What pissed you off today?

DamselFly · 03-24-2011, 12:22 PM

we are now fighting wars, declared or not, on three fronts, when the country is officially economically broke! schools are being shut down; teachers are being fired; the infrastructure is falling apart....
also, we are supposedly "aiding the freedom-seeking people of Libya and protecting civilians." what about those in countries like the Sudan, Yemen, Egypt, etc? Where the country either holds no strategic value for us or the ruler is a ally of the US? Also what about the protests that were violent and quickly suppressed in Saudi Arabia, the country that funds more extremist madrassas that encourage jihad against any non-believer of it's own Wahabbist (sorry to use that word but don't know another) Islamic sect than any other Islamic country in the world?
the US uses rhetoric to justify it's actions but behaves like any other super-power-in it's own interests! yes, we also do great humanitarian work, but much of it is spent in building back countries which WE destroyed!
i don't normally sound off about politics, but i'm so tired of the hypocritical face we show, both to ourselves and to the world. i apologize to any veterans or soldiers-i don't criticize you for following orders you are given. it's the political system which sometimes (if i think about it too much) that makes me sick.
i know i'm going to get flak for this post but so be it. every once in ten yrs or so, i have to vent!
namaste,
DamselFly

Miss Scarlett · 03-24-2011, 08:55 PM

"Server Hangup"

"Not Responding"

If I see either of these 2 phrases again so help me

Starbuck · 03-28-2011, 09:48 PM

Okay, I'm sitting here minding my own blessed business when my step daughter comes in at 9:45pm, after NOT coming home from school because her boyfriend picked her up from school earlier today. Because of this, she missed going out to dinner with everyone else. I didn't mind, she gets on my nerves anyways. I have a roommate right now who buys food with her own money but the kid just dives in and eats whatever she wants, without asking! I've told her more than once that my roommate buys things; I've gone so far as to put R's name on packages. I know this may sound selfish but R is on a fixed income and doesn't have the extra to try and feed us too. The deal is she can contribute if she wants but what she buys for herself, it's hers.

Anywho, the step daughter got in there and started finishing off a box of cereal that R had bought and when I merely asked which box of cereal she was pouring, she spouted off, "I don't appreciate your negative comment." That made my blood boil!!! My only recourse was to return her words right back to her, "and I don't appreciate your negative comment to me." Of course I kept saying it until she gave up and went to her room; yea! Point for me.

Nina · 03-28-2011, 10:28 PM

so...it pisses me off that I sent a package...I tracked it and the tracking says it was delivered last week...but, it seems, the person to whom it was sent never got it...it had replaceable contents...still, I was sick last week and made the effort to send it out...oh well, so it goes...still it pisses me off!

Pixie · 03-28-2011, 11:03 PM

A drunken boytoy thinking he's funny. And a mother whom defends him over her son...booooo

AtLast · 03-29-2011, 12:51 AM

An old fart passive-aggressive neighbor of mine.

It has been a very cold, damp winter here- even up until this past week and my poly-osteoarthritis and RA have been kicking my butt. I haven't been able to get to yard trimming like I usually keep up with it. Actually, this can get to me as my yard and gardens are my meditation and art.

He made some comment about being worried about me because he hasn't seen me out in the yard working (meaning- the pampus next to his house is overgrown). We have had freakin' monsoons here- homes around my area are sliding down hills! today is the first day without any rain in nearly a month.

He knows I have severe arthritis. I wantd to get my garden nippers and take off his nose. The way long nose!

Whew.. feel better now...

03-24-2011, 12:22 PM	#1
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	the not-war in Libya we are now fighting wars, declared or not, on three fronts, when the country is officially economically broke! schools are being shut down; teachers are being fired; the infrastructure is falling apart.... also, we are supposedly "aiding the freedom-seeking people of Libya and protecting civilians." what about those in countries like the Sudan, Yemen, Egypt, etc? Where the country either holds no strategic value for us or the ruler is a ally of the US? Also what about the protests that were violent and quickly suppressed in Saudi Arabia, the country that funds more extremist madrassas that encourage jihad against any non-believer of it's own Wahabbist (sorry to use that word but don't know another) Islamic sect than any other Islamic country in the world? the US uses rhetoric to justify it's actions but behaves like any other super-power-in it's own interests! yes, we also do great humanitarian work, but much of it is spent in building back countries which WE destroyed! i don't normally sound off about politics, but i'm so tired of the hypocritical face we show, both to ourselves and to the world. i apologize to any veterans or soldiers-i don't criticize you for following orders you are given. it's the political system which sometimes (if i think about it too much) that makes me sick. i know i'm going to get flak for this post but so be it. every once in ten yrs or so, i have to vent! namaste, DamselFly __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

03-28-2011, 09:48 PM	#3
Starbuck Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,436 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,378 Thanked 2,148 Times in 756 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	No manners at all! Okay, I'm sitting here minding my own blessed business when my step daughter comes in at 9:45pm, after NOT coming home from school because her boyfriend picked her up from school earlier today. Because of this, she missed going out to dinner with everyone else. I didn't mind, she gets on my nerves anyways. I have a roommate right now who buys food with her own money but the kid just dives in and eats whatever she wants, without asking! I've told her more than once that my roommate buys things; I've gone so far as to put R's name on packages. I know this may sound selfish but R is on a fixed income and doesn't have the extra to try and feed us too. The deal is she can contribute if she wants but what she buys for herself, it's hers. Anywho, the step daughter got in there and started finishing off a box of cereal that R had bought and when I merely asked which box of cereal she was pouring, she spouted off, "I don't appreciate your negative comment." That made my blood boil!!! My only recourse was to return her words right back to her, "and I don't appreciate your negative comment to me." Of course I kept saying it until she gave up and went to her room; yea! Point for me. __________________ To forgive is to set the prisoner free, And then discover the prisoner was you.

03-28-2011, 11:03 PM	#5
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03-24-2011, 08:55 PM	#2
Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	"Server Hangup" "Not Responding" If I see either of these 2 phrases again so help me

03-28-2011, 10:28 PM	#4
Nina Timed Out How Do You Identify?: unmistakably Preferred Pronoun?: dearheart Relationship Status: In love, loved and Happy, thanks for askin' Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SF CA Posts: 1,720 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,113 Thanked 3,384 Times in 931 Posts Rep Power: 0	so...it pisses me off that I sent a package...I tracked it and the tracking says it was delivered last week...but, it seems, the person to whom it was sent never got it...it had replaceable contents...still, I was sick last week and made the effort to send it out...oh well, so it goes...still it pisses me off!

03-29-2011, 12:51 AM	#6
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,827 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	An old fart passive-aggressive neighbor of mine. It has been a very cold, damp winter here- even up until this past week and my poly-osteoarthritis and RA have been kicking my butt. I haven't been able to get to yard trimming like I usually keep up with it. Actually, this can get to me as my yard and gardens are my meditation and art. He made some comment about being worried about me because he hasn't seen me out in the yard working (meaning- the pampus next to his house is overgrown). We have had freakin' monsoons here- homes around my area are sliding down hills! today is the first day without any rain in nearly a month. He knows I have severe arthritis. I wantd to get my garden nippers and take off his nose. The way long nose! Whew.. feel better now...