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Like designer jeans, Asperger’s Disorder has become a “hot” diagnosis.

Asperger’s is much more preferred by parents as a diagnosis than a diagnosis of Mental Retardation. Or Autistic Disorder. It’s easy to see why: In Asperger’s Disorder the person’s cognitive I.Q and functional abilities (self care abilities, ability to work) are in the normal range.

In Asperger’s Disorder, only the social abilities are in the Borderline or Deficient range.

One young woman I recently had the opportunity to assess (a young 18 year old with Asperger’s) said that she preferred to learn over the Internet — with her lap top on her bed — so she did not have to interact with people. She views her mother as her best and only friend. She tries to stay “with it” by not showering and having dirty hair — as that is socially acceptable here in Santa Cruz, California. She is right — in Santa Cruz, California dirty hair and rarely washing hair or taking showers is “in”. In certain circles.

written by Dr. Cameron Jackson DrCameronJackson@gmail.com Monterey Bay Forum www.FreedomOK.net (more…)

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Why won’t Mr. Holder name the 7 attorneys he hired? The 7 attorneys that voluntarily — their cost was picked up by their private law firms — assisted Gitmo detainees get habeas corpus rights? What kind of bias does this show? (more…)

Written by James Jackson:

Why Publish Goodman’s Tripe? Santa Cruz Sentinel Opinion Feb. 18, 2010

“Why do you publish the Amy Goodman tripe weekly? Might I suggest a once-a-year story for her: Somewhere a child cries, somewhere a sparrow limps. Blame the United States of America. Somewhere a life is saved, somewhere medicine is delivered. Praise the United Nations.”

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Hillary: The Movie is a harshly critical 90-minute documentary. It was deemed a criminal act to show it on cable tv during the 2008 presidential primaries. Why? Because there was a federal law.

During the 2008 presidential primaries, the FCC denied permission to view Hillary: The Movie on demand cable. Back in 2008, to distribute in movie form an extremely vituperative expression of disdain for Hilary as a candidate was a criminal act. Cearly this was control of political content by the government.

That has now changed. The Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission by a 5-4 decision that corporations have free speech the same as individual citizens.

It is no longer a criminal act for a non-profit (or for profit) corporation to express political free speech. The right for a group of people — such as a corporation — to express political speech is the same as for an individual.

This decision that corporations have freedom of speech makes sense. Freedom of assembly obviously means groups of people gathering together. Surely, groups of people gathering together as a group have freedom of speech. That goes for the ACLU as well as for Coke. What say you? written by Cameron Jackson DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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