I'm having another "freaked out by the state of my Country" moment !!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Every once in a while I get overwhelmed by the state of affairs since 9/11. The world seems crueler, harsher, more deadly and corrupt than ever. My country is invading and killing at an audacious rate. Saber-rattling and fear mongering are at a height that I have never experienced in my 29 years. I'm freaking the fuck out here people!

Someone talk me out of my tree please 'cause I'm gettin a little crazy here!!!

:scared:

1. same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was

That's probably no consolation, eh?

It usually is to me.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. This is not my beautiful house!

This is not my beautiful wife!!!!!

3. Another suggestion

listen to some Coltrane.
Works every time.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. Aha!!!

Sentimental mood - Coltrane and Ellington - thats a start!!!

:)

[htuttle]

15. And you may tell yourself

MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE!?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

24. Am I right?

or am I wrong?

[Karenina]

36. Should I stay or should I go?

da Dada Dadada da DA

[gauguin57]

5. Give us your hand ... that's it ... THAAAT's it ... we've got you

You are not alone. Please remember that. You are also not wrong ... everyone I know says things have never been this bad. But please maintain hope ... Kerry's got a great chance of winning ... and then our long national nightmare will be over. And the Pugs will just have to deal with it.

If not (and I don't even want to think about it), my friends and I are moving to New Zealand to open a bar for fellow expatriates. You're welcome to join us. We're all middle-aged, so we need a youngster like you to "bring the hip," anyway!

We're here for you!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. That sounds nice. My fiance would love NZ

Urge to scream.........dropping............

[graywarrior]

9. Make friends with your awareness

The world's been like this for-EVA. We've all just been bitch slapped into awareness. Chill. We're in it together.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. I usually have a handle on it Gray

every few weeks I want to scream a bit!!!

[hunter]

40. Sell the house, buy a big sailboat, cross the ocean...

...buy a drink in your New Zealand bar...

I'll have a beer please, very dark, I like that.

[Jester_11218]

The Boogie Men are comming

We have been truly taken over by propaganda.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. This is not propoganda driven - I'm not scared in a Ridge way

Its scary what I learn on these boards and in the real media. The truth is far more frightening than the faux fear this admin is trying to generate

[Jester_11218]

17. True

On top of all that is that we are living this life of false reality. Bush's environmental policy can end the planet yet we are fighing terrorists. Every other word on TV is terror.

The rest of reality is indeed the scary part.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. I don't own a TV - so that shows how scary things are when you just

listen to NPR, Air America and DU

[MuseRider]

7. Man I am with you today.

Most days I can go along and realize that it is just one more fucking outrage upon outrage but then a day will come along and BANG I can't seem to deal. Today for me too. Today matcom helped me. Go read some funny threads after your Coltrane fix and remember we are all here for ya.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

11. Matcom has talked me down more than once.

Putting on A Love Supreme now - Following doctor's orders

[gottaB]

8. turn off the tv, put on A Love Supreme

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. Will do!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thanks!

[gottaB]

20. Ellington/Coltrane for me

Saw your comment upthread--good suggestion

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. I'm bouncing around between ballads (Sentimental Mood from said disc)

To inspirational pieces Ascention (A Love Supreme) - Favorite Things is next

I'm chilling by degrees already!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. Gotta say people - reading all about the Sudan has started the desperate

feelings which got this freak out started!

More genocide, more genocide, more genocide..........

[seabeyond]

12. a mess is always greatest

right before it is cleaned up. ok so that isnt right, what bush and i have in common

you know when you go to clean a room, and you pull everything out, and then you look and think, horrible it is horrible a feeling of overwhelm. then you start throwing things away, giving things away and putting back in place in such order, and the wonderful feel of clean


personally i am just seeing the huge mess, before the cleaning up with election day, may look overwhelming, but without that mess, will not really be cleaned, not well and not right. so i tend to embrace the mess.........adn then i dont at all feel overwhelmed

i feel good about what is up. a lot of people are becoming aware. we have a lot of fear to work thru, that so many experienced after 9/11 adn went into fear.

[Fleshdancer]

14. I go through the same thing every now and then.

I force myself to take a week off of all news and only spend time in the lounge if I'm on DU.

Take a week off. Enjoy some good music, some good wine, a good novel (not 1984) and lower your stress levels. For me, this is the only way I can keep my strength up for the fight. I take a week off from news and politics probably once every 4-6 months to keep myself sane.

[jedicord]

18. Norah Jones, her first CD

That helps. I am with you, F911 got me so upset I couldn't think straight. ALL that stuff in 3 hours was too emotional.

I can't stand hearing the Star Spangled Banner any more, it's meaning has changed so much for me. I feel like I've lost my country. Now I'm freaking out!

Take heart. The elections are going to cheer you up big time. That's what keeps me hanging on (and my buds here in DU).

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. I had my first "out of the matrix" moment 4 months ago

That's what broght me to DU. I don't have them as much anymore. I've learned to accept what I now know, and try to change what I can. Just remember, you're not alone, even if on occasion we bitch amongst ourselves. Oh yeah, and focus on leisure, too.
:toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. I think this is a message from the muse

Time to draw - anxiety and dread can be very inspirational!

[Beware the Beast Man]

31. That's better

I feeel the same way. I've gone back to composing music lately, and so far have finished four songs.

[info being]

25. Same old. We actually live in better times becuase now...

it is public. Read "A People's History of the United States" by Zinn. Did you know that the invasion of Cuba at the end of the 19th Century is ecactly the same story is Iraq today? Nothing is new, the only difference is improved information dissemination and a bunch of old-school cronies in charge who don't know how to manage it.

When John Kerry gets elected, nothing will change but he'll manage to keep things under the radar like Clinton did.

[proud patriot]

26. Get out of that tree Malloy is coming to AAR

you don't want to miss that TruthSeeker ;-)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

28. True indeed - 'tis a bright spot on the grimy windshield of this runaway

truck!

[Swede]

29. There is a lot of fear and paranoia on DU today.

Getting close to fight or flight time?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

30. I went through the gut wrenching drama of Uconns championship

and was glad my stomach acid levels returned to normal after 1 month.

This is 4 YEARS of anticipation. GOD DAMN WE BETTER WIN!!!!

[gumby]

32. Sometimes

When my emotions/head are getting overloaded, I try to realize that my discomfort is the art of being human. Only an informed human being could be having the experiences you describe. Congratulations!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. I like that Gumby

makes me feel like less of a blockhead that way :)



sorry - couldn't help it

[Mara Steele]

34. Don't worry too much, my friend...

Things will eventually get better, even if they have to get worse first.

The country will be rejecting BushCo. this November, I swear I can feel it in my bones.

Kerry and Edwards are nothing like the Nazis that our current administration is. They may be more conservative than most of us would like, but I think they will represent an important shift for the better in our national consciousness.

Hang in there!! :pals:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

38. Thanks Mara - dig the new name!

'preciate it!

:hug:

[Mara Steele]

39. Sure... anytime, friend!

I utterly sympathize with where you're coming from...

There is so much that is so horrifying and nearly impossible to ponder... But I really believe everything I said, and other people here have made a lot of good points as well.

One important thing that the world has always been a pretty fucked up and unfair place... That is why you and I are here, to make it better.

We're the real heroes in this life, and we must often make our way through the most unpleasant and hostile of circumstances.

Just a few of my thoughts. :)

That's my real name, by the way...so, thanks! :hug:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

41. Thanks again - and you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!

:toast:

ps - I saw Lynnesin's poll about your name - good call -real is beautiful!!!

P.S - count me as one of your allies please :)

[Mara Steele]

42. Of course!

Friend and ally.... The Evil Empire doesn't stand a chance with us around.

:pals: :toast:

[sadiesworld]

35. *SLAP*

:hug:

All better? :7

37. here's evidence things are not always what they seem

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=11452&mesg_id=11452