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defacto7

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38. I feel the same sadness, the same disappointment.
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:27 PM
May 2017

You write truth from the broad perspecive time provides. Living history and retaining the whole picture is one of the greatest gifts a human can experience. It's also one of the greatest gifts you could give to those who would hear. If there is hope for humanity the path would be found in the memory and experience of those like yourself who have fought for collective human rights against the cheep dribble that comes from the short-sighted, the greedy, the ignorant and the gullible who have brought us to where we are now. There will always be a question whether present and future generations will learn from the past and fight for the common good or choose to sink into slavery as has happened over and over in history. We fight on.. we hope and warn. People will hear or ignore. We keep on.. and on. That's what we do.

It's heartbreaking [View all] KentuckyWoman May 2017 OP
Good post. Thank you. lpbk2713 May 2017 #1
Well said. My heart fully agrees w/your sentiments. northoftheborder May 2017 #2
++++++ Well said. skylucy May 2017 #3
Recommended! panader0 May 2017 #4
Does he have a single redeeming quality? spiderpig May 2017 #24
Thank goodness Scarsdale May 2017 #44
I feel you. Heartbreak is the word. JudyM May 2017 #5
You've crystallized my feelings as an "in the last 3rd of my life" member Cooley Hurd May 2017 #6
Perfect MFM008 May 2017 #7
Heartbreaking, yes. But we resist, we persist, we win victories. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #8
Something hopeful: Amaryllis May 2017 #55
I'm a little younger, but also feel like this. we can do it May 2017 #9
I'm 69 and feel much more hopeful lunatica May 2017 #10
Your point is very well taken and I thank you KentuckyWoman May 2017 #19
It took the bad to get the good, in almost every case. lastlib May 2017 #33
I pray you are right. classykaren May 2017 #48
See post #55 a few above yours. Amaryllis May 2017 #56
Thanks lunatica May 2017 #57
Good post mountain grammy May 2017 #11
Perfectly stated. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #12
I agree with your sentiments Kimchijeon May 2017 #13
Just turned 68, so I'm right there with you. VOX May 2017 #14
We'll muddle through somehow. byronius May 2017 #15
you know how to write. KentuckyWoman May 2017 #21
Why, thanks for that. byronius May 2017 #22
Nice post. I try to tell myself this every day. mountain grammy May 2017 #27
We are in 60's and wondering marlakay May 2017 #16
Brava! Thank you. babylonsister May 2017 #17
Thank you. Kath2 May 2017 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author localroger May 2017 #23
fux gnewz myst be nuked for creating this stupid monster + his fans. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #20
I'm 53. localroger May 2017 #25
You nailed it TxDemChem May 2017 #26
Not QUITE your age, but chasing fast, and ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #28
Me, too. I've never experienced something like this with our govt before. It IS heartbreaking. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #29
I'm in the same age range, and everything goes in cycles. I hope to go out on a high note. UTUSN May 2017 #30
With you - also in my "prime" elfin May 2017 #31
YOU SPEAK for SO many Americans. furtheradu May 2017 #32
Earlier today, I wanted to start a thread about how embarrassed ProudLib72 May 2017 #34
Hang in there! B Stieg May 2017 #35
K&R smirkymonkey May 2017 #36
From Hope and Yes We Can to this nightmare. BarbD May 2017 #37
I feel the same sadness, the same disappointment. defacto7 May 2017 #38
All you old people have made me feel better :p Kittycow May 2017 #39
Well said! lucca18 May 2017 #40
K&R Paka May 2017 #41
Well Done, KentuckyWoman.. Too many took Cha May 2017 #42
I will be 70 in September, and I understand everything you are saying... Hekate May 2017 #43
So true... llmart May 2017 #45
I'm 79 and I fear for my children HelenWheels May 2017 #46
"He is all 7 of the deadly sins." WyLoochka May 2017 #47
As soon as bucolic_frolic May 2017 #49
Message deleted by DU the Administrators Useless in FL May 2017 #50
Hang in there shenmue May 2017 #51
I'm almost 62, so I'm right there with you. This picture describes how I've felt catbyte May 2017 #52
That was so well said. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #53
Great post! You speak for most if not all of us here at DU. KPN May 2017 #54
I agree with everything you wrote. It's all so sad. Butterflies May 2017 #58
I'm heartbroken, too, KentuckyWoman. calimary May 2017 #59
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