We could get a big bang for the buck by starting in Hollywood.
Brave new world, here we come. I can't believe a Republican administration has proposed such an abomination.
Ping
I can save Bush and the US a fortune: Democrat = crazy dude.
Isn't the Democratic Convention next month? Coincidence? I think not.
Do I want to oppose this based on it's cost, or do I want to oppose this just based on the program regardless of cost?
Gonna have to ponder on that.
I like my soma with a little tobasco sauce please.
Has Bush lost his mind?
No big deal, the government also suggests you clean your teeth after each meal and they haven't shown up at your door yet to check that either.
Sounds like he wants those who are sick to get help if they need it and he isn't forcing them into it that I can see.
I could have sworn that this was an Onion article when I first started reading it. Please somebody tell me that this isn't for real.
The Conspiracy nuts will have a field day with this one. And they may not be so crazy when doing so!
If they were properly medicated Dems might not be so bad.
It's my understanding that there was quite a debate as to the official name that this program would have, and while the NFI won out, The TLBSHOW Project was a very close 2nd.
LOL!
He signed the Swimmers Bill. Then the Medical Pills Bill. Two HUGE pork-filled entitlement programs. And now this?
I will say again that I'd F most of the domestic programs, starting with the DOE and goe down to the end of the alphabet. I'd skip "M" - military; the only piece of the Fed. gov't worth a sh!t./rant. And y'all know, I sent W a nicely worded, profession, executive written interpretation of my feeling spelled out above.
How often are articles on WND not atributed to an author of some sort?
If they actually annouce this, they are absolutely nuts.
This is the kind of thing that could drive what little conservative support Bush still had right into the third parties for years to come.
Good Lord, I thought this was satire until I neared the end. What in hell is this Administration thinking? The Soviets and Cubans used mental hospitals as a means of controlling political dissidents and it looks like we're heading the same scary way. I'm beginning to have serious doubts about this President's judgment.
This reminds me of the Soviet Union or Communist China, where simply disagreeing with the government was enough to have you labeled "mentally ill" and shipped to a gulag. Sure their intentions may be good, but as with all laws, it depends who's in power.
This has got to be one of the most hare-brained things the Bush Administration has come up with so far.
How about that? Anyone know how the USSR used programs like this to keep objectors down? If you didn't like the communist way of life you were mentally ill and sent away.
Sorry, but starting this in schools makes it even worse. Started under Bush, and then when the democrats get control all the republicans/conservatives are called nutter and locked up.
This is a terrible idea during an election year. No doubt the Lenos and Lettermans would turn this on its ear as a sign that Bush is crazy.
Trot out something like this *after* the election when folks will have time to take it seriously instead of as an election ploy.