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A bunch of folks wolfed down Thanksgiving dinner and then raced to stand in the freezing cold outside local retailers across the country in order to push and shove their way inside, in many cases trampling others, to spend money a lot of them can’t afford to buy things they don't need for themselves and their families, presumably in celebration of the birth of Christ. This is The Idiot’s Mindset that has set in here in America, the land of

Idiots Who Watch Too Much TV. For, if we didn’t watch so much TV, we might not even be aware of these “doorbuster” sales. We certainly would not know or care who Justin Beiber or Kanye West was. We would have little idea what an iPhone was

Rep.
Jesse Jackson Resigns

HUFFINGTON POST
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned last Wednesday, citing medical issues and acknowledging an ongoing federal investigation into his campaign spending for the first time, about two weeks following his reelection in the state's 2nd congressional district. The 47-year-old congressman had been away from work since June as he sought treatment for bipolar disorder and depression at the Mayo Clinic.
     Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday will announce the date of the special election to replace Jackson Jr. The election must be held no later than March 16, within 115 days of Jackson announcing his resignation, and could cost as much as $5.1 million to stage, according to the state elections board.
     Pastor Corey Brooks said on Twitter Sunday that he has been "humbled and overwhelmed" by the number of people asking if he will campaign for Jackson's now-vacated seat. Brooks became known as the "rooftop pastor" when he staged a lengthy vigil atop a former hotel to raise awareness about violence.
     "As far as I've gotten is having an exploratory team of people I highly respect that are talking and that I'm talking to," Brooks told NBC Chicago.
     Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson is going to make another try at returning to Congress by running in the special election to select Jesse Jackson Jr.'s successor.
     The former congresswoman's campaign said in a Sunday statement that Halvorson, who unsuccessfully challenged Jackson in the March primary election, is "the only candidate who could avoid freshman orientation and hit the ground running," the Chicago Sun-Times reports.   READ FULL ARTICLE

AMA Recommends
“Just In Case” Birth Control For Teens

NBC NEWS
Pediatricians treating teenaged girls should consider writing just-in-case prescriptions for the morning-after pill, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said on Monday. It’s the second recommendation in a week from a major doctor’s group that would make contraception more widely available to women. Last week, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended making all birth control pills available over the counter.
     The Food and Drug Administration says emergency contraception – the so-called morning after pill – should be available to any woman who needs it without a prescription. But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA a year ago. Now, federal policy says girls under 17 need a prescription to get it.
     AAP says many teenaged girls need emergency contraception, and their pediatricians should help make it easy for them to get it. “Studies have shown that adolescents are more likely to use emergency contraception if it has been prescribed in advance of need,” the group said in a policy statement.
     “Despite significant declines over the past two decades, the United States continues to have teen birth rates that are significantly higher than other industrialized nations,” it added. Morning-after pills can prevent pregnancy -- they don’t cause abortions -- if they are used within five days of intercourse.
     Emergency contraception for adolescents has been one of the most politically fraught areas in health care for almost a decade. READ FULL ARTICLE