Well, here we are again...Mental Health is once again in the media's conciousness, and all the old stigma's are being re-ignited..."This Nut-Job", "Fruitcake", "Wack-o"...This is how the "NORMAL" Folk relate to those with a history of mental-health problems, ignored by the system...the very system that help to create a society that is in denial of how many of it's citizens, especially it's youth, are suffering from a very real condition that is every bit as real as any other disease...

Unfortunately, since Ronald Reagan's days, when he cut the budget and closed all the mental health facilities, the problem has been festering, with Columbines' and all the other shootfests reminding  us of the state of our ill-union.

I myself struggled for almost 40 years before a diagnosis set me free to get the help I didn't know I needed...Ask any of us getting help and we'll tell you how many people we run into that have deep-seated issues that arn't getting help...One of the reasons I Isolate is because I know how much insanity is out there in the world...When I do watch the local news (where-ever I may be) I am reminded of the senseless insanity that man visits on his fellow man...(men, women, children, et al.)

The one good thing that has emerged from this most recent tradgety is that some politicians are speaking about the defficiencies in our mental health treatment system...for instance, how can you train a man to be a killer, in the name of God & Country, use him for a few years to kill, then bring him back to the states and dump him on the streets of a society that doesn't have a place for him, or in which he can not cope?

We spend Zillions on War and weaponry, yet ignore the well-being of our citizens...and when those who lose-it do so, they are summerized and catagorized as being "Nut-cases", "Fruit-cakes" and "Wack-jobs"...Now that's what I call intelligent design!!

It's been a long time since George Bush Sr. called for a "Kinder,Gentler" country, and it lasted about as long as the "War on Poverty", with the same results...NADA...Maybe this time, God?  I for one hope so....(sorry about the spelling & grammer, what do you expect from a high-functioning idiot ??)

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