Is it just me or am I the only one getting a little freaked out...

[Javaman]

I just got this chill up my spine after reading all the New Orleans posts and gas posts...

[Generator]

1. It's not just you

It seems like our economy is so fragile one bad storm can take it out. And seeing those pictures of people losing everything is so heartbreaking.

[distantearlywarning]

2. I am very nervous.

I suspect that very few of us, including our fabulous leaders, have really given a whole lot of thought to what the long term repercussions of this storm might be for our nation as a whole in terms of energy and displaced people and lost business, etc...

I think we might be in for a bumpy ride this winter.

[CityZen-X]

8. The Bu$h*t Spending

of our tax dollars in Iraq, costing into the trillions! The cutting into emergency services such as the Army Corps of Engineers by 70-million!
Whats going to happen when the Katrina survivors file their bankruptcies, and what are those insurance companies going to pull as far as govt. relief?
And here is one for you all, how about the mosquito infestion, along with West Nile Virus!

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Well some think it will be good for the economy.

:silly: You know all those displaced, can pick up a hammer and get to work rebuilding asap. War and natural disasters and terrorist attacks are good for the economy. Yep! Bring em on!

[CityZen-X]

12. Sounds Like The Plan

for the Iraqi economy!

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. It does, doesn't it?

[barbaraann]

3. I can hardly breathe.

n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

4. We're witnessing a dramatic point in our history...

...in real-time (not that we haven't had our share of "dramatic points" in the last 5 years).

Yes, I'm freaking out as well. :cry::hug:

[durablend]

5. Scared to death!

Things are going down the toilet FAST :scared:

[displacedtexan]

6. It's the feeling of helplessness.

For those of us far way...

All we can do is donate blood and money.

Feeling otherwise helpless.

[stillcool]

7. ...scared sh*tless....

This is sooo fuc*ed up on so many levels...everything...is coming together..and we are so screwed ...this is America...

[Binka]

9. It Is Bad Baby Really Fucking Bad

I left the States in April 2002 and I can't believe the state of decay. How could this fucking happen? Weeping again. This is bad baby I shit you not.

[dogday]

11. No it not you

Gulfport and Biloxi was blown away and New Orleans is under water and looking at disease and no water and power for weeks. Florida is to announce that they will be out of gas shortly and gas may have to be rationed. I'd say you have just cause to be very freaked....

[laruemtt]

13. we're here in st. lucia for 16 months for dh's med school

and i'm missing my mountains in wv so badly, especially with fall coming up. i'm here in paradise physically but my heart is hurting for my country on so many levels. family and friends back in the states. i'm actually starting to feel something's going to happen and we won't be able to come back at all. my country - where i grew up and camped and hitchiked and had all my great life changes in so many parts of it is quickly becoming a thing of the past. you all be careful back there, and stay safe.

[FreedomAngel82]

15. You're not a lone

Deep in my mind all day this has been in my thoughts. I'm wondering about this as well. Especially that area.

[Double T]

16. We are entering a 'Mad Max' World......

where nothing is good.

[Singular73]

17. Fucking pull yourselves together, for gods sakes

Think about the people down there that have lost everything...THEY are scared.

And they will need us to be strong in the coming months.

Crying and fear will not help them -- and they need help badly.

[Generator]

24. Are you my husband?

Because you sound just like him. Yes, I'm a hysterical housewife fearing armaggedon. So what! I understand your point-I think it's exactly those people that get to me-why them and not me? Life is so bloody unfair-those with almost nothing to lose have even less. It brings up every damn thing about the difference between the haves and the have nots in this country. And we WANT a government that can take care of us in these times, that can tell us the truth and that looks out for all of our best interests. We don't feel that anymore.

We feel so damn alone. And helpless.

[Xenotime]

18. This situation is going to hell...

We are in an unjust war.
We are up against an insurmountable debt.
We have a horror unfolding along the gulf coast.
We have gas prices that are out of control.
We have martial law declared in America.
We have politicians trying to change the laws for their own agenda.

And our govt. leaders are eating cake.

I think when dead bodies are floating through the streets of new orleans, things are f*cked.

[Guaranteed]

21. That about sums it up. nt

[CrispyQ]

19. I believe it was Lily Tomlin who said,

"Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse."

And a wise DUer said, "We've hit the bottom. Now we're digging."


We have an administration that cares only for their bank accounts & the profits of the mega-corps & multi-nationals that put them in office. The suffering of millions of people do not matter to these callous, indifferent "humans." Swamp Rat is spot on in portraying them as lizard people. They are cold blooded, sub-human. I'm sorry to say that the 'opposing' party is not much better.

We currently have a government "of, by & for the corporations." Perhaps a tragedy of this scope will finally wake up the sheeple to the fact that their interests are not being represented in our government, that our government has been subverted by the rich & if through complacency & ignorance we continue to let this happen, our democracy will become a feudal state.

[CityZen-X]

22. Good Point Crispy!!

But will the sheeple rise to the occasion or Ba, Ba, Ba, all the way homeless?

[rniel]

23. Everything gets painted

Between conservative and liberal. We all do it all the time.

Maybe the divide should be those that care about working people vs. those that care about corporate profits.

CLASS WARFARE!!

If the democratic party ever took up the economic populist mantle they would win carry a lot of former republican voters. I don't see why they are not already running with this. Now's a good time for this.

[B Calm]

20. Bush will probably give another tax cut to the rich and

everything will be fine in a couple months..