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Plucketeer

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66. I never said I wanted kids

Tue Feb 7, 2017, 09:34 PM

Feb 2017

Well, I had some anyway - not by choice, but by chance. They've had their challenges as kids and adults, but I'm proud to say that they and my grandkids voted and voted in their own best interests. What my grandkids are gonna be facing from here on out, I feel guilty I couldn't fend off with what little I could and can do. I'm 72 and for the moment, fairly comfortable, but I can certainly see where even my little world could be flipped upside down. So that certainly doesn't make me feel any easier, short OR long-term. The really disheartening thing is the fact that there's nothing to turn things around other'n taking to the streets with pitchforks. I actually have a pitch fork and am still able to wield it for it's intended task. But I don't know if the TSA would allow me to take it along if I were to fly to den of thieves on the opposite coast. Sending a few bucks now and then seems like the most I can do. But I'm like you in that I (and my spouse as well - a retired civics teacher) am frustrated with the helplessness that feels like a crushing weight.

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It is fucking relentless. [View all] Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 OP

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DeVos confirmed. Pipeline okayed by ACE. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #3

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Not only that, but just after Devos' liberalhistorian Feb 2017 #68

are you living under a rock? READ! Watch other than Faux News! wordpix Feb 2017 #85

I get a little frustrated by OP's alluding unclearly to less prominent events, Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #92

A blow to civil rights tomorrow ElkeH Feb 2017 #2

As horrid as Sessions is, if the Democrats has allowed avebury Feb 2017 #64

It's pretty depressing. progressoid Feb 2017 #4

Not with the Election Assistance Center being chopped. catbyte Feb 2017 #54

I never said I wanted kids Plucketeer Feb 2017 #66

That's part of their plan...take a breather and take care of yourself and then RESIST nt LaydeeBug Feb 2017 #5

I hear people say resist and I ahve to wonder what they mean by that. moda253 Feb 2017 #7

welcome to DU, but I wholeheartedly disagree LaydeeBug Feb 2017 #8

Resist VancouverDem Feb 2017 #21

it may take generations to undo the the damage the fascists have, will do elmac Feb 2017 #25

Thousands protested at Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn apartment last week adigal Feb 2017 #40

If enough of us gather in righteous angry witness they will be afraid. hunter Feb 2017 #43

Spring is coming... Hulk Feb 2017 #45

In my humble opinion... qwlauren35 Feb 2017 #65

In my humble opinion agincourt Feb 2017 #94

do you know what dark is??? bdamomma Feb 2017 #69

Keep some optimism. trump is unstable. Just heard on Progress radio that senior repugs realize it... brush Feb 2017 #80

I for one will resist Dense, too--we don't need a theocracy anymore than a dictatorship wordpix Feb 2017 #88

yes, troll, we should sit back and wait for Trumputin to officially declare himself Fuhrer wordpix Feb 2017 #86

I don't want to lose heart but..... moda253 Feb 2017 #6

Yep Cosmocat Feb 2017 #9

The Republicans, with the help of the Koch mastermind machine, decided to work from the ground up meadowlark5 Feb 2017 #36

Exactly. Every position matters. LisaM Feb 2017 #51

YEP Cosmocat Feb 2017 #59

Many do think their lives Dallasdem1988 Feb 2017 #71

its over in a sense that elections and civil unrest can fix it elmac Feb 2017 #29

I just told my wife last night... thejoker123 Feb 2017 #38

Agreed mrgorth Feb 2017 #49

fine, sit back and take care of your kids. We'll do the work wordpix Feb 2017 #87

It ain't over until its over and.. coco22 Feb 2017 #89

DeVos, RAMMING through DAPL and shutting down the EAC CousinIT Feb 2017 #10

Sadly I feel like war is the only thing that will get us out of this. Initech Feb 2017 #84

A lot of these issues will overlap ... coco22 Feb 2017 #11

being watched bora13 Feb 2017 #12

yes, we have to get off the high road crapola elmac Feb 2017 #30

We are fucking relentless. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #13

Call your Republican rep and tell him how mad you are. Dave Starsky Feb 2017 #14

This is my tactic. I am on the phone to Repug reps and senators LuckyLib Feb 2017 #23

We are resisting these filthy repigs bdamomma Feb 2017 #72

I agree. It is fucking relentless. tecelote Feb 2017 #15

I agree, they're going to keep this up Percy Cholmondeley Feb 2017 #42

Net Neutrality too Auggie Feb 2017 #16

Money. Vote with your dollars. That's how we get back at them. ffr Feb 2017 #17

It's what I do. 2naSalit Feb 2017 #77

Nothing to do but leave. Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #18

Our chance at the court will come around again... SticksnStones Feb 2017 #19

How can we win back the senate in 2018. We have 1 seat that may flip. Nevada yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #62

Your mantra about Democrats losing in 2018 is so transparent, yeoman6987. Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #70

Impeach this lunatic NOW! world wide wally Feb 2017 #20

Election Assistance Commission to be disbanded under EO. nt Ilsa Feb 2017 #22

Al these EO's have to bdamomma Feb 2017 #31

No, I don't think so, but I may be wrong. NT Ilsa Feb 2017 #33

The answer to everything is so simple - it's right before our eyes: Chipper Chat Feb 2017 #24

Yes!! OnionPatch Feb 2017 #50

Sadly, We're Down to Ccarmona Feb 2017 #26

Everything, they want everything. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #27

hug. barbtries Feb 2017 #28

I wonder what will take bdamomma Feb 2017 #35

i don't know barbtries Feb 2017 #41

DON'T GIVE UP!!! A lot of stuff has to go through Congress... RESIST !!!!!!!!!!!! secondwind Feb 2017 #32

It just is getting started ... Cosmocat Feb 2017 #34

I am really sick today, also. So Thursday, I am going to protest at a local Republican's fundraiser adigal Feb 2017 #37

Don't forget a Texan rep. introduced a bill to committee logosoco Feb 2017 #39

I'll be 70 on my next birthday.. mountain grammy Feb 2017 #44

Stop it. colorado_ufo Feb 2017 #56

Thanks, I needed that! mountain grammy Feb 2017 #74

You go, girl! colorado_ufo Feb 2017 #75

+1000 dchill Feb 2017 #76

Piss and moan all you want. I'll join you. We made our bed. slumcamper Feb 2017 #46

I sure wish more people had voted for Hillary Clinton. NBachers Feb 2017 #47

Buy a lottery ticket. You just posted your 7,777th post. slumcamper Feb 2017 #48

Thanks! If you hadn't called my attention to it, I'd never have noticed. NBachers Feb 2017 #52

Same here. Sat next to a woman on a flight today who held her nose to vote for tRump, hoping JudyM Feb 2017 #63

Don't worry about her and the other idiots like her. She helped get trump in and is now sorry brush Feb 2017 #81

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That is exactly how zentrum Feb 2017 #55

But hey, Jill Stein is there to tell us it's all our fault! calimary Feb 2017 #57

To the KGOP & alt-right, every goddamn day must be like Christmas morning. VOX Feb 2017 #58

I feel the same way n/t Qanisqineq Feb 2017 #60

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If we last another four years. Initech Feb 2017 #90

This is what Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #73

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Looking back at Bush's war started some 14 years ago, it's easy to see why R B Garr Feb 2017 #83

Fascist takeover playbook. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #93

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