So, What is pissing you off tonight?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Mine, since it is 4th of July...

That as long as I live, I will be from a country where the last president
invented a fake war where hundreds of thousands of people died...AND..
he and his VP are resting comfortably somewhere, sipping on something.

We are not on top in so many things, too many to mention. These we
can change. But, we can never change that we started a fake war.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Lee Greenwood

Can't stand that shit.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. At least I know I'm free. Wonder how many

countries are not free today. North Korea, Cuba, China

[a la izquierda]

65. I said to my husband...

Are English people not free? Canadians? Danes?
I hate that damn song.

[Uncle Joe]

75. And yet we have more of our citizens in prison than any of those three nations and possibly

more than all three of them put together.

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/china/TUTSHGNVMTLVGK6RF

US Has 5% Of Worlds Population Yet 25% of World Prison

"The U.S. corrections system has gone through an unprecedented expansion during the last few decades with a more than 400% jump in the prison population and a corresponding boom in the prison construction. At the end of 2008, 2.3 million adults were in state, local, or federal custody, with another $5.1 million on probation or parole...Globally, the United States has 5% of the world's population but 25% of its prisoners."

What's fueled the growth, the report says, is "tough drug enforcement, stringent sentencing laws, and high rates of recidivism."

(snip)

The U.S. prison industry now directly employs about 777,000 people and the Labor Department expects the prison labor market to grow 9% by 2018, accompanied by a projected 16% increase in the number of parole and probation officers. "By comparison, there were 880,000 workers employed in the entire U.S. auto manufacturing sector."

Of course, there's a host of moral and social dilemmas created by high rates of imprisonment -- "increased income inequality and more concentrated poverty" and "the fact that African Americans and Hispanics are far more likely than whites to be incarcerated," for starters.

[NYC_SKP]

45. I predict that your posting privileges may soon be revoked!!!!!

I'm psychic!

[Amaril]

72. You are GOOD!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=286242

[rufus dog]

58. PROUD TO BE AN 'MERICAN CUZ AT LEAST I KNOW MY NAME!

Right up there with Seasons in the Sun and We built this City as most Annoying songs every pushed on the American Public.

[LibDemAlways]

62. You and me both. It was inflicted on me tonight during the

fireworks at Dodger Stadium. I booed - loudly.

[jorno67]

74. A local theatre company did a Memorial day tribute (on Memorial day)

and the audience stood when they played that stupid song. They stood for the National anthem, God Bless America, and Lee greenwoods money maker.
If you listen to the words of the song and believe that everyone who loves it embraces the lyrics, one has to wonder what all these damn Tea Baggers are complaining about! "At least they know they're free"....Right?

[BeyondGeography]

76. Happy Birthday, Unhappy Land of the Lost

"At least...," that is the genius of Lee Greenwood. He sucks in all those folks who fear they have no path to happiness other than this bogus form of superiority that he says they have.

The flip side is the confused rage of the "keep your government hands off my Medicare" teabagger crowd. They're supposed to be angry, right? Someone told them...

[Archae]

2. I'm hot and miserable.

Yes I do have an A/C.

But it's too small.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. $20,000.00

Spent on a 4th of July Parade out of a budget that cannot afford it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. You personally ??

[MrMickeysMom]

27. Oh, goodness, no...

Our local govt.

[demwing]

5. Just stuck my speakers out the window and blasted

the Team America theme song.

Fuck Yeah.

Bigotry pisses me off, whether it comes wrapped in patriotism, intellectualism, nationalism, atheism or theism. I am prejudiced against bigots.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. too cool for school

[demwing]

9. That's not usually a compliment

but fuck it. Happy 1st Amendment

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. that's how cool I am, didn't know that meant you weren't cool. ! you ARE cool ! :>) nt

[wendylaroux]

13. The song my son played me also!!

Catchy little tune.

[Tsiyu]

34. Ha! My daughter called and left it as a message

"America! Fuck Yeah!"

[demwing]

8. We can never change what we did, but we can change what we do

Further, I believe in karma. The wheel will turn, and those that caused grief, will experience grief.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. me too...but it had better start turning pretty quick for Cheney nt

[demwing]

12. Cheney's heart problems

are karmic to a Shakespearean degree.

[longship]

54. Or possibly Homeric?

[demwing]

60. The ruthless sonofabitch without a heart

gets a heart transplant? You know he'll die from heart related issues at some point.

That's some Shakespearean shit.

[dtom67]

71. Riiiight.....

I like the way they pretended that Cheney actually waited on a donor list. He probably took the heart of the guy he shot in the face. The next day , that guy probably forgave him.

[demwing]

77. The Chainy Monster

sneaks into your room at nigh, wrapped in chains like the ghost of Jacob Marley, determined to steal your heart....

[coalition_unwilling]

33. Karma is a useful belief system to explain why the evil prosper while the good suffer, at

least in this incarnation.

Doesn't mean it's true though. Still one can hope.

Me, I hope to reincarnate as a flea so I can bite some rich prick like Romney in the ass.

[demwing]

51. Karma is just how Hindus and Buddhists describe

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Newton's Third Law of Motion as it applies to life

[ScottLand]

11. I'm pissed about the fact that I have two daughters, one just turned sixteen, who don't know

or remember what it's like to live in a country that's not making war. We've been at war most or all of their lives. The neocons like to bitch about the legacy we're leaving our children. Maybe they should think about how abhorrent it is that we're creating a generation of people that think making war is a normal way to deal with other countries.

[shanti]

24. all war, all the time

that's the neocon anthem. PNAC-never forget...they haven't, it's just been renamed.

[randome]

14. Climate change.

I think we've run out of time.

[MannyGoldstein]

15. Boston fireworks delayed 20 min for rain

Shallow, sorry. I'll be deep tomorrow...

[waddirum]

42. I'm jealous of your rain

I do my own made-up rain dance and chant.

[MannyGoldstein]

50. Thanks for improving my perspective

And they didn't delay the fireworks after all.

I'm a fortunate guy.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. The neighbor's fucking artillery. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

25. Same here. Still at it at 11:30...

So much for the noise laws. At least it's not set to "Proud to Be an Amercan" and all that other pseudopatriotic schlock, like the NYC fireworks show.

[crunch60]

59. same here, scaring all the animals, my neighbors sweet, sick kitty, is sleeping under my bed,

because they don't care about him. I'll have to spend some of my long saved for vacation money to take him to the vet tomorrow, or he will die. I am really pissed off at them.

[coalition_unwilling]

64. Aww! My wife and I send hugs and kisses to your neighbor's kitty. Hope he

feels better and that the barrage stops soon.

[MineralMan]

80. The St. Paul PD made a public announcement on TV and radio,

telling people not to call 911 about illegal fireworks. They said they wouldn't be showing up, since they were all working on the extra DUI enforcement.

Nothing new. They've never shown up for illegal fireworks. I think they don't want to deal with drunken homeowners shooting professional grade fireworks on the 4th. Too dangerous for the cops, I think.

And so, the usual war zone sounds continued until about 1 A.M. last night. I go out and watch for fire dangers at my house and neighbors' houses. I suppose the fire department would still show up if I called 911 about an actual fire.

[SoutherDem]

17. We have people who feel health care for all isn't an issue,

who's answer to all problems is give tax cuts to the wealth,
who blame the poor for problems they cause,
who feel a zygote has more rights than a woman,
who feel they should tell two men who love each other who they love is wrong,
Basically, Republicans.

[ladym55]

23. What SoutherDem just said

Yep, that covers it.

[femmocrat]

18. Only one thing... that it is time for bed and the yahoos are still shooting their damn fireworks.

They have been shooting them off for days. Non-stop all day except during the thunderstorm. I have a little dog who is too terrified to go outside to potty.

Enough already! The party is over. I'm tired and I want to go to sleep!

[distantearlywarning]

19. It's fucking hot and humid.

Supposed to be even worse tomorrow, and worst of all on Friday. Blech.

[turtlerescue1]

20. This heat, that just goes on and on and on!

Boy I can't wait for July and August, how about you?

AND: that there is no Honor and Respect in America for Americans, or any one, or anything for that matter. Worse, can't find much to honor or respect.

AND: that Union busting pretty well left the Middle Class DOA.

AND: that Mitters, ah I can't say anything kind, so guess I can't say anything eh?

AND Insurance Companies and Banksters and Super PACS and frakking and the Strait of Hormuz and Iran, Iraq and The Murders by Assad. And the denial of climate change.

I'ld be up another two hours getting it all in writing... And that really p------ me off!

AND the Corps of Engineers!

Okay, I'm pouring a glass of wine...

[Arctic Dave]

22. I just had a kick ass banana split.

Fuck yeah!

[Ellipsis]

26. Mitch Mconnell.

I can't believe the shit that comes out of that mans mouth.

[Amonester]

36. It's not a mans mouth.

It's a blood-sucker's mouth.

And I mean it litterally.

[Initech]

29. That piece of shit teabagger Joe Walsh mocking an amputee war veteran.

[coalition_unwilling]

35. +1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely

needed saying. What really pisses me off is that not one Repig of any national stature chastised Walsh. IMO, their silence makes them complicit with Walsh's beliefs. I shall have no pity for them or their offspring if fate ever calls for it. The sins of the fathers and all that . . .

[Initech]

70. Remember that during the debates - this is the same party that:

- Asked moronic governor Rick Perry to name three government agencies he would cut - and education was the first one named.

- Booed an openly gay soldier

- Cheered "let him die" when asked about how to treat terminally ill people who couldn't afford health insurance

Their silence on Walsh's psychotic behavior doesn't surprise me at all. In fact they're probably cheering him on. The fact that these sick fucks - a byproduct of the Fox fear machine - have any influence at all - is downright scary.

[Angry Dragon]

30. I am pissed off thinking about all the republican traitors

that are in elected office

[young_at_heart]

31. Exactly what you said plus Patrick Fitzgerald

I just can't let this go----a major disappointment that these creatures got away with this and are NOT going to be prosecuted.

[progressivebydesign]

32. Romney's Bermuda Corporation...

that's pissing me off. That jerkwad has hundreds of millions stashed all over the world, with none of it going to help his fellow Americans. Pisses me off... They want to make it easier for guys like that to avoid paying their fair share, as the regular folks fight for the crumbs left over.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

68. how is it that the Bermudian assets are "legal" and not reportable? I mean, how do they

decide where it's ok to hide money vs. where it is not ok?

I agree...add this to the list of funky stuff..hoping the press will not forget about

[Warpy]

37. My least favorite holiday

i wish the country would grow up enough to realize that any holiday that combines alcohol + explosives + severe drought needs to be rethought.

[nc4bo]

38. News comment on the storms that broke the power lines in the NE.

The comment was why are powerlines above ground where they are vulnerable to severe weather conditions.

The answer was that it would be too expensive. And then I think about all the damn money spent on failed banks, political campaigns and advertisements, disgusting wars and figure compared to all that insane waste of money, it really wouldn't be as nearly as expensive as anyone thought - if only our priorities were in the right places.

And then I got mad as hell.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

39. Another pending wage-lowering, let's-send-more-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free-trade" agreement.

That, and the fact that there are openly admitted war criminals walking around free, rich, and happy with de facto immunity.

[ellie]

40. The AC unit

in my apartment is working and it has been in the mid to low 90s here for weeks. I am miserable and worried about the cats. I used to own a house and when I moved to an apartment, everyone said how great it was that I didn't have to worry about repairs anymore. Well, I still have to worry about repairs, repairs that aren't being made.

[patrice]

41. Agreed. & Now we're trying to pretend like all of that never happened.

[Solly Mack]

47. Yep.

[Tx4obama]

44. Joe Walsh (R-IL)

I'm still furious about what he said and the fact that the will not apologize and the fact that he has not resigned yet.


EXCLUSIVE: Vets condemn Walsh (R-IL) for attacking double amputee’s military service, calls for resignation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101634152

and

Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) Blasts Double Amputee’s Military Service, Says She’s Not A ‘True Hero’
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510443/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth-service/

[Speck Tater]

46. My pineapple upside down cake collapsed in the middle.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

[longship]

57. But did it collapse from the top down or the other way?

I don't think humankind was meant to be able to resolve these questions. I think if you published a paper on upside down cake collapses it could get you a Nobel prize, or maybe an Ig Nobel prize. Either one would be noteworthy.


Now my brain hurts. I think I'll have a martini.

[AJTheMan]

48. Whats pissing me off? Well, that my Republican Congressman still does not have a (D) challenger

John Fleming, who has said his family barely scrapes by on $400,000 a year, still does not have a single Democratic opponent trying to unseat him. I mean, we've got four months until the November election. The deadline to register a candidate is fast approaching. I'm pissed because I feel like the Louisiana Democratic Party is in shambles. We didn't field any real candidates last year and this year is looking even more bleak. I'm pissed that we have another three to four years left with our Governor, Bobby Jindal.

[demwing]

53. Why don't you run?

The worst that could happen is that you lose

[AJTheMan]

79. In my state, you have to be 25 years old to run for congress. nt

[demwing]

81. Gotcha. That sucks.

I'd run, but I'm not candidate material, and it would only make the party look bad.Too many skeletons in my closet...

[BeHereNow]

49. I don't understand how anyone can be celebrating Independence Day...

When we have never been so captive under TPTB.

That pisses me off.

It just confirms how ignorant the citizenry of this country is and
wrenches all hope from my heart that it will ever change in my lifetime.

BHN

[demwing]

55. I'm sorry, but we have been more captive

160 years ago, a good number of us were physically enslaved, we make progress every day.


Don't give in

[freshwest]

66. Yes! Before that, gladiatorial games, drawing and quartering, erc. Happy to be here.

And there's always been and will be a PTB. Although they are showing signs of being PTW. Powers that were...

They are screaming and thrashing about because it's TEOTWAWKI for them, but the rest of us will be okay.

[Aristus]

52. I'm with you on this one, Laura.

I'm a veteran, and an avid student of the history of World War II. There once was a time when military operations were given fairly innocuous, but sometimes still apropos code-names: "Operation Husky, Operation Torch, Neptune, Overlord", etc.

Now we feel the need to propagandize military code-names, as if we were some silly action movie.

Operation Just Cause.

Operation Enduring Freedom.

And of course, the one that will go down in history as an international example of pure bad faith: Operation Iraqi Freedom.

That's a joke; a sick, disgusting joke. And also, probably, the first time in history both sides used the same code name for the same conflict...

[Duer 157099]

56. It sounds like I'm in a fucking war zone

I fucking HATE these fucking fireworks!! My dog is going apeshit ballistic crazy.

FUCK! And these are not the "legal" ones, so these asssholes should be getting fucking in trouble by the police, but they don't.

[femmocrat]

69. Our asshat neighbors put on a huge sky show.

It lasts from dusk to whenever they run out of ammo. You would think the police could see it from miles away. I guess they are busy with more important matters on the Fourth.

Last night, they had some kind of motorized "launching" devise! It sounded like a tractor "putt-putt-putt" before the KA-BOOM!! I was seriously considering going over there and killing someone. It would have been justifiable homicide... or temporary insanity, or something.

My dogs were traumatized for days. Next year I am getting them tranquilizers... and some for me, too.

[Duer 157099]

73. I ended up giving my dog a good dose of diphenhydramine

benadryl. makes them sleepy.

The booming was still going on when I went to bed around 2am.

[longship]

61. What's nice tonight?

It's been fucking hot. I try to keep things cool by opening up at night and closing down during the day. It works here in rural Michigan. But we just had a wonderfully violent thunderstorm -- no tornadic activity. It rolled through quickly and made things tolerably cool. It's still in the freaking 80's at 2 AM. No AC here, so I depend on nature. Tomorrow I will put a fan in the stairwell to the cellar. It's always cool there.

But tonight I am loving the thunder boomers!

[Prophet 451]

63. The Tories

My other half tells me that the Tories have so screwed up the NHS that the old dear may have to start charging for some services. This is, of course, what the Tories have wanted from the beginning. Our governing party says we are in for a "decade of austerity", regardless of the fact that it hasn't worked, has never worked and can never work. By "austerity", what they mean is cutting off support from the poor and sick.

I'm one of the sick. I suffer from Major Depressive Disorder. Every day, I have to fight against an incredible urge to commit suicide. It's like the proverbial monkey on the back, never going away. As a way of coping with that, I frequently (every few days) self-harm (not the best coping mechanism, I know). At least once a week, I come within minutes of suicide. I also suffer from a wide array of other neuroses, some coming from my MDD (I am agoraphobic, for example), some not. In addition to that, my back and knees are so shot that I have to use crutches to stand or walk for more than a couple of minutes.

Here, there are two main disability benefits: ESA and DLA. ESA now has the harshest disability test in the world. It's on a points system and, for example, you get no points for not having hands if you can pick things up with your stumps. On top of that, the test is administered by a company known and proven to be, at best, utterly incompetent and incentivised to fail as many as possible. We are reassessed at least every year and suicides from the stress of this are not unknown. DLA used to have a saner test. Until the Tories decided they were going to scrap DLA, replace it with a new benefit called PIP and boot 20% off the rolls in the process. I'm aware, every moment of the day, how precarious my continued life is, how dependent I am on how much of a prick the Tories decide to be today.

And our PM has plans to make the benefits regime even harsher. The minister in charge of this (Iain Duncan Smith, who once co-authored a paper with Rick Santorum) has said that it's a "sin" to be out of work and disabled people "fester" on benefits. The bastard scum Tories are actively trying to kill us off and I'm now of the opinion that assassination would be a justifiable response. They are dragging us back to Victorian notions of the undeserving poor. They and their toadies in the press have drummed up an atmosphere of outright hatred for anyone who claims benefits for any reason. And yes, this shit affects my mental health. I have to live with the constant worry that the Tories will decide to be cunts today and cut off what little money I get from the state. Oh, but they cut the taxes of the rich. Dropped them from 50% to 45%. Plenty of money for that.

So really, it's partly pissing me off and partly despair. But thanks for letting me vent.

[taterguy]

67. Juror #4

As usual

[dembotoz]

78. marched with the dems in a very hot parade this am

should not have marched
it was way too hot and i am way too old

did not make entire parade--dropped out about 100 yards short.

anyway had to do it because it is a very republican area and too many other dems had
already no showed.... it was down to 3 of us........

i am pissed off
-because i am getting old and it is getting noticable
-because of the catcalls and insults we got along the way from the facists
-because i could not finish the parade and was sick for the rest of the day--Better now
-because there were only a couple of us--there should have been more

[femmocrat]

82. Well, we appreciate you here at DU!

Thank you for what you did.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

83. The fact that yesterday both our daytime high and nighttime low

were hotter than those in Singapore, which is only 1° of latitude above the equator.