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A time bomb began ticking in the mid-1970s, when the psychiatric and mental health professions went politically correct and identified the mentally ill as "victims" who required advocates. While patients in general do need assistance, the activists turned caring into political action that changed the American cityscape and endangered our well-being. Announcing in the mid-1970s that confining mental patients violated their civil rights, a cadre set to work to release as many patients as they could, resulting in the huge homeless phenomenon of the 1980s that remains with us now. Suddenly the streets of major cities and small towns hosted...

In his new suburban American home, Shaker Yakub, a Yemeni Jew, folded a large scarf in half, wrapped it around his head and tucked in his spiraling side curls. "This is how I passed for a Muslim," said the 59-year-old father of seven, improvising a turban that hid his black skullcap. The ploy enabled Mr. Yakub and half a dozen members of his family to slip undetected out of their native town of Raida, Yemen, and travel to the capital 50 miles to the south. There, they met U.S. State Department officials conducting a clandestine operation to bring some of...

I woke up three weeks ago with a burning pain running under my right shoulder blade and down the back of my arm to the elbow. The pain was like hitting your funny bone but never stopped hurting. Very, very, very painful. These of you who have played sports, it felt like a “stinger”, but 100 times worse than I ever experienced. I checked out the movement of my shoulder in all directions: no pain, no clicking and no stiffness. Gee, I must have pinched a nerve in my neck. I figured it would work itself out, took a couple...

For Immediate Release                                   June 23, 2009   EXECUTIVE ORDER - - - - - - - ESTABLISHING A WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNITIES AND WORKERSBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1. Policy. Over the last decade, the United States has experienced a decline in employment in the auto industry and among part suppliers. This decline has accelerated dramatically over the past year, with more than 400,000 jobs being lost in the industry. Unemployment in the automotive sector in towns and...

Many raindrops travel at "super-terminal" velocities, faster than was thought possible. As a result, meteorologists may be miscalculating how much it rains. Previously, it was assumed that all raindrops fall at terminal velocity, a constant maximum speed that is determined by the interplay of gravity and drag. The velocity for individual drops is considered to be largely controlled by their size: larger drops fall faster than smaller drops, due to their greater mass.

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary ------------------------------------------------ For Immediate Release                            April 8, 2009  EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF HEALTH REFORMBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in the interest of providing all Americans access to affordable and high-quality health care, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1. Policy. Reforming the health care system is a key goal of my Administration. The health care system suffers from serious and pervasive problems; access to health care is constrained by high and rising costs; and...

Politics: When Barack Obama won the election, Big Labor's ambitions soared. It spent $400 million to elect Democrats and expected an easy ride ahead. A hundred days into the Obama administration, it's playing defense. Organized labor has only itself to blame. With goals at odds with the interests of the country, it should have adapted itself to the national direction or else localized its aims.But that's not the approach it took. In varying ways, the two largest confederations, the AFL-CIO and the Change To Win coalition, focused on two unpopular efforts.One is the coercive Employee Free Choice Act, also known...

Tony the Trout is the smartest Sea Kitten in School. Already litter trained at 2 months old Tony went on to double major in neuroscience and environmental studies at Clamford University eventually graduating with honors.

There seems to be this disconnect with understanding just what the democrats are doing or not doing about drilling for oil and in general, a realistic national energy policy The answer is very simple; The House under the control of Nancy Pelosi was waiting for Obama to change his position on drilling. Do we really think they are that stupid to think we believe we can inflate our tires and tune our cars to fix our energy policy? That was Obama talking off the cuff and since he wasn't on teleprompter he said something stupid which he does quite frequently...

For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, so I’ve rounded up a list of 10 things not to worry about on your vacation.1. Killer hot dogs2. Your car’s planet-destroying A/C3. Forbidden fruits from afar4. Carcinogenic cellphones5. Evil plastic bags6. Toxic plastic bottles7. Deadly sharks8. The Arctic’s missing ice9. The universe’s missing mass10. Unmarked wormholes

I just got my official ballot for the primary election for Florida for my countyFred Thompson is listed dead last on the ballot. Most people are not political attune as we are, so I fear Fred will get lost in the shuffle when people go vote in the primary. Rudi GiulianiMike HuckabeeDuncan HunterAlan KeyesJohn McCainRon PaulMitt RommeyTom TancredoFred ThompsonFlorida should have a huge primary turn out based on a property tax exemption Constitutional Revision question.If am not mistaken this ballot listing is state wide so Fred is listed dead last across the entire state of Florida.

A Canadian man who sexually abused his 4-year-old daughter live on the Internet so another man could watch was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.The father, whose name was not released to protect the identity of his daughter, was arrested in October 2006, just hours after he used a Webcam to expose his daughter to another man — who was actually an undercover police officer — during a chat room conversation. The father from St. Thomas, Ontario, pleaded guilty in October to seven criminal charges.In sentencing him, Justice John McGarry called it a "gross case; a sickening case of...

British Muslims protested outside the Sudanese Embassy over the treatment of jailed teacher Gillian Gibbons. The small but noisy group demanded the immediate release of Mrs Gibbons, who is currently serving a 15-day prison sentence in Sudan after her class of seven-year-olds named a teddy bear Mohammed.

BTW, the only tickets left or $1,000 or $2,300 seats.

At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it. Be sure to read all the way to the end! Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule. Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt. Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he Tries to think. Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then Tax his tears. Tax...

I’m embarrassed I’m embarrassed to have an “R” stamped on my voter ID card Bear in mind I didn’t say I’m embarrassed to be a conservative, but in today’s political lexicon the two are linked like democrat equals liberal, thanks to the great conservative leaders that used to lead and run the party political machine that made these terms almost interchangeable in the American mind for the last twenty years. In a larger sense, I am way past embarrassed with our political process. Looking and watching Congress between the House and Senate is like watching a bunch of children play...

Two Georgia men survived a gruesome suicide attempt Friday after cutting their own arms off with a saw, reported Atlanta's Journal Constitution. The 40 and 41-year-old men managed to remove three of their four arms, cutting them about six inches about their wrists, Atlanta Police Major Lane Hagin told the Journal. The men left a suicide note with the manager of their apartment building saying they were killing themselves because they were recently diagnosed with HIV and their business had failed, according to police. The men are in stable condition at a local hospital and will undergo psychiatric tests, a...

CHICAGO — Two women used the online classified site Craigslist to offer sex with girls in exchange for "donations" or "roses" — code words for money, police said. Cotton was arrested Dec. 31 when an undercover officer arrived at her apartment and a 16-year-old girl offered to perform a sex act for $200, according to the sheriff's department.

Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) - It could be that driving the Islamist's militias out of Somalia's capital with the assistance of Ethiopia's military was the easy part. Now that Somalian officials are back in Mogadishu analysts say the hard part will be not returning to the anarchy that prevailed for 15 years before the Union of Islamists Courts grabbed power six-months ago.The reason is what analysts say is a vacuum of power in the Somalia Democratic Republic. They fear that vacuum will lead to war if Ethiopian troops withdraw too soon.The U.N. and international community is backing a weak transitional government....

HONOLULU — Thieves stole more than $1 million worth of Prada shoes, wallets and clothes from a local warehouse, police said. Employees of the upscale clothier discovered the theft the day after Christmas as they prepared to move merchandise to department stores for after-holiday sales.