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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:32 PM Original message |
Anyone else having trouble handling the Gulf disaster? I'm nearly 60, and this is one of the worst. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm definitely having trouble |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
132. You are not alone. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Obama cannot do anything about this. Only BP and other experts in the oil industry |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:08 AM Response to Reply #134 |
188. What we use for transportation is directly related to what policies are |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #188 |
263. Quality of life... what's at stake |
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Rocky2007 (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #134 |
225. I'm with JDPriestly on this |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #225 |
229. They will not pay big time for it. They will remain in business. No one will go to prison. |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:29 PM Original message |
International Waters |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #134 |
249. With due respect, |
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RuthK (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #132 |
210. Current state of affairs |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #210 |
254. Yes, I am willing to wait in line, pay more at the pump, whatever it takes |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #132 |
218. Excuse me? Is this really a serious post? |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #218 |
226. I for one do not believe we have a military incapable of putting a halt to this thing |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #226 |
227. In all respect, I for one believe that you for one are mistaken. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #227 |
232. well.. perhaps we can agree that we both don't know for sure |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #227 |
256. Well how 'bout that? We just found common ground. |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #218 |
251. Good Point |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #218 |
253. "Nobody knows how to stop it"? Experts disagree with you: |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, because I don't think we can even imagine the damage that |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. this whole thing is doing me nor the world no good at all |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, I'm with you. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Thank you and all with us here. At least we are not alone, as we weep. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
154. I'm One Who Remembers Everything You Mentioned Above & THIS THING |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #154 |
257. My heart breaks for you |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
169. This must be so difficult for you. I can't imagine what it must be like. I'm so sorry. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm 67 |
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SusanaMontana41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
258. That about sums it up. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can't even begin to absorb it. And I'm 55 with clear memories of all the other events except Cuban |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, I can't keep watching it directly. It doesn't help. Now I envision how progress can come about |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
80. Oh Kitty, I want that to happen so MUCH myself! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
140. And to finally decide, all of us, to use less oil. Thanks, KittyWampus |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
170. Yes. yes. yes. nt |
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The Old Creak (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm 62 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. My dad is 69 and he keeps saying that he's glad that he isn't younger |
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The Old Creak (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. My son |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
156. I've Said The Same Thing To My Kids Quite A Few Times Lately, BUT |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
180. I'm 84 and this leak could be a blessing in disguise. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
240. My ex emailed me over the weekend |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
171. Do you think repukes in your neck of the woods will now start listening to |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am in shock. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
127. Me too. There is nothing good to say. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. I feel this is the worst, NO HOPE for relief, continuing to worsen. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. We put a man on the moon years ago |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
172. It is reprehensible that oil companies have means to cope with this. It is |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
193. That was Camelot! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm 56, and this looks like the worst environmental story I have ever seen. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I'm not sure the planet will be doomed, but we may well be. nt |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. LIFE may be doomed. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Yes - as we know it. But if we succed in killing this planet, I'm hopeful |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
108. Mother Earth will be OK, as soon as she rids herself of us. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. That's what I keep thinking... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. If we love our Mother, we will commit mass hari-kari. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Sadlly, that may be her only hope for survival.. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. "We're consuming our eco-system for the profit of a few." |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
176. The movie "On The Beach" comes to mind. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. devastated ... |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. . |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
168. Yes, it feels like a part of me is dying |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
173. The hurt is unbearable. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
194. Tidepool painter here.............. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Two Mutually Exclusive Dimensions of the Disaster |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
141. The government is doing what it can and what it should. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #141 |
174. The military could be building |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #174 |
196. They are........... |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #196 |
204. poor education, yes that's a part too |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #141 |
175. These are important points to keep in mind. Thanks for posting. nt |
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howmad1 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
149. I guess that's to be expected........ |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, very much so. I'm a Florda resident, but even if I were still living in the Midwest |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am overwhelmed and depressed by this 24/7 |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. We don't have the expertise to deal with this nor do I think anyone overseas does |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. I was born during the Cuban Missile Crisis... |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
88. Or it breaks us apart. There is a huge ripple coming from the Oil Tsunami. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I worked on supply ships in beauford sea, in mid 70's |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, and I'm seventy. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I'm 45 but I can clearly remember a time when we felt like the government could take care |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. Too many people fell for Reagan's "Government is the problem" propaganda, |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
177. Is it a fact that by law BP can't take any action that will not |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. 54 here and a nature lover. This is devastating on so many levels. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
178. +1 |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's about the only thing I can think about. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes.. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. I am devastated. And furious that Obama & Congress are doing jack shit about it. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
217. Bulllshit. Obama and Salazar are doing something about it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Stunned, saddened, numbed |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
179. That is exactly how I feel. nt |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, I'm just about sick over this. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. Perplexed is the term for me. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the amount of destruction yet to come |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. Actually in the scope of things the oil mess is bad and rates high but only because |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Exactly why they are continuing the destruction with dispersants, which no doubt they are heavily |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. We still haven't fixed the DDT mess, its still there and every now and then they find |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. + a million, |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
69. And you call yourself mrcheerful? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
181. Those are excellent points. How true that other environmental disasters |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. I wouldn't necessarily call the EXXON VALDEZ spill "puny" |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Only in comparison. But you are right, and I was wrong. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Thank you. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
76. Too late to edit, |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
182. AMEN. Get angry, get involved. Learn from our experience. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm 64, |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Wholeheartedly concur. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
104. Exactly the way I feel, dgibby. |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
111. same age, same feelings |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
116. You said it for me... |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
158. Yes, It Does Sound Selfish... But I've Said More Than Once Of Late! |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
198. I turned 64 last Friday, and I also remember all of the other disasters . . . |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #198 |
205. yet we still breed ourselves to death too. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm past stunned but still can't wrap my mind around it except |
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nenagh (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am 65 and the only way I could begin to handle the blowout.. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. 68 and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. The consequences |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
73. Are you talking about Vine DeLoria? The native american author? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. Yes, that is who I was thinking of. Thanks. Getting old I guess. |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. It's overwhelmingly depressing for me. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
48. And there's Bhopal, India and Ecuador |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. me too. It's still ongoing with no immediate solution in sight. I wake up at night |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. Stunned and horrified |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'm really pissed over it. nt |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Age-wise, I'm right behind you and yes, |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. I keep having dreams. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. Me. |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is what happened when I woke at 4:15 this morning |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
58. i`m stunned at the federal response |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #58 |
212. The sense of powerlessness and passivity, absence of leadership |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'm of a vintage just a tad |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. Silent Spring |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #60 |
183. "I hope and pray for this incalculable evil to inspire even greater good." |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #183 |
206. . |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. I wake up in the middle of the night every night and start obsessing about it. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yes. |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
63. I am around you age, and . . . |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
64. This one is agonizing because there is literally no end in sight |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes, it's horrible. Terribly sad and easy to sink in to despair over. The fact |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. I, too, am |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. This particular disaster is bothering me more than others have. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #70 |
184. +100000000 |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
71. Just look at the number of threads on DU about this. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
72. I live just three miles from the gulf. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I can't possibly imagine what you are going thrugh. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. 64. I am furious what has happened and also knowing that the |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #74 |
155. Do not forget Lake Michigan and BP ! |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #155 |
185. I didn't know. Thanks for posting. Any good news helps. nt |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
160. That Last Sentence About "Approval Ratings" Is About As Sick As It Gets!! |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
75. oh yes |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm 59 and I'm sick to my stomach. nt |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. Almost 40 and been in tears on and off for a few weeks. (since the start, knew it was bad) |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
81. yes, many emotions. anger, astonishment, depression, hopelessness... |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. Am 62 and am having trouble with this. Where is Palin< McCain, Fox News for supporting Drill Baby |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
83. I survived a dozen hurricanes, floods and tornados, had family sent to every fucking war, |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. Every minute |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yes!! I agree this is right up there. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. Nuking the Hole!? and I am Stunned by the People and Kids Who Still Don't Know. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
186. This is so similar to watching 911 unfold. I've read that nuking it has been |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
86. The scope of it is bad enough. But what really gets me is.... |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #86 |
162. this is waaaaay bigger than the man in office - the cult of personality has got to STOP! |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #162 |
187. BANG ON. EFFING BANG ON. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #162 |
246. And you don't think he's thought of that stuff yet? |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
87. I'm also nearly 60 and I also feel exactly the same way as you. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
89. Me. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
91. My brother, who used to certify diving instructors, certified me |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
93. I'm nearly 55 and I am finding it upsetting. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:16 AM Original message |
double post - self delete |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #93 |
189. Odd that so many people on this thread are the same age. That said , I on one hand agree that the |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #189 |
252. People at various times have been incredibly cynical about the government. |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
94. I am so with you on this |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Thank you so much for saying that. Best wishes for your twin grandchildren. |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #97 |
213. Thank you |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
95. The worst in my memory. |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
96. FOR the FIRST TIME --- |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
98. 53 going on 54 and this sickens me everytime I hear of it,, |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
99. This is going to sound mad, but I swear my body knew about the explosion when it happened. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Good heavens! Stay pissed, not suicidal. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #100 |
138. Nah, like I said, it was a weird anomaly. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #99 |
163. oh FFS april 20 is a well known "bad" date (hitler's birthday) |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
101. i think everyone's with you; it's horrific |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
102. I practically grew up on Dauphin Island |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. I've seen other posts of yours that have been very useful, |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Spent eight years in Cordova, AK |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. You are a great source of logic, law, and history. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Oh, jeeze, there goes my ego |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Not really... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #102 |
139. I'm so sorry. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
103. I'm in my 30s, and this makes me want to SCREAM. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
105. There's no hiding from this one.... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:51 AM Response to Reply #105 |
190. Thanks for taking the time to write this post, thank you for keeping the vigil. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #190 |
261. thanks snagglepuss |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:38 AM Response to Reply #105 |
200. Great post, thank you! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #200 |
262. thanks tango-tee |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #262 |
264. The way I see it... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
106. It sure is . . . and by the same right wing people . . . |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
114. I agree. I think that as we age, we think we have seen so much..and nothing can be worse than.... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
118. I will be 60 in August. I am sto stressed by this disaster that I can't even read about it. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. Me too, friend. Daughter - 33 - visiting Memorial Day week. |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #126 |
150. I'm sorry to hear about your DUI, but why is your life ruined? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
119. +1 |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
120. I cannot watch the television or read deep reports about it. |
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Helga Scow Stern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
121. Yes, beyond belief. n/t |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
122. I'm pretty dammed pissed as I hoped to sail the waters of the caribean when I retire |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
124. It feels somewhere between someone molesting your daughter and someone killing your mother |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
125. I am not stunned. |
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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
128. Driling at 5000 feet is like landing on the moon with no planning whatsoever |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
129. During the anti-war protests we ask "What price for oil?" |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
130. Yes, the only other disaster that had me scared this badly was Three Mile Island. |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
131. Yes - of course, the healthy reaction would be the outrage as if someone raped one of your family... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
133. Yes. This is potentially worse than 9/11 or Katrina. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #133 |
165. it isn't worse than katrina |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
135. We're peers |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
136. Might be a stretch |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
137. I'm 61 and yes, I'm having a lot of trouble with it. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
142. We're close in age, I'll be 61in November. What I feel is a deep psychic pain. |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #142 |
197. So well said, scarletwoman! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #142 |
230. I just turned 57. I feel sucker-punched by this. Every time I see a bird, the dogs |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
143. I"m having more trouble handling the fact that it seems like |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
144. stomach in knots over this |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
145. I'm 40ish, my wife is 30ish and we're both stunned. |
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FlaGatorJD (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
146. I have rarely lived more than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico . . . . |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #146 |
159. I Can Walk To the Gulf Of Mexico From My House & The Beaches Here |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
147. I am totally stunned that more resources arent being used to solve it. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
148. of course as i have had many profound experiences at grand isle |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
151. There are still people driving Hummers around where I live. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
152. It is beyond belief /nt |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
153. I feel so powerless and it isn't even my neck of the woods that is affected. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
157. I can't go to sleep without medication most nights...I'm 63 and freaked out. nt |
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Andronex (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
161. If they can insert a pipe to suck the oil then... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #161 |
164. it isn't deliberate |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #161 |
207. Sure you can do that.... and the pressure can simply force it out. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
166. I'm close to your age, and I've found the Gulf disaster devastating. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
167. It's totally numbing. How many disasters unfold so slowly and so |
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BEZERKO (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
191. It really sucks, |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
192. I am stunned as well |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
195. Stunned and feeling hopeless. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
199. You are not alone. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
201. I don't understand why no one has been arrested and charged with criminal negligence? |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
202. I am having trouble too. I remember a little more, I'm older. |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
203. Yes, I am having a lot of trouble dealing with it ... |
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prismpalette (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #203 |
208. living here and waiting |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #208 |
245. welcome to DU prismpalette |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #208 |
259. You gave us a beautiful post .. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #203 |
214. Hey there yall |
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cmneher (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
209. Faygo Kid, I feel as you do. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
211. Stunned is putting it mildly. My spirit has been greatly weakened. nt |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
215. My aunt wanted me to post this for her. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
216. Yes! |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
219. 60 next month and this is the worst disaster in my lifetime and we dont even know what it is going |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
220. It's Beyond Awful |
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woofless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
221. Yes |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
222. I remember Chenobyl |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
223. Yes, thank you for being able to verbalize what I haven't |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
224. Me. I can't even read about it. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
228. Nothing our whore congress permits stuns me anymore, but I agree. This disaster is right up there.nt |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
231. I'm afraid to say that I'm really not. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
233. I am..it is much worse than anyone thought, and will get much worse...nt |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
234. YOU LEFT OUT THE ELECTION OF GEORGE DUBYA BUSH...a clear winner of disasters |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
235. This isn't about overpopulation- It is about the battle of good and evil |
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Flipper999 (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
236. I'm 28, and what gets to me is the country's collective "meh" on this problem |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
237. you bet |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
238. Younger but equally troubled |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
239. It is just beginning and the media and most politicians have no grasp of the seriousness |
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Teka (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
241. I am so angry and sad right now |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
242. This will also be the death of Florida ...which I am sure will make many happy. |
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Duval (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
243. Faygo Kid, my husand and I are with you. We are |
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getthefacts (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
244. I can't get my head around it |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
247. 56 and nauseated |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
248. I'm 63; and I'm scared to death at the repercussions to the entire planet FROM THIS ERUPTING VOLCANO |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
250. I'm disgusted, depressed and frightened. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
255. I'm finding it very hard to get my head around the scale of it compared to other disasters |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
260. My worst childhood fears are now reality. |
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MikeH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
265. I am 59, and will be 60 in December |
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