THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
Posted 3 hours 2 min ago by Skye Rivers
for all your concern for the American people. I commend you for doing a great job conning the nation with your dazzling speeches, but you don't fool me. Thank God, and no, I am not referring to you. Action does speak louder than words and the proof will be in the pudding in the months to come. Everything seems to be unfolding just as I had thought when it comes to your Presidency Sir. The bottom line is not that WE the people don't have a clue, We the People don't have a voice. YOU, Mr. President don't have a clue as to what you are doing and are being led by the nose by all your so called advisors that bought into your cabinet by supporting your campaign. You are STILL an empty suit.



So you are selling to Congress a $3.55 Trillion Budget Plan for 2010; not to mention the more immediate changes that would push spending to $3.94 trillion in the current year, while still pointing fingers, blaming the last administration for the reason we are where we are today. I am not, nor have I ever been a Bush supporter. I have always thought of myself as a Democrat, that is until this past election where I decided Independent was the way to go after all the political drama that went on. It seemed that Ron Paul was making more sense than the snake charming lot of you. I think it would be better if you look at where the other three fingers are pointing and worry about where we are now and what road ‘you’ are taking us, the American people down. I am no Rocket Scientist, but I have to tell you Mr. President, it does not look good from where I am standing. We both know that Congress will pass ANYTHING you put in front of Pelosi regardless of whether it is in our best interest or not, and frankly I am growing more and more concerned whose interest you have at heart. Gee Mr. President, according to some figures, do you realize that what you are ‘proposing’ will result in a record deficit that will hit $1.75 trillion ::clapping::

Thank you Mr. President for your compassion in taking care of our nations poor, buy robbing the one's who really work hard for a living instead of trimming down the fat in all your pork paybacks. Unfortunately what has been known as ‘the middle class’ is rapidly becoming a dying breed and has now become the poor as well. As much as I appreciate you playing Robin Hood in your spare time, stealing from the rich to help the poor to me is really not the way to go. This economy has become disabled. There are NOT enough jobs to go around, people are loosing their homes, hungry, are being put out in the street and your answer is to raise taxes, cut more programs and continue the spending in not only Iraq but now Afghanistan. Are you kidding me? In reading one article it stated that as part of this effort to end this crisis, you feel by boosting the deficit by an additional $250 billion this year, which will support $750 billion in increased government rescue programs for banks and other financial institutions is the way to go. My question to you is in whose eyes? I thought it was We the People, not ‘The One’ who has the only voice. Did WE the People not put you in Office? (For arguments sake, let's just say We the People did put you in Office, but then again, I also question how you really got put in Office and WHO put YOU there.) Is it not WE the People who can impeach you out as well? I know there is not a bat in hells chance of that ever happening while you are President for so many reasons as we both know that you are merely the ‘yes’ man, the political puppet and are only doing what you are told. But, since you are ‘The President’ and all, you are ‘The One’ the American people are going to question. 'The One' that takes the heat because most Americans are completely ignorant and out of touch with what is really going on. They will believe whatever they hear in the media, because it's those political mental messages that have the entire country believing that you are the next coming of Christ and God forbid anyone disagrees with 'The One.'

Do you realize that what you are proposing to Congress would more than double the $700 billion bank bailout that will be passed by your friends in Congress ::achem, Pelosi::: I have an idea, how about helping the American people instead of bailing out the guys who put us here in the first place. Those companies did NOT deserve the bailout, and companies like AIG are still spending irresponsibly. By the way... what ever happened with holding all those companies you bailed out accountable for their actions? Nothing! GM is now asking for more billions to help them out? What are you going to do about that one Mr. President? I wonder if I call you up and him and haw, will you help me and my business as well? I know, you have your priorities, and being the new guy in Office, you really need to keep up with your motto "Change We Can Believe In" but seriously? You say these are hard choices that will be lying ahead... I would ask... for who? Certainly not you or your family. It is more important for the media to go on and on about what kind of dog your are getting than dealing with the meat and potatoes of the matter. I don’t mean to sound heartless, but I don’t give a rats ass about what kind of dog you have.

Mr. President, it sounds as if these hard choices again lie on us, the American people who once again will have to pick up the pieces for all of the government's BAD CHOICES. Call me ignorant, but spending all that money on a new limo, in an economy in crisis to me is not a good choice. You are yet to show me where 'you' are cutting back, or is it Presidents are excluded from that sort of thing? Are you not suppose to lead by example? You are doing nothing more than exploding the deficit and raising taxes plain and simple. Mr. President, explain to me how that helps the American people in a struggling economy? Sadly, I read today that the the Rocky Mountain News out of Denver Colorado that has been around since 1859 had to close it doors due to the looses it has incurred from this economic crisis? A Scripps company. Why didn't you help them out?

O and Mr. President...I don't feel your new plan is an honest accounting of where we are and where we intend to go. I have to ask, are you doing drugs with Michelle in the Oval Office because if you are, that must be some kind of crack for you to think you that this would make any sense to anyone. That would make more sense than what you are proposing. Then I could at least understand where you are coming from with some of these plans you are conjuring up.

In ending, you are right when you say that the American people do deserve a budget that puts fiscal discipline and jobs first... but between us girls Mr. President, what you are offering fails on both counts. You just sent to Congress a 134 page outline with more to come in April. Is anyone going to read that, or is it a given that that too will be passed through Congress because you and Pelosi are running the show. You would think matters of such importance deserve the full read if you get my drift before passing such things, i.e. like your last bailout plan that sailed right through? Some of your democratic friends are starting to call you out Mr. President saying you may not be doing enough to get the deficit under control. We all agree things have to be done, but gee Mr. President increasing taxes during an economic recession, especially on small businesses, may not be the right way to accomplish this goal Sir.

Also, Afghanistan - NOT a good idea. Especially since when you took office in January, you made a campaign promise to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. You were expected to announce your withdrawal plans in a speech today at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, but I was NOT holding my breath on any more of your promises Sir. You say one thing, and yet do another. Par for the course for any promising President. As an example, turning around and authorizing the deployment of 17,000 plus more troops to Afghanistan, where violence is worsening. The costs of pulling out of Iraq and building up in Afghanistan means the price of the wars will remain high and our economy will continue to suffer. Is this sort of like feeding Peter to pay Paul because it certainly sounds like it to me, except frankly they both should be going hungry and you should start feeding the American people who need it most right now.

You have the audacity to request close to $205 billion to fund this war through the end of fiscal 2010 while seeking to withdraw tens of thousands of troops from Iraq while boosting forces to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. I get it. The Taliban needs to go, needs to be stopped, but my questions to you Mr. President is this... Who made you God; at what point do we stop this madness, and at what cost to the United States? When is enough enough? This recent article stated your first budget proposal asked for $75.5 billion through September, which would bring total war spending to $141.4 billion for the current fiscal year. You also requested a slightly smaller $130 billion to fund the wars for fiscal year 2010, which starts on October 1. You asked Congress to increase the Pentagon's regular budget to $533.7 billion next year -- up 4 percent, or $20.4 billion, from its spending plan for the current year, drawn up under the Bush administration. Seriously? Where does all this money come from? O wait, I know the American people who are close to bankruptcy.So, how far are you going to go before our economy collapses entirely? What is this really about? Is it really the war and ending terrorism which in my opinion is a loosing war; or the funding of government contracts to rebuild the messes you and Busy have made overseas? You are NO better than Bush Sir, and shame on you. You lied to the American people; it's right here in black and white; or can I even use that expression anymore before it becomes racist as well. You lied!Here's a hot tip..........Put down the bong and get back to reality.

HELP AT ANY COST - A LOOK INTO THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR TEEN & YOUNG ADULT REHAB SCAM THAT IS SWEEPING THE U.S.

Every year, over 20,000 teens and young adults are being placed (most against their will) in drug and alcohol residential treatment centers across the country.Parents feeling powerless to their children’s addictions feel this is their only recourse in helping save them from what some “so-called” experts in the field of addiction call “a disease” that is only treatable with “their” interventions and can be cured only at their facilities. Unfortunately, what is REALLY going on is horrifying and stunning. This is a multi-million dollar industry filled with domestic predators that prey not only on the teens and young adults of addictions, but their parents heart and purse-strings as well.Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent each year, per child, while these predators are abusing and brainwashing our teens and young adults in private in order to keep them at these torturous facilities. One of the numerous ways they use is having them succumb to their cultish style of mind set having them believe that they have no where else to go because they are worthless human beings that nobody wants. A dirty little secret that continues to go on unnoticed. What you see is not what you are getting and awareness needs to be brought to the forefront. Parents all over the country are re-mortgaging their homes, taking out loans and pulling the money from where ever they can in order to private pay these so called treatment centers to "save their child's" life. In saving a soul, you are loosing your's in the process to these trecherous insitutions. What is more ironic, that even in this economy, these residential treatment centers are flourishing, and growing in huge proportions.

There is a term coined that most have heard call “tough love” which is an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run. Unfortunately, when dealing with this type of challenge, threats of abandonment towards an already broken person is truly not the way to go in the healing of an addicted youth. I admit, living with an addict is not easy. I have been dealing with addiction for over 30 years with not only my partner, but now my son who is 22. Talk about the Oreo Cookie Reality. Both are currently in AA. I have found personally, that in trying to help the addict, you end up enabling the addict further into their addiction which is not healthy on either’s part. Below is a link to two articles from Maia Svalavitz. She wrote the book “Help At Any Cost” which talks about tough love and it’s consequences in an industry that will stop at nothing to keep your child entrenched, while also trying to gain your trust; and why this form of treatment in these facilities is not healthy. The bottom line is this, it’s gone from tough love to just tough.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szala...





Who would have thought most of these “treatment centers” (group homes) that go by the names of Wilderness Camps, Boot Camps, Drug and Alcohol Residential Programs, to name a few, would be places that are operating without proper accreditations, improper licenses; staffing personnel whose only qualification is that they have gone through “their” programs and are recovering addicts with 98% of them having no therapeutic credentials, leaving your children vulnerable at best. I had no idea until it happened to us, just how much scam and scum is lurking around when it comes to our trouble teens and young adults with addiction challenges had it not been for an organization called HEAL which is an advocacy organization for survivors of such programs when I was researching out solutions when the red flags started waving. The woman who heads up this program, Angela, has been doing this for over ten years and is a survivor herself (see Warning Signs of Abuse At Treatment Programs for Teens you may be considering from the advocacy organization HEAL below listed on their home page)



http://www.heal-online.org



At some point, after spending sleepless nights wondering if your teen or young adult is safe, you come to the painful conclusion that you have no other choice but to reach out for professional help. You have to trust the process and hope you are heading in the right direction of healing and recovery because you have no other choice considering your options. You then find out, “if your lucky,” that you are being scammed in the most heartless, ruthless way and that your teen or young adult is being put through hell, being broken down mentally; in some cases starved, living in standards much less than was promised with all his/her rights taken away and these treatment centers are getting away with it. Well why not? People like Montel Williams are sending children on his show to places such as Eagle Ranch Academy and Red Rock Canyon School that are known for abusing children; American Express who is giving thousands of dollars to help fund Pathyway Family Centers (I was horrified at what goes on there – see video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OfCXLdOA...)

Let’s not stop here, for you always save the best for last… How about all the Teen Challenges through-out the country that are endorsed by Drug Fee America Foundation (DFAF) who was founded by Mel Sembler, former owner and Director of an organization called Straight, Inc, a confirmed torturous group of institutions for teens; and who was also indorsed by Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Georgie instituted the “New Freedom Commission” in 2000. The “New Freedom Commission” is a group of psychiatrists and pharmaceutical lobbyists working to insure that every child in America is drugged and virtually enslaved through behavior modification. How about them apples? (see below link for entire scope from HEAL.)

http://www.heal-online.org/teen.htm#acti...



My son was recently in a rehab center here in Arizona. We were referred to this program by my son's therapist, who happens to also be their Clinical Director. He was there 3 months; but it was a year’s program. When we did the intervention, little did we know we too were being prayed upon. These Programs are so sewn up tight, that even with checking them out, most of the time you would never suspect fowl play. As time went on, and we starting to notice holes in “the” system, we starting putting two and two together and doing some major research and realized after demanding to see our son privately, and finally seeing him after almost 3 months, t was time to pull him out. Any program that keeps your child away from his/her family, monitors ALL correspondence and phone calls, does not allow you access to where he/she is residing, beats them down emotionally using the tough love tactics that is tough as a format of therapy is a red flag.

I share this information because this hit too close to home for me not to bring this to the attention of the many I hope to be fortunate enough to reach, in hopes you don't have to suffer as we did; and for all those reading, may I encourage you to pass this along, comment and help make this blog thread multiply. I can be reached personally at skyerivers@gmail.com to talk further on options, but please note, I can not make recommendations on where to send your child. May I also encourage you to go to the HEAL website for further information on how you can avoid being taken in by such organizations when seeking help and how your voice can make a difference.