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I agree somewhat....but I myself suffer from a mental illness and I can go buy a gun anytime I want...is that right? No mental illness is a huge problem that must be dealt with.
Actually the real issue is mental illness ......what do we do with them?
Good Post.... I agree! That Hurt!
Maybe!
I bet you dont know why I like you......you got Staff NCO in the military...that says a lot ....you're an asshole....but you have character!
Now really..... Was he man or God?
No they don't! Jesus was wrong.
Lol hello Kaiser ....you still cheating old people out of their savings?
Kids now a days interact on the computer....think it's normal....no social skills......no wonder parents think thier kids have Autism.
God truly made coffee!
My point is......the spectrum is too broad .....Autism is a catch word for many types of problems....totally diagnosed!
Vietnam is the one War that will always be divided. I am a Military Historian but won't touch Vietnam.....I think in another 30 years the smoke might clear and it can be studied.......
Say what you want...but Obama has Dash!
autism is a Sham!
Look you can test yourself
http://www.aspergerstestsite.com/75/autism-spectrum-quotient-aq-test/
There is no test for Autism......you can't find it in the brain......prove wrong.
I know Adam Lanza had it...... And it seems you can grow out of it..... Lol...what a disease.
Off the top of my head.....none did.
Did any of those serve in the Army......I bet they did not!
You may be right....oops!
You might be right!
Wrong again
(CNN) -- Adam Lanza brought three weapons inside Sandy Hook Elementary school on December 14 and left a fourth in his car, police said. Those weapons were a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and two handguns -- a Glock 10 mm and a Sig Sauer 9 mm.
In the car he left a shotgun, about which police have offered no details. Lanza used one of the handguns to take his own life, although police haven't said whether the gun was the Glock or the Sig Sauer.
In fact many details remain unknown about the weapons Lanza used that day to kill 20 children, his own mother, six other adults and then himself. Here's what is known so far:
Bushmaster AR-15 rifle
School allows teachers to carry guns Huge turnout for gun buyback America's history with guns
The primary weapon used in the attack was a "Bushmaster AR-15 assault-type weapon," said Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance. The rifle is a Bushmaster version of a widely made AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 rifle used by the U.S. military. The original M-16 patent ran out years ago, and now the AR-15 is manufactured by several gunmakers. Unlike the military version, the AR-15 is a semiautomatic, firing one bullet per squeeze of the trigger. But like the M-16, ammunition is loaded through a magazine. In the school shooting, police say Lanza's rifle used numerous 30-round magazines.
The 800 pond Gurllia in the room is....Mental Illnes. Do they have rights?
Ever since I began the Herculean (some might say Quixotic) task of exposing the quackery and pseudoscience surrounding autism, I have had people ask me, “Are you the same Jim Laidler who used to talk about chelation at autism conferences?” To them, the idea that I could once have been an impassioned supporter of the very thing I am now trying to debunk is hard to fathom. Well, everyone has something in their past that they are embarrassed about—and that is mine.
I consider myself to be a very scientific person. While growing up, I was skeptical and inquiring and naturally gravitated to the sciences. My first brushes with pseudoscience and quackery in medical school left me convinced that “it could never happen to me.” I was sure that my background and training would keep me from making the same mistake as “those people.” I was wrong.
A year or so after my son was diagnosed with autism, with no hope for cure in sight, I was feeling desperate for anything that might help him. My wife attended a conference about “biological treatments for autism.” She came back extremely excited, having heard story after story about “hopeless” cases of autism “cured” by a variety of simple treatments. I was initially skeptical, but my desperation soon got the better of me. We started out with the simple therapies—vitamins and minerals—but soon moved on to the “hard stuff": the gluten- and casein-free diet, secretin, and chelation. Some of it seemed to work—for a while—and that just spurred us to try the next therapy on the horizon. I was “hooked” on hope, which is more addictive and dangerous than any “street” drug. Meanwhile, my second son developed an autism-like disability at the age of 18 months.
The next year, I accompanied my wife to the autism conference and was dazzled and amazed. There were more treatments for autism than I could ever hope to try on my son, and every one of them had passionate promoters claiming that it had cured at least one autistic child—usually their own. There were blood tests, urine test, hair tests, saliva tests, brain wave tests and eye tests, all claiming to be able to find the specific cause for a child’s autism. And they had specific treatments for each of those causes. Sure, some of them were contradictory, but nobody seemed to mind that. What really caught my interest was the proposition that thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative in vaccines, caused autism and chelation therapy could cure it. Advocates of this idea spoke authoritatively, with impressive lists of references and well-designed PowerPoint slides. I was intrigued even though the children I had seen with mercury poisoning did not behave like my autistic son and the recommended dosage for the chelating agents made no sense to me.
My next step toward the “Dark Side” was to write a review paper on mercury toxicity and its treatment that might improve what the chelation advocates were doing. Leading proponents were recommending that the chelating agents be given every three hours around the clock for up to four weeks, an obvious source of stress for already overstressed parents. In addition, many of these chelation “experts” predicted dire consequences if a dose is missed or even given an hour late. My paper simply outlined the then-current information about mercury poisoning and chelation therapy for mercury, using articles from peer-reviewed journals. Among other things, it debunked the dosing ideas I had encountered at the conference.
Before long, I was invited to join a conference to set up a “protocol” for using chelation in the treatment of autism. I attended and, for the first time, got to see many of the leading lights in “non-conventional” autism treatment outside of the conference hall. Most of these people appeared to hold sincere beliefs but based their assessment of their therapeutic efforts on anecdotes, surveys, and simplistic studies. I thought they would welcome a more rigorous scientific investigation of their methods and results. After the conference, I was asked to compile a “consensus report.” I readily agreed, thinking that my editing could temper the unscientific thinking of the rest of the group. However, my editorial control turned out to be nil. The final report included large tracts of material that were the pet beliefs of the senior members of the organization. Worse yet, even though I disagreed with significant portions of the report, my name was listed as sole author! I have been able to get my name removed from the "official" document, but Internet copies of the original abound.
I was subsequently invited to speak at conferences about chelation and autism and went, with an increasingly heavy heart, until I finally could do it no more. Getting to know the big names in “alternative” autism therapy had exposed me to some ugly truths. What finally changed by feeling, however, was further observation of my children.
After years of “supplements,” restrictive diets and “unconventional” therapies (too many to list), our boys were improved, but were a long way from being cured. We were forced to carry their special foods with us whenever we left the house, lest a molecule of gluten or casein catapult them back to where we had begun. We were nearly broke, despite both of us having well-paying jobs, and we were on the verge of exhaustion. The beginning of the end was when my wife, suspecting that some of the “supplements” we were giving our older son weren’t having any effect, stopped them all—without telling me. I saw no difference, even after two months (when she finally told me). We had been chasing our tails, increasing this and decreasing that in response to every change in his behavior—and all the while his ups and downs had just been random fluctuation. My eyes began to open.
The final step in my awakening came during a Disneyland vacation. My younger son was still on a gluten- and casein-free diet, which we both swore had been a significant factor in his improvement. We had lugged at least 40 pounds of special food on the plane with us. In an unwatched moment, he snatched a waffle and ate it. We watched with horror and awaited the dramatic deterioration of his condition that the “experts” told us would inevitably occur. The results were astounding—absolutely nothing happened. I began to suspect that I had been very foolish.
In the following months, we stopped every treatment except speech and occupational therapy for both boys. They did not deteriorate and, in fact, continued to improve at the same rate as before—or faster. Our bank balance improved, and the circles under our eyes started to fade. And quite frankly, I began to get mad at myself for being so gullible and for misleading other parents of autistic children.
Looking back on my experiences with "alternate" autism therapies, they seem almost unreal, like Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Utter nonsense treated like scientific data, people nodding in sage agreement with blatant contradictions, and theories made out of thin air and unrelated facts—and all of it happening happening right here and now, not in some book. Real people are being deceived and hurt, and there won't be a happy ending unless enough of us get together and write one.
My personal journey through the looking glass has ended. I stepped into “alternative” medicine up to my neck and waded out again, poorer but wiser. I now realize that the thing the “alternative” practitioners are really selling is hope—usually false hope—and hope is a very seductive thing to those who have lost it. It is really not surprising that people will buy it even when their better judgment tells them not to do so.
I suspect that the majority of the people who promote “unconventional” or “alternative” treatments for autism truly believe in what they sell. They deserve pity rather than scorn. Most of them will never realize what a disservice they provide to the very people they are trying to help. It is not my intent to make them “see the light.” It is the autistic children (and adults), their parents, relatives and friends that I am trying to reach with this Web site, in the hope that they won’t have to go through what my family has experienced. It is to them that I dedicate my efforts.
Do people "grow out" of Bipolar Disorder!
God!
Autism is bullshit!
Here you go....how do you grow out of a disease? Autism is a Sham
An autism diagnosis may not necessarily last throughout the course of a child’s life.
New research has found that some children diagnosed with autism actually ‘grow out’ of their symptoms – as well as their diagnosis – when they grow older, BBC News reported.
The study, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, challenges the idea that autism lasts for the entire course of a person’s life; however, many experts are cautious of the findings, saying more research is needed, BBC News said.
Researchers at the University of Connecticut studied 34 children diagnosed with autism in early childhood, comparing them to 34 of their non-autistic classmates. Through a series of cognitive and observational tests, the scientists found the autistic students to be almost indistinguishable from their classmates – showing no problems with facial recognition, communication and socializing.
For comparison, 44 children determined to have “high-functioning” autism – or that they were less affected by the condition.
The researchers concluded that for autistic children who had milder social deficits than “high-functioning” autistic children, they eventually stopped showing recognizable symptoms of autism as they aged. The children’s original diagnoses were considered be accurate as well.
As for why the children grew out of their symptoms, there are a number of different theories.
"Although the diagnosis of autism is not usually lost over time, the findings suggest that there is a very wide range of possible outcomes,” said Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study.
The findings may also suggest problems with the current method of diagnosing, since the condition affects children in many different ways
What happened to Freedom of Expression? You can't give freedom then get mad when people expect it. I deplore Flag burning.....but I don't plan nor would I block it.
Ver true....however, necessary is the key term.
Great quote.
Vietnam.
Do you think war is sanitary? Do you honestly think when you fire artillery into a town all the shells land on the bad guys? Every bullet fired hits it's mark?
Worse than than that....he is a deadbeat dad with no morals
He has had two wives and has eight children, including three out of wedlock in two liaisons almost 30 years apart. In the late 1960s, prior to his first marriage, Nugent fathered a boy, Ted (Mann) and a girl, whom he gave up for adoption in infancy. This did not become public knowledge until 2010. The siblings were adopted separately and had no contact with one another. The son learned the identity of his birth father in 2010 through the daughter's quest to make contact with him and their birth parents. According to a news report, Nugent over the years had discussed the existence of these children with his other children.[25]
In 2005 Nugent was involved in a legal battle for not paying enough child support for a child he had out of wedlock in 1995.[26] It was finally resolved when Nugent was ordered to pay $3,500 per month in child support.[27]
He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had three children, son Theodore Tobias "Toby" Nugent, and daughters Sasha and Starr Nugent. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met while a guest on Detroit's WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989. Together they have two children, son Rocco Winchester Nugent, and daughter Chantal Nugent.
In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. Due to the age difference they could not marry so Nugent joined Massa's parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian, an arrangement that Spin magazine ranked in October 2000 as #63 on their list of the "100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock".[28][29]
Like I said....turned to the dark side.
Christie has turned to the dark-side!
Where did you imply that...this is your post
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wall.....you're correct....Obama is not a liberal.....he's a far left, Marxist influenced, ideologue....
here in a nutshell is why Obama is a failure with a capital "F":
Obama, as the first president of color, was in a unique position to bring this nation together and perhaps inspire an American renaissance of prosperity and social harmony.
Instead, he is a typical leftist megalomaniac whose quest for power is defined by his creation of poverty, vilification, and social divisiveness.....he has not done one positive thing for this nation....NOT ONE.....
Obama doesn't have the "tools" for the job......nor does he want them...
he has the "gift of gab".....but, beyond that is hollow and inept.....
sadly, he's not even a decent human being....although he is non-violent (so far)he'd be far more comfortable surrounded by the likes of Stalin, Mao, & Lennin than sitting in the American presidential office....
I asked one of the "liberal condescending know it alls" yesterday to tell us about the wonderful things Obama has done for this nation....
I'll be waiting for that answer until the cows come home....
He is a nut!
A Beast!
Makes you appreciate this leader
Anwar El Sadat (Arabic: ???? ???? ???????? Anwar as-Sadat, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæ'hæmmæd '??nw??? essæ'dæ?t]; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. In his eleven years as president, he changed Egypt's direction, departing from some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by re-instituting the multi-party system and launching the Infitah economic policy.
Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers group that overthrew Farouk I in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdul Nasser, whom he succeeded as President in 1970. As president, he led Egypt in the October War of 1973 to re-acquire Egyptian territory lost to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, making him a hero in Egypt and, for a time, the wider Arab World. Afterwards, he engaged in negotiations with Israel, culminating in the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. This won him the Nobel Peace Prize but also made him unpopular among some Arabs, resulting in a temporary suspension of Egypt's membership in the Arab League[1][2][3][4] and eventually his assassination.