Its Morning In Dumbfuckistan

[Stinky The Clown]

I'm completely tuning out. Its not so much the politicians as it is the citizens of Dumb Fuck Nation - which is not so much a place as a state of mind.

[shenmue]

1. I'm dazed

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. You did it - described my current state of mind.

going to be a day of mental aimless wandering. too early to start drinking.

[maced666]

3. Dizzy.

just.

[Brainstormy]

13. I know

That was almost my first thought this morning and I find that terrifying.

[BeyondGeography]

4. It's very important to tune out

and good for your health. Only so many hours in a life and lots more constructive ways to spend them than fretting about the weak-mindedness of others.

[KingCharlemagne]

16. Wiser words have seldom been uttered. Now if only I could consistently follow

your prescription! Still, sincere hat tip for a thoughtful consolation.

[BeyondGeography]

25. Cheers...It took a while

Over 50 years. And living through gruesome ordeals like the 2000 election, which I hope turns out to be the worst political disaster I will ever witness. Marathon sessions of musical exploration do the trick for me...I love it so much and I only have so much time to listen.

[KingCharlemagne]

27. Yeah, I've been thinking it's time to put new strings on my Guild acoustic and

start building up my callouses again (on fingers, not on my heart). God knows, we're going to have plenty of awesome song-writing material these next two years.

Living in the automotive culture of Southern California, I liken it to driving by the site of a bad car accident. You know it's declasse to slow down and look. but YOU. JUST. CAN'T. STOP. YOURSELF.

[lonestarnot]

5. I have plenty to keep me busy for the next four years.

[CrispyQ]

6. I cried myself to sleep last night.

Last time I did that was 2004 when Ohio flipped for Bush. I'm so depressed today I can hardly stand it. The chortling on the tube is nauseating. The repubs are poor losers and poor winners.

[KingCharlemagne]

17. The smugness and self-righteousness are downright nauseating, aren't they? I did not

cry last night, but I've shed a couple tears this morning.

[RobinA]

18. For God's Sake

turn off the TV. The facts are bad enough without the embellishment.

[librarylu]

7. Good idea.

I think I'll tune out for the next two years and then volunteer for a phone bank or something.

Without hate radio and Obama getting blamed for ebola would things have been any different?

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

35. I almost agree

but I would like to them implode and I know they will

[murray hill farm]

8. Well said!!

Dumbfuckistan has spoken! So here we are!

[lady lib]

9. I woke up this morning and thought,

"Did yesterday actually happen?" Why, yes, yes it did. It is truly morning in Dumbfuckistan.

[libtodeath]

10. I woke up hoping somehow during the night the massive election fraud was exposed

and everything was on hold.

[a kennedy]

36. I woke up thinking Iowa and Alaska had come to their senses and voted Democratic....

silly me. I'm still in that daze, and I hate it. I just keep hearing what a massacre and total annihilation it was that I just can't get over it. D*mn. and I have to quit listening to NPR you can tell they are just full of themselves with glee over this whole election......just gleeful. Ugh....

[Arkansas Granny]

11. I've also tuned out. I feel nearly as bad as 2004 when GWB "won" re-election.

I feel like a little blue dot drowning in a sea of red. The wingers I work with just think it's wonderful.

[marions ghost]

26. The wingers you work with

got their delusions validated. But what does that really mean?

[chervilant]

34. From another little blue dot:

One of my co-workers had the unmitigated gall to call Arkansas a "Democrat state" whilst he was gloating about the elections.

(And, John "Caterpillar Lip" Bolton spent a buttload of money to get Cotton in office.)

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Cutting the cord was my self treatment to sanity.

Serisly.....if I had to listen to the current crop bleached blonde bimbos babbling over the airwaves in what passes for "news"
I would have gone around the bend never to return.
It had passed horrible and entered the nerve wracking stage when I declared we would be a MSM free zone, 4 years ago.
I shudder to think what has been happening to the minds of Mr. and Mrs. Average American who sit and listen to the likes of Wolf Blitzer,
and to Faux.

More and more I find myself turning to books, music and carefully chosen movies to sooth my mind.
DU is one of the few sites where I bother to see current events.

And this morning there is black crepe everywhere I look for online news.

[Nay]

15. Yeah, that's me, too. I haven't watched TV news for 10 years. I read, go out

and walk in nature, play with Grandson Nay. I can't fix stupid, and even if I tried, I would only frustrate myself. I am not a persuasive person in general, and I'd never waste my energy trying to persuade some wingnut that he was wrong. I haven't converted even one relative with logic or kindness. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that will change minds in this country is throwing wingnuts in a dark pit. Their Republican overlords are getting ready to do that to them in spades, so let's see how it goes 50 years from now. Frankly, I'll be dead, and they'll have to get themselves out of the pit.

Historically, peoples who lose their tether to reality do not do well. They usually end up enduring 500 years of the dark ages. For us it will be longer because we've refused to even admit there's an environmental problem. All the pussyfooting and triangulation won't get us out of that.

[cyberswede]

14. When you're right, you're right.

(It's nice to see you...thought the circumstances suck ass).

[KingCharlemagne]

19. I have this psychomachia raging in my head. There's a part of me that wants to join you and

just tune out, go all Quietist and not pay attention. Then there's the rubber-necker in me who can't stop myself from peeking now and again to view the carnage that will inevitably ensue. And finally there's the compassionate person in me who feels compelled to pay attention and try to ameliorate what suffering I can. (Not much, aside from homeless and womens' rights advocacy here in Los Angeles).

[Vinca]

20. I'm having a real hard time accepting the fact so many citizens of this country are so stupid.

How else to explain morons who vote to increase the minimum wage then vote for a Republican who is opposed to any minimum wage at all.

[JEB]

24. That is what get me too.

What can they be thinking? Or vote flipping?

[hifiguy]

28. The simple fact is that 35-40% of this country

would vote for the Nazi platform if you substituted "gays, blacks and Latinos" for "Jews". "Keep all them uppity Negroes, homos and wimmin in the place Lily White, Blue-Eyed Caucasian Jebus meant for 'em to be, let us have our gunz and we'll vote to enslave ourselves." Sad but true.

[orpupilofnature57]

30. MSM,,, misanthrope sycophant monsters are for 35-40% total information,

and consequently their conscience on every issue .

[Autumn]

33. How else to explain how a person hood amendment is beaten down easily and a man

who sponsored bills to make abortion illegal and and birth control unavailable to women is elected to the senate, in the same state.

[avaistheone1]

21. Yup

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025768211

[Hekate]

22. Cogent. Nice to see ya, Stinky.

[riderinthestorm]

23. Nice to see you back! Don't be a stranger Mr Clown nt

[orpupilofnature57]

29. It's like Antebellum being a neurosis rather than an Era .

[tridim]

31. I have friends and family in dumbfuckistan Kansas...

So far none of them can give me a single reason why they voted for Brownback. I keep asking, and they keep deflecting. It's quite clear that they don't have the first clue who the guy is or what he has already done to their state. They're are completely ignorant.

They are getting beat up real good on facebook by people (democrats) who actually know what Brownback has done to Kansas. They seem embarrassed for what they have done, as they should be.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

32. A message to carry forward

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025766444