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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:25 PM Original message |
I'm Just Sitting Here Watching the Wheels Go Round and Round... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, pretty much. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. You forgot about Peak Oil. n/t |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yes, and people just think you're nuts even to mention it. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well, I don't see how the majority of posters I've seen here the past few days |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Peak Oil is reality. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tell me about it. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "We won't have twilight years, we'll have a Twilight Zone." |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Woe is we, indeed. K&R |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hang in there, it has to be up from here! nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well if you read the textbooks from Texas times have never been better and |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. They did come, but BP said they had THEIR OWN |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. 1: No Draft. 2: Completely different cultural milieu (rebellion isn't |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Largely agree, however . . . IMO, the point where they were forced to STOP |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. I think Beam Me Up puts his finger on the component of not having a Draft. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Agreed. Students seem more interested in saving for a Prius than saving the Planet! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. ..... but how many of their parents do they see demonstrating??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Look, I'm all for honoring and celebrating the activists/students of the 1960's ... but |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Eloquent. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sometimes I believe the planet will be better off when we finally |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. My companion and I agree. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. not so benign as the Dodo |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. K & R nt |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. I don't know about you... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I have a grand daughter who knows her gay grand dad is a socialist. |
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Cowpunk (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The continuing progress toward gay equality must give you hope NT |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Okay, yeah, we've probably lost, |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
17. k&r |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. it's just your imagination |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. One the bright side, you have a ringside seat to the endgame |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. That's what Voltaire wrote: Tend your own garden. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. I don't think I'll quit watching and waiting to see if there is a place for me to be useful |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hey, in your lifetime you might have experienced the pinnacle of human civilization. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. "Pinnacle" . . . . ??? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. And the wheels were made by Firestone |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. !...K&R |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Addendum to above post. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. K & R both your posts especially |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Your comments tell me I'm no longer alone feeling this way. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. And the beat goes on. nt |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. "..I just had to let it go..." |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Priorities. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm selfishly glad not to be alone (thank you for sharing). You are not alone. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. This whole thing in the Gulf really puts everything into context. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. K & R and thanks for expressing this. Sometimes I feel very alone in my despair. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I feel the same way... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wish there was some bright spot to point to. Maybe South America? |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. There's a younger generation that coming up which seems to recognize what's going on. |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. when GOD gives me lemons...i find a new GOD... when titans fight some of them will die too |
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democrat2000 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. I totally agree... these are times when thongs could change a whole lot |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Capitalism is a license to destroy nature and steal -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. How have we all escaped noticing the violence and insanity of patriarchy? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. "Elites lie -- and they will continue doing it --" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Exactly . . . . and they hire quite some thugs to destroy for them ... to pave the way... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. No longer riding on the merry-go-round |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Species extinction. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. 50 to 70 million died in WWII,preceded by the Great Depression. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. "People say I'm crazy" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. No . . . Capitalism's exploitation of Nature is unsurpassed.... Global Warming .... |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. And it's up to you, me, a blind midget, and an albino piano player to fix it all |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. I can relate. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
60. Excellent thread. K&R. "Where have all the flowers gone?...When will |
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HudsonValley (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
61. woes |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. One of my kids is a ways into rehab again. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. Greed. |
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