BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

I don’t mean to dismiss the Obama myth, his words, the change we need is real, its just his actions don’t even come close to measuring up. Just read the legal documents he has signed his name to. Read them. His actions are most often the opposite of what he says. I venture to say a 10 year old can recognize that after doing a school day’s worth of research. Obama is a national tragedy. He is a symbol of the times. He is not a leader, just a symbol. He projects the change we need. He was our shortcut to correcting our diseased political system, a way to rid it of corruption. He symbolized the change millions so desperately need. People came out in the millions for the first time “hoping” if they could work and organize to put him in office, we would have some representation to defend against the economic elite that have put the overwhelming majority of US politicians on the payroll and brought humanity to a breaking point. People just need to research how the Obama myth was hatched. Gol...

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY This week, like many people, I have been following the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy. This evoked a lot of strong emotions & reactions in a lot of people. Some good, some bad - yet all we can do is pray. Pray for the families, students & administration left behind and pray for the souls of the senselessly murdered. There's been a lot of talk and a lot of hindsight. I for one, am getting sick of the woulda, coulda, shoulda talkers. I do hope this incident shines a light on the need for mental health care in this country to be taken more seriously. For the insurance industry to start paying to treat the brain and its disorders, and for the mental illness to come out of the dark, unspeakable shadows and the stigma of depression, schizophrenia and other disorders to be lifted so that sufferers wanting help get it. That said, was there anything we could have done to prevent this? The U.S. learned on 9/11 it isn't im...