What Liberals Still Don't Get Nov 4, 2009
This policy is the result of deadly naivete on the part of Mr. Obama, a dangerous void of experience, and his delusion that other world leaders will swoon under the effects of his personal charisma ... The writer is just as deluded as the people he accuses of being delusional. (CBS News)
Nancy Pelosi Nov 4, 2009
On Sunday in a New York Times editorial titled "," former Portfolio editor in chief Joanne Lipman -- whose , almost to the day -- argued that women have been toiling under the collective delusion of progress. We have fooled ourselves by defining our gains "too narrowly." We have focused on the "numbers at the expense of attitudes." Lately, there has been a lot of noise about , with its cheerful pronouncement that, in 40 percent of families, women are the primary breadwinners; about the "" that... (Salon)
Senate health-care bill would cover prayer-based treatments Nov 4, 2009
Seems that hooker-john is a staple of the GOP or as I fondly call them Repuboputzokins who are in an increasingly shrinking tent led by Palin, Faux, and Beck where you get 90% of the crap you paste like the 111 new bureaucracy delusion. AmVet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Bank bailouts Oct 31, 2009
The belief that appropriate regulation can ensure that speculative activities do not result in failures is a delusion. It's good stuff. (Salon)
Evangelists Target Unreligious New England Oct 29, 2009
Church Planters Attempt to Persuade Northeast's Non-Believers. From left, Peter Tooley, of Worcester, Ohio, and Billy Rogerson of Duxbury, Mass. (CBS News -- US)
Psych Patient Stabs Doctor, is Shot Dead Oct 28, 2009
Your diagnosis is just in: Acute paranoia, with bouts of delusion ... Those unrelentingly cruel ones, objects of compassion, Maddened by delusion's evils, wantonly destroy themselves and others; May they achieve the eye of wisdom, knowing what must be done and undone, And abide in the glory of friendship and love ... Maddened by delusion's evils, may they achieve the eye of a sharpshooter, knowing what must be done and gun down, those unrelentingly cruel ones. (CBS News -- US)
In subway ads, atheist group reaches out to Hub’s faithless Oct 28, 2009
They have been emboldened, he said, by a raft of best-selling books, including Sam Harris s The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens s God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, and Richard Dawkins s The God Delusion. They also point to polls suggesting that the numbers of nonbelievers are increasing. (Boston Globe)
Atheists are good humans, too Oct 27, 2009
He takes to task prominent atheists Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) and Christopher Hitchens (God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything) over the positions they espouse in their best-selling books. Abramovich's main point seems to be that the new atheists are hypocritical in criticising the evils of religion while at the same time ignoring the evils of secularism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Is Russia's Ugly Duckling the New Cultural Capital? Oct 27, 2009
The voices are not a delusion. There is a mental hospital not far from the former gulag. (ABC News)
Reconciling God and Science Oct 26, 2009
Then there are academic atheists who claim increasingly aggressively that science is in the process of proving religion a delusion. But few of the polemicists have the authority to preach beyond their own choirs. (Time.com)
In praise of scepticism Oct 24, 2009
The golf-ball crisp might look like a crisp, and in a moment of delusion it might taste like a crisp, and you might even swallow the whole thing, rather proud of the strength it took to chew. But if there is a weird aftertaste, it might be time to ask yourself if you have not put too much value on your own opinion. (BBC News -- UK)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" -- a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. (Salon)
Viewpoints: Hard-hit publications gamble that selling vice will save them Oct 22, 2009
"And her white belly is a shrine for swindle and delusion.". Hecht then plotted with his colleague Charles MacArthur they would later write "The Front Page" to revive a hanged criminal with a shot of adrenaline and then charge newspaper editors around the country $50 each for the "exclusive" on the "Walking Corpse.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
AGING & CARING: Parkinsons Disease A guide to mind and mood Oct 22, 2009
About 5 to 10 percent of people with Parkinson s disease get caught up in delusions (false or illogical beliefs) and paranoia such as becoming convinced that others are spying on them. The most common delusion, says Friedman, is that the patient s spouse is having an extramarital affair ... To treat hallucinations and delusions, doctors switch or try to reduce the Parkinson s medicine but the catch-22 is that the pills are crucial for controlling the patient s motor problems. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Stuck in a glut, with dopey cavemen calling the shots Oct 21, 2009
Whereas economists happily assume we're rational in all we do, marketers are under no such delusion. They get under our guard by directing their advertising to our subconscious, instinctive, emotional selves, using pretty women to sell cars or happy families to sell margarine. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
When Persecutory Delusions merges with Delusions of Grandeur... Oct 21, 2009
When Persecutory Delusions merges with Delusions of Grandeur ... Paranoia, persecutory delusions, delusions of grandeur, grandiosity, auditory hallucination, etc are some of the common symptoms of schizophrenia ... Schizophrenic patients with extreme form of persecutory delusions tend to think that, individuals, organisations, institutions, authorities etc are continuously plotting against them. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
LETTER: Looking out for othersis part of reform effort Oct 19, 2009
Harry Potter wrote on Oct 18, 2009 9:38 PM:" As I stated before, you're getting rather boring with your delusion beliefs, Vannata. Everything you say contradicts modern science and you know it. Just the fact that you're loony enough to think the earth is only 6000 years old is enough to prove that. Do you seriously think you can peddle that inane nonsense and expect to have any credibility on any issue? You are beyond belief. After reading all of your attacks on Obama I have to believe that your... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Report: Blagojevich hired well-connected applicants Oct 17, 2009
"So this is simply another delusion from the impeached, indicted and soon-to-be-incarcerated former governor.". Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, then an Illinois congressman, is listed as having gotten four of seven suggested applicants jobs. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Yahoo! Falcons to Super Bowl; Richt hammered again Oct 17, 2009
Of course, given the delusion of those in the Alabama football universe, he would miss that ... Delusional folks just didn t see it ... In closing, I see some posters that say Mark Richt is a GREAT COACH. These people are totally delusional, poor souls, and need to see a doctor in the emergency room right away. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Wife Vs. Mistress: Why Are You With That Married Man, Young Lady? Oct 17, 2009
Delusion at its finest, I thought to myself ... Clearly, this is a very delusional and gullible young woman ... And Gina still clung to her delusion that the married man she was with loved her more than he loved his wife. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Blinded by Optimism—from 9/11 to Subprime Oct 16, 2009
Barbara Ehrenreich says American positivity is a "mass delusion" partly to blame for the nation's recent ills ... In 2000, Barbara Ehrenreich was "optimistic to the point of delusion" when it came to First World health care ... It was during this emotional nadir that she slammed into the positivity police, the crowd of upbeat delusionals she accuses of rebranding cancer from a health crisis into an "opportunity of a lifetime," a "passport to the life you were truly meant to live," and "a... (BusinessWeek)
The diagnosis? Hypochondria Oct 15, 2009
Why should some of us so misread the messages we receive from our bodies, or inflate in our minds the real health risks we face, that we become debilitated by fear and delusion ... For Robert Burton, whose Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) is a colourful compendium of mental and physical ailments, the symptoms of ''windy hypochondriacal melancholy'' included stomach pain, flatulence, cold sweats, tinnitus and vertigo; accompanied by fear, sorrow and delusions. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Superficial politics of distraction not limited to the U-S of A Oct 14, 2009
He says Pakistan is now imprisoned by its own delusional pretensions of being a nuclear Islamic power; always trapped and forcibly obliged to flex its withering muscles against big bad superpowers, while behaving like utter cowards and false supermen when it comes to the question of terrorism ... It is as if the few who are ready to speak out the truth in this respect loiter among a milieu of mass delusion and denial, and a society that has collapsed from being a neurotic mess to becoming... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Eyman's latest initiative creates clear battle lines Oct 13, 2009
unnown01 wrote on Oct 12, 2009 12:18 PM:" Louie you have a serious delusion issue. If you think that everything was so wonderful in the fifties. I could buy you a one way ticket to a third world county. Loganrun we will vote that down also. We as citizens have to come together as our forefathers once did. To tell a government we have had enough of there wasteful spending. There over taxing. That government needs to be held more accountable. ". Common Sense 24 wrote on Oct 12, 2009 1:11 PM:" This... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Good idea then, why not now? (2) Oct 11, 2009
cedarchopper wrote on Oct 10, 2009 1:42 PM:" Nothing will satisfy all of you warfare/welfare junkies. You believe lies, and you want total domination from the givers of promises of safety for your freedom. You're going to regret your foolish cheerleading for the Total Control Matrix.Anyway, all of your cheerleading makes no difference...this piece of the Total Control Matrix is going to be forced on us no matter what anyone has to say about it. This delusion that The People have a say in the Big... (Boerne Star, TX)
Edwards guilty in woman's slaying Oct 10, 2009
Even if he were suffering from a delusion at the time of the alleged attack, prosecutors argued that he was still guilty because he was not acting in self-defense against a perceived attack by Muscovitz. Prosecution witnesses included police officers, the medical examiner and the hostage, Jerry Dunn Jr. Jurors also heard audio and saw video of police negotiations during a standoff in which SWAT members took Edwards into police custody. (Florida Today)
Lodi man sentenced for torturing child (2384) Oct 8, 2009
"Another delusional statement. And because you couldn't even tell that this defenseless baby wasn't even battered and bruised, that everything is ok? Your son should get a free pass? You can hide your head in the sand all you want to, but just remember this, the buzzards will be pecking at your butt. "Beebe's aunt Michelle Williams, said there are often cases in the media of parents, especially mothers, who feel overwhelmed by parenting, and they spank or hit their children too hard ... "Dear... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Jury sees Edwards video Oct 7, 2009
Even if were suffering from a delusion at the time of the alleged attack, prosecutors say he is still guilty because he was not acting in self-defense against a perceived attack by Muscovitz. Contact Summers at 242-3642 or. (Florida Today)
‘Cap and trade’ holds promise Oct 7, 2009
You might be laboring under the delusion that we already have cheap energy ... You might be laboring under the delusion that we have to choose between jobs and the environment. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Boris Johnson on Blair as Europe president Oct 6, 2009
If Europe does get a president, it definitely won't be Tony Blair - Telegraph. Tuesday 06 October 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Health Care Progress Report: October 5 Oct 6, 2009
As Obama's Deadlines for Health Care Reform Near, CBSNews. com Tracks the Status of Reform on Capitol Hill. (CBS News)
Living Outside the System Sep 26, 2009
It is clear that the fringe Republican types who daily spew their intolerance and venom and misinformation, and paranoia, and delusion are simply not even noticing this story or offering any comment. This sums up the fringe in a clear and obvious way. (CBS News)
Judge: Man Not Sane In Slaying Of Mother Sep 22, 2009
During an interview with a Salinas police officer following the homicide, Vierra claimed self-defense because of a schizophrenia-induced delusion that his mother would kill him if he didn't kill her first. Copyright 2009 by. (KSBW 8, CA)
Now Democrats can negotiate health care reform Sep 19, 2009
You must be delusional 14000 people a day get dropped from insurance companies and 430 in Georgia, and most of them because they get sick ... You veer into the area of untreated Borderline Personality or psychotic delusion when you do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Can bankers be punished like ACORN? Sep 18, 2009
With the increased frequency, I m simply reassured of her sheer delusion. FRED. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Birthers, Earthers and Founders Sep 16, 2009
I'm done doing so for tonight, but will face down this delusion wherever it appears. (). (Townhall.com)
Kunstler on the end of the recession Sep 16, 2009
Instead, what we see is a rush into delusion, seasoned with grievance and gall ... The mass delusional disorder that plagues the US citizenry is operating full bore ... When a psychotic person is confronted with information that directly and definitively squashes their delusion, then they often react with a "psychotic break," becoming disorganized and sometimes violent. (Harper's Magazine)
Rose sent home to miscarry on her own Sep 14, 2009
Cancer: Your emotional forces are strong, energy is relatively high but you could easily fool yourself into thinking that things are far better than they are and get lost in a haze of delusion. For obvious reasons this is probably not a good idea - or things will certainly start going wrong. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Census: Ranks of Poor, Uninsured Grows Sep 11, 2009
curiously enough, the fringe thinks that anything that does not fit in with their delusion is somehow false information ... They believe their delusion is real and any other information is unreal ... I.E., the word delusional. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Dr. Haddon seeks less jail time for shootout Sep 11, 2009
"You're still under the delusion that what you did that morning was OK," he said. "That's what frightens me, that's what terrifies me.". (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Government should never get your trust Sep 10, 2009
yes, it may be a delusion, but delusions are proof of a grass-roots movement to completely annul the socialist revolution of november, 2008. " Phil wrote on Sep 9, 2009 7:30 AM:" Those wack-o birthers - what will they say next. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
The Mainstream Media's Temper Tantrum Sep 9, 2009
This is an especially hard pill for them to swallow considering that during the past year, they've been stewing in the intoxicating delusion that they were again supreme, as they appeared to be getting away with their conspiratorial enthroning of King Barack Obama. And they're not handling rejection well. (Townhall.com)
Backlash Growing Over Obama School Speech Sep 5, 2009
" Well, then it MUST be true! Say, it has been reported that the earth is flat, that it is sandwiched in between two vast oceans of water, that it is only 6000 years old, was created in six days (twice!), and that human beings and dinosaurs used to inhabit the same space at the same time! I read it, so it MUST be true! by skyk-2009 September 4, 2009 11:37 AM EDT credibility2, the story of how this man pulled himself out of poverty and managed to not just grow up but become as successful as he... (CBS News)
Pence calls for Van Jones's resignation Sep 5, 2009
punctuation errors and self-rightuous indignation slathered in delusion Your side lost the election - get over it and stop whining. BY Pterosonus on 09/04/2009 at 16:39Van Jones is right if he actually said what the media is claiming he said. (TheHill.com)
Remember the socialist origins of Labor Day! Sep 5, 2009
No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society. Charles E. Wilson. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Seizure Makes Woman Mistake Herself for a Man Sep 4, 2009
vu several times a week, she reported occasionally also perceiving the following delusion ... Even stranger, this delusion was not limited to only herself ... Prior to these delusions, the woman was completely healthy with no history of any other mental disorders, other than symptoms of depression in her later adulthood. (Fox News)
Cheney: CIA Abuse Probe a Political Act Aug 31, 2009
Boy it must be nice to live in your delusion, but sorry the real world recognizes your delusion for what it is. by eyeballer7 August 31, 2009 12:45 AM EDT. (CBS News)
When in doubt, follow the money (37) Aug 31, 2009
To even entertain that more government intervention or legislation promising more is even possible is pure delusion. This "reform" is crafted to achieve the kind of total control needed to force a population to live up to the government/corporate fascist model demands. (Boerne Star, TX)
Molecule pictured for first time... Aug 30, 2009
It is a delusion to try link the Bible or God to their work. They did not use either. (The Drudge Report)
Will Kennedy Charisma Fade? Aug 27, 2009
"Kennedy Charisma" has always been a Liberal Media-induced mass delusion - exactly the same as Obama was annointed with ... The last one lost in a land slide (that was the "Liberal-induced mass delusion", that Mr. Obama was "annointed" with, friend, - is called an ELECTION), the most recent poster girl belongs on Jerry Springer. (CBS News)
Bipartisan Support Only With Co-Op Aug 24, 2009
The idea that we're dealing with rational players has been proven a delusion with Republicans. From now on, count on them to obstruct any substantive policy initiatives by Obama. (CBS News)
Another View: American the delusional Aug 23, 2009
Some of these characters pirouette off that delusion into charges that Obama secretly is a Muslim, that his educational record is fabricated (tell that one to his classmates) or that he covertly belongs to an underground Marxist party that lurks somewhere in south Chicago and has long been planning a socialist coup ... Alihandero wrote on Aug 20, 2009 2:28 PM:" Bill Maher Attacks Palin and calls Americans STUPID;Left wing liberal Ruttin says "American [sic] the delusional"The socialists continue... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Click to read:Health Care Reform Puts Seniors on Edge Aug 22, 2009
"http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/caregiving/articles/health_care_reform_could_provide_more_doctors_for_older_americans.htmlHealth Care Reform Could Provide More Doctors for Older Americans by bmallen3 August 21, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reality is that adding 47 million more people, and reducing MEDICARE expenditures by over $100B can mean only one thing- rationing. AARP is just plain lying about the reality of the situation. The government is already making these decisions by dictating to MEDICARE... (CBS News)
Intellectual Elite Aug 22, 2009
Mensan wrote on Aug 21, 2009 9:45 AM:" Hertz:It's only delusion if it's not true.To Tom:Just a couple of comments before yours was the punchline. Kudos for catching that.2 Cents:I never expected sympathy. I expected derision from all but the elite. From them I expected admonition.neworleanscajun:As I stated before, there are hundreds of people in New Iberia with genius level IQ. Some of us lean right and some of us lean left, but we all get labeled "liberal" on this forum. It's no surprise we... (New Iberia, LA)
Public Option's Winding Road to Spotlight Aug 22, 2009
The Republican delusion that market solutions work at all in health care has brought us to this crisis. by Marc1986 August 21, 2009 10:52 AM EDT. (CBS News)
Health care reform needed Aug 21, 2009
The killing off grandma nuts are thriving with delusion. " watcher wrote on Aug 19, 2009 9:38 PM:" I'll say it again: a government-controlled healthcare plan isn't an "improvement" to anything. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Obama, Congressional Dems Near Clash Aug 21, 2009
Obama labors under the delusion that Republicans see the health care problem as he and majority of Americans do, that it's a sick system ... Mr. President, there is no greater delusion than this: bipartisanship is dead in this country, as long as Republicans live and breathe ... Not to mention how delusional you are if you think voters are going to let you neocons back into office so soon after what happened 2001-2008. (CBS News)
'Possessed' Teen Stabs 3 Younger Siblings... Aug 21, 2009
"comments":[{"body":"Who knows what it was; kid probably needs some spiritual work, of course this article is vague in it's presentation, but I wanna know what he was saying. Would give some good insight.","createdAt":"21 Aug 2009 02:53:00... (The Drudge Report)
Dogged Jimmy cuts an inspirational figure Aug 19, 2009
Before long he was wandering out the front of the dressingrooms in a state of delusion. An ambulance soon transferred him to Maroondah Hospital and later St Vincent's, where he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
• Life sentences in Idaho road-trip murders case Aug 19, 2009
The testimony from medical experts and Delling's mother described him as a child who lived under the tyranny of mental illness, his adolescence and adulthood punctuated by violence and bizarre delusions ... Ultimately, Delling became entrenched in an elaborate delusion that a group of children had begun stealing his energy _ and that the energy theft would kill him if he allowed it to continue ... He was arrested for battery and stalking, but the family never suspected he'd focus his delusions... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Stop Punking Out, Obama! Aug 19, 2009
To suggest that this Health Care Debacle could be Obama's biggest challenge is simply typical American delusion ... i was hoping to find refugee here amongst fellow thinkers, but every time I log on, I am smacked in the face by delusional thinkers who articulate wonderfully in the confines of an America losing her place. (Slate)
They Have Learned Nothing and Forgotten Nothing Aug 18, 2009
As if this weren t enough exposure for the neocons delusions about the present appetite of the American people for new foreign wars, the author of Bush s promise to end tyranny in our world insists on once again breaking out into The Internationale ... With no less delusion Wehner and Gerson insist that No Child Left Behind was a smashing success and that we must therefore charge full speed ahead in crushing the teachers unions, and most incredulously of all that the GOP can yet win over... (The American Conservative)
Mistaken Mandate Aug 18, 2009
That delusion has led to dramatic overreach as he failed to account for the broad swath of the country not under his spell. The broad middle isn t ready to be governed from the dark blue edges. (The American Conservative)
Grassley pledges to vote against a government-run plan Aug 14, 2009
That's delusion, slick. "As far as presenting information, the government should simply advise which optiosn are available, and describe what these options entail, so that the patient and their family and/or friends can make an educated decision." So that isn't happening today, hence the need for the might but benevolent government to take over. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
LETTER: Elected officials keeping their insurance plan Aug 14, 2009
" The Question wrote on Aug 13, 2009 3:32 PM:" The "town meetings" are full of ranting old people, whose lives depend on the government-run socialist programs of Medicare and Social Security, who bellow incoherent nonsense against "socialism" and seem to be laboring under the delusion that they are all millionaire entrepreneurs. THESE are the benighted buffoons who are killing what may be our last chance to fix the health care system before its complete collapse. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
