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coti

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15. We've become complacent and have taken a lot of the good we have for granted
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 04:59 PM
Apr 2019

We haven't had to truly fight or sacrifice much in generations. Makes it just that much more shocking when the assholes come along and start tearing everything that is good down.

80 - 20 ... the good things are in the 80 and we take them for granted the loud bad things are in .. uponit7771 Apr 2019 #1
I understand your feelings, my dear Raven......... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2019 #2
and he's going to be on Rachel tonight....... a kennedy Apr 2019 #3
You know, the best thing about you is that Bettie Apr 2019 #19
Thank you for your kind words, my dear Bettie! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2019 #20
We are just witnessing what others have witnessed, throughout history Siwsan Apr 2019 #4
no. Not it is not just the usual history. CharleyDog Apr 2019 #6
I've studied history, my whole life. What's happening, now, has been happening, for generations Siwsan Apr 2019 #8
history has mass extinction of species? CharleyDog Apr 2019 #12
Seen any Woolly Mammoths or Tasmanian Tigers, lately? Siwsan Apr 2019 #13
Every generation in history has had their apocalypse events. Decoy of Fenris Apr 2019 #27
we live on a beautiful planet, a garden of eden, and we are killing CharleyDog Apr 2019 #5
"All for a little bit of money" FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #14
Most of whom already have the proverbial... 3catwoman3 Apr 2019 #16
More than they can use constructively! FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #18
A sad day mcar Apr 2019 #7
I feel like that, too. Raven, then I find something like this... catbyte Apr 2019 #9
The above post..with the car rolling along..is wonderful..watch it all...you will know why.. Stuart G Apr 2019 #25
Nothing is permanent. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2019 #10
I'm going to think positive. Baitball Blogger Apr 2019 #11
We've become complacent and have taken a lot of the good we have for granted coti Apr 2019 #15
Many said the same thing after 9/11. llmart Apr 2019 #23
No progress...eh???...No major changes eh?...What about an Afro-American President? Stuart G Apr 2019 #26
In the greater scheme of things, those are just baby steps. llmart Apr 2019 #28
meditation can work wonders RussBLib Apr 2019 #17
Still lots of good things. You have to make extra effort to find them in these times. Amaryllis Apr 2019 #21
Hit this link..and you will see someone says something good. Stuart G Apr 2019 #22
piece by piece mshasta Apr 2019 #24
Everything eventually goes extinct including actual history. democratisphere Apr 2019 #29
Progress is slow. athena Apr 2019 #30
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