I have been so burnt out, and disgusted that our Democratic Party and our current administration has

[Divine Discontent]

been so willing to go along and spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, spend billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion, upon billion...... on bloodshed that most of the country doesn't comprehend as being most of the reason we're in the shitter.


(and those billions above are just 10% of the money spent on these wars - which is now over 1.05 TRILLION DOLLARS! Um, could that be part of the problem that we are unable to pay for so many of the things that were around 10 years ago?)



and then we watch, after all those billions are wasted on bombs that accidentally kill numerous families targeting those huge armies of terrorists, as tens of millions of Americans suffer slowly worsening health (like me and most of the people I know), or painful deaths due to little or NO health care, and millions of school children have to forgo something we had when we were in school, or watch as their school is outright closed, and they get shipped off somewhere further away, or even wonder how much they can personally give to help starving residents while still being able to feed ourselves?



All of the Repubs and most of the Democrats in Congress do not get it. They're going to bed tonight with health care, a fat check and retirement funds on their minds. And many have been proven to be corruptible.


In turn, many of those working in the White House with access to limitless health care, security, fancy foods and guaranteed riches after their time there is done - do not get it anymore (or never did get it).


I sometimes feel President Obama gets it, but is surrounded by completely selfish swine, and a handful of morons cloaked in a degree. Which, of course, makes many people question him. I am inundated where I live with negative talk about the president, some are even blatantly racist, and I continue, barely, stating I believe he is a decent human being and his capitulations are hopefully going to result in something other than continued warfare and watered down bills that seem to be lacking a leader's touch to have made them something of power and merit.

But, with so much suffering in this country, to continue this wayward path that doesn't seem to lead to solving these problems we have that makes wealthy those who are involved in the Military Industrial Complex, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Wall Street, the fat cat bankers, and the Health Insurance industry, just seems like the actions of a bunch of arrogant aristocrats and not people who care about the people enough to just say "Enough BS, let's put the people first".

For so many, it just seems the whole point of government is to get dressed up and toast each other's greatness like they're at the Oscars. They deserve a shit load of Razzies!


Thanks for writing your OP's, everyone, I enjoy reading them, but I am so disgusted with how uncaring most of those in D.C. are, that it's hard to even put into words my disgust.

The Republican Party may have made a big mistake by stating that they think very little of those that donate to them - but, sometimes a Power Point presentation isn't necessary to get the point across, now is it?

[cliffordu]

1. Hmm.

[Divine Discontent]

2. The Purity Squad has eliminated the recs, but it doesn't change the facts - this administration has

not done too hot and has lost many of us. I am a lifelong Democrat. I am for Gay Rights (and was before I even knew what sexuality was and was Gay myself), I am for abortion rights, fully, it is not my decision, those rights should be protected but it seems like the Dem party is swaying on them of late, and I'm very antibloodshed - a few years ago -


ALL of the people here on DU were in agreement with each other about the wars overseas - now, it's not quite as large of a majority, because many are cool with them because there's a really cool guy in the White House that looks cool in cool clothes. That's how simplistic some seem to be, heavens forbid they pay attention to the facts that people constantly keep bringing up only to be barked down by ridiculous reasonings behind the Admin's actions.

Unrec the recs away, you won't shut us up. I have been pushed down my whole adult life for being Gay, so from that I grew stronger, so you're wasting your time to think that will shut me or probably any of the others disgusted with the policies of this Admin.

[Go2Peace]

8. Again, GD Presidential is a place used to coordinate talking points

If you haven't figured that out. Your point is right on, but in this area anything that does not fit in with the "PR Image" gets unrecd.

GD Presidential is not a "forum" for honest discussion. Better to post in other areas.

[Divine Discontent]

19. ;)

so true, but so happy to see the +'s.

[HughMoran]

11. "purity squad"? Name-calling does not a convincing argument make

[1776Forever]

3. "Congress going to bed tonight with health care, a fat check and retirement funds".....

says a lot about why we are where we are right now. There are some who have questioned this but when it comes down to it most don't want to ask the right questions.:hide:

[Jamastiene]

4. A hearty K&R

Thank you for a great post.

[Divine Discontent]

20. heya Jamastiene! been in the ER for 10 hours with my bro, nice to see your kind post

it's a mad house in the ER. I also heard several stories of people's suffering under the current horrible "health care" debacle in this country. I am so frustrated for all who suffer needlessly. Bro is resting in his inpatient bed, a 'fortunate' one, despite his great pains from his chronic disease.

[phleshdef]

5. Why don't you type "upon billion" a few more times, otherwise your point isn't clear.

[Divine Discontent]

22. you STILL wouldn't get how much has been wasted. seriously...

[FrenchieCat]

6. You've never been content, and have always complained

about everything.

Nothing new here, just more of the your divine discontent once again.

I'm glad you have a place where you can complaint over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
again.

[cornermouse]

9. Holding Obama's feet to the fire again?

A rather unusual way of doing that, don't ya think? :sarcasm:

[glowing]

10. You agree then, that the wars and the money to fight the wars is the right move?

10yr war isn't enough? Personally, I'd love to itemize my tax bill and take out the portion for Afghanistand and Iraq.. but I know it really doesn't mean anything. Those wars were and are still being funded on the credit card. I'm probably paying for the last great Imperialistic endearvor or some air craft carrier with Reagan's name on the side of it.

[HughMoran]

12. Well, yeah.

Most of the people with negatives in their user ID, do, for the most part, live up to the negativity implied.

[Divine Discontent]

21. goodness, what a goofy post. maybe you're capable of addressing the horrible legacy being created

by this admin. that stands up for so many of B*sh ugly shit stained aftermath, and maybe you're not.

I give credit when it's due, and not silly cheap shots that are incredibly dimwitted. Yeah, let's talk about people's user names instead of the facts in their posts, what a winning strategy you and her employ!

HA!

[HughMoran]

26. Do you have any idea how many people attack me for my user ID?

I'm actually somewhat surprised that you didn't do that - it's such an easy shot to take :D

Oh, and THIS is a Goofy post :P

[Divine Discontent]

27. okay okay! ;)

[Divine Discontent]

23. glad you took time to educate yourself about the term I used for my user name so you could use it as

an attack! You're so clever.

Oh, and wrong......... (no shocker there for the rest of DU!) I've made plenty of posts congratulating the occasional good move by the Admin - I just don't ass kiss every damned thing they do - and one more thing - thanks for showing how 5th Grade you can be by pointing out a user's name all you want - how goofy of an attack, and rather childish - if you have any argument about the content of the facts presented, or your opinion of why they're okay, then fine, but to show how petty and unthinking you can be by babbling about a user name, well, you expose yourself as lacking....


Don't You Let Them Do It! This Is STILL George W B*sh & Dick Cheney's Mess!
Posted by Divine Discontent in General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009)
Sat Oct 03rd 2009, 01:19 PM (+52 votes)


Recovery, as I've learned, takes a long time, (just take New Orleans for instance)




Upon leaving office a little over eight months ago (those 8 years cannot fade away fast enough), Georgie Boy left the people of this country reeling from a collapsing economy, an $800,000,000,000.00 AIG & Wall St. bailout that he said must happen or we'd all suffer painfully, gas that was $1.42 a gallon before Oil's Best Friend© shot it up 300%, surging unemployment rates, health care costs & CEO salaries, all to go along with a national debt that went up nearly $1,000,000,000,000.00 in the final B*sh year, and nearly $5,000,000,000,000.00 (FIVE TRILLION) during his & Sure Shot© Cheney's "Fiscally Conservative" 8 years in office, that they were never elected to serve.


And yet, you hear them complain about the Democrats adding to the debt to try and start fixing the disaster that B*sh policies brought onto the U.S. that will take potentially a decade or longer to fix! Were they comatose most of this decade?


Oh, and don't let them tell you Democrats don't keep America safe - the last time I looked, 9/11 came and went this year and there wasn't an attack, in fact, it's said by experts that the Obama Administration is doing a great job - so the Chimp and Smirking Dick© not only got thousands of American Soldiers killed with their playing "General" (since they avoided real service), but they couldn't keep America safe for 8 months before thousands were murdered on 9/11/2001!


And, I'm pretty sure Vice-President Biden hasn't outed any covert CIA operatives who are trying to keep nukes out of our enemies hands, all the while gleefully pushing for torture.

What a gloriously shitty 8-year reign they gave America, and Don't You Let Them Forget It!

[Divine Discontent]

24. wrong again! journals are so cool. 1st to congratulate the Democratic Party, also...

Let's hear it for our country nominating its 1st Minority Candidate for PRESIDENT!
Posted by Divine Discontent in General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009)
Tue Jun 03rd 2008, 08:04 PM
Unreal... Is this awesome or what?






Read entry | Discuss (17 comments)

[Divine Discontent]

25. I was raised to congratulate the good - and discern when a candidate was not doing their job to

their ability - of which President Obama would be first to tell you they have failed on some issues.


Maybe you could be a tad bit too concerned about his 'legacy' because of who and what he means to our country - do not worry about that, he's a good man and will go in history as such - it's the policies that are troubling, and I'm glad many are telling him we're unhappy with how much of a centrist guided political strategy they were employing throughout last year.

If you wish to debate that - go ahead - but refrain from exposing a lacking of intellectual fortitude by cheaply griping about a user name for goodness sake! Ha!

[OnyxCollie]

7. Recced, but still less than zero.

People love their American Idols.

[Divine Discontent]

18. they do - but more love the truth! it's been read & approved by many more who share the same

disgust.

[NoPasaran]

13. Oh brother not this shit again

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[dionysus]

15. !

:spray:

[Divine Discontent]

17. yeah, us shit stirrers and our disgust over a trillion wasted on b*shies wars & blood in the sand...

what a silly thing to be disgusted about as it rolls on day after day, military homicide after military homicide.


Again, you won't shut us up, it's wrong and we're gonna keep writing on here, LTTE, whitehouse.gov, and any other avenue we can state how much bullshit the focus on the private military complex with our treasury has destroyed our country - as if it wasn't F*CKING obvious.

[Teaser]

14. take a pill

.

[Bobbie Jo]

16. Not just any pill.

Taking the "wrong" kind of pill (particularly for mental health issues) may result in your insurance company denying coverage due to a pre-existing condition.

Best to use discretion in these matters.

[Shining Jack]

28. .

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...

Sorry,couldn't resist.Great post. :)