Posted by jamie on January 8, 2000, at 13:20:05
In reply to Thanks Noa, I guess my post was a mistake. Jamie, posted by Abby on January 8, 2000, at 12:34:50
> Having said that, there have always been people
> who were so sick mentally that they could not take
> care of themselves, and the reform and asylum
> movements of the 19th century, though flawed, did
> some real good. That there are as many homeless
> suffering from mentally illness today as there are
> is a great shame on us as a nation.
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> AbbyHow very true. Funny how it was the Democrats just a decade ago screaming that the mentally ill should have the freedom to be let out of the institutions. And they succeeded in getting that done. Now they're screaming we have too many mentally ill homeless on the streets with nowhere to go. Well, duhhhhhh. You could see that coming a million miles away. Don't politicians think logic before they do things based on emotion? We have to sleep in the bed we make.
Concerning foreign policy, we are the laughing stock of the world. Clinton's foreign policy has been extremely damaging to the image of all of us. Never before in history have so many countries despised americans, and never before have we been the joke of the world as we are today. A powerful bully of a joke. A friend of mine was proud of Clinton's foreign policy accomplishments. I asked him to name just one. Selling military secrets? Ignoring our friends in Taiwan while China threatens them? Giving up the Panama Canal? Bombing aspirin factories? Killing innocent victims in Bosnia? Signing peace treaties that will never be enforced, because it looks good in the news? Succeeding in helping the enemy accomplish its goals by chasing the people out of their own country? Turning our mighty military into a half sized meals on wheels? I think back on all the famous events and sayings of past presidents and try to come up with a comparable one with the current president. The closest one I can think of that will stand out is, "I did not have sex with that woman..." Geezzz.
Sorry I got off on a tangent. Just my opinions anyway. Our medical system is indeed in disrepair. Yet on the bright side, it is still the most advanced medical system in the world. With all its shortcomings and bumblings of government, we are still the best there is. Doctors and patients from all over the world come to good ole USA when the going gets tough.
Regards,
jamie
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