Mental Hospital visits and wondering

[S.A. Boggs]

In my former profession I visited clients who were in the Psychiatric hospital receiving treatment for their illness. Some were close to rational and could be released soon, others would never be well. The later I had many and when released one did their best to keep them from being rehospitaized. Many times reading "our" three's posts, I got the feeling that I was walking the ward again listening to the patients babble. Some would talk to "voices" as they shuffled down the corridors walking to who knows where. It was a sad sight to see otherwise healthy people like this knowing this was their lot in life.
Enclosed is a caption of what was uttered over 100 years ago. It was true then and more so now, when "they" utter a statement this is "them".
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[Sandpebble]

why do you always have to come up with such pathetic BS stories Sam ? you seem to go out of your way to appear foolish .... .

[rayg]

I Believe you're the fool! There's nothing wrong with Sams' post...

[Allen]

I Believe you're the fool! There's nothing wrong with Sams' post...

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[Clark Howard]

Sam just will not let the stooges go. They don't come here for treatment, they come to disrupt and anger the members. Regards, Clark

[S.A. Boggs]

Sam just will not let the stooges go. They don't come here for treatment, they come to disrupt and anger the members. Regards, Clark

It is the therapist in me, mental illness was my profession and doing what I could for others. Sometime it worked, others went to the graveyard and that sill hurts. I had one women who I tried and tried to talk out of suicide to no avail. Other's tried before and after me including hospitalization. My boss told me early in my career that some people are unreachable but to keep trying.
Sam

[Roadkingtrax]

Sam just will not let the stooges go.

He's addicted.

[Allen]

Sam just will not let the stooges go. They don't come here for treatment, they come to disrupt and anger the members. Regards, Clark

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

[S.A. Boggs]

I firmly believe that modern socialism is a form of treatable mental illness. In this form of illness there are two positions taken. The first is the "givers" a leader[s] who are in reality enablers. The givers are really takers in that they promise all kinds of things such as free phones, healthcare, housing, food, mind altering drugs[weed]. The takers are really givers in that in giving their money in the form of increasing taxes of all types, their personal freedom, ability to think clearly. The positions are reversed to the benefit of the "givers" and those left with less is everyone else.
I can't think of one utopian socialistic society that has flourished and thus ended in destruction/disbandment. Some people can be shown what is incorrect in their life and do better, others won't try. I go back to what Clemens stated as the truth.
Sam

[JOHN COOK]

Sam just will not let the stooges go. They don't come here for treatment, they come to disrupt and anger the members. Regards, Clark

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johnin SC

[Vern Humphrey]

I firmly believe that modern socialism is a form of treatable mental illness. In this form of illness there are two positions taken. The first is the "givers" a leader[s] who are in reality enablers. The givers are really takers in that they promise all kinds of things such as free phones, healthcare, housing, food, mind altering drugs[weed]. The takers are really givers in that in giving their money in the form of increasing taxes of all types, their personal freedom, ability to think clearly. The positions are reversed to the benefit of the "givers" and those left with less is everyone else.
I can't think of one utopian socialistic society that has flourished and thus ended in destruction/disbandment. Some people can be shown what is incorrect in their life and do better, others won't try. I go back to what Clemens stated as the truth.
Sam

No socialist country has ever succeeded. Look at the former Soviet Union. Look at all the countries of the former Communist Block. Some nations (Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand) have had a fling and then pulled bac. But no socialist country has ever succeeded.

And look at the price! What's going on in Venezuela is nothing compared to what other countries went through when socialism was imposed on them.

Capitalism is "Private ownership of the means of production and distribution, operated for profit, in a competitive system.' Jesus and Joseph were capitalists. Socialism essentially rejects private property. Socialism is "Government ownership of the means of production and distribution, operated for political purposes, in a monopolist system."

Under socialism, the government wants to take my property. They can only do that if they are stronger than me. They want to take your property. They can only do that if they are stronger than you and I together. They want to take EVERYONE'S property. They can only do that if they are stronger than all the people together.

And when they get that kind of power, how do they use it?

[barretcreek]

Leftism, Progressive thought, whatever you call it is a religion. A false god. There is not a rational way to deal with it.

It occurred to me there isn't peace in the M.E. because there isn't any ecumenicalism in Islam, so there isn't any in their politics. Same with the Left; my way or the highway. And some conservatives as well, though they don't hold much sway,

[Allen]

Under socialism, the government wants to take my property.

Not meaning to change the subject but this is why I complain about property taxes. Since property is bought with taxed money I don't see the need. If it is used for police and fire protection why would it matter how much you owned or what the value of it is? Seems to me everyone would pay the same. Where I live here our land is continually over taxed for the school system which is chocking in money already. The taxes never go down of course and any time the government wants vast amounts of land w/o paying for it all they have to do is raise the property tax to where the owners can't pay.

[Vern Humphrey]

Not meaning to change the subject but this is why I complain about property taxes. Since property is bought with taxed money I don't see the need. If it is used for police and fire protection why would it matter how much you owned or what the value of it is? Seems to me everyone would pay the same. Where I live here our land is continually over taxed for the school system which is chocking in money already. The taxes never go down of course and any time the government wants vast amounts of land w/o paying for it all they have to do is raise the property tax to where the owners can't pay.

Allen, I agree. And ALL taxes should be based on TRUE need, for constitutional purposes. As Jefferson said, "The government is best that governs least." And also that taxes least.

When leftists talk about how the "rich" should pay more, I always say, "How much do YOU pay?"

Then I tell them how much I pay.

"Well, I don't make as much as you do."

"Why NOT? Aren't you just as smart as I am? Aren't you just as healthy as I am? Why DON'T you make as much as I do -- and pay as much as I do?"

"Well, I chose not to do what you did."

"AHA! You mean you chose to SHIRK. You chose NOT to bear your fair share of the load."

Do you think they ponder that and see the truth? They do not, they get mad -- as if it's my fault they're shirkers!

[togor]

Well Vernon, not everyone inherits oil money, or is born into the family business of commercial real estate.