Man, things can sure turn to shit in a hurry, huh?

[Stinky The Clown]

The Haitian earthquake with an unimaginable death toll and an incalculable casualty count.

The loss of Ted Kennedy's seat.

In part as a result of the loss of Ted Kennedy's seat, it now appears our health care reform will be a small box of assorted bandaids and a sample pack of aspirin for each American household ..... or something very close to that.

The Supremes giving greater rights to corporations than to people. Soon enough our politicians will be wearing suits with sponsor logos on them. We the People will be wearing barrels held up by suspenders, with the barrel rims at our otherwise exposed nipples. The one tiny chicken in the pot will be expected to serve the entire neighborhood.

What's next?

[YOY]

1. You forgot the death of Air America.

FWIW.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Geeze. Whu' Happened? I never got the memo.

But if Lionel is unemployed, I'm happy.

[YOY]

13. Chapter 11

You mean Montel?

[Stinky The Clown]

23. Nope. I meant Lionel.

This fucking moron .....

[madinmaryland]

14. Chapter 7. They went off the air at 6:00pm tonight.

Heard it on NPR at 5:30. Considering their lineup here, other than Rachel Maddow for an hour or two, is the only one I actually listened to occasionally. Unfortunately, she was up against the Kojo Nnamdi show on WAMU at noon, which I normally listened to.

Oh well.

[Ignis]

26. I keep forgetting.

Jeez, what a day. Hang in there, YOY. :toast:

[YOY]

30. This has been an ultrasucky week Ignis.

n/t

[liberalmuse]

2. I like to call it 'fertilizer'...

something good is bound to grow out of all this.

[gmoney]

31. With all this shit, there's got to be a pony in here somewhere...

Not that I always believe it, but that's an expression my father uses from time to time...

[Terra Alta]

3. and it's only January.

2010 is going to be one loooong year...

I'm really dreading November. :(

[Earth_First]

4. Bill Moyers gone... n/t

[monmouth]

6. I wish Canada wasn't so cold....n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Vancouver

Very nice weather there.

[Edweird]

12. Let's not go overboard. "Very nice"? If you're from Buffalo.

Compared to Florida? Not so much.

[krabigirl]

18. I'm from socal, and I vastly prefer Vancouver weather. :) Then again, I hate the heat.

[Edweird]

24. I LOVE the heat and despise the cold. (Why I'm in South Florida) However, I may

need to learn to cope. Besides, if I could live anywhere, I think Vancouver would be my first choice. I'm a hardcore mountain bike idiot and the lure of the North Shore and Whistler makes my decision to emigrate so much easier. Add to that the health care system and society in general, and that makes it a no-brainer.

The bad news is that my job keeps me outside. Especially in bad weather. I keep the lights on, and power lines don't come down in nice weather. It's always a hurricane or an ice storm or what-have-you.

[Edweird]

10. Me too, but I think I'm gonna learn to cope. Vancouver isn't so bad....

[ClayZ]

19. The Republic of Cascadia

http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/

[Edweird]

25. Only if the Conch Republic is a territory.

http://www.conchrepublic.com/

Cuba accepts Conch Republic passports, LOL.

[Edweird]

7. Next up: A 'comission on entitlements'. Kiss social security goodbye.

[lunatica]

9. The Supremes just killed this country. It's Corporate Idiocracy now

[laughingliberal]

11. Hmmm, what's next? I got it! Entitlement Reform!

Complements of our new independent commission on the deficit.

[The empressof all]

15. Yeah Stink, it seems we're slipping into Bizarro world big time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEmaj9C6ko&feature=related

In my never ending search for meaning Here's my video for the day!

[Ignis]

28. Superb.

I like BoC, but hadn't seen this video. Thanks! :hi:

[zbiker]

16. unfortunately we have mostly ourselves to blame

we had a year to really polish the apple and make our party shine, instead we got the idea we could do as we pleased and pushed to hard, did some very dirty deals,turned progressive into a dirty word and pissed off the independent folks everywhere with our shenanigans.
we haft to keep in mind that what we perceive as good and great in reality may hurt others, the party line is not all it's cracked up to be sometimes.

[Spike89]

17. Seriously?

Who are you trying to fool? Progressive is not a dirty word and where exactly did you see progressive party lines pushed too far? What "shenanigans" could you possibly be referring too?

If anything, people are disappointed that we did so little this year and fought so half-heartedly for progressive change.

[rhiannon55]

20. "...we got the idea we could do as we pleased and pushed to hard..."

Are you fucking serious? President Obama compromised too much and didn't push hard enough! But no matter how much he compromised, he continued to be blocked by idiot republicans at every turn.

You are probably intimately acquainted with idiot republicans. You know, the ones who live in bizarro world and think Obama is an "evil socialist" who wants to take away our guns, money, and freedom. Are you sure you're in the right place? DU didn't get THOSE talking points.

[rucky]

22. Can you give an example?

ya lost me.

[HughBeaumont]

21. I'm thinkiiiiiiiiiing . ..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7364403

OH, the Oligarch Bastard Fuckorama will be fighting this one tooth and nail. They got the momentum now.

Honestly, he shouldn't have allowed them to expire . . . he should have done away with them PRONTO. This "empire" is 12 trillion in debt. Time to start sacrificing for the greater good. It's been on OUR backs FAR too long.

[santamargarita]

27. If we don't force new legislation quick it will be over

n/t

[Gregorian]

29. The price tag.

$14 trillion.

[a kennedy]

32. I'm just worn out......mentally from it all, from thinking about it all, I'm just worn out

:cry: