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H2O Man

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35. Thank you for
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 10:15 AM
Apr 2019

saying that I'm one of the best things here at the DU. I do appreciate that.

I do have stretches where I do not feel good about our country's future. By simply taking as objective a look as possible, and considering things in the context of human history and systems, I tend to believe that statistically speaking, the chances are that we are fucked. In those times, I tend to read books by my favorite authors, as well as some of the letters from my old buddy Rubin. And these do not always make me think that there is a great deal of hope unless there is a massive shift in human consciousness.

While that shift is possible, and thus remains one of several options available to us, people rarely seem to experience that change unless there are negative (often tragic) events taking place around them. Odd as it may sound, that may be the only thing about Trump that could be considered "good" -- he may make enought people uncomfortable that there is such a shift in consciousness on a wide scale.

Yet there are unconscious people such as Kavanaugh -- and I'm not referencing when he drinks to blackout -- who will seek to prevent any change in that manner. For he, like Trump, is an example of how an inferior human being behaves in the most self-righteous of ways. And that, of course, is an example of an unconscious being. Still, as petty as he is, he will likely rule against Trump if certain cases of conflict between the Congress fulfilling its constitutional duties and the president's attempts to prevent this, reach the USSC. Admittedly, he will do so for the wrong reasons, for he is a petty man.

People Are Strange [View all] H2O Man Apr 2019 OP
The process has been ripped up, ignored, sat upon, shat upon, hung drawn and quartered. BSdetect Apr 2019 #1
I don't see H2O Man Apr 2019 #2
"mint condition collection of The Cowsills record albums"! panader0 Apr 2019 #3
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2019 #4
Oh! Thank you for this H2O Man! leftieNanner Apr 2019 #5
Well thank you, leftieNanner! H2O Man Apr 2019 #14
Excellent music choices! leftieNanner Apr 2019 #19
Right!!!! H2O Man Apr 2019 #22
Oh Santana coeur_de_lion Apr 2019 #28
First concert I ever saw. H2O Man Apr 2019 #31
Excellent post. Pepsidog Apr 2019 #6
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2019 #15
Great piece, H2O Man. But we give trump credit where he just a convenient foil erronis Apr 2019 #7
Oh, I absolutely agree. H2O Man Apr 2019 #16
The best piece on the political landscape I've read from you or anyone in a long time. Thank you. ancianita Apr 2019 #8
Thanks! H2O Man Apr 2019 #17
Wonderfully put. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2019 #9
Thank you. H2O Man Apr 2019 #20
Entitled Frat Boys Stick Together, No Matter What-My Money is on Kavanaugh Backing McGahn dlk Apr 2019 #10
Thanks. H2O Man Apr 2019 #23
Funny! Those Boys Have Great Taste in Music! dlk Apr 2019 #29
It's really hard to simply trust others coeur_de_lion Apr 2019 #11
Good points. H2O Man Apr 2019 #24
K&R just for your reference to the Cowsills. llmart Apr 2019 #12
As long as H2O Man Apr 2019 #25
These are scary times, but I still believe in the good guys FakeNoose Apr 2019 #13
Right. H2O Man Apr 2019 #26
Sound analysis malaise Apr 2019 #18
Thank you! H2O Man Apr 2019 #27
I like the cowsills! bedazzled Apr 2019 #21
My youngest sister H2O Man Apr 2019 #30
The cowsills did a song about homelessness in 1968 bedazzled Apr 2019 #32
Now The osmonds, on the other hand bedazzled Apr 2019 #33
I'm sorry - I think you are one of the very best things about DU, but have bullwinkle428 Apr 2019 #34
Thank you for H2O Man Apr 2019 #35
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