I'm depressed. I don't recognize my country. Help.

[charlyvi]

I pledge allegiance, etc. WTF happened? Is this country MY country, or OUR country? HELP!

[Goldeneye]

1. I think this place sounds promising

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/index.php?Main=ELECTION2

I think they are trying to act as the hub of our movement. We gotta start somewhere...

The corporate media, Ronald Raegan, GHW Bush, GW Bush, Fox news, Free Republic, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Wiener, Sean Hannity, Bill O'reilly, fundamental christianity, wedge issues, stacked supreme court, fraudulent elections happened...add on if you want.

[charlyvi]

2. We need something

Like Thomas Jefferson said, a revolution once in awhile isn't so bad, or words to that effect.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. What is it? It just says coming soon...

[charlyvi]

4. I have no idea.

But I'm drinking Grey Goose on the rocks and I'm letting my imagination work it.

[Goldeneye]

5. I just replaced the original. Try that one

I'll go look for another link just in case.

[SmileyBoy]

6. I honestly haven't felt like an American for about 5 years.

Since the 2000 fuck-up, I've felt a lot more like a Canadian than an American (I've spent a lot of time in Canada, so I know what I'm talking about). I see these idiots on TV preaching religious and political intolerance, and I see all the people shopping at Wal-Mart, and all the people watching FOX News, and all the people ridiculing other countries and the UN, and I see all the people with a rod up their ass when it comes to controversial TV, and it makes me think that these are actually the real Americans, and that I'm not one of them.

If these are Americans, then I obviously must not be an American. I must be a misplaced Canadian who was born on US soil.

Whenever I go to Winnipeg or Toronto or Calgary, I feel like I'm home.

[charlyvi]

9. Isn't that so sad?

We ARE American, yet feel like visitors in our own country. Who screwed up the value system so much? Are other Americans so selfish, greedy and stingy? How did this happen? Are they living in a fantasy world or are we? I'm depressed as hell.

[SmileyBoy]

10. Exactly. All I feel is that I was born on US soil, and nothing more.

With all the shit that has gone on, I feel like a foreigner in my own land.

[charlyvi]

25. But don't you remember when you were a child?

And America was so filled with promise? There wasn't anything an American couldn't withstand. Jefferson, Franklin, FDR--WTF happened?

[SmileyBoy]

39. Reagan was in charge when I was born.

The 90's were actually good times for me.

[politicaholic]

7. Walk outdoors, look at the 7-11, and know you're still here...

Then buy a slurpie...you deserve it.

[charlyvi]

11. Well, that works most of the time....

or activities like that...going to the show, reading, watching movies on tv; but, I always come back to the fact that 50 per cent of America totally disagrees with justice, compassion, tolerance. I'm still depressed.

[politicaholic]

14. Excuse me, that's 51%...oops...sorry.

I guess that didn't make you feel better.

[charlyvi]

18. Well, I honestly don't think it's 51 per cent.

I have the feeling that most folks would agree with us if the issues were framed in a fair way--not fudged or stuck on wedge issues. What bothers me is how far down will we go before these idiots realize how they've been had. Lied to. Used. Manipulated.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. I am trying not to be depressed, and instead am focusing on improving

elections at the local level in my area.

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http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm#why

[charlyvi]

12. Great. I'm in Alabama, though....

So my local elections are pretty much fundie driven. I'm lost.....and depressed.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Even some fundies are interested in election reform. Esp the

Constitution party members.

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[charlyvi]

20. I realize that; but they are so tied up in anti-abortion rhetoric

that they ignore the thousand civil rights abuses committed by shrubya in the name of democracy. It's truly George Orwell time.

[BamaGirl]

26. We're working pretty hard in my part of Bama

to change that. Have you checked in on the check-in thread on the Bama board? Maybe there's someone there in your area. ;)

[charlyvi]

28. No, I haven't

But I will. Thanks.

[cry baby]

13. I am feeling bad today, too.

:(

[charlyvi]

15. How can people who have received the benefit of

the greatest democracy in history want to destroy it? Don't they know what they are doing? Do they not know they are killing the essence of America? I can't understand it.

[cry baby]

23. When I read your post, I realized what is wrong with me today.

I'm feeling hopeless. Hopeless about the very things you mentioned. I am usually more "steely", but I'm a mushpot today. Hopeless and pitiful. I'm starting to make myself sick with self-pity!!!

[charlyvi]

24. Join hands with me, cry baby.

Usually, I'm better able to cope but today, YIKES! What's up with us today?

[cry baby]

31. Monday blues?

Hugs to you charlyvi!

[charlyvi]

32. Thanks!

I think it is, cry baby. I'll be better tomorrow, I hope.

[Nitrogenica]

17. The pendulum swings, and began swinging to the left last spring!

It continues to swing. It feels like the revbolution began when we lost the election. It was a wake up call to everyone.
I am convinced the right shoot their own feet, even as we speak.
Their arrogence is their own unraveling.
The damage done is tragic, but the rise of the Left is awesome!

[charlyvi]

19. I so hope you are right, jhuth!

Sometimes I feel the same way, but tonight is hard for some reason. Thanks. I really feel better with your words!

[Nitrogenica]

21. YW

Lookit the "Micheal Moore-Mel Gibson incident"... lol's so they turn on (s)Mel Gibson then? It's an act of God.

And Bush has a bad habit of acting insane when he talks that is escalating. lol's that'll help.

[steely]

22. I felt a little uplifted yesterday when I saw a bunch of bumper

stickers - all for Kerry/Edwards while driving through Phila. And I saw a few more this morning on the way to work. What was nice about it was that it was unexpected, they all appeared new, and I didn't see any for *.

It actually picked me up (didn't even realize how down I was), and made me think that I should get one for the benefits of the rest of the Dem clan.

[charlyvi]

27. Actually, I saw a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on....

someone's care riding home from work---and I'm in Alabama. But, for some reason, it just made me feel so sad--as though we've lost our last best chance. Yikes!

[Deja Q]

29. I'll pledge allegience, but this quietly passed Doomsday thing is beyond

belief.

:scared:

[charlyvi]

34. Okay. In a way, I hate to ask but

what do you mean about "quietly passed Doomsday thing"?

[Deja Q]

40. You can find it anywhere except the M$M.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3652169.stm

http://www.google.com/search?q=doomsday+bill&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
A google search

A bit odd that the US M$M has nothing to say on the matter...

[48pan]

30. It's everybody's country and...

It's still way better than any other place I've been.

[charlyvi]

33. I hope so, but it's deteriorating rapidly.

When will it stop?

[48pan]

35. Everything goes in cycles...

We'll be back sooner or later. Let's hope it is sooner.

[charlyvi]

36. Yes. Real sooner.

I hope the fog will lift from their eyes before this country is doomed.

[shesemsmom]

37. I feel the same

I feel that it is out of our hands. I'm just watching it go down the crapper.:nuke: :scared: The only thing that keeps me going are thoughts of 2006. GOD HELP US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

38. I would help, but I don't recognize it either

Unfortunately, I don't see any way of wresting the self-destructiveness from the average person. They won't listen to reason to such an extent that they literally will deny things thet they know they are seeing. I am afraid that the present course will continue to get worse and this country will continue towards imperialism until it is forced to change by the rest of the world.