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Scalia was right, 60 Minutes Stahl wasn't, re torture
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+Recommend this blog Justice Antonin Scalia – 1, Leslie Stahl – 0, and the judge was right.. Last Sunday (April 27), 60 Minutes broadcast a segment that featured Leslie Stahl interviewing Justice Scalia. I’m no admirer of the “Get over it, move on, that was so long ago” (Gore v Bush decision) Supreme Court justice. In fact, I sort of really don’t like the guy. He frightens me, the way he can and does confect to the far Right. But when Ms. Stahl raised the question of the constitutionality of torture as a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment,” not only did the 6o Minutes veteran demonstrate her tragic ignorance of the Constitution, the nearly dumbfounded way millions reacted in disbelief to what Scalia posited demonstrates the tragic ignorance that pervades our country! Justice Scalia was 100% correct: the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual PUNISHMENT,” and torture, unless employed as “punishment,” by definition is not covered by that amendment. Here’s how Stahl should have raised the issue. The United States is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions that outlaw a variety of behaviors. The conventions retain all the characteristics necessary to be deemed a treaty signed by the United States. Now, per the constitution’s Article VI, treaties “made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land!” (my emphasis and exclamation point) Question 1. Does Ms. Stahl make it a practice, entering an interview session so poorly prepared and ill informed on an issue that a high school class in basic civics would/should cover? Question 2. Including both President Bush and Scalia, is there anyone so daft or uneducated he or she cannot fairly easily comprehend the phrase “supreme law of the land”? Again folks, read your Constitution. Please do not attempt to suggest you are a “good citizen” if you don’t even know the easiest basics concerning how your country is supposed to be structured. Being familiar with the Constitution is the easiest task imaginable, but if you aren’t even that interested . . . Oh hell, tell you what, I’ll make it easy for you. Follows is a link whereby you can go right to it, then print it. The choice to be or remain ignorant is prima facie evidence of the most contemptible stupidity. You decide where you want to be. http://www.usconstitution.net/ — Ed Tubbs Palm Springs, CA Read more | 0 comments
We Have Billions of Psychiatrists
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+Recommend this blog Anyone who has been a homeless Veteran knows about the “monkey trail”. In Washington, D.C. there’s a comparable occurrence. It’s the never ending flow of bureaucrats from 810 Vermont Ave. NW to Capitol Hill and back. One key difference between these groups is that the homeless Veteran has nothing to carry and the VA bureaucrat has another bureaucrat carrying their water.
Lately, many of these bureaucrats have been trudging up the Hill to tell “outraged” politicians that the VA has hired gazillions of mental health professionals to help alleviate the non-existent Veterans suicide epidemic.
What the bureaucrats don’t tell and what the politicians don’t ask is how many of the existing mental health professionals are quitting the VA in droves, or are being fired or forced into “early retirement”.
The reason for this is simple. They do this because if people knew the truth they would be outraged and demand accountability. They don’t like accountability. Accountability is hard. Feigning outrage is easy, and it plays well on TV.
However, some people are doing some research at websites like http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/index.asp
And an interesting thing shows up in the statistics. An example is the 4th quarter of FY08. In that quarter the VHA had 8,049 accessions and 4,865 separations during that quarter.
Net result = 3,184 new people. The VA won’t tell you that though. They just talk about the accessions.
The end strength reported for 4Q FY08 in VHA is 233,274. Ira Katz claims that 17,000 of those are mental health professionals. He also claims that the mental health professionals group consists of: “part-time psychiatrists, part-time psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, counselors, rehabilitation specialists, and other clinicians.”
Why doesn’t he mention residents? Anyone who has been a victim of VA healthcare knows that the vast majority of the experimentation done on Veterans is done by residents.
The majority of the time that the part-time psychiatrists and psychologists spend is on the supervision of these residents.
Is the term “other clinicians” a codeword for resident? We think it is.
Bottom Line? The VA is engaging in fuzzy math tactics to alleviate the intense scrutiny that would come from honesty and forthrightness.
The unobfuscated truth is that only seven percent of VHA employees are “mental health professionals”.
It is reasonable to conclude that there are at least 1 million Veterans seeking mental health treatment through the VA. That is twenty percent of enrolled Veterans. Logic would suggest that seven percent of employees dedicated to twenty percent of the “population” is a woefully inadequate response.
O! Wait. We forgot.
“I disagree with the premise that there was some effort to cover something up,” Kussman testified Thursday. “We don’t obfuscate.”
Silly me! The VA doesn’t obfuscate.
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WHITE HOUSE NOW ADMITS MISSION 'UNACCOMPLISHED' AFTER FIVE YEARS IN IRAQ
51 US SERVICEMEN KILLED IN APRIL IN IRAQ: WE HAVE LIST OF NAMES, HOMETOWNS.
U.S. SOLDIERS TO RECEIVE CARE PACKAGES, VIA CITIZENS OF OKLA
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CARE PACKAGES WILL SOON BE TRAVELING VIA POSTAL MAIL, TO U.S. MILITARY SOLDIERS, WHO ARE STATIONED OVER-SEAS, SERVING "ACTIVE DUTY", ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WAR. Hazel Davis, visited with Directors of Other Agencies, near where she lives in Oklahoma, and this started the ball rolling, for "the Ingathering of Items, for the Care Packages" which will be sent to these American Soldiers. This Outreach Will Continue, for as Long As Our Soldiers, Are Needed, to Protect the Freedoms, for the rest of Us, who Remain on the Homefront, hoping they will return, safely, to reunite with their loved ones. NOT ONLY WILL OUR MILITARY SOLDIERS HAVE AN ENJOYMENT PART OF OUR LIVES, BUT "OUR ECONOMY WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE TO A HIGHER LEVEL, TOO, "with the purchase of the items, which will become a gift to Our Military Soldiers, who are Serving & Doing Their Best, to Defend America & the people, therein... America, "HOME OF THE FREE...LAND OF THE BRAVE"..& THEY ARE *BRAVE* TO DEFEND, OUR FREEDOMS !! " So far, there are 10 "Points of Contact" where the Care Packages will be sent & about 3,500 U.S. Soldiers, will Benefit from the Efforts of the Citizens of Oklahoma, and the Efforts & Devotion, which Hazel Davis, portrays toward Each & Every Military Soldier / Veteran, who is fighting for Our Freedoms & those who have already..."borne the battle". There's Not A Day goes by, that Hazel Davis, isn't busy, with some member of the Military Service / Veterans & Soldiers & their Family Members. Besides the Care Packages to the Soldiers of Active-Duty, Plans are in the Making, on the Homefront in Oklahoma, for Meals to the Veterans / Soldiers & any of their family members, who may be eligible to be provided with this type of service. The Gift Certificates for the Soldier / Veterans & Members of Their Families, will soon be available...for the summer months for the School-Aged / Pre-school Age, Children of Our Military Soldiers / Veterans. The Gift Certificates for Groceries / Hot Meals, will be for the Shut-Ins & also for those who might need assistance during a family crisis / emergency situation in their families...this to include anyone who might become homeless / without funds for necessary items of medical or personal needs. HAZEL'S QUOTE: "EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ...*THANK* A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY SOLDIER / VETERAN...AND EVEN A LITTLE *THANKS* TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, WOULD BE AN ADDED JOY." FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE THERE ARE GREAT REWARDS, BUT NOT OF THE MONETARY TYPE...BUT IT'S ENOUGH THANKS....for the time they have Served on Our Behalf. '' OUR MILITARY SOLDIERS / VETERANS & THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS...DESERVE.. NOTHING LESS ", THAN FOR US TO HONOR THEM, IN THIS WAY. "THEY NEVER *DISHONORED* US, WHILE THEY WERE SERVING, SO LET US..NOT DISHONOR..THEM !!" (Hazel Davis, bojacks1@yahoo.com
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