This post-election period really sucks ass

[Stevendsmith]

The months--indeed years--leading up to the election were among the darkest in U.S. history, but there was a sense of tension and hope that the Bush administration would implode as a result of its own disastrous policies and deceptions, or that it would be removed through an electoral defeat.

Well, now that they've "secured" a second term, that sense of tension and hope has been greatly diminished. These fuckers are basking in their victory. And thanks to a hideously compromised mass media, they are coated in high-grade Teflon.

Yes, the fight must and will continue, but damn if it doesn't feel like these bastards have dramatically consolidated their power.

The frog march does not appear to be on the horizon.

God, I hate this.

[knowbody0]

1. i bet we could all write country and western lyrics

[LSparkle]

2. Or GREAT blues lyrics

Oh, wait, you really don't need lyrics. But we can be kick-ass blues PLAYERS.

[rkc3]

3. With six beers and a dead dog, you could win CMA artist of the year.

Throw in a bad relationship and it's a lifetime achievement honor.

[Stevendsmith]

4. Thanks for that laugh!

I needed it.

[cruadin]

5. You're also gonna need a pickup truck (or a train)....

I mean--if you want to be authentic. ;)

[clarisse1956]

6. deep depression

my husband's mistress for the past year has been DU...he was always on this forum...i didn't sign on until after the election even though he had been telling me for awhile that it didn't matter the repukes were going to steal this election...i believed that the system worked way better than it actually did...now i am addicted to DU more than he is...i don't clean, cook, shop, ...the house is a mess, everyone is hungry and i have LOTS more money in the bank...i wish to thank all the DU'ers that have given me a whole new insight into this whole process...i am not sitting back either..i am protesting this war 2 times a week and tomorrow night i am joining the local Americans for Democracy group...i could just SCREAM eveynight...on meds now so i can sleep...but i am loving it..thanks to everyone for showing me that we are still great...

[SoCalDem]

7. Welcome, Clarisse

:hi:

My house is a mess too :)

[yellowdogintexas]

9. mine too

[knowbody0]

8. what a puke

we, the dangerously disappointed, should not be fucked with now.
revenge is sweet. the man that did that to me now has genital warts gone wild. treatment is not working. he can no longer do aerobics or have sex.......................so sad.

[SoCalDem]

10. huh???

:)

[knowbody0]

14. this happened to him one year after we broke up

nothing i did caused the condition.....sweet revenge of karma is what i meant.

[DemonFighterLives]

17. Welcome to DU

Addicting though it is.

[andyhappy]

11. aaaarrrrrghghghghghghghghgh!!!!!!

ugh...still so bummed about all this.

what the freak? How can people be so stupid!

[SmokingJacket]

12. Yeah, I just can't stand it.

I'm totally addicted to DU, I need to be reminded that I'm not actually the ONLY person who feels deeply freaked out by what's happened to this country.

But what can I do? Be one person marching up and down my little street, yelling, I WON'T STAND FOR THE BULLSHIT ANYMORE?

Maybe that is the answer.

Sometimes I think all we need to do is sit quietly and watch them self-destruct.

But how many Iraqis will die before that happens? How much further in debt will we be then?

[Stevendsmith]

13. I feel the same way

Sometimes a dog needs its nose rubbed in shit to learn not to shit on the carpet.

[Deja Q]

15. And when teflon heats up, it releases toxic fumes.

What next, I wonder.

[BareskinMatt]

16. There's an age old solution to these problems

Hard work, deep thought and relaxation between chores. Fight for what you believe within and do not make life difficult for others.