Why is this guy still in business?
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's volunteer investigation into documents pertaining to President Barack Obama's place of birth and citizenship now includes the services of a taxpayer-funded ...
The lies roll off the man's lips like music off Yo-Yo Ma's cello. Both are virtuosos - one a cellist, the other a liar.
A partial list.
Bush had nothing to do ...
Happy Friday.
The best from Political Humor‘s collection of the week’s late night political humor.
"Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage. Mitt Romney doesn't even support same-sex car pools." –David Letterman
"The head of ...
Republican Rep. Mike Coffman at a Saturday afternoon fundraiser in Colorado.
I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I ...
Rand Paul:
Call me cynical, but I didn’t think his [Obama's] views on marriage could get any gayer.
We won't call Rand cynical. Ignorant, bigoted asshole is more fitting. An adult using ...
Happy Friday.
The best from Political Humor‘s collection of the week’s late night political humor.
"President Obama came out with approval of same-sex marriage. He said that over the years, he has ...
I've never understood Log Cabin Republicans - gay conservatives who give their support to a homophobic political party that derides their sexuality and refuses to grant them equal rights under ...
Finally.
“I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own ...
Election roundup:
Indiana.
As polls forecast, the Tea Party's efforts to cleanse the GOP of any impure conservatives has Dick Lugar out and teabagger Richard Mourdock in. Mourdock is the new Republican ...
There are lies...and then there are lies.
My own view, by the way, was that the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help. And frankly, that’s finally what ...
From the papers captured last year at Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout comes this.
Like any public figures, bin Laden and his advisers were mindful of the media. Adam Gadahn, one ...
The best from Political Humor‘s collection of the week’s late night political humor. Happy Friday.
"Today Mitt Romney visited a firehouse here in New York City. Of course, he was disappointed ...
It happened to Kerry. Can it happen to Obama? Nope says Margaret Carlson.
Obama’s belief system -- in that hopey-changey business and the post-partisanship thing -- has been altered by reality. ...
Sullivan:
What do Republicans call a gay man with neoconservative passion, a committed relationship and personal courage?
A faggot.
Exactly right, but then could one expect anything different from a political party that ...
And they claim that atheists are immoral?
The ugly side of religion shows its face once again. The words below were spoken at a Sunday sermon by Sean Harris, a pastor ...
It's been fun watching conservatives and Romney twist themselves into pretzels trying to undo Mitt's past words on GM and bin Laden.
Romney, April 2007:
It’s not worth moving heaven and earth ...
In an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, a couple of scholars from liberal and conservative think tanks, discuss the state of American politics.
We have been studying Washington politics and ...
Romney's VP-in-waiting, Marco Rubio, is perfecting the conservative sleaze play.
He has proposed his version of the Dream Act in which people who entered the country illegally as children will be ...
Beyond the rhetoric, the political BS, the lies - that is, the concerted effort by the right-wing noise machine to distort and misinform at every opportunity - is the very ...
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation about illnesses that affect not only individuals, but their families as well. Our society ought to understand that many people with mental illness, given the right treatment, can be full participants in our society.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by the year 2020 mental illness will be the second leading cause of death and disability. Every society will have to confront the issue. The question is, will we face it with open honesty or silence?
There is great probability that at some point in our lives, all of us will be touched by someone who suffers from mental illness…a family member, a friend, a coworker, a neighbor or ourselves. There is but a single means of acceptance. Understanding.
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This video hit a nerve with me. I am a daughter of depression. My mother has battled depression most of my life. I am her only child. It was just the two of us, as a family. I have had to fight tooth and nail at times not to get sucked into that dark hole also. Mental illness doesn’t just affect the person with the illness, but everyone around them too. It is so frustrating when your best intentions to help a loved one is only met with resistance or basically ignored.
Well….it may be off topic somewhat, but it IS a commercial. So I’ll make a feeble attempt to tie the two together.
I find this commercial by Wal Mart very touching. Just a good thought, good feeling kind of presentation. I was very surprised to read the hateful, vitriolic comments from viewers. Nothing “bad” about this effort crossed my mind. (Maybe I’ve been participating here so long the naivete is starting to rub off on me? :-) ) Anyway, I’m sure most of you have seen it.
Then I go and look at the comments on this commercial for understanding of the difficulties of Mental Illnesses, and see not one disparaging word. (Good thing I might add.)
My son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 11, and developed schizoaffective disorder at age 18. With the dual diagnosis he became unable to manage his very brittle diabetes. We lived a hell on earth for many years and he had many commitments (one that lasted ten years), but they finally found the right combination of meds for him. Now 40 yrs old, he is out of the hospital and doing very well. He fathered a son, who is now 13, that we have raised from a baby.
The point here is don’t give up! We have come to a comfortable place with all of this suffering — our grandson has brought a lot of love to our lives, and our son is doing better now than we ever imagined he could. The mentally ill need our support and understanding — we give it to those stricken with other diseases and this illness should be no different.
Yes I am with you and will support anything that you start to boost this country’s awareness of mental illness.
When my government gives my disabled son less than $700 to live and expects him to survive on that amount and then spends outrageous amounts of money in the war, then, and only then is when I believe in Hitler’s “Germany above all” statement. We need to be Americans first, take care of our own, and then move on and help other countries.
This video hit a nerve with me. I am a daughter of depression. My mother has battled depression most of my life. I am her only child. It was just the two of us, as a family. I have had to fight tooth and nail at times not to get sucked into that dark hole also. Mental illness doesn’t just affect the person with the illness, but everyone around them too. It is so frustrating when your best intentions to help a loved one is only met with resistance or basically ignored.
Well….it may be off topic somewhat, but it IS a commercial. So I’ll make a feeble attempt to tie the two together.
I find this commercial by Wal Mart very touching. Just a good thought, good feeling kind of presentation. I was very surprised to read the hateful, vitriolic comments from viewers. Nothing “bad” about this effort crossed my mind. (Maybe I’ve been participating here so long the naivete is starting to rub off on me? :-) ) Anyway, I’m sure most of you have seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9lkmd-mMJ0
Then I go and look at the comments on this commercial for understanding of the difficulties of Mental Illnesses, and see not one disparaging word. (Good thing I might add.)
My, my…but we do pick our battles.
My son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 11, and developed schizoaffective disorder at age 18. With the dual diagnosis he became unable to manage his very brittle diabetes. We lived a hell on earth for many years and he had many commitments (one that lasted ten years), but they finally found the right combination of meds for him. Now 40 yrs old, he is out of the hospital and doing very well. He fathered a son, who is now 13, that we have raised from a baby.
The point here is don’t give up! We have come to a comfortable place with all of this suffering — our grandson has brought a lot of love to our lives, and our son is doing better now than we ever imagined he could. The mentally ill need our support and understanding — we give it to those stricken with other diseases and this illness should be no different.
THIS DOES NOT EVEN TOUCH THE MAGNITUTE OF THE ISSUE. BUT THANKS MARIO. IT IS THE BEGINNING.
Yes I am with you and will support anything that you start to boost this country’s awareness of mental illness.
When my government gives my disabled son less than $700 to live and expects him to survive on that amount and then spends outrageous amounts of money in the war, then, and only then is when I believe in Hitler’s “Germany above all” statement. We need to be Americans first, take care of our own, and then move on and help other countries.