Incredible - Frist's Bill Defines 'Political Paranoia' As 'Mental Illness'

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Incredible - Frist's Bill Defines 'Political Paranoia' As

'Mental Illness'

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://rense.com/general61/emen.htm

 

Incredible - Frist's Bill Defines 'Political Paranoia' As 'Mental Illness'

 

From Christopher Rudy

1-10-5

 

 

" When the 109th Congress convenes in Washington in January, Senator

Bill Frist, the first practicing physician elected to the Senate since

1928, plans to file a bill that would define 'political paranoia' as a

mental disorder "

 

Wow! The medical-industrial complex and Big Brother growth industry

will make a killing on these drug pushers while eliminating those

pesky patriot types.

 

Might even help Wall Street show " growth " another year while these

wolves devour what remains of the body politic. A true win/win for

insanity. - CR

 

" If you're still convinced that President Bush won the election

because Republicans figured out a way to hack into electronic voting

machines, you've obviously got a problem, " says Smith. (or see

www.heartcom.org/20reasons.htm for the truth - CR)

 

" If we can figure out a way to ease your suffering by getting you into

therapy and onto medication, that's something that we hope the entire

109th Congress will support. "

 

Holy Nut-case! These guys aren't joking! Is that how far GONE " our "

government is? Can you see where it's going if we let it? --CR

 

 

Opposing Bush - A Form of Mental Illness?

 

By Kurt Nimmo

1-7-5

 

It's not the stolen election or the war crimes committed in my name.

It's not the fact Bush is a liar and a criminal. It's not the

Strausscons in the White House and the Pentagon, plotting multiple

wars in the Middle East and elsewhere. It's not Congress, sold out to

neolibs, multinational corporations, and Wall Street loan sharks.

 

It's me.

 

I'm suffering from " political paranoia " and need Paxil, a prescription

drug for the treatment of anxiety and depression. It's not the 100,000

dead killed by my government in Iraq. It's not torture or loose talk

of nuking enemies. It is a serotonin imbalance in my brain. I suffer

from any number of possible maladies & shy;depression, Generalized

Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (thus writing this

blog every day), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I suffer from

mental illness and need help.

 

Congress may come to the rescue & shy;and soon.

 

" When the 109th Congress convenes in Washington in January, Senator

Bill Frist, the first practicing physician elected to the Senate since

1928, plans to file a bill that would define 'political paranoia' as a

mental disorder, paving the way for individuals who suffer from

paranoid delusions regarding voter fraud, political persecution and

FBI surveillance to receive Medicare reimbursement for any psychiatric

treatment they receive, " writes Hermione Slatkin, Medical

Correspondent for the Swift Report. " Rick Smith, a spokesman for

Senator Frist, says that the measure has a good chance of

passing & shy;something that can only help a portion of the population

that is suffering significant distress. "

 

" If you're still convinced that President Bush won the election

because Republicans figured out a way to hack into electronic voting

machines, you've obviously got a problem, " says Smith. " If we can

figure out a way to ease your suffering by getting you into therapy

and onto medication, that's something that we hope the entire 109th

Congress will support. "

 

Characterizing political dissent as a form of mental illness is the

hallmark of authoritarian government. In China, for instance, forensic

psychiatrists label dissent " political lunacy " (see Jacob Sullum, Head

Games: What are the rules for defining mental illness?) and in Soviet

Russia political dissenters were routinely cosigned to mental

hospitals. Nowadays, with modern pharmacology, mental hospitals are no

longer required & shy;the mental hospital is internalized through

chemical intervention.

 

No need for FEMA camps or " preventive detention " when we have a

" medical armamentarium " of serotonin uptake inhibitors. All that is

needed now is for Frist and the Republicans to devise a law defining

" political paranoia " and determining that " political paranoiacs " are a

threat to society.

 

You will take your Paxil & shy;or something far more

debilitating & shy;and by court order. Recall Bush's effort to screen

the entire population for mental illness, i.e., the New Freedom

Initiative. Bush's commission found that " despite their prevalence,

mental disorders often go undiagnosed " and recommended comprehensive

mental health screening for " consumers of all ages. " Naturally, Frist

and the Republicans are mostly concerned about the " political

paranoia " form of mental illness, as the above news item indicates.

 

As a " consumer, " is it possible I am suffering from " political

paranoia. " or is the whole thing a product of my feverish imagination

and the result of reading too many news items on the web?

 

Finally, note that I could not find mention of Frist and the

classification of " political paranoia " after a lengthy Google news

search. Mention of it only appeared on the Swift Report website. Rick

Smith's above quote returned no results. Of course, this does not mean

that Bill Frist and the Republicans do not consider the

opposition & shy;including more than a few Democrats & shy;as mental cases

and tinfoil hatters. Rush Limbaugh calls us nutters every day and

millions of gullible Americans take what he says as gospel.

 

http://kurtnimmo.com/blog/index.php?p=485

 

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In America, the criminally insane rule and the rest of us, or the vast

majority of the rest of us, either do not care, do not know, or are

distracted and properly brainwashed into acquiescence. " -- Kurt Nimmo

 

http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo06172004.html

 

" No one in public life has the courage to explain how those people who

died when New York City skyscrapers collapsed were killed by plans

concocted by the same people who seek your votes on election day, and

still talk about freedom and justice while they pocket checks from

large corporations intent on profiting from rebuilding the faraway

cities we reduce to rubble. " -- John Kaminski

 

'Power Hour Blocks Kaminski At Last Miinute'

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/04/John_Kaminski/3.htm

 

" Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that

fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to protect

the American people. " -- Lying Monkey Boy Bush, chimp off the old block

 

" Will the peons of America, the shirtless ones, the common folk, be

cursed by failing to somehow stop the rise of America's Hitler? " --

Sherman H. Skolnick

 

From 'Bush White House Created Violence'

 

" We are a discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and

then we go with the drove. " -- Mark Twain

 

 

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