You Should NOT Be Surprised this is happening. DO NOT GIVE UP.

[TheWatcher]

The night Kerry spoke to the Nation is was one of the most magical, hope filled moments that any of us here on DU have experienced in YEARS. Many of us were Euphoric, feeling like Bush was Crushed, the NeoCons were finished, and America just MIGHT get back to Normal again.

What a difference 72 Hours makes.

Between the "You WILL Vote For Me Or I WILL Kill Your Children Aler.....", um, I mean the raise in the Color Code to Orange and the Terror Alerts in California and New Mexico, to the "NORAD Lied" and "Swiss Cheese Border Patrol" Stories, to the Pravda like CNN/Gallup Poll, it is once again looking to many like any moment America's 227 year experiment will end.

I say to you NOTHING has changed since Thursday.

Not ONE

DAMNED

THING.

What you are seeing now is the desperate intentions and last futile attempts by criminals to stay in Power.

Why are some people so surprised by this? Did you really think this wouldn't happen?

Did you REALLY think that a cabal full of thugs and criminals that were basically given a Blank Check and Carte Blanche to do whatever the fuck they wanted, break whatever laws they wanted, kill, rape, murder, torture whoever they wanted, Steal an Election, LIHOP, undermine Civil Liberties, shred the Constitution, Go to war whenever they feel like it for WHATEVER reason they feel like it, and then LIE ABOUT IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT, and once again, as they have EVERY TIME IN THE PAST WHEN THEY ARE IN POLITICAL TROUBLE, stick their fat, blood-soaked, cash and power engorged faces out the Window and Scream "The Terrorists Are Coming! The Terrorists Are Coming!"......

Did you REALLY Think that they were just GOING TO GIVE UP?

America is changing. America is waking up. America is awakening from a long sleep of delusion and false Flag Waving and a drunken stupor of constant Brow-Beating with fear and lies. There IS Hope. There IS a way.

But the path to get there may not be very pretty.

Look my friends, you know as well as I do.

THESE PEOPLE ARE WHAT THEY ARE. They are BEHAVING EXACTLY AS THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO ACT.

They have tasted Blood. They have tasted ABSOLUTE POWER.

They are probably not going to give it up lawfully and peacefully.

They ARE going to PLAY EVERY SINGLE CARD THEY HAVE.

Do not deny yourself this realization. This should have been READILY APPARENT the day of Kerry's speech. The nails should have been seen hammered into the coffin with the stunts the Media pulled all throughout the Convention and immediately AFTER the convention with nothing to talk about but "Balloons, Whose Got The Fucking BALLOONS?!"

CNN has proven today without a doubt that we no longer have a Free Press in this country.

They are STICKING IT IN YOUR FACES.

They are DARING YOU TO TRY AND STOP THEM.

I say it is their arrogance that will finally do them in.

They are so drunk with Power and so desperate to keep it, they are getting sloppy. They are getting OBVIOUS.

They have forgotten that the great reason behind their success these past few years was not to be TOO obvious. They are unraveling right before your very eyes.

This is still OUR Country. We CAN still stop them. And if the Power of our Vote does not work, we may very well be forced to examine remedies to stop this madness. But if there is any American Spirit left in ANY of us, the Spirit of the principles this country was founded on, WE WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.

We have 99 Days left to go. We have a lot of work to do.

We have a LONG ROAD ahead.

We know what they are capable of. We know what they may try to do.

We have to accept that this is what we are dealing with and it is going to get MUCH worse than maybe ANY of us are willing to admit before it is over.

This is only The BEGINNING.

Shrug it off. It is THEY who are on the defensive. NOT US.

It's YOUR COUNTRY.

It's OUR COUNTRY.

It's OUR FUTURE.

It's THEIR END.

I Believe in this Country.

I Believe in ME.

I Believe in all of YOU.

FIGHT BACK, DAMMIT.

I am RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

Hope is HERE.

And they will be GONE.

PERIOD.

[proud patriot]

1. High five on that be sure to read my sigline

[TheWatcher]

3. That is one of the most Beautiful and Eloquently Accurate Signature Lines

I have ever read. :)

We will WIN, my friend. They are Self-Destructing.

[sattahipdeep]

57. Heres a thought! and Thank~You All.

The "Criminalization of the State", is when war criminals
legitimately occupy positions of authority, which enable them
to decide "who are the criminals", when in fact they are the criminals.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO402A.html

9.On information and belief, less than ten years before the filing of this action, on or
about July 25, 1995, in United States v. Halliburton Co., U.S.D.C. Criminal Case No. 95-CR-157-ALL
(S.D. Texas), Halliburton pled guilty to illegally exporting goods to the terrorist nation of Libya in
violation of 50 U.S.C. §§ 1702 and 1705, 31 C.F.R. §§ 550.202, 550.208, 550.409, and 18 U.S.C. § 2, wasfined $1.2 million on conviction, and is a convicted felon.

10.Defendant Richard B. Cheney (“Cheney”) is currently the Vice-President of the
United States, domiciled in the State of Texas or Washington, D.C., a resident of Washington, D.C., and
was the Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton from 1995 into 2000. Cheney is sued herein under Texas
state law as a direct participant, aider and abettor, and co-conspirator in the fraudulent acts, omissions, and scheme set forth below.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/92/complaint.htm

[proud patriot]

58. Excellent post

:thumbsup:

[Bluebear]

2. HELL yes we needed that!

Magnificent! You should have a national voice.... or do you?

[PoiBoy]

4. Excellent post...!

I agree with all you've said... :hi:

Nov.3-Jan.20... that is the most dangerous time for our country, IMO... that's when the really desperate sh*t is gonna hit the fan...

[calimary]

5. Thanks! We need to repeat this again and again and again.

By the way, a friend emailed me about a new bumper sticker he's seen around the San Fernando Valley (here in Southern California) - "11/02/04 - The End of an Error".

[mesherri]

62. "11/02/04 - The End of an Error"

OMG -- I would love to have one of those bumper stickers! I'll have to start keeping me eyes peeled around town (I live in Tujunga -- just east of the SFV)... I am happy to finally be seeing some Kerry stickers turning up here and there -- I was feeling lonely!

[Hoping4Change]

67. Hey there mesherri

Welcome to DU. Glad you're here.:hi:

[lolly]

63. Hey, Fellow Valley Dwellers

I'm up here in Granada Hills.

This place used to be pretty Republican. Buck McKeon was our rep for years, unlike the rest of the SFV. We were finally moved out of his district a couple years ago.

Anyway, I've seen lots of Kerry and anti-war bumper stickers here, so I don't feel so alone anymore.

[republicansarewhores]

6. I hope you don't mind, I am so inspired by your post I am passing it on...

To my family and friends. Truer words were never spoken. Thanks for putting what I and many other feel right now so eloquently.

RAW

[calimary]

8. I nominated this for the home page. It should be posted there on a

regular basis - just to help us all keep our Eyes on the Prize.

[Bluebear]

10. I nominated it right away too! Beautiful!

[Pachamama]

19. Me too....Keep the eye on the Prize...don't be distracted by the noise...

Just nominated this for FrontPage! Thanks!

[TheWatcher]

12. It would be an HONOR. :)

Shout it to the Roof Tops. Share with your friends, neighbors, EVERYONE YOU CAN.

This isn't my message.

It's OURS.

And we will REFUSE TO BE SILENT.

[NEDem]

29. Honor is mine

Thanks for the uplifting rant. I forwarded it on to a few friends, they may forward it on to a few others.

[sandnsea]

7. Be Relentless

You work because it's right. You give your all so you can look in the mirror and know you have done every single thing you could do to make a change. The results do not matter. The fight matters. And we will not stop fighting.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. No Retreat. No Surrender.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Way to go

by the way I have been saying it for about three months now, we are at the end game stage... and you all know what that means

;-)

[depakid]

11. Better to be paranoid than naive, I always say.

I put very little past Republicans... but this time, I think that they're going to overplay their hand.

[LibertyorDeath]

13. Now that's more like it

Fuck Yeah. !!!!!!!!!!!11

[the Kelly Gang]

14. right on !..good piece..go to the front page NOW !

[Trekologer]

15. I was thinking the same thing

The speech by Tom Ridge seemed more like a response to John Kerry than anything else. In NYC mayor Bloomberg's press conference, his tone of voice and body language seemed to indicate to me that he knows that the administration is playing his city like a pawn in their game to stay in power.

[Swamp Rat]

16. Whaoo! Tell it like it is! I'm with you 100%! I'm with ALL of you 100%!

:grouphug:

Geaux Kerry!

[Pachamama]

21. Pachamama & Swamp Rat Reporting for Duty....The Repukes are freaking

...they know its gameover, and they are desperate....Ignore the noise, keep the eye on the prize....spread the message and remind people of what the "Truth" is.....

[Swamp Rat]

27. ... peace and love

:pals: :hug: :grouphug:

[DaveofCali]

17. The GOP is trying to demoralize Kerry's supporters....

Don't let the GOP and Kerry's critics from all angles get to you. The GOP would thrive on demoralizing us and liberals by targeting Kerry's character (hence the flip flipper branding) simply so we'd be less eager, less enthusiastic, and less fired up. WE MUST NOT LET THEM MANIPULATE US. THIS ELECTION IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOSE ONE OUNCE OF STRENGTH. Get fully informed with Kerry, be ready to defend Kerry at all angles. Don't let them get away with the demoralizing strategy.

[Pachamama]

22. Actually, they are "energizing" me....Sure, they piss me off, but I tap in

to that and turn it in to the energy to take my country back from them...

They are not going to fool us and we will not let them....

Ignore the noise...focus on the prize....

[Tight_rope]

18. Sorry...I'm not letting the GOP steal my joy!

[Pachamama]

26. I like your signature line....:)

:hi:

[Tsiyu]

20. Hell, we've only just got started

Spoke with a non-US native friend living in a red state this evening whose SO ordered 30,000 voter reg. forms. Fundie kid called my son today to invite him to go see F911. A Shill News Conglomerate employee in our family is urging all to vote for Kerry.

Americans have been breastfed on the notion of rising up against corrupt people in power. We were born in that barn. And we may have been born at night. But not last night.

Optimistic and tough. That's what we gotta be.

Great Pep Post, Watcher person!

[Pachamama]

24. I love your "birth" analogy....and the breastfeeding too...

I'm Pachamama to Pachababies....

Pachamama means Mother Earth... :)

Fear is the opposite of Love....we have to not fear....

The tides are shifting, but sometimes a riptide forms and you have to watch out for the undertow...but, we will prevail....if you know about "Riptides", one has to do the opposite of what one does in panic....which is instead of swimming towards the beach, you swim "aside" and along the beach and out of harms way and then to the Beach....

Sorry, that was the image that came to mind for me...hope it made sense...

[Tsiyu]

39. Whoa-wierd that you talk about riptides

A riptide almost took two of my six babes. They were saved by an eight months pregnant family friend who just happened to be visiting the same beach. She ran like a banshee ( risking her own and her unborn babe's life) while a bunch of guys just sat there and guzzled beers watching me scream and the kids come close to drowning like it was a spectator bloodsport or something.

We must be transmitting Mama vibes, Pachamama. Too bad the world has trouble embracing and utilizing the awesome, all-encompassing Mama power.

[Pachamama]

42. That's why we need Mama T as First Lady....

Okay, even though I know that I am very in tune with a lot of things, that did just amaze me to read your "riptide" experience....I can't explain it, but as I wrote my email post to you, that is exactly what came to me and I just let it flow....It's a strange thing, it happens to me a lot - in particular since time I spent years ago with the Shamans from the Achuar, Shuar & Huarani Tribes in the Equadorian and Peruvian Amazon Jungle (Long story there)...

Yes, we are transmitting "Mama" vibes and it is tragic that the worldd has trouble embracing and using this energy and its love. The old saying that the world would be a better place if women were in charge....that's not to imply men can't do the job, there are in fact many men who are in tune with their "feminine" side and understand the concept without it having to mean they are "less of a man"....

I'm glad your babes are okay...6 - WOW! Your a braver woman than I! I've got only two pachababies and they keep me pretty busy....

:pals:

[Tsiyu]

47. Funny words i heard tonight

Paraphrased, "We will be destroyed by the terraists because of the feminization of America." Not because Rumsfield shook Saddam's hand lo those many years ago, not because we funded the Taliban or because we raped Iraqi children, but because of the FEMINIZATION of America. Are they talking about the proliferation of Titty bars? Or the fact that women have been given the vote? Or Is it all Hillary's fault? I won't name the goon who spewed this ridiculous tripe on the airwaves, I'll just say that I hope a good woman will set this fool straight one day.

Thanks for your kind words, Pachamama. There's nothing as awesome as raising kids, and nothing else gives you the incentive to insure that * is booted out come November. I agree we should not give in to fear or hopelessness but stand firm and ready to defend this nation, feminized as it may be!

One of the "babes" almost taken by the sea is a poster on DU and a fine, outstanding young woman about to cast her first ever Presidential vote for Kerry. The other is playing drums for our house band tonight ( my voice is shot so I'm sitting the night out) and I'm going to pick his liberal butt up right now. So I better not read another DU thread or he'll be waiting all night for a ride!

[Pachamama]

51. Feminization of America? The GOP is afraid of women's voices & votes

There are 22 million unregistered women voters in America that didn't vote in 2000.....If those women were to register, take a guess how many of them would be voting for Bu$h?

Try less than 5%.....and they know it....

I marched in April on Washington for the March for Women's Lives...the power and energy there (not to mention the numbers of women which was intentionally under-reported) was incredible...including the 1000's of "Republicans for Choice"....

I assure you, they know that Women's voices are going to be the end of their rule....why do you think they now try to villify Teresa Heinz Kerry? I was just watching MSNBC, they were asking whether she is a liability because when at a rally yesterday a Bushite got on a Bullhorn and shouted "4 more years" and she said "4 more years of hell" and started the crowd chanting "3 more month, 3 more months", they are saying she is a "liability" to his campaign....

Girl Power! That will be their underdoing!

PS: How cool is that you have a baby DUer? Mine are too young, but ask my 4 year old about Bu$h and she can tell you about him....They have been marching with me and they know....their future is in our hands and our future is in their hands and its our jobs to help leave them with something that is worth leaving...

[VOX]

23. Yes! Outstanding post, TheWatcher!

The only point in your shout-out that I can't go all the way with is is "they will be gone." Sad to say that these bastards won't be going anywhere.

Throwing them out of direct access to power is a great start. But they have their attack machine already in place: hate radio, cable news, etc. Kerry's presidency will be viewed through a microscope each day, and each day we will have to remain active to ensure that the truth will be heard.

Yes, fight like hell to get Democrats back into power, then, fight like hell to **keep** them in power!

Many thanks -- :toast:

[Pachamama]

25. Yeah, your right....Kerry buys us time....they will remain out there and

waiting like "lurking" vampires in the shadows, waiting to attack when the moment is right. They will continue their use of the media in their pockets/wallets and have the Kerry Presidency in their scopes. We, the citizens must be active every single day and realize that as long as we remain involved, we can direct and shape what happens. If we become lazy and complacent, then we could find ourselves right back to square 1 in 2008.

:hi:

[Bluebear]

28. kick

[sangh0]

30. I loved the drunk analogy

They are so drunk with Power and so desperate to keep it, they are getting sloppy. They are getting OBVIOUS.

So fitting and appropriate.

[PopSixSquish]

31. PopSixSquish Reporting for Duty!!!!

I will not allow these bastards to do this to my country and my fellow Americans anymore.

[democrat_patriot]

32. 1/2 hour a day

Write a letter.

Fax 10 media offices.

Contact the Senators / congressperson of your state/district.


30 minutes a day.

We have the numbers, we will win. Did you see the Kerry turnout in Grand Rapids?

We will win.

[GoneOffShore]

33. Totally inspiring piece

I wish I had written it. But my rhetorical skills and grasp of the situation are not quite what yours are.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[GoneOffShore]

34. Kick - NT

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[graywarrior]

37. And I thought I was alone watching CNN today

Thank you so much. You pumped up my spirit again.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

35. Something else I'm not surprised at:

Crowd of 20000+ turns out for John Kerry rally today in Republican leaning Grand Rapids, MI.

[mopaul]

36. what HE said........or she

abso fucking lutely

[rob-ok-vin]

38. Excellent post

Thanks for the uplifting words. great to know my thoughts are real and not some paranoid, look over my sholder crap.

[Hoping4Change]

70. Hey there rob-ok-vin

Welcome to DU. Glad you're here. :hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

40. I Shrugged It Off. . .

. . .3.2569 milleseconds after i heard Ridge say it. Was that fast enough?
The Professor

[blm]

41. Fight Back. Let's go get those Bush bastards.

(nods to The Magistrate)

Excellent sentiments. I notice none of the doomers have replied to it yet. I hope it straightens out the sincere ones.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

43. Great, great post! Now where's my torch and battering ram? Who's with me?

Shrubco Transition Team

[IndysGnarlyness]

44. bravo

That let me almost speechless, kinda. Through all the crooked media being shoved in everyone's faces, someone has been able to not only see through it (because so many have), someone has been able to sensibly relate it through words. Those are words to live by for the rest of my life.

[Hoping4Change]

71. Hey IndysGnarlyness

Welcome to DU. Good to have you on board.:hi:

[ibegurpard]

45. Nice war cry!

:thumbsup:

[Lerkfish]

46. HUZZAH!

what a masterpiece of inspiration \
can someone who can, PLEASE forward this to the Kerry/Edwards campaign higher ups?

[Lindsey]

48. Man - that was just what the doctor ordered. Thank you.

We need a plan though. How to fight. What to do. They will DO ANYTHING.

[gardenista]

49. YEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!

[scottxyz]

50. Great post!

Very inspiring!

[Name removed]

52. Deleted message

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[kaitykaity]

53. Bullshit SPAM.

Get this weak shit out of here, you ****** ***.

[ibegurpard]

54. Probably falling on deaf ears but

A little education on free speech for you and other morons of your ilk:
Free speech guarantees that the government or someone else can't shut down a website (or some other forum) that you set up because they don't like what you're saying. It does NOT mean that you can't tell people who come to YOUR forum who try to disrupt to take a hike.

[cthrumatrix]

55. they are going down....it's that simple...liars, cowards and criminals

[smirkymonkey]

56. Amen!

"I say it is their arrogance that will finally do them in.

They are so drunk with Power and so desperate to keep it, they are getting sloppy. They are getting OBVIOUS.

They have forgotten that the great reason behind their success these past few years was not to be TOO obvious. They are unraveling right before your very eyes."

This is what will be their undoing. I have been expecting it for a long time.

[wovenpaint]

59. YAYes!

THEIR goal is to call off the election in Nov.

WE say NO WAY!

[Generator]

60. Kick!

This is why I come to DU! The truth is so refreshing.

My husband works, I don't. He reads some on line but I read DU. I tell him, those terror alerts were OLD.

"Oh man, those crooks will stop at nothing, I shouldn't be surprised."

The gloves are off baby. No retreat, no surrender.

[frank frankly]

61. DAMN GOOD POST!!!

best thing i've read in ages!

thank you!!!

:hi:

[ItsMyParty]

64. Do you know why they have the power that they do??

....because they "can"........because they have pushed the envelope time and time again over 20 years and waited to see the response and nobody stopped them. I think we have now crossed over to another land where the "robber barrons" rule and where they will never be forced to give up the power again. It's now a matter of just learning how to survive, day by day, under them. Eventually, like the Soviets, they will reach too far and this nation will economically collapse.

[Ithuilwen]

65. Damn straight!

And KICK!

:kick:

[Sugarbleus]

66. A SHOT IN THE ARM!! I'm on my feet cheering again!!

Whoever you are.......THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU... It's all true and we ARE TOGETHER!! Onward to the goal! :bounce:

[gasperc]

68. damn good shot in the arm

:kick:

[Blue_Roses]

69. well said!

are you sure your not John Kerry...;)

[WillyT]

72. Most Excellent !!! - Right On !!!

And thank you!

:yourock:

[Hoping4Change]

73. Brilliant post .

I 100% agree the mediawhores are getting way too obvious.

[samforamerica]

74. www.peopleagainstw.com

I wanted to let you all know about a new petition website we just started. We're trying to build it up as much as possible to let the press know how many working people like us are against George W. Bush. I hope you stop by www.peopleagainstw.com and give us some feedback. thanks!

[dmr]

75. Wonderful shot in the arm

Everything you say, I agree intellectually, but the stunts they pull really get to me emotionally, and I suppose that is one of their goals. Fortunately, I have DU to keep me focused and a DUer friend where we have a continuous email conversation each day - I can't tell you how much that helps and how much I value it.

Thanks for the pep talk. I'm going to bookmark this thread and refer to it when I get angry or down in the dumps.

[LabMonkey]

76. Euphoric? They are all "POLITICIANS" Get A LIFE!

jeezus, Its important. We vote. We Campaign. Be patriotic. But for crying out loud I WILL NOT be crushed or have an orgasm depending how an election turns out!
Its history in the making. In the end you have to accept whatever happens and get on with your life. Jeez. I WILL NOT WORSHIP A POLITICIAN! They are NOT WORTH that kind of idoltry. They should worship US! Dont hold your breath on that one though. Seriously, keep your head about you. Getting all bent one way or the other does not help a damn thing. Whoever wins. Kerry loses then what? You get that wrapped up in it and you will be a mental case. The battle never ends. Get it? We are always fighting. You had better be in this for the long haul whatever happens. People who get all upset will start saying crap like Im going to leave the country, etc, etc. I hate that atttitude. Jeez. This stuff can take L I F E T I M E S.