and Field of Dreams Communities to build the information network to get the news out on this movement.
I’ve workd with Bill and othes for years in building online communities and look forward to this movement truly changing our current history and politics.
Dean
I really can’t believe all of the Republican thinking people who don’t remember, or chose to forget, that it was “W” and his rat pack who:
Refused to acknowledge that we had a problem with the economy!
Who did not know that Gas was at $ 4.00+ a gallon!
Who aids and enables Big Oil, Gas and Electric corporations to collect huge subsides while making Huge profits!
Who are always pushing for anything that corporate america wants!
While we ordinary people pay for it all!
Now that the right wing has finally realized, that all of America is fed up with this form of Corporate Abuse, they have suceeded in duping the moronic majority that it’s the Democrats fault!
This is the same populace that voted for the Bush Administration a second time!
After all we knew by the end of his first term, it’s absolutely bizarre that he was re-elected! How stupid are we?
America, wake up all right! Let’s work together to get back to the technological advances we have, which are capable of producing energy from Solar, Wind, Geo-thermal and all other resources that will not further the earnings of Middle East monopolies, or pollute our country.
It’s not Republicans vs. Democrats, it’s Corporate greed and it’s political cronies vs. regular Americans and the future of the earth.
We can do it if we try!
Really odd name. Not too catchy.
How about #justgo ?
As in, “Congress, please _just go_ home and not make any more insane laws. When have enough laws to last several lifetimes. Thanks.”
Isn’t that a more conservative message?
When == We
How did I manage to produce that typo?
We don’t need offshore drilling. First of all, it would be years before they actually hit enough oil to bring down price. Second, we have permits aplenty to drill inland. This is just a political diversion play and people are stupidly letting themselves be manipulated by it… again.
Sign me up!
[...] This started when Nancy Pelosi decided her vacation was more important than voting on energy policy last week, and it’s exploded since then. Get all the details at the #dontgo movement website. [...]
It may be years before new wells are productive… but better late than never! How many times do we have to go through this? Yes, we need all alternative sorts of energy, but oil is going to be the bottom line for decades. Shipping, if nothing else. Even if every building in the country ran on solar, cars ran on electricity from the nuclear plants, the trucks will still have to run.
[...] When will Ron Paul join the revolution? [...]
Well all I have to say about saving the earth is this. Start telling the truth. The truth is the Earth is NOT alive. It is a rock with stuff that is alive ON it. It does not make the oceans move the moon does. IT does not decide when to break fault lines. You dont want to conserve cause of the fear of the Earth dying and in process YOU die. Tell the truth. YOU are scared of killing YOURSELF. Maybe the conservationist movement would hold more wieght if you just told the truth. I also believe that drilling now would reduce oil prices now, but that it would also put a damper on alternative energy movement. I wonder if that hole in the O zone is cooling off the planet?
From Amazon’s Description of Thomas Frank’s “The Wrecking Crew”:
Casting back to the early days of the conservative revolution, Frank describes the rise of a ruling coalition dedicated to dismantling government. But rather than cutting down the big government they claim to hate, conservatives have simply sold it off, deregulating some industries, defunding others, but always turning public policy into a private-sector bidding war. Washington itself has been remade into a golden landscape of super-wealthy suburbs and gleaming lobbyist headquarters—the wages of government-by-entrepreneurship practiced so outrageously by figures such as Jack Abramoff.
It is no coincidence, Frank argues, that the same politicians who guffaw at the idea of effective government have installed a regime in which incompetence is the rule. Nor will the country easily shake off the consequences of deliberate misgovernment through the usual election remedies. Obsessed with achieving a lasting victory, conservatives have taken pains to enshrine the free market as the permanent creed of state.
Hey… I notice that some liberals come on this site and express their wacked out opinions …. without being censored….. I wonder if Move on. org offers the same to conservatives.
Facts about “drilling our way out” of high gas prices:
The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported that drilling in ANWR would require a minimum of 9 years to begin real production (beyond a test well) and 20 years to reach peak production
If we drill in ANWR, the EIA’s mean estimate of the impact on light crude oil prices is 75 cents per barrel once peak production is reached, 20+ years from now. The impact of this reduction on gasoline process would be insignificant.
The EIA released a study last year predicting that granting access to new offshore leases would not begin to produce any actual oil until around 2020, and would have no “impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030.”
The Energy Department estimates that there are 18 billion barrels of oil in the offshore areas covered by the moratorium. If the moratorium was lifted and the oil companies began a massive exploration and drilling effort, this would result in a reduction of light crude prices of ~ $1.50 per barrel, 20+ years from now.
In spite of the fact that the price for building new drilling ships has risen from $100 million to $500 million per ship, there is a shortage of rigs and a 5+ year wait for new rigs
Even if additional area is leased for exploration, this doesn’t guarantee results. It’s not as if the oil companies will simply get the leases and go start drilling. The exploration process can take years. As Richard Ranger of the American Petroleum Institute stated, “The process of looking at an area that might have oil and gas potential and narrowing your search over time and over a sequence of steps to actually producing oil and gas involves kind of casting a big net first and over time through geologic work,” Ranger said. “You prioritize some over others, you may be lucky on those first ones you drill, you may not – then you drill prospects further down your priority list.”
It seems plain that the FACTS support the position that opening additional areas for oil exploration will have little long term effect on crude prices and no short term effect at all. With only about 3% of the world’s oil, the US simply does not have enough to effect oil prices in any significant way.
Obama defined the modern Republican Party perfectly when he said: “It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.”
OK, I’m here. Where’s the coupon clicker for my free tank of gas?
um…. sure.
#dontgo where?
Or is it supposed to Mr. #Don Tgo, former deputy prime minister of Lesotho, with a million dollars he embezzled on his way out of the country, just looking for a nice American bank account in which to stash his ill-gotten gains for few days (10% for you if you can help).
or #dontgo…. #dontgoooooo… #dontgo away…
If you’re going to manufacture a meme, or try to, it should at least be semi-coherent.
Get fucking jobs you bedwetting fools. Are you seriously pretending to be non-partisan or non-partisan? With the retarded members of the GOP congressional delegation as your muse? Fuck off.
This is great!
The Representatives stay in Congress demanding a solution to our energy woes. Hey, guys, what’s your record on upping CAFE standards? setting goals for renewable resources? taking donations from the megacorporations that clear-cut the Amazonian rain forest? or for that matter, taking donations from energy companies in general? Yeah, uh, we’ll get back to you on this drilling thing. Nono, you can stay in the House. Sure. Just make sure to turn out the lights to save energy.