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Aptos Psychologist: Here’s how to repeal the Trojan Horse of Obama-Care …

jaj48 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:04 +0000

Obama-Care a Trojan Horse

Everything Obama can do we as voters can do better.

And do so with more honesty, courage and consistency than Obama has shown as President.

Obama has the bully pulpit. And he already is spending Obama-Care billions:

“The Obama administration will announce soon as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader “We Can’t Wait” agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama’s jobs bill stalled in Congress.”

Voters likewise can take up the bully pulpit. And, very importantly, join together with other like minded souls.

How voters can use their bully pulpit: First of all, start a blog and join other blogs who oppose Obama-Care. Use either WordPress.com or WordPress.org.And blog religiously — that means regularly.

Make the blog’s title clear that you oppose Obama-Care: No More Obama & repeal Obama-Care is the message. There are political Web Rings which you can join.

Several years ago, the conservative talk show host Rush Linbaugh started a campaign to slow down the crowning of McCain as the Republican candidate. That strategy is still valid for 2012.

As long as there is more than one candidate in the race Obama and his crew cannot focus a negative campaign on just one person. So, do what you can do so Rick Santorum and Ron Perry remain as viable candidates for as long as possible And they are viable, strong candidates. And they just might even win though considerably behind right now as of Feb. 2012.

Second, whatever your political leanings, if you oppose Obama-Care, go register as Republican. That way your vote counts in the primary.

Third, write (after appropriate professional consultation with your doctors)an End of Life Medical Directive stating that: a) you reject and want no part of Obama-Care; b) that you reject Obama-Care’s method of the rationing health care for the elderly; c) that you reject the use of ‘death panels’ making medical decisions for you or your loved ones.

Fourth, put a brief statement up on your blog stating that you oppose Obama-Care in its entirety. Send a copy to your Congresspersons.

Fifth, take a liberal/progressive neighbor out for coffee. And tell them how you as a neighbor feel about Obama-Care. Converse and listen to what they have to say. Get the message out to your neighbors and friends. Send e-mails.

Sixth, if you have not already, join a religious/ spiritual group in your community which has evangelism — the zealous advocacy of a cause — as an integral part of its’ Judeo-Christian mission. It’s easier to spread the word when you join with other who are like minded. And through that group, start a Health Care discussion which includes discussion of books and speakers.

Have you noticed that liberals/ progressives vilify ‘the evangelicals’ as an entity with extreme ideas which are out of keeping with modern values? Newspaper columnists typically talk about ‘the evangelicals’ as if they were one coherent group.

You might find “The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” an interesting read. It’s available on Amazon.com and elsewhere. Written by Carl Trueman, a conservative theologian, Trueman pokes holes in the notion that there is any coherent evangelical mind. So, Carl Trueman a conservative theologian thinks that the entity does not exist what the progressives and liberals vilify.

In my view, evangelicals are part of many if not most religious groups.

Some newspaper columnists poke fun at Rick Santorum for holding core values which include opposition to homosexual marriage. For those who oppose Obama-Care it’s important that Santorum has core values and that he is willing to state what they are.

Think about where Obama formed his core values: Obama spent twenty some years in Rev. Wright’s congregation wherein the Rev. preached many ‘god damn America’ sermons.

Different from evangelism, the definition per Google of ‘evangelicalism’ is “the missionary, reforming or redeeming spirit evident throughout the history of Christianity in various guises or emphasis”.

Obama seems to lack the core beliefs in the Judeo-Christian principles that under gird America’s basic political documents — the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Voters via blogs can focus on Obama’s core values which are antithetical — opposite to — the core values of the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Whereas our political documents look to God as the source of our freedoms, Obama looks to government as the source of people’s freedoms. And what government gives — government can take away. Obama never uses the words “endowed by their Creator” when he talks about basic individual freedoms.

Christian morality is steeped in belief and adherence to the Ten Commandments which include: ‘thou shalt have no other gods before me’ i.e., the worship of God is primary; ‘honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long ‘ i.e., that the children who honor their parents will themselves live to be elderly and frail; ‘thou shalt not bear false witness” i.e., don’t lie and ‘thou shalt not steal thy neighbor’s wife or ox’.

Obama’s behavior as President does not show adherence or belief in these basic Commandments. >

Does Obama honor the elderly and infirm? No. Obama puts no value on the life of a 95 year old grandmother who wants a pace maker. Obama said its better to just give old people pain pills rather than quality health care that is expensive.

Does Obama steal? Obama’s low interest money policies hurt savers and those living on fixed incomes. Who is that? The old. Obama in effect ‘steals’ from the old who saved for their retirement. Obama took [stole?] $500 million from Social Security to fund Obama-Care. That is taking from the elderly.

To summarize: Yes we can repeal the Trojan Horse of Obama-Care.
DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

Trojan Horse of Obama-Care in 2012 – who best to slay it? Romney with Romney-Care,Gingrich with individual mandate, MD Ron Paul or ??

jaj48 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:46:15 +0000

Trojan Horse Obama-Care

Let’s keep focused on the ball: repeal Obama-Care. That is the goal. And all sorts of things will flow from the repeal.

With no Obama-Care the government cannot wipe out private health insurance. With no Obama-Care the takeover of one sixth of the economy ceases.

Remember, Obama-Care — a Trojan Horse in hour midst — already spends big bucks.

Who best will slay the Trojan Horse of Obama-Care? Romney the business man who pragmatically solves problems? Romney on the surface talks like a conservative but … Visionary Newt who defended Reagon and his policies on C-SPAN in the early 1980s for hours in the evening with the cameras rolling and nobody except a handful freshman Republicans there? Energetic and no baggage Rick Santorum who socked it to Romney on Romney-Care and who strongly opposes Marxist and socialists world wide?

You got to admit that the MD old man Ron Paul knows from personal experience how government has harmed the practise of medicine. Ron Paul is worth 2-3 million and has zero money in stocks. Paul has his money invested in gold.

So more than likely Paul would support a strong dollar and return to the gold standard. What about a Ron Paul and Rick Santorum ticket?

Aptos Psychologist: How to increase the I.Q. of all children? Especially children with ADHD or Autistic Spectrum dificulties?

jaj48 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:12:25 +0000

How to teach your child Digit Span a task measured by many I.Q tests

How to increase the IQ of all children? Especially children with ADHD or Autistic Spectrum difficulties?

This technique to raise IQ applies to all children. It can be especially helpful for children with difficulties with focus, attention, sequencing, executive functioning and ‘working memory’ difficulties. Children with those difficulties are often labeled as having ADHD or Autistic Spectrum difficulties.

Can your child’s IQ be changed? Of course. Can parents and relatives help? Yes! And to raise your child’s I.Q. you don’t need Obama-Care, the U.S. Department of Education nor permission from any federal, state or local governmental entity.

How to raise IQ? Teach to the test. Well, not exactly to the test as IQ tests are proprietary information which test makers and test givers protect. But it’s fine to teach the general tasks measured by many I.Q. tests.

All good teachers teach to the test in some sense. Take the teaching of math.

Everyone knows that 5 + 4 =9 and not 8 or 10. There is one correct answer. If you want a child’s math abilities to increase you have to practice. And if you want them to remember – make it fun.

It’s the same for raising IQ. Teach the general tasks that are tested by IQ tests. And make it fun so they remember and want to learn the tasks.

So, let’s start with one way to strengthen a child’s ability to focus and pay attention.

Digit Span: Measuring digit span abilities is one task which is part of many IQ batteries. So how can this ability become stronger for all children? And is it an important task?

Why teach Digit Span? Every kid needs to learn their phone number including the area code. For safety reasons children should be able to state a telephone number so that an adult can be alerted. So, learning a series of digits is an important, useful task. So, how can we make an important task fun. See how below:

Take my telephone number for example. 831 216-6002 [Please do not call it!] Here’s how to teach a child to learn their telephone number digits:

Get a lined pad of paper and in a column write: 0 at bottom, then 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.9 Next, draw dots next to the numbers. And then connect the dots with lines.

Look at the visual image how the dots are connected. That visual pattern is what you want your child to learn. You can see the visual pattern in the image at the top of this post.

Is your child a stronger visual learner? A lot of kids with ADHD and autistic spectrum difficulties are stronger visual learners than they are verbal learners. That means if the child can see what to do they can learn it faster than if they just hear what to do.

Now make learning the telephone number digits fun:

Use sounds to teach telephone number/ Digit Span to child

Try different methods: For example, 1) try using a xylophone and see if music helps cement the digits together for your child. Or 2) try using a different color pens for each digit. One is red, two is blue, three is yellow. Always be consistent so color becomes associated with the number. Or 3) try just drawing the pattern over and over again.
You know your child’s strengths so play to those strengths. Make it a fun activity.

How to start? Small chunks. Teach it in two chunks – the first three digits and then the remaining four digits.

Once a child can learn 3 digits forward, teach those digits backwards. 2-1-6 and 6-1-2. Why also teach backwards? That strengths the visual and auditory memory systems.

Just like push ups strengthen physical muscles learning visual and auditory patterns with numbers strengths your child’s focus, attention and concentration. Your child is having fun doing something with you. And, your child is ‘growing’ his or her I.Q.

Pediatricians frequently recommend medications, e.g., Ritalin, Concerta, to assist with attention, concentration and focus. Research shows that a combination of medication (if they work) and cognitive-behavioral therapy for child and family provides the best results.

In my clinical experience, it only takes one concerned, involved, consistent adult to dramatically affect the overall development of children with various disabilities. So this technique can be used by an older brother or sister, aunt or uncle or grandparent. Sometimes the parents themselves have disabilities such that they are not the ideal person to help ‘grow’ their child’s I.Q.

Try the technique and let me know how it goes for you and your child.

Below is the real story of a young person whose I.Q. could grow if… [personal identifying information has been changed to protect privacy].

Jose is age 17 and a twin. His brother has been diagnosed with mental retardation. Jose’s father is in prison. Jose has an older sister diagnosed with depression. Jose’s mother has various physical disabilities and receives social security, disability. Jose has one older sister who is completing college, has a job and has a boy friend. This sister has been a positive, involved person in his life. This sister is the main person who takes Jose places, listens, helps him set goals and complete tasks. Jose’s teachers over the years report that he shows substantial difficulties with attention, concentration and focus. Jose’s pediatrician tried Jose on five different medications without success. County Mental Health referred Jose to a local counseling service where he received one-to-one therapy from a therapist to address ADHD. Jose’s cognitive I.Q. abilities to think abstractly visually and verbally are in the Low Average range. When Jose’s “working memory” abilities are tested they are low, i.e. in the Deficient range.

Can Jose’s ‘working memory’ be improved? I think so. If there are concerned adults that stay involved with Jose.

DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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Aptos Psychologist: Obama’s federal agency NOAA which protects whales is no Noah’s Ark …

jaj48 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:44:55 +0000

NOAA federal agency that oversees whale protection is no Noah's Ark

Obama’s federal agency NOAA is no Noah’s Ark.

Pronounced like Noah, the federal agency NOAA stands for National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency. NOAA’s funding is authorized by the Department of Commerce.

Per how NOAA recently acts as judge, jury and prosecutor against people using the resources of Monterey Bay — huge fines for jet ski users and criminal charges against a biologist for feeding large fish — it may be the right time that the public jerked NOAA’s funding to a standstill?

Interestingly, Democrat congressman Sam Farr refuses to comment on NOAA and has refused to go on a local radio program, KSCO 1080 radio, to discuss NOAA.

Sam Farr is the same Democrat congressman who, when he held four Town Meetings on health care, stated at the beginning that he was there to tell the public that he was going to vote for Obama Care. Sam Farr was not there to listen – he was there to tell the public what he was going to do.

Let’s look at the considerable differences between Noah’s Ark and NOAA’s Mission:

You know the Biblical story: Under God’s direction, Noah built an Ark and put on board two of every kind of animal. When the world flooded, the animals were safe on board the high seas until, finally, a little bird brought back a leaf. The leaf signaled to Noah that land was near and life could go on. And God gave to people the rainbow as a sign that never again would God flood the earth with water.

Today we have NOAA to save the animals, fish, birds and everything from the bottom of the sea all the way to the sun. What a huge charge. And what huge powers turned over to Obama’s political appointees who run NOAA.

Note that NOAA operates under the Commerce Department. According to the 1942 Supreme Court case of Wickard v Filburn, the Commerce Department can set quotas forbidding a farmer to grow wheat used for his own consumption.

It is that same Supreme Case – Wickard v Filburn — that President Obama will use to defend Obama-Care’s mandate that all individuals must purchase health insurance.

This is the Mission Statement listed on NOAA’s website:
“NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and marine resources.”

Below is information from the NOAA web site stating that NOAA has fined boat owners for exceeding 10 MPH rule NOAA imposed.

How best to rein in NOAA’s power? Cut off their funding. Re-write their Mission statement.

Santa Cruz and Monterey need a Citizen Patriot to replace Democrat Sam Farr. Who might be that citizen patriot? Send suggestions to: DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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Information below is from the NOAA website.

Three vessels charged with violating Right Whale ship strike reduction rule pay penalties
Speed restrictions in seasonal management areas reduce risk of death to endangered whales
January 10, 2012

Right whales
Three large commercial vessels who were assessed civil penalties this fall for violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one of the most endangered whale species in the world have paid their penalties in full. Cases against six other vessels for the same offense are still open.
The ship strike reduction rule, enacted in December 2008, restricts vessels of 65 feet or greater to speeds of 10 knots or less in seasonal management areas along the East Coast to reduce the chances of North Atlantic right whales being injured or killed by ships.
Notices of Violation and Assessment (NOVAs) were issued Nov. 21 by the NOAA Office of General Counsel’s enforcement section to owners and operators of vessels that allegedly traveled multiple times through the seasonal management areas at speeds well in excess of the 10 knots allowed under the regulations.
The alleged violations occurred between November 2009 and January 2011 outside of New York City; Charleston, S.C.; Brunswick, King’s Bay and Savannah, Ga.; and Mayport, Fla.
One vessel was charged with 16 counts of speeding. Vessels’ documented speeds ranged from 13 to 18 knots, and the vessels traveled these speeds for as many as 26 nautical miles.

Right whale and calf
Each count in the NOVAs was assessed at $5,750, resulting in total penalty assessments ranging from $11,500 to $92,000. None of the vessels receiving NOVAs had prior violations.
The owners and operators had 30 days to respond either by paying the penalty, seeking to have it modified, or requesting a hearing.
Compliance with this rule is critically important for preventing right whale extinction. Ship strikes are the leading source of human-caused mortality for right whales, and together with entanglements in nets, are slowing the recovery of this critically endangered species.
Biologists believe that there are as few as 396 right whales left in the North Atlantic Ocean. Right whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The death of even one whale can be devastating to the right whale population. NOAA estimates that a female right whale will need to give birth to four healthy calves over her lifetime to successfully replace herself within the population.
The mission of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is to ensure compliance with the laws and regulations enacted to conserve and protect our nation’s marine resources. To report a suspectedF violation, contact Enforcement’s national hotline at 1-800-853-1964.
For more information on the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule, including a compliance guide with maps of the seasonal management areas and dates they are in effect, visithttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike/
NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and marine resources. Join us on Facebook, Twitter and our other social media channels.

Aptos Psychologist: The Ten Commandments compared with Obama-Care rules

jaj48 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:29:04 +0000

Ten Commandments guide behavior versus 1500+ Rules for Obama-Care

In the Ten Commandments there are 10 or so Thou SHALT NOT ….[steal, murder, bear false witness, covet].

In Obama-Care — alias the Affordable Care Act — there are 1,563 “the Secretary SHALL”.

Think of that — 10 Rules for civilized behavior versus 1,500+ Rules to control medical decisions.

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University evaluated all major Obama-Care rules that cost over $100 million a year. All of the Obama-Care rules scored F’s — some lower but all F’s.

Messrs. Conover and Ellig conclude that regulators working on deadlines usually resort to “analytical shortcuts, leading to lower-quality decisions.” The Bush Admin. post 9-11 regulatory overload was no great shakes. But at lest there in the White house was working to protect national security rather than usher in a new social and economic order through the Federal Register.

Mr. Obama has made clear that the rules will keep coming, but at least his team could try to write good bad rules Probably too much to ask.

The above is based on information from The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 Badly Written Bad Rules.

(Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” the Ten Commandments:

Senate must discuss & vote on ObamaCare because of budget deal. Lots of Democrats up for reelection soon so ….

jaj48 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:49:42 +0000

So how did the Republicans do ? At least we will have a real debate in the Senate about Obama Care now. And Democrats must vote.

from The American Spectator:
“There is more good in the budget deal than is revealed in the budget cut number agreed on last night. Measured against the size of budget cutting necessary for the future, the numbers are small, to be sure, but this number was a tactical, not a strategic engagement. The key to the matter is momentum, principle, and precedent, which set up the strategic environment for 2012.

Andrew Stiles at NRO correctly points out the extent of the Harry Reid cave-in.

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) didn’t want to cut anything at first. But bowing to political reality, eventually ponied up about $4.7 billion in cuts. He ended up with $33.8 billion less spending than he wanted. And he called it an “historic” accomplishment. (Not surprisingly, the left is appalled).

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), on the other hand, initially proposed $32 billion in spending cuts. House Republicans, led by an undaunted freshman class, bumped that number up to $61 billion ($100 billion off the president’s budget), before settling on $38.5 billion.

“That’s $6.5 billion more than Boehner asked for to begin with, and $5.5 billion more than the $33 billion that Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats claimed had been agreed to less than two weeks ago.

“A.J. Strata highlights the much bigger win that has been foreordained by the fine print, not conveyed in the number aloneThe budget number is pretty good, mainly because it kills programs instead of lowering their budgets for 6 months. so those 6 month numbers expand and grow in the coming year (snip) [emphasis added]

Obama even admitted in his speech infrastructure projects were being ‘delayed’ (i.e., de-funded in 2011). Once de-funded, they will not be back any time soon. As fox News reports, this is a lot farther than the Democrats said they would be willing to go when this all started. (snip)

However, Boehner must have had an incredible stick in those negotiations, because Reid and Obama agreed to put things to vote in the Senate which everyone deemed impossible just last week. That is the truly amazing part of what Boehner pulled off yesterday:

The agreement reached with Senate Democrats guarantees a Senate debate and vote on legislation that would repeal President Obama’s government takeover of health care in its entirety. The House passed such legislation in January as part of the Pledge to America.
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The agreement with Senate Democrats guarantees a Senate debate and vote on legislation that would end federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

The last thing Reid or Obama want is a vote in the senate on Obamacare (or Planned Parenthood). But now they are going to have to vote and this is huge. If this happens, and 4 of those 23 red-state Democrats up for reelection in 2012 vote against Obamacare, then the President will have to veto a bipartisan bill that lines up with the overall will of the American voters. What could be better than isolating Obama and Obamacare from the will of the people and Congress heading into 2012?

The conclusion is inescapable that the Democrats realized they would be blamed for a shutdown, at least as much as the Republicans. The ploy of holding the troops’ paychecks hostage stands as one of the dumbest political moves of the Obama presidency (and that is saying a lot). Sure there would be pictures of families turned away from the Washington Monument, but these would pale in comparison with the pictures of families near military bases unable to pay the rent or buy groceries, going into paycheck advance lenders and payting 22% interest in order to put food on the table.

One thing the American public will not tolerate is using our brave military heroes as political pawns. A.F. Branco summed up the politics thusly:

Aptos, CA psychologist: The govt can regulate mental activity, decision-making? Time for the American Psychological Association to comment on what this judge says about “thinking”.

jaj48 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:41:04 +0000

DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

The Opinion piece, Regulating ‘Mental Activity’ (WSJ 2-28-2011) disagrees with the latest judge, Gladys Kessler, who holds that Obama-Care is constitutional.

It’s time that the public understands the slippery thinking displayed in Wickard v Filburn — the legal case used by the Obama Administration and Judge Kessel to defend Obama-Care. It’s time that the thinking public read Wickard v Filburn. From this case has come the huge expansion of the federal government into so many aspects of American life.

The lack of logic which the judge employs is mind boggling. It’s time for rational thinking people to take up pen and write the judge, her boss and various associations that represent organizatons that have knowledge about “thinking”, “mental activity” the “mind” and the difference between doing an act and thinking an act. To consider action as the same as inaction wipes out all sorts of legal, ethical and psychological distinctions that have been around a thousand years or more.

The mental activity of decision making when a person thinks, “I will buy health insurance… or “I will not buy health insurance” is economic activity which the government under the Commerce Clause can regulate says Gladys Kessler of the D.C. district court. ”

The distinction between activity and inactivity is “of little significance,” Judge Kessler writes, “It is pure semantics to argue that an individual who makes a choice to forgo health insurance is not ‘acting’…Making a choice is an affirmative action whether one decides to do something or not do something. They are two sides of the same coin.”

Every organization of professionals that has some knowledge of mental activity — psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage and family counselors — needs to speak up and discuss what Judge Gladys Kessler says.

This is not just about Obama-Care and whether it is constitutional. Did the government of our Founders create a government whose reach includes “mental activity”?

Is the mental activity, “I will kill my neighbor..” the same as “I will not kill my neighbor” and if the decision is based on stealing my neighbor’s jewels — an economic activity — can the government take action against me for thinking thoughts about murder as opposed to the activity of taking steps and acting on my thoughts?

To repeat the judge’s words, The distinction between ACTIVITY and INACTIVITY is “of little significant” …. Think of the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not steal, commit adultery, murder… There is a huge difference between DOING the act and thinking about the act. For doing the activity of intentionally killing a person society punishes people and ostracizes them.

Let’s say that I believe that Judge Kessler is irrational and should be removed from her position as judge. Here I am engaging in mental activity. And, let’s say I act by writing a letter to her “boss”. By writing I am engaging specific, identifiable action to achieve a particular result. And let’s say I send money to professional associations such as the American Psychological Association (APA) to take up pen to comment on the lack of rationality shown by this judge.

In contrast, let’s say that my husband totally disagrees with me. And he takes no action except to think, “I’m taking no action and doing nothing.” Is his lack of action the same as my actions — just two sides of the same coin? When is LACK of action ever the same as ACTION? Judge Kessler thinks they are the same.

Remember Wickard, the farmer who kept 148 bushels of wheat and did not put them on the open market. That is the legal case, Wickard v Filburn, from where all this stretched to the edge of illogical thinking arose. The government relies on the Wickard decision to say that thinking about an action is the same as taking the action. This is a stretch that breaks the elastic. Read the case for yourself and think of how slippery the sloop is — from 148 bushels that were hoarded by one farmer for personal use to NOT buying a product that crosses state lines.

DrCameron Jackson@gmail.com

Aptos psychologist: Sign the Obama-Care Pledge chaired by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint? Yes!

jaj48 — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:58:16 +0000

Why sign a Pledge to repeal Obama-Care?
1) Two thirds of Americans oppose Obama-Care.
2) All small businesses (under 500 employees) including 1 1/2 million non-profits must give a 1099 to every person/entity they do $600 business with. Another onerous expense. More centralized power.
3) Fast food corporations such as McDonald’s — whose employees have mini health plans — will not be able to afford health care for their workers. This year they got a government reprieve. When not an election year, likely no reprieve. Soon this will force part time workers on to the government plan or else pay a fine for no health care.
4) Specialty health care plans will go out of business as Obama-Care is a “one size fits all”.
5) Health care controlled by the federal government means rationing for all according to the rules set by the health care “czar”.
6) There are excellent ways to improve health care and do so in the private sector: allow everyone to cross state lines and shop for what fits their individual needs; allow businesses to group together and shop; set up competitive exchanges that operate akin to travel exchanges. For more info Google Repeal Obama care or see below:

After months of backroom deals, political payoffs, and strong-arm tactics, President Obama and the Democrats forced an unpopular health care takeover through the United States Congress. Americans lost this battle with their elected leaders in Washington but the war is not over! If we’re willing to the fight to save freedom, we can settle the score in November by electing true conservatives who will repeal this unconstitutional and dangerous bill. The simple truth is the bill cannot be fixed. It must be repealed.

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The Senate Conservatives Fund, chaired by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, has launched this national “Repeal ObamaCare Pledge” to rally support for conservative candidates who vow to repeal President Obama’s health care takeover. America is teetering toward tyranny and we must work together to reverse the radical agenda in Washington.

Electing just any Republican is not the answer. We’ve seen what happens when we send Republicans to Washington who don’t truly believe in the principles of freedom. They abandon their principles, lose the trust of the American people, and leave us with Democrats controlling Congress and the White House.

Instead, we must support true conservatives who love the Constitution and who will fight for limited government, a strong national defense, and traditional family values. And we must only help those candidates who vow to repeal ObamaCare.

Tell your family and friends about the Repeal ObamaCare Pledge so they can join our national campaign. The more people who sign the pledge at RepealItPledge.com, the bigger the impact.
Share the Repeal ObamaCare Pledge with your friends using our Facebook page. Facebook is a powerful way to quickly spread the word so we can repeal Presiden Obama’s health care takeover.
Share the Repeal ObamaCare Pledge with your Twitter followers and ask them to retweet the message. Use the #repealit hash tag to join the discussion.

President Obama issues proclamations like Emperor Augustus? “in those days a decree went out frm Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered…All went to their own towns…Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth …to the city of David called Bethlehem…”

jaj48 — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:28:38 +0000

Obama-Care requires all non-profits to register with IRS & give 1099's

DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

Is there is a resemblance between President Obama and Emperor Augustus who, 2010 years ago, required everyone to register where they were born?

Because the Emperor proclaimed they must, Joseph took pregnant Mary to Bethlehem…. And now, in 2010, Obama-Care tells every non-profit organization that they must trudge over to the government and register afresh with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

There are a million and a half non-profit organizations in the U.S. Because of Obama-Care all of them must register afresh with the IRS. And, all non-profits who do $600 of business with anyone must give that person a 1099. Did you know that failure to re-register with the IRS can result in lose of non-profit status and a huge fine?

So — if you support or know of any tiny non-profit out there be sure to tell them of President Obama’s proclamation: Go to the city of Washington and register with the government! Modern day Emperor Obama requires that you register! Or stand to lose non-profit status and pay a fine.

Only 63% of all non-profits are registered with the IRS. That means that 1/3 are not. So, because of Obama-Care, roughly 500,000 non-profits must — for the first time — journey to Washington and register with the IRS. And every non-profit must take the time — which means money — to fill out the new form.

Do you support repeal of Obama-Care? Vote out every Democrat — including Sam Farr — that voted for Obama-Care.

For some exact figures on non-profits go to:
urban org

Aptos psychologist: Obama-Care “one size fits all” mentality hurts part-time workers. Time to say No! to the Democratic congress?

jaj48 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:56:18 +0000

During the 2008 election people predicted that a government run health plan would force many businesses to drop their health coverage for employees because they would not be able to afford plans that complied with government rules.

That is starting to happen. McDonald has given notice that it cannot continue to pay for mini-med plans. Obama-Care requires that 80 to 85% of premiums is spent on benefits.

Nearly 30,000 part time workers at McDonald’s get mini-med plans. And they get a decent beginning plan. For a premium of $32.30 a week a worker gets 100% of of visits to primary-care or specialists after $20 co-pay, 100% of prescription drugs after$5.00 co-pay and %70% of inpatient hospital services. Maximum annual benefit is $10,000.