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Like every uncle, SAMHSA worries about the state of your health, including depression, anxiety--compulsive behaviors

Just when you don’t need it most…the debut of Uncle SAMHSA.gov


By Judi McLeod ——--March 31, 2009

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Uncle SAM-HSA Wants YouIf you are one of those unruly citizens who dares to be anxious or depressed about the dictatorial ObamaNation, Uncle SAMHSA.gov is here to look after you. In the old days it was just Uncle Sam, who is now passe. Uncle SAMHSA.gov (The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) is more tragically hip. While President Barack Obama, his cast of 500-plus, his decoy aircraft and Teleprompter were getting ready to leave for London’s G20 summit, Uncle SAMHSA.gov was born. SAMHSA.gov went online after midnight on Monday, the same day that Obama sent GM CEO Rick Wagoner packing. But there is no connection and if you think that there is, you must be paranoid and a conspiracy theorist. Uncle SAMHSA.gov can be described in short by the summation that if you do not agree with all of the things President Barack Hussein Obama is doing to your country, then you must be flat out crazy.

Just like some of those survivalist sites springing up all over the Internet, Uncle SAMHSA.gov is touted as “Getting Through Tough Economic Times”. While the survivalist sites have something useful to say about stockpiling food and water against coming inflation, Uncle SAMHSA is sort of, well, flat. Like every uncle, SAMHSA worries about the state of your health, including depression, anxiety--”compulsive behaviors (over-eating, excessive gambling, spending, etc.) Don’t worry about falling apart in getting through those tough economic times, because SAMHSA has all the warning signs: “Persistent sadness/crying, Excessive Anxiety, Lack of Sleep/Constant Fatigue, Excessive Irritability/Anger, Increased drinking, Illicit drug use, including misuse of medication. In the Getting Help Section, you no longer have to take an aspirin and get back to a physician in t he morning, because as Uncle SAMHSA is here to remind you, you can just let your fingers do the walking through “the government services of a phone book”. Uncle SAMHSA seems to think that you need to be on the lookout “to be aware of trying to determine whether you or someone you care about could be at risk for suicide”. “Acknowledge that economic downturns can be frightening to everyone but that there are ways of getting through them--from engaging in healthy activities, positive thinking, supportive relationships, to seeking help when needed from health professionals.” SAMHSA likely sees engaging in healthy activities as distributing Dem literature, positive thinking as recognizing “The Messiah” and supportive relationships as cozying up to Chris Dodd or Barney Frank. The SAMHSA/Suicide Prevention Resource Center, was brought to you with the assistance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), The Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury. All the more reason to tune in to Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levine, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham or to watch Glenn Beck on FOX. When you cannot get any of the above, throw open the windows and hear the birdsong. It’s Spring, President Everywhere notwithstanding.

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Judi McLeod—— -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

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