Have you ever had hope?

[Taverner]

I can admit I did

On that day in November when Obama won the presidency, I had HOPE

H - O - P - E

Now that is all but gone

I remember having hope in 1992, when Bill Clinton became President

I started my first year in the Peace Corps during HIS first year in the Presidency

Look, I'm not asking for much

Just an end to the Corporacracy - is that so wrong?

[ecstatic]

1. How do YOU define Corporacracy, and what do you

think should be done to end it?

[Taverner]

2. Define: The Corporations, specifically the Military Industrial Congressional Complex

And to end it - you have to take the money away

Money is the only energy it understands. All corporations are basically the lowest common denominator of those who make financial decisions for said company.

Find a way to eliminate the beast, and you have "belled the cat"

Honestly, I have no idea

I wish I knew, because I could have started yesterday on that

But unfortunately, its down to 'paper or plastic' at this point in the history of freewill

[MannyGoldstein]

3. I had Hope that my rec would get you to +1

But the unreccing crew seems to have even more Hope than I do.

[OhioChick]

4. Same here... n/t

[femmocrat]

5. Those were the two times that came to mind for me, too.

After bush in 2000, I thought I never would HOPE again. Until Obama.

Now I'm sure I'll never HOPE again. I'm getting too old to have the rug pulled out over and over.

[rrneck]

6. It'll happen.

It'll be hard. Skulls will get cracked, shots will be fired, buildings will burn. When people get hungry enough they'll show up and bring an ass whippin' with 'em.

This is not intended to be an optimistic post.

[Taverner]

8. I do not want war. I want peace.

I want peace here and abroad

I want the wanton submission to the lizard brain to stop

I want reason to dictate, not emotion

I want a sense of rational hope to pervade the world

[rrneck]

11. You and me both, friend.

It's a dirty goddamn shame that good people can't have a decent life in this country without having to spend every waking moment trying to figure out how to squeeze another nickel out of everyone around them. It makes me sick.

I am thinking we are just too damn rich. If we would finally go broke we would might be better off. Humans were made to struggle against scarcity, not manage overwhelming surplus.

[PhillySane]

7. When i first saw your post

I thought it said "bad dope"

[Taverner]

9. On that note, Yes, I have had bad dope

Once - A guy at the Sacramento Greyhound station sold me oregano glued together

Later - A friend smoked some pot sprayed with paraquat with me. I was in severe pain, curled up in a fetal ball for 2 hours

Do not believe the lie that the US Government stopped spraying pot with paraquat shortly after they started. It continued WELL into the 80's

[PhillySane]

15. I know

[Tx4obama]

21. hahaha that made me giggle. n/t

[Tx4obama]

10. Oops. I clicked rec by mistake ;(

I STILL have HOPE and I do see a lot of the good 'change' that has appeared since January 2009.

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[Lucky 13]

29. I find this post creepy.

Did your Ctrl-V buttons get stuck or something?

[bigwillq]

12. Not for any politician or the government (nt)

[Motown_Johnny]

13. No, but I hope to someday

[roguevalley]

14. always. even in the darkest days I have hope. I get mad and often

thunder but underneath me is hope. It sustains me. It keeps me moving forward. I believe that we can make a difference because we are stronger than them.. We are more than them. The rot cannot hold. Don't give up. I have been around a long, long time and I see light. Just keep going forward always. We will MAKE our future together.

[Voice for Peace]

27. yay &

yea.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[reformist2]

16. Think globally, act locally.

[RagAss]

17. I did...right up until November 22, 1963...I was 4.

[Tx4obama]

20. I was 4 too on that date. n/t

[Taverner]

30. Oh shit

That would have been the end of it I'm sure

[liberalmuse]

18. I still have hope...

but not in one person. I have hope that one day enough humans will give a shit enough to stop the fuckery.

[Shagbark Hickory]

19. Yes. I felt beaucoup hope when I saw this

Wind turbines propping up all over Indiana. Thousands of them in just one year.

[Tx4obama]

22. My aunt says they are popping up all over Illinois too. n/t

[Shagbark Hickory]

24. Makes sense. Windy freaken place that is. Saudi Arabia of Wind really.

[Generic Brad]

23. I hope in spurts

Right now every facet of my life is in turmoil and messy precisely because I have hope that my actions will soon pay off and all areas will eventually be greatly improved. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!

[elocs]

25. Hope is overrated. I find that without it I am far less frequently disappointed. n/t

[alterfurz]

28. Give up both the hope that something is going to change and the fear that it isn't. -- Pema Chödrön

[Voice for Peace]

26. I love hope.

The beauty that keeps us going forward each day.