Posted on 01/11/2005 9:10:38 AM PST by PHLSyndicate
GWB's Brave New World. There, I said. Its a cliché that I can't avoid, and a cliché that happens to be, well, true.
If you are a person of the politial persuasion who wishes government control our health care system, I'd advise you to be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it.
It seems that not only does our "conservative" president have the honour of passing the largest piece of social welfare spending since Lyndon Johnson, with the government-funded prescription drug plan, he will most likely be the first President to wield medical science as a weapon against political dissidents through the use of forced drugging and institutionalization for "the politically paranoid."
Wow. This is almost as cool as Eugenics!
Opposing Bush - A Form of Mental Illness?
When the 109th Congress convenes in Washington in January, Senator Bill Frist, the first practicing physician elected to the Senate since 1928, plans to file a bill that would define 'political paranoia' as a mental disorder, paving the way for individuals who suffer from paranoid delusions regarding voter fraud, political persecution and FBI surveillance to receive Medicare reimbursement for any psychiatric treatment they receive," writes Hermione Slatkin, Medical Correspondent for the Swift Report. "Rick Smith, a spokesman for Senator Frist, says that the measure has a good chance of passingsomething that can only help a portion of the population that is suffering significant distress."
Not only is "treatment" of the politically paranoid on the agenda of our benevolent leader, so is the drugging of our children.
Federal Control of Education Must End
The Department of Education is spending $5 million on “Mental Health Integration in Schools” as well as another million dollars for Sen. Kennedy’s early childhood mental health program called “Foundations for Learning.” All this is a boon to the pharmaceutical industry, but a horror for the children whose mental health is not the school’s responsibility. It is just one more effort to wrest control of a parents’ fundamental rights and responsibility over the welfare of their children.
Ron Paul, my favorite Republican, worked to introduce legislation that would at least require parental consent -- but it was voted down. Go figure.
Republicans Have Family under Attack
The idea that children should be routinely examined for mental illness at school and possibly drugged without their parents’ consent is something out of a horrifying science-fiction novel in which a totalitarian state runs everything. Critics of government schooling have long warned that political control of education is an affront to the family and would lead to further usurpation of its authority. The widespread prescription of Ritalin for so-called attention-deficit disorder was only the beginning. In 2002 Bush appointed the Orwellian-named New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which last year issued its recommendations for universal screening.
Am I the only one who is a bit creeped out by all of this? Just as a welfare state necessitates a warfare state, and vice versa, government control of health care necessitates the politicization and abuse of power granted by that authority.
That is as true as the fact that those with power only want one thing -- more power.
ROTFLMAO
Yep.
Great,intelligent post. thx
awwwwwwwwwwww......I like Twinkles.........a lot! Good dog!
Puppies are another subject
I hope Meek can add some pancakes.
He got caught with his beeber down:)
I like puppies.
Without libs tying up the registers with stupid whiney crap it will be a good day to shop.
I imagine you're right.......unfortunately I'll probably be missing a lot of it.
I'll go find some.
It is monumentally creepy!
You going to the Ball?
Probably true in some places, but not all.......and I'm still waiting for him to answer my question regarding his position about education.
I was at my daughter's public school this morning for the quarterly parents' breakfast. Several local churches were thanked for providing bookbags and school supplies for children in need. And prayers were requested for the principal's father. And we were asked to include him and 2 others on our prayer lists or with our prayer chains. We allthen stood, and said the Pledge of Allegience with all the children and remained standing with heads bowed for a moment of silence.....the number of folks who made the sign of the cross was astonishing to me.
So please, don't broad brush all public schools, people with values and morals do run the school district where I live.
ROFL - I forgot about that.
My husband took the day off from work so we can leisurely make the 4-5 hour drive to DC for the FReeper Ball.
Nice graphic!!!
You owe me a keyboard!!!!!!!!
Yes, we are. And then we are meeting friends in Richmond on Friday, so I probably won't be home until Saturday. and even though coolbreeze will have his laptop, my online time will be severley limited because we have a LOT of driving to do.
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