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Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
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Nidal Hassan`s Stress |
In light of Nidal Hassan’s murder spree at Ft. Hood some pundits have taken to explaining his actions as a result of pre-traumatic stress. Pre-traumatic stress for those of you who have never heard of it, and why would you have, is stress related to future events that you anticipate will not only happen but also be traumatic.
One can only imagine the stress Hassan must have gone through. Considering his impending deployment I’m surprised Hassan was even able to sleep a wink. He was a Major in the U.S. Army and worked as a psychiatrist. He knows he would have never left his office on his well-guarded base so he must have been thinking about the traumatic things that could have happened on the flight over seas.
For starters the airline could have run out of peanuts on the plane, and then he could have gotten stuck with a window seat, where, due to his bladder problems, he would have had to make they guy sitting in the aisle seat get up over and over again. But since Hassan was prone to pre-traumatic stress the guy in the aisle seat most likely would have been an overweight narcoleptic whom Hassan could neither wake up nor get around when he had to go to the bathroom.
When the plane landed Hassan most likely would have imagined that his carry-on luggage stowed in the overhead bin would have shifted. That would have thrown his whole deployment into a tailspin. From that moment on Hassan’s imagination would take over to include such things as coldish food in the chow hall, warmer weather than he was accustomed to, and an absence of strip clubs where he wouldn’t have been able to spend his usual 5-6 hours a day in.
God only knows how Hassan didn’t snap earlier. I suppose we should be thankful he only killed 13 people. I would say if I had to undergo that kind of stress I’d kill at least 30 kindergartners, and that just for starters.
Let’s just hope and pray that someone is consoling Hassan right now because I don’t even want to think about the pre-traumatic stress he is going through right now with an impending court date. Could we just pardon him now and send him to a flowery, cushiony, baby blue colored safe place? In fact I’ll volunteer to baby-sit him.
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Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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Whoa there Partner! |
Obama Could Lock In Decision On Afghanistan on Monday
Whoa there partner, don`t go deciding anything in a rash manner! Perhaps first you would want to commission your top general to do a study and report to you his findings and suggestions first. Once you have that it`ll be really easy to make up your mind.
Also don`t rule out more important matters that need deciding as well. For example think some more about future Olympics and campaign for them to come to the States. Plus I`m sure you could surprise your wife with a visit a few more times before you rush into this decision. Also you could do a couple more photo ops with you playing bball with your staffers after an important meeting.
Just think- if you keep delaying your decision the situation in Afghanistan will continue to worsen while you sit on your hands. Troops will continue to put their lives on the line for a war that you don`t support and are actively trying to lose for political reasons. If you wait long enough "America" will lose any resolve it has left and then you can pull out of Afghanistan and enjoy being the POTUS during a mass homecoming by our troops. Your popularity ratings will soar for at least a week until people focus once again on your health care debacle.
Change we can believe in! This Obama guy has got it going on! Change for sure. |
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