Paranoiaman is set loose.

[cleveramerican]

It doesn't matter who wins
Either way I'm probably gonna get screwed.
One will go too far and another won't go far enough.
Either way suburban middle classers like me will be handed the tab.
And the tab for any unforseen consequences of those same initiatives as well.


Even if the next president succeeds beyond their wildest hopes,
I'll still get stuck paying for it all.
The squeeze continues unabated.
Through presidents of both parties.
Through wars and recesssions.
The Middle class gets the bill.
and the squeeze continues.

[saltpoint]

1. I recommend you order a few Petula Clark CDs.

She's excellent for people in a glum frame of mind.

[sufrommich]

4. "Don't sleep in the subway,darlin'...."

"Don't stand in the pouring rain."

Song is now hopelessly stuck in head.

[saltpoint]

7. And appropriately so. Hi, sufrommich. A GREAT recording.

One of the best pop tracks ever laid down.

I have it running somewhere in my brain's juke box since 1968.

[cleveramerican]

2. Paranoiaman part2

the war will drag on
nothing meaningful will emerge out of Congress
the wide divide between parties will grow
Iraq will become a satellite state of Iran

The boss will continue to look worried
My co-workers will be jumpy
Everybody's credit cards will be maxed out.
College tuition will exponentially increase.


And don't even get started with Global Warming


Or The Red Sox.


There is a little Paranoiaman in each of us.
Let him out here
Try it.
Its cleansing for the soul.

[Perry Logan]

3. Try Prozac.

[Skittles]

5. I hear you

I cannot believe the current crop running for prez are the best America can do....it completely sucks

[MGKrebs]

6. "The system" is getting pretty good at keeping us just comfortable enough

to prevent us from getting too pissed off, poor enough that we have to keep working all the time, and afraid enough that we forfeit rights which our ancestors died to give us.

Feudalism. Same as it ever was.

Sometimes I'm not so sure the great experiment is working.

[cleveramerican]

8. So Damn busy working ...

I don't have the time or energy to storm the halls of congress demanding they get their shit together for once.Imagine their response if everybody who feels this way just showed up one day to give them an earful.

So I turn inward and just tend to my own immediate needs and family, which is plenty on anyone's plate these days.