... anyone else have the inkling that the shit is about to hit the fan in a major way?

[NRaleighLiberal]

Jane Harmon thing... torture memos... the poor economy in general and how we got to it.. odd reactions from both sides at various times. I have a feeling the lid is about to blow, and when it does...


:yoiks:

[Hekate]

1. Which lid in particular? There's a lot of pots cooking in Washington. nt

[rwheeler31]

2. Everyone will look like fools.

[Peacetrain]

3. Jane Harmon was in thick with the Bushbots..

[madokie]

4. I keep thinking so

and have been for quite some time now. Personally I think there is something going on behind the scenes, FBI, that will stop every one of us in our tracks when we find out about it. Our constitution forbids most if not all of what has been going on for years now. I remember back to a time when we had 77 of our county commissioners arrested and all but one convicted of various crimes. No one had a clue that there was a big investigation going on and then one day the shit hit the fan. Yes, I remember it quite well and have a feeling that the same is about to happen in a big way, like our county commissioner scandal of years ago but on steroids..

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. Exactly. Question is, do we pop corn and open a cold one, or run for the hills?

[poverlay]

9. Probably both. Problem is, I can't drink and run at the same time very well... n/t

[madokie]

10. I remember watergate also

and I must say it was fun watching it come down after having watched it build. This is going to be a kick back with ones favorite beverage and smoke for those of us who do, moment. I don't want to miss it. The thing is when the shit finally hits the fan shit starts happening fast, real fast in some cases. Us Citizens will be fine

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. This is part of what I was trying to say here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5465125

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. Here's what I think -

I think everything's already blown. I think it's all over, irreparable, in an unstoppable downward spiral, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it, let alone reverse it or even slow it down.

I think the thugs of the past eight years are going to walk unmolested, free and unencumbered by their crimes, and this Jane Harmon thing will be like everything else that seemed like such an outrage at first - it will just die away, with nothing happening to anyone, and, of course, we'll hear that perfect little homily:

"It's time to move forward."

Well, to any asshole who invokes that mantra, and, sadly, I must include my President Obama in that group, there is nothing else except moving forward. Ever try to go backwards in time, you dipshit? It can't be done.

Going forward would mean at least making a show of trying to bring those thugs to justice, but that's not going to happen. We're not suddenly going to turn back into a manufacturing society, and the damage we've done to the planet is terminal.

I hate to admit it, but that's what I think. It's just a matter of time for the sonic boom to catch up with us, that's all ...............

[Blackhatjack]

8. I believe the Banks 'good news we were profitable' Quarterly Results were lies....

.... they used taxpayers' bailout $$, and accounting irregularities to skew the Quarterly earnings reports.

There is no way they went from appearing hat in hand begging for taxpayers handout to profitability in such a short time from legitimate business activity.

And therefore, I expect another downturn in the Economy...

[amborin]

12. well banks are in desperate shape....stocks plunged today on their worthless assets, profits only

due to accounting peculiarities

[Blackhatjack]

14. Exactly.... not reporting losses in Dec 2008 in their numbers skewed their 'profitability'...n/t

[amborin]

20. yes, that and

BOA reporting profits today, largely based on one time gains, some of which due to accounting
rules....not really sustainable profits

[ArtVandelay]

21. Wells Fargo's reports weren't lies. Thay never made the shitty deals in the

first place so were and are just fine.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Fer a couple years now, and that includes a nice hot civil war

but wait, I've been called a doom and gloom for that.

But we have been in a cold one for a while

[originalpckelly]

13. Let me tell you what I saw today.

I saw the revolution start. It started with a big smoke signal, and then people shouted freedom over and over again.

The pot heads are the new founding fathers. They get this. They have figured out that they don't have to obey authority, because they are authority. This simple idea is going to radically change America, and because it's an idea, it will come peacefully.

[BeFree]

16. What are you smoking?

I want some of that?

Seriesly, what pot heads, what revolution? Don't bogart that link, my friend. I need a good long hit on some good revolution about now.

[originalpckelly]

19. I'm talking about 420.

A massive group meets up in Denver's Civic Center park for a MJ festival. While I do not partake in the direct smoking of the great bud, I watch.

It struck me sitting there that the people doing this are simply not afraid of authority. They don't give a shit that some law says they can't do it, because I think they all understand the absurdity of a law that tells the people what to do about anything other than malum in se crimes.

I'm telling you, this shit looked like a real modern day boston tea party. There's going to be a revolution, and either the pot heads will lead it, or a bunch of old white guys teabagging each other will. I think the teabaggers fail to understand what's going on, but the pot heads do get it. They know they don't have to take this shit anymore. And they simply don't.

Think about the real history of the first American revolution, and then you'll get what I'm saying. Those guys were not a bunch of angels, nor are these people, and that's the reason real change is on the way.

Hell, you should have seen some of the non-pot political signs I saw. These people really do get it. They're stoned as hell, and they're not going to toke it anymore. :P

[aquart]

15. Which shit? Which fan?

Honey, the banks ain't stable.

[ShareTheWoods]

17. shit IS hitting the fan for many as we speak

On the average, about 107 people die every minute in the world. So at the end of the day, nearly 150,000 people
are hit in the most major way possible. Unless you are talking unlimited nuclear war or petulance, I doubt it
will be felt nearly as bad.

[Lint Head]

18. The Perfect Wave is on the way. I'm afraid that Obama's second

term will be swept away if the torturers are not prosecuted.
:dem:

[ArtVandelay]

22. Yes this made me so despondent. How could he?

I think I will take the Obama stickers off my car, I am that sad.

[ArtVandelay]

23. The way the Reicht is stirring up the moranic masses is making me nervous.

Those too dumb to critically think should stay out of politics, but I believe this is just history repeating itself. Whip the village idiots up into a froth over lies and they will do a lot of damage for you....