Is everybody here in as shitty a mood this week

Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:21 PM

madaboutharry (39,225 posts)

1. I am grieving.

I feel very bereft.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:30 PM

Dawgman49 (215 posts)

41. Feels like it's been a year

Going to the DC March ... Will get some good energy there

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:12 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

74. Good for you. Have fun there.

Welcome to DU. Let us know your experiences at the march in DC if you feel like sharing them.

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Response to Dawgman49 (Reply #41)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:50 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

88. I went to DC during the Bush years

it was energizing THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!!!! It was amazing. You feel empowered.

Be careful carry your ACLU card too if your a member. And record everything.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:22 PM

get the red out (13,439 posts)

2. Awful

I can't come out of my bad funk.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:12 PM

InAbLuEsTaTe (24,001 posts)

29. Right there with you.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:15 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

76. Welcome to the bad funk club.

Last edited Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:20 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm gonna have this funk for a loooooooong time. Pretty much always. So I get funky. Turn up the funk music.

Reminds me of something Johnny Cash once said. 'I was down so low the only two things that could help me was the lord and Betty Ford.'

Fortunately I don't need Betty Ford.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:23 PM

hrmjustin (71,265 posts)

3. Last night I watched a documentary about Election Night and

I just got really angry. For some reason yesterday I was the most angry I have been since this happened.

The weather has been crappy in NYC and it matches the mood!

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:24 PM

guillaumeb (42,641 posts)

4. I will be at the Chicago march with some friends on Friday.

And the clouds just broke and it is sunny at this minute.

I hope/think that the Trump experience will motivate people to organize and resist. And as his deluded followers are inevitably disappointed by the Trump experience, perhaps they will also turn from him.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:24 PM

progressoid (48,695 posts)

5. Just this week?

I've been in a shitty mood for the last 10 weeks. I don't expect it to get better in the near future.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:40 PM

Silver Gaia (4,361 posts)

54. Yes. Same with me and Mr. Gaia.

I don't see any light at the end of this tunnel, nor any silver linings anywhere, either. It's dismal.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:25 PM

kimbutgar (19,610 posts)

6. Extremely sad and apprehensive for the future of our country

A madman who is a puppet is taking over the US and control of the nukes. He is a petty vindictive man child.

And he will go after his politicial enemies.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:39 PM

Hoyt (54,770 posts)

7. I'm ready to get the next four years over. I got emotionally and physically sick after 2004 election

Not going to let it happen again. I think we will survive, just like then. And, we got a great Prez after bush's run.

By god, I am going to make use of these 4 years to criticize GOPers and their buffoon Prez as often as I can.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:39 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

8. Some in here need to lighten up on the depression attacks

Look, I'm as pissed about everything as anybody else is. But my personal day to day life?? I'm sorry, but donald trump does not have the power to make my life shitty any more than Hillary would have had the power to make my life wonderful. Our day to day happiness is in our own hands and we alone have the power to make it shitty or happy. I do NOT give the trumpster the power to make my life shitty. I can do that all on my own if I so choose. I intend to go on being the happy successful person I've always strived to be. I am a little depressed this week, but not because of trump. You see, I had knee replacement surgery 12 weeks ago and have been on disability from my job and getting free checks. Next week I have to return to work and have to actually do something again for the money that appears in my account every week. Now THAT'S depressing.
AS far as trump goes, I hate him as much as anyone could, but I refuse to let him make my life shitty.

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Response to calguy (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:44 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

9. Well good for you (that you're not depressed daily by the thought of the incoming trump admin)

and sorry that you have to go back to working for your paychecks. Truly.

I have been managing to stay pretty balanced since 11/8, with highs and lows. It is important to keep some perspective personal / political-public life.

This week, as I say, has been terrifically sad and depressing anticipating the hurt that is going to be brought down on people and the planet by trump ascending to the position of leader of the free world.

That's all...

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:29 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

50. Feel the way you have to about the political situation.....

but for God's sake don't let it ruin your entire life and rob you of some of your sanity.
As you said, keep everything in perspective. The first place to resist trump is by not allowing him the power to ruin your sanity. It's just not worth it.

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Response to calguy (Reply #50)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:55 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

62. Thank you.

I think that is really good advice.

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Response to calguy (Reply #50)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:23 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

79. +1

Agree. And welcome to DU, where you'll get differing opinions on pretty much everything. We can all be contrarian at different times!

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Response to calguy (Reply #50)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:22 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

92. true

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Response to calguy (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:49 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

11. AKA: White (male) privilege). As in, it's only a problem if it affects

me personally.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:52 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

14. it only affects me personally.....

if I let it.
I'll still be doing everything I can to resist the trump tragedy at hand, but I simply REFUSE to let my life be shitty because of circumstances out of my control.

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Response to calguy (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:55 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

17. Everything? Really? Going to prison, are you? - nt

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:04 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

24. Crazy talk

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Response to calguy (Reply #24)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:04 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

25. Says the newbie with 544 posts - nt

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:19 PM

Leghorn21 (13,358 posts)

33. The "newbie" has been a member here since 2013. Yourself?

No call for your nastiness.

Signed,

A newbie who has been hangin here since 2005

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Response to Leghorn21 (Reply #33)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:22 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

34. My, aren't you precious? - nt

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #34)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:27 PM

Leghorn21 (13,358 posts)

38. "Well - my Mama says I'm precious...

- but she could be jivin me, too"

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #25)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:14 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

49. Sorry I don't have 6,643 posts like you do

but I don't live here and feel the need to post 24/7.

As far as being a 'newbie', the first campaign I ever worked on was for George McGovern. It was also the first election I was able to vote in as well. When I turned 18, the voting age was still 21. Our generation changed that. I had to serve in the military for 3 years before I was able to vote. I didn't want to be in the military, but when I was 18 there was a draft going on, you may have heard of it. Our generation changed that too.

I've seen a hell of a lot of shit go down for a 'newbie' like myself.

Have a nice day, "King C"

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Response to calguy (Reply #49)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:50 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

89. You've got me beat by 8 years. First election I voted in was Carter's in 1980. First

one I worked on (as a volunteer precinct walker) was Jesse Jackson's primary campaign in 1988. (I may have walked precincts for Dukakis in the GE, but I can't remember doing it, even though I liked Dukakis a lot.)

I don't post here 24/7 either. But I have been thinking about Hair Furor and how to respond almost non-stop since Nov. 9. I don't expect to stop any time soon, although circumstances may soon prevent me from posting here as often.

What's coming down the pike is going to make Ticky Dick look like a choir boy, I fear. (Just came out yesterday that Trump and his Junta are being advised by Blakcwater founder Erik Prince, who is advocating a return of the Phoenix Program!). We'll be damned lucky not to end up as a radioactive cinder heap.

The bravest of the brave during Vietnam in my opinion were not those who went abroad to evade tje draft, although that took courage, nor those who served, although that too required more courage thnn I have had before now. In my opinion, the bravest of the brave were those who went to prison rather than serve. You can dismiss that as 'crazy talk' if you want. Nelson Mandela was so 'crazy' he spent 27 years in prison.

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #89)

Thu Jan 19, 2017, 02:06 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

104. What I referred to as "crazy talk"

was your rude and arrogant replies to my post. We're really on the same side here and there's no need to for that kind of animosity just because you may not agree with my opinion.

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #17)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:27 PM

Marengo (3,477 posts)

37. Are you going to prison?

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Response to Marengo (Reply #37)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:31 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

42. I'm not foolish enough to discuss specific strategies and tactics

on an electronic discussion board, expecially one that was hacked on Election Day by the enemy. Loose lips sink ships.

Read my other responses on this thread, though (specifically Post #15), and you will see the direction in which my thoughts are headed.

Also, do note that Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in confinement on Robben Island, much of it in solitary. It would behoove members on this board to begin thinking more in those terms, methinks, and less in terms of liberal democratic norms.

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #42)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:55 PM

Marengo (3,477 posts)

63. You can answer without revealing specifics with yes or no. Allow me to rephrase the question...

Could whatever form of resistance you may be considering earn a prison sentence?

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:42 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

85. In Trumpland? Hell, yes. - nt

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:01 PM

m-lekktor (3,675 posts)

103. People have the overwrought drama queen thing ramped up to high levels.nt

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:45 PM

martigras (151 posts)

10. Been angry and depressed since November

Listening to the idiots Rump wants in his cabinet is
just making it worse.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:49 PM

nancy1942 (631 posts)

12. I am unable to function.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:51 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

13. I

hear you.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:32 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

83. You correctly typed a sentence - that's better than many.

Perhaps including the next president.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:52 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

15. Dictators and totalitarians have a weak point. They rely on

the obedience of their subjects. Sustained resistance or disobedience tends to destabilize such regimes, maybe even more effectively than armed struggle. You want to attack dictators at their point of greatest weakness (which is not the armed constabulary, where dictatorial regimes hold an initial and substantial advantage). Their greatest weakness is their reliance on the obedience of their subjects.

If Trump is going to use tax dollars to discriminate against Muslims and or Latinos, why then we must all risk imprisonment or death to take up a policy of sustained tax resistance.

Will we? Time will tell. Time, though, to gum up the works and render Trumpland ungovernable.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:11 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

73. Monkey

wrench!!

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:54 PM

Deb (3,728 posts)

16. Hell no! I will never give in.

We were gifted with 8yrs of one of the best Presidential teams ever, I feel very privileged to have taken part in their elections.
I will not allow the likes of our new OJT employee in chief to spoil it. Looking forward to midterms.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:55 PM

MoonRiver (36,926 posts)

18. Except for DU, I plan to avoid all news sources this week,

as I have been doing since 11/9, but even more stringently so.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:06 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

26. Dailykos.com is a good site too. - nt

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 08:46 AM

MoonRiver (36,926 posts)

97. Yes it is.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:56 PM

Atman (31,464 posts)

19. I expect to be in a shitty mood for quite some time.

Maybe at least four years.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:56 PM

otohara (24,135 posts)

20. Depressed Plus Lost My Hearing In One Ear

I was in bed and reading Twitter a week prior to the election and it felt/sounded like a light bulb going off in my head and my hearing was gone.

I have hearing aids now but the tinnitus is awful...everything I put in my mouth from meds to food sets it off.

Not much is cheering me up - not interested in watching late night comedy - because it's just not funny what happened and what is about to happen. The news is a no no - no effing way will I torment myself like during the Bush years.

I met Hillary in August and have a picture of her/me/my son - I teared up that day when I saw her out of joy and now I tear up out of sadness and anger...

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Response to otohara (Reply #20)

Thu Jan 19, 2017, 08:57 AM

Cha (289,574 posts)

98. ..

Sorry about your hearing, otohara.. glad you have the memory and the pic of meeting Hillary with your son.

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:30 PM

otohara (24,135 posts)

99. Thanks Cha

Again....

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:57 PM

TheBlackAdder (27,394 posts)

21. Nope. I'm more resolved than ever. For me, it's time to fck with the ratfckers.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:24 PM

KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)

36. +Infinity - nt

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:56 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

65. I like

your style!

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:02 PM

Initech (98,617 posts)

22. I will never watch any news network ever again.

I just can't bear the thought of that guy being called "president".

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:02 PM

GliderGuider (21,088 posts)

23. Hell, I'm in Canada and I'm in a shitty mood.

I can barely work, I'm depressed and angry, sarcastic and deeply dark. I tend to take a global view of all things, but no matter what part or how much of the world I pay attention to, I see nothing but Trump-shit all over it for at least four years.

My mood is made even worse by my analysis of Putin's role in the clusterfuck. It makes me very afraid that you, and by extension the world, is in far worse trouble than even the angriest American realizes. And all of this is happening just as climate change is biting our ass ever harder, the EU is failing, and the global economy is teetering on the brink.

I frankly can't imagine what I'd feel like if I lived 100 miles due south over the border.

But at least I'm not suicidal - the "Martian anthropologist" part of me is gleeful that it's going to get to see how this clusterfuck plays out.

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Response to GliderGuider (Reply #23)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:56 PM

33taw (2,382 posts)

64. I agree. This could be very bad for republicans. They have a horrible mess on their hands and it is.

All theirs.

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Response to 33taw (Reply #64)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:03 PM

GliderGuider (21,088 posts)

70. You all have to live with the consequences. As does the world.

The fallout won't be limited to Republicans.

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Response to 33taw (Reply #64)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:28 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

94. oh yes, they will go down too.

they have their own interests at heart, oops they don't have hearts.

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Response to GliderGuider (Reply #23)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:03 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

90. Yes I'm an ex pat too

it's really affecting me Hate this freaking man. I think we better hold on to each other. This is going to be tough, I know my parents went through crap like WWII, but we were the good guys....that is why this is so disturbing. We have a nutcase and I keep on posting this Narcissistic Personality Disorder info. He is totally mentally unfit. If we keep on saying this maybe it will sink in.

One thing I would like to suggest is there is going to be a lot of stress and depression if anyone feels this way reach out to Mental Health Professional please. We have to take care of ourselves, even California Peggy here at DU said the same thing. But let's fight back silence is consent.

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Response to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:07 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

27. So, interesting views here that fall into 2 groups:

1 - I won't let Trump and everything he represents ruin my life on a daily, personal basis

2 - How can you not?, and maybe even, it should.

To be honest, I can hold both views simultaneously, and flip-flop back and forth (which is exhausting in itself).

Both views are valuable and have credit, I think. It IS important not to let Trump and his minions take control of our lives. If we have children, family, pets, friends, co-workers - they need and deserve our best, as do we, ourselves. And we need to retain the energy to keep up the fight.

At the same time, compassion and empathy demand we bear in mind our roles and responsibility in the world.

As is usually the case, for me the answer is found in balance. I spoke in the OP of how I feel this week. On and after 11/8, I was similarly deflated. This week I am again sick about the state of our country. I expect I will pick myself up - especially at the March on Saturday - dust myself off, and re-engage in the world, eventually.

For now I am going to mope and drown my sorrows. It is how I will move through this. I wish everyone the best in finding your way, as well.

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #27)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:30 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

82. Think globally. Act locally.

I know that's a bumper sticker phrase, and can be considered cliche. But I also feel that's our best way forward. Being good to the people closest to us. Helping improve our neighborhoods, our city councils etc.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:39 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

84. Yep.

Good words.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:11 PM

cwydro (51,308 posts)

28. Not because of the shitgibbon.

He'll never have that power over me.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:12 PM

jonno99 (2,620 posts)

30. We were made for these times -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028490964

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:18 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

32. Just read that and was all in...

except I'm a humanist and when it comes to the "One," I fall off.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:28 PM

jonno99 (2,620 posts)

39. Here's hoping - for better days...

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:23 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

35. Cool! I'm a UU

(humanist / pagan / atheist) too!

If not for your post I would think staying busy is the key. It is usually very helpful to me. But something in me, along with being pretty much housebound due to the weather, is leading me towards not stuffing it away and covering it up, but dealing with it by going through it and facing it head on.

I have avoided cable news in large part since 11/8 and that's been healthy for me.

This is like looking at an animal that's been hit by a car. Normally I just hide my eyes and continue in my bubble. I may be sorry, but this time I am going to watch, at least until Friday. I refuse to watch that hideous excuse of a human assume the mantle of a dignified, historic position. It's a travesty. I believe history will right this wrong. It just can't come soon enough.

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #35)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:33 PM

Pacifist Patriot (24,586 posts)

43. I honestly can't remember the last time I watched cable news.

It's been all WaPo, NYT, BBC, and other print sources for me. I'll stay informed, but only if I can read it and not have some bobble head spin it for me. I can barely watch Alec Baldwin do an impersonation. Cannot stomach for 5 seconds the guy he's impersonating. If I turn my tv off of Amazon, Netflix, or HBO Go I might accidentally hear his voice. I can't take the risk.

After this past week I'm starting to think that staying busy is killing me. Looking forward to going over to Orlando with my sister for a rock concert on Saturday evening is sustaining me at the moment. For 24 hours the twins will be hiding from husbands, sons, and jobs and doing whatever the heck we want!

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Response to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #43)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:53 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

46. Sweet!

Who you going to see?

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #46)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:56 PM

Pacifist Patriot (24,586 posts)

47. SafetySuit

Okay, not an arena filling A-list band, but it's a night away with one of my favorite people in the world. Used hotel points to get a place walking distance to the club where they are playing and in the other direction, walking distance to an excellent pub. Party Saturday night. Preach Sunday morning. LOL!

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:58 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

48. Sounds like a great time!

Have not heard of SafetySuit! You are likely a generation or 2 younger than me.

Have a wonderful time!

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #48)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:42 PM

Pacifist Patriot (24,586 posts)

55. Don't bet on it.

Pushing 50 hard!

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:29 PM

physioex (6,890 posts)

40. Not going to watch the news again till next week, DU the exception...EOM

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:34 PM

thucythucy (7,533 posts)

45. Same here. nt

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:34 PM

thucythucy (7,533 posts)

44. Depressed, stunned, still not quite believing it's going to happen

yet I know it will.

This is a disaster of world shaking proportions.

None of us is safe.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:32 PM

Historic NY (37,060 posts)

51. I stocked up on medicinal supplies.....

at the liquor store.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:33 PM

mnhtnbb (30,853 posts)

52. You are not alone.

I lost faith in fellow citizens because of the election results. I'm deeply distressed by how many people were taken in by Trump.
Yes, there are the deplorables who were thrilled with his message of misogyny, racism, xenophobia, but way too many people
were not able to identify him as a pathological liar and untrustworthy. Plus, he's just not a decent human being.

I fear we're in for some very dark days. I think Trump will survive less than a year in office (whether he resigns, is impeached, or
dies), but Pence is awful, too. Both are hateful, unempathic men who do not believe in equal rights for all citizens.

So, yes, I'm in mourning for my country. And I have zero respect for anyone identified as Republican. That includes family whom I know
voted for Trump. But I can't let it overwhelm my life.

Interestingly, my husband is a shrink--still working part-time--and he has said that almost all of his patients have expressed some level
of dismay over the election and are finding themselves affected emotionally by it on a day to day basis.

I think that those of us who value government and see it as a means to improve lives of our fellow citizens are all affected by the election
results because the Republican party appears to have little or no use for government for that purpose. Think about it. What's the first thing
they want to get rid of? Health care. Yeah, let's have military parades instead. And that woman nominated for Education Secretary. Good lord.
She's out to destroy public education. The list goes on and on...it's almost as though Trump is choosing not the best person for the job, but the best person to destroy the office for which he/she is nominated.

Yes, I'm in mourning and angry. WTF was the matter with people voting for that sociopathic $hitbucket?

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:36 PM

Warpy (108,995 posts)

53. That's how I survived when Nixon got in

I couldn't believe smug white suburbanites hated the rest of us so much that they voted for a corrupt man with such deep personality flaws.

His hate lives on in the War on Drugs, still doing damage to people 40 years later and pretty much costing us the entire Fourth Amendment in the process.

The feeling with Trump is exactly the same, with the same dumb, hateful people supporting him.

We did survive Nixon, although we've been prevented from ending his War on the American People, I mean drugs.

I shudder to think what this new man-baby is going to hit us with. I just hope there is enough will to overturn his evil.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:57 PM

calguy (4,578 posts)

67. Here's a little factoid from the Nixon/Humphrey race

Whenever someone tells me their vote doesn't count, I tell them this:

If 1/10th of just 1 percent of the people who didn't vote would have voted for Humphrey, Nixon would have lost. That's how close it was. And it was just as close this time.

We are in this position because a very small percentage of folks who could have voted, DIDN'T.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:44 PM

MissKat (218 posts)

56. I know something is wrong

I know that I have never been filled with dread like this.
I know that this man knows NOTHING about governing.

What do I do with this rage for the people I know who voted for him? Especially the ones who are supposed to be intelligent? I understand how he conned the deplorables with his lies, but these people I know who have done quite well under Obama-- I want to spit on them.

What do I do with the fear that our economy is going to collapse because he doesn't know what he's doing?

What do I do with this fear that he has generals in his cabinet because he's looking forward to starting a war?

I keep clicking on DU and Huffpo to see if the idiot has been arrested yet.

It's awful.

I can't stand him nor his silver-haired sidekick. Trumplethinskin is going to crash this country and I'm so afraid for the children.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:00 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

68. Do you have other outlets?

I am doing this today, as well, but it's a bit of a one-off.

I am CRAVING bad news about him. All these promises of videos and investigations. They all come to naught. Very disappointing.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:50 PM

elmac (4,642 posts)

57. That has been my mood since Nov. 9th

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:51 PM

Vinca (49,751 posts)

58. I've been laughing at the absurdity of it all.

I refuse to let the Pumpkin Fuhrer and his band of brown shirts ruin my life. Can you believe our hopes and dreams are pinned on the release of a pee video?????? And it's the President of the United States as the star???????

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:53 PM

SleeplessinSoCal (8,366 posts)

59. I've got my guard up and am sharing memories of the Obama era.

Took to Facebook all the wonderfulness of the past eight years. Just trying to spread the love and gratitude. Stems off the sense of impending doom.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:53 PM

CanonRay (13,518 posts)

60. Yes n/t

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:53 PM

coco22 (1,258 posts)

61. I'm drained..

I wake up angry and go to bed angry. I have been trying to pace myself but there is something every minute and he hasn't been sworn in yet.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:20 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

91. It's emotionally draining.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:57 PM

Tommy_Carcetti (42,698 posts)

66. I felt extra shitty this morning.

Not all of it is related to the upcoming Trump regime, but that fact has a way to compound some of my other annoyances in life.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:02 PM

leftyladyfrommo (18,292 posts)

69. Not me.

I refuse to let the bastards get me down. But I am planning to take a no Trump day here pretty soon. I am so sick of hearing about him 24/7.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:08 PM

OldRedneck (1,397 posts)

71. I am . . .

. . . permanently pissed off with no intention to get over it.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:10 PM

lovemydog (11,833 posts)

72. Haha, yes!

I'm similar. Getting more into sleeping, getting outside, appreciating nature, stuff like that. Not just temporary, more long term for me. For my mental & spiritual health.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:13 PM

grantcart (53,061 posts)

75. a number of my friends report suffering from Trumpsomnia

Last night fell asleep at 3.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:18 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

77. I've had a bad rash since August

and charley horses every night!

I'm pretty sure I'll heal and pick up eventually. Just an especially bad week as reality sets in...

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:49 PM

LeftInTX (22,484 posts)

100. I'm sorry

I hope you feel better soon.

I really didn't have a good feeling despite, Clinton being ahead in the polls.

I kept trying to imagine Clinton being sworn in and kept seeing Trump. I was bewildered why that image kept coming up. She was ahead in the polls.

My head told me she would win, but I guess my gut said something else.

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:56 PM

cilla4progress (23,788 posts)

102. I can relate

I wasn't as confident as some, myself.

I'm sure hoping when the investigation results come in it will take them all down!

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:20 PM

Ilsa (61,516 posts)

78. Yep. Blood pressure is up, too. nt

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:26 PM

BigDemVoter (4,130 posts)

80. So depressed I could slit my wrists!

Not really. . . . But I AM depressed. . . . Ugh.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 08:23 PM

Glamrock (11,667 posts)

81. Not really....

I've found a silver lining. I'm going to be the most smug m**********r you've ever met when shit starts hitting the fan. My fellow Americans are going to hear exactly how fucking stupid they are over the next four years.

I travel a lot. Always end up in conversations with white conservative males at hotels all over the country. I can't wait for these fuckers to start complaining to me about "the GOP gutted Medicare! " Well, yeah dumbass! They've been broadcasting that intention for at least 5 years. YOU couldn't be bothered to be an informed citizen, serves you right! Or, "The GOP took away my sisters healthcare and she's diabetic. Now she can't get insurance." Well actually, YOU took away your sisters healthcare. They told you they we're going to do it and you voted for them anyway. That's on you, dumbass. How fucking stupid do you have to be? "Fucking economy is in the toilet." Well, that's what you wanted. You voted for it. Shit, every Nobel prize winning economist in the world told you this would happen. Dumbass. Etc., etc., etc.

I will be the most smug, unbearable bastard to every conservative who dares complain in my direction. And it'll happen a lot. I'm also a white male. Birds of a feather and all that. It's gonna be some good times.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:45 PM

theglammistress (348 posts)

86. Yes and it feels like election day was a lifetime ago

Each day, there is more garbage from Trump, his transition, the Russian debacle, the deplorables.

At this point, I just want him to be sworn in because that puts us closer to 1) his impeachment or 2) his defeat in the 2020 election. Plus, Obama deserves a break. He's been so good to this country and then got nothing but spit on in the end.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:39 PM

bdamomma (62,431 posts)

96. Yes President Obama lead the country well

for 8 years. The Republicans hated him and obstructed him. He is smart articulate man. The one person I want to see pay dearly is Mitch McConnell I do not trust him at all. He wanted President Obama be a one term President, well that didn't work out for him.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 09:49 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (102,335 posts)

87. Mine's melancholy

Though I did wake up this morning and thought "It's two more days till the piece of shit takes over"

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:32 PM

coco22 (1,258 posts)

95. That is why when I wake up..

I get mad all over again its a countdown everyday.

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Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:27 PM

nini (16,658 posts)

93. Not really

Not sure why but I guess I hit the acceptance phase a long time ago.

I am focusing on what Obama will do in the future, watching the Democratic congress members to see how they handle this crap etc..

Obama's farewell speech gave me some hope again and yes, I know it's gonna be a major clusterfuck for a while.

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:54 PM

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105 replies	Author	Time	Post
Is everybody here in as shitty a mood this week (Original post)	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	OP
I am grieving.	madaboutharry	Jan 2017	#1
Feels like it's been a year	Dawgman49	Jan 2017	#41
Good for you. Have fun there.	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#74
I went to DC during the Bush years	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#88
Awful	get the red out	Jan 2017	#2
Right there with you.	InAbLuEsTaTe	Jan 2017	#29
Welcome to the bad funk club.	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#76
Last night I watched a documentary about Election Night and	hrmjustin	Jan 2017	#3
I will be at the Chicago march with some friends on Friday.	guillaumeb	Jan 2017	#4
Just this week?	progressoid	Jan 2017	#5
Yes. Same with me and Mr. Gaia.	Silver Gaia	Jan 2017	#54
Extremely sad and apprehensive for the future of our country	kimbutgar	Jan 2017	#6
I'm ready to get the next four years over. I got emotionally and physically sick after 2004 election	Hoyt	Jan 2017	#7
Some in here need to lighten up on the depression attacks	calguy	Jan 2017	#8
Well good for you (that you're not depressed daily by the thought of the incoming trump admin)	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#9
Feel the way you have to about the political situation.....	calguy	Jan 2017	#50
Thank you.	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#62
+1	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#79
true	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#92
AKA: White (male) privilege). As in, it's only a problem if it affects	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#11
it only affects me personally.....	calguy	Jan 2017	#14
Everything? Really? Going to prison, are you? - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#17
Crazy talk	calguy	Jan 2017	#24
Says the newbie with 544 posts - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#25
The "newbie" has been a member here since 2013. Yourself?	Leghorn21	Jan 2017	#33
My, aren't you precious? - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#34
"Well - my Mama says I'm precious...	Leghorn21	Jan 2017	#38
Sorry I don't have 6,643 posts like you do	calguy	Jan 2017	#49
You've got me beat by 8 years. First election I voted in was Carter's in 1980. First	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#89
What I referred to as "crazy talk"	calguy	Jan 2017	#104
Are you going to prison?	Marengo	Jan 2017	#37
I'm not foolish enough to discuss specific strategies and tactics	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#42
You can answer without revealing specifics with yes or no. Allow me to rephrase the question...	Marengo	Jan 2017	#63
In Trumpland? Hell, yes. - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#85
People have the overwrought drama queen thing ramped up to high levels.nt	m-lekktor	Jan 2017	#103
Been angry and depressed since November	martigras	Jan 2017	#10
I am unable to function.	nancy1942	Jan 2017	#12
I	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#13
You correctly typed a sentence - that's better than many.	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#83
Dictators and totalitarians have a weak point. They rely on	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#15
Monkey	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#73
Hell no! I will never give in.	Deb	Jan 2017	#16
Except for DU, I plan to avoid all news sources this week,	MoonRiver	Jan 2017	#18
Dailykos.com is a good site too. - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#26
Yes it is.	MoonRiver	Jan 2017	#97
I expect to be in a shitty mood for quite some time.	Atman	Jan 2017	#19
Depressed Plus Lost My Hearing In One Ear	otohara	Jan 2017	#20
..	Cha	Jan 2017	#98
Thanks Cha	otohara	Jan 2017	#99
Nope. I'm more resolved than ever. For me, it's time to fck with the ratfckers.	TheBlackAdder	Jan 2017	#21
+Infinity - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jan 2017	#36
I like	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#65
I will never watch any news network ever again.	Initech	Jan 2017	#22
Hell, I'm in Canada and I'm in a shitty mood.	GliderGuider	Jan 2017	#23
I agree. This could be very bad for republicans. They have a horrible mess on their hands and it is.	33taw	Jan 2017	#64
You all have to live with the consequences. As does the world.	GliderGuider	Jan 2017	#70
oh yes, they will go down too.	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#94
Yes I'm an ex pat too	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#90
So, interesting views here that fall into 2 groups:	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#27
Think globally. Act locally.	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#82
Yep.	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#84
Not because of the shitgibbon.	cwydro	Jan 2017	#28
We were made for these times -	jonno99	Jan 2017	#30
Just read that and was all in...	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#32
Here's hoping - for better days...	jonno99	Jan 2017	#39
This message was self-deleted by its author	Pacifist Patriot	Jan 2017	#31
Cool! I'm a UU	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#35
I honestly can't remember the last time I watched cable news.	Pacifist Patriot	Jan 2017	#43
Sweet!	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#46
SafetySuit	Pacifist Patriot	Jan 2017	#47
Sounds like a great time!	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#48
Don't bet on it.	Pacifist Patriot	Jan 2017	#55
Not going to watch the news again till next week, DU the exception...EOM	physioex	Jan 2017	#40
Same here. nt	thucythucy	Jan 2017	#45
Depressed, stunned, still not quite believing it's going to happen	thucythucy	Jan 2017	#44
I stocked up on medicinal supplies.....	Historic NY	Jan 2017	#51
You are not alone.	mnhtnbb	Jan 2017	#52
That's how I survived when Nixon got in	Warpy	Jan 2017	#53
Here's a little factoid from the Nixon/Humphrey race	calguy	Jan 2017	#67
I know something is wrong	MissKat	Jan 2017	#56
Do you have other outlets?	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#68
That has been my mood since Nov. 9th	elmac	Jan 2017	#57
I've been laughing at the absurdity of it all.	Vinca	Jan 2017	#58
I've got my guard up and am sharing memories of the Obama era.	SleeplessinSoCal	Jan 2017	#59
Yes n/t	CanonRay	Jan 2017	#60
I'm drained..	coco22	Jan 2017	#61
It's emotionally draining.	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#91
I felt extra shitty this morning.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2017	#66
Not me.	leftyladyfrommo	Jan 2017	#69
I am . . .	OldRedneck	Jan 2017	#71
Haha, yes!	lovemydog	Jan 2017	#72
a number of my friends report suffering from Trumpsomnia	grantcart	Jan 2017	#75
I've had a bad rash since August	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#77
I'm sorry	LeftInTX	Jan 2017	#100
I can relate	cilla4progress	Jan 2017	#102
Yep. Blood pressure is up, too. nt	Ilsa	Jan 2017	#78
So depressed I could slit my wrists!	BigDemVoter	Jan 2017	#80
Not really....	Glamrock	Jan 2017	#81
Yes and it feels like election day was a lifetime ago	theglammistress	Jan 2017	#86
Yes President Obama lead the country well	bdamomma	Jan 2017	#96
Mine's melancholy	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jan 2017	#87
That is why when I wake up..	coco22	Jan 2017	#95
Not really	nini	Jan 2017	#93
I'm really pissed off that our political system allowed an asshole like Trump to rise to the top! nt	RKP5637	Jan 2017	#101
I'm very sad.	Jane Austin	Jan 2017	#105

Is everybody here in as shitty a mood this week

1. I am grieving.

41. Feels like it's been a year

74. Good for you. Have fun there.

88. I went to DC during the Bush years

2. Awful

29. Right there with you.

76. Welcome to the bad funk club.

3. Last night I watched a documentary about Election Night and

4. I will be at the Chicago march with some friends on Friday.

5. Just this week?

54. Yes. Same with me and Mr. Gaia.

6. Extremely sad and apprehensive for the future of our country

7. I'm ready to get the next four years over. I got emotionally and physically sick after 2004 election

8. Some in here need to lighten up on the depression attacks

9. Well good for you (that you're not depressed daily by the thought of the incoming trump admin)

50. Feel the way you have to about the political situation.....

62. Thank you.

79. +1

92. true

11. AKA: White (male) privilege). As in, it's only a problem if it affects

14. it only affects me personally.....

17. Everything? Really? Going to prison, are you? - nt

24. Crazy talk

25. Says the newbie with 544 posts - nt

33. The "newbie" has been a member here since 2013. Yourself?

34. My, aren't you precious? - nt

38. "Well - my Mama says I'm precious...

49. Sorry I don't have 6,643 posts like you do

89. You've got me beat by 8 years. First election I voted in was Carter's in 1980. First

104. What I referred to as "crazy talk"

37. Are you going to prison?

42. I'm not foolish enough to discuss specific strategies and tactics

63. You can answer without revealing specifics with yes or no. Allow me to rephrase the question...

85. In Trumpland? Hell, yes. - nt

103. People have the overwrought drama queen thing ramped up to high levels.nt

10. Been angry and depressed since November

12. I am unable to function.

13. I

83. You correctly typed a sentence - that's better than many.

15. Dictators and totalitarians have a weak point. They rely on

73. Monkey

16. Hell no! I will never give in.

18. Except for DU, I plan to avoid all news sources this week,

26. Dailykos.com is a good site too. - nt

97. Yes it is.

19. I expect to be in a shitty mood for quite some time.

20. Depressed Plus Lost My Hearing In One Ear

98. ..

99. Thanks Cha

21. Nope. I'm more resolved than ever. For me, it's time to f*ck with the ratf*ckers.

36. +Infinity - nt

65. I like

22. I will never watch any news network ever again.

23. Hell, I'm in Canada and I'm in a shitty mood.

64. I agree. This could be very bad for republicans. They have a horrible mess on their hands and it is.

70. You all have to live with the consequences. As does the world.

94. oh yes, they will go down too.

90. Yes I'm an ex pat too

27. So, interesting views here that fall into 2 groups:

82. Think globally. Act locally.

84. Yep.

28. Not because of the shitgibbon.

30. We were made for these times -

32. Just read that and was all in...

39. Here's hoping - for better days...

35. Cool! I'm a UU

43. I honestly can't remember the last time I watched cable news.

46. Sweet!

47. SafetySuit

48. Sounds like a great time!

55. Don't bet on it.

40. Not going to watch the news again till next week, DU the exception...EOM

45. Same here. nt

44. Depressed, stunned, still not quite believing it's going to happen

51. I stocked up on medicinal supplies.....

52. You are not alone.

53. That's how I survived when Nixon got in

67. Here's a little *factoid* from the Nixon/Humphrey race

56. I know something is wrong

21. Nope. I'm more resolved than ever. For me, it's time to fck with the ratfckers.

67. Here's a little factoid from the Nixon/Humphrey race