This Is Why I Call Them The MMD

Hey folks,

FINALLY! It’s Friday. Happy Friday to you. I am completely drained. Yesterday was a day that just sucked just about everything I had out. But being the consummate professional I AM, I am here with you ANYWAY. {Smile}

I have been asked why I call some in the Mass Media the MMD. That stands for Mass Media Drones. Now I have already told you and proven that there is a MMD Guru. His name? George Soros. I have already told you that they have a Liberal Agenda. They love to keep you fearful. They love doom and gloom. They HATE President Bush.

Here are some more examples of what I am talking about. We now have a Tropical Storm hitting Texas. We have a Hurricane moving around out there. Not expected to hit us, but it’s out there. So what was in the news yesterday morning? Yup. Katrina. Get this. From the USA Today, ALL or these.

USA Today -Katrina victims struggle mentally

Many Gulf Coast residents still feel the wallop of Hurricane Katrina nearly two years later.

Mental illness is double the pre-storm levels, rising numbers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, and there is a surge in adults who say they're thinking of suicide.

A government survey released Wednesday to USA TODAY shows no improvement in mental health from a year ago.

About 14% have symptoms of severe mental illness. An additional 20% have mild to moderate mental illness, says Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School, who led the study.

The big surprise: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which typically goes away in a year for most disaster survivors, has increased: 21% have the symptoms vs. 16% in 2006. Common symptoms include the inability to stop thinking about the hurricane, nightmares and emotional numbness.

We already know that this is caused by Global Warming and Bush himself. Then this.

USA Today -Gulf Coast kids of every class affected by Katrina

Nearly two years after it hit, Hurricane Katrina continues to wreak havoc in the lives of many Gulf Coast children of every socioeconomic class, says Corey Hebert, a New Orleans pediatrician.

"The difference is, the poor ones ended up stranded on a bridge with no food or water for three days," he says, "while the better-off ones saw it on TV. Their houses may have been destroyed, but they weren't here to see it. If you had kids and a car that worked, generally you weren't here."

Spared the brunt of physical trauma, many affluent children are doing better than the poor ones, Hebert says. But families came back to demolished neighborhoods and new financial strains, discovering they'd lost friends or relatives who had left town. So Hebert says he sees plenty of middle-class kids with anxiety and depression linked to Katrina's effects.

Panic attacks during rainy weather are common, says Hebert, but therapists to treat childhood panic are very scarce.

What really rips him apart is seeing what's become of some kids who were doing so well before Katrina, Hebert says. There's the "smart, articulate" 14-year-old whose house was destroyed and now smokes two packs of cigarettes a day — he learned to smoke from adults while evacuated to Houston. Now he's jammed into a house with about a dozen other people, because there's no rebuilding money yet.

So PTSD and the Poor black kids are suffering more than the Rich kids. This just smells of Race and economic divisionism. Of course, Bush and Republicans in general are at fault. You know, being the racists and greedy bastards they are. Then THIS

USA Today -Trauma shapes Katrina's kids

New Orleans pediatrician Corey Hebert dreads the rainy weeks when he knows he'll face about 20 sobbing, screaming children in full-blown panic attacks.

"They can't be calmed because they're terrified another hurricane is coming," he says. Parents bring them in because there are no therapists around.

Hebert says about 5% of children in his medical practice had mental-health problems before Hurricane Katrina; now it's 50%.

Psychologist Leslie Higgins, whose suburban practice is full, sees storm-related trouble daily. "If they were prone to anxiety, they've become more anxious. If they were prone to acting out, they've become much more defiant and irritable. Many are depressed, and this is how depression shows up in kids."

Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the toll the storm and slow recovery are taking on Gulf Coast children will be among the topics covered at the American Psychological Association meeting. The conference begins Friday in San Francisco.

SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!! {Sigh} Folks, this is ALL by one author, Marilyn Elias. These were ALL on the front of the USA -Yahoo news site. Do you see the pattern? I wonder how long they have had these ready to go. Just WAITING and hoping for a storm to appear.

Then the other big news in the morning was Rumsfeld’s resignation letter. Here it is.

Dear Mr. President:

With my resignation as secretary of defense comes my deep appreciation to you for providing me this unexpected opportunity to serve.

I leave with great respect for you and for the leadership you have provided during a most challenging time for our country. The focus, determination and perseverance you have so consistently provided have been needed and are impressive.

It has been the highest honor of my long life to have been able to serve our country at such a critical time in our history and to have had the privilege of working so closely with the truly amazing young men and women in uniform. Their dedication, professionalism, courage and sacrifice are an inspiration.

It is time to conclude my service. As I do so, I want you to know that you have my continuing and heartfelt support as you enter the final two years of your presidency.

Respectfully,
Donald Rumsfeld

The AP reported it this way.

AP -Rumsfeld resignation letter omits 'Iraq' By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WriterWed Aug 15, 11:41 PM ET

The word "Iraq" doesn't appear in former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation letter. Neither does the word "war." In fact, the deadly and much-criticized conflict that eventually drummed him out of office, comes up only in vague references, such as "a critical time in our history" and "challenging time for our country," in the four-paragraph, 148-word letter he wrote to President Bush a day before the Nov. 7, 2006 election.

To: xxxxxx
From Peter Carlock xxx

Please consider this as my letter of resignation. My last day of work will be xxxxx

Sincerely,
Peter Carlock xxx

An actual letter of resignation of mine. WHAT’S the point? Who cares if it was four paragraphs and 148 words? Who cares if he did not use the word war, or Iraq? What does any of that mean? The AP went to GREAT length to get this letter.

According to a stamp on the letter, Bush's office acknowledged receipt the next day, as voters were going to the polls. Bush announced Rumsfeld's departure a day later, after the massive anti-war vote that swept Democrats into control of the House and Senate.

The elusive letter — which the Pentagon denied existed as recently as April — surfaced this week in response to multiple Freedom of Information Act requests by The Associated Press.

But it sheds no light on why Rumsfeld believed he should leave his post after directing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for nearly five years.

Instead Rumsfeld, in his last paragraph, says only, "It is time to conclude my service."

SO? They are fishing folks.

A request for the resignation letter, submitted last Nov. 13, was finally answered in April. At that time, Will Kammer, chief of the Pentagon's Office of Information, said that a thorough search of the records "revealed no records responsive to your request." A second request was submitted.

The Pentagon had no answer for why the letter suddenly surfaced this week.

It’s a conspiracy! Those wascally Republicans are at it again. They are lying to the American people. They are covering something up. Do not trust them.

Finally, just because of time, you had this.

AP -Bush pushes agenda — without Congress By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 16

The door is closing rapidly on President Bush's opportunity to shape domestic policy.

His strength is sapped by an unpopular war, Democrats are running Congress and the 2008 presidential election is in full roar, distracting attention from the president's priorities. With dwindling options, Bush has decided he might get more done in his final months by going it alone.

Outgoing presidents often unleash a flurry of executive orders and regulations in last-minute attempts to leave their mark on U.S. policy. Frustrated by Congress' inability or unwillingness to pass the president's agenda, the administration already is taking steps to do it through executive action.

I keep talking about this. Remember, what the AP is saying here.

With his immigration bill dead, the administration rolled out a proposed rule to address some of the major issues in the failed legislation. It will tighten border security, streamline guest-worker programs and pressure employers to fire illegal immigrant workers.

Bush said it was an example of acting within the boundaries of existing law when Congress failed to act.

Energy is another area where Bush is ready to go solo.

In his State of the Union address in January, Bush urged Congress to expand the use of alternative fuels to cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The president's energy proposal — dubbed 20 in 10 — aims to cut gasoline use by 20 percent in 10 years.

With the House and Senate struggling to compromise on their own energy measures, the president asked the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and Cabinet secretaries to see how much of his energy proposal could be done through regulation — without congressional action.

"The president hopes Congress will return to Washington in September ready to work," said Joel Kaplan, Bush's deputy chief of staff for policy. "Now with that said, of course we're considering things that the president can do through his executive and administrative authorities. But, again, there's a long way to go in the legislative calendar."

"The president hopes Congress will return to Washington in September ready to work?" That would be nice. Different. But nice. Here is the “Expert" that the AP decided to use to evaluate the Presidents last days. {Laughing}

John Podesta, former White House chief of staff for President Clinton, said Bush is "running into a brick wall in Congress" and will be forced to use executive action to further his domestic policy desires.

"Hardly a bill goes by that he doesn't issue a veto threat," Podesta said. "The places where he could find common ground, he's in a `Just say no' mode. I find that kind of surprising given the place he's at in his presidency."

That’s because they are insane ideas by some who think they are the President. Bush may be coming to the end of the road, but he has not lost what is right and wrong.

This is an interesting slip up. Look how they end this article.

Kaplan said Bush could use his bully pulpit and veto threats along with executive orders and regulation to push his agenda, but that the president probably wouldn't follow Clinton's lead.

"I'm not sure you'll see this president or this administration trying to jam a number of midnight regulations through the door," Kaplan said.

I do not like Executive Orders. I understand that at times, they may have their use, but as a whole, I do not like them. The tone of this, up to the end, is that we need to be careful. The President could just wave a pen, and get whatever he wants. Like Clinton did. Like Hillary says she WILL.

Yes, the MMD sometimes reminds me of that old Saturday Night Live skit, “Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Bridges and Mine collapses, Global Warming, War, Pestilence, floods, fires, and of course, the collapse of the economy. That’s the news, and have a great tomorrow.”
Peter

Sources:
USA Today -Katrina victims struggle mentally
USA Today -Gulf Coast kids of every class affected by Katrina
USA Today -Trauma shapes Katrina's kids
AP -Rumsfeld resignation letter omits 'Iraq'
AP -Bush pushes agenda — without Congress