I see where our own Lindsay Graham and his BFF John McCain are trying to bully poor Susan Rice presumably over comments she made on Meet the Press. If you have ever watched any of those Sunday talk shows, you will know that they basically display more tap dancing around issues than you'll see on Dancing with the Stars.
Rachel Maddow pointed out yesterday that John McCain's hobby is appearing on Sunday talk shows, no doubt because it eases the loneliness of Sundays without dinner invitations. And if you've seen John McCain on any Sunday talk show, you will know that the standard he sets is somewhere between lies and crazy.
So can we all agree that the issue is not what Susan Rice said on Meet the Press? The issue is the same one that we were observing a few months ago when House maniac Darrell Issa led the charge against Attorney General Eric Holder for the made-up conspiracy regarding Fast and Furious. You remember, the more questions he answered, the more he complied with requests for files, the angrier they got.
Also reminiscent of the witch hunts against Bill and Hillary in the 90's, when the only thing they could turn up for sure was a dress with semen on it.
On the other hand, the more they can toss around the excrement, the more they are hoping to distract us from, oh, raising taxes on the 1 percent (in other words, members of this very governing body). If we get riled up enough about some Obama conspiracy, maybe we won't notice them trying to raise the social security retirement age.
Unfortunately, the excrement they are tossing around is their own, and they have plenty more where that came from.
The tragedy of course, is that yet another good member of the Obama team is getting dragged through Congress, this time the Senate. And although I am hearing the hopeful say that Obama is in this for the duration, there are a lot of bodies of strewn nominees that have been laid to waste over the last four years, by a Congress that has no respect for the President or the institution of the Presidency.
I am thinking that it would be good if Obama was ready to stand up to these idiots, and give us four years that we can be proud of. Signs say this could happen, so stay tuned.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Monday, January 17, 2011
Easy for You to Say
Senator Tom Coburn, on yesterday's Meet the Press, stated that there is no need for stronger gun restrictions. He does not believe that the gun law is the problem.
Coburn believes -- are you ready for this? -- that the problem is in the mental health system.
Jared Lee Loughner was obviously unstable. We all agree on that point. He had crossed paths with authorities several times, from college administrator to military screener, and they all knew without a doubt that he was mentally ill. How could someone this blatantly troubled fall through the cracks?
Coburn believes that the mental health system is the problem. Loughner fell through the cracks "rather than somebody intervening and helping this individual."
You know, I wholeheartedly applaud Senator Coburn for this assertion. That is why I will be totally behind him when he introduces legislation to mandate mental health funding for every American. Because Loughner's mental health problems were a very long time in the making.
As a doctor, of exactly what I don't know, Senator Coburn surely is aware that families and individuals cannot simply be mandated to receive treatment. Troubled families and individuals may actually want help and not have the financial means to obtain it, much less the know-how to find an appropriate mental health professional. And then there is the treatment. Senator Coburn surely knows that for someone with paranoid ideation treatment is not quick or cheap.
It troubles me to have to rain on Doctor Senator Coburn's parade like this, but in the real world, it is people like Doctor Senator Coburn who are preventing people from reaching out to troubled individuals like Jared Loughner, because, frankly, they don't think they should have to pay for the treatment.
Now all we really need is for some sharp interviewer to ask Doctor Senator Coburn where the next Loughner should send the bill.
Coburn believes -- are you ready for this? -- that the problem is in the mental health system.
Jared Lee Loughner was obviously unstable. We all agree on that point. He had crossed paths with authorities several times, from college administrator to military screener, and they all knew without a doubt that he was mentally ill. How could someone this blatantly troubled fall through the cracks?
Coburn believes that the mental health system is the problem. Loughner fell through the cracks "rather than somebody intervening and helping this individual."
You know, I wholeheartedly applaud Senator Coburn for this assertion. That is why I will be totally behind him when he introduces legislation to mandate mental health funding for every American. Because Loughner's mental health problems were a very long time in the making.
As a doctor, of exactly what I don't know, Senator Coburn surely is aware that families and individuals cannot simply be mandated to receive treatment. Troubled families and individuals may actually want help and not have the financial means to obtain it, much less the know-how to find an appropriate mental health professional. And then there is the treatment. Senator Coburn surely knows that for someone with paranoid ideation treatment is not quick or cheap.
It troubles me to have to rain on Doctor Senator Coburn's parade like this, but in the real world, it is people like Doctor Senator Coburn who are preventing people from reaching out to troubled individuals like Jared Loughner, because, frankly, they don't think they should have to pay for the treatment.
Now all we really need is for some sharp interviewer to ask Doctor Senator Coburn where the next Loughner should send the bill.
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