Paul Krugman
Jim Hoagland
E J Dionne
"Washington, it seems, is still ruled by Reaganism" - Paul Krugman
“The Olbermanns, Hannitys, O'Reillys, Maddows and Becks of the TV world are more likely to say something that will anger a viewer, who might take it out on sponsors.” - David Bauder
“Yes, it bothers me. I’m a crybaby. I cry at commercials. I am 90 percent chick in that territory." - Glen Beck
What white people like Glenn never comprehend is that thy will never have the street cred or justification to call other people racist because of their own racist beliefs, kinda nullifies anything he has to say on the subject. As an opinion placed on an Urban Radio forum said: "If you have been black long enough in this country you KNOW when you are around a racist. They don’t have to say a word, it’s the woman who holds her purse tighter when you walk past her or the white couple who don’t respond when you speak or the corporate executive who MIGHT hire you but with a glass ceiling in place and only long enough to find out how how black people think so that he can grow his business. The absolute WORST kind of racist is the one who ACTS like everybody else is one. I’m talking about Glen Beck. If Glen walked into a room full of black people he would probably pass out from the stress. It is BEYOND evident that this man is a racist but how convenient to point the finger at President Obama to steer the attention away from himself. "
All those kilos pressed, waitin' for my order... (Barry McGuire)
Good news for those addicted ex-pats living in Mexico, the C S Monitor reports that: "Now not just marijuana, but cocaine, LSD, and heroin will be tolerated for personal and limited use. That means about four joints, or half a gram of cocaine, or 50 milligrams of heroin. Bigger quantities, sales, and public consumption are still strictly forbidden.
Officials here say the aim is to free up both resources and jail space so that authorities can focus efforts on big-time traffickers wreaking havoc in Mexico. “This frees us from a flood of small crimes that have saturated our federal government and allows the authorities to go after big criminals,” said Bernardo Espino del Castillo, who works in the attorney general’s office in Mexico.
It also focuses on rehabilitation for repeat drug users, making treatment mandatory for abusers. As we reported earlier this year, the number of addicts in Mexico has grown in just six years by more than 50 percent, from 300,000 to 465,000, according to government statistics." Its estimated that 11,000 people have been killed from the Mexican drug wars, often spilling over the borders into the US. This may be a trial balloon to test both Mexico's and the US's attitudes, we've been seeing several opinion pieces written about legalizing drugs here in the US, so the actual proposals may be not very far down the road, waiting for us at the crossroads... gives new meaning to "free trade" agreement.
Officials here say the aim is to free up both resources and jail space so that authorities can focus efforts on big-time traffickers wreaking havoc in Mexico. “This frees us from a flood of small crimes that have saturated our federal government and allows the authorities to go after big criminals,” said Bernardo Espino del Castillo, who works in the attorney general’s office in Mexico.
It also focuses on rehabilitation for repeat drug users, making treatment mandatory for abusers. As we reported earlier this year, the number of addicts in Mexico has grown in just six years by more than 50 percent, from 300,000 to 465,000, according to government statistics." Its estimated that 11,000 people have been killed from the Mexican drug wars, often spilling over the borders into the US. This may be a trial balloon to test both Mexico's and the US's attitudes, we've been seeing several opinion pieces written about legalizing drugs here in the US, so the actual proposals may be not very far down the road, waiting for us at the crossroads... gives new meaning to "free trade" agreement.
Here in Colorado, where medical marijuana is not enough, we wish for the good old days when there was a meth lab in every neighborhood. But, more sadly, a report has just come out, reported in the Huffington Post, on teen abuse of ADHD drugs, studied from 1997-2005: " Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.
Kids taking ADHD drugs to get high or increase alertness may not realize that misuse of the drugs can cause serious, sometimes life-threatening symptoms, including agitation, rapid heartbeat, extremely high blood pressure.
"They say, 'It's FDA approved, how dangerous could it be?'" said Steve Pasierb, head of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, based in New York.
In the study, researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center evaluated 1998-2005 data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. During that time, nationwide calls related to teen abuse of ADHD drugs, specifically stimulants, increased from 330 to 581 yearly, and there were four deaths. Overall, 42 percent of teens involved had moderate to severe side-effects and most ended up getting emergency-room treatment." Every kid I grew up with that had Ritalin prescribed for them ended up pretty squirrelly, often landing in juvenile court. I know that the use of Ritalin has become commonplace, but its a form of speed, and the destructive side effects on ADHD users is the same for everyone else. The slogan from the '60's remains the same for the new, prescription designer drugs of choice: SPEED KILLS.. doctors and parents really should think twice before having speed given to their children, even if the schools try to force it on them... My personal observation is that most kids who develop ADHD get it from the schizophrenic way their parents treat them, when they yell at them when they were small children. I've watched it happen...
Kids taking ADHD drugs to get high or increase alertness may not realize that misuse of the drugs can cause serious, sometimes life-threatening symptoms, including agitation, rapid heartbeat, extremely high blood pressure.
"They say, 'It's FDA approved, how dangerous could it be?'" said Steve Pasierb, head of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, based in New York.
In the study, researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center evaluated 1998-2005 data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. During that time, nationwide calls related to teen abuse of ADHD drugs, specifically stimulants, increased from 330 to 581 yearly, and there were four deaths. Overall, 42 percent of teens involved had moderate to severe side-effects and most ended up getting emergency-room treatment." Every kid I grew up with that had Ritalin prescribed for them ended up pretty squirrelly, often landing in juvenile court. I know that the use of Ritalin has become commonplace, but its a form of speed, and the destructive side effects on ADHD users is the same for everyone else. The slogan from the '60's remains the same for the new, prescription designer drugs of choice: SPEED KILLS.. doctors and parents really should think twice before having speed given to their children, even if the schools try to force it on them... My personal observation is that most kids who develop ADHD get it from the schizophrenic way their parents treat them, when they yell at them when they were small children. I've watched it happen...
The real "death panels" are the marriage certificates given out to people who may start out well intentioned but end up as toxic parents, abusing their children emotionally and strangling any bright future those kids might have had. Our schools, black pits that suck up money and keep demanding more while giving back less, are not prepared to help children heal from any textbook, and our medical programs are geared to dispense pills instead of taking responsibility for the health of the child. We need reform but what really needs to be reformed nobody is touching with a ten-foot pole...
Spykids...
The justice department's report on the CIA's torturing people for information that they could have gotten from watching al Jazeera came out today, less redacted than the previous time it was released. Another internal CIA report was leaked, telling of operatives threatening to kill the children of Khalid Shayk Muhammed before they waterboarded him 4-8 times per day, among other tawdry revelations, and Director Leon Panetta had a temper tantrum, with gossip saying he may now be replaced. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed a special prosecutor to look into the torture abuses, which became the top story today. If you read any history of the CIA, it becomes clear that its a place that hires troubled children who can't gather intelligence or analyze their way out of a paper bag. Along with the Army Corps of Engineers, it should have been disbanded after WW11... One the other hand, it has inspired a whole generation of spy novels that are a lot of fun to read, and how would us old men get through the summer without a bloated Ludlum or Grisham to keep us occupied between baseball games? A glass of brandy and a good cigar alone may not make your day...
Beck shampooed out of our hair...
Glenn Beck comes back from an enforced vacation to find that even Yahoo News is now reporting that 33 sponsors have rinsed, lathered, and will not repeat with supporting advertising for the Glenn Beck show. Just because he called President Obama a racist among other stupid things... Glenn has a popular show on Fox, which he obviously tries to pander to his audience, pushing the boundaries. One sponsor, Chlorox, decided not to sponsor any political talk show, even though they hadn't done it much in the past, good for them to be even-handedly unfair to everyone...
What white people like Glenn never comprehend is that thy will never have the street cred or justification to call other people racist because of their own racist beliefs, kinda nullifies anything he has to say on the subject. As an opinion placed on an Urban Radio forum said: "If you have been black long enough in this country you KNOW when you are around a racist. They don’t have to say a word, it’s the woman who holds her purse tighter when you walk past her or the white couple who don’t respond when you speak or the corporate executive who MIGHT hire you but with a glass ceiling in place and only long enough to find out how how black people think so that he can grow his business. The absolute WORST kind of racist is the one who ACTS like everybody else is one. I’m talking about Glen Beck. If Glen walked into a room full of black people he would probably pass out from the stress. It is BEYOND evident that this man is a racist but how convenient to point the finger at President Obama to steer the attention away from himself. "
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