Reply #110: I'd like to see that footprint test. [View All]

[vickitulsa]

Sounds like something a lot of people I know would be willing to take, and it might open some eyes. If you can send it to me, would you?

I have to say I'm not nearly as gloomy as some on this thread have indicated they are. Not that there's not enough reason to be. I guess it's that I've always been a very optimistic person, and that's really surprising if you knew my life story! I was always the one expecting to find a pony at the bottom of the pile of sh*t -- and I did, I DID find a pony! More than once! ... though I had to put out some effort to make the pony dream happen, I admit.

Still, Americans have always been pragmatic, I think. When we find ourselves with a tubload of caca on our plate, we tend to start the process of dumping it and not look back. Think about the nightmare this country went through during the '60's and '70's: Vietnam, Watergate, civil rights unrest, initiation of the so-called drug war (I always designate it as a "so-called" drug war) ... the list is daunting. VP (Agnew) had to resign for corruption, prez and his crew of criminals were forced out of the WH, and we even survived that atrocity of a mismanaged war, Vietnam.

It's been a long road back, and then those MF'ing Republicans couldn't stand how well things were going under Clinton so they set out to destroy him and then steal a presidential election.

I never expected them to succeed, but they did. Twice! So there's only one thing left to do: expose them for the crooks and UN-American SOB's they are. I think so many people who trusted them are going to be quite subdued by what they see uncovered when the coverup is exposed and no one can continue to deny how badly they were duped.

Geez, I could speculate forever on this topic and the opportunity presented even in such a disaster. I'm still uneasy about what is yet to come before things get better, but I'm far from depressed. Of late I'm even feeling almost giddy with hope and have to keep a handle on my expectations. Reminds me of that line from Desiderata: "Everything is unfolding exactly as it should."

Guess it's clear I am an old heepie, eh? ;)

:hippie: :applause: