Happy Thanksgiving

Green Festival

November 14-16

San Francisco Concourse Exhibition center

One day passes cost $15.00

From the Desk of Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Mental Health Parity Act signed into law

Earlier this month, I was proud to vote for The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. This bill, was signed into law by President Bush, prohibits group health insurance plans from imposing treatment limitations or financial requirements on the coverage of mental health conditions and requires that insurance coverage available for the physical illness be on par with mental illness.

Often, those diagnosed with mental illness can't afford or seek treatment, allowing the problem to exacerbate to a point where it is more difficult to treat. Now, those that suffer from mental health disorders will be afforded the same health care that is available for other ailments. This will provide relief to the estimated 26.2% of American adults who are diagnosed with mentals disorders.

National Debt Clock runs out of digits.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/bizarre&id=6441390

Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday to me. Happy Birthday dear me, me, me, me. Happy Birthday to me.

More on the artic ice melt.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/09/17/MN7K12VDEM.DTL

Sept. 11th anniversary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_Terrorist_Attack

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California-September 6, 2008

http://www.powertothepeaceful.org

I thought this would be interesting to read while one can still read it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_he_me/med_older_dads_bipolar

On the net:

http://www.archgenpsychiatry.com

http://tinyurl.com/2wjbv7

Click on 'S'.

Click on Schizophrenia.

Read.

All of the above has to do with more information on mental illness. You know, us, crazy people "normal" people love to judge and "normal" people judge because they feel they do not have to understand preferring outdated myths to scientific facts.

Reiser: 15 years to life.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/08/30/BAIQ12KT15.DTL

Sept. 3, 2008

The children of Reiser.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/09/03/BAPN12MSDG.DTL