BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

My late therapist gave me a number of great insights into how narcissists work & communicate. One of them is that they use idioms, sayings, quotes or bits of stuff they have read or picked up from the lexicon of those around them. Because they can't really "feel" like normal people can -- this is how they operate. Like a robot looking for pieces of other's speech to portray their fake "normalcy", blend in and seem like "nice people." Obama and his crew are some of these people -- these truly NOT NICE people. An Obama ad uses dated and out of context quotes to portray McCain as clueless on the economy. Obama's campaign is running a TV ad in Indiana that asks the question: "How can John McCain fix the economy, when he doesn't think it's broken?" But the ad uses quotes from McCain that are old and taken out of context: The ad shows McCain saying, "I don't believe we're headed into a recession." But McCain...

How to Fight the Religious Right A guide to defending yourself against Fundamentalist Christians By Brian Elroy McKinley "You're going to Hell!" "Satan has blinded you!" "If you support abortion, you are supporting murder!" Have you been assaulted with statements such of these? Have your political views, your religious beliefs or your behaviors been targeted by such verbal abuse? Have you found yourself defending your choices against individuals so bent on their own agenda that nothing you say makes a difference? Chances are you are being attacked by Fundamentalist Christians. Often called the "Religious Right," these people come from an extreme wing of the Christian Faith. Because of their growing number, many of them - as well as many non-Christians - believe they represent all of Christianity. Not true. These people represent a far-right position in a much larger spectrum of Christian believers. They are Fundamentalists. And by that defini...