Anyone else feel more optimistic than they have in years?

[WilliamPitt]

I do.

:hug:

Stout hearts, keep it up.

And thank you for what you do.

[leftstreet]

1. No n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. Oh come here you.

:hug::hug::hug:

[Habibi]

36. Me, either.

But then I'm currently getting screwed over by not one, but two bosses. Uniquely American, I guess.

[Randomthought]

2. yes

but we have such a long way to go to set things right that I'm discouraged a little also. Torture, hunger, poverty, unemployment and the never ending war are a lot to fix.

[polichick]

3. OWS has made me feel more optimistic. For quite a while I've felt as if...

...something big was brewing - hope this is it!

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I wish...

...well, I wish that MrG was here to see this.

Well...this and the Lions being 5-0.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Even the Lions are feeling it!

[GigiMommy]

8. Ditto

Only I wish my Hubby and Dad were here to see this...AND especially the Lions being 5-0.

[WilliamPitt]

10. Megatron, baby

:)

[backwoodsbob]

20. GO LIONS

LOVE me some Lions right now.

Now for that thanksgiving showdown :scared:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. To paraphrase the Dead Prophet:

"The Early New Millennium is gonna make the 60's look like the 50's"

What I fear is something like The Koch Private Army. Yes, I DO THINK that those fuckers are that Bull Goose Loony.

[Rabblevox]

9. This is our time, our moment in history. Clear eyes, strong hearts, peeps, let's not waste it. /nt

[truedelphi]

11. One little known thing - a half million in Tel Aviv protest re:

The banking, economic and political concerns they have.

This in a nation of seven million people!

[WilliamPitt]

13. Link?

I missed this.

[truedelphi]

18. Early September, and a mere 450K - here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZCZ4Y1ix2k

Sorry I upped the ante to half mil!

[WilliamPitt]

22. Thanks!

[closeupready]

12. A little bit maybe. But I did in 2008, too.

nt

[truedelphi]

25. Me too. Good point. The one other time I felt very optimistic was

Week of September 03ed 2001. I was informed I was in line for a promotion - and then Sept 11th happened and my company had to fire all the new hirees. (I was one of the new hires.) I realize my loss pales in comparison to what other people suffered.

So I now am always pessimistic whenever I feel optimism coming on.

[AlinPA]

14. Some. And the reason is that I think the OWS will stick and become a force.

[JuniperLea]

15. Give me 10 stout hearted men... and women!

I'll forgive the omission in this old tune that is dear to my heart... the sentiment is fitting...


Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight for the right they adore.
Start me with ten, who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more.

Oh! Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore!
Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan,
When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man!

You who have dreams,
If you act, they will come true.
To turn your dream to a fact
It's up to you.

If you have the soul and the spirit,
Never fear it, you'll see it through.
Hearts can inspire other hearts with their fire,
For the strong obey when a strong man
Shows them the way.


Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II


Edited for the link so you can hear the midi!

http://nuspel.org/stout.html


Ok, so this metal head has a soft spot for Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy! Jeanette, Paul McCartney, Isabella Rosellini and I share a birth date.

[Greybnk48]

16. Yes! It's exciting! n/t

[Ellipsis]

17. modestly.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Yup. This is what needed and I expected to happen

[mmonk]

21. Yes.

More people have woken up to the fact they need to take the bull by the horns.

[backscatter712]

23. Yes! A populist movement that's angry at the correct motherfuckers is just what we need.

It'll pressure the coward "Dems" in Washington to start giving us what we want, it'll likely get the Repubs and their pants-on-head-drooling-stupid teabagger followers thrown out of Washington in droves - this is what we need to change this country and change it in the right direction for once.

[jberryhill]

33. +1

[xiamiam]

40. well..it just might get some of those career politicians out of office..im gonna bet on it..nt

[madinmaryland]

24. Slightly less pessimistic than before. Though not nearly as optomistic as in Nov. 2008.

Considering the Congress is essentially shut down through Nov. 2012, how can I be optimistic?

[jannyk]

26. Cautiously, very cautiously. nt

[markpkessinger]

38. A hearty echo here...

... I love what the protesters are doing. But it's still early in the game, and a lot can happen. So my optimism is tempered a bit.

[jwirr]

27. Hmmm, good question. I felt optimistic when I got here but I have

been reading DU for about 3 hours. Now I am back to being confused. I am hopeful regarding the protests though - it seems the best thing that has happened since W go in. As to the coming election? DU cannot seem to unite on this.

[xiamiam]

41. well..forgive me..but if you put about 10 people on ignore there is general agreement..nt

[jwirr]

49. That is good to know. I do have a few people that I usually just do

not read. I trust DU - we do argue a lot and it can be depressing but most of us are together on what needs to happen if we are even going to have a chance.

[marions ghost]

28. hopeful

not truly optimistic yet...

This is an excellent start. But it needs to continue for quite awhile and I wonder if Americans really have the stamina to endure months of continuous protesting. It is the only way to be heard now.

This needs to snowball indefinitely--to become something they cannot ignore.

[lunatica]

29. Oh Hell yes!

It's been a long time. I'd forgotten how it feels.

[WillyT]

30. I'm A Skeptical Optimist... If That's Possible...

:shrug:

:hi:

:kick: & Rec !!!

[IndyPragmatist]

31. No, we still have some massive issues to address

At some point, we either have to address our debt or just go ahead with the default. I think we manage to go another 10 years on our current path before we have to make some changes.

At least Europe is addressing their debt, we are not. We are pretending that it doesn't exist. The Republicans will play their games with Obama now, but they will spend like drunken sailors when they regain power.

You hear a lot about "class warfare" these days. Once the economy recovers, that will pass. We will then see "generation warfare" as baby boomers age into their late 80s and 90s, causing massive strain on the minority of Americans who are active in the workforce. The elderly will have such a huge sway in politics and it will cause a massive divide between the working class and the retired class.

[jberryhill]

32. Yes. All in all, I like the way things are shaping up

[Raksha]

34. Definitely! n/t

[Lucian]

35. Not until I see real, positive change occurring will I start feeling optimistic.

[COLGATE4]

37. Nope. I'm way past wishful thinking...

[fascisthunter]

39. Yes, I do!!!

[JVS]

42. No. We're still really fucked.

[raouldukelives]

43. Yes! nt

[MoonRiver]

44. No. Nothing has changed.

:shrug:

[Hotler]

45. Not one bit.

I have no hope. I see no future.

[CBHagman]

46. I don't know about optimistic...

...but I am practical and philosophical.

[applegrove]

47. Now that Obama is fighting the good fight again I feel great. Things are lookin' up.

[librechik]

48. is that what i'm feeling?

huh. i think you are right. long time indeed.

[joeybee12]

50. You mean because Theo is gone?

:evilgrin:

[tk2kewl]

51. kinda afraid to, but yeah.

:pals:

[barbtries]

52. that you do helps.

i'm trying to. but i'm down somewhat today because of what happened in the senate yesterday.

go OWS. i'm going to put a 99% on the tumblr page too.

[seabeyond]

53. not really. nt

[LadyInAZ]

54. YES!

I'm hopeful the Masses will prevail... sooner the better... people around the world is suffering

[progressoid]

55. meh.

I wish.

[ThomWV]

56. No.