Report: Woman who rammed WH barricade a dental hygienist with a history of mental health issues

We seriously need to look at how we deal with the mentally ill in our society. Giving them some pills, they may or may not take, and sending them on their way isn't working. 

Via ABC News:

A woman believed to be a dental hygienist from Stamford, Conn., was shot dead by police today after allegedly attempting to ram the White House gates and leading authorities on a high-speed chase to the U.S. Capitol, officials said.

The related gunfire sent senators and staffers scrambling inside the Capitol, which was put under lockdown.

Authorities believed the dead suspect was Miriam Carey, 34, according to a spokesman for Carey's family. Authorities said she had a history of mental health issues, and her mother told ABC News she suffered from post-partum depression.

Democrats try to require background checks for car buyers and ban vehickles with good ramming momentum in 3...2...1...

Scary: Professor Kari Norgaard: Climate skepticism is a sickness that needs to be "treated"

There is a pill that turns you into an Al Gore clone? Gulp!

Via The Register:

Skepticism regarding the need for immediate and massive action against carbon emissions is a sickness of societies and individuals which needs to be "treated", according to an Oregon-based professor of "sociology and environmental studies". Professor Kari Norgaard compares the struggle against climate scepticism to that against racism and slavery in the US South.

Prof Norgaard holds a B.S. in biology and a master's and PhD in sociology.

"Over the past ten years I have published and taught in the areas of environmental sociology, gender and environment, race and environment, climate change, sociology of culture, social movements and sociology of emotions," she says.

Climate Change is Making People Mentally Ill or Something

Everything from hurricanes to war has been blamed on anthropogenic global warming. Why not mental illness? I am beginning to believe the AGW true believers are suffering from some sort of mental illness.

(Sydney Morning Herald) — RATES of mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress will increase as a result of climate change, a report to be released today says.

The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, says loss of social cohesion in the wake of severe weather events related to climate change could be linked to increased rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and substance abuse.

As many as one in five people reported ”emotional injury, stress and despair” in the wake of these events.
The report, A Climate of Suffering: The Real Cost of Living with Inaction on Climate Change, called the past 15 years a ”preview of life under unrestrained global warming”.

A Horrible Tragedy Occurred in Tucson and the Whole Nation Has Missed the Point

Congresswoman Giffords was shot in the head, six people died, 12 others were wounded and the entire nation has missed the point. Democrats jumped to blame Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Party. Republicans fired back and pointed out the shooter looked more like a left-winger than a right-winger. President Obama made a nice speech and called for civility. The mass media has been discussing the state of our nation's political discourse for days. A move is on to have Democrats and Republicans cross the aisle and sit with the opposition during President Obama's State of the Union speech. None of this has anything to do with the shooting in Tuscon. Other than the fact Rep. Giffords is a political figure, there doesn't seem to be anything political about the shooting. Jared Loughner appears to be a young man with serious mental health issues. If you have any doubt, just watch the YouTube videos of his anti-government Internet rants about the gold standard, grammar and mind control. People who knew Loughner were afraid he would shoot someone. The discussion we should be having as a nation isn't about civility, but how can we protect the public from the mentally ill without trampling on American's rights. If the root cause of the Tuscon shooting was mental illness, and it appears to be, all the civility in the world will not prevent recurrence of something similar in the future. What we need to be discussing is how did a young man was showing signs of mental instability and making numerous death threats slip through the cracks in our system? Why didn't Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and local authorities take stronger action? How can we change the law to facilitate a stronger response towards individuals making explicit death threats?The nation's debate needs to be switched from civility to mental illness. That is the only way we can hope to stop the next Jared Loughner.