That's right. This year they can just kiss my ass. I will no longer feel compelled to go out and "support the economy" with my mindless meandering sprees. No more looking out for cheap tchotchkes for Aunt Ethel, no more useless universal remotes for Brother Ray. No more kitschy kitchen gadgets for Mama Jandey, or distractingly destructive power tools for Mr. Jandey.
Oh, no. Why should I line the pockets of executives who've sent our manufacturing overseas (can you even find an object NOT made in China anymore?) and contributed the vast majority of their money to the other side? Screw that!
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Instead, I'm doing what I should have done years ago. I invite you to join me and hit Corporate America back:
I'm telling all my family and friends that any moneys that would have been spent on crap for them will now be diverted to desperately underfunded and overstretched organizations such as Planned Parenthood. Seeing as how their clientele has been growing under this "compassionate" administration while their funding has been eliminated, it seems only right.
I'll also be sending more money to my favorite reality-based disease research groups such as the Cancer Research Institute in Manhattan. They'll probably lose whatever funding they get as soon as some incoming Bush religo-fascist nutbag declares that cancer is a punishment sent by the Almighty to unbelievers only.
Let's not forget the great people at food banks around the country. Most of their clients are the working poor, and despite our frustrations about those who (freakishly) continue to vote against themselves, they still have small children who didn't ask for this kind of life.
There you have it, my humble plan to humbug constructively. Works better if we all do it, so feel free to share your suggestions.