The Temptation of Insanity
Our country seems to reek of frustration.
Those of us in the hurricane magnet area soon face another season that is advertised to be just about as bad as last year. The war goes on as do the deaths in its wake. Dead and decayed human beings are still being pulled from the debris along the Gulf Coast. It’s a lot to deal with if you are a sane, sensitive, caring human being.
FEMA will apparently be headed by the last person nabbed for the job. I doubt many have much faith in things getting any better there.
The bush administration doesn’t show any signs of changing its course as far as fighting wars is concerned.
With all this going on, seems to me it would be so much easier to declare insanity than to try to deal with it all. Just throw in the towel and say that’s it, I’m insane and I refuse to acknowledge all the many trials and tribulations that life is barreling my way. Of course we aren’t going to do that, but hell, it sure does seem it would be so much easier. We’re all in the hand basket. We know the destination, and there are times when it looks appealing to just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Those of us in the hurricane magnet area soon face another season that is advertised to be just about as bad as last year. The war goes on as do the deaths in its wake. Dead and decayed human beings are still being pulled from the debris along the Gulf Coast. It’s a lot to deal with if you are a sane, sensitive, caring human being.
FEMA will apparently be headed by the last person nabbed for the job. I doubt many have much faith in things getting any better there.
The bush administration doesn’t show any signs of changing its course as far as fighting wars is concerned.
With all this going on, seems to me it would be so much easier to declare insanity than to try to deal with it all. Just throw in the towel and say that’s it, I’m insane and I refuse to acknowledge all the many trials and tribulations that life is barreling my way. Of course we aren’t going to do that, but hell, it sure does seem it would be so much easier. We’re all in the hand basket. We know the destination, and there are times when it looks appealing to just sit back and enjoy the ride.
posted by pissed off patricia at 8:17 AM
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Because if we give up, and quit fighting the govenment for justice and basic civil liberties, then, honey, home is gone too.
I think Glenda is right, this is what we have to remember. But I think we all know where you are at POP.
I read blogs like Left of Center and I have to really work at dealing with the frustration I have with sorting lies and trying to wrap my brain around truth. Who knows anymore. Who knows. I think the truth is scarier than I had imagined it to be, thats for sure. On many things.
Sadly, insanity is not an option unless you come by it honestly.
Yeah, I was being a bit dreamy and thinking how nice it would be to just say to everyone, I'm insane so this stuff doesn't bother me. Nope, we can't quit, not ever. I would just like a break from the ugly reality that keeps getting more and more ugly and more and more real.
The only thing that frightens me is what I don't know. Like Elizabeth says, I too fear the truth is scarier than we imagined.
PoP, my friend, politics can make you crazy all right. But, don't let it get you down to the point that you want to give up. You've been doing so well sharing your marvelous photos with us, and therein is your peace. Do like I do, go watch a baseball game or mow the lawn. It's great therapy!
Wasn't it Jimmy Buffet who said "If we weren't all crazy we'd all go insane"? Just remember, politics, like just about everthing else, is cyclical. One party gets in to power, abuses its power, screws up the way voters think things shoudl work, and the other party gets voted in and does the same thing. Democrats had a pretty long ride, and it is looking more and more like Repubs have about run their ride out.
There are so many who are in the same boat as you are. My thinking is that those of us on the frontlines of the fight have to have some R&R time away from the fray or we will all be shell shocked. So, I have been taking time away off and on and forcing myself to take up other activities. Then, I can come back ready to fight the good fight. As for hurricanes, me too. We will do what we can to prepare and rely on good luck.
The momentum for gathering sanity and rationality swung completely the opposite direction the day the SCOTUS handed Shrub the election in Y2K. The pendulum will swing back. It has to.
I have my own insanity-fighting weapon. It's called Tai Chi. Very calming. Keeps me from shoving my head through the nearest wall.
I know the feeling, totally ... just gotta do what feels right each day ... and on those days when it feels right to sit back and enjoy the ride that's okay ... and on those days when it feels right to step off the ride altogether why not?... to the extent possible ... and on those days when it feels right to howl ... may we be in a position to howl ... and every day there's an opportunity to be kind to one person ... and drink a thimbleful of redemption ... really just meant to say ... know whatcha mean pop ...
Sometimes I almost wish I didn't know what I know. Everyone here who has their own blogs knows much more than the average American about what's going on, and sometimes you want to just shout this stuff at anyone you see walking down the street.
I honestly believe the more people knew what we knew, read what we read every day, this president would be in prison right now, and this country would have about 3 Republican Senators and 5 House members.
I sincerely believe that.
It would be a heckuva lot easier for you if you just became an end-timer, accept that God talks to Bush, and that Bush is just doing God's work by bringing about Armageddon.
Hell, the world's going to end sooner or later...why prolong it?
And it's downhill, baby! All downhill! YIPEEEEE!!
Its so depressing when you sit down and think about it. I kinda wish I didn't know.. Ignorance is bliss.
So much better to be a child again.
You know the scene in The Wizard of Oz where Toto pulls the curtain open and reveals that the big bad Wizard is nothing but a hologram generated by a scared little old man? We're in the same position as Dorothy and her friends were. And having identified the Wizard, we've passed the point of no return.
Everything the Bush administration is telling us now is just one variation of "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" after another. Too late -- game's up...
I watched a program last night on Nova about the earth's magnetic core and that it is going bust. The earth is on a collision course with its own nature it seems. Scientists figure that the earth has about another 1,000 years and the lack of the magnetic field (or great depletion of it by then) the earth will basically die. They sort of figure that is what has happened to Mars. So...at least this won't happen in our lifetime. No...we have our Georgie and friends to deal us all the low blows they can for as long as they can. They must be desperate to have a name in history... even if it isn't a good one.
It's hard to believe we live in America sometimes. I have to believe alot of people are sitting back. Nothing seems to stir people.
Their voting seems based on how many tax breaks they can get.
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