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Just Disgusted

Mistreatedbycs — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:47:50 GMT

I need to stop watching the news and read internet articles.

Need to give myself a break and just do something else....it's too stressful

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sophiamaria2 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:00:56 GMT

ditto... I've recently blocked all the animal rescue fb pages from mine...I just can't take on the evil and heartbreak... everytime I got on fb I would see something more disturbing than the time before. I just need a break...

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hckynutjohn — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:48:01 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
I need to stop watching the news and read internet articles.

Need to give myself a break and just do something else....it's too stressful

Here are 2 steps you can consider. 1-you can continue to do what you say you are now doing. 2-do as I have always done, and suggested to others. Why "stress" or worry about " things over which you have no control"?

Many things I don't like happening now in our country, actually the whole world, which I also will include defenseless animals. Most of these things I cannot control, but my wife and I do as much as we are able to help animals that are suffering, or to prevent them from suffering.

Both of us have many things over which we could stress, but we choose to eliminate stressing about the things "over which we have no control". You may have to work on it, maybe for months or years, but it can be done.

Why waste your limited amount of energy(yes, we all have a maximum level) on "things over which you have no control"? Use that energy for thinking or doing positive things and I think your life might be better because of it. =^..^=

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VaBelle35 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:33:56 GMT

I cut off all national news and newspapers a long time ago.

What I do is follow a few news outlets on Twitter.

This allows me decide if I want to read more about a news item or not. It allows me to decide if I want to view pictures or video or not.

I am up on all that is going on in the world. I just choose how deep into the details I need to get.

I follow my local newspapers on Facebook and my local politicians on Facebook as well.

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Moonchilde — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:40:51 GMT

When the news starts to get to me on any given week, I just back away from nearly all outlets for a week or 10 days. I will know of huge events, but the lesser, often totally depressing quasi-newsworthy things I can do without for a while.

By the same token, even if something totally upsets me, I can't pretend things like it will stop happening because I don't see it or read about it. While I may get overloaded and bail from time to time, it's only temporary and I live in the world and ALL of its issues, whether I want to or not.

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gmkb — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:48:51 GMT

To the people who believe we have no control over some of what is going on in this country/world. We do have some control when we go into that voting booth in Nov, 2016. If you are content with things as they are you vote for the person who will continue with current ways of doing things. If you are not content, you can make a choice to select someone who will do things differently. Every time someone is voted into office, it is you and I who have exerted control over how things will be done.

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cotton4me — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:59:05 GMT

I rarely watch or read the news anymore. I prefer to focus on more uplifting things. The world will be the world.

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Vivian — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:46:36 GMT

I really understand why people become upset and angry about the news. There are times when I just have to turn away. I subscribe to the NY Times online and watch Morning Joe BBC News and CBS News. By the time I finish with BBC and move on to CBS News, I've had enough. My husband sits there and watches all the misery but I often go to another room. The evil and cruelty can be just too much sometimes. However, ignorance is not always bliss. Someone once said that people get the governments they deserve. I don't think that's always true but to some extent I agree that if we remove ourselves from civic and humanitarian issues, someone else will be more than happy to move in and take over for us.

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hckynutjohn — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:39:19 GMT

@gmkb wrote:
To the people who believe we have no control over some of what is going on in this country/world. We do have some control when we go into that voting booth in Nov, 2016. If you are content with things as they are you vote for the person who will continue with current ways of doing things. If you are not content, you can make a choice to select someone who will do things differently. Every time someone is voted into office, it is you and I who have exerted control over how things will be done.

I never fail to vote, but I am also a realist when it comes to what I really believe will change. So far in the last 20 years I've seen both parties run things and not much has changed, and what has? Not many issues for the better.

Sure it is a right to vote and I wish everyone would vote. Again I am a realist and know they won't, and many that do vote have little real knowledge about the many serious, even possible deadly, issues facing our country.

So do I really believe my 1 vote counts in what happens around the world? No I do not, but it is something I believe in and will continue to do. However I have no realistic beliefs that my 1 vote will give me "control over things over which I have not control".

To be that would be little more than a "pipe dream" as opposed to realism.

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LilacTree — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:16:40 GMT

When I saw those "boats" (hardly) reaching the shores from Syria that are supposed to hold 15, yet each were holding over 50 human beings, including many babies and children, leaving everything behind but the clothes on their backs, fleeing for their lives from Isis, I lost it.

One woman spoke and then made the physical movement of having one's head cut off . . . and just seeing the fear in her face . . . many grown men getting out of the boats and kissing the rocks on the ground. The reporter saying many lives were lost on the way across, but for these poor people, it was a better way to die.

ISIS is evil incarnate. They are inhuman. Yet they grow.

Of all the news I watched yesterday that was by far the most fearsome.

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hckynutjohn — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:27:50 GMT

Hi Lilac Tree,

It is very sad to see these atrocities happening daily to many of these people. Seems as though isis is trying to find more torturous ways to kill people with ever execution they commit.

In my opinion, there is only 1 way to stop them, and it will never happen by sitting down at a negotiating table. To believe you could rationalize with mad men/women, bent on killing all they consider to be "infidels", there is only 1 way these barbarians will let them live.

I believe in, "fight them there are fight them here", and until I see them being eliminated, I do not see that changing.

Were I the man sitting in the BIG house?

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:39:57 GMT

Too stressful? So, being an uninformed adult is somehow better for our country?

If watching full news shows is not desirable, then get a summary of the day's events ...... being clueless is not the answer ..... imo.

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corita — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:19:48 GMT

@gmkb wrote:
To the people who believe we have no control over some of what is going on in this country/world. We do have some control when we go into that voting booth in Nov, 2016. If you are content with things as they are you vote for the person who will continue with current ways of doing things. If you are not content, you can make a choice to select someone who will do things differently. Every time someone is voted into office, it is you and I who have exerted control over how things will be done.

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I so agree!!! Voters - please fully examine the candidate's resume, experience and future goals for this country. Just because someone is the "first" of anything would never be a reason to get my vote!!

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freakygirl — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:57:56 GMT

I almost started a thread like this the other day because after reading the news online, I thought, wow, this world is getting worse quickly! all the killings, bombings, rapes, cheating, etc. it's endlessly depressing. and then you read celebrity news and it's just as bad. I give up on the news. being oblivious to current events sounds appealing these days. much as we keep wishing for it, peace in this world is never going to happen. my opinion alone.

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LilacTree — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:58:30 GMT

@hckynutjohn wrote:

Hi Lilac Tree,

It is very sad to see these atrocities happening daily to many of these people. Seems as though isis is trying to find more torturous ways to kill people with ever execution they commit.

In my opinion, there is only 1 way to stop them, and it will never happen by sitting down at a negotiating table. To believe you could rationalize with mad men/women, bent on killing all they consider to be "infidels", there is only 1 way these barbarians will let them live.

I believe in, "fight them there are fight them here", and until I see them being eliminated, I do not see that changing.

Were I the man sitting in the BIG house?

I have never been a hawk, but the only thing that's going to work to get rid of them is to bomb them out of existence, and it shouldn't be just us doing so. Hopefully most of the poor Syrian population can get out of there first, but with the element of surprise needed to do this, that doesn't seem likely.

You're right, there's absolutely no way to "negotiate" with these murderous jackals.

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FlowershopGirl — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:32:40 GMT

I totally agree with both of John's posts. Very well said John and I think your age and years here on earth are reflected in your posts regarding this issue. I mean that in a good way. I, too, am an advocate for doing what you can for animals and people and then pray for the rest and vote, yes, but realize that its often the same. The Who song comes into mind, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss".

I often try to put a positive spin on things like the Syrian issue. It brings home very hard how fourtunate, blessed, and favored we are to live in this country. Yes, we have crime and much horror but really, not like some other countries. We can reach up and turn on a light, have a roof over our head, feel safe in our homes, eat hearty and shop till we drop. Our government allows us freedom and justice, much more than some other countries do.

We do what we can and donate, help and support many less than fortunate people and animals. When I'm on FB and see an animal abused, rather than curse the abuser I thank God for men and women who rescue and help these poor animals. For every abuser, God provides a caretaker times 2 or 3!

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dooBdoo — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:59:16 GMT

corita wrote:
gmkb wrote:
To the people who believe we have no control over some of what is going on in this country/world. We do have some control when we go into that voting booth in Nov, 2016. If you are content with things as they are you vote for the person who will continue with current ways of doing things. If you are not content, you can make a choice to select someone who will do things differently. Every time someone is voted into office, it is you and I who have exerted control over how things will be done.
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I so agree!!! Voters - please fully examine the candidate's resume, experience and future goals for this country. Just because someone is the "first" of anything would never be a reason to get my vote!!

To @gmkb's and @corita's remarks, I wanted to add a helpful website. It's called "Project Vote Smart" and it's entirely non-partisan.

link: http://votesmart.org/

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OnlyShopsOnline — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 04:43:04 GMT

I stopped watching the news months ago. Sometimes, when I see a particular headline, I'm surprised at what I've missed. But, I'm also a lot more peaceful.

I can't do anything about this crazy world. My only concern is that my little corner of this world, and my family, are as happy and safe as possible.

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gmkb — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 14:45:53 GMT

Sorry hcknynutjohn, but I respectfully disagree with you. Your one vote added to 99 others increases that number to 100 votes. Every vote counts, including yours. There have been many elections where a different candidate would have won if everyone who was eligible had voted.

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hckynutjohn — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:11:18 GMT

@Igmkb wrote:
Sorry hcknynutjohn, but I respectfully disagree with you. Your one vote added to 99 others increases that number to 100 votes. Every vote counts, including yours. There have been many elections where a different candidate would have won if everyone who was eligible had voted.

gmkb,

I did say that I voted and have always voted. I worked Election Commitee 6 times, 2 of which were Presidential Elections. Again, I would like to see every eligible voter, vote. Have said here adnauseum that i am also a realist and have been since i was 14 years old.

Realistically do I think my 1 vote will change the outcome of any Election? No I do not. Mathmatically do I think my 1 vote will change the outcome of any Election? No I do not. Do I think my 1 vote hypothetically could change the outcome of any Election? Of course I do.

When one chooses a hypothesis over realism, any and everything is possible. I personally prefer living in my world of realism as opposed to a hypothetical one. Everyone can choose "their world" and that is as it should be.

I respectfully agree to disagree.Any time the word "if" or the words "if only"are inserted into a discussion?