Dissent Considered a Mental Illness

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:00:00 GMT
# June Maxam at The Empire Journal - Rick Stanley Attorney: No Oath, No Authority - contends that Joseph Quinn, the judge who was brought out of retirement to lord over Rick Stanley's trial for attempting to influence two Colorado judges, had no oath of office on file during the trial. Hence, the trial is null and void. A pretty good summary of the case so far. Hopefully, Mr. Stanley will win his appeal of this illegal conviction.

# Christopher Rudy and Kurt Nimmo at Rense.com - Incredible - Frist's Bill Defines 'Political Paranoia' As 'Mental Illness' - Senator Frist plans to introduce a bill that would define opposition to Bush'es policies as a psychiatric condition. Can it get any more absurd? Oops, better not tempt them. From Mr. Nimmo's included article, "Opposing Bush - A Form of Mental Illness?": [clairefiles]

It's not the stolen election or the war crimes committed in my name. It's not the fact Bush is a liar and a criminal. It's not the Strausscons in the White House and the Pentagon, plotting multiple wars in the Middle East and elsewhere. It's not Congress, sold out to neolibs, multinational corporations, and Wall Street loan sharks.

It's me.

I'm suffering from "political paranoia" and need Paxil, a prescription drug for the treatment of anxiety and depression. It's not the 100,000 dead killed by my government in Iraq. It's not torture or loose talk of nuking enemies. It is a serotonin imbalance in my brain. I suffer from any number of possible maladies--depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (thus writing this blog every day), and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I suffer from mental illness and need help.

Congress may come to the rescue--and soon.

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