[mrfixit514]

I know this was posted recently but I thought I would repost since the House has passed this bill.

I am very concerned about it but I know many will dismiss it as paranoia.

For those who are concerned, see the contacts above to let the Senate know this should be killed.

[The Mayor]

what happens if I act like a loony..

This is barbara streisand, what is going on in the house ?

[nothingnew]

I have updated my FMCDH (From My Cold Dead Hands) sign-off with the addition of (BITS).....Blood In The Streets, which I foresee coming soon, due to the enormous increase of the Marxist progressive movement being shoved down the throat of this failing REPUBLIC through the Judicial tyranny of fiat law, the passing of unconstitutional laws by the Legislative and Executive branches of our government and the enormous tax burden placed upon the average American to support unconstitutional programs put forth by Marxist ideology.

FMCDH(BITS)

[BossLady]

Loooook into this spaaaaaace.....weeeeee waaaaant yoooooouuuuur chiiiiiiildrennnnnnnnn......

Signed,

The US Government

CREEPY!!!

[Ed_in_NJ]

Good luck -- but where were you when the fight over forced random drug testing of students was being fought?

[RhoTheta]

Goals 2000 alert!

Serious potential Big Brother abuse, closely akin to health care clinics in the school setting where parental permissions aren't necessary sought, where your kids are examined for signs of physical (and mental) abuse, and where your kids are quizzed about you and your un-PC activities (such as gun ownership). Then CPS can decide to pay you a visit.

Or your kid can be put on Ritalin at their discretion, etc.

[Fishing-guy]

If the mental health screening looks for learning disorders, mental retardation, autism, suicidality, and antisocial behaviors, then it sounds like a good thing.

Of course, the parents should always have the final say on the course of treatment, unless the refusal of treatment can lead to serious harm to the child and society.

[Coleus]

Shouldn't we contact President Bush who started this Nonsense?  Our mental health system is fine and it should be left up to the states as to what to do with their citizens.

President Says U.S. Must Make Commitment to Mental Health Care
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President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov
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Psychiatry and the State (Excerpt)
by Dennis Behreandt

The federal government plans a new role in delivering mental health care.  Historically, however, governments have used psychiatric techniques for harm rather than good.

On April 29, 2002, President George W. Bush issued an executive order creating a new commission charged with finding ways to “improve America’s mental health service delivery system.” One year later, the Orwellian-sounding New Freedom Commission on Mental Health released its findings.  Its final report recommended mental health screening for all Americans and, in a proposal that should alarm parents everywhere, recommended that the nation’s schools be used to assess the mental health of all schoolchildren.

President George W. Bush wants to have  American citizens, beginning with all school age children, examined by psychiatrists.

"The New Freedom Initiative is a plan to screen the entire U.S. population for mental illness and to provide a cradle-to-grave continuum of services for those identified as either mentally ill or at risk of becoming so. Under the plan, schools would become hubs of the screening process, not only for children, but for their parents and teachers. There are even components aimed at senior citizens, pregnant women, and new mothers.

"In April 2002, President Bush established the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health to conduct a 'comprehensive study of the United States mental health service delivery system.' The commission issued its recommendations in July 2003, chief among them being that schools are in a 'key position' to screen the 52 million students and 6 million adults who work at educational facilities."

This Draconian federal program began in Texas while G.W. Bush was Governor. It was called the Texas Medication Algorithm Project as an alliance between the pharmaceutical industry, the University of Texas, and the mental health and corrections systems of Texas. Now that Bush is President, he has begun implementing the program at the national level.