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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:25 AM Original message |
Poll question: In the next 5 years, things in America will get: 1: Better. 2: Worse. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. How about "flatline"? |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You flatliners, I swear. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Sadly I believe that too much damage has been done to the US |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. i am not sure even gore can save this mess |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It will take a generation to clean up this mess. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. No signs of getting our budget or trade deficits under control. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. The future is a good thing. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Personally |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's gonna get better. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Similar to the Great Depression |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. We're past the age of cheap energy; things will get drastically worse. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Other. |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. That depends |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Call Me a Cock-eyed Optimist |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Okay -- "You're a Cock-eyed Optimist!" |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Entropy |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Depends on whether * says something stupid to cause WWIII before he leaves office. nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. "gradually better" or "drastically worse" are the only two options...? |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. My mother who has a much better understanding of these matters |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. There are so many different things to measure |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Better for some people, worse for others. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. It Will Be Better and Worse |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. As long as the corporotists are in charge, this country is in DEEP SHIT. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. You said it n/t |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. "Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse." |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. The collapse of empires is a messy business. The American version is not immune. |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. Any history student can read the writing on the wall. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The world will be better off without US in the lead. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. The USSR didn't spend itself to death and we had nothing to do with it |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Having been there, I watched it happen. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The USSR's economy was always a basket case |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. What needs to be defined is the term "better"... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think it will get better |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. Better here politically because it doesn't get any worse than BushCo (except maybe CheneyCo) |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. It could get a lot worse than Bush. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Well, yeah... conceded... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 05:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. "V for Vendetta" |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. What's the difference between Clobama and Bush? |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Clobama? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. Both, likely. Possibly all three, but I can't say. - n/t |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
40. I notice you didn't have an option for "things will stay the same." |
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