Salon conversations continue to rank high in my life as some of the most engaging and thought provoking of all. While working with my client's natural beauty I also do little side-shows, mostly political in nature. They get involved as well. We do it all through the mirror. Some how its easier if we are both looking in the mirror, as though we are both protected by some glassy existence, a condom of sorts.
We spoke of medical care and the farce that it is manditory, like insurance, yet you can't get what you paid for and even if you could it would damn near cost you your life.
We spoke of how from Bush Sr to Clinton, from Clinton to Bush Jr., it has been more like a relay where the baton is passed on to the next participant.
Then we spoke about rising against the corporations who have become larger than life and have garnished, purchased even, constitutional rights that we are having stripped away from us little by little in the name of legislation and regulation. OUR RIGHTS ARE NOT FOR SALE, DAMN YOU!
We spoke of the pharmeceutical industry most specifically because we are so damn tired of thinking about the Defense Industry. We realize that vitamins and herbs will be regulated if we don't rise against this, yet prozac will be handed out like peanuts at a circus. They don't need to prevent poor health; they won't even know they are sick until we have the title to their wealth, and by then, with Prozac, they won't even care. It used to be that if we suffered depression, we worked through it by first identifying the source, then doing whatever neccessary to fix it for the individual. Everyone did not get one pill for all woes in those days. We used to crack jokes about therapy and psychiatry but now when you think about it; the only time you really hear of professionals like hard core psychotherapists getting involved is in court. They are our modern day "grim reaper". They can make it for us or break it for us when brought forth in a court of law. This is a case where an industry has more say than the customers. The customers aren't always right nor do they have rights--toss another pill their way and just let them believe they do.
I DARE ANYONE WHO READS THIS TO GET MAD ENOUGH TO RAISE AMERICA'S CONSCIOUS LEVEL. I CHALLENGE YOU TO A PEACEFUL DISSENT BUILT ON FACT AND TRUTH. LETS PUT ON OUR BEST "IN YOUR FACE" REALITY ARMOR AND FIRE AWAY!
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I'm betting the major causes of depression in this country ARE the GOVERNMENT & BIG BUSINESS
I have long thought the real chairs of decision makers should be those of a salon. Let's send male dominated boardrooms and men's clubs to the places where we store our history and shelve our mistakes and have the decisons that shape our future made while under the dryer. I'm being serious! I admire the thoughfulness of these posts. I admire the human interaction that generates them. While I often don't agree with them, the points made are well passioned. As for the drug companies, do I really need the purple pill? And, I know I risk being bleeped for saying this, but I heard it on the television, Is a 4 hour erection really something to go to seek immediate medical attention for? Sorry, but when they list the side effect of some of the drugs we take, how can we help but laugh?
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