Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Re: [Peckers_Pics] Twink Wars, PICS; Mar 9, 2011-Safe PICS For All Ages



Good luck with the move Jake.
Hope you have lots of help.
Sincerely,
Butch


From: Jake <jakewest_tn@yahoo.com>
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Twink Wars, PICS; Mar 9, 2011 
Safe PICS For All Ages / We Support Keith Olbermann

Moderator Note: I am in the middle of moving to out of state.  From now through the next 10 days, I may not be posting as much.  During a period from Sunday, Mar 13 through Thurday, Mar 17, 2011, I will not be posting at all.  Posting may be slow prior and after those dates as I am packing and need to unpack (once i arrive at my new home). Please keep posts down to a minimun.  Thank you ....Jake

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Commentary: CBS acted as a responsible company for firing Charlie Sheen over drug alcohol addiction, etc...   However, another network (MSNBC, Owned by NBC) who got rid of Keith Olberman -(for stating the truth about NBC advertisers, shows, newscasters and stars who are in the wrong.  NBC  prefers to profit from Donald Trump - who has the desire to run for president, while "The Apprentice" is now playing.  Trump is simply awaiting the Apprentice to end to announce his run - unless we can stop him now!!!!  As NBC's star - Donald Trump may run for president, and unlike NBC,  FOX News fired people they thought would soon anounce their campaign for the presidency.  For this reason we are boycotting NBC, as well as Donald Trump and his business's, advertisers due to Trump's bias towards the LGBT community. Trump stated, there should be no form of recognition of gay couples in any form.

Trump recently claimed he is a staunch conservative.   Yes, he wants to run for president.  Further, Donald Trump lacks family values if you investigate his previous marriages. Rosie O'Donnel was correct in what she once stated about Trump lacking such family values.  But, O'Donnel suffered at the hands of ABC, whereas,  she worked on The View.  Meanwhile NBC never silenced Donald Trump (The Apprentice) who made crude remarks about the "lesbian" (Rose O"Donnel).   Further, ABC's - Barbara Walters failed to defend Rosie O'Donnel!  That was irresponsiblity  of ABC.  Further, the gay community did nothing about it.  Now it is time for us to rise and make networks responsible to the LGBT community and issues such as  drug addiction, smoking, alcoholism, bias, etc..   ....Jake

Now, read this on Charlie Sheen:

Celebrities: Can They Get Off Drugs or Alcohol?

By Gina Roberts-Grey, March 04, 2011

What's behind Charlie Sheen's rants or Lindsay Lohan's repeated run-ins with the law? And why can't they just stop? A top addiction expert has some answers:
 
Wondering how Charlie Sheen's tragic story will play out?

To understand what might be driving his actions, you have to think of his alcohol and substance abuse problems like a chronic health condition, says Harold C. Urschel III, M.D..

"Addiction is like asthma," says Urschel, an addiction specialist and psychiatrist in Dallas.

"You're never completely rid of it."

But with proper treatment and supervision, drug and alcohol abusers can effectively control and manage their disease, he says.

"Unfortunately, it appears Charlie Sheen is not receiving proper treatment."

In this exclusive Lifescript interview, Urschel explains the science behind substance abuse and how celebrities like Sheen, Lohan and others can get their lives back on track.

Why do some people find it tough to get off – and stay off – drugs or alcohol?

Drug addiction is a brain disease. Abusing drugs or alcohol changes the brain's structure and function.

The brain releases the chemical dopamine, which makes you feel good when you get high or drunk. And even though you feel good in the moment, repeated releases of "reward" or "feel-good" brain chemicals can cause minor damage to some areas of your brain.

In a person who's not an addict, that area heals itself very quickly.

What's the most crucial element to successfully overcoming addiction?

Not thinking addiction can be "cured" in 30 or 60 days of rehab. Healing takes a long time.

Once the brain is injured from alcohol or drug use, it takes 4-12 months to heal - if the person stays completely clean and sober. An addict's brain needs to reboot itself.

Many celebrities drop a large sum of money for a month and expect everything to be all better. A 30- to 60-day rehab program gets them off drugs or alcohol, so they're clean and sober.

The trouble is it doesn't keep them off drugs because of the extent that they've pickled their brains. They're not able to absorb any of the life-saving information to stay clean.

Is that why so many addicts relapse?
Yes. Even though they may not be using drugs or alcohol when they leave rehab, they're not able to make good decisions. That part of their brain hasn't healed.

They return to the life that led them to drugs or drinking. And once there, the inability to make good decisions usually leads to a relapse.

You wouldn't lock a diabetic in a bakery days after getting their blood sugar levels under control. But that's what's happening with addicts.

What are the alternatives to the typical 30- or 60-day rehab programs?

Using the most recent scientific information to treat addicts, the National Institutes of Health spent nearly three decades studying and then outlining the most effective treatment methods for addiction.

Yet, ironically, many treatment programs continue to use 70-year-old techniques, instead of the newest options that are proven to be more effective.

What are some of the new addiction treatments available?
A monthly shot of the prescription drug naltrexone can effectively treat alcoholism.

The shot decreases cravings by 90% by rewiring the part of the brain that desires alcohol. This prevents an addict from making bad decisions.

The shot also works for addiction to heroin or prescription narcotics.

There are other medicines showing promise to rewire an addict's brain and help them stay clean and sober.

Is addiction different in women than men?
There are no clear-cut, sweeping gender differences. Like any chronic disease, addiction is different in each person.

So the struggles that a woman might have staying sober may be different than what a man experiences.

Are men or women more prone to addiction?
No gender has an increased chance of developing addiction.

Does a family history of addiction increase a person's risk?
Yes. And that risk does appear to follow gender.

If many of the women in your family are addicts, then you and other women relatives have an increased susceptibility and should be vigilant about consuming very little - or no - alcohol.

It's no different than if you have a family history of breast cancer.

In that instance, you would be vigilant about screenings and lowering your odds of developing the disease.

Is going "cold turkey" effective or recommended as an addiction treatment?

That is incredibly dangerous - and not recommended.

The detoxification or "drying-out" period, in which a person stops using drugs or alcohol, should be done under medical supervision because there can be severe complications.

What are they?
There are physical ones like nausea and vomiting (which if unsupervised can lead to dehydration), tremors, sweating, cramping and difficulty sleeping.

A person might also hallucinate and have suicidal thoughts. This can obviously cause injury to the addict or someone else because the addict can't draw the line between reality and the hallucinations.

Does home rehab work?
It does - if it's incorporated at the right time in a treatment program.

For home therapy to be successful, you need a strong support system and to remove all the negative influences that existed during the addiction period.

The addict's brain also needs to be completely detoxed before home therapy.

Sheen has repeatedly condemned Alcoholics Anonymous. Can such 12-step programs help addicts to recover?
Yes, if you pair them with the science-based approach.

The 12-step programs are great. But addicts need a combination of in- and out-patient therapy, medication if suggested by a doctor and a 12-step program if they want to incorporate that too.

The programs help only about 30% of addicts long-term.

If you add other therapies and medicines to the 12 steps, the success rate jumps to 80%-90%.

Should parents of adult addicts ever step in to help their adult kids?
Absolutely! Helping an addict get treatment is not enabling.

Parents like Martin Sheen and Dina Lohan need to realize their child's brain might have been injured.

They need to advocate for their child.
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Creep of the Week - Donald Trump
08 March 2011 / by D'Anne Witkowski / SFGN

Aww, so sweet. Donald Trump thinks gay people are great.

Mind you, not so great that they should be allowed to marry.

And if there's anyone we should take advice about marriage from, it's Donald Trump. I mean, he's had a lot of practice. First there was Ivana Trump, then he cheated on her with Marla Maples who became his second wife, and then he dumped Maples for his current wife, Melania Knauss.

So, let's see. That's two divorces, three marriages. The man obviously knows what he's doing. After all, each new wife is younger and hotter than the wife she's replacing. Hey, Trump's just keepin' it sacred.

During a Feb. 14 interview on Fox News with Greta Van Susteren, Trump flexed his conservative muscles and showed off the world's most expensive comb-over mullet.

"'I'm probably as conservative as anybody on your show, and that's going a pretty strong step. I'm Republican, a very conservative Republican. I believe strongly in just about all conservative principles," he gushed.

"Gay marriage?" Van Susteren asked.

"I'm not in favor of gay marriage," Trump replied.

Then Van Susteren asked if he had any doubt about that position. "No," he said. I'm just not in favor of gay marriage. I live in New York. New York is a "place with lots of gays, and I think it is great. But I'm not in favor of gay marriage.''

This isn't a huge surprise. According to Politico, Trump entered into the gay marriage fray in 2009, when he defended Carrie Prejean's stated opposition to gay marriage. Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, defended Prejean for speaking out, comparing her views on gay marriage to President Barack Obama's.

Mind you, he doesn't tell Van Susteren why he's against gay marriage. But really, he doesn't have to. No doubt his position has a lot to do with his talk that he might run for president in 2012. And even a super rich tycoon who lives in faggy New York City feels obliged to appeal to the wing-nuts in the GOP these days.

Trump was a big hit at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference, long a bastion of anti-gay fervor. Mind you, this year GOProud, a group of gay Republicans, was involved in the CPAC mix, which made a lot of the anti-gay groups cry and go home. Still, CPAC is hardly a gay pride parade.

"Well, they're really my people," he said of the CPAC folks. And this certainly includes GOProud, who not only invited him to CPAC, but who also pushed for Trump as a write-in candidate for CPAC's presidential straw poll. It didn't work, but Trump is hardly discouraged.

He said he's "incredibly tempted" to run and that he'll decide by June.

Why does he want to run? "I love this country. I hate what's happening to this country. It's just different. It's not like when I was growing up," he told Van Susteren. "During these times we were really a respected country."

Hmm. Let's see. If we take "when I was growing up" to mean birth to age 18, then America was a respected country from 1946 to 1964. He's right. Times were different then.

During that time 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered for whistling at a white woman, Rosa Parks got thrown in jail because she wouldn't give up her bus seat to some white asshole, the National Guard had to be sent in so that nine black kids could go to school in Little Rock, Ark. And racists in Birmingham, Ala., had their hands full throwing Martin Luther King, Jr. in jail, blowing up little black girls in church, and turning fire hoses on civil rights protesters.

People who wax nostalgic about that era always seem to forget about that kind of stuff. Something tells me only rich, white, heterosexual men would actually like to go back.
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....Jake
 
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