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It doesn't help that my brother is in the army and has been told he will be going to Iraq in August or Sept. He doesn't have orders yet. I keep telling myself that it might not happen but then today I was just hit with it all at once.
I hate what is being done to this country. I hate that we're at war, I hate that I feel like there is "evil" afoot. (not the Christian religious definition of evil)
I just feel hopeless today. I hate that women might lose the right to choose. I hate that Bush can screw up everything and people still support him, I just feel so sad for this country right now.
I am scared for the future, I am scared for my daughter's future. She's one year old and I just am afraid that if things keep going like this we're goign to be living in some kind of dictatorship by the time she's an adult. We're already close to it right now and it just seems like noone cares, its business as usual.

Anyway I could use some reiki to get me out of this funk and give me hope again. Thanks in advance, and thanks for listening to the rant.

namastetoyou,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- you are added to my list for nightly Reiki practices

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Sorry to hear of your brother. I hope he fares well out there.
On the topic of global and national politics. I agree wholeheartedly.
In the last election surveys showed that more people were voting for bush because of a specific issue.People voted for him because of the rumors Kerry would end the war they felt was justified and needed to continue. Or the abortion issue you mentioned is important enough to some folks to cloud there vision regarding the totality of the situation.

On the bright side Bush seems to be coming under fire more than I've ever seen. Maybe not so much recently, but this term seems to have less politicians with their heads up their asses. Even republicans in the house and senate are about fed up with his bullshit.

What i'm scared about is that Iran will be the next Iraq. I can't say whether they are hiding nuclear weapons research or not. But they have the same right to nuclear power as we do. And on that part of the issue I agree with Iran that the US is bullying them. We always seem to bully the middle east. And then we wonder why they retaliated by attacking our country.And I do hope that someday in the near future the rest of the world will finally stand up and tell the US to shut the hell up.

Hey i'm right next door to this middle eastern funk. Boy do Greek women have it hard. I feel like the oppression in the U.S. is rooted in the same mentality that exists anywhere-take advantage of whoever you can. Manipulate, lie, deny,cheat. It begins in the family. Not every man is evil I'm sure, they just put up with a society that systematically puts down women or anyone different. There's some rednecks back home that are like that too,though certainly not all. I'm feeling disgusted by alot of things too, i feel some of where you're coming from. Does your little one have a reasonable father? It seems like if an employer or a man can't get enough out of you they just want to throw everyone away. OMG it's as if humans are sucking the life out of the planet and it's most vulnerable people too. Athens is noisy and mean. I still don't know how to spot the
Bulgarians, they're supposed to be like the Mexicans in Texas. Wow aren't people the same even when they're so different.Talk about a funk, someone help me please! How are we supposed to save the planet if we can't save ourselves?