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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:11 PM Original message |
Have you ever felt this bleak about the future of your country? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. 51 and no |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Also 51 and no. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, during VietNam and the Nixon admin. NT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Concur--it was pretty rough back then, certainly. We tend to forget... nt |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Hi, Fellow oldies but goodies! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Frankly, while I get discouraged sometimes over the current state of affairs |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. I do not |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Why? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Post #18 |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. In large part |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm a backwards you - I'm 53 |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. 43 and definitely YES - |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Count me in as 43 and yes... |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
73. 43 in August |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. 50 and never - even under Ronnie RayGuns.... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. 51 and no also; |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. 48, and no |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. atty gen'l |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, but Im only 23 so all I have to compare to is Clinton. |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am a Senior and have lived through a lot. I have never been |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Keep the faith, marmar |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thanks for that.... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The Republic will most likely not survive globalization, the rise of the NAU |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Yep |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. You forgot to mention the corporate takeover of this country. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Never in my 65 years, |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nope. |
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alkaline9 (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm 30 and... I feel the worst right now.... however.... |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, and I also feel that... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Another 51 |
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tmlanders (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. I am actually starting to feel better |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. The WW1 period, under Wilson, was worse in many ways. |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Seventy eight plus |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm 61, and I was feeling very bleak about this country until recently, |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not as bleak as I'm going to feel when... |
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chemenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm 55 and feeling pretty screwn right now. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. 35 years old, and confident in another blowout in 08 |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. 52 -- Vietnam & Watergate were nothing compared to this. |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. Afraid So! |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. Globalization and climate change will do us in. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. The economic ramifications |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm 21, and no. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. I gave up on "my" country after the Chicago convention, My Lai, and Kent State. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I agree..... I definitely see myself more as a "citizen of the world" these days... |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. 50 and no...for damned good reasons |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm a month away from 59 and the answer is 'no'. It's almost too much to bear right now. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. No , never felt this bleak |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. 55 pushing 56 and no |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. 47 and No |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes, before November of 2006. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
49. 58 and no. The Vietnam era was horrible, to be sure, but I don't recall |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. 55 on the way to 56, and No. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. I remain optimistic. I'm 55. We've surmounted worse times than this. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. 21 and no. Free trade, corporate rule, insecurity, Washington Conensus, neoliberalism n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Looking at all the Paris Hilton threads...yes, quite bleak, indeed. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. 47- I think the pendulum might finally be about to swing back to |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. No, this does not compare for me to |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. In the past six years we have gotten ourselves involved in |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. I've felt bleak since 2000 and it's gone downhill from there n/t |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. Yes. November 8th, 2004 |
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Venus Dog (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
60. Whoever said the Apocalypse would be easy? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. today was a low point. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. The groundswell of religious fundamentalism in america |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. 55 and no. I feel we have reached some sort of watershed, a point |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. The despair over Gonzalez is really bad for me |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
66. 27, and yes, especially since 1/20/01. |
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ordinaryaveragegirl (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. 31 and ready for a change... |
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k8conant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
68. I just turned 58 last Friday and you've got me thinking...[NO] |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
69. You ain't seen nothing yet........... |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
70. I finally see the sun coming out. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
71. Never. Worst I've even seen it. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
72. It was looking pretty bleak in the early 70's after Nixon. |
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