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Response to RKP5637 (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 08:41 PM

sarcasmo (13,550 posts)

43. The wing nuts want to put Raygun on Mount Roushmore, go figure.

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mentally ill flood ER as states cut services [View all]	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	OP
No problem. They can just add Prozac to whatever mix of chemicals	Jackpine Radical	Dec 2011	#1
Some of the comments on that article are DISGUSTING.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#2
The right has many vile members.	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#3
And they walk among us...	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#4
Yahoo doesn't really have an alert set up	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#5
Do they believe it can't happen to them?	tblue	Dec 2011	#17
I guess they don't think "it"can happen to them or their loved ones.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#19
I have a BIL	tblue	Dec 2011	#26
What if his mom gets behind in	Ilsa	Dec 2011	#29
you never know how much debt your parents might amass	wordpix	Dec 2011	#52
Sounds like a real asshole.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#35
love the video, thanks	wordpix	Dec 2011	#54
Please, spread it far and wide.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#63
God, I miss him.	dixiegrrrrl	Dec 2011	#73
I have no idea- seems like he just dropped off the radar.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#74
That would be worth sharing on facebook.	Quantess	Dec 2011	#76
Wow! That was very...um...	Quantess	Dec 2011	#75
Wow! I'd never seen that before. Impressive!	calimary	Dec 2011	#87
I'm a federal employee and my co-workers seem completely oblivious to what is	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2011	#37
I had the same experience at the Post Office...	IthinkThereforeIAM	Dec 2011	#47
I'm always astounded in this country by how many people have no idea WTF is	RKP5637	Dec 2011	#50
Ron Paul bots or Michael Savage fans?	alp227	Dec 2011	#65
Cutting mental health services caused the exploding prison population in the first place...	Deep13	Dec 2011	#6
Didn't Ronnie Raygun slash mental health services in the 80's?	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#7
Yes. I think it was about this time of year too.	BlueToTheBone	Dec 2011	#8
Yes it all goes back to Reagan	liberal N proud	Dec 2011	#9
Yep, just one of his stupid brilliant moves. n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2011	#11
The wing nuts want to put Raygun on Mount Roushmore, go figure.	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#43
the left and right were hand in hand on this one	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Dec 2011	#15
Just say it and it becomes magically true right?	lunatica	Dec 2011	#66
That is just it, they don't need social programs, they need permanent institutional care.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Dec 2011	#77
RR's policies contributed to the biggest	Ilsa	Dec 2011	#30
It wasn't until Reagan, in fact, that the phemomenon of "homelessness" became real, and I'm 62.	whathehell	Dec 2011	#34
I have mixed feelings about that.........	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2011	#38
Yup, exacerbating homelessness and criminality.	Deep13	Dec 2011	#62
In the meantime, psych services at hospitals have been slashed to nothing	Warpy	Dec 2011	#10
One of the bullet points used to bash Occupy Los Angeles before the raid was	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2011	#14
Same in Austin, TX. nt	SteveW	Dec 2011	#92
"America" May not believe in Evolution, but she sure believes in survival of the 'fittest'	n2doc	Dec 2011	#12
It's kinda a sociopathic place anymore IMO. n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2011	#57
USA! USA! USA! :sarcasm: - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2011	#13
Witness the TeaPubliCon Health Care System	fredamae	Dec 2011	#16
I'd call this an EMERGENCY!	tblue	Dec 2011	#18
I agree- something needs to be done	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#21
Didn't know that about Alameda County. That's wonderful.	tblue	Dec 2011	#25
I found them on the Internet when my daughter had run out of medication.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#32
The Snopes board contains facts	Mimosa	Dec 2011	#20
Privatization is bad even for those of us who are reasonably able to function in society.	BreweryYardRat	Dec 2011	#23
My 6 year old grandson was taking medication for ADD his dad was told there is a shortage	Tippy	Dec 2011	#36
Could make you scream, huh?	tblue	Dec 2011	#27
I've worked in both state and private facilities. (Mentally challenged adults)	xmas74	Dec 2011	#53
Our medical care system is designed..	sendero	Dec 2011	#22
Exactly!!! And it's revolting. Ripoff Haven = USA n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2011	#58
This has been an escalating problem for about ten years.	cbayer	Dec 2011	#24
+100	Liberal_in_LA	Dec 2011	#28
And there is an aweful lot of it	quakerboy	Dec 2011	#31
For ten years implies that it's ever not been a serious problem	Posteritatis	Dec 2011	#41
I did not mean to suggest that it wasn't a serious problem	cbayer	Dec 2011	#44
Coincidentally, I just got off the phone with my sister the ER nurse	REACTIVATED IN CT	Dec 2011	#67
Republicans DO NOT CARE	DFW	Dec 2011	#33
Bigno ^^^^^^^	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#45
!!!!!!!!!!!!	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#39
is that a mental health problem?	pitohui	Dec 2011	#40
So much wrong with this post I don't even know where I'd start. (nt)	Posteritatis	Dec 2011	#42
Agree. I started to write a response and just decided to trash it.	cbayer	Dec 2011	#46
Yeah, I figured I'd either trash my response or my account would get trashed due to it. ;P (nt)	Posteritatis	Dec 2011	#48
Wow... You know so little about mental illness.	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#49
Take a deep breath................	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2011	#51
FYI - Jury results on this post for those interested	Ruby the Liberal	Dec 2011	#55
Interesting post...	Quantess	Dec 2011	#81
yes. there is situational depression.	RainDog	Dec 2011	#60
I can see what you're trying to say, but I can't agree.	Neoma	Dec 2011	#82
Interesting viewpoint. For example, PTSD doesn't come from thin air, either.	freshwest	Dec 2011	#84
This message was self-deleted by its author	RainDog	Dec 2011	#94
No one denies there is a difference between situational depression and clinical depression. nt	Still Blue in PDX	Dec 2011	#90
Wonder how much this is going to cost...	Fearless	Dec 2011	#56
This is what our christian society has come to, with our for profit 'health-care' system	got root	Dec 2011	#59
That is a COOL website, and a great folk tale!	BeHereNow	Dec 2011	#69
One in ten have mental problems,	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Dec 2011	#61
Expect this to continue	Taverner	Dec 2011	#64
Been taking care of my wife for four years now	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#72
Disaster	Charlemagne	Dec 2011	#68
To make matters even more dire...	CoffeeCat	Dec 2011	#70
Bingo. There's even a big Stonhenge of a mission statement in Georgia	dogknob	Dec 2011	#79
I think the Discovery channel did a hour show on that Stonehenge in Georgia.	sarcasmo	Dec 2011	#83
Remember	nineteen50	Dec 2011	#71
It's the tip of the Iceberg	postatomic	Dec 2011	#78
Our nation is dying	47of74	Dec 2011	#80
So the USA has a mental problem	Rosa Luxemburg	Dec 2011	#85
Seeing this in the news	tawadi	Dec 2011	#86
Our local governments were doing this even before the downturn and teabagger elections	Blue_Tires	Dec 2011	#88
We can all thank Raygun for this	cutlassmama	Dec 2011	#89
If they would rather die ....they had better do it and decrease the surplus	lovuian	Dec 2011	#91
We must keep fighting for them!	lonestarnot	Dec 2011	#93

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