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151. Yep... My sons and I moved in with my Gram and Dad two months ago.
So far we haven't killed each other.. quite the opposite actually. :)
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  -Is this what's if fucking come down to?? (warning: RANT RANT!) jojo54  Jun-18-08 09:38 AM   #0 
  - A rant that speaks to and about most of us these days. Well said.  BrklynLib at work   Jun-18-08 09:40 AM   #1 
  - it ain't trickle down it is PISSED ON!  leftchick   Jun-18-08 09:42 AM   #2 
  - Laughing my fucking ass off!!!  jojo54   Jun-18-08 09:56 AM   #14 
  - That warm wet feeling on the back of your neck  formercia   Jun-18-08 10:03 AM   #21 
  - Pissing on the little people. Taxes are only for the little people, too.  Blue State Native   Jun-18-08 10:13 AM   #26 
  - Indeed. Or rather than eat them, haul them bodily out of their frickin'  kestrel91316   Jun-18-08 12:41 PM   #56 
     - Does UAV stand for "Un-necessary Asshole Vehicle"?  EnviroBat   Jun-19-08 08:51 AM   #156 
  - Tell W  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:20 AM   #126 
  - Supply side economics  rambler_american   Jun-19-08 04:55 AM   #136 
  - By my way of thinking, more of this sort of thing needs to happen on regular basis.  aikoaiko   Jun-18-08 09:43 AM   #3 
  - That's the nuttiest thing I've read in a long time  Warpy   Jun-18-08 09:45 AM   #6 
  - lol!  leftchick   Jun-18-08 09:57 AM   #15 
  - Well of course it was often a pain in the ass, but so are most things that are good in the long run  aikoaiko   Jun-18-08 10:26 AM   #34 
  - hey, i love my dad, but to live with him would be hell!!  ejpoeta   Jun-18-08 11:40 AM   #48 
  - My mom lived with us  Mz Pip   Jun-18-08 04:55 PM   #90 
     - Do you prefer ambulatory nursing homes? Its sad that even liberals view grandma flats as undesirable  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 08:59 PM   #110 
     - No, not at all  Mz Pip   Jun-18-08 10:16 PM   #118 
     - I completely agree -- extended families in one home is often not idyllic  aikoaiko   Jun-19-08 03:33 PM   #168 
  - The Better to Sell More Furniture With, My Darling  Crisco   Jun-18-08 11:02 AM   #44 
  - Cheap energy that allowed everyone to be a king or queen  NoMoreMyths   Jun-18-08 11:09 AM   #45 
  - It was annihilated on purpose  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 12:27 PM   #51 
     - If it had worked that way  Warpy   Jun-18-08 01:32 PM   #63 
     - And this atomized life  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 05:24 PM   #94 
     - Most Americans are willing  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 09:06 PM   #113 
     - What do you mean "we", white man?  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 09:01 PM   #111 
     - Correct. They used to write papers about breaking up poor neighborhoods of the old cities  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 09:04 PM   #112 
        - for young people as well  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:26 AM   #127 
  - Not if it's forced to happen by economic circumstances  Merlot   Jun-18-08 10:14 AM   #27 
  - Maybe, Maybe not  aikoaiko   Jun-18-08 10:29 AM   #36 
  - Thank you  Carni   Jun-18-08 01:57 PM   #65 
  - I agree.  baby_mouse   Jun-18-08 12:48 PM   #58 
  - Old people should move into a home to preserve their children's independence.  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 09:13 PM   #114 
     - I am GLAD you included that sarcasm tag. NT  baby_mouse   Jun-19-08 02:33 PM   #167 
  - Oh Christ...do YOU live in such a situation?  Carni   Jun-18-08 01:55 PM   #64 
  - Others in my family have been forced to move home when I was still living home  aikoaiko   Jun-18-08 03:36 PM   #77 
  - Disagree. How many people would want to live with their inlaws? nt  raccoon   Jun-18-08 02:29 PM   #71 
  - I would be ok with it because the benefits outweigh the negatives  aikoaiko   Jun-18-08 03:37 PM   #78 
  - Well, what's OK with you  pipi_k   Jun-19-08 09:04 AM   #158 
     - Did the OP say anything about child abusers? No.  aikoaiko   Jun-19-08 07:33 PM   #171 
  - No kidding  MountainLaurel   Jun-18-08 03:39 PM   #79 
  - And I would take a bullet  junofeb   Jun-19-08 08:23 AM   #154 
  - My ex and I lived with my mom  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 04:28 PM   #85 
  - You SO get it, Panther  Journalgrrl   Jun-19-08 01:56 AM   #124 
  - That is an Anglo-Protestant meme invented by the "Progressive Efficiency Experts" & ad-men  Leopolds Ghost   Jun-18-08 09:14 PM   #115 
  - I could, no problem  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:30 AM   #128 
     - You are totally lucky-- I would love a 5 week vacation!  Marrah_G   Jun-20-08 09:18 AM   #186 
  - Seriously? Can I send you my MIL? I'm sure not going to live in the same house as that woman.  TBF   Jun-18-08 04:20 PM   #83 
  - Yikes! Couldn't imagine living with my in-laws. I'd rather die, lol.  krabigirl   Jun-18-08 05:31 PM   #95 
  - There I agree with you. I am old enough to have lived in multiple family  jwirr   Jun-19-08 09:54 AM   #163 
  - Sing it, sister  MountainLaurel   Jun-18-08 09:44 AM   #4 
  - It's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better  Warpy   Jun-18-08 09:44 AM   #5 
  - Nah  there-s a   Jun-18-08 08:51 PM   #108 
  - And still  MissHoneychurch   Jun-18-08 09:45 AM   #7 
  - I read where half of the World's population, live on less than $2/day.  Blue State Native   Jun-18-08 10:19 AM   #29 
  - Yes, the "developing world" doesn't have the monetary or technological assets we do...  pink-o   Jun-19-08 07:13 AM   #146 
  - Lop off the top  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 05:32 PM   #96 
  - Meanwhile, republicon war & oil corps continue to rake in Massive Profits  SpiralHawk   Jun-18-08 09:46 AM   #8 
  - This is how my Grandmother used to describe the Depression.  KillCapitalism   Jun-18-08 09:48 AM   #9 
  - Bushvilles  agentS   Jun-18-08 10:20 AM   #30 
  - i wanted to update the song from annie  ejpoeta   Jun-18-08 11:42 AM   #49 
  - Moving in w/kids by the end of the month. n/t  InkAddict   Jun-18-08 11:00 AM   #43 
  - Yep... My sons and I moved in with my Gram and Dad two months ago.  Viva_La_Revolution   Jun-19-08 08:14 AM   #151 
  - My mother and disabled sister moved in with my husband and I last August  OhioBlues   Jun-18-08 09:49 AM   #10 
  - This is why we can't let McSame get into office. Or there will be more of this suffering.  Xenotime   Jun-18-08 09:52 AM   #11 
  - if only...  Two Americas   Jun-19-08 07:48 PM   #172 
  - And the press writes that the American people are too Gloomy  peace13   Jun-18-08 09:53 AM   #12 
  - Thank you, peace13.  jojo54   Jun-18-08 10:07 AM   #22 
  - the media has to point their fingers at somebody  alyce douglas   Jun-18-08 12:31 PM   #53 
  - Maybe it's reality smacking them upside the head?  undergroundpanther   Jun-19-08 03:39 PM   #169 
  - One thing that jumped out at me  sleebarker   Jun-18-08 09:55 AM   #13 
  - Congrats!  missb   Jun-18-08 08:57 PM   #109 
  - We subsidize their rent - Did the live together thing  panhead1961   Jun-18-08 09:58 AM   #16 
  - Totally agree!  jojo54   Jun-18-08 10:10 AM   #25 
  - Your nuts  panhead1961   Jun-18-08 02:57 PM   #73 
  - And in all sorts of other configurations -  Daemonaquila   Jun-19-08 06:32 AM   #141 
  - Amerika....Living on Lies since Raygun....  OwnedByFerrets   Jun-18-08 09:58 AM   #17 
  - Yep, and I'm ranting about it myself...  timeforarevolution   Jun-18-08 10:00 AM   #18 
  - I bookmarked this link-Thank you!!  windoe   Jun-18-08 10:46 AM   #38 
  - "downscale" Americans unite!  Two Americas   Jun-18-08 05:19 PM   #93 
     - Hey, Two Americas! :)  timeforarevolution   Jun-18-08 06:34 PM   #103 
     - hey time  Two Americas   Jun-18-08 08:26 PM   #106 
     - Wonder what they'd make of our newest waitress  junofeb   Jun-19-08 08:35 AM   #155 
  - Where are you at that the price of gas was 88 cents/gallon in 2001?  smiley_glad_hands   Jun-18-08 10:02 AM   #19 
  - South Jersey.  jojo54   Jun-18-08 10:16 AM   #28 
  - True for Iowa, too, then -- 16 gallons for $15 (something like that) then --  Idealist Hippie   Jun-18-08 10:55 AM   #41 
  - Alabama? Indiana?  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:35 AM   #129 
  - WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT ON OUR OWN ANYMORE!!...  lame54   Jun-18-08 10:02 AM   #20 
  - This song defines what is going wrong with our country. n/t  Arctic Dave   Jun-18-08 10:08 AM   #24 
  - I've seen that one before, and it always makes me cry.  jojo54   Jun-18-08 10:20 AM   #31 
  - same  helderheid   Jun-18-08 10:24 AM   #32 
  - Great song! THAT should be the national anthem. :cry: nt  raccoon   Jun-18-08 02:23 PM   #69 
  - It's no coincidence that as wages fall and jobs are lost, the number of millionaires has increased  Ian_rd   Jun-18-08 10:07 AM   #23 
  - All part of the plan, and they've succeeded...  timeforarevolution   Jun-18-08 10:25 AM   #33 
     - Thanks! :)  Ian_rd   Jun-18-08 12:08 PM   #50 
     - they succeeded???  alyce douglas   Jun-18-08 12:40 PM   #55 
        - Oh, I'm with you on that....I meant they have succeeded in creating....  timeforarevolution   Jun-18-08 12:58 PM   #59 
           - I am sure if Osama is still alive he has succeeded.  alyce douglas   Jun-18-08 01:19 PM   #61 
  - Money never disappears, it merely changes hands.  windoe   Jun-18-08 10:26 AM   #35 
  - "Good night John Boy"!  petwlkr   Jun-18-08 10:36 AM   #37 
  - K & R.  greyhound1966   Jun-18-08 10:50 AM   #39 
  - a wise man many years ago  madrchsod   Jun-18-08 10:50 AM   #40 
  - Do you want national healthcare?  NoMoreMyths   Jun-18-08 10:59 AM   #42 
  - we want to be islands  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 12:31 PM   #52 
  - It's to the benefit of the corporations that we be islands. We spend more money that way,  raccoon   Jun-18-08 02:27 PM   #70 
  - I am a rock, I am an island  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:37 AM   #130 
     - And an island  undergroundpanther   Jun-19-08 03:30 AM   #135 
        - No man is an island  maryf   Jun-19-08 09:35 PM   #177 
  - not our fault  Two Americas   Jun-18-08 03:28 PM   #76 
  - Blaming the people is pointless  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 04:13 PM   #82 
     - beautiful  Two Americas   Jun-18-08 05:10 PM   #91 
        - This sounds like a sociopathic rationalization  windoe   Jun-18-08 07:10 PM   #105 
           - Look at any book  undergroundpanther   Jun-19-08 03:53 PM   #170 
              - very good  Two Americas   Jun-19-08 09:15 PM   #176 
              - What saddens me is the twisting that has gone on  maryf   Jun-19-08 09:45 PM   #178 
  - About 88% of the people who post on this site won't understand your post.  janesez   Jun-19-08 10:40 AM   #166 
  - I know a number of people in your situation.  progressoid   Jun-18-08 11:14 AM   #46 
  - The antidote to fear is love  windoe   Jun-18-08 11:33 AM   #47 
  - So true  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 12:36 PM   #54 
  - Im looking for my tribe too.  windoe   Jun-18-08 02:03 PM   #67 
  - This is beautifully  Bluerthanblue   Jun-18-08 01:05 PM   #60 
  - So flame me...  maryf   Jun-19-08 09:57 PM   #179 
  - I agree with much of what you are saying- BUT  Bluerthanblue   Jun-18-08 12:42 PM   #57 
  - not to be silly here:  alyce douglas   Jun-18-08 01:21 PM   #62 
  - V is good...  Bluenorthwest   Jun-19-08 09:41 AM   #162 
  - Peace to everybody here  windoe   Jun-18-08 01:59 PM   #66 
  - If you find that link, please let me (us) know.  Buns_of_Fire   Jun-18-08 02:49 PM   #72 
     - Here it is:  windoe   Jun-18-08 03:16 PM   #75 
        - Thank you. I've been toying around with the idea of a website...  Buns_of_Fire   Jun-18-08 04:27 PM   #84 
        - Buns_of _Fire now that  windoe   Jun-18-08 04:48 PM   #88 
        - Rving requires gas This option does not..  undergroundpanther   Jun-18-08 05:12 PM   #92 
           - check your pm  windoe   Jun-18-08 06:23 PM   #101 
  - My step dad judges my husband and I harshly  proud patriot   Jun-18-08 02:14 PM   #68 
  - This is the way people live all over Europe.  deaniac21   Jun-18-08 03:11 PM   #74 
  - Everyone should be as angry as you.  sammythecat   Jun-18-08 03:58 PM   #80 
  - Wish I Could Recommend Your Post! n/t  lse7581011   Jun-18-08 04:49 PM   #89 
  - great post  Two Americas   Jun-18-08 08:43 PM   #107 
  - I think you are right about John Edwards message not being heard.  sammythecat   Jun-18-08 11:18 PM   #121 
     - Great post. nt  raccoon   Jun-20-08 08:17 AM   #182 
  - Bread & Circuses  Daemonaquila   Jun-19-08 06:56 AM   #144 
     - Yours is a great post too. Welcome to DU. :hi: nt  raccoon   Jun-20-08 08:19 AM   #183 
  - My Mom  lse7581011   Jun-18-08 04:02 PM   #81 
  - I'm sympathetic with your plight.  sammythecat   Jun-18-08 06:18 PM   #100 
     - I'm Going To Rent That  lse7581011   Jun-18-08 06:27 PM   #102 
     - Just in case,  sammythecat   Jun-18-08 09:37 PM   #117 
        - Thank You!  lse7581011   Jun-19-08 05:19 AM   #140 
     - I know how you feel  Marrah_G   Jun-20-08 09:24 AM   #187 
  - I have been singing this song for a few years now..  butterfly77   Jun-18-08 04:30 PM   #86 
  - You spoke the reality that most of us wake up to every day.  DailyGrind51   Jun-18-08 04:36 PM   #87 
  - I never wanted kids and I am so happy I didn't have any. This country and world is not fit for kids.  L0oniX   Jun-18-08 05:38 PM   #97 
  - Just six months ago, I was posting that people would see that Bush  truedelphi   Jun-18-08 05:40 PM   #98 
  - I have an idea, My wife and I have no kids never did. When I cook it is hard to cook for two.  Mountainman   Jun-18-08 05:40 PM   #99 
  - There were many reasons why  27inCali   Jun-18-08 06:35 PM   #104 
  - rant away!  dana_b   Jun-18-08 09:29 PM   #116 
  - The only thing that is ever going to put an end to this horseshit  salguine   Jun-18-08 10:53 PM   #119 
  - I drink your milkshake! I drink it up! - Daniel Plainview  EOO   Jun-18-08 10:59 PM   #120 
  - Why aren't people taking to the streets????  kaygore   Jun-19-08 01:25 AM   #122 
  - I think it is because of efforts of people like rush limbaugh, convincing people  demigoddess   Jun-19-08 04:56 AM   #137 
  - The TV's still on and the beer's still cold. (NT)  Tesha   Jun-19-08 07:39 AM   #148 
  - no leadership  Two Americas   Jun-19-08 08:04 PM   #173 
  - so you're saying that some people are "GETTING BITTER"....go figure...GOBAMA  happygoluckytoyou   Jun-19-08 01:41 AM   #123 
  - Bill Moyers  reggie the dog   Jun-19-08 02:19 AM   #125 
  - I don't know if you saw it  TheModernTerrorist   Jun-19-08 02:41 AM   #131 
  - Empathized  RNdaSilva   Jun-19-08 02:42 AM   #132 
  - 88 cents? You're f*ing kidding me!  nachoproblem   Jun-19-08 03:29 AM   #133 
  - 88 cents? You're f*ing kidding me!  nachoproblem   Jun-19-08 03:30 AM   #134 
  - Something better happen soon  Enthusiast   Jun-19-08 05:01 AM   #138 
  - K & R LOL I'm sorry jojo it's not funny I'm just glad to see someone else pissed off  democracy1st   Jun-19-08 05:07 AM   #139 
  - You should be angry!  janetblond   Jun-19-08 06:44 AM   #142 
  - I'm as mad as you are.  mwb970   Jun-19-08 06:46 AM   #143 
  - We need to brainstorm, maybe  sleebarker   Jun-19-08 07:23 AM   #147 
  - nonsense  Two Americas   Jun-19-08 08:25 PM   #174 
     - So we should take advantage  maryf   Jun-19-08 10:18 PM   #180 
     - ps  maryf   Jun-19-08 10:34 PM   #181 
  - Well, what is really scary is that this WAS their plan for the 21st Century.  The Backlash Cometh   Jun-19-08 07:02 AM   #145 
  - My family and I live my my mother-in -law. I feel your pain. n/t  GOPBasher   Jun-19-08 07:47 AM   #149 
  - omg my daughter's family has moved back home to...last year! and I have several friends families  ElsewheresDaughter   Jun-19-08 07:53 AM   #150 
  - Grab your pitchforks and torches people  ekwhite   Jun-19-08 08:21 AM   #152 
  - do i detect a little racism here?  MiJaMu   Jun-19-08 08:22 AM   #153 
  - You're on the wrong messageboard.  undeterred   Jun-19-08 08:52 AM   #157 
  - say what?  Two Americas   Jun-19-08 09:08 PM   #175 
  - I would say you are now the common American family  lovuian   Jun-19-08 09:07 AM   #159 
  - Anyone remember Cheney's quote about high gas prices being a sign  redqueen   Jun-19-08 09:20 AM   #160 
  - It ain't over yet. We are going to be paying buSh and his cronies for a decade.  bluerum   Jun-19-08 09:27 AM   #161 
  - We need economic justice as much as hope.  Mithreal   Jun-19-08 10:04 AM   #164 
  - Having a Home should not be an uncertainty  djohnson   Jun-19-08 10:37 AM   #165 
  - Just wait until winter hits...........  Marrah_G   Jun-20-08 09:00 AM   #184 
  - Last year  maryf   Jun-20-08 05:33 PM   #188 
  - First my daughter her husband and two kids moved in with us  Tippy   Jun-20-08 09:15 AM   #185 
 

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