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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, What is pissing you off tonight?
Mine, since it is 4th of July...
That as long as I live, I will be from a country where the last president
invented a fake war where hundreds of thousands of people died...AND..
he and his VP are resting comfortably somewhere, sipping on something.
We are not on top in so many things, too many to mention. These we
can change. But, we can never change that we started a fake war.
BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)Can't stand that shit.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)countries are not free today. North Korea, Cuba, China
a la izquierda
(11,802 posts)Are English people not free? Canadians? Danes?
I hate that damn song.
Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)more than all three of them put together.
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/china/TUTSHGNVMTLVGK6RF
US Has 5% Of Worlds Population Yet 25% of World Prison
"The U.S. corrections system has gone through an unprecedented expansion during the last few decades with a more than 400% jump in the prison population and a corresponding boom in the prison construction. At the end of 2008, 2.3 million adults were in state, local, or federal custody, with another $5.1 million on probation or parole...Globally, the United States has 5% of the world's population but 25% of its prisoners."
What's fueled the growth, the report says, is "tough drug enforcement, stringent sentencing laws, and high rates of recidivism."
(snip)
The U.S. prison industry now directly employs about 777,000 people and the Labor Department expects the prison labor market to grow 9% by 2018, accompanied by a projected 16% increase in the number of parole and probation officers. "By comparison, there were 880,000 workers employed in the entire U.S. auto manufacturing sector."
Of course, there's a host of moral and social dilemmas created by high rates of imprisonment -- "increased income inequality and more concentrated poverty" and "the fact that African Americans and Hispanics are far more likely than whites to be incarcerated," for starters.
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I'm psychic!
Amaril
(1,267 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Right up there with Seasons in the Sun and We built this City as most Annoying songs every pushed on the American Public.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)fireworks at Dodger Stadium. I booed - loudly.
jorno67
(1,986 posts)and the audience stood when they played that stupid song. They stood for the National anthem, God Bless America, and Lee greenwoods money maker.
If you listen to the words of the song and believe that everyone who loves it embraces the lyrics, one has to wonder what all these damn Tea Baggers are complaining about! "At least they know they're free"....Right?
BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)"At least...," that is the genius of Lee Greenwood. He sucks in all those folks who fear they have no path to happiness other than this bogus form of superiority that he says they have.
The flip side is the confused rage of the "keep your government hands off my Medicare" teabagger crowd. They're supposed to be angry, right? Someone told them...
Archae
(46,369 posts)Yes I do have an A/C.
But it's too small.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Spent on a 4th of July Parade out of a budget that cannot afford it.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Our local govt.
demwing
(16,916 posts)the Team America theme song.
Fuck Yeah.
Bigotry pisses me off, whether it comes wrapped in patriotism, intellectualism, nationalism, atheism or theism. I am prejudiced against bigots.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)but fuck it. Happy 1st Amendment
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)Catchy little tune.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)"America! Fuck Yeah!"
demwing
(16,916 posts)Further, I believe in karma. The wheel will turn, and those that caused grief, will experience grief.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)are karmic to a Shakespearean degree.
longship
(40,416 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)gets a heart transplant? You know he'll die from heart related issues at some point.
That's some Shakespearean shit.
dtom67
(634 posts)I like the way they pretended that Cheney actually waited on a donor list. He probably took the heart of the guy he shot in the face. The next day , that guy probably forgave him.
demwing
(16,916 posts)sneaks into your room at nigh, wrapped in chains like the ghost of Jacob Marley, determined to steal your heart....
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)least in this incarnation.
Doesn't mean it's true though. Still one can hope.
Me, I hope to reincarnate as a flea so I can bite some rich prick like Romney in the ass.
demwing
(16,916 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 5, 2012, 01:47 AM - Edit history (1)
Newton's Third Law of Motion as it applies to life
ScottLand
(2,485 posts)or remember what it's like to live in a country that's not making war. We've been at war most or all of their lives. The neocons like to bitch about the legacy we're leaving our children. Maybe they should think about how abhorrent it is that we're creating a generation of people that think making war is a normal way to deal with other countries.
shanti
(21,675 posts)that's the neocon anthem. PNAC-never forget...they haven't, it's just been renamed.
randome
(34,845 posts)I think we've run out of time.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Shallow, sorry. I'll be deep tomorrow...
waddirum
(980 posts)I do my own made-up rain dance and chant.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)And they didn't delay the fireworks after all.
I'm a fortunate guy.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)So much for the noise laws. At least it's not set to "Proud to Be an Amercan" and all that other pseudopatriotic schlock, like the NYC fireworks show.
crunch60
(1,412 posts)because they don't care about him. I'll have to spend some of my long saved for vacation money to take him to the vet tomorrow, or he will die. I am really pissed off at them.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)feels better and that the barrage stops soon.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)telling people not to call 911 about illegal fireworks. They said they wouldn't be showing up, since they were all working on the extra DUI enforcement.
Nothing new. They've never shown up for illegal fireworks. I think they don't want to deal with drunken homeowners shooting professional grade fireworks on the 4th. Too dangerous for the cops, I think.
And so, the usual war zone sounds continued until about 1 A.M. last night. I go out and watch for fire dangers at my house and neighbors' houses. I suppose the fire department would still show up if I called 911 about an actual fire.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)who's answer to all problems is give tax cuts to the wealth,
who blame the poor for problems they cause,
who feel a zygote has more rights than a woman,
who feel they should tell two men who love each other who they love is wrong,
Basically, Republicans.
ladym55
(2,577 posts)Yep, that covers it.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)They have been shooting them off for days. Non-stop all day except during the thunderstorm. I have a little dog who is too terrified to go outside to potty.
Enough already! The party is over. I'm tired and I want to go to sleep!
distantearlywarning
(4,475 posts)Supposed to be even worse tomorrow, and worst of all on Friday. Blech.
turtlerescue1
(1,013 posts)Boy I can't wait for July and August, how about you?
AND: that there is no Honor and Respect in America for Americans, or any one, or anything for that matter. Worse, can't find much to honor or respect.
AND: that Union busting pretty well left the Middle Class DOA.
AND: that Mitters, ah I can't say anything kind, so guess I can't say anything eh?
AND Insurance Companies and Banksters and Super PACS and frakking and the Strait of Hormuz and Iran, Iraq and The Murders by Assad. And the denial of climate change.
I'ld be up another two hours getting it all in writing... And that really p------ me off!
AND the Corps of Engineers!
Okay, I'm pouring a glass of wine...
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)Fuck yeah!
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)I can't believe the shit that comes out of that mans mouth.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)It's a blood-sucker's mouth.
And I mean it litterally.
Initech
(100,129 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)needed saying. What really pisses me off is that not one Repig of any national stature chastised Walsh. IMO, their silence makes them complicit with Walsh's beliefs. I shall have no pity for them or their offspring if fate ever calls for it. The sins of the fathers and all that . . .
Initech
(100,129 posts)- Asked moronic governor Rick Perry to name three government agencies he would cut - and education was the first one named.
- Booed an openly gay soldier
- Cheered "let him die" when asked about how to treat terminally ill people who couldn't afford health insurance
Their silence on Walsh's psychotic behavior doesn't surprise me at all. In fact they're probably cheering him on. The fact that these sick fucks - a byproduct of the Fox fear machine - have any influence at all - is downright scary.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)that are in elected office
young_at_heart
(3,774 posts)I just can't let this go----a major disappointment that these creatures got away with this and are NOT going to be prosecuted.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)that's pissing me off. That jerkwad has hundreds of millions stashed all over the world, with none of it going to help his fellow Americans. Pisses me off... They want to make it easier for guys like that to avoid paying their fair share, as the regular folks fight for the crumbs left over.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)decide where it's ok to hide money vs. where it is not ok?
I agree...add this to the list of funky stuff..hoping the press will not forget about
Warpy
(111,417 posts)i wish the country would grow up enough to realize that any holiday that combines alcohol + explosives + severe drought needs to be rethought.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)The comment was why are powerlines above ground where they are vulnerable to severe weather conditions.
The answer was that it would be too expensive. And then I think about all the damn money spent on failed banks, political campaigns and advertisements, disgusting wars and figure compared to all that insane waste of money, it really wouldn't be as nearly as expensive as anyone thought - if only our priorities were in the right places.
And then I got mad as hell.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)That, and the fact that there are openly admitted war criminals walking around free, rich, and happy with de facto immunity.
ellie
(6,929 posts)in my apartment is working and it has been in the mid to low 90s here for weeks. I am miserable and worried about the cats. I used to own a house and when I moved to an apartment, everyone said how great it was that I didn't have to worry about repairs anymore. Well, I still have to worry about repairs, repairs that aren't being made.
patrice
(47,992 posts)Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)
freshwest This message was self-deleted by its author.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)I'm still furious about what he said and the fact that the will not apologize and the fact that he has not resigned yet.
EXCLUSIVE: Vets condemn Walsh (R-IL) for attacking double amputees military service, calls for resignation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101634152
and
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) Blasts Double Amputees Military Service, Says Shes Not A True Hero
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510443/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth-service/
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)Don't you just hate it when that happens?
longship
(40,416 posts)I don't think humankind was meant to be able to resolve these questions. I think if you published a paper on upside down cake collapses it could get you a Nobel prize, or maybe an Ig Nobel prize. Either one would be noteworthy.
Now my brain hurts. I think I'll have a martini.
AJTheMan
(288 posts)John Fleming, who has said his family barely scrapes by on $400,000 a year, still does not have a single Democratic opponent trying to unseat him. I mean, we've got four months until the November election. The deadline to register a candidate is fast approaching. I'm pissed because I feel like the Louisiana Democratic Party is in shambles. We didn't field any real candidates last year and this year is looking even more bleak. I'm pissed that we have another three to four years left with our Governor, Bobby Jindal.
demwing
(16,916 posts)The worst that could happen is that you lose
AJTheMan
(288 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)I'd run, but I'm not candidate material, and it would only make the party look bad.Too many skeletons in my closet...
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)When we have never been so captive under TPTB.
That pisses me off.
It just confirms how ignorant the citizenry of this country is and
wrenches all hope from my heart that it will ever change in my lifetime.
BHN
demwing
(16,916 posts)160 years ago, a good number of us were physically enslaved, we make progress every day.
Don't give in
freshwest
(53,661 posts)And there's always been and will be a PTB. Although they are showing signs of being PTW. Powers that were...
They are screaming and thrashing about because it's TEOTWAWKI for them, but the rest of us will be okay.
Aristus
(66,509 posts)I'm a veteran, and an avid student of the history of World War II. There once was a time when military operations were given fairly innocuous, but sometimes still apropos code-names: "Operation Husky, Operation Torch, Neptune, Overlord", etc.
Now we feel the need to propagandize military code-names, as if we were some silly action movie.
Operation Just Cause.
Operation Enduring Freedom.
And of course, the one that will go down in history as an international example of pure bad faith: Operation Iraqi Freedom.
That's a joke; a sick, disgusting joke. And also, probably, the first time in history both sides used the same code name for the same conflict...
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)I fucking HATE these fucking fireworks!! My dog is going apeshit ballistic crazy.
FUCK! And these are not the "legal" ones, so these asssholes should be getting fucking in trouble by the police, but they don't.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)It lasts from dusk to whenever they run out of ammo. You would think the police could see it from miles away. I guess they are busy with more important matters on the Fourth.
Last night, they had some kind of motorized "launching" devise! It sounded like a tractor "putt-putt-putt" before the KA-BOOM!! I was seriously considering going over there and killing someone. It would have been justifiable homicide... or temporary insanity, or something.
My dogs were traumatized for days. Next year I am getting them tranquilizers... and some for me, too.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)benadryl. makes them sleepy.
The booming was still going on when I went to bed around 2am.
longship
(40,416 posts)It's been fucking hot. I try to keep things cool by opening up at night and closing down during the day. It works here in rural Michigan. But we just had a wonderfully violent thunderstorm -- no tornadic activity. It rolled through quickly and made things tolerably cool. It's still in the freaking 80's at 2 AM. No AC here, so I depend on nature. Tomorrow I will put a fan in the stairwell to the cellar. It's always cool there.
But tonight I am loving the thunder boomers!
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)My other half tells me that the Tories have so screwed up the NHS that the old dear may have to start charging for some services. This is, of course, what the Tories have wanted from the beginning. Our governing party says we are in for a "decade of austerity", regardless of the fact that it hasn't worked, has never worked and can never work. By "austerity", what they mean is cutting off support from the poor and sick.
I'm one of the sick. I suffer from Major Depressive Disorder. Every day, I have to fight against an incredible urge to commit suicide. It's like the proverbial monkey on the back, never going away. As a way of coping with that, I frequently (every few days) self-harm (not the best coping mechanism, I know). At least once a week, I come within minutes of suicide. I also suffer from a wide array of other neuroses, some coming from my MDD (I am agoraphobic, for example), some not. In addition to that, my back and knees are so shot that I have to use crutches to stand or walk for more than a couple of minutes.
Here, there are two main disability benefits: ESA and DLA. ESA now has the harshest disability test in the world. It's on a points system and, for example, you get no points for not having hands if you can pick things up with your stumps. On top of that, the test is administered by a company known and proven to be, at best, utterly incompetent and incentivised to fail as many as possible. We are reassessed at least every year and suicides from the stress of this are not unknown. DLA used to have a saner test. Until the Tories decided they were going to scrap DLA, replace it with a new benefit called PIP and boot 20% off the rolls in the process. I'm aware, every moment of the day, how precarious my continued life is, how dependent I am on how much of a prick the Tories decide to be today.
And our PM has plans to make the benefits regime even harsher. The minister in charge of this (Iain Duncan Smith, who once co-authored a paper with Rick Santorum) has said that it's a "sin" to be out of work and disabled people "fester" on benefits. The bastard scum Tories are actively trying to kill us off and I'm now of the opinion that assassination would be a justifiable response. They are dragging us back to Victorian notions of the undeserving poor. They and their toadies in the press have drummed up an atmosphere of outright hatred for anyone who claims benefits for any reason. And yes, this shit affects my mental health. I have to live with the constant worry that the Tories will decide to be cunts today and cut off what little money I get from the state. Oh, but they cut the taxes of the rich. Dropped them from 50% to 45%. Plenty of money for that.
So really, it's partly pissing me off and partly despair. But thanks for letting me vent.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)As usual
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)should not have marched
it was way too hot and i am way too old
did not make entire parade--dropped out about 100 yards short.
anyway had to do it because it is a very republican area and too many other dems had
already no showed.... it was down to 3 of us........
i am pissed off
-because i am getting old and it is getting noticable
-because of the catcalls and insults we got along the way from the facists
-because i could not finish the parade and was sick for the rest of the day--Better now
-because there were only a couple of us--there should have been more
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)were hotter than those in Singapore, which is only 1° of latitude above the equator.