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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:54 AM Original message |
I have never felt so utterly helpless in my life as I do now |
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Reno.Muse (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know ... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hang in there! 4 more years of fascism (according to economic-political cycles) and then |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My brother follows the economy the way I follow politics.. |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. What does your brother suggest you |
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OceanChick (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. I felt the same as you when I was 22 in 1972 |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. they're too busy sending texts and checking their myspace... |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. welcome to DU OceanChick |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I'm close to that vintage |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Warpy, you make me want to cry |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. But a real revolution -- not just protests. I'll be the first to admit that I don't |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Welcome to DU, OceanChick! |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. I honestly don't know |
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Wanet (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. I also feel hopeless |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. well, as one who's been on the planet some 61 years (and counting) . . . |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's not just the young who sometimes feel hopeless |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. I do too, feel that helplessness, but WE THE PEOPLE |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. My daughter and her husband work on plans to leave USA |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. I won't leave my country to these fascists |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Think how OMC must feel. :( |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Any updates? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, she's doing better. He posted in the lounge. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks, that's really good news. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. Eventually, whether things get better or worse, we'll all be dead |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think the premise is mis-stated. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. i've been doing that. and still am. |
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OceanChick (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Good for you, Mark |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Our normal life IS going away, and your post offered excellent suggestions of |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. Don't worry - You're Young - You WILL feel more helpless ;-) |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. ... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. You know exactly when it started out in the open and so aggressively |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Excellent point about the free press! nt |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. I commend you for beng so astute about politics and the American |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. I feel for you, mark! |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. hope |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
29. Too many are supporting this insanity. Unless they wake up - we are screwed. |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. with the media firmly in the same pockets as our politicians |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. smoke a joint... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. Get a 2'x3' piece of card board |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. I know. I will not bore you with my life's details. I should be in a |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. look at the bright side. |
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Dystopian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. You've got that right. The rerun sucks. eom. |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
61. Sorry to bust your bubble |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. Organize, speak out and vote. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. The sensitive, aware ones |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sometimes it is best to take a step back |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. It gives me hope that you are paying attention! |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. You can get your hope back if you Never, Never, |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. EVERY HOPELESS PERSON on this thread PLEASE READ POST #16 |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. deleted |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sharing your feelings helps a great deal. I was getting into a funk |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Mark414 - I Wish I Was 22 Right Now Knowing What I Know This Late In Life..... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. part of my solution was to avoid having children... |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. When I hear people tell us to refer to history I want to scream ! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
51. IMO |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. mark, im your age and i feel the same way |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was just telling a coworker yesterday |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Never give up! Never surrender! |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. You need to relax. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
56. Talk it up w/your peers. They may be texting, etc. but, |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. First you need to see the value in your own self |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-26-07 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. My two kids have taken two different paths in dealing with that reality. Both valid. |
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