Dad investigated for NOT drugging son

Dad Investigated for Taking Son Off Meds

“The detective told me if I did not medicate my son, I would be arrested for child abuse and neglect.”

The “meds” referred to here are drugs designed to alter the personality of the child — specifically, Ritalin. So now we have a government agent telling a father that he is required to give his son drugs to make him less of a boy. That’s what it’s about — the kid doesn’t fit well into the classroom setting, so instead of working with the child in a setting less artificial, dope him up and make him more passive. Rob him of his personality because it doesn’t suit the synthetic “educational” environment he is being forced into.

Ronald Reagan, RIP

The greatest U.S. president in recent history, Ronald Reagan, died today. [Article]

I was pretty young when Reagan was winning the Cold War and curbing the tyranny of absurdly high taxes, and these are a couple of things I remember from then:

My parents let each of us stay up late one night a week when our siblings went to bed. One night when it was my turn to stay up late, I was watching TV and the show I wanted to watch was not being aired because every station was showing the video of our President getting shot. (Later, there would be a successful infringement to the right of US citizens to keep and bear arms, in large part due to this shooting.)

Ronald Reagan was president while I was teaching myself to program BASIC on my Commodore 64. There is a bizarre connection in my mind with the boombing prosperity of the 80s, a great president, and a great computer. I tend to think of all three at the same time.

Bushs gives the libs what they want — again

Bush throws in towel on judiciary – Another brilliant move by Bush: give the liberals in the Senate what they want! I suppose he is doing this because it worked so well with Ted Kennedy and the education bill!? Bush has really missed an opportunity here. He could have gone into the election with solid evidence that Democrat politicians are all about playing ideology with judicial nominations. Instead, he gives up on holding his finger over the nuke button (recess appointments) and lets the Democrats get away with merely confirming judges they were going to confirm anyway. So Bush gets what out of this deal? Newsflash: Bush could appoint Al Franken to the bench and Democrats would still act as if Bush was trying to get Atilla the Hun on the fast track to the Supreme Court.