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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:50 AM Original message |
part of me just says fuck it. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. They are hoping that the people who care will just give up during the onslaught |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Who said anything about not voting. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Many politicians with D by their names seem to be hoping the same thing |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. they who? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thats partly how Republicans win. Demoralize democrats, in order to lower Democratic voter turnout |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think that's how you really feel, Cali. I think, like a lot of us, you just don't have a... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I think you hit the nail on the head... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Don't see enough? I say we are seeing way too much in the opposite direction of what I expected. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yeah... |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Funny, I'm listening to Phil's "I Don't Care Anymore".. I concur....n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. well, it's partly how I feel. It's so discouraging and yes so enormous |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. I feel that way a lot |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I agree with everything except the world part. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. As we destroy this country by pushing more people |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. To the people on the bottom? No. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. If we turn into a repressive religious state then I fear |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Ain' that the truth. |
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AlwaysQuestion (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Planning an Escape to Canada? |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I've already live in both. I'm gonna assume you haven't. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. NO. I'm stronger than that. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. So is cali... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. it's a back and forth you go through. i mean, it's exhausting. sometimes i say screw it. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. hmmmmf. |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah but eventually that attitude will get us killed |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. Without real campaign finance reform & holding a corrupt media accountable, we are so fucked. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. And unfortunately the neocons are now in both parties. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. There is a big problem with that. Permanent nominations. Things like Supreme Court. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. I believe we can make the world better, and that we've got nothing better to do than try. |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. the only problem... |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. I feel the same way, but perhaps for different reasons than |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. I agree with you, I'm tired and really have no more to give, just let the whole place burn as they |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. You need to learn "The Fuck It Way" |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. cali, who gave you permission to be as cynical as I am? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Cali is a flaming optimist compared to us. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. well, maybe, but I moved to the woods and started growing my own |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. You must be pretty good at it by now. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. it's pretty ingrained |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I wish you a healthy & productive growing season. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. thanks! you too. |
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howaboutme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. When you don't know what to do, do something |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. I kinda agree. Maybe if we were dumped into the boiling water |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. When all you focus on is the negative, it's to be expected. DU'ers who refuse to acknowledge progres |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Ok |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. what... "progress"?? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Thanks for proving my point. I could give you a list, but others have done so repeatedly- |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. For the same reason you turn a blind eye to the bad things? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
36. I know. How many YEARS have we been fighting these |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. "Fuck the inevitable "compromises" that lend legitimacy." |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
41. We all understand. However, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Is it cold of me to suggest that in a war there are inevitable casualties? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. There's a part of me that says that CONSTANTLY |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. Feels like a rigged game: a "heads I win; tails you lose" kinda affair. nt |
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tahrir (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. I thought we had reached that point in 2008, when TPTB crashed the world economy |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. the worst is happening - like a snowball down a mountain |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
47. I've thought that too at times, but then I remember that it took |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. The GOP's political strategy has two main tactics. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
52. That temptation is constant. |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. Quitter. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
57. 'compromises that lend legitimacy.' That's what is going on. Kabuki theater... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
58. I actually agree with you. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. Personally, I wish that those who are going to say |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. See my post #49. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. Not enough people feeling the pain yet... |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. k |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. i'm fighting the fuckers tooth and nail..... |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. I think those of us on the West Coast and NE have less to lose. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
66. I feel your pain, cali... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. I've ben there sooo many times |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
69. You and me |
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