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Bush to screen population for mental illness
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | June 21, 2004

Posted on 06/21/2004 10:19:15 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

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To: NittanyLion

Wow...that was scary.


421 posted on 06/22/2004 7:35:16 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: TomServo
I guess these "teachers" (aka "parents", nannies, psuedo-shrinks) will damned near break their fingers waving those pencils furiously while dancing to the tune the cash register makes.

Fool that I am, I checked my ping-page before hitting the sack. :)

The problem is more subtle -- and crooked -- than that. Actually, the teachers hate it, because it makes it damn near impossible to teach their clases. Clarification -- the teachers except for the "special ed" teachers hate it.

But ah, there's the rub. The ones that really love it are the administrators. Here's the deal: They don't have enough "special ed" teachers, because 1) they cost more than "regular" teachers, and 2) at the wholesale rate they're going "domini domini domini, you're a special ed student", there's no way they could ever hope to channel all the special ed kids into special ed classes.

The result is a lot of seriously messed-up kids thrown into regular classes, where the only thing that gets accomplished (besides more taxbux to the coffers) is major league disruption on an ongoing basis.

And yeah, they *do* shove 'em into any and every class, including "advanced computers". They also still illegals who can't speak a word of English into those classes too. Why? $$$ That's why. Not for the teachers, either. No one wants to believe it, but administration is so bloatedly top-heavy that it's a wonder it doesn't collapse of its own weight. Incredible cronyism, incredible featherbedding -- and no union involved in the process. And, administrator salaries go up each year at a rate that leaves teacher wages in the dust.

Teachers here don't even make COLA. They don't keep up with inflation. Administrators leave it in the dust.

And the f'n union?

Too damn busy stumping and humping for Jenni and Kerry to bother negotiating a decent contract.

The picture you get in the press about "teachers and unions" ain't 'zackly how it is in the real world. Maybe in the big cities it's different, but out here in flyover country, it's a whole 'nuther thing from the way we see it in the news.

422 posted on 06/22/2004 7:37:07 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Dec31,1999

Danke!

Now I'm really outta here.


423 posted on 06/22/2004 7:37:52 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
And at this rate (and if this is true), he can start at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and keep his sorry shrinks away from me.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

424 posted on 06/22/2004 7:38:07 AM PDT by mhking
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To: hole_n_one

Thank you for the link. Once again, a paper with a reputation for over-the-top sensational articles posts an article filled with hysterical assertions without any effort to back them up with facts, and people just believe it.


425 posted on 06/22/2004 7:39:48 AM PDT by alnick
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To: JohnHuang2
President Bush plans to unveil next month a sweeping mental health initiative that recommends screening for every citizen and promotes the use of expensive antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs favored by supporters of the administration.

I'm gonna have to not believe this one until I see it.
Bush could not be that stupid. Rove maybe, not Bush.

Screening for every citizen ... hmmm.

426 posted on 06/22/2004 7:41:01 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
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To: mhking

I think Bush needs a screening. Who is going to end up paying for this program? Taxpayers.


427 posted on 06/22/2004 7:41:23 AM PDT by cyborg
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To: murdoog
Has Bush lost his mind?

I motion that he be the first one screened under this new proposal.

428 posted on 06/22/2004 7:41:35 AM PDT by sheltonmac ("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." -Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
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To: mhking

This can not be for real. It's just way too twisted.


429 posted on 06/22/2004 7:43:46 AM PDT by Jaded (Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain)
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To: JohnHuang2

Just get the listing of all registered far lefty groups to start. The only ones in that gene pool that won't be crazy are the dead ones....


430 posted on 06/22/2004 7:43:47 AM PDT by b4its2late (John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: texasflower
I am a well bred southern woman. If I want thank someone, I do it with a smile.

Good Comment! Kudos to you from Houston.

431 posted on 06/22/2004 7:44:51 AM PDT by Orange1998
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To: Navy Patriot
I can't believe that W bought this,

I can't believe that YOU bought this ridiculous article.

What about this article makes you think it's credible? The fact that World Net Daily published it? The fact that the author's name isn't even published? The hysterical nature of the article? Or maybe it's the fact that no proof, no confirmation, no evidence is offered up to support the assertions made in the article.

432 posted on 06/22/2004 7:47:59 AM PDT by alnick
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To: JohnHuang2; Bacon Man

IF THIS IS TRUE . . . the Republican Party just lost this chick.


433 posted on 06/22/2004 7:48:26 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: Orange1998

Thank you, neighbor!


434 posted on 06/22/2004 7:49:09 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus
I'm sure you could have found this yourself

"Could have found this" LOL

Silly goose. I remember the speech when it was given.

Your point is.....what?

435 posted on 06/22/2004 7:49:10 AM PDT by cyncooper (Have I mentioned lately that I DESPISE the media?)
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To: Orange1998

bumpkins


436 posted on 06/22/2004 7:50:30 AM PDT by tpaine (The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being" -- Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Dec31,1999

...Mental Illness= Spoiled brats getting away with whatever they can...

Dec31,1999... Your ignorance is blinding...


437 posted on 06/22/2004 7:52:39 AM PDT by booann777 (Ignorance is bliss... and blinds one too...)
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To: AntiGuv
I'll just wait and see what, if anything, gets announced next month and then I'll decide. That's what everyone else should do to.

Bears repeating.

438 posted on 06/22/2004 7:53:48 AM PDT by alnick
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To: AntiGuv
Sheesh.. I dunno what's up with all the typos in that last post of mine. Anyhow, I guess it's clear enough regardless..

Typos or not, it's the most logical post on this thread so far.

439 posted on 06/22/2004 7:55:27 AM PDT by alnick
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To: monday
At this point it is only a recommendation by a commission set up by Bush.

The mere suggestion of this, is outrageous by *any* measure. What are these people thinking?

440 posted on 06/22/2004 7:55:50 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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