I am so sick of this shit

[graywarrior]

Every goddamn day there's some frigging catastrophic impending doomsday event about to occur. Potential terror attacks, bio-chemical agents left in malls, hurricanes, floods, now bird flu.

Jesus H. Christ...I am sick and tired of the media acting like death sniffers and rolling around in it like dogs in shit. Muthafucker, GIVE IT A REST!!!

MAN, I am PISSED off right now. They can manipulate a fucking vote, but they can't come up with alternative energy sources, they can't feed poor people, they can't rescue people from floods, they can't make sure everyone gets protection from viruses....WTF!

WTF WTF WTF
:wtf:

:nuke:

:rant:

[RagAss]

1. Yeh...I hear ya...I got his bird right over here......

[GreenPartyVoter]

I am burnt out on politics and news again. I poke my head in here and

the news sites a wee bit each day... but the craziness of the world is taking its toll again. x(

[NoSheep]

16. Go back and look at all those pics from DC. That'll make you feel better!

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Good idea. Time to bring back

the super thread. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4870788

[GreenArrow]

2. oldie but goodie

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

Mencken

[Greyhound]

3. But if they didn't keep everyone afraid of everything all the time

people might notice what's really going on. :banghead:

[Windy]

18. You hit the nail on the head!

While Avian Flu is a concern, its not something to flip out about. While preparations should be made, its not the end of the US and life as we know it at this stage, which is what Bush was making it out to be.

Diversionary tactics are the hallmark of this administration!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Ding-ding....

I do believe we have ourselves a winner!

[H2O Man]

4. I'm not sure.

I used to dance with wild abdomen, to use a great John line, at the though of indictments from the Plame/neocon spy scandals. But now the flu! Jeepers. Maybe we just better call off this Constitution business. It's dangerous. And now the flu! I think that General Bush needs to be given full control of the country, using the armed services. And Halliburton needs a blank check. The flu, you know! We can trust these gentlemen. The only option is sure death from the flu.

[boston bean]

5. You mean this bird flu?

[Berserker]

20. And this bird

[karlrschneider]

6. The solution to your dilemma is simple:

Become a wealthy republican and lose your conscience. See how easy it is?
:eyes:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

31. Sadly, yes.

At least, the whole "losing your conscience" part. Now, the becoming wealthy part, that's a bit more difficult these days... Hell, 'tis difficult even to stay in the game, never mind racing ahead.

It's like this has all been one long day, and you just want to nap, but you can't... There's no chance to get a do-over, so you have to get it right the first time... Behind the ball, and you can't take a break...the treadmill's running....

[linazelle]

7. It IS insane. I am with you 1000%. It's beyond sickening.

At least you have likeminded people who understand what you mean here.

:hug: :hi:

[BlueJac]

8. I am right there with you.........

The Bird Flu........where is the national security we have been promised? They spend all our money on nothing and leave the American public knee deep in problems that have not been address by the fools on the hill. The worthless mother fuckers all should go the fuck home and hang their empty little heads and feel ashamed for letting everyone in this country down...........

[Nitrogenica]

9. The cost of this bulls*** is what?...HOW MUCH MONEY!!!

so tired of it all

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. It's not that they can't DO, it's that it's not in their best interests to

DO. Manipulating the vote was in their best interests. See how that works? But I hear you, I'm pretty fed up, 5 years of bushit has done it for me.

[tridim]

11. The answer, my friend

is blowin' in the wind.

I can certainly feel it, things are going to change very soon and in a big way. Hang in there.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. Shit, I hope so.

I read INHERIT THE WIND today for the first time... Damn, what a fucking awesome play! So true, so true... go out and get it, if you haven't already!

[StopRoy]

12. Poor people and disaster prevention

Are not their priorities. Dollar bills are. Fear sells.

[newyawker99]

40. Hi StopRoy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. A lot of screaming ninnies here too.

A lot of hysterical nincompoops here too.

Remember how they said that martial law would be imposed for the White House peace march?

Remember how they said the military would impose martial law in Louisiana and Mississippi?

They never come back to say they were wrong (that I've seen). They go on to scream about yet more "impending" doomsday scenarios.

[StopRoy]

15. Yeah, everyone is vulnerable to hysteria

Things is, a lot of the warnings from our side *do* come true, but nobody else notices or cares.

[linazelle]

17. I think that most of the "ninnies" are trolls, really. n/t

[raccoon]

43. Thanks for reminding us of that, Nardo.

There's plenty to worry about, but even in this day and time, a lot of what we worry about never happens.

[RagingInMiami]

14. Don't stress out

Stress leaves your body more vulnerable to the Avian Flu.

[MissB]

19. Step away for a bit.

Turn off the tv at least. Ignore it for awhile. It won't go away, but sometimes one needs to recharge.

[Burried News]

22. They can only rule by fear. They have no program but power.

They have no substance. They have no real concern and they have no love. There is no need for them except for the need they manufacture.
You are not alone in feeling the way you do. We have spent a lifetime being manipulated.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. It's like Chinese legalism...

You don't need love to rule, only power.

One of the worst forms of government/philosophy, by far. Fucking sheep, all of those believers.

[driver8]

23. If they put the effort into doing something positive for this country

that they do in fucking everyone over, think of the things that could be accomplished! Health care, decent schools for our children, alternative energy sources, fuel efficient cars...

This is a pipe dream because none of the positive things make them any money or increase their power and hold over the American people.

Good original post, by the way.

[renie408]

24. The bad thing is that one of these days they are going to be telling the

truth. And no one is going to believe them.

They will be like the little boy who cried "Bird Flu."

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. Exactly.

"Uncle Sam! Uncle Sam! There's a flu coming!"

"Oh, don't give me that shit, Georgie. Go back outside and play with your model White House."

[graywarrior]

25. Thanks for all your supportive little ditties. It really helps...BUT

you don't realize how little bits of negative info just keeps adding layers into your brain and then all of a sudden it takes one "dementor" on tv talking about pandemics and I fucking lose it.

Christ, I remember going through Legionnaire's Disease in the 70's when EVERYbody was gonna D.I.E. and no one knew where it was coming from. How many of these things do we have to go through before people figure it out? We've been waiting for this bird flu since 2002 when they told us to put duct tape and plastic on our windows and doors.

If you die of bird flu, you were probably gonna die anyway. Take a friggin vitamin and shut the fuck up.

CNN=Death Sniffers, Limited.

[renie408]

27. I saw a show about this exact same thing once

They talked about how reporters have sort of screwed up people's idea of what they need to worry about. If I remember correctly, they had people watch X amount of hours of shows like Primetime, 20/20, etc. and then asked them to rate the threat of various events or problems.

They ranked wearing a seatbelt as less dangerous than leaving a can of paint beside a waterheater even though more people die in a single day from not wearing their seatbelts than would die in something like five years from fires started by leaving paint cans near water heaters.

In their desire to tell the untold story and knowing that icky things catch people's attention, they were 'exposing' ever more obscure problems like they were the biggest thing since...I dunno, something big.

Anyway, its like I bet there will never be another high school trip to Aruba. And I will also bet that only one girl has ever gone missing from there.

[democrank]

26. GW.....Forget all that stuff.

There`s only one thing to be concerned about from now `til the end of time.....Clinton`s penis.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. ROFL nt

[KoKo]

28. You said it! We are ALL SICK OF IT!

If it isn't DISASTER it's some Crap NEW LEGISLATION from the Bush Wingers.

Where is their Peace and Stability in our Government. We are supposed to be paying them to keep some kind of stability and deal witht he issues we all can't spend "24/7" On.

FIRE THEM....GET RID OF THEM! They can't even attempt to keep us safe from anything...so let 'em get the hell out! :nuke:

[tlsmith1963]

29. All Bush Wants to Do is Scare Us

So he can keep control. I'm sick of it, too. If we get rid of the neocons, watch all of these "scares" go away. And I will be celebrating once the neocons are gone. *A lot* of people will be celebrating. It will be nice to stop being frightened all the time.

Tammy

[Mr_Spock]

33. Leadership starts at the top.

This paranoid idiot in the WH feels MORE IMPORTANT when we are scared. Bill Clinton would be reassuring us now that he had everything under control and not to worry. Not the Chimp :(:(:(

[Straight Shooter]

34. I only entered this thread to see your duck taped.

I love your wigglin' duck. :D

[graywarrior]

38. Here.

He's pissed off, too, I might add.

[Straight Shooter]

39. Will you set him free when bush is impeached?

Please?

Two wiggling ducks. Must contain myself :)

[graywarrior]

42. Yes, I will set him free if Bush gets impeached

and shamed throught the entire universe.

[sendero]

41. Particularly in light...

.. of the fact that the biggest problem on this country's horizon, the economy, is being ignored.

[symbolman]

44. I feel a little more calmer now

been walking around the neighborhood strangling birds all morning just in case, no use taking any chances :)

Instead of a puppy in the WHite House let's send them all parakeets as our way of showing our appreciation for his killing and murdering just about anything set before him..

Remember when we had real Men who guarded us, took care of us as Americans, even a lot of the times NOT mentioning things that went wrong, just fixing them and letting us go about our lives feeling protected, someone's IN CHARGE.. Father Figure, etc.. Stoicism, Strength, Wit, a Deep Thinker, High Ideals sought instead of words on paper to be uttered like a third grade book report..

I remember those days, I remember MEN in the White House (and strong intelligent women too) and FEAR was something they SOLVED.

They will collapse under their own weight - THEY need adults to STOP them, if no one STOPS them, then they will screw up so bad that they take themselves out of the game..

of course there won't be much left, but we are smart and strong and all the things they are not and we can pull ourselves up and be happy the idiots fell down a well or something :)

There are ALWAYS bigger Bullies, and sometimes Bullies are BETTER than shitty little rich boys..

In Chicago we'd just take Bush out in the yard and kick the shit out of him until he wised up and learned some manners, but nowadays you look at someone funny and you get arrested for assault..

and in a way THAT is how we get people like HIM in the WHite House.

Real men knock each other down, and it's a lesson learned - a lot of people don't understand that now, how that was - or the playfulness and insults for fun, that's all gone now..

or Republicans and Democrats having barbques together and no one felt the need to strangle the other if they disagreed, it was their right, no biggie..

silly scared world today.

[graywarrior]

45. Right on.

There's a bunch of dementors in the White House, sucking the joy of life out of an entire universe. They're like hall monitors at a catholic grammar school.

Rove looks like a walking corpse, like he gets dug up on a daily basis but forgets to brush the ashes and dirt out of his dead, lifeless patch of hair. Cheney's like a cancerous tumor that you can't get rid of, and Rummy's the tooth abcess that throbs like a muthafucker day & night. There's just no excaping the vaccum into the dead, black hole that swirls around them like a fucking tornado.

Add the media and, jesus, I'm out buying razors blades.