Oregon State Mental Hospital in Salem will be getting a major makeover, with most of the building being replaced by a new facility.
Better facilities, more outdoor space, better meals and more treatment is forecast for the patients, most of whom are involuntarily committed to the hospital.
Ken Kesey’s 1962 story was based on his experiences at a VA facility in California, but was filmed at the Oregon State hospital.
State inspections revealed the Salem facility to have quite a few skeletons in its own closet, including unsanitary facilities, troubles with patients dying of pneumonia, and thousands of cremated corpses from the past century stored in copper canisters on site.
From the leftist position of the New York Times, choosing Archbishop Dolan as president of the USCCB is a conservative move.
However, Archbishop Dolan does not appear to be an actual conservative.
A conservative would recognize that Obamacare would destroy the goose that laid the golden egg, and that has heavily funded the charitable outreach of the Catholic church.
No mention is made of the obvious fact that Obamacare will make our elderly and disabled citizens SHOVEL READY.
Medicare denies more claims for treatment than any private insurer. The idea that Obamacare will expand coverage while taking on more patients, wasting more money in administration, and driving out health care providers, is a total joke.
Archbishop Dolan is quoted by NYT:
“We should have been doing cartwheels” when the health care bill passed, he said, because the bishops had long supported expanding coverage. But he said the bishops could not endorse the legislation because they concluded there were “unborn babies that were in danger.”
If that quote is accurate, it would mean that he’s Lost in the Weeds on this issue.
Remember when the lefties screamed about Palin’s use of the word Death panels, to describe the government choosing who and who would not get medical treatment?
Well, they forgot about that, and here you see the esteemed New York Times operative, Paul Krugman acknowledging Sarah Palin’s pinpoint accuracy.
KRUGMAN: They should have said, “Okay, look, Medicare is going to have to decide what it’s going to pay for. And at least for starters, it’s going to have to decide which medical procedures are not effective at all and should not be paid for at all.” In other words, it should have endorsed the panel that was part of the health care reform. If the commission isn’t even brave enough to take on the death panels people, then it’s doing no good at all. ……………..
No. Some years down the pike we’re gonna get the real solution, which is gonna be a combination of death panels and sales taxes. It’s going to be that we’re actually gonna take Medicare under control and we’re gonna have to get some additional revenue, probably from a VAT.
Some people who are unlucky in love have resorted to satisfying themselves with purchased services.
TSA now offers a service for those who like to expose themselves……. the full body scanner guarantees a captive audience.
Also there is the standard pat down for those who like a bit of light personal service.
A more vigorous form of stimulation is now available (since October) called the “resolution pat down” if one prefers heavier physical contact with more attention given to the private parts.
These services can be provided in conjunction with short flights for quite a bit less money than one might pay in the the urban areas for clean, professional stimulation.
These obvious facts point towards a tax payer supported industry which will service a regular clientele of fliers who OPT IN for special sexual services at BARGAIN rates. An airline ticket and a bit of metal apparel to ring the alarm are the only requirements for admission to the TSA Relaxation Center.
You didn’t think your taxes would be at work this way, DID you!?
It appears that the red-faced TSA will be investigating Johnny Edge, the now-famous blogger for his temerity in refusing to fly, because he did not need or want the above mentioned services.
Pharmer encourages John to monetize the blog, to raise funds for the fine, or for legal services he might engage in giving more publicity to the TSA “services” enumerated above.
New Castle Councilman Michael Wolfensohn came upon some busy underage entrepreneurs selling refreshments and baked goods at Gedney park, and called the cops on them.
Yes, it’s true, this politician says that the kids’ business needs to be licensed, and, instead of just telling the kids, he called the cops and Busted them! This guy’s a real, socially adept charmer
I recommend for the kids, Andrew DeMarchis and Kevin Graff, and their friends to dial up a conservative radio host or two. That would bring Wolfensohn all sorts of entertaining email. He deserves it for using the cops to break the bad news of government interference to these budding businessmen.
I did not find the party of Michael Wolfensohn in the article but will now go look for it, because I bet………….. yes he is a Democrat 🙂
November 24th is national opt out day, your opportunity to decline the body scanners at the airport, by going for the pat down, or finding an alternate mode of transportation.
Be prepared for clogged airport security checks during the holiday season as more and more people take the less convenient option of a pat down, and cork up the works.
As for Pharmer’s family…… we bought an RV. No recreational flying for us is in the near future. Maybe economic circumstances, or the availability of cheap RVs will help you make a similar decision. Maybe the trains and buses will have booming business.
It won’t be good for airline business if people choose other modes of travel in order to dodge air travel as much as possible. Maybe they’ll be inspired to lobby hard for changes in the Transportation Security Administration’s flash and grope policy.
Obama made a big announcement that his team would spend 90 days working out a 100 million dollar budget cut.
The video linked above will give you an idea of the scale of this proposed cut in relation to the size of the budget and the portion that we have to borrow. It’s REALLY worth a look
Pilots are protesting the excessive radiation exposure to which they are exposed in Airport security searches, and don’t appreciate the alternative of being felt up by agents.
After extensive effort to educate children regarding their bodily autonomy, the kids are expected mentally process a 180 degree turn and to sacrifice it for the privilege of flying.
And the Muslims………… whose errant ‘adherents’ provided impetus for all this search and grab, will be the ones who eventually bring it to a screeching halt. Just you wait and see.