Here's my plan - for what it's worth

[Jo March]

1. I will grieve. This is like a death. I will respect my grief.

2. I will be angry. I have a right to my anger. I will nurse it in my stomach, not my heart, and everytime I taste the bile on my tongue I will remember. I will let the anger create a fire in my belly.

3. I will not turn on my DU friends and family. I will recognize and respect each and every DUers right to their anger and their grief. I will lend a shoulder and my ears. I will cry with those who are crying, pray with those who are praying, and rage with those who are raging. But I will NOT TURN ON MY DU FAMILY!

4. I will double my efforts. If I gave $1 this time, I will give $2 next time. If I wrote 10 LTTEs, I will now write 20. I will double up on my attempts to be heard. I WILL be heard.

5. I will point others to DU and Bartcop.com and Democrats.com. These sites will be needed in the coming months.

6. I will protest * whenever possible.

7. I will turn in churches that openly support * and encourage their members to vote for the thugs.

8. I will become part of the resistance. I will hunker down and use my talents to resist this administration and what it has in store for us.

This is what I will do. The mid-term elections are two years away. I will not take anything for granted ever again. Ever.

[clover]

1. wonderful! i'm planning for my rush of anger energy,

choosing worthwhile projects to tackle when the grief subsides and blessed anger returns

[Jo March]

3. "Blessed anger" indeed

The Lord helps those who helps themselves. I had to come up with something. I am drowning in grief. My husband doesn't even understand and he has a 22-year-old son! I am just grieving but it will pass and the anger will come. God willing, it will come.

[loathesomeshrub]

4. My husband told me I need help because I am so stricken. I keep

breaking down and crying, just as if someone died. He says he's upset at the result, but I shouldn't overreact like this. It IS like someone died. Freedom, compassion, this beautiful planet, our future is dead, and 59 million retarded people don't even realise it.

[Jo March]

5. I understand - believe me

I suffer from depression and this is hitting me hard. I felt like dying when Kerry conceeded. I wanted to wail and fall to the floor. I didn't but it hurt so much.

I love this country so much and want it to be the best country in the world again.

For the first time ever....I wanted to take down my American flag from the flagpole outside. I am ashamed.

That's why I'm in DU, though. I need to know that I am not crazy and that I can grieve because this is like a death to me and many, many others.

[mcg]

2. Kick