Anybody else starting to feel like they just don't care anymore?

[Carl]

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no limit (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-14-10 04:09 PM
Original message
Anybody else starting to feel like they just don't care anymore?
      

I am.

At this point I'm so fed up with being angry all the time. It feels like nothing is going to get better in this country and the system can't be defeated. I remember in 2006 how ecstatic I was that after all the anger I developed against the Bush administration that things were finally going to change with democrats controlling the house and the senate. Yet things didn't change, they remained just as bad. But I figured that this was understandable, the democrats still didn't control the white house.

Then fast forward 2 years later and I remember how much pride I had on election night. After supporting Obama from the day he announced he would run I couldn't believe he actually did it, hell, I felt like WE did it.

Now another 2 years have passed and it feels like the entire thing is pointless. Like the entire system is set up against us and no matter how hard we try to fight it, no matter how many victories it seems we win against it, nothing changes. With 60 democrats in the senate, 70+ majority in the house, and a president in the white house that I know is smart enough to know better nothing useful gets done. The same corporate interests are still there. The media still blows. And money has more influance in our elections than ever before. 2 wars are still going strong. And this president is not mad at that, he's mad at me for losing my faith in him because of all these things.

I'm honestly at the point where I simply don't give a flying **** anymore. I'm tired of being angry, tired of hoping for the best, tired of supporting people that think I'm the problem. I just want to do everything I can to enjoy this as much as possible before everything comes crashing down. Because I think we are all smart enough to know that it will.

Sorry about this pointless rant, but anyone else have this sinking feeling in them like there is no hope for change left?

The only thing that comes to kind after such a sorrowful tale of despair is 

sinkingfeeling  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:10 PM
Response to Original message
1. Yes. I've had a sinking feeling in my stomach for the last decade.

druidity33  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #4
49. so, so true..
   If i couldn't set myself back in a chair and absorb some good "vibes"... i don't know if i could be a sane and coherent individual. Lately, i'm into Gogol Bordello, but anything that sets me off and can divert me from spiraling downward, thinking too much about how doomed everyone is, is welcome. My neighbors and friends keep me grounded. We are working on a resource map for when society collapses. Who does what/where locally. And who HAS what/where... what skills folk have in the area, etc. Puttin' it down on PAPER! (you know, for when the Mayan calendar says things will irrevocably change... December something 2012)

walldude  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:15 PM
Response to Original message
8. Hoo boy do I understand that rant..
   I think one of the biggest problems is we really expected Obama and the Democrats to be... different. We expected real help not a few bones tossed to us so we'd shut up.

K&R

No FREEEEEEEEEEEEE stuff for you.

nadinbrzezinski  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:16 PM
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11. It will come
   and those who prevent peaceful revolution and all that...

We are going through a paradigm shift and it will not be pretty.

 

mitchtv  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:16 PM
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12. beyond disgust
   things will never change. California is more like a third world country every day

Who just elected Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown for Governor and you wonder why???

DemReadingDU  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:54 PM
Response to Reply #41
53. Mostly they're in denial
   
I'm the nutty relative who reads blogs, and has a clue what's going on.
Nobody believes me, it's all still too good for them.

They may not get it figured out until this does hit them personally. That's when we'll definitely need family and friends, pitching in, helping each other.

You pretty much called it.

Hannah Bell  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 05:00 PM
Response to Reply #53
61. I'm a nutty relative too. But a couple of skeptics are also now "nutty relatives".
   stay friendly. :>

no limit (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-14-10 05:43 PM
Response to Reply #52
78. From all the nice replies and support in this thread I do feel a bit better
   it's really nice having this place to be able to vent. And it's nice to know you aren't the only one that feels this way.
   

You emotionally stunted freak,that is all it takes to make you FEEEEEEEEL better?

NightWatcher  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:21 PM
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23. Pointless rant, nothing. Forward a copy to the DLC, DCCC, and Obama.
   I'm in that same boat with you.

We won Congress, before they were sworn in everything was off the table.
We busted our hump to get the White House, boom, instant capitulation.

Fool me once....twice even, but not a third time. No I will never vote for a puke, but I might not care anymore about putting forth any effort. This past election was this feeling coming to a point for millions of us. Imagine how bad the loss will be after two more years of letdowns.

Not a pointless rant my friend, but a dead on rant

You thought you had elected a group as insane as you are...they are only half that.

WilliamPitt  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:23 PM
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26. No.   
   But there is nothing wrong with taking a break. I pretty much checked out for the latter half of 2008. Needed it bad.

I hear the liquor store calling Will...

LiberalLoner  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:25 PM
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31. Not so much that I don't care, but feeling overwhelmed and hopeless about the future. n/t K&R

 

The misery is so heartwarming. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

DU is like a giant circle jerk where the end result is pervasive insane rage instead of, well, you know.

 

[Tantal]

druidity33  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #4
49. so, so true..
   If i couldn't set myself back in a chair and absorb some good "vibes"... i don't know if i could be a sane and coherent individual.

"Vibes" being DUmmie-speak for Tetrahydracannabinol.

[true_blood]

The misery is so heartwarming. 

[Mike220]

Just end the pain DUmmies.

Down the road, not across the street.

[true_blood]

LiberalLoner  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:25 PM
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31. Not so much that I don't care, but feeling overwhelmed and hopeless about the future. n/t K&R

What happened to that "hope" and "change"?

[miskie]

DU is like a giant circle jerk where the end result is pervasive insane rage instead of, well, you know.

 

....More like a circle jerk where all the participants are impotent.... and not a single Viagra in sight...

[jukin]

If the Duchebags are despondent than things are going better for decent civilized people.

[AllosaursRus]

no limit (1000+ posts)        Tue Dec-14-10 04:09 PM
Original message
Anybody else starting to feel like they just don't care anymore?

Funny you should ask! I'm to the point where I just don't give a rusty whether you and your ilk live or die!

Strange we should be havin' the same thoughts!

[Duke Nukum]

Wow, is Bush POTUS again?  This feels so much like Deja Vu.

[Evil_Conservative]

If you're that unhappy, you could just kill yourself.  You will probably want to once we get a conservative as President in 2012.

[AllosaursRus]

LiberalLoner  (1000+ posts)          Tue Dec-14-10 04:25 PM
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31. Not so much that I don't care, but feeling overwhelmed and hopeless about the future. n/t K&R

What's the matter, ya Jack Wagon, you don't qualify for any of Obwana's stash?

I can direct you to the nearest cliff where you can just bail out of society! PM me and I'll forward the info, free of charge!

I know it sounds to good to be true, but I'm sure you're used to freebees!

[Janice]

What's the matter, ya Jack Wagon, you don't qualify for any of Obwana's stash?

I can direct you to the nearest cliff where you can just bail out of society! PM me and I'll forward the info, free of charge!

I know it sounds to good to be true, but I'm sure you're used to freebees!

 

[AllosaursRus]

Heh! You're gonna fit in here just fine! H5!

[BEG]

Misery loves company, that is DU in a NUTshell.

[BlueStateSaint]

Misery loves company, that is DU in a NUTshell.

The worst part, IMO, for them is that they feel that things have irrevocably shifted for them.  They don't mind being miserable (it's their normal, resting state), but what chafes their assless chaps is that conservatives aren't wallowing with them in the gutter.  We're changing, adapting, throwing out the trash.

And they can't stand that.

[Airwolf]

Karl Rove smiles at their displeasure and so do I.

[Ree]

What's the matter, ya Jack Wagon, you don't qualify for any of Obwana's stash?

I can direct you to the nearest cliff where you can just bail out of society! PM me and I'll forward the info, free of charge!

I know it sounds to good to be true, but I'm sure you're used to freebees!

i know where a bridge is...he could base jump w/o the 'chute

[BlueStateSaint]

i know where a bridge is...he could base jump w/o the 'chute

Ree, it's more fun if you give 'em a chute . . . that's had its risers cut.

[AllosaursRus]

Ree, it's more fun if you give 'em a chute . . . that's had its risers cut.

Yeah, it's much better when they think they're saved, then pull the cord and figure out they're still ****ed! Need a camera situated in a way to watch the expressions change!

[BlueStateSaint]

Yeah, it's much better when they think they're saved, then pull the cord and figure out they're still ****ed! Need a camera situated in a way to watch the expressions change!

H5 for reading my thoughts like they were written across the sky by an old biplane!

[delilahmused]

If we gave them a free house with all the amenities, a monthly stipend that would allow them to buy whatever they want, a chicken (or tofurkey) every week, their choice of hybrid, free health care for life, psych drugs galore, and for those of childbearing years, a live-in abortion doctor they'd still find a reason to be miserable. That's what happens when you pin your happiness on everyone but yourself.

Cindie

[Ballygrl]

The worst part, IMO, for them is that they feel that things have irrevocably shifted for them.  They don't mind being miserable (it's their normal, resting state), but what chafes their assless chaps is that conservatives aren't wallowing with them in the gutter.  We're changing, adapting, throwing out the trash.

And they can't stand that.

That's regressivism though, Obamacare is meant to make most of us equally miserable, just like Cuba.

[AllosaursRus]

That's regressivism though, Obamacare is meant to make most of us equally miserable, just like Cuba.

If the ObwanaCare monstrosity is left to become law, he'll be well on his way, too! It pretty much takes over 1/6th of the GDP!

[DefiantSix]

Except for the fact that I'd never lick ANYTHING off the face of a DUmbshit, this says it all for me.



Take two of these and call me in the morning, you whiny bitch.  Better yet; just take two of these and shut the **** up.