Posted on 07/03/2009 7:20:33 AM PDT by teg_76
Please excuse the vanity. This is a serious question I have. I am seriously distressed at what is going on in our country. I know that I am too into politics, which makes it worse. To some extent seeing the fall of this country and the current administrations push towards socialism is really stealing some of my joy in life. I know there are obsessive political type on FR who feel the same way. How do you deal with it?
Works for me.
I suggest faith. Sometimes it works for me, sometimes a fresh headline overwhelms it. Pray for leadership, attend a tea party.
This is a serious question I have....... How do you deal with it?
Turn off the tv, computer, etc., find other outlets/venues for your spare time, develop them and you’ll find life is much greater than just politics. What those outlets/venues would be you must determine for yourself. Good luck.
Start looking to God more than politics.
Try escapist activities. Read some fiction. Listen to J.S. Bach. Go to the local range and blast .45 caliber holes in UN flag targets. Do some gardening. Take up an instrument.
Play Mah Jongg, Take walks and hikes, don’t socialize with your liberal friends for awhile, talk and email people of like minds, and go to the Tea Party in your area tomorrow.
Cordio
Scotch
ignorance ...
Bless your heart Teg;)
It’s hell ain’t it! I deal with it by not watching TV at all.
I deal with it by realizing that my time on this treasured earth is winding down and its influence is better directed at friends, family and the occasional smack down of liberal lunatics. I think God expects it.
Say we become completely Communist, in America. That would cause our standard of living to fall. But in reality, does that decrease the joy of seeing the smile of a young child? Does that make birdsong in the morning less delightful? Do sunset-clouds become uglier? Is making passionate love to your mate less intimate and fulfilling?
When one is no longer at war with what is, then one has a much better life -- no matter the circumstances.
True dat! And reminds me that it’s been WAY too long between meetings for me.
and by not watching the subverting news programs. It is so bad with me that I can only watch a minute or so of liberal horse hockey until I'm angry and frustrated ... thus I do not watch.
I come here to Free Republic for the important news and discussion. It all is presented here in more depth and with informed sources and opinions. MO
It is simply unbelievable to me that all this destruction of our nation is occurring and it is business as usual ... “America (capitalism) goes down without a whimper”, as Putin stated.
God help us in our day. God bless America. Amen.
Back during the Clinton years and his blatant decisions ...I realized that Rush (whom I listen to and know he is right on in his analysis) only seems to defuse our angst, our frustration, our passiveness.
We do nothing. Very ineffective as the last election demonstrated. For evil to prevail ... the good man does nothing. paraphrased.
We are witnessing a civilization in collapse; and I don't honestly think anything going to change it.
Historians generally agree that civilizations are built by the warrior class, and sustained by those values. ALL of them eventually give way to the parasite class (artists, poets, politicians, etc.) once they become the majority in the population.
We may be able to forestall or perhaps even reverse to process at this moment in time, but I doubt any of us have the discipline and hardness of heart to accomplish it. As I said, those on the Left ARE THE PROBLEM! Unless we were willing to commit genocide on all those that hold the anti-civilzation values, then it would fail. I AM NOT ADVOCATING IT!
An inferior alternative would be a tyranny for several decades to restore the traditional Judeo-Christian values of Western civilization, but that's kind of an oxymoron, and tyrannical governments almost never step aside!
The best we can do is keep our faith in the Lord, and prepare for the coming Dark Age and the war against Islam.
The American Revolutionaries went to war with the status quo, and thank God for all of us they did.
It doesn’t mean I wouldn’t rise up in revolt, it merely means I would do so lovingly and with acceptance that I might die. :)
Whatever you give your attention to, you get more of. Change what you are focusing on.
“”This is a serious question I have....... How do you deal with it?””
Chocolate! I think everyone on here feels the same as you do and some have managed to turn off the TV and I applaud them. I spend way too much time on the computer but I also read several good books each month. Being retired allows me this indulgence - and the heat in GA doesn’t allow me to go outside and do all that awful weeding....
I’m not for being UNINVOLVED - there is too much at stake so we have to strike a happy medium. PRAYER does help.
I know I should reading my Bible more than spending so much time at the computer.
Hi, Dysart here!
Are you tired of feeling this way?
First, turn off the tv. Keep it off.
Same goes for talk radio, although I listen to it quite a bit, they thrive on outrage and if this is getting to you consider listening to your ipod as I’m doing. May I suggest some Kate Rusby for something a little different and pleasing?
Read- not FR if you are seriesly bummed. Books are good; the Classics never fail to provide fair escape and inspire.
But wait, there’s more...
Buy some property in the country and go there to unplug whenever possible. Plant a small garden or something more ambitious— your call. Study the local wildlife. Write. Build something.
Follow this simple plan and you will lower your level of discontent. I guarantee that or your money back. Try my plan now!
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