World News Trust: The Endless Bummer (Mary Lyon)

[Tace]

Mary Lyon, From The Left

(World News Trust) -- David Petraeus has spoken again. And somehow I feel like I did listening over theyears to friends of mine whose dreams were just sure to come true someday, and whose ships were just bound to come in. They were, after all, promised this -- over and over and over.

For some of them it was the assurance of that great job off in the distance, if they only played their cards right, and put up with a series of indignities and delays. For others it was a married lover who dawdled for years, insisting the divorce was just around the corner, followed by a long‐awaited “happily ever after.”

Time passed. The coveted job was never attained. Some other excuse or twist of fate or competitor or company upheaval always got in the way. The journey down the aisle never happened either. There was always some reason, a good reason for sure, why it couldn’t. After awhile, with each of my disappointed friends, cynicism started to set in. The seemingly never‐ending disappointment became utterly corrosive.

Along with the broken hearts and dashed dreams came a grievously violated trust as the reality set in: the carrot will always be dangled just out of reach -– and you’ll never quite reach it.

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1. Not cynical-just realistic

Bush and his idiotic foreign policy has nearly wrecked this nation and has hurt our standing in the world. When a Democrat is in office, he or she better fire Petraeus and then get us the heck out of Iraq pronto.

[Tace]

2. Kick For Mary

: )

[calimary]

3. Thanks Tace!

HuffPo just picked up on it, too!

YOWZA!

[Tace]

7. They Know What's Good

Thanks, Mary. Cheers

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4. Kicking!

What the hell!


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5. HUGH!11!! Kick for calimary!!!

:yourock:

I got home late rassa fracka :mad:

Once it's on audio somewhere I gotsta know k?

But for now, you must giggle...

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6. Are you series?!!??!1111 LOL!

Glad you liked it. It made Huffington land, too.

Yay!

This was a great day!

[Richard Steele]

8. K&R