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I am ready to give up watching the news. It's too depressing.


Today I saw a bumper sticker: CRONE--creative researcher of new experiences. Now, that's a group I would join on Facebook.

Both Mary Matalin Corville (on CNN) and Rudy Giuliani (on ABC) stated publicly that there were no terrorist attacks on the United States during the George Bush presidency. UH, I guess if you don't count 9/11...


On the subject of terrorism, I TOTALLY believe blogger Betty (http://bettysnewtrick.blogspot.com/2010/01/chasing-terrorism.html) has the answer. I hope she will run for president.


I want to be just like Helen Philpot (http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/) when I grow up.


When is common sense going to return to our political process in this country? Every recent development seems fueled by anger. It's not healthy and it's certainly not productive.



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  1. LindaJanuary 20, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    I am not angry with President Obama but I am angry and disgusted with the American people. I heard someone ask former President Clinton about how long all the angry rehtoric was going to go on and he said "Until the American People won't take it any more."

    Obviously we aren't there yet. People may have voted for Obama but they seem to be listening to the GOP, Glen Beck, and Rush Limbaugh. I do not get it. I need a break to recover.

    This morning I downloaded some light fiction onto my Kindle and I'm taking a break. Politics has been a life long passion of mine but the last year has taken that out of me.

    What can we do? I read and try to stay informed only to see Americans go to the polls and vote like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh tell them to vote. Have we gone into herd mentality? Are people no longer using their minds to think for themselves? Do they no longer look down the road for consequences? I'm disgusted.

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  2. Arkansas PattiJanuary 21, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    What Linda says and you too. I really can't understand the attack mode we are currently in and how rabid people can get. There are a lot of closed minds out there.
    Hope Bill is right and we get fed up soon.

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