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raven mad

(4,940 posts)
49. Sending love and good karma -
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:42 AM
Feb 2015

Spock would not let you give up hope, even if it is an illogical human emotion; neither will your fellow DU'ers.

My dear Fumesucker... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #1
What she said. rhett o rick Feb 2015 #6
Thank you Peggy, you're one of the nicest people I've run into Fumesucker Feb 2015 #13
What Peggy and csziggy said Hekate Feb 2015 #40
Great tribute, man...Thanks...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2015 #2
So in a nutshell Egnever Feb 2015 #3
I try not to be bitter Fumesucker Feb 2015 #4
I wonder what your intent is with your post. Tell me you are not chastising the OP author. rhett o rick Feb 2015 #5
Par for the course Aerows Feb 2015 #8
From a certain point of view it's not inaccurate Fumesucker Feb 2015 #9
If you post a lot Aerows Feb 2015 #15
I don't know you at all, but you seem to be someone who truly knows we're not our circumstances. ancianita Feb 2015 #56
Easy conclusion, easy way to not deal with it..... daleanime Feb 2015 #68
I recognize that too. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #65
I too, was stuck sick by the realization of what is and what could have been Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #7
Yes...thanks for this post...and a Hug to "Fumesucker" and the rest....... KoKo Feb 2015 #10
Remember - the Star Trek timeline had wars and hard times before Enterprise csziggy Feb 2015 #11
Yeah, I know... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #14
I remember when I was a teenager in the late 60s csziggy Feb 2015 #46
Well said. byronius Feb 2015 #18
...... madfloridian Feb 2015 #12
This is what gives me hope Tsiyu Feb 2015 #16
This is closer to my feeling most days.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #23
I know you remember the other similar poster Tsiyu Feb 2015 #25
"The kids just have to wait out the dying Old Guard" was heard in the 60s. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #27
And then the kids of the '60s sold out Tsiyu Feb 2015 #28
I was at a family dinner table with some old friends quite a number of years ago.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #32
... Tsiyu Feb 2015 #81
I know plenty of young people. I don't see what you do, particularly once they settle down, ND-Dem Feb 2015 #53
I am close with a good deal of young people whose energy, strength, and stability provides me much appalachiablue Feb 2015 #63
You are on to us. We sold out. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #66
Many of my generation ( I am mid 50s) did. Tsiyu Feb 2015 #82
What an interesting list of charities-- Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #33
I was sort of struck by NPR.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #70
Perhaps the hope is that funding them Tsiyu Feb 2015 #83
I agree about NPR, but defend WPR. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #87
My parents wouldn't let me watch the first few episodes of Star Trek... hunter Feb 2015 #17
Do you know that MLK all but ordered Nichelle Nichols to stay on the show after the first season? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #19
So I learned later... hunter Feb 2015 #22
Wow, I had no idea. BeanMusical Feb 2015 #42
R#38 & K for, I stopped reading halfway through but my condolences n/t UTUSN Feb 2015 #20
I get it... sendero Feb 2015 #21
Excellent post and points, Fumesucker. Thank you. eom littlemissmartypants Feb 2015 #24
kickety.kick.kick littlemissmartypants Feb 2015 #26
You give me hope. Martin Eden Feb 2015 #29
thank you G_j Feb 2015 #30
Oh dear one: spend some time with the children! tavernier Feb 2015 #31
During the Bush/Cheney years ThoughtCriminal Feb 2015 #34
Fumesucker, you got me. Your post will be in my head for a long time.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #35
I agree that the future will be dystopian awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #36
*cough* sniff I think I may have poked my eye doing the Phlem Feb 2015 #37
the rite can only STALL progress. the crazy will lose eventually. pansypoo53219 Feb 2015 #38
I still don't know how to deal with this Kalidurga Feb 2015 #39
What a wonderful post, Fumesucker. BeanMusical Feb 2015 #41
Fumesucker... MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #43
He lived long. And prospered. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #44
I sadly concur. Today's Republican Party is hell-bent on destroying the planet. And the DEMS are blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #45
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #47
Star Trek was formative to me too... although I idolized Mr Scott. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #48
The weather has been either wet and cold, icy or frigid so I haven't ridden much lately Fumesucker Feb 2015 #50
Sending love and good karma - raven mad Feb 2015 #49
Thanks for the honest heart felt post. JEB Feb 2015 #51
Hang in there my little green friend. The future is us. It is always within us to remake it. leveymg Feb 2015 #52
the future is more likely to be Bladerunner or Clockwork Orange Joe Turner Feb 2015 #54
I disagree, globalism for extreme profit was what did America in Fumesucker Feb 2015 #55
What do you think globalism is? Joe Turner Feb 2015 #58
I think trade is a necessity, it's been going on for as long as we have been humans.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #59
Trade is a necessity Joe Turner Feb 2015 #62
I grew up in Germany and it was my favorite show. tandot Feb 2015 #57
And that is the message to our son tandot Feb 2015 #60
What a beautiful post, Fumesucker. Fwiw, you are one of my favorite DUers. sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #61
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #64
Awesome post, Fumesucker. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #67
Well said. cwydro Feb 2015 #69
Beautiful Post! Paka Feb 2015 #71
In full agreement.... GTurck Feb 2015 #72
Thank You for Writing This Bmad1 Feb 2015 #73
I've Had To Hide Myself Away For Quite Some Time ChiciB1 Feb 2015 #74
Wow! Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2015 #75
Trying to type through tears, Fumesucker. catbyte Feb 2015 #76
The best of "Star Trek" was never about 'out there.' yallerdawg Feb 2015 #77
"illegitimati non carburundum" (VERY bastardized latin for "don't let the bastards grind niyad Feb 2015 #78
Me, too. LWolf Feb 2015 #79
Recommend... Zorra Feb 2015 #80
I understand. AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #84
There have been times when I have had doubts that there would be a better future... 1monster Feb 2015 #85
Thank you, Fumesucker Hatchling Feb 2015 #86
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