Who here feels like you cannot rest until this whole nightmare is

[texpatriot2004]

over? I mean, I can't sleep right now due to Fitzmas anxiety. In fact, I haven't rested well since 2000 and part of me will not rest easy until these criminals are out of the White House. Can anyone relate to that?

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. I can so totally relate to that

I have been in a state of anxiety since 2000, and more so since 2004; I feel like life cannot move forward until they are exposed and brought to justice, and the country collectively wakes from its nightmare and breathes normally again.

[texpatriot2004]

Oh thank goodness. I am glad someone else feels this way too.

I know lately there is hope since so much is happening with the "culture of corruption" legal action. Still, I don't feel like I can relax and get on with my life until this horror is over. It is so stressful...as I am sure you are well aware of.

[Skittles]

9. has that Urd photo been retouched at all

does he really....look like that LOL

[Der Blaue Engel]

22. She really looks like that

Unless you mean the pupils...they were glowing so I toned them down.

Here's the original:

[Skittles]

31. no..........the coloring is amazing

and she's just so.........REGAL; truly a beauty. :D

wow - a two-colored nose to boot!!!

[Der Blaue Engel]

45. You should see the back of her head

(I guess I should take pictures of it then, huh?)

Her coloring is split down the exact center with gray on one half and sienna on the other. I call it her half-and-half head. :D

She's gotten quite fat since this pic, and now looks like a butterball turkey. (She's on a diet, but "betwixt the two of them" she eats all the fat and he eats all the lean! They drive me crazy, but I love them.)

[Skittles]

49. is she as fat as this porker?

meet my namesake Skittles:

[wovenpaint]

58. Hey, I've got one of those, too!

And, yes, I also have been increasingly edgy-I have to consciously back away from time to time-to keep sane. I just keep thinking of the Ghandi quote that good always prevails. Lately I've been feeling alot more hopeful.....

[Skittles]

60. that IS a big cat indeed

I have long been enthralled with solid black cats; something about their eyes, the way they dominate their face - sometimes accross the room it's all you can make on on their faces, their eyes

[Der Blaue Engel]

65. Indeed she is

(Although the crappy camera phone pic makes her head look disproportionately tiny.)

[Catherine Vincent]

2. This isn't a nightmare.

At least, not for us.:)

[texpatriot2004]

3. I know what you mean. There is hope thanks to recent events.nt

[Lindsey]

5. Well, I have to agree with the original poster....I can't even sleep...

tonight and I haven't been the same since 2000. I wish I was like most of my friends. They're Dems, they vote, but they haven't been effected like I have (except my one friend who was so disgusted that he moved to Costa Rica). It's really taken its toll on me. As far as I'm concerned - this is it. If they aren't totally exposed now, I'll have to take an indefinite break.What's happened to this country defies all reason and I don't know why I'm still trying to understand the un-understandable.

[texpatriot2004]

8. There is no rational explanation for irrational behavior. I heard

that somewhere.

There is still the law though and no American is above the law.

[EFerrari]

13. Thatta cat_girl!

:)

[Der Blaue Engel]

23. The nightmare is the Bush administration

The Bush administration going down is the end of the nightmare.

[readmoreoften]

4. Can relate. n/t

[caligirl]

6. Same here, So caught up, I'm mixing one white wine with

an actifed and two ibuprofen. Should sleep I think. And to top that, I start with my first personal trainer tomorrow, excercise and wine, thats the ticket.

[Hardrada]

15. Xanax for me.

Half a bottle. Plus some Jim Beam before I go to bed and a few more shots in the morning.

[LittleClarkie]

7. Sheeeet. So far this is nothing compared to the stretch between

the first debate and the election. I don't think I had a normal nights sleep for two months, and then another month after the election, come to think of it.

[texpatriot2004]

11. Yeah, I was thinking that I hadn't been this consumed since then

as well. I have been deeply disturbed since 2000 but there are months when I am so focused on some crisis that this evil regime has caused that it is obsessive. Still, I prefer to be in the know then in the dark.

[amitten]

10. Yeah, rest doesn't come easily lately.

Benadryl is my new friend. :9
Knocks me out and helps my killer allergies.

[Felix_T_Cat]

12. Me

:woohoo:

[texpatriot2004]

14. Good for you. Welcome to DU. n.t

[Lindsey]

16. Good night guys....my excedrin pm finally kicked in...peace n/t

[Felix_T_Cat]

18. Thanks

n/t

[Renegade Six]

17. The last time I wanted something this bad was Nov '04. eom

[obxhead]

19. Rest easy, as criminals have been in the White House ever

since its construction. Repug or Dem they have all been thieves in one way or another. Yeah times are a lot rougher than they have been in the past, but always remember that a pendulum must swing both ways.

As the saying goes things must get worse before they get better. My addition to that is that the worse things get, the better things will become.

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

20. Very little sleep lately

I get very little sleep lately. I've been waiting for this moment
for years! It's hard for me to understand people who say "I'm
not really that INTO politics", How can they NOT realize how much
it affects ALL of us??? Sometimes I take a few days off,just to
try and breath and pretend things are okay in this country/this
world...but pretty soon I'm right back at it, researching, questioning,
searching....It's gotten to the point that I get after my husband
whenever he turns the TV on to the cable news. I ask him how he
can watch that propaganda? I'm sure hoping for a wonderful
Fitzmas morning, a glass of wine to celebrate, then finally...
some much needed sleep.

But...
something tells me I won't be able to turn the
TV off in a few hours...:yoiks:

[texpatriot2004]

24. I say the same thing about the propaganda and the corporate

news...he's catching on albeit slowly.

I am extremely political. I think it's in my blood. For me it's about justice and equity.

I can't stand that hogwash from people - "I'm not into politics" and other such nonsense. It only affects your whole life and mine too. What's with that?

[Proud2BaLiberalMom]

26. I know...

It's in my blood too.
One of my earliest childhood memories
is of my grandfather, sitting at our
kitchen table, talking politics,
telling those around the table how
'bad' those repugnicans are. Boy...
I guess they've always been corrupt!

Whenever I come across someone who
says that politics doesn't interest
them, frankly, I don't know what to
say to them for a moment or two, but
then I try and explain. Weather it
does any good or not, I'm not sure,
but at least I try. :shrug:

[texpatriot2004]

29. Good for you. nm

[canichelouis]

21. Yep

[samplegirl]

25. But they lied

GET OVER IT.... cant wait to use those words

[texpatriot2004]

37. I know. Right. They lied...but they lied. nm

[funflower]

27. The indictments are only the beginning....

of the end for *.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. The indictmets are only the begining

and will throw the country into a nasty constitutiona crisis... potencially a very nasty one

But yes, rest... what the hell is that?

[fooj]

30. I feared the worst of this cabal from the very start...

it has been a horrifying experience! I've always kept an eye on things, politically speaking, but I never thought in my wildest dreams I would have involved myself with such a focused determination. These rat bastards terrify me. They almost succeeded in stealing my beloved country. I told my hubby that there were few things I thought worth dying for. I've found that protecting and defending The Constitution and The Bill of Rights isn't just our duty as American citizens. It is a privilege.

Merry Fitmas DUers!:party:

Peace.

BTW- I think it's a emotional time, as well. We've lost 2000 (IMO, the numbers are off) men, women, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, best friends...WE MUST HONOR THEIR DEATHS BY HONORING TRUTH. It's up to us to change the course of history...

[Golden Raisin]

32. Can totally relate

I frequently wonder if our country can EVER recover from the disaster and utter havoc wrought by the second BushCo administration. In my most paranoid moments I imagine Bush (Cheney/Rove) declaring martial law, suspending the Constitution and simply not leaving office. Even if this evil administration magically disappeared tomorrow we are left with a mountain of ills and problems: the staggering deficit, a nation so bitterly divided there's been nothing like it since the Civil War (and I'm including the Vietnam era), a worthless, spineless, disgraceful Congress only interested in pork & self-survival, an even more worthless mainstream media, a shaky electoral process that is rigged and too easily manipulated, an anesthetized, dumbed-down populace where too high a percentage doesn't even bother to vote anymore, a bunch of highly organized, well-funded conservative think tanks still out there who want the tax codes even more telescoped to benefit the top 1% of the wealthiest and the so-called "Patriot Act" expanded to gut the Constitution & Bill of Rights even more, the lunatic, Taliban-esque theocrats who want evangelical "Christianity" (Jesus would shudder!) written into law, the tragic consequences of Iraqi & American lives ruined by this quagmire war, our international reputation in tatters ---- the list is endless.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Welcome to DU

and roll up your sleeves, becuase the work of rebuilding the country starts now....

As to divided or martial law, trust me, many of us share your concerns

[annabanana]

40. It will be an uphill climb, that's true.

But NOT doing it is unthinkable. Welcome to DU Golden Raisin, that is a well packed paragraph you have there!
:toast:

[Zech Marquis]

34. I feel like Agent Smith did in Revolutions

when he had neo lying in the big crater, and once he absords him asks,"..is it over?!..." :evilgrin: oh man I can hardl stand still knowing that these bastards are about to get their long overdue day of justice :bounce: :beer: :bounce:

[flyarm]

35. yes..i can't sleep either...

my co-workers were killed on 9/11 and i want all these bastards to fry in hell...i have waited since that horrible day for these sob's to pay for whatever role they played...and if this is the way they go down ..its fine with me..i will take what i can get...to get them the hell out of my white house and and hold them responsible for all of their crimes, and the destruction of all of our national security!

remember this..taking shoes off at the airport does not make one safe!!
it begins with the respect of " we the people " by the very people who govern! And the respect of all human life..at home and abroad..


and this government is rotten to the core..and the worst criminals to govern in my lifetime..and i hope never again..i pray for that for my children and yours!!

fly

[texpatriot2004]

36. Wow Fly I am sorry to hear about the loss of your co-workers.

You just happened to be out that day? Or you had stepped out of the building?

Indeed they are the worse ever. They are truly evil. I am not convinced they didn't have a part in 9-11.

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. Fly you and I have been on this from word go

we will finally see the fruits of our labor, I hope...

My nephews may one day thank us, maybe, god they will have to seat down and lsiten to old auntie tell them stories

;-)

[flyarm]

47. yes nadin we have been on this since the get go...

and few of us then were brave enough to say what so many others today know...we did know from day one..and it took alot of guts to step out into the wilderness by all of those who "knew"...we have taken alot of abuse..too much abuse...but thats ok..we have stood the test of time with all of this...because the ultimate test was..truth...we stood for truth..no matter what the consequences...its a testiment to all who stood for truth.,..and i wish i didn't have to feel this was vindication..vindication does not bring back the lives of those lost because of the lies of this administration..its almost anti climatic to me now..it brings tears to my heart that so many human lives were snuffed out before the truth was exposed to many...

i can never feel vindication..people died that should not have , and for no damned reason...

i will simply be grateful..that truth will prevail..finally...

thank you for the damn hard fight nadinb...those angels are waiting for this truth..and you know well about the "angels!!"

my dear angels of flight 11 , flight 93, flight 77, flight 175

may we bring you the truth ..and peace on the other side...

fly

[Neil Lisst]

39. I can go to sleep on a full airplane while it's still on the tarmac

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

When the time is right,
it's night, night.

the spy who shagged me
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/

[Hekate]

41. It's like the Nixon death-watch, only I've lost so much optimism...

...since those days. When Nixon resigned I hated him for years, but you know I really thought this country was okay, that the Constitution was working.

Little did any of us know that the Neocon seeds were being laid that would lead us to THIS national nightmare, one so foul that it makes Nixon look good by comparison. Nixon passed environmental laws, expanded social welfare policies, understood sound international relations -- I mean, he was a twisted bastard but he didn't try to destroy the United States of America. He didn't try to destroy the US government and flush it down Grover Norquist's bathtub drain.

So many of us have worked ourselves to the burnout point over the past 5 years ... and yet we have years ahead of us to try to restore our country, our government, our Constitutional rights as American citizens ... all that and so much more.

God help us now.

Hekate
who thinks that since it's past 4 am she really should try to get some sleep

[texpatriot2004]

42. Yes sleep well, rest up...nm

[CantGetFooledAgain]

43. I have really been not much good for anything since

11/2/04. My wife and I often recall the way we both felt that morning when we realized that it was over.

Now I've pinned so much hope on Fitzgerald. Only the rule of law can stop them now. I really need some evidence that we are still a country of laws, that the coup d'etat has not yet been finalized, and that even our "leaders" can still be held accountable.

[texpatriot2004]

44. I know exactly how you feel. nm

[SharonRB]

46. Absofuckinglutely!

[texpatriot2004]

48. DITTO! nm

[Jeanette in FL]

57. Second That

Since 2000. Enough said.

[NNN0LHI]

50. I have been sleeping like a baby

I am a Sox fan and couldn't even stay awake last night for the end of the series game. Zzzzzzzzzzz.

Don

[AuntPatsy]

51. Can definately relate, this nightmare must end and soon.

[mmonk]

52. I'm quite tired.

It makes the day difficult. The only problem is if there are no indictments, I'll still have problems sleeping.

[texpatriot2004]

63. Me too and me too. nm

[peace frog]

53. "Over? Did you say OVER?...

Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Hell no! Well it ain't over now cuz when the going gets tough...
(pause)
(pause)
(pause)
the tough get going! Who's with me!"

[WA98296]

54. Can't rest and can barely pull myself off this board to watch KO!

[jbnow]

55. I'm doing OK except

I have been holding my breath so long I have forgotten how to breathe.

[ken_g]

56. Anyone remember the end of TRON?

When the evil MCP is defeated, and the light returns. I think its a theme that has been used in other scifi works as well. That's what I will feel like when the indictments come through. There has been some discussions on the idea of Fitzmas somehow diminishing the importance of what's happening, but to me it means clouds parting, sun shining, flowers blooming and all that kinda stuff.

[SammyWinstonJack]

59. I've been a mess since '00. I have had my hopes dashed so many

times, I've lost count. I take it all with a grain of salt now. If it happens, cool! If it doesn't, well then, I am not disappointed. I expect the worse, but hope for the best. Yes, I am a mess.

[Generator]

61. Percogesic

http://www.drugs.com/percogesic.html

It works for the sleep problem. Don't plan on resting well..but everyone needs sleep. It's the best over the counter thing I've ever found for getting to sleep-no matter what. Beyond that..I'm with ya.

[Bouncy Ball]

62. Do like I did.

Totally burn yourself out on it SO much that you just turn it all off for a while. Have a drink. Sleep as much as you should each night. Start playing cards again (King the Corner, anyone? Gin?), sit on the front porch, go camping.

Pet your dog a lot. Take walks. Look through a telescope at the stars. Lose yourself in a really meaty novel that has nothing to do with politics. Try a new cookie recipe.

Yeah, I can relate. But everyone has a point at which they have to step back and take a breath. Things will work out in the end, of that I am sure.

:hug:

[texpatriot2004]

64. I can't wait to rest when they are all gone. nm