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POPSFlorida Care-Giver System Plagued With Felons
12 registered sex offenders and 200 people with histories of harming children. Exemptions are supposed to be granted only with proof of rehabilitation. But about 1,800 of the people approved " or one in five " went on to be arrested again, some within days of the state's determination that they could be trusted to care for vulnerable residents. "It's totally unacceptable. Obviously, this has become a huge loophole that needs to be closed," said Nan Rich, D-Weston, vice chairwoman of the Florida Senate's Children, Families and Elder Affairs committee. A sex abuse scandal at a Miami day care in the mid 1980s prompted the first of several state laws requiring background checks for caregivers and allowing for exemptions. Florida now has a patchwork system with glaring inconsistencies. Employees at day cares and facilities for the disabled undergo a nationwide criminal check. But caregivers for the elderly are checked only for offenses in Florida, with some exceptions.
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POPSNo Apologies for Rape This woman was raped when she was 13 - the same age as the victim of Polanski - and it changed her whole life. That's why her story is important.
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POPSSearch for Criminally Insane killer Phillip Arnold Paul who Escaped During a Field Trip Take a look at this liberal, bleeding heart agenda for recovery for a man who soaked an elderly woman’s body in gas and burned her in a flower garden to throw off dogs. BTW, that does not seem to be crazy, isn’t that a conscious thought to destroy evidence? Good grief, check out the mission statement and recovery principles. Why didn’t they just pay for his way on a Carnival cruise? Recovery Principles: Hope Self management and autonomy Dignity and self respect Tolerance and forgiveness Adaptability and capacity to change Personal responsibility and productivity Peer support and community life Acceptance and self awareness What the hell was a criminally insane killer taking a field trip to the County fair? What the hell were authorities at Eastern State Hospital where Phillip Arnold Paul was a patient thinking? Was to zoo closed? Could you not get tickets for the matinee movie? WTF!!! How on earth were these people putting the citizens and children at
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POPSObamaCare Supporter Bites Finger Off Elderly Man The single eyewitness account coming from a Moveon.Org blogger. Of course. So beware protestors, if you act "aggressive" -- whatever that means -- when an Obama thug decides to go through you rather than around you, there is potential for the 'side of rational logic' to go Mike Tyson on your digits. We are unable to determine if under ObamaCare's Complete Lives System this elderly man would qualify for finger-reattachment surgery.
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POPSMillitary Vets Don't Need to be Told They're a Burden to Society For example, a worksheet on page 21 lists various scenarios and asks users to then decide whether their own life would be "not worth living." The circumstances listed include ones common among the elderly and disabled: living in a nursing home, being in a wheelchair and not being able to "shake the blues." There is a section which provocatively asks, "Have you ever heard anyone say, 'If I'm a vegetable, pull the plug'?" There also are guilt-inducing scenarios such as "I can no longer contribute to my family's well being," "I am a severe financial burden on my family" and that the vet's situation "causes severe emotional burden for my family." When the government can steer vulnerable individuals to conclude for themselves that life is not worth living, who needs a death panel? One can only imagine a soldier surviving the war in Iraq and returning without all of his limbs only to encounter a veteran's health-care system that seems intent on his surrender .
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POPSMaking lives better by recycling durable medical equipment More: A man has come to pick up a cane and commode for his disabled wife. He knows there is no charge for the items, but he pledges to make a future donation as he walks away, as soon as he can, when "things get better some day." A woman arrives and hopes to find a walker for a friend who "can't stand on her own two feet anymore." Meanwhile, an elderly woman approaches with a large floor mat balanced on the handlebars of her own walker. Susan runs up to greet her — she is a friend and regular visitor who routinely searches the neighborhood for items that Home Cares might use. A volunteer named Wayne offers to assist me, and I discover through conversation that he's an expert mechanic available to help with wheelchair problems. A young man in a baseball cap arrives — there, weekly as usual, with his pick-up truck brimming with donated medical equipment and supplies.
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POPSIs this the face of a rapist? The alleged victim died without satisfaction some seven years ago. If you were guilty of speeding the police would have available every single piece of evidence imaginable. Oh! The alleged victim was an elderly white woman. Is British Justice really colourblind?
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POPSLosing Democrats: Blaming Republicans: Independents Bolting And they are loath to trust the man who sold them on the stimulus package when he says that their care will be protected. More and more, they are asking the very simple question that Obama cannot answer: How is he going to cover 50 million new people without more doctors? The elderly are coming to understand that his plan effectively repeals the bedrock guarantee in Medicare that seniors can get whatever care they want for free. The opposition to healthcare changes is building so fast that Obama was forced to retreat from his August deadline. And it’s unlikely that he will be able to make a successful stand in September or October, when his ratings will likely be 10 points lower than they are today. 0bama’s dwindling power Morris, a former adviser to Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and President Bill Clinton
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POPSOklahoma trooper chokes paramedic White state trooper imagines himself dissed by black ambulance driver, hunts the ambulance down, and before it's over, has has assaulted a paramedic, frightened the patient, delayed the ambulance, and harassed people he's sworn to protect. This man has no business in a uniform, and Oklahoma State Patrol needs to know the whole world is watching. First found on Boing Boing. Shades of Emmett Till?
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POPSObamacare: Only The Strong Will Survive III This system incorporates five principles: youngest-first, prognosis, save the most lives, lottery, and instrumental value. … When implemented, the complete lives system produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most substantial chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated. There is it folks, the uber race has spoken. Over 40? - welcome to Logan’s Run. (Welcome to the 23rd Century. An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.) Sick child or grand parent? Back of the hearse you go. Have a serious, debilitating condition that limits your productivity towards the greater good of society? Why should we waste money on you when we have these perfect specimens of the master race to care for? Liberals are a sick bunch of automatons without soul or heart.
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POPSA Muslim 'genie' sued for harassment in Saudi Arabia I'm sure glad that atheists and leftists have elderly Christian women to humiliate for driving themselves to church on Sunday morning in the beat up old cars they bought with their late husband 40 years ago. I mean, just because these Christian women weren't beheaded by their husbands like radical Islamics do on occasion gives them no right to, gasp, pray for you. I mean, shit, maybe if these Christian women started wearing burqas and submitted to their husbands and let them control them like most liberals do in their own relationships, atheists and leftards wouldn't see them as such a danger to society. "Whip me up some Halal bitch" - is that what atheists say to their current lover or wife after she's had a forced abortion? I'm guessing if Palin were a Muslim genie, atheists wouldn't be accusing her of witchcraft and voodoo. Sheesh.
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POPSAwesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind Hesh says that “the curtain may contain appropriately placed openings to allow for communication by or to the user”, which will allow for interaction like this: Man without Portable Rain Covering: “Dude, that’s really a sweet little device you’ve got there.” Man wearing Portable Rain Covering: “Thanks. I’ve had it for about a month now and I …..” Man without Portable Rain Covering: “Dude, that was sarcasm.”
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POPSHate on the Rise This took me by surprise. Georgia is one of five states that doesn't have laws related to hate crimes. Given the simmering prejudice that is still prevalent here I suppose I'm not too shocked. It took us literally years to rid our state flag of the Rebal flag. All, of course, in the name of "preserving our heritage". Many were not taken in by that particular canard.
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POPSPolice bust nan and pop 'dope shop' We can all sleep a little easier tonight, despite the fact that these criminals are back in their lounge room. Their elderly customers have nothing for their aches and pains.
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POPS66 Year Old to Become Britian's Oldest Mum I had my last child (2nd marriage, mid-life baby) at age 40. I can comment with authority on this one. I agree with the professor in the article ... "I am shocked by the idea of a 66-year-old woman giving birth."
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POPSElderly scooter rider takes wrong turn This is a sad situation. Forgive me but I have to suppress my urge to laugh. When I picture it in my mind, it turns into a comedy skit or part of a movie. I am glad he is OK
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