Wednesday, March 22, 2006
I've got your bipolar right here...
Anyone who has known me for more than about a half an hour will hear me refer to being nuts. The correct terminology is bipolar disorder. A cycling between mania and depression. One day you are sitting in a corner wrapped in a blanket wondering why you should stay alive. The next you feel like George Jetson during the opening credits of The Jetsons: "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" I hate it. But for once, it's not all about me. Don't faint. I was listening to the press conference with the teacher in Florida who had sex with a 14 year old student. And she was claiming that in all the horrible things that were said about her by the press, no one thought to mention her illness, that she was bipolar. As if it were an excuse for statutory rape of a 14 year old boy. Bipolar, with rare exceptions, is not an excuse. It doesn't get you a free pass from all your actions. I will admit that upon occasion, I need some time to get myself under control. I have been in the hospital twice. But when I was having a major depressive episode, and didn't pay the bills, they still repo'ed my car. And I can't imagine they would have said "You're bipolar. Oh, we're sorry. We'll bring your car back right away." Mental illness can make people do strange and terrible things. Sometimes you don't understand what you are doing. But it's not a "get out of responsibility free" card. And people who try to use it that way, as an excuse, make it more difficult for those of us who are on the S.S. Bipolar to find safe harbor. Life can be relatively normal, and that includes taking charge of your own mistakes. So to our teacher in Florida, pull up your big girl panties and get on with it. good night and good luck...stimp
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since when has this been a democrocy? you do not even elect your president. if you know that then you would have seen this happing when you were in high school. this is a secert government that is run by letting the people see what they want to see in a government so that the underlying government can do what they want. then a again, maybe we have the power to change what and who we want in our government. Maybe that is what voting is all about. perhaps if you don't like what is going on, elect a differnt president or make sure that the one you elect along with the senitors is the one that is the best to your views. Perhaps if you feel that strongly about it then you should either help compain for the one you like the most or run your self. as for the phone taps i have nothing to hide. do you? and if you listen to what they are doing, they are only looking for thoughs phone calls that are working against this great nation!
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