This is the anger and resentment thread

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

Come in here and post your anger and resentment and get it out of your system. Really about anything...we just can't move on until you do. Let it all out. No names please (of other Du'ers)

[soleft]

1. Can we sing it to the tune of "This is the Song that Never Ends"

This is the anger and resentment thread....it goes on and on...

[Mikimouse]

3. OK, I'll bite...

I just love the 'Kick their ass, take their gas' crowd. The thing that bugs me is this: If we turned it around, how would it read (in other words, if the shoe was on the other foot)?
"Kick their ass, take their education system?"
"Kick their ass, take their tolerance?"
"Kick their ass, take their fast food?"
"kick their ass, take their televangelists?"
"Kick their ass, take their endless TV advertisements?"
"Kick their ass, take their bluejeans?"

You get the point. :evilgrin:

[morningtheft]

2. filled with both

Mainly over the death of the Rueter's camerman today...very powerful stuff.

[44wax]

4. welcome morningtheft

glad you are here.

[morningtheft]

8. thx

I've long been following these forums but knew that regisering might hamper my day job...But I have a feeling it may be worth to interject in the conversations of like-minded folks.

[liberalmuse]

22. Welcome, morningtheft! n/t

n/t

[salin]

9. Indeed - the reminders

that war is hell for those anywhere near it - sad thing is that those of us who get that - see it and have to mourn and mourn again over the senseless killing. Those who don't - just justify it, move on, and call for the next battle/war. We just are not a terribly reflective society. I would respect those who rallied for this war, more, if they also demonstrated a great deal of pain for those who have died (Iraqis and US/Brit). If they reflected, as some friends in the service have, how horribly brutal war is - and that even if this is justified it is - from the begining and by definition a human tragedy. Sadly that rhetoric is absent. :(

Btw, welcome to du!

[SweetZombieJesus]

5. I'm sick and tired of this bullshit pigeonholing of me as this elitist

indie kid who thinks his taste in music is better than others. Just because I say an artist you like sucks does not mean I'm saying you personally suck for liking them, it's just my god damn opinion, and if you're too fucking stupid or oversensitive to get that, then don't expect me to pull any punches if you jump to conclusions and make bullshit generalizatons about me.

[morningtheft]

13. try me...

I like so many types of music...but my rant is actually to say I do think people suck based on there bad taste in bands...I don't mean someone sucks for liking DMB just because I dislike them...but I will say anyone that likes good Charlotte sux as a person

[SweetZombieJesus]

15. It's not that, its that I can't express my musical opinion without

RememberJohn and wyldwolf starting a ridiculous, childish flame war because I don't like their pet mainstream acts. They both act like they are the high watermark for musical taste on this forum, and their projecting whatever stupid hatred they have for indie kids onto me.

[MuseRider]

20. Musical taste is very personal

don't let anyone make you repress your opinion. We differ but so what? That is why there are so many kinds of music. I am a musician and get kicked around about the type I play frequently, so what? I still like John Mayer and DMB, so what? Go ahead, express away. I learn about new stuff here all the time and would hate it if you all quit talking about it.

[blm]

85. Ah, but a true indie kid...

wouldn't give a flying fuck about whether anyone likes what they like.

[RememberJohn]

90. Signatures are a good thing in these cases...

Instead of constantly posting about how much one hates mainstream and loves obscure (like we didn't get it the first 100 times) just put your main musical gripes in your sig line then everyone can oooh and ahhh over them everytime you post something.

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY COOLNESS PTS THE OTHER NIGHT!!!

...so boo on you...

;-)

[bushclipper]

77. You do come across as an elitist...

...maybe you just don't realize it, but you constantly start, or contribute, to threads whose sole purpose is to bash bands or singers other people obviously like.

If anything, it's flamebait.

But at the core, the bashing is going to be taken personally. After all, if you feel someone is "untalented" and "undeserving" you are obviously attacking the tastes of those who disagree.

Since we all know music is a polarizing topic here, why do some of us continue to stoke the fires? If someone gets involved in a flame war over it, they asked for it.

It isn't a matter of free speech, either. Someone can post what they want in a forum but must be prepared for dissenting viewpoints.

I'm not sure what an "indie kid" is but, based on the references to that term in these threads, I assume an indie kid is the type I use to know in college who turn their nose up at anything that has been embraced by the populace.

Educate me on what indie kids are.

[RememberJohn]

78. Wow! And you were nice about it...

I'm reminded of what was said to the Molly Ringwald character in "Pretty in Pink." She was kind of an indie kid.

And I'm paraphrasing,

"If you send out signals that you want to be treated differently, people will treat you differently."

[CBHagman]

88. Just a gentle hint...

Read "To a Louse" by Robert Burns. I mean that sincerely. Read it tonight.

[44wax]

6. NSMA makes me smile

No one else on this board does more to create and maintain a sense of community on DU and that will never make be mad or resentful. Remember NSMA, I got your back.

[Pale Blue Dot]

7. I hate the f*cking stock market

Don't they have a f*cking clue what's going on in the world? Don't they see that we're all headed for the crapper?

Of course, since the stock market quotes are the ONLY source of news I can get while I'm at work, I may be blowing this out of proportion.

[patdem]

10. Okay Okay Okay Okay...NewYawker99 that wonderful soul

has overlooked ME...ME mind you...ME...I have over 2,000 posts yet I have never never never ever been mentioned by NewYawker99. And he/she is the St. Theresa of DU! I feel ignored!

[Dookus]

11. yay

EVERYBODY STOP FUCKING JUDGING PEOPLE FOR DOING THINGS THAT DON'T HURT ANYBODY ELSE!

Who I fuck, who I vote for, where I spend my money is MY fucking business! You don't have to like it, but where the hell do you get off judging ME personally based on ONE fact you know?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

84. your money is printed by my government

I'm taxed to keep the system that your money comes from going. The more purchasing power YOU have, the less purchasing power I have. The more credit money created for YOU affects inflation that affects ME. Don't tell me it's none of my fucking business.

When you go to another country, than maybe you have a point. Every time YOU spend money it affect ME - and I won't be quiet about it either.

[Booberdawg]

87. good grief

:eyes:

[short bus president]

12. people f*cking suck!

Some do it well, and others do it poorly.

[unfrigginreal]

14. You took all of the fun out of it...

when you said we couldn't name other DU'ers! I'll wait for your next thread.

[JanMichael]

16. But I'm a happy Leftist.

Sure I rail on about the "System" and such but I try not to internalize it.

And I'm way, way, to egotistical to resent anyone or anybody.

Take em' out? Sure, but it ain't personal:-)

[SiobhanClancy]

17. Nasty,rude,mean-spirited,jealous,small-minded,

soul-shriveling,knife-twisting,back-stabbing,vinegar-tongued,hatemongering,heartless little PEOPLE are making me a bit angry lately:)

Thanks for listening and have a lovely evening!

[Deja Q]

18. Oh goody, it's megabytes time!

I resent the wealthy who steal influence and power from everybody else just so they can have their way and in turn make all our lives that much worse in turn?

I resent myself for having learning disabilities.

I resent myself for reading things backwards or not understanding questions.

I resent having to be told something before I figure it out (why is it impossible for me to figure things out on my own?) Or why is it so hard for me to figure most things out?

Why do I have to be single?

Why can't I get ahead in life?

Why do I let people walk over me?

Why do corporations screw society if it means an extra dollar for the CEO's paycheck? (State Farm leaving Woodbury and Andersen Windows ditching Stillwater is going to hurt the local communities big-time. Have corporations no fucking sense of community whatsoever? :mad: :grr: Is America so morally bankrupt? I may be headed for financial disaster but at least I give a damn about society. I wouldn't want it to be the other way around, that would make me a normal american. :-( )

I've been tested as being very bright, so why do I act stupid all the time? (in other words, why is "I should have realized" my own personal catchphrase when I shouldn't have to say it at all if I really was bright?!)

Why am I naive? Why can't I change?

Why is society about people who only give a frick about themselves? That defeats the purpose if not the concept.

Why do I frequently forget procedures and things even though I know what they are even though I can memorize and never ever forget things like telephone numbers of the cast and crew of TV shows?! :eyes:

Why do people prefer to remain blind to society's ills? In the land of "by, of, and for the people" we've really done ourselves a gigantic disservice.

Why don't gay men want relationships? (or rather, why don't gay men "play safely" when getting to know other gay men, if that's the excuse?)

Why do gay men say men in general aren't monogamous? (monogamy is a choice, not a scientific edict)

Why do the anti-gay focus on the two aforementioned issues in an almost justifyable attempt to rouse homophobia worldwide?

Why am I here?

Why is the sky blue, heliotrope is such a prettier color?

What have I missed? Oh yeah, I tend to miss obvious things too!

[noiretextatique]

19. i hate my pimp

Accountemps, A Robert Half company. sent me on an assignment on thursday to a company...and no one knew seemed to know i was coming. i waited an hour in the lobby before someone showed up. after filing fucking papers all day thursday and friday (i was supposed to be doing bank reconciliations), they cancelled the contract after i left. they were pissed that i charged them for that hour. first assignment from these jerks in two years...and it's a total fucking DISASTER.

[MidwestMomma]

56. I hate to interrupt your rant but....

if you will be working temp jobs, go rent Clockwatchers. It's about a bunch of temp workers in an office. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll still hate your pimp!

[noiretextatique]

60. rant over...thanks for the movie tip

ya know...i've been vascillating about changing careers, and this assignment proved (AGAIN) that i should. btw, i had been doing temp accounting work for five years before the dot com implosion...then nada. which is good i suppose, because if it hadn't happened, i would not have considered a career change.

this assignment was the very epitome the best and the worst of my temp career. it was a great environment, as bland, corporate environments go...near the BART train station, secure building, great chair and a great computer in a nice cubicle. and the worst...really insecure managers who treat their employees like dirt.
and i knew the woman who hired me was intimidated as soon as she saw me. when people are constantly checking out your clothes on as assignement...you can bet trouble will follow.

as someone told me today, you keep offering your pearls to swine. thanks, midwest momma...i'm renting that movie tomorrow to keep me on purpose. teaching....here i come, and goodbye pimp :D

[newsguyatl]

21. thanks for this thread

i just about blew a fuse last week i was so livid with things :grr: ... from the ca recall debacle with rove's little nasty hands all over it, to the little armless iraqi boy ali abbas... this week, it's more sadness than anything else... i just wish i could get the image of ali being fed water, and smiling to folks with his "american army" cap on... chokes me up everytime i even think about it now...

last week, i would have just as soon killed somebody who so much as looked at me wrong, this week, though, i'm chill -- that is, for now... but i'm still a ticking timebomb... god, is this what pms is like for women? my emotions are just a wreck i tell ya :crazy:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

24. Where do I begin....

Let's see...If I hear one more person bitching about stuff that doesn't concern their lives directly, like gay marriage or gay adoption, i think I'm going to blow a gasket. If I hear my way too conservative republican mom praise Bush and his "mission" again, I think I'm going to duct tape her mouth shut...If the prices on books weren't so high for one semester of college, do you think someone at the book store would go hungry? I think not. I just spent 374.50 on my fucking books for 15 hours. Is it asking too much for you to not add sales tax onto my already skyrocketing tuition and fees? Thank god...only 3 more semesters left. I wish the news would have nothing sad to report for ONE day. Why is that too much to ask?
Duckie

[fishnfla]

23. I hate flamebaiting

I always fall for it, everytime. Any advice? I am not implying this is a flamebait thread, before evryone gets hot nand bothered. I'm talking about FB threads in the GD forum. There should be warnings given and lessons offered on how to deal with them.

[Tinoire]

25. I hate, I hate, I hate and am tired and am tired of hating

Bush, Rove, Ashcroft, women who go after other women's husbands, men who are too chickenshit to be honest, Cheney, F/A, disruptors who swarm down on this board,

HATE HATE HATE SO MUCH THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A SABBATICAL FROM DU AND THE NEWS BEFORE I GO OVER THE EDGE.

YOU CAN'T EVEN HANG OUT IN GD ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

And sadly, even the lounge is changing....

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[TreasonousBastard]

26. I'm pissed!

About this.

About that.

About all kinds of stuff.

JUST PLAIN PISSED!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. Well I just can't resist the opportunity to post on my own thread

I AM TOTALLY PISSED OFF THAT IT's 2003 AND:
We are going backwards with social justice, separation of curch and state, reliving the Gilded age and trading off all our rights to corporations which have the same rights as people but you can't put a motherfucking corporation behind bars.

I am PISSED off that events in the news are being thrown at us faster than we can process them..it is like standing on front of a tennis ball machine that hurls TURDS every five seconds.

I am PISSED off that I saved and invested and still got FUCKED

I am PISSED OFF That as liberals we can't come to a consensus on HOW TO fight off the war being waged against US.

I am PISSED off that people DON'T FUCKING THINK.

I am pissed off that we were making such progress on bigotry but GOD FORBID we use words that actually empower people rather than SLURS and I am PISSED OFF THAT SOME PEOPLE STILL DON'T FUCKING GET THAT!!!

I AM PISSED off that there are people on DU that would rather see us all shoot ourselves in the foot than AIM HIGH!!!!

THERE's MORE but jeez I wanna save some bandwidth for everyone else

COME ON PEOPLE GET PISSED OFF IN THIS THREAD AND LEAVE IT HERE!!!

[short bus president]

28. I'm exceptionally bitter that

you keep your car parked so goddamned far from here!

:P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

29. No shit I'm pissed off that there's so many Du'ers I'd like to flop up on

the hood of my car, so little time and so much FUCKING GEOGRAPHY.....and a couple who won't let me any way..

DAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN
DAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKDAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMNDAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMNDAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMNDAMN DAMN DAMN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN
DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN

[short bus president]

32. You drive on over here, NSMA,

and I'll ride with you up I-95 to help hold catpower down...

;-)

[foxy]

34. I've gotta get in the room where the pictures are--for real

:evilgrin:

[KG]

30. i know what you mean - i'm hacked off i'll never find NSMA

on the hood of my truck!!! :(

[unfrigginreal]

36. Get real NSMA...if we were to really get pissed

it would mean naming names. You specifically forbade us from doing that. Yeah, I'm as pissed as the next guy about Bush but I fear that without criticizing opponents in my own party could lead to capitulation.

As long as I'm opposed to Kerry, Lieberman, Kucinich, Edwards, Gephardt, Sharpton, Mosely-Braun, and Graham, I guess I don't need worry.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

37. I meant NAMES of Du'ers.....K?

[Booberdawg]

38. It's DU rules that prevent naming names

Isn't it still possible to discuss whatever you're referring to without names?:shrug:

[Kellanved]

31. a few threads turned ugly lately

First GD and no the Lounge?

Please stop it now - if someone is happy: congratulate her/him.
Stop this envy BS; if you have a problem with a $x something then don't have one and don't post a reply.

I don't know what shocks me more: 4-digit club members posting primitive attacks like that or newbies doing so.

[salin]

33. I need to vent

what is with people flaming candidates and their fans with nazi references? Seen this two times in less than a week against to dem candidates. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Sad thing is - I think each time the poster either thought it was clever, or literate. Do they think this wins folks over? :eyes:

[MuseRider]

35. OK, I got a couple of things

I am sick of being pissed. I am sick of slapping myself up side of the head every damn day because of the assault of this criminal band on EVERYTHING we hold dear. I am sick of hate and dying and war and anger. I am sick of being a good person and being vilified because I am a LIBERAL.
AND, I am sick of this God damned weather! Got to the farm this afternoon and it was 107! My glasses slid down my nose while I was feeding 6 hot, hungry horses and when I pushed them back on I burned the bridge of my nose. I am sick of the dust from no rain the last two months and sick that the lowest temp we are going to see in the next two weeks is 97 degrees. No global warming? If I wanted to live in godforsaken Crawford Texas I would have moved there! We didn't ask for their fucking weather.
I am sick that we can't figure a way to defeat these assholes and we have to spend our time nit picking our friends and what they chose to do. Jesus, can't we stand it if someone is happy?
I'm tired now, made myself too angry and did my months worth of cussing all in one place.

[liberalmuse]

39. Dear Mommy Dearest,

From your last e-mail, it looks as if you're planning to move in with me again. NO FUCKING WAY YOU SOUL SUCKING VAMPIRE! I've done my time in hell already! You killed my brother, and you're not going to put me in an early grave, too.

And how's about you NOT pray 'mightily' for me and instead, try praying 'mightily' for all the people in Iraq you support murdering? I don't want your prayers and your god truly sucks if he's doing all the things you and the likes of Bush are giving him credit for.

While you're at it, how's about NOT voting for the anti-Christ again in the next election? Read the Jesus part of the Bible again and tell me Bush is a 'godly' man. Jesus said feed the hungry, Not, 'Ye shall screweth the poor and giveth it to the rich'. Jesus said help the widows and orphans, NOT 'Ye shall createth widows and orphans'. Jesus said 'comfort the sick and dying', NOT 'Ye shall hiketh up health care benefits and the cost of prescription drugs so your buddies in the pharmeceutical and insurance companies can maketh more money'. Jesus said 'visit the imprisoned', NOT, 'Ye shall call them 'detainees' and deny them charges, access to a lawyer and due process of law'.

Think of your grandchildren living in and cleaning up this mess, because that's what they, and their children, and their children's children are going to be doing. What do you care? You're booked on the Rapture plane with all the other first class a-holes, and in the meantime, let's f*ck this beautiful planet for everything we can get from her and celebrate when she and her wicked (aka 'liberals) burn.

How's about you turn off the Fox News, pull your head out of your ass and learn to think for yourself? Oh yeah, I forgot. You told me it's evil to think, and logic is of the devil.

And how's about you stop reciting Bible passages to me over and over again? I'm not going to be won over to the dark side by a minus century god translated into 15th century English. Let's face it, the OT god wasn't Shakespeare or MLK. And how come you NEVER recite the Byrd's song, or the sermon on the mount? It's always something about your god in terminator mode.

How's about not giving all of your retirement funds to tv preachers who own rolls royces and shares in diamond mines that recruit workers by hacking off their relatives limbs? You didn't know that? STOP WATCHING FOX NEWS! I hope your church has a faith-based retirement home, because you ARE NOT LIVING WITH ME AGAIN. My daugher needs me and for some odd reason, I want to jump out a window or blow my brains out when you're around. That's why I'm not going to feel sorry for you and give in this time.

I hope it is all worth it. I hope you get that crown of jewels, the mansion in the sky and the big feast with Jesus. I'm glad he's doing something for all the people who couldn't afford the $2,000 a head republican fundraisers on earth. He'll probably serve something a little classier than PB&J while you all watch the sinners burn and scream in agony. I hope it was worth it ignoring and alienating your children and grandchildren so you could win the Jesus' Publisher's Clearinghouse.
Sincerely,
Your loving daughter

Phew! It was nice getting 30+ years of crap off my chest. Talk about serious issues...

[Dookus]

40. Wow!

You win.

[ima_sinnic]

41. my heart goes out to you liberalmuse

I hope you will find the strength to do what you need to do. It gets better with time but doesn't go completely away.

[Jesus Christ]

54. Very well said!

And I will even forgive you for the "Publisher's Clearing House" comment. It seems that ye understand My teachings far better than thy mother does. I try to get through to her, but she doesn't listen. Nor do far too many others who claim to follow Me :-(

[Rhiannon12866]

62. WOW! That was really something

You're not alone. My mother is a freeper who has told me that my late father would be disappointed in me because of my political views AND she has suggested that I move to Iraq! You don't have a monopoly on difficult mothers, but you sure have my condolences.:-(

[rasputin1952]

42. As I'm not too good with anger...

I'll go with resentment.

I resent people that insist they show others how to live their lives.

I resent hypocrites.

I resent people that have voluntarily given up the ability to think for themselves.

I resent the notion that I am not Patriotic because I think bush is an asshole.

I resent people that feel they have to put their two cents into EVERYTHING.

I resent cowards.

I resent people who talk, but rarely, if ever act upon their convictions.

I resent fools, and do not suffer them lightly.

I resent myself for being so resentful.

I spent many years of my younger life hating and despising the people and things I've described, and it made me bitter, and left me friendless. In an epiphany, I realized it was better to resent than hate; hate blinds, resentment teaches.

From all I've read in the posts above, (except the humorous ones), I see frustration and anxiety. But I also see integrity and knowledge; compassion and understanding. These are the things that make us good people.

Vent on I say! But the work is still before us. Let us rid ourselves of our frustrations and carry the light forward. We will win, there are no other options.

[Keithpotkin]

43. are u implying democrats are whinny?

.

[Insider]

45. ignored by the Son of God

no rage, but the Son of God answers 16 million posts, and i get NADA. i mean, it's not so much for me as it is for sister helen-jean's hip! i thought he cared. i keep coming back and coming back and nothing.

no problem with ignore function, but JESU CRISTO!?!?!

[short bus president]

46. you should have gone

to the Sun God thread, instead. It is your fate. Bring a virgin.

[Jesus Christ]

55. Verily, I did not mean to ignore you

I'm trying to locate Sister Helen Jean, but hath you any idea of the amount of red tape involved in the Catholic hierachy??

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. I am angry and resentful of the fact that even here, in DU, we find our

selves often dividing ourselves along the lines of race, gender, income, education, and age. I will be the first to admit that I am a hypocrit...but it jerks my eyeballs to see what promises to become 1. a thoughtful and educational post or 2. a joyous announcement become reduced to either veiled or open criticism.

I am also REALLY PISSED OFF that Kroger is charging $2 for a head of lettuce. :wtf:

Why do I like you? And you know who you are, because you are different, because sometimes you have changed my mind. And if you haven't changed my mind, you just may have caused me to think a little different.

So boil that with your okra and choke it down!!!!!!

Thanks NSMA

[Skittles]

48. IT'S JUST THAT F****ING A**HOLE "PRESIDENT" WE HAVE

I JUST CANNOT ACCEPT IT AND CAN'T GET PAST IT. NOW THAT STUPID F***ER IS GETTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED. IT'S TOO F***ING MUCH.

[rasputin1952]

69. Hey Skittles....

What do you say we go and KICK HIS ASS!

:silly:

[populistmom]

49. I resent the fact

that in my life I have too often been judged by narrowly defined labels that others have put on me insinuating that because I "wore" their labels, I was somehow less worthy or less intelligent.

I resent the fact that I don't have a nitch too fit in because most people I meet (usually other parents of young kids) are boring and shallow. I feel lucky to have a great husband and children, but asside from them, I'm simply surrounded by many aquaintances who generally want something from me rather than me as in who I am. Relating to this, I resent my best friend moved to Florida and we hardly get to talk anymore.

I'm resent the fact of not having any extended family to rely on because my parents are and have been self absorbed baffoons since I was born.

I resent the fact I have to work my ass off to keep my weight down, while my husband doesn't have to worry about it.

[Generic Other]

50. George Bush hypertension syndrome

You people have no idea of how ticked I am. From the first moment I saw him, my life fell apart. It was like he blotted the sun from out of the sky, made the grass in the field turn brown, wilted the flowers in the garden, spoiled the fruit. He stole the Halloween candy from little kids and the christmas presents from under my tree, then he set the tree on fire. He stole my social security card, maxed out my credit cards, emptied my bank account. He poisoned my dog and ran over my cat. He picked my locks and stole my car. He fenced my stereo and gave away my television. He drank the last beer in my refrigerator.

He's the worst leader on the face of the planet, and I am ashamed to go abroad since he has been in power. My car started going on the blink when he was selected. Someone dented it in a parking lot. My computer crashed. The roof started leaking. All my bills were past due. He beat my kids. Broke my arm. Pawned my mother's wedding ring. Signed my name on bad checks. Came on to all my friends. Got shitfaced and threw up on my couch.

Yeah, he's a roach. Slug slime. Pond scum. Argggghhh...I can't go on! Not another year. Please! Just shoot me now! Put me out of my misery!

[RetroLounge]

51. I hate being in the 700 Club, and will be out of it soon

Damn it...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

52. I just don't thnk this thread has outlived its usefulness yet

By the way..I want each and every one of you to know I actually read EVERY SINGLE WORD YOU POSTED...I hear you!!!! (just didn't want to comment personally and detract from your communication.

[short bus president]

53. you read my mind

and I'm probably too polite to bitch about what really needs some bitchin' about, but I'll say this:

I really f*cking hate it when people do that. So even though you don't know who you are, knock it the f*ck off and show some g*ddamned decency. I'm this f*cking far from seeing if I can't get Skittles to kick your f*cking asses!

Thanks. I feel somewhat better now.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. You are the best!

:D

[MidwestMomma]

57. I hate that I have to work 2 jobs in this screwed up economy

I hate all retail shoppers...especially those that knock clothes on the floor, run over them with their cart and look down their noses at me cause I work for them, don't you know, and it's obviously MY JOB to pick up after their lazy asses!

I hate the war. I hate that enough people don't hate the war enough for the government to feel like they should do something about it.

I hate that I saw new yellow ribbons in a yard down the street and I know that someone there is waiting for their loved one to come home and there is nothing being done about it.

I hate the heat and driving my car with no air conditioning. I hate people at work that whine about their car being hot when they get off work....for the 5 minutes until their air kicks in.

I hate bigots and people that constantly say about Mexicans...."If they want to live here, they should learn our language" Wow, how original, never heard that hate spew before.

I hate that I can't find hardly any thought-provoking threads in GD anymore. I used to go there to read other peoples thoughts and opinions on a wide of variety of issues dear to my heart. Now all the threads just bore me or offend me.

I really resent people smirking about the French dying...yeah, we are way cooler than them aren't we? There are so dumb, they don't know to come in out of the heat. We big tough Americans. We spit on your inability to withstand a little heat wave.

I hate that our country which could lead the world through example is driving the world away through war and hate.

And if North Korea nukes us, I will be one pissed off radioactive Mamma!

Over and out!

[NightTrain]

58. Among the things that have me pissed off....

Connecticut's recent two-and-a-half-week bout with Florida-like humidity drained all of my energy and left nothing inside me but frayed nerves and extreme petulance.

My computer is getting old and decrepit, and I can't afford to replace it.

I'm getting really tired of spending the lion's share of my leisure time at home by myself because I'm either broke or too tired to do anything after busting my ass at work all week. (See the next item for a related item.)

I work full-time and make what's considered a living wage in my part of the country. But after I pay the bills, I still can't afford to go to the movies, buy a new CD, or spend the weekend out of town.

I'm sick and tired of having God shoved down my throat everywhere I go, whether it's a billboard, some religious pain in the ass knocking at my door and trying to give me "the good word," or yet another right-wing "family values" group trying to turn the United States into a theocracy (and receiving a sympathetic ear from somebody high up in the Bush junta).

I hate having to face the world's worst motorists 40 hours a week on my delivery driving job. Those motorists include Mario Andretti wanna-be's, clueless old farts who drive so badly they absolutely need to be taken off the road before they kill someone, and assholes with a cell phone in one hand and a cup of coffee or a cigarette in the other. (How do they steer the car? You tell me!)

I'd love to start tearing off all those sanctimonious right-wing bumper stickers--like I SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR TROOPS and BUSH: GOOD, SADDAM: BAD. GET IT RIGHT!--and make a nice, big bonfire out of several thousand of them.

I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting, but I need to go to bed now. Pleasant dreams, y'all!

[Spirochete]

59. God Damn it!

I hate cold coffee and wet toilet paper!

I feel better now. thanks :)

[noiretextatique]

61. and another thing: friends in sexless relationships

who constantly tell me i just need to go and screw somebody...anybody. not that it wouldn't help considerably, but this one friend in particular just drives me nuts. fucking, fucking, fucking...it's all she talks about in terms of what i should do, meanwhile, she's in yet another bed-death relationship.

when i tell her i want MORE than just sex, does that SHUT HER UP...NO. on and on and on about fucking, fucking and more fucking...it's really pissed me off when she starting in again today, so i finally told her to go out an fuck, fuck, fuck her fucking brains out if that's what she wanted, instead of trying to live vicariously through me.

geez...i hope that shuts her up for a while.

[pink_poodle]

75. People who think that everything can be cured with a good...........

fuck are really tiresome. Sex is nice, even if it is not pretty, but it does not cure anything. Not even loneliness.

[Booberdawg]

63. Dammit anyway!

I am PISSED because I never DREAMED I'd still be unemployed after 8 fucking months and counting since my company went belly up. And the company didn't have to go under if it weren't for a fucking CROOK who is still sitting out a 12 month contract with a GOLDEN PARACHUTE waiting at the end of it!

You folks paid for it too! Federal tax dollars bailed out this Federally Insured Program and severance of all it's agents and employees and to continue the business for a year!

I am also PISSED because my house is in foreclosure and there's not a God Damned thing I can do about it. And you might now, I just bought the fucker 5 months before I got laid off! DAMN! I bought the house I grew up in from my mother, HUGE house, all to myself. I'd been better off keeping my old house instead. Couldn't sell it so I'm renting it out, so at least it is paying for itself.

Had to file bankruptcy. Not as bad as it sounds. It's not the end of the world. I could live without credit - if I HAD A FUCKING JOB!

To make a few thousand bucks I sold all my programming books, reference materials and software on ebay a couple months ago. That hurt, cause I figured I'd never need it again. (sniff!)

So now I'm a bum. Half the time I don't even know what day it is. My days and nights are mixed up all the time. I only sleep every other day. I'm lazy. I smoke like a chimney.

Well, I do have a place to go after I get evicted here. The misfortune of my brother (had to have him committed) means his house is sitting empty, so I can camp out there until I get a job and get a place of my own. So I don’t worry about being homeless. And anyway – I’d be more worried about what to do with my pets! My babies!!

I’ll get through this okay. I’ve been through worse times than this before. I never have the feeling that there won’t be an end to this. I haven’t really accepted that I’m going to have to move so I’m blissfully numb and have my head up my ass about that for now.

One of these days I may get rip snorting snockered and DU while I!! LOL! Oh … to be young again …..

Linda

[Sapphocrat]

65. You asked for it, NSMA...

And I'm liquored up right now, so no holds barred...

I am...

Fucking sick of being dissed by assholes who invalidate MY feelings which are REAL to ME. Fucking sick of condescending, bullshit, more-intelligent-than-thou attitudes from assholes who have never been HERE. Fucking sick of OH-so-compassionate know-nothings who preach the 'walk in my moccasins' crap without knowing what the fuck they're talking about. Fucking sick of being told get to the back of the fucking bus and be SATISFIED with the fucking CRUMBS they throw us. Fucking sick of being relegated to third-class status because I have a fucking vagina and not a fucking penis, and, oh by the way, so does my lover.

Fucking sick of being apart from my lover because Americans who are not affected by the same goddamn discriminatory laws that KEEP me at the back of the bus don't give a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut unless THEIR precious fucking rights are being violated. Fucking sick of the fucking hypocrisy. Fucking sick of liberals who are "liberal" about everything until it comes to my wanting a piece of THEIR goddamned precious pie. Fucking sick of being told to chill out. Fucking sick of being told I'm overreactive / overemotional / hysterical by those who haven't spent their whole fucking lives being told THEIR goddamn feelings don't matter, and THEIR goddamned relationships don't count.

Fucking sick of being targeted as the SCOURGE of the planet by the fucking fundies. Fucking sick of being the target of STATE-SANCTIONED discrimination. Fucking sick of freaks so goddamned insecure of their own personhood, they're compelled to write Constitutional fucking amendments to discriminate against me, when I AM FUCKING HARMLESS!

Fucking sick of being unemployed for two goddamned years and hearing from fucking tunnel-visioned assholes that I'm a goddamned "security risk" because I'm now fucking POOR instead of fucking RICH like I used to be. Fucking ashamed of what I've become -- i.e., fucking POOR, disillusioned, and hopeless -- and fucking ashamed of BEING ashamed.

Fucking SICK of the whole goddamn scene. Fucking SICK, and wish this fucking world would just implode, so I could A) say I fucking TOLD you so, and B) get on to my next incarnation, even if it's as fucking miserable as this one, because at least it would be different. Fucking sick of reactionary religious types shoving their fucking dogma down my throat like a forced blow job.

Fucking sick of seeing my 80-something-year-old mother still WORKING full-time because she could never get the fucking medications she needs to keep herself alive if she didn't. Fucking sick of not being able to provide the insurance she really needs. Fucking sick of not being able to provide ANYTHING my lover on government assistance needs. Fucking SICK of not being able to buy myself a new goddamned pair of fucking SHOES forchrissakes for more than three goddamn years. Fucking sick to my stomach at having to disembowel the annuity I've had since I was 22 and the Roth IRA I've had since I was 30 because I have NOTHING LEFT, and fucking SICK of being forced to rely on the kindness of my family because I am OUT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS and have NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN. Fucking sick of realizing that my books, my television, and my car are the next to be sold.

Fucking sick of knowing I am middle-aged, unemployable, and nearly too old to migrate to Canada. Fucking HATE the idea of leaving the country I love while knowing half the fucking nation would relish in my departure. Fucking hate the idea of letting THEM win, while knowing I'll never have a moment's peace, and I will NEVER, EVER have fucking EQUALITY HERE.

Fucking sick of everybody making fun of California. Fucking SCARED of living in the next goddamn target for a fucking terrorist attack. Fucking pissed because I'm afraid it's my own goddamned government that's PLANNING that attack.

Fucking sick of waking up five times a night when I haven't had a full eight hours in over a year. Fucking sick of the nightmares. Fucking sick of the night terrors that wake me in a cold sweat. Fucking sick of having no insurance so I can't get therapy to help me through this fucking pain. Fucking sick of wondering if I'm losing my fucking mind. Fucking depressed because I know I'm NOT losing my mind -- this is REAL.

Fucking sick of not being able to afford a goddamned gallon of paint to make my shitty house look a little more cheerful.

Fucking don't care if this post gets deleted because goddamn fucking condemned-to-hell queer sinners like me don't matter, even IF this fucking post follows ALL the goddamned rules.

Fucking wish I were one of the fucking blissfully ignorant assholes who don't care.

Fucking hope nobody comes back with the hackneyed "Gee, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel?" condescending, goddamned, fucking bullshit.

Just fucking sick of it all and wish I'd been born in a different goddamn fucking century when people could expect to die before they were 30.

Fucking hate this goddamned life!

And fucking SICK of everyone who tells me I'm overreacting!

Fucking hate myself for wishing I could turn against everything I believe in and just bust some ass.

Fucking sick of hating what this country I loved so much -- so very much -- has become.

Fucking sick of hating Americans too goddamned apathetic to CARE.

Fucking sick of being an ISSUE to so-called liberals instead of a HUMAN FUCKING BEING!!!

P.S. I'm fucking sick of being in the closet about ANYTHING anymore -- and the only thing I haven't said is this: foreigncorrespondent is my lover of three and a half years -- most of which we have been forced to spend apart -- fc in Australia and me in the U.S. -- because WE HAVE NO GODDAMNED RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY! No immigration rights (I can't sponsor her) and no same-sex marriage rights. No fucking RIGHTS, period!

And I am TOTALLY pissed at those of you who would deny us the same rights YOU HAVE. And that is why, when I am no longer OBLIGATED to stay in the U.S. (two years? ten years? who the fuck knows?), I am immigrating to Australia. It's not the perfect country, but at least they recognize a VALID relationship when they see one.

[Dookus]

66. that's a lot to carry...

**hug**

probably doesn't help but it can't hurt.

[Booberdawg]

67. Wow

That was fucking beautiful:thumbsup:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

68. Keep communicating...put it HERE!

[noiretextatique]

70. alrighty then...

i have no health insurance, and i think i have another tumor in my breast. i've had two removed previously, on two separate occasions...both when i was insured. luckily, i live in an area where there are no-cost and low-cost health services...but i can't get an appointment for two months. meanwhile, the tumor, most likely a benign fibroid like the other two, is sucking up blood...and my energy.

on the job front, i'm definitely leaving accounting alone and going to apply for a teaching position. i haven't had a real accounting job in two years, but i've managed between contracts, project work, and unemployment. well...sort of. i may have to file bankruptcy soon.

my friends have been a big disappointment to me...let's me know i need new people in my life. i am always willing and able to help others, but i don't ever seem to get that in return. just the other day, a friend who has a partner, and both of them are employed, ask me for a loan! i just looked at her...perplexed. i am single and unemployed...and you are asking ME for a goddamn loan?!?!? i mean :wtf:. another friend needed a computer, so i built one for her from scraps i had laying around...and charged her very little. she's paid me a third, and i'm waiting for the rest...it's been two fucking months. another person with a partner who works. :wtf:
and this is why i am a loner, and prefer it that way.

in between judging me, and totally misunderstanding me, my family tries to be supportive. they have that 'get a government job' mentality. i know they are concerned about security, but they have no idea of how good my poetry and performance work is...and how important it is that i have the mental/emotional/psychic space to do that work. "yes, that's nice dear" i what i get when i tell them i am writing a book. if it ain't on oprah...forget about it!

at least family and friends seem to balance each other out. my family is willing to help me financially, but offer me zero support otherwise. but...always call me to fix problems in the family. my friends are more supportive of the life decisions and my poetry, but i can't get a dime from them, even when they owe me money. funny...i've helped a couple of my friends out financially when i was solid. neither a borrower, nor a lender be...something i need to remember.

ya know, i struggled with depression all my life, and no more so than the past couple of years. i have drank more in the past two years than i have in many years. my sleeping patterns have completely changed. i am somtimes overwhelmed with anxiety and fear...and i'm smoking more than i ever have.

having said that, i've had an epiphany of sorts lately. i know i can't continue on this path, and i know i don't want to. i started going back to church...not regularly, but certainly more than i have in two years. an affirmation we say at church: I TAKE DOMINION IN MY LIFE!!!! i know a lot of folks here are non-believers, but i firmly believe that taking dominion means training the mind to see, acknowledge, accept the good things in life...no matter how small or insignificant. because where you put you focus is what you will manifest and experience.

i still have A LOT of pressing issues that need attention in my life, but i am bound and determined to experience JOY whereever i can find it. peace and blessings to all.

[rasputin1952]

71. A humble observation...

This may seem like a cliche', but I can relate to everyone here, and I can feel the anguish and frustration. I can see where hope and positivity has collapsed, and the trail of tears is long and deep.

But I also see a new begining; a place where we realize that our hopes and dreams can sometimes be battered, but never broken or killed. We are a resilient group, we take our lumps, and return to the fray. We do this because we believe in freedom, equality and a land where we can be ourselves without beinig persecuted.

We will get our country back. We may not be able to stop the hate and abuse, but we can curtail it. We can live to plant the seeds of tolerance, and nurture mutual respect.

As many times as I've been brought to my knees, battered and bleeding, I have always gotten up, and kept fighting for those that cannot fight for themselves. I am merely a mortal man, but I will always be with you, by your side, and together we will win.

Sorry if this seems a little strange, but I believe in each and every one of you, and just want to let you know you are not fighting alone.

[WilliamPitt]

72. My turn

I'm angry that I was stupid enough to think I could share a joyful night with DUers in the Lounge.

I'm angry that people rushed to judge.

I'm angry at fuckheads who enjoy 20/20 hindsight vision about whether or not I should have posted 'dollar' amounts in a thread that fully explained the whole story.

I'm angry that class warrior dipshits don't give a fuck who they attack. I submit that I have done as much to fight against these injustices as everyone who bitched at me combined, and yet I am condemned.

I'm angry that it doesn't seem to matter that I saved for weeks to be able to do what I did, that I worked very very hard to be able to do what I did, that such things don't seem to matter to people who like the taste of friendly blood or else enjoy being chickenshit pile-on backshooters.

I'm angry that I don't much like this place anymore, that I will seldom be back here, because it feels like I have lost a friend. There are far more good people than assholes, but the assholes are so very good at what they do that it is not worth dealing with it.

Now I am off to fight for you. I know all about people like you. The best you can do is tear other people down to build yourselves up. Yeah, I've known people like you all my life. Cancer is more palatable.

Yes, I will be out on the road fighting for you as best I can. Thanks.

[pink_poodle]

73. I wouldn't get upset with them because I just don't think in the..........

big picture, they are really worth it. You know? Like the guy with the Jaguar, folks just get jealous when they see something they will not have and can never do. I didn't respond to your post the other night although I saw it. Wish I'd been the one you were having fun with - hee hee. The point is that you enjoyed yourself. So go spend $650 next time. grin.

[Iris]

76. Gulp . . .

:(


Wish I could express my anger so eloquently!

[matcom]

89. TOLD you she was a BITCH!!

:P

hang tough buddy. don't work too hard

[pink_poodle]

74. I'm not angry. I just don't let things bother me, and when they do.......

I go buy a Louis Vuitton Alma bag or if I'm short for cash I would buy a Chanel lipstick or some other teensy reward. I love being me, a girly girl, my 2 little Pekingese dogs, being a fashion designer, having a nice garden to get physical in, and when it rains - I couldn't care less and just get on with whatever it was I wanted to do. Some things you can change. Some things you can't. Life is too short to let yourself be bothered. Is it going to matter tomorrow? If so, then you need to change something.

[Quahog]

79. I'm angry that I'm angry!

Godammit, this really pisses me off! I was NEVER an angry person before, NEVER! I was always the lighthearted, sentimental, kinda nutty guy with the silly sense of humor, I NEVER used to walk around with a chip on my shoulder.

George Bush, you did this to me you motherfucker! I was fine until you came along, you snot-nosed little prick!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

[buddhamama]

80. uhmm

the fact that corporations are running the world angers me,and
their enablers anger me too. the entire Administration is top on my list but there are many others.

selfishness angers me.

massive egos do nothing for me either.

phonies/liars anger me.

some more things
there are times when i resent being short. my height stopped me from doing things in life that i would have liked to do.

also, i wasn't born ruler of the world.
things would certainly be different if i had been.

[realFedUp]

81. popping the carbunkle....

sometimes it just gets to a head and you have to
pop it.

[buddhamama]

82. i'm kicking this back up because

dammit, i want people to read about my anger and resentment.

ME ME ME

[pink_poodle]

83. ha ha ha!! That's so funny!!!!! Yes, maybe folks are having.............

to try hard to think of things now that are making them angry. I see your point. grin.

[GumboYaYa]

86. I can't stand gross generalizations.

I am an offender myself and need to work on it.

In a group as large as DU any gross generalization will offend someone.

To those I have offended, I apologize and promise to work on using specific language.

To those who have helped me see how language that I previously thought was okay is in fact offensive, I thank you. As a result of DU, I have become much more aware of mysogenistic language that creeps into my vocabulary and am working to combat that.

[TrogL]

91. (unprintable) viruses

The network here's gone to shit because of one virus, and now there's another one clobbering the mail server.

I've been having withdrawal pains all day because they shut down the firewall.

[ForrestGump]

92. I deeply resent

that I can't recall right now all the f***wits that I resent. And I resent them with good reason, too. I think it's the bonhomie within this thread, dammit, that's cramping my resentful style here.

But I guess that's a good thing.

[Coffee Coyote]

93. no rants

I love everybody! :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

94. kick to get every last bit out...

:kick:

[bloom]

95. Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me

This thread should probably be dead by now - but....

Recent threads lead me to express myself. I have a lot going on right now that I have no wish to go into - but the long term anger and resentment that I carry around has a lot to do with growing up in a house with a father who, (although he was/is one of the smartest people I will ever know) was beyond criticism (he could criticize, but nobody could criticize him) and was the only one in the house who was allowed to express negative emotions.

He also hated his mother - so lots of rage, there.

Sooooo - you say - why bring it here? What the hell is up with that? I don't know - maybe it's because I was starting to get comfortable here. It's practically a duty to me to keep people from keeping other people hushed up about what they are feeling/thinking. So hate me, whatever.

Maybe not so surprisingly, I am an artist by profession. Only lately - to make a living - not expressing myself as much as I would like. (Blame corporations, branding and all that rot). Excuses, excuses - would be a good day to do my own version of abstract expressionism. That's really the best way for me to deal with it.

You might have seen one of my creations.... they are in stores nationwide.

Yep - that's what I should be doing....