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Kurovski

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56. I have this wacky theory that young people in their twenties are angry too. it underlies what they do.

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 08:49 PM

Mar 2013

That and 9/11. I think they're pissed (consciously or not) that we adults just let so much shit happen without any effective action.

I think it's why we have so many young people volunteering than they have for a while. I think it's why they are so informed and aware, I think it's why their humor is so mean and cutting.

"Oh? You don't like my tacky jokes about 9/11? Tough, you self-absorbed grief junky. if it pisses you off, shut up, and do something other then complain about a stupid joke. get something done to change the world. "

We could have done much more, and many people did nothing about---stolen elections,needless war, environment...the list goes on. In other countries people head to the streets in a stolen election.

We tell everyone how they need to act, and are at a loss as to taking action.

All a generalization about everyone. So, yknow. whatthefuckever.

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Don't know about you, but I'm still FURIOUS about Selection 2000. [View all] Octafish Mar 2013 OP

That was some serious smoke & mirrors there Blue Owl Mar 2013 #1

If there had only been one decent journalist, he/she would have caught and reported it at the time. Scuba Mar 2013 #17

Integrity. Octafish Mar 2013 #38

As one who has no money but lots of integrity, I have to say he was right. n/t deutsey Mar 2013 #82

Excellent point. Smells sulfurous, like a spirit of coup d'etat. Octafish Mar 2013 #85

Sure, but how do you really feel? xtraxritical Mar 2013 #95

Glad you asked. Remember when Bush searched for WMDs in the Oval Office? Octafish Mar 2013 #101

I lived thru it too, since Vietnam. I knew all the reasons to not go there and Hans Blix xtraxritical Mar 2013 #112

But you were supposed to 'move on' or the 'good of the country'! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #2

In fact, I've been FURIOUS since Nov. 22, 1963 Octafish Mar 2013 #43

That family needs to be thoroughly investigated, even those who are no longer alive. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #73

Major breakage. Impossible to forget. byronius Mar 2013 #3

Funny how fast the media moved on. Octafish Mar 2013 #57

NPR.. grahampuba Mar 2013 #90

It was indeed a dog and pony show and the joke's been on us ever since. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #4

The funniest thing in retrospect was Jim Baker.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #15

A profound observation malaise Mar 2013 #64

This deserves its own thread! nt raccoon Mar 2013 #41

What raccoon said. Octafish Mar 2013 #58

You are so right about the Election of 1980 Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #66

FYI, most of these rentamob folks are on twitter. I looked them up 2-3 months ago when I stevenleser Mar 2013 #5

Thanks for the heads-up. Octafish Mar 2013 #59

If you end up doing it, let me know. I will want to retweet some of the exchanges! stevenleser Mar 2013 #92

Well yes, me too, but I've had to let it go frazzled Mar 2013 #6

"don't obsess on the past" zappaman Mar 2013 #7

"don't obsess on the past" AlbertCat Mar 2013 #39

Why obsess? zappaman Mar 2013 #40

When you can watch Honey Boo Boo?!!? AlbertCat Mar 2013 #46

EUREKA! BobbyBoring Mar 2013 #48

I agree! zappaman Mar 2013 #50

You won't believe this, but after all they hype, that's the first time I've ever loudsue Mar 2013 #49

Same here.... llmart Mar 2013 #87

In a masochistic moment, I googled on the name: 'Honey Boo-boo'....... LongTomH Mar 2013 #110

Having watched that clip AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #109

It's way worse now. zappaman Mar 2013 #113

From what I have seen AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #114

Nope. zappaman Mar 2013 #115

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past. Octafish Mar 2013 #60

May the children, grandchildren, and all other descendants erronis Mar 2013 #97

The begining of the end libodem Mar 2013 #8

that's how I see it too KT2000 Mar 2013 #10

yep libodem Mar 2013 #12

Ditto here. Kahuna Mar 2013 #42

You said it, libodem. What's the opposite of 'Cui bono'? Octafish Mar 2013 #61

cool libodem Mar 2013 #72

I have no hope. I see no future. n/t Hotler Mar 2013 #9

Beethoven Octafish Mar 2013 #36

I still haven't forgiven hfojvt Mar 2013 #11

At the time, I blamed him, too. Octafish Mar 2013 #67

+1 SunSeeker Mar 2013 #75

I still have the picture in my mind of ole' No. 7... louis-t Mar 2013 #13

Roger Morse, bully. Octafish Mar 2013 #70

What a revelatory use of phrase! chade Mar 2013 #119

Let's not forget the Florida Legislature that was going to ignore the election results. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #14

me too noiretextatique Mar 2013 #16

Same here. MuseRider Mar 2013 #18

I second your fury - Here Here KauaiK Mar 2013 #19

Not if you believe what she was saying in her recent interview with Rachel Maddow beerandjesus Mar 2013 #20

The beginning of a long string of disasters. drm604 Mar 2013 #21

You know where I'm at there. Cleita Mar 2013 #22

**** NCarolinawoman Mar 2013 #28

Hundreds of thousands dead because of it Floyd_Gondolli Mar 2013 #23

ME TOOOOOOOOO! I'm so tired of being told that all of the votes are never counted in any election Liberal In Red State Mar 2013 #24

I still think of the "Clinton surplus" squandered. NCarolinawoman Mar 2013 #25

And they all rode off into the sunset and one of them rumor says has taken up Cleita Mar 2013 #32

Set up, knocked down and JEB Mar 2013 #26

I will never get over it. MoclipsHumptulips Mar 2013 #27

It was a travesty ramapo Mar 2013 #29

whatever happened to these tools? Anyone know? nt Javaman Mar 2013 #30

DUer stevenleser in Reply No. 5 says a couple are on Twitter. Octafish Mar 2013 #62

Straight up corporate coup d'etat. raouldukelives Mar 2013 #31

"Stand up. Keep fighting." grasswire Mar 2013 #33

NO!!! KINGS!!!! NEVER! god dammit to hell. NEVER FORGET! & TELL EVERYONE at ANY patrice Mar 2013 #34

The day America died AlbertCat Mar 2013 #35

Caught you looking back. Shame. rhett o rick Mar 2013 #37

I would settle for a tiny shread of justice olddots Mar 2013 #44

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #45

Thank you, Octafish. It still freaks me out every time I think about it. loudsue Mar 2013 #47

And I will go to my death furious over the selection. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #51

Nov.2000 a month ahead of the recount and the SCOTUS 12/12/2000 graham4anything Mar 2013 #52

no bush v Gore = Botany Mar 2013 #53

Normally I Don't Like to Look Backwards On the Road Mar 2013 #54

Yes. My anger still burns as well. It is one of the things I will never really get over, I think... ms liberty Mar 2013 #55

I have this wacky theory that young people in their twenties are angry too. it underlies what they do. Kurovski Mar 2013 #56

Picture of the theft of uncounted ballots here: annabanana Mar 2013 #63

Never, ever! mimi85 Mar 2013 #78

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2013 #65

How ironic that an actual part of the LEGAL election process enrages some people more than this... Bonobo Mar 2013 #68

So true, but I've always suspected that the 'Nader' nonsense was an official ploy intended to sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #93

There's no way I'll ever get over it. Thinking about it right now Zorra Mar 2013 #69

The United States of America's last gasp. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #71

My outrage over that event never diminishes. Rex Mar 2013 #74

Justice Stevens appropriately condemned the partisan Bush v Gore majority for its unlawful decision Cliff Arnebeck Mar 2013 #76

Bush ll should be in a cellar right about now, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #77

Since then we have found out via computer experts that the vote was hacked..... and that midnight Mar 2013 #79

I've gotten over the anger part of my grief for the demise of our Constitution lunatica Mar 2013 #80

I will never "get over it" deutsey Mar 2013 #81

For longer that I've been alive conservatives have not 'gotten over' 1960... JHB Mar 2013 #83

If the 2000 selection was treason demwing Mar 2013 #84

You're missing one. The media for whoring it up for them. nt valerief Mar 2013 #86

Hear, hear. Neither I, nor the world, will ever fully recover. wakemewhenitsover Mar 2013 #88

I will never, EVER get over it. Credit to G.W. and the Supremes for making me a Yella Dawg Dem. trof Mar 2013 #89

If our Republic is headed for oblivion, the Supreme Court decision marked its beginning. olegramps Mar 2013 #91

And all that followed rainy Mar 2013 #94

My Login name reflects my level of annoyance with the 2000 selection n/t Gore1FL Mar 2013 #96

Never going to forget and never going to forgive. Autumn Mar 2013 #98

Here, here! I'll never "get over it," HomeboyHombre Mar 2013 #99

Remember this great Q&A explainer Glaisne Mar 2013 #100

me too. Sputtering blind furious. librechik Mar 2013 #102

Traitorous, warmongering thugs seems such a descriptive term. May history either indepat Mar 2013 #103

Oh me too. . . . BigDemVoter Mar 2013 #104

I can still recall the feeling in my stomach when they pulled FL back,,,, benld74 Mar 2013 #105

WORST SUPREME COURT DECISION EVER!!!!!!! Initech Mar 2013 #106

Jack Nicholson as President James Dale in 'Mars Attacks' expressed the surreal moment... Octafish Mar 2013 #117

I am FURIOUS along with you. TfG Mar 2013 #107

It Was Usurpation and Sedition by the Supreme Court Wolf Frankula Mar 2013 #108

Nope, not angry anymore... cynatnite Mar 2013 #111

There's no statute of limitations on treason and murder... Octafish Mar 2013 #118

I want justice, too... cynatnite Mar 2013 #120

Thanks for this thread, Octafish! I don't intend to get over this either! LongTomH Mar 2013 #116

I'm also mildly miffed about the 1848 election, fredzachmane Mar 2013 #121