How many other DU folks have thought, since the presidential

[raccoon]

election selection of 2000,

"Stop the world, I want to get off."

I have. Lots.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Yeah, this shit is so surreal . . .

. . . and people keep going on making babies, driving SUV's, watching American Idol like it actually has meaning, and believing what hate-radio tells them.

"9 out of 10 experts agree--everything's fine!"



:hug:

[jedicord]

2. In 2000 I just wanted out of the country.

Never in a million years would I have thought he'd not only screw up the good IL' US of A, he'd wreak havoc on the entire planet.

So, almost 6 years later, I guess I'm there.

[peace frog]

3. Oh hell yes!

At first I hoped we could right the wrongs but alas, no such fuckin' luck.
Then I considered bolting for another, safer country only to conclude no such place exists.
Now I'm just resigned to the fact that we're all living in BizarroWorld.

[madokie]

4. You can dam sure count me in.

I couldn't listen or see him for months without getting sick to my stomach, now I just mostly laugh, a little nervous laugh like he does I might add. I'm really worried about this country and the path that we are on. If I single and wasn't 58 and barely able to walk a block I'da done been gone. hell anywhere is looking better than what we have to look forward to here now.:mad:

[nonconformist]

5. Oh yeah. All the time.

I want to move to Mars.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

7. Thanks for reminding me of the Garcia quote . . .

. . . there's a lot about him and that band that I miss so much.

[Aristus]

6. All the time...

All the time...


:banghead:

[H2O Man]

8. Never once.

Quite the opposite.

[flipperNOTgipper]

9. "Stop the world, I want to get off."

Well, there's lots of ways to do that, if you're serious...

[BrotherBuzz]

10. I'm an idiot because I'm sticking around to....

fight back. It's a flaw in my character. :shrug:

[iamahaingttta]

11. I'm not surprised by any of this...

I "knew" in April of 1999 that GWB was gonna be the next "President."
I "knew" that he was gonna totally fuck everything up, on purpose.
When I watched the Twin Towers fall from my Brooklyn apartment, I knew that he and his people were complicit.
And... I "know" that it's going to get so much worse before it gets better.

How do I know all this?
Because I watched his father and friends. I read history. I pay attention. It's not that difficult. It's part of the cycle.

So, I haven't experienced the whole "stop the world I wanna get off" thing, because I was thoroughly psychologically prepared for this shit long before it happened. Sad, really, that we have to live our lives this way. But predictable, if you ask me...

[we can do it]

12. Just About Everyday

Its like a never ending nightmare. What disaster is coming today?