-Joe

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In Ohio all citizens could vote early- up through the monday before the election. The GOP controlled state house changed that- cutting off non-military members the friday before the election. A move that most hurts the (mostly democratic) working poor- who can not take off work to vote and who often do not have cars and thus can not go to vote during a lunchbreak.

The Obama administration lawsuit sought to- and suceeded, in having this right to vote returned to ALL Ohioans.

Nothing in the lawsuit would have ever had any effect on military members.

Along with myself I had a friend that was more screwed up from the medications he was given than the depression he suffered without them. He literally started barking like a dog. That’s an extreme example.

In my case I was on the verge of suicide from the medications they gave me but I didn’t realize it was the medications until I said no more. They were giving me two and three different pills at a time I had no idea what was even working or not working. Now that I no longer take them I’m a whole lot healthier. Except going through the brain zaps from discontinuing the SSRI’s sucked and was really scary at times.

These medications are insidious in that they make small changes in our brains that we can’t even track until one day we’re all messed up and don’t know why and so they toss more pills at us.

I’m not suggesting you stop taking your pills. Only you know how you got to where you are and only you know what’s going on in your body. I’m just suggesting that you can’t just accept what these pill-pushers tell you. If they were always right you wouldn’t see all these lawsuits on TV going after the pharmaceutical industry.

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~ from a current dental student

I would not be so quick to say you have mental health issues in any abnormal or unhealthy way. In fact, I think you are quite NORMAL. Seeing things, not knowing if they are real, you have a vivid imagination. There is nothing unhealthy or wrong with that. Things crawling on you at night, that is something I feel a lot, but in truth, it is just a function of the central nervous system which sometimes is not ready to go to sleep when I am, lol!

The main thing I wanted to commend you about is the utter lack of blame or bitterness against people (which you are certainly entitled to given the horrid, cold situations you were in as an innocent, defenseless child.) What is an absolute WONDER is that you still display a level of optimism, hope and kindness.

You are truly a unique and wonderfel person and even though I’ve never met you, from what you’ve shared here I can say I feel the world is DEFINITELY a better place because of you. I wish MORE people were as honest, open and clearly gentle as you.

May God Bless you and show you increasingly your absolute value and worth as a person.

Jon.

You were once held in high regard, but since your breakdown you are as esteemed as a tea party madhatter. Shame rely considering your long and admired career.

You must be better than the people around you and spread the truth and not sell fear and misinformation. The President hasn’t any control over gas prices. The group of white guys sitting in a Wall Street boiler room speculating and manipulating gas prices to increase their own wealth, determines at the pump gas prices. You know this and you know the everyday average “Joe” doesn’t. You are as guilty as the guys raising prices and gouging the rest of America.

I no longer respect you, Mr. Norris.

As you might see I feel quite strongly that there are victims in this situation who deserved better treatment by Police, Media and Health Services and that actually all that happens by spreading this sort of story is to increase the stigma associated with mental illness.