Category Archives: Commentary

About to blow a gasket…

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This afternoon, I read, “The GOP’s Sham Denunciation of Ted Nugent“, by Earl Ofari Hutchinson and felt like blowing a gasket.

Then I read, “Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a frequent MSNBC contributor. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KTYM 1460 AM Radio Los Angeles and KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network.”

Nevermind.  His opinion isn’t worth a perfectly good gasket.

Student: Textbook claims Reagan was sexist, conservatives ‘pessimistic’

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KCTV5
 

Student: Textbook claims Reagan was sexist, conservatives ‘pessimistic’

Posted: Feb 21, 2014 1:31 PM CST
 Updated: Feb 21, 2014 6:42 PM CST

By Mary King – email
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -Sophomore University of South Carolina student Anna Chapman says as she read through her “Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare” textbook last fall, she couldn’t believe what she saw.

“I am all for free speech, but not when opinion is presented as fact in a textbook,” said Chapman.

When asked what didn’t line up, Chapman first pointed out a passage about President Ronald Reagan.

“He viewed American males as rugged individuals who could accomplish almost anything if they tried,” said Chapman, reading from the book “Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Critical Thinking Perspectives” by Karen K. Kirst-Ashman. “Similarly, he ascribed to women primarily domestic functions and failed to appoint many women to significant positions of power during his presidency.”

On ReaganFoundation.org, the site shares how Reagan’s nomination of the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice “shattered a glass ceiling.” Other sites acknowledge he nominated 1,400 women to high-level, policy-making positions.

Full Article, Video & Source:
Student: Textbook claims Reagan was sexist, conservatives ‘pessimistic’

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Carrie’s Take: Rewriting history in the classroom?

Mind Games: The Helplessness of Living in this World

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I overheard a host on CNN repeating that Ted Cruz had caused the government shutdown.  No, he didn’t.  Harry Reid refused to allow a vote, unless it was his way.  If there couldn’t be a vote, then funding came to an abrupt halt and thus… government shutdown. What part of that don’t people get… or remember?  Or, perhaps in the “entertainment news,” it is merely more of the rewriting of history and convincing people the fake scenario is actually a true one.

How many will believe the fake over the genuine?

Personally, I am quite tired of the mind games and people telling me lies to my face with the insistence that no matter what I know, I am to believe them over my own knowledge, my own witnessing of events and my own remembering.  It’s not like there isn’t video out there that proves my memory goes along with what actually happened.  Yes, it’s true.  We haven’t quite made it to the Orwellian-Land-of-Duh where someone sits in front of a computer screen wiping away actual events from searchable documents and files.   Believe it or not, the truth is still documented for those who care to take a peek or two.

Continue reading at:  American Clarion

Fighting for Life: The Love Laura Left Behind

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KCTV5 -- Baby born through surrogacy four months after mother's death

DES MOINES, IA (KCCI/CNN) – Nate and Laura Yoho looked like a model couple – in more ways than one. But looks can be deceiving.

“I found out I had a brain tumor, so it’s very, very bad, very serious, I guess you could say,” said Laura Yoho, 30, in an interview a year and a half ago. “There’s only about 2 to 5 percent that you’re going to be OK.”

One year into a marriage, that was heavy, even for weightlifters.

“You’re in uncharted territory. You don’t know how to feel,” Nate Yoho said.

Even her friends since elementary couldn’t believe this was happening. How could it to the girl who preached healthy living through college?

“She would get up and make breakfast while I was still in bed,” Kara Stetson, Laura’s best friend, said.

Laura Yoho kept fighting, while Nate Yoho kept hoping.

“I don’t think I’ve been more nervous for anything in my life,” Nate Yoho said.

But within nine months, Laura Yoho’s fight was over.

Full Article & Source:
Baby born through surrogacy four months after mother’s death

Elder abuse: Monterey County Public Guardian seeks order for chemical restraint

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by Linda Kincaid  — Examiner.com — January 26, 2014

The Monterey County Public Guardian is seeking authority to forcibly administer antipsychotic (psychotropic) medications to conservatee and elder abuse victim Margarita Zelada.  The FDA has repeatedly warned against administration of psychotropic medications to elderly patients.California’s Department of Aging posted the following comments about use of antipsychotic drugs on elderly patients.

Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 72018 defines a CHEMICAL RESTRAINT as: “a drug used to control behavior and used in a manner not required to treat the patient’s medical symptoms.” All residents have a right to be free from the use of chemical restraints. (42 CFR §483.13(a); 22 CCR §72527(a)(23); 22 CCR §72319), yet, the use of antipsychotic drugs on those with dementia is common practice and often used as an alternative to the needed care of these individuals.

California’s Notice of Conservatee’s Rights states the conservatee has the right to:

Make his or her own medical decisions

California’s Handbook for Conservators states on page 284:

Psychotropic drugs

Prescription medicines used to alter cognition, mood, or behavior. These medicines are sometimes used to treat persons with dementia. You need specific prior court authority based on a strong showing to authorize the use of these drugs in the treatment of the conservatee.

Violation of Margarita’s rights is nothing new for the Monterey County Public Guardian.  A request for chemical restraint is the latest in a series of violations of rights and denial of due process.

In March 2013, the Monterey County Public Guardian had Margarita forcibly removed from her daughter’s home in Pacific Grove, California.  Witnesses reported that ten police officers stormed the house with guns drawn.  They pulled Margarita from her bed, rolled her in a sheet, and strapped her to a gurney.  A waiting ambulance took Margarita from her daughter’s home, never to be allowed to return.

Since March 2013, the Public Guardian allowed Margarita only three short visits with her daughter.  During those visits, Margarita had strong words for her false imprisonment by the Public Guardian.

The most important thing for any person is their liberty. I want my liberty. I am in prison.

They lie. They lie!

They are thieves and liars.

The Public Guardian responded to Margarita’s comments by terminating visitation with her daughter.  The Public Guardian sought and obtained a court order to strip Margarita of her right to meet with elder rights advocates. The Public Guardian has denied Margarita all visitation since November 15, 2013.

Family and advocates suspect that Margarita may be protesting her false imprisonment and unlawful isolation.  The Public Guardian is now seeking authority for chemical restraint, defined by the State of California as a drug used to control behavior and used in a manner not required to treat the patient’s medical symptoms.

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, Monterey County Probate Court is scheduled to hear a petition by the Public Guardian.  That petition states:

3.  The conservatee needs or would benefit from the administration of certain medications appropriate for the care and treatment of dementia.

4.  The conservatee lacks the capacity to give consent to the administration of the appropriate medications.

9.  The capacity determination of Dr. Blatt, which has been filed under separate confidential cover as Exhibit B and which is incorporated fully herein by this reference, contains the following information:

a.  The deficits in the conservatee’s impaired mental function;

b.  The correlation between mental function deficit(s) and the conservatee’s inability to respond knowingly and intelligently to queries about the recommended medical treatment or inability to participate in a treatment decision about appropriate medication by means of a rational thought process;

c.  A statement of opinion that the conservatee lacks the capacity to give informed consent to the administration of the psychotropic mediation, and that the conservatee needs or would benefit from the proposed appropriate mediation.

If the court issues the order, the Public Guardian will have authority to forcibly administer antipsychotic drugs as chemical restraint of a woman who was torn from her daughter and kept in unlawful isolation for nearly a year.

The Public Guardian reports to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors.  Readers may contact the Board at the following email addresses.

Monterey County Board of Supervisors

District 1: Fernando Armenta, district1@co.monterey.ca.us

District 2: Louis R. Calcagno, district2@co.monterey.ca.us

District 3: Simón Salinas, district3@co.monterey.ca.us

District 4: Jane Parker, district4@co.monterey.ca.us

District 5: Dave Potter, district5@co.monterey.ca.us

Elder abuse:  Monterey County Public Guardian seeks order for chemical restraint

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Elder abuse: Monterey County Public Guardian seeks order for chemical restraint

The Truth About Common Core

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Video by: Julie Borowski

This video brings Common Core down to a level even the government-educated should be able to understand!

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Carrie’s Take of Common Core:

Give kids back to their parents!

Let the government officials go have their “own” kids and make decisions for them, rather than ours!

Yes, let the parents have some choices in education and raising their “own” children!

What a concept!

Common core for the common bore!