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75. As is your wont

Reply to 1WorldHope (Reply #65)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:18 AM

Oct 2025

1WorldHope, another incisive and inspiring post.

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I will turn 72 at the end of this month and I really don't think [View all] MIButterfly Oct 2025 OP

I'm 76, I just wanna live long enough to see Donald Trump in the ground Walleye Oct 2025 #1

So many of us haryn Oct 2025 #11

Cancer and arthritis running my family. But I will take whatever pain and treatment it takes to outlive the bastard Walleye Oct 2025 #12

This administration blew it popsdenver Oct 2025 #40

MIButterfly has really touched brakester Oct 2025 #74

I HAVE TOO add my name to your thread!! bluestarone Oct 2025 #32

72 and ditto. BHDem53 Oct 2025 #41

I'll be 77 tomorrow, and I too would like to live long enough to see the orange cartoon-character gone. Magoo48 Oct 2025 #62

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAGOO48! MIButterfly Oct 2025 #89

TY🧞‍♂️ Magoo48 Oct 2025 #90

I turn 73 in November. Right now, I just want to outlive trump... Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #2

It can be done. Arthur_Frain Oct 2025 #3

Trump's downward slide will continue. He'll be oasis Oct 2025 #4

not sure about decades bigtree Oct 2025 #5

That's optimistic leftstreet Oct 2025 #7

I turned 78 in September. I have too many people I need to make miserable before I go. Trump will be gone by then. OLDMDDEM Oct 2025 #6

I know it's not enough but BaronChocula Oct 2025 #8

Sadly, I'm in agreement with you. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #9

Hell, I'm in my 60s and I doubt the US will even begin to be repaired ... CousinIT Oct 2025 #10

It will never be repaired Random Boomer Oct 2025 #79

I turned 78 in June and I know exactly how you feel. Katinfl Oct 2025 #13

The "fix" isn't going to happen without all of us. hamsterjill Oct 2025 #14

I'm 76 and I'm determined to live long enough to piss on Trump's grave. Vinca Oct 2025 #15

They could sell admission to a locale, in order to piss on his grave. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #34

We all need a reason to keep going nikatnyte Oct 2025 #61

I agree, we need to have Democratic control of Congress and the White House for at least 4 full terms. patphil Oct 2025 #16

I'm 76 llmart Oct 2025 #17

Climate change will ensure no nation recovers Kaleva Oct 2025 #18

The top scientists popsdenver Oct 2025 #31

Yes Kaleva Oct 2025 #33

Maybe don't think of it as losing a country but gaining a world lostnfound Oct 2025 #19

I like your perspective. None of this is about us personally. 1WorldHope Oct 2025 #65

As is your wont brakester Oct 2025 #75

agree! Ppl from free countries around the world that may have been teetering are seeing this and saying hell no! PortTack Oct 2025 #69

I Will Be 73 In April. BBbats Oct 2025 #20

I will be 73 soon liberalgunwilltravel Oct 2025 #21

I turn 59 on November 5th and unfortunately, I feel the same way! JMCKUSICK Oct 2025 #22

As a 78 year old St Louis Cardinal fan MissouriDem47 Oct 2025 #23

Thank you for that down to earth reminder. 1WorldHope Oct 2025 #66

And, saddled your brakester Oct 2025 #77

My parents are in their 80s and I hate that they, you and everyone for that matter has go through this, but especially.. themaguffin Oct 2025 #24

Anyone who is old enough to read your post TODAY BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #25

Nah, things can be fixed. Elessar Zappa Oct 2025 #52

I believe you will live long enough to see the recovery begin Mysterian Oct 2025 #26

I'm in my seventy-fifth trip around the Sun... BurnDoubt Oct 2025 #27

I often say, I hate these people. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #38

I'm 75 and to me it seems like a downhill slide for the last 45 years. walkingman Oct 2025 #28

Reagan made greed and ignorance fashionable Skittles Oct 2025 #73

Progress enid602 Oct 2025 #29

I don't view in the same way. markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #30

MED BEDS FOR EVERYONE! (not trump!) orleans Oct 2025 #35

The last sentence of your post is the title of a 'letter' I wrote back in 2017. Let''''s keep on keeping on. c-rational Oct 2025 #36

At age 80, I'm a bit conflicted AverageOldGuy Oct 2025 #37

That's the BEST answer! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 2025 #39

Me either Rebl2 Oct 2025 #42

Well, it's never coming back. What it will do is go forward. Warpy Oct 2025 #43

LOL! King Rotten Orange! MIButterfly Oct 2025 #44

It works beautifully, doesn't it! calimary Oct 2025 #71

When all of this is over. When he's finally gone... Initech Oct 2025 #56

The U.S. is still trying to recover from the damage Reagan caused. OnlinePoker Oct 2025 #45

Well in all fairness misanthrope Oct 2025 #47

I'm 77 stage left Oct 2025 #46

You might be right, but things can change much faster than expected. I'll bet there were a lot of people who lived Fil1957 Oct 2025 #48

Starting with FDR we had a 20 year run in the White House Norbert Oct 2025 #49

My mother used to say that the last good Republican was Eisenhower. MIButterfly Oct 2025 #84

The government maybe damaged for many years Mblaze Oct 2025 #50

There were quick flips of ideology in the 1950s bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #51

I'm still waiting for the country to roll back Conjuay Oct 2025 #53

I am 77 also, this country has been going down hill since Reagan. I hope to see Trump doc03 Oct 2025 #54

It takes 250 years to build a reputation. It takes one jackass with a wrecking ball to tear it down in 6 months. Initech Oct 2025 #55

Hope From History Atreus Oct 2025 #57

I'm about 9 years younger than you and Crunchy Frog Oct 2025 #58

I will also be 72 MuseRider Oct 2025 #59

I can relate to your disappointment with your kids not wanting the farm. I have only 1 kid and she is also not 1WorldHope Oct 2025 #67

I am 81 rambler_american Oct 2025 #60

As someone who's just 56 , I wanted to say I'm so Sorry proud patriot Oct 2025 #63

So this is where we hang out LOL Roy Rolling Oct 2025 #64

It CAN happen here...again 2na fisherman Oct 2025 #68

We all want our country back vapor2 Oct 2025 #70

I hope you have found comfort in what many here have tried to convey to you. Silver Gaia Oct 2025 #72

Thank you, Silver Gaia. Your words are very wise. MIButterfly Oct 2025 #85

Thank you for your response, MIButterfly! Silver Gaia Oct 2025 #88

Ok Abstractartist Oct 2025 #76

I agree Timewas Oct 2025 #78

I'll be 72 in March. I do not regret not having children condemned to live in dystopia. Marcuse Oct 2025 #80

I'm 44 D_Master81 Oct 2025 #81

My goal..... Biglinda 52 Oct 2025 #82

I'm 73, and I'm struggling to keep the stress levels down. This whole thing could end very quickly if enough Republicans Martin68 Oct 2025 #83

hoping to see the recovery North Coast Lawyer Oct 2025 #86

One consistent fact though. czarjak Oct 2025 #87