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Chris Calabrese with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Chris Calabrese.

Calabrese said the digital e-mail rules the IRS is following were put in place in the 1980s which still allow them to search e-mails.  He said our e-mails and any digital information should have the same warrants and informing the victim as when home searches are done.

Calabrese said the ACLU is concerned about medical privacy being compromised in the gun legislation and said any expansion over mental health provisions are troubling as unintended consequences could ensue.  He said the Toomey-Manchin amendment is narrowly defined, but that they are keeping a close eye on the legislation.  Ingraham expressed concern about federal databases of mental health histories of citizens.  

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Eric Metaxas with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Eric Metaxas, author of "Seven Men". 

Metaxas spoke about religious persecution of Christians and the religious freedom in our Constitution.  He said the schools neglect teaching ordered liberty which is the bedrock of our society and without it our society is fraught with anarchy. He said it must be baked into the culture.  He advocates a vibrant, faith filled bulture.  Ingraham pointed to God being kicked out of the public square by secularists.  

Tom Tarentino with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Tom Tarentino.

Tarentino said veterans get excellent health care, but that the mental health side is woefully lacking.  He said there is an outstanding backlog in claims, a 70% rate.  This indicates that the VA can't handle the caseloads.  He doesn't see how the claims will be cleaned up in three years as the administration says.  He said the system is paper based and unchanged for decades.  

Tarentino said there are twenty plus VA centers that vary in quality.  The average veteran waits 273 days with newer vets waiting twice as long.  He stated that those disabled get care for life for service related injuries and five years in transition if one isn't injured.  He stated that we went to war as a nation but that the vets aren't getting taken care of post-war.  

Newsweek: Romney A Wimp - Like They Dubbed War Hero George H.W, Bush in 1987

Newsweek, the same magazine that dubbed war hero George H.W. Bush in 1987 a wimp now brings the charges against Mitt Romney.  It didn't work in the 1988 elections.  Left winger Michael Tomasky loads these charges:

Dodging reporters, fearing his base, hiding Newsweek/DailyBeasthis taxes—is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president? In Newsweek, Michael Tomasky surveys a history of presidential manliness and asks just where Mitt would fit amid the studly swagger of Dubya and Reagan.

Melissa Ortiz with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Melissa Ortiz of Able Americans. 

Ortiz is a former Miss Wheelchair New York.  She said the Section 9009 of the Affordable Care Act will be unaffordable to buy and make for persons with disabilities.  Ortiz said there are people on a fixed income and on Medicare, the government tells the patient what they can and cannot get - as a form of rationing.  She said this will make life less accessible for persons with disabilities.  She said the Democrats have sold persons with disabilities a bill fo goods as they have many other groups.  She said she's a pariah to persons with disabilities because she's come out against the ACA.  She said the Republicans need to send out messages that they care about people and aren't into the bottom line.  She said people with disabilities need to make their case.  

Chen Guangcheng Arrives In US

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States and held his first press conference:

 

 

 

Facebook Bans Mother Who Posted Photos Of Child With Disabilities

Facebook has banned photos of Grayson James Walker, a child born with n which anencephaly, a condition in which a baby is born without parts of his brain.  

His mother Heather walker arranged for a photographer to take pictures of her child to be taken as had been done with her other children.  Grayson died as expected that day of his condition.  

Facebook consequently deleted the photos and when his mother reposted them, they banned her.  

 

Heather Walker recently posted pictures of Grayson without his hat on.

"Not long after, Facebook deleted them because of the content" she said.  "They allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I'm not allowed to share a picture of God's beautiful creation."

Walker and her Facebook friends decided to re-post baby Grayon's photos in protest, and the mother is now on a 24-hour ban from the social networking website.

 

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Addiction Nation: Shrinks Expand Mental Health Categories

Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are expanding the symptom and diagnostic categories for addiction, which will expand by millions the number of people who could potentially qualify for medical interventions.  

This couldn't come at a worse time for private and government health insurance entities who are trying to rein in costs.  It seems some of these categories fall more readily into the personal responsibiity realm rather than a mental health problem. 

 

The revision to the manual, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M., would expand the list of recognized symptoms for drug and alcohol addiction, while also reducing the number of symptoms required for a diagnosis, according to proposed changes posted on the Web site of the American Psychiatric Association, which produces the book.

In addition, the manual for the first time would include gambling as an addiction, and it might introduce a catchall category — “behavioral addiction — not otherwise specified” — that some public health experts warn would be too readily used by doctors, despite a dearth of research, to diagnose addictions to shopping, sex, using the Internet or playing video games.

Mother's Day Heroine: Lacey Buchanan's Love Song To Her Son

Lacey Buchanan and her husband were confronted with their son Christian who was born with a severe Tessier's cleft palate that took away his eyes.  Yet Lacey, now a law student celebrates her son's life.  

'He is the love of my life': Mother's inspiring YouTube video about son born with severe cleft palate that left him with no eyes

 

People ask her why she didn't choose to abort her boy. They stare at both of them. They talk behind their back. But none of that matters because this mother knows that her boy is beautiful just the way he is.

 

 

Dave Kumlien and Victor Quinones with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Dave Kumlien and Victor Quinones of Warriors and Quiet Waters.  

Kumlien said he's been involved with Project Healing as well as this organization.  Quinones said the experience was wonderful for him and his family as he was broken until he got out to Montana and that the people who run the events are akin to angels.  

Kumlien said there are lots of compelling letters from vets who have suffered from amputations and other injuries.  They express gratitude for the experience.  

Bill Gertz with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Bill Gertz at the Washington Times.

Gertz said the Chen Guangchang case is a pivotal case to the US's commitment to human rights.  It comes at a time of a major power sturggle among the Chinese high command.  In addition, Secretary of State Clinton is going over to the region for discussions on economic issues and this is now in the mix.  China regards Chen as a criminal.  He said there are other troubling signs in this emerging super power.  Ingraham said there are changes in the law so that critics of the government can now be held in black sites for six months which would include any one who is opposed to any aspect of the rule by the Communist Party in China.  

Gertz said it is a fiction that China is helping us out with North Korea and Iran and that China is helping those countries out with nuclear weaponry.  

Gertz said he's not optimistic about China allowing Chen out of China and if not he will go to prison for a long time.  Ingraham pointed out that when our economy goes down, we are in the thrall of China and we can't influence them.  

Tucker Carlson with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Tucker Carlson of the Daily Caller. 

Carlson said the mainstream media has driven the hype and hysteria over the Trayvon Martin story with doctoring George Zimmerman's tape and bringing on Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.  Ingraham pointed out numerous acts of violence that happen all the time among all races and that there hae been more killings of cops despite a decline in crime.  Carlson said that there has been no improvement in race relations according to too many reporters.  He noted that a multiracial society is difficult to hold together and we should all tread carefully. 

Ingraham cited a survey by Doug Schoen that says we are more racially divided than ever.  Carlson pointed to President Obama catering to various ethnic, gender and racial groups rather than speaking to America in a unified manner.  

Blind Man "Drives" Google's New Self-Driving Car

From Google:

We announced our self-driving car project in 2010 to make driving safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient. Having safely completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, we wanted to share one of our favorite moments. Here's Steve, who joined us for a special drive on a carefully programmed route to experience being behind the wheel in a whole new way. We organized this test as a technical experiment, but we think it's also a promising look at what autonomous technology may one day deliver if rigorous technology and safety standards can be met.

Steve Mahan who is almost totally blind "drives" Google's new self-driving car.

 

 

"Face The Nation": Santorum on Obama's Values, Education and Prenatal Issues

GOP presidential candidate appeared on "Face The Nation" with Bob Schieffer and sought to clarify his statements made at several stops in Ohio, specifically on Obama's values, education and prenatal care and testing.

 

 

Santorum Helps Michigan Family's Daughter With Trisomy 18

Rick Santorum is surging in Michigan and this heart warming story about Faith Smith, a child who suffers Trisomy 18, from the same disease his daughter Bella does, is worth its weight in gold.  Santorum offered critical advice and support and the child has continued to defy the odds.