We're All Gonna Die - Or at Least A Lot of Us Are

[bobd]

Look what's coming:

The bird flu. If not this year then next.
A new-que-lur terrorist attack
The Great(est) Depression 2
An All Repuke Supreme Court
Repuke Compliant Democratic Senators and Reps
Emboldened Right Wingers with bristling guns out for Liberal Blood
A currency crisis
Lots and lots and lots of right wing religion
A transparently cheerleader media
And much much more.

For me, I guess I look forward to death. Once you stop hoping for "we the people" to wake up and come to their senses a looming death really doesn't sound that bad. The big sleep is far preferable to what's in store for any of us lefties who manage to survive. I just hope it's quick, relatively painless, and not too bloody. I hope I'm gone before the bird flu hits. Gasping for breath probably wouldn't be a good way to go. Being fried in a new-que-lur attack probably wouldn't be too bad. At least you wouldn't know it happened. A quick zip from a freeper assault weapon wouldn't be so bad either. Again - quick and relatively painless. Anyway, lots of choices on the horizon. Is this a great country or what?

How about you? What would be your fave way to bite it in the coming chaos?

[candy]

1. We're ALL goiing to die---no getting out of it.

I think you might try to do something about your outlook and get a little pleasure out of life.

Good Lord,what a negative attitude.

[Ladyhawk]

12. No, say it isn't so!!!! :D

hahaha...sorry, it's just I had to deal with the concept of mortality rather late in life due to religious indoctrination. :) I think I've finally achieved some peace.

[rodeodance]

2. dying of the bird flu is NOT an easy death

[grasswire]

3. peak oil

you forgot peak oil. It's expected to cause 2/3 drop in the world's population.

[SaintAnne]

4. I prefer not to think about it

I don't fear death, but I don't want to die or even think about it. I hope things will get better, it might be futile, but that's all I got going for me right now.

[Taxloss]

5. Well, history is written by the people who don't die

when it's popular. So I guess I'll keep polishing the drafts.

I suppose being vaporised in a nuclear attack would be the best way to go - I live and work in the dead centre of London, so I wouldn't even know what had happened.

[bemildred]

6. There's no easy quick way out,

we're gonna have to live through our whole lives, win, lose, or draw.
-- Walt Kelly

[Journeyman]

7. I'm going to live forever. Or die in the attempt. . .

And if I must die, I'd like to go at age 93, shot to death by a jealous husband.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Maybe get devoured by one of the packs of mutant feral dogs

that will be roaming the ruined streets of our major cities after the bird flu epidemic and the nookular attacks have killed off almost everybody else?

[noordinaryspider]

9. I've never been afraid of dying, only of living...

...through a nuclear attack.

[rooboy]

10. I'm gonna get a great big fatal dose of radiation...

and then seduce the daughter of some right wing freak. Then THEY can deal with a pregnant daughter who can't have an abortion, eventually giving birth to the child of an "American hating leftie". And when the child is born with no arms, one leg and three eyes, they can thank JAYSUS for all their blessings.

[neebob]

11. I don't trust you

You can't even spell nucular. :-)

[Mike Niendorff]

13. ok, I'll bite :

"Hi, this is Mike Niendorff, reporting live from the 2008 Republican National Convention where nominee Jeb Bush is just about to take the podium to make his acceptance speech and ... whoa, wait just a minute! ... Aaron, I don't know if you can see this from the studio, but it appears that the sky has just opened up, and ... yes, it appears that someone is descending ... is it? ... can it be??? ... oh my god, it's ... yes, Aaron, it appears that JESUS CHRIST is descending from the clouds ... AARON, JESUS CHRIST HAS JUST RETURNED, AND HE'S DESCENDING TOWARD THE PODIUM OF THE 2008 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION!!!!

"Aaron, the air here is absolutely electric, as people realize what is happening. (Johnny, can we zoom in on Jerry Falwell over there? Johnny?) Um, Aaron, it appears we're having audio problems on the main floor here ... Aaron, I'm not sure if you can hear this or not, but Jesus has taken the microphone from Jeb Bush, and is starting to speak ... Aaron, are you hearing this? ... ok, folks, we may still be having audio problems, but let me relay to you what Jesus is saying here, for those who aren't getting our audio from the floor.

"Jesus has introduced himself, and has greeted the delegates ... ok, he's now finished greeting the delegates, and it appears that he's starting to make his more formal remarks ... let me just relay it to you at the studio as it happens here ... ok: 'who do you think you're kidding ... you cannot serve both God and money ... enough is enough ... God is not mocked ... it's payback time ... look up toward the heavens ... that glow you see ... heading toward you ... that glow is ... fire and brims@~!@#$@!@!sssss/

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[cheezus]

14. i just started a batch of homebrew

I know the good times won't be here forever, but I'll enjoy them while they are

[OneBlueSky]

15. hmmm . . . guess I'd better start drinking those six bottles . . .

of 1961 Chateau Lafite Rothschild I've got stashed . . . anyone up for a pre-apocalypse winetasting? . . .