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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 10:30 AM
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51. kinda afraid to, but yeah.
Edited on Wed Oct-12-11 10:30 AM by tk2kewl
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  -Anyone else feel more optimistic than they have in years? WilliamPitt  Oct-11-11 03:37 PM   #0 
  - No n/t  leftstreet   Oct-11-11 03:39 PM   #1 
  - Oh come here you.  Fire Walk With Me   Oct-11-11 03:43 PM   #6 
  - Me, either.  Habibi   Oct-11-11 05:26 PM   #36 
  - yes  Randomthought   Oct-11-11 03:39 PM   #2 
  - OWS has made me feel more optimistic. For quite a while I've felt as if...  polichick   Oct-11-11 03:40 PM   #3 
  - I wish...  ScreamingMeemie   Oct-11-11 03:41 PM   #4 
  - Even the Lions are feeling it!  Fire Walk With Me   Oct-11-11 03:43 PM   #5 
  - Ditto  GigiMommy   Oct-11-11 03:45 PM   #8 
  - Megatron, baby  WilliamPitt   Oct-11-11 03:45 PM   #10 
  - GO LIONS  backwoodsbob   Oct-11-11 04:02 PM   #20 
  - To paraphrase the Dead Prophet:  Tandalayo_Scheisskopf   Oct-11-11 03:44 PM   #7 
  - This is our time, our moment in history. Clear eyes, strong hearts, peeps, let's not waste it. /nt  Rabblevox   Oct-11-11 03:45 PM   #9 
  - One little known thing - a half million in Tel Aviv protest re:  truedelphi   Oct-11-11 03:46 PM   #11 
  - Link?  WilliamPitt   Oct-11-11 03:52 PM   #13 
     - Early September, and a mere 450K - here's the link  truedelphi   Oct-11-11 03:59 PM   #18 
        - Thanks!  WilliamPitt   Oct-11-11 04:09 PM   #22 
  - A little bit maybe. But I did in 2008, too.  closeupready   Oct-11-11 03:47 PM   #12 
  - Me too. Good point. The one other time I felt very optimistic was  truedelphi   Oct-11-11 04:14 PM   #25 
  - Some. And the reason is that I think the OWS will stick and become a force.  AlinPA   Oct-11-11 03:52 PM   #14 
  - Give me 10 stout hearted men... and women!  JuniperLea   Oct-11-11 03:53 PM   #15 
  - Yes! It's exciting! n/t  Greybnk48   Oct-11-11 03:56 PM   #16 
  - modestly.  Ellipsis   Oct-11-11 03:56 PM   #17 
  - Yup. This is what needed and I expected to happen  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-11-11 04:00 PM   #19 
  - Yes.  mmonk   Oct-11-11 04:02 PM   #21 
  - Yes! A populist movement that's angry at the correct motherfuckers is just what we need.  backscatter712   Oct-11-11 04:10 PM   #23 
  - +1  jberryhill   Oct-11-11 05:19 PM   #33 
  - well..it just might get some of those career politicians out of office..im gonna bet on it..nt  xiamiam   Oct-11-11 06:19 PM   #40 
  - Slightly less pessimistic than before. Though not nearly as optomistic as in Nov. 2008.  madinmaryland   Oct-11-11 04:12 PM   #24 
  - Cautiously, very cautiously. nt  jannyk   Oct-11-11 04:14 PM   #26 
  - A hearty echo here...  markpkessinger   Oct-11-11 05:31 PM   #38 
  - Hmmm, good question. I felt optimistic when I got here but I have  jwirr   Oct-11-11 04:48 PM   #27 
  - well..forgive me..but if you put about 10 people on ignore there is general agreement..nt  xiamiam   Oct-11-11 06:20 PM   #41 
     - That is good to know. I do have a few people that I usually just do  jwirr   Oct-12-11 10:21 AM   #49 
  - hopeful  marions ghost   Oct-11-11 04:55 PM   #28 
  - Oh Hell yes!  lunatica   Oct-11-11 04:56 PM   #29 
  - I'm A Skeptical Optimist... If That's Possible...  WillyT   Oct-11-11 05:01 PM   #30 
  - No, we still have some massive issues to address  IndyPragmatist   Oct-11-11 05:03 PM   #31 
  - Yes. All in all, I like the way things are shaping up  jberryhill   Oct-11-11 05:18 PM   #32 
  - Definitely! n/t  Raksha   Oct-11-11 05:22 PM   #34 
  - Not until I see real, positive change occurring will I start feeling optimistic.  Lucian   Oct-11-11 05:24 PM   #35 
  - Nope. I'm way past wishful thinking...  COLGATE4   Oct-11-11 05:29 PM   #37 
  - Yes, I do!!!  fascisthunter   Oct-11-11 05:34 PM   #39 
  - No. We're still really fucked.  JVS   Oct-11-11 06:23 PM   #42 
  - Yes! nt  raouldukelives   Oct-11-11 06:25 PM   #43 
  - No. Nothing has changed.  MoonRiver   Oct-11-11 06:26 PM   #44 
  - Not one bit.  Hotler   Oct-11-11 06:38 PM   #45 
  - I don't know about optimistic...  CBHagman   Oct-11-11 06:43 PM   #46 
  - Now that Obama is fighting the good fight again I feel great. Things are lookin' up.  applegrove   Oct-11-11 10:11 PM   #47 
  - is that what i'm feeling?  librechik   Oct-11-11 10:16 PM   #48 
  - You mean because Theo is gone?  joeybee12   Oct-12-11 10:24 AM   #50 
  - kinda afraid to, but yeah.  tk2kewl   Oct-12-11 10:30 AM   #51 
  - that you do helps.  barbtries   Oct-12-11 11:50 AM   #52 
  - not really. nt  seabeyond   Oct-12-11 11:50 AM   #53 
  - YES!  LadyInAZ   Oct-12-11 12:07 PM   #54 
  - meh.  progressoid   Oct-12-11 02:38 PM   #55 
  - No.  ThomWV   Oct-12-11 02:45 PM   #56 
 

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