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One thing going on back then that we did not know about, which we know now, is that psychologists, who are supposed to be doctors were torturing people as if that was their calling (Psychologists Torture).
The stress of 911 developed weird religious reactions in some folks, more so than in others (examples of weirdness: Hypothesis: The Cultural Amygdala - 2, Hypothesis: The Cultural Amygdala - 4).
Anyway, here are three Dredd Blog posts from this date in 2009:
We Killed More Of US Than They Did
In a recent article here we asked who is the enemy, took ourselves back to a very popular president who warned us to beware of militarism, and mused that we would be better off economically if we just invaded ourselves.The military is very stingy with data which they think puts them in a bad light. For instance, they have not been allowing the public to even view coffins of the dead coming back from Iraq.
But they, for some reason, have had to disclose that suicides killed more soldiers last month than the wars did:
"The Army is investigating a stunning number of suicides in January — a count that could surpass all combat deaths on America's two warfronts last month."(Fox News). I think we must congratulate them for not covering up this news item.
The old saying that "many hands lighten the load" reminds me that they would do well to let many psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, in and out of the military, take a meaningful look at this trend.
Then do some treatment.
Supreme Arrogance
One of the Supremes who instilled us with Bush II in 2000 via the decision in the still infamous Bush v Gore case, scolded a student who asked him a question during a question and answer session.Justice Scalia has often said of the Bush v Gore decision, "get over it", when asked about it, as if it was the stare decisis maximus case of all time.
It is as if he has no intellectual position on it, but says we must live with it and that is that. A case that should not be talked about in terms of a good or bad decision?
We are trying to "get over it" Scalia, but your boy just will not go away. His wars are still with us, his voodoo economy is still with us, and his corruption is still with us.
Thank you so much o supreme one for your gift of Bush II to the American people.
One that keeps on giving us pain and suffering to this very day.
President Warns Republicans
The President is becoming relentless in his focus on the political posturing the republicans are conducting.They seem to think their stonewalling and threatening to filibuster is good politics, but Obama seems to think it is voodoo economics.
He said:
President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that failure to act on an economic recovery package could plunge the nation into a long-lasting recession that might prove irreversible, a fresh call to a recalcitrant Congress to move quickly.(The Star, emphasis added). The voters clearly stated which ideas they want and trust and which they do not.
In an op-ed in The Washington Post, the president argued that each day without his stimulus package, now exceeding $900 billion in the Senate, Americans lose more jobs, savings and homes. He painted a bleak picture if lawmakers do nothing.
Senate and House republicans seem to have not received that memo yet.
President Obama also issued and executive directive which will put some wind into the sails of the ship of state.
He directed them to use all dispatch to save energy and promulgate regulations toward that end.
That's all folks. Except for a timely song:
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