Some of us here on "DU" are Infected with "Atlas Syndrome."

[KoKo]

"The Weight of the WORLD ...RESTS ON OUR SHOULDERS"....and we are SOOOOO.......OVERBURDENED....that we (according to what Fox News Watchers here on DU Say}...Greaked out as Dems and TOO AFRAID TO ADMIT!

But...I ask...Is it "Fox News TOO AFRAID" or us "DEMS" in the end WHO ARE TOO AFRAID?

It would seem to be those on the "FOX end" that they are TOO AFRAID more than those on the DEM END! :shrug:

... just my humble opinion.

Link about "Atlas."


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ATLAS Syndrome

Dr Tim Cantopher, Consultant Psychiatrist at The Priory Hospital Woking, and one of the UK's leading experts on clinical depression, has diagnosed a condition which he has named the Atlas Syndrome.

Atlas Syndrome is a physical condition caused by too much stress. It's a 'blown fuse' which happens to people who are too strong in the face of adversity.

It has been named after the titan of Greek mythology who was forced by Zeus to support the world on his shoulders. Atlas Syndrome strikes men who are trying to 'work the unworkable', leaving victims feeling exhausted, anxious, unfulfilled and depressed.

It is a modern condition, caused by social and political changes affecting the role of men in society. They are struggling to excel as the perfect employee, friend, husband and father; while more and more are being overwhelmed by the weight of expectation. The syndrome affects men who are too good, too strong, capable and caring. While women are not immune to Atlas Syndrome, it is successful men who are at most risk.


http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:W7WIh07O2sAJ:www.prioryhealthcare.com/News/News-releases/Archive-news-releases/ATLAS-Syndrome+The+Atlas+Syndrome&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[JuniperLea]

1. Don't shrug!

I would be freaked out and afraid of anyone who calls him/herself a Dem but watches Faux Noose for anything other than shits and grins.

[Dr.Phool]

2. I've got Faux blocked out with parental controls.

It's great for when my parents come to visit.

[nealmhughes]

3. My TV service allows me to get all 4 networks at the base price. CNN for it also, along with

C-Span 1 and 2, but not FoxNews...but I get Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman 3 times a day, along with Mosaic and INN and the Deutsche Welle for the base price.
Gotta say something about Dish in the positive, if one can get Amy for basic, but Papa Bear costs extra...
Haven't seen a Fox "newscast" in years. Fox is good for getting Family Guy, Simpsons and that's about it.

[rug]

4. More like Sisyphus.

[KoKo]

7. Sisyphus...the one who keptPushing the Block of Stone against "Steep Hill?"

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:MlOORiw0eCAJ:www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sisyphus.html+Sisyphus&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Sisyphus
by Micha F. Lindemans
Sisyphus is the son of Aeolus (the king of Thessaly) and Enarete, and founder of Corinth. He instituted, among others, the Isthmian Games. According to tradition he was sly and evil and used to way-lay travelers and murder them. He betrayed the secrets of the gods and chained the god of death, Thanatos, so the deceased could not reach the underworld. Hades himself intervened and Sisyphus was severely punished.

In the realm of the dead, he is forced to roll a block of stone against a steep hill, which tumbles back down when he reaches the top. Then the whole process starts again, lasting all eternity. His punishment was depicted on many Greek vases. He is represented as a naked man, or wearing a fur over his shoulders, pushing a boulder.

According to some sources, Sisyphus was the father of Odysseus by Anticlea, before she married Laertus. They also mention Theseus as the hero who freed the country of Sisyphus.

more.......
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:MlOORiw0eCAJ:www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sisyphus.html+Sisyphus&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[rug]

18. That' the one.

Thanks for the info. I didn't know what the punishment was for.

[razors edge]

5. Fear

is the only product Faux Noise has for sale.

Once the public has a bellyfull it will become an oversupplied commodity with no value and few takers at any price.

[KoKo]

9. Where IS the FEAR ...their Audience believes in Armaggdon?

I thought their faces were upturned to "Accept the RAPTURE?"

Did I read them wrong? Did they think the "Suffering of REVELATIONS" would be Restricted to only Democrats? :eyes:

[razors edge]

10. The fear that

God would know, deep down inside, they were jealous of Ted Haggard and Mark Foley.

[KoKo]

11. That GOD would go into our hearts is a worry with most "Religious" but it seems

that the Fundies never worry about "God" going into THEIR UNDERWEAR DRAWER TO SNIFF AND PROD ABOUT in THEIR SECRETS!

[razors edge]

12. Maybe its a trade-off

then, they won't worry about God in their shorts, as long as they can legislate Falwell into ours.

[KoKo]

13. Well ...Underwear Sniffers and Falwell sort of fit into same Mold in

my Episcopalian Heritage...but then ...we have always had to overcome the SPLIT WITH ROME..under Henry VIII'th. :shrug:

[razors edge]

14. As a non-believer,

I can still appreciate the covering of that split with hard work and determination to fill the gap left from many years of seperation.

[KoKo]

15. You know I've been accused of being a Secularist Practitioner of Religion

Just like Globiliztion of our Money...what if we could look at ALL the Worlds Religions as just a "Collective Belief" in Prophets who tried to DO GOOD and put a "code of ethics in place" that captured the minds of generations of followers.

Simplistically: Buddah, Mohammed, Jesus, Jews (Old Testament) and the various factions and sects that broke off from the world's major religious Prophets?

Weren't they all..in essense teaching some form of Ethical Behavior...or...the "Golden Rule?" "Do Unto Others as You Would Have them Do Unto You?"

The problem is that "Golden Rule" transferred into Modern Global Economics falls FLAT ON FACE!

Because CROOKS AND LIARS might have VERY DIFFERENT RULES about what's ACCEPTABLE to "DO UNTO OTHERS."

That's the PROBLEM....:shrug:

[razors edge]

16. I'll buy that,

I was baptized, of my own accord, as a young boy. Many years of feeling like Jackson Brown in the doctors office have left me pretty much neutral on the subject.

A singular control has descended on this planet and gained a foothold no free man can reclaim in the form of global economics with the foot soldiers of corporations.

Depressing as hell, but since the media refuses to educate the masses, we must continue to do so individually, as we all here do in our own way.

I have appreciated reading your comments here since 2002, and even though my libertarian leanings on individual freedoms conflict with the sometimes herd mentality here, I wouldn't want to continue the fight without you guys.

DU rocks.

[KoKo]

17. Thanks...it's all we can hope for...small changes and communion of Ideas...

hopefully it all will come together someday out there in the Ethernet. :shrug:

[razors edge]

6. delete

wrong thread

[Bluebear]

8. 'Greaked out as Dems'??

[TheBaldyMan]

19. I think it should be called Sysiphus syndrome

the king who was doomed in Hades to contantly roll a rock uphill. Or was i Tantalus? I forget.

Maybe that was why Bill O'Reilly was whining about being bullied by all those women who have it so easy. After all: "The syndrome affects men who are too good, too strong, capable and caring." :sarcasm:

[KoKo]

20. I always wondered WHY American Schools gave up the Greek Classics

as a read...but then..I can also understand why folks would want to GIVE IT ALL UP and go with the Video Games.

It's kind of a Relief and Escape from the EVIL GOING ON...

Who am I to judge what's important for Parents today...:shrug: