{"id":1376,"date":"2012-10-09T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:34:30","slug":"i-think-its-time-to-start-an-un-occupy-movement-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/09\/i-think-its-time-to-start-an-un-occupy-movement-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"I think it&#8217;s time to start an UN-Occupy movement in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, California is in the news again and not in a good way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NewImage11.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the news headlines this morning was &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/california-gas-prices-all-time-high-2012-10\">California&#8217;s Insane Gas Prices Just hit a New All-Time High<\/a>&#8221; <em>Photo credit AP Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p>$6 a gallon there on the sign. Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Given the high unemployment and the insanity of the price of gas. It&#8217;s time for Californians to stand in solidarity.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">I suggest the following.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobody go to work!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a few days off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t occupy anything! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid, Businesses, Schools, Malls and Freeways.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay home, watch TV. Play with your kids and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">don&#8217;t go anywhere.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oil companies and the State government want to play games with the state economy&#8230; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FINE, Lets Play!<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We the people of California still have the ability to make a major impact on these people. What do you think they&#8217;ll do when no-one reports to work, or buys gas, or does anything?<\/p>\n<p>Without people buying gas, the Oil companies don&#8217;t make a profit.<\/p>\n<p>The state government loses out on tax dollars. The People of California can kick off the Holiday season with a Bang. The losses can be laid right at the feet of big oil and over regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>PEOPLE<\/strong>&nbsp;can have the satisfaction of flexing their muscle reminding the &#8220;<em>Players<\/em>&#8221; that <strong>we<\/strong> still hold their leash.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the infamous &#8220;Day without Mexicans&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Folks noticed&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How about making a Day without Californians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just a thought&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, California is in the news again and not in a good way. One of the news headlines this morning was &#8220;California&#8217;s Insane Gas Prices Just hit a New All-Time High&#8221; Photo credit AP Images $6 a gallon there on the sign. Wow! Given the high unemployment and the insanity of the price &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/09\/i-think-its-time-to-start-an-un-occupy-movement-in-california\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I think it&#8217;s time to start an UN-Occupy movement in California&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-modern-problems","category-why-california-sucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}