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AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« on: June 23, 2008, 01:12:49 PM »

the sun is hot!  it rained a lot!  a ship capsized in a typhoon!  chinese people and folks in india want gas, too!!
tHe iCe On mArS iS mEltInG !1111!!11!1!!111

we're doomed, I tell you.

OMG!! :ohnoes: :overreaction:


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Everything seemingly is spinning out of control

WASHINGTON - Is everything spinning out of control?

Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.

The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault. Eroding it is a dour powerlessness that is chipping away at the country's sturdy conviction that destiny can be commanded with sheer courage and perseverance.

The sense of helplessness is even reflected in this year's presidential election. Each contender offers a sense of order — and hope. Republican John McCain promises an experienced hand in a frightening time. Democrat Barack Obama promises bright and shiny change, and his large crowds believe his exhortation, "Yes, we can."

Even so, a battered public seems discouraged by the onslaught of dispiriting things. An Associated Press-Ipsos poll says a barrel-scraping 17 percent of people surveyed believe the country is moving in the right direction. That is the lowest reading since the survey began in 2003.

An ABC News-Washington Post survey put that figure at 14 percent, tying the low in more than three decades of taking soundings on the national mood.

"It is pretty scary," said Charles Truxal, 64, a retired corporate manager in Rochester, Minn. "People are thinking things are going to get better, and they haven't been. And then you go hide in your basement because tornadoes are coming through. If you think about things, you have very little power to make it change."

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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008, 02:29:41 PM »
oh the joy of despair!!!!!!!

Love the graphics you used :-)

I'm convinced a DU'er wrote that.
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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 02:39:20 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on June 23, 2008, 02:29:41 PM
oh the joy of despair!!!!!!!

Love the graphics you used :-)

I'm convinced a DU'er wrote that.

I couldn't find one that properly conveyed the meaning of "made #2 in underpants". :-)
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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008, 03:25:58 PM »
Just vote for hussein and everything will be great!

(In reality, the idea of him actually winning scares me more than all the natural disasters put together)
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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2008, 03:31:25 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on June 23, 2008, 03:25:58 PM
Just vote for hussein and everything will be great!

(In reality, the idea of him actually winning scares me more than all the natural disasters put together)

I dunno if bella pelosi, stretch, and The BarackStar! could actually push anything through congress even with veto proof majorities, without stepping on their own crank.

it is scary as shit, but also with a huge potential for entertainment.  I was right about the "dem controlled congress";  I said before they flipped control that it would probably be funnier than it would be productive (read: dangerous)



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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2008, 05:19:30 PM »
I saw that yesterday.  Check out the rating that everyone gave the story.  Seems a lot of people thought it was a lame peice.
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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2008, 07:17:48 PM »
THIS IS ALL BUGS BUNNY'S FAULT!!!!!!!!! DAMN ALL BUNNIES TO HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: AP : Everything seemingly is spinning out of control (we're DOOMED!11!!1)
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2008, 07:19:19 PM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on June 23, 2008, 02:39:20 PM
Quote from: DixieBelle on June 23, 2008, 02:29:41 PM
oh the joy of despair!!!!!!!

Love the graphics you used :-)

I'm convinced a DU'er wrote that.

I couldn't find one that properly conveyed the meaning of "made #2 in underpants". :-)

Beware of the brown note!!!!  :lmao:
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I can see November 2 from my house!!!

Spread my work ethic, not my wealth.

Forget change, bring back common sense.
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No, my friends, there’s only one really progressive idea. And that is the idea of legally limiting the power of the government. That one genuinely liberal, genuinely progressive idea — the Why in 1776, the How in 1787 — is what needs to be conserved. We need to conserve that fundamentally liberal idea. That is why we are conservatives. --Bill Whittle
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