What a cool modeling project-some old fat wench eating Oreos (punched from Walther's punch set, two larger disks for the cookie, and a slightly smaller one for the yummy creamy filling) and watching the Kerry Concession Speech (I'm thinking a doll house TV with slide projected onto backside of screen from hidden projector behind wall) while human excrement (Millipit or Tamiya putty, which works best?) oozes from her already too full head. Meanwhile, unsupervised, pimply faced Far Side looking lad plucks whiskers from the family cat to use as 1/72 scale AFV antennae. (the mere fact he builds models proves he is maladjusted as well) Meanwhile, put your weapon's damage experience to good use by replicating hurricane damage to roof and windows-as yet unfixed because the Beanie Baby collection isn't doing quite as well as hoped for on Ebay.
First post-therapy Kerry supporter speaks out publicly
Published Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 1:00 am by Sean Salai
A post-therapy John Kerry supporter spoke out about her trauma treatment for the first time this weekend, saying Florida psychologist Douglas Schooler took her from the depths of despair over President Bush's victory to a new lease on life. Forty-four year old Karen of Boca Raton, a divorced mother of one who didn't want her last name in print, called the trauma specialist's intensive election therapy "profoundly effective" and described his hypnosis technique as "a healing process." "I wasn't sleeping," Karen told the Boca Raton News in an interview. "I was very devastated and very astonished that people would re-elect this president. I was moody about the war and economic issues. I felt very unsettled and fearful. I thought, 'Oh no, what will happen for four years?'" Karen, whose medical insurance covers the treatment, said she approached Schooler last week after finding herself unable to function publicly due to President Bush's re-election. "Dr. Schooler absolutely understood the pain this election caused me and he opened my mind to a new point of view," Karen said. "You're relaxed, he talks to you and you just come out of it feeling more positive and renewed. It took one session. He did some relaxation techniques and probably did some things I didn't even realize." A Schooler client for seven years, dating back to her divorce, Karen said the doctor helped her realize it had been unhealthy for her to expect Kerry to win. "If I'd had time, I would have volunteered for Kerry, but I work full-time," Karen said. "I was so invested emotionally, watching the debates, and was very disturbed whenever I heard a Marine has been killed. I thought Bush's actions were war crimes. But I'm sleeping again since the therapy and have felt better ever since. I don't know what will happen now, but I'm going to take it day by day and see what happens." The Boca Raton News reported last week that more than 45 South Florida Kerry supporters sought psychological help after the Democratic candidate conceded to Bush on Nov. 3. That number, including 20 patients treated by Schooler, had risen to more than 50 by the weekend. "One woman I treated the other day said the election triggered other issues in her life," Schooler said. "Stuff she had been working on for a long time became worse. That's pretty common in trauma cases: A small thing like an election triggers longstanding mental problems." In addition to Schooler's one-shot hypnotherapy, more than 30 people have called the non-profit American Health Association at 561-361-9091 to sign up for free support group therapy. Executive Director Rob Gordon said Friday that AHA's first election support group is scheduled for after Thanksgiving. The Boca-based charity, which has more than 500 professional and non-professional volunteers in Palm Beach and Broward counties, is offering the free sessions through the end of the year. "I've been talking to people and coaching them on the phone," Gordon said. "Most are older than 50 and their mental issues stem from the 2000 election." Gordon said no one outside Florida had contacted AHA about treatment for the new form of trauma, which his organization has dubbed Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST). "These unresolved issues from four years ago seem worst in Palm Beach County because this is where the pregnant chad scandal happened," he said. "People here still think Bush was appointed, not elected. But I'm sure psychologists in California and maybe New York are also organizing group therapy sessions." Since the Boca News broke the election therapy story on Monday, Gordon said he had been flooded by calls from Republicans who don't take the trauma seriously. However, he said he received a phone call Friday afternoon from FOX News commentator Bill O'Reilly and expects to defend his diagnosis on The O'Reilly Factor next week. A psychologist at the Boca-based Center for Group Counseling, whose spokeswoman last Monday was referring depressed Kerry voters to the Democratic National Committee, said he thinks AHA and Schooler are unethically using the Kerry supporters' misery for self-promotion. "The word 'trauma' is overused and I haven't seen Kerry voters traumatized according to the existing definition," said William A. Weitz, adult program manager. "Certainly we've had people discussing their responses to the election at regular support group meetings, but the idea you would use hypnosis on them doesn't make sense to me." Boca Mayor Steven L. Abrams, a Republican, said post-election therapy is "more of the same" in a city where people already spend tens of thousands of dollars a pop on plastic surgeons, beauticians and matchmakers. "I do think it's silly," Abrams said. "I also think these front-page conspiracy theories are silly. People are saying the election was fixed in Democratic counties that voted for Bush. But these are, like, the rural Democratic counties that have consistently cast tons of votes for Republican presidential candidates. That's why they call them 'Dixiecrats.' One of the counties is literally Dixie County."