"Time" has accelerated mightily here in the last few days, has it not, my friends?

[Leghorn21]

We've been scrambling and losing sleep and feeling whacked out for ages and ages now, but the worm appears to have turned, and holy shit. Yesterday was the BEST and WORST day of my life, in less than 24 hours. I woke up this morning just fried, desolate, inconsolable -

Cray as fuck, man. BUT, this is somewhat (or, extremely?) planned out, this rampant chaos and SHOCK, and I am just here to say, goddamit, hang tough/rock steady/keep the faith, my friends. I love you all, and I need you to ride this out with me - !!!

Your fellow American,
Sandy

[Chasstev365]

1. That was a rough 24 hours. Reminds me of last November;

As a life long Chicago Cubs fan, they FINALLY won the World Series and then less than a week later, the Orange Menace stolen the election.

The highest high to the lowest low!

[Leghorn21]

2. Check and double check, Chasstev!! I've never watched baseball for more than 3 minutes in

my entire life, but stumbled into, what, Game 4 or 5 last year? And instantly adored those Cubs, and got completely caught up in the glory of it all, and that was absolutely the last mental/emotional "break" I've had since. No lie! (thoroughly enjoyed the playoffs this year, of course!)

Appreciate your reply here, and by damn, we're gonna ride this wave like a boss, eh, 'cause that's just how we do!!!

[Takket]

6. funny you say that because.......

I'm a Red Sox fan, and October 27th 2004 was one of the best days of MY life. The Red Sox finally won it all, and a week later we were going to boot shrub out of office.

Not only did Kerry "lose" (debatable) but when i got home from work/voting, i found my wife and daughter in tears............. my wife's grandmother died that day. Horrible day that was

[murielm99]

20. I know exactly what you mean.

I still feel gobsmacked by the Cubs win.

But if I had to choose? I would take another Cubs' loss over 45's "win."

[BigmanPigman]

3. I read an article in The Week today about the stress

Americans are now feeling since the moron became the fake prez. It is short and made me feel a little less awful.
http://theweek.com/print/849/56261/article

[Leghorn21]

7. Thank you, Bigman, but one needs an account to read this - ?

Thank you, though!

[BigmanPigman]

10. That's odd. I just tapped the link and the article came up

for me. I do not know tech stuff well enough to explain this.

[Leghorn21]

12. Praise be, someone besides me ain't big on that "tech stuff"!

But thank you anyway, Pigman!

[Caliman73]

4. A couple of things to put it in perspective.

The Republican tax plan, while continuing in motion, is not done yet, so there is still some hope and a little time to stop it. The Mueller investigation however, seems to be closing in. Trump I believe, will become more erratic and make more and bigger mistakes as the investigation proceeds.

We do need to keep pushing and keep our heads here. Put pressure on our politicians to hold firm, and on the Republicans where we can to shame them and call them out.

[Leghorn21]

8. Agreed, totally, 73...some days, some of us "push" better than others, but hey, humans

gonna human!

Thank you!!!

[Caliman73]

31. no doubt! We all have our days

Here is how I try to break out of it. I tell myself, "Time is going to keep going and things are going to keep happening, I can lay here in bed or I can go out there and do something to try and better the situation because time will just keep moving forward."

Most times it works, sometimes you just need a day in bed with the covers pulled over your head.

[RandomAccess]

5. Yeah. I woke up a tad bit depressed, got momentarily elated

and ended the day very depressed. Even more so today.

[Leghorn21]

11. It's exhausting af, huh, Random? This is all so real it's become surreal x100000 - plus this frickin

time-warp element now, DAMN.

Thank you for your reply, and please breathe deep and hang tough, my friend!

[RandomAccess]

29. Good advice. Thanks.

I have to admit -- this morning was no better. Worse maybe since I spent so much of the night rehearsing my phone all to my 2 senators, which included the words, "I'll see you in hell."

[Pachamama]

9. The last year I have been drinking to drown my sorrows....the last 36 hours I have been drinking for

...Joy and feeling hope and celebrating....

Its been a crazy year....

[Leghorn21]

13. Hey, give your liver a hug for me, P, and keep on truckin, you!!

[Pachamama]

15. My liver thankfully is still strong....

But I don't know if it can take 3 more years of this....otherwise I will be a resident of Betty Ford Clinic...

Thanks for the hug...

[murielm99]

21. Yep.

Me and Captain Morgan have developed a beautiful friendship over the last year.

I have never been like this. The occasional glass of Merlot was about all I ever had.

The Captain dulls the pain.

[pnwmom]

14. I know. It was an insane day, wasn't it? A roller coaster of a day. n/t

[Leghorn21]

16. Hi, mom! It appears that this roller coaster ride will only get more twisty, gut-wrenching, not to

mention, nauseating, as each day unfolds, but by damn, we shall rise, time and again.

Mom, do we love this country or what?

Oh hells yeah. Peace, my friend, and rest up when you can!

[pnwmom]

18. We do love this country and we're not going to let it stay down.

Peace to you, Leghorn21!

[gordianot]

17. The GOP tax plan should provide political fodder for the next decade for the Democratic Party.

If Democrats are unable to articulate this into an eventual GOP extinction event the GOP should not be the only ones facing a political demise. All starting in one day all the eggs in one basket.

[FakeNoose]

19. Love those words!

"Eventual GOP extinction event!"

I've been posting in DU that this should bring about the end of the GOP and not many are agreeing with me.
This disastrous non-tax-cut non-reform bill, this is all they got and it absolutely sucks.
Now we know the truth - they've got nothing!

The GOP can't even write a bill, they have to get their lobbyists to write it. Are you f-ing kidding me?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

22. When the going gets tough,

the tough get going.

[blue-wave]

26. Your comment and this discussion

reminded me of Bluto's speech in Animal House. No offense intended to anyone, I just hope it will give everyone a laugh and a pick-me-up.

[volstork]

23. Thanks for the pep talk!

We are all in this together, and together, we can do amazing things. We will NOT let this country sink into the swamp.

[world wide wally]

24. Look folks...

All he's done is steal an election with the help of Russia, alienate all of our allies, made us the laughing stock of the world, not shared his tax returns, lied through his teeth about everything, and is about to destroy our health care, our economy, and our democracy.

[L. Coyote]

25. I'm loving this new Time.

[Cracklin Charlie]

27. The pace does seem to be quickening.

I sometimes like to imagine what it must be like inside the White House. The very air itself must reek of stress and panic.

The grand old place will need a thorough cleaning. Hopefully, soon.

[onetexan]

28. As Foghorn Leghorn would say in a deep southern drawl

Why YEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

[dalton99a]

30. The president will not rest until the work is done