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Why?
I’ve been watching the news, joining in on discussions on social media, and reading the editorials and blog posts about the horrific events that transpired on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. I’ve spent three days in many different states of mind – disbelief, horror, grief, anger. I’ve wept tears for the children and their teachers that…
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The Gap Between Reality and Congress
I’d like to ask you to imagine a scenario: You are an adult, married with kids and a mortgage, employed full-time in a high stress job that involves a significant amount of travel, and you have been struggling with Depression for a protracted period of time. Eventually your Depression symptoms cause you to seek professional…
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Parents of Disabled Children Giving Up on Illinois
By Bonnie Miller Rubin and Monique Garcia, Tribune reporters May 28, 2011 Chrisa Hickey, a northwest suburban mom whose 16-year-old son hears voices, has bought property in Wisconsin with an eye to the future. She wouldn’t leave Barrington for career, retirement or the more languid pace of small-town living. Her relocation plans are strictly a…
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Look At Who Resigned….
From the Huffington Post (my comments in italics, click the blog title for the full article on HuffPost): CONCORD, N.H. — A 91-year-old freshman lawmaker who suggested the mentally disabled should be shipped to Siberia resigned Monday from the state House and said he was sorry that his “big mouth caused this furor.” Rep. Martin…
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State Senator Suggests Shipping Mentally Ill to Sibera, Says Hitler Was Right
A reader posted a link last night to this article from ThinkProgress.org on my Facebook page. When I read it, I felt physically ill. It’s about New Hampshire Republican State Senator Martin Harty and a phone call he took from one of his constituents, a community health care center manager from Stafford, New Hampshire. She is…