I had an OP up the other day that I think is relevant here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023859074

Food, housing, and medical care for all?

If poor, hungry or meek, it's g-d's will and their fault (predestination and boot straps I don't get but whatever)

but they can't see the polished turd on their front lawn.

It's a huge part of human nature.

and you call her a loser? nice... but typical.

sP

Appreciate the hutzpah, otoh

down HER OWN JOB!

you attribute her outburst ... nevermind, it is a waste of time trying to talk to you...

sP

Since she was there to record the vote.

mockery.

She sounds like she's had a break with reality. I hope she recovers well and gets the medicine and treatment she needs. This kind of bizarre, sudden religiosity can be a sign of mental illness.

...which has been assiduously and poisonously cultivated in this nation and is now breaking out in pustules hither and yon. Zealots are afoot.

bi-polar manic delusions. classic.

We were learning about them in an class on this week at work. Here's one definition (from wisegeek)

"The term amygdala hijack describes any situation in which a person responds inappropriately based on emotional rather than intellectual factors. The amygdala is the emotional center of the human brain and can create split-second responses when a person is threatened. An inappropriate emotional response to a perceived threat is thus called an amygdala hijack. The term was invented by psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman in his 1996 science bestseller, Emotional Intelligence."

break; that she was clinically suffering psychosis when she snapped.

Religious delusions are a very common form of manic psychotic delusions.

hold a long term job and to be able to function than folks with bi-polar illness.

And all of the stress might have pushed her into a manic relapse. This whole episode put everyone on edge.

But every action isn't demonstrable proof of a psychiatric disorder. Often times people just get fed up and snap, they can't stomach or endure whatever they have been swallowing for as long as they can. Think of a couple, living together, sharing the same space. He leaves the top off the toothpaste. At first, she sighs, then she mentions it. Finally she snaps because she just can't take it anymore. A tiny pebble in your shoe is hardly noticeable at first. But eventually it becomes intolerable.

I purposely did not comment on the possible mental state other than to highlight it to show the kinds of true believers that I've been talking about for some time now.

So, my fiance and I turned it to Fox & Friends ... for shits and giggles.

Um, bad idea. I have to go to work and now I'm enraged.

They were fawning over her and asking why she's been taken into custody for expressing her religious beliefs.

The other thing they said, and I'm not a huge fan of the ACA (I'm a single-payer guy), was that the Republicans got a concession about having to verify eligibility to receive subsidies. They were incredulous, incredulous, I tell you, that this wasn't in the bill until now! Wasn't this already in the bill????

I was fucking screaming at the TV at this point.

No wonder people are so misinformed.

one of the most common delusions in manic psychosis is religious in nature along with delusions of grandeur. It likely had very little to do with anything but that.

I was expressing my rage about Fox using this poor woman for their ideological bent. They were asking why she was being detained for her religious beliefs!

I said nothing about this poor, but deluded, woman.

Then they brought up another lie about the ACA. I was expressing what I witnessed. Why do you think I don't have any compassion for her? I hope she gets all the help she needs.

But I think this falls in the "proper time, proper place" file. The middle of the House floor, which also is her workplace, during a crucial vote is not it. If I jumped up on my desk and started shouting about Judaism, I would expect my manager to do something about it. However, why would anyone on Fox want to try to sensible about this?

Although I have no idea where in the Bible anything about the Freemasons is mentioned.

Most fundies are invested in the myth that the Founding Fathers were Bible thumping evangelicals. Wonder what splinter group she comes from?

She'll probably be hailed on Huckabee's show as having the courage to stand up for her convictions.

She's not any more crazy than any other religious wack job (looking at you Michelle Bachman) has to be to believe that end times nuttery. Odds are Glenn Beckkk has her on his show.

religious delusions.

And yeah, it much nuttier. Why? Because she did this where and when she did it, and because of her speech pattern.

and other evangelistic organizations and ideals according to her facebook.

She didn't say anything that they aren't saying but obviously she lost it on the floor.


https://www.facebook.com/dianne.fosterreidy

she evidently is a right wing religious sort, but no one chooses public humiliation in that way.

'the spirit of jesus was upon her'
to explain her behavior.


we no longer talk to that side of the family who had their own private school to fit with their religion and church.

What I saw on the video was episodic of something I had witnessed from my psychotic relatives

I don't make fun or light of it.

i hope she will be alright

But they are going away slowly. Just pay attention to the younger generations. They are remarkably tolerant and socially liberal. This lady, bless her, is an anachronism.

-Laelth

happened? It seems the only people "mocking" God are the RW zealots who don't even live by what the Bible teaches about disciples of Christ.

However, I have heard some fundamentalists say that Obama is either the anti-Christ or the one prophesied to pave the way for the anti-Christ. They see rapture right around the corner. In a certain sense, they assume everything is playing out precisely according to God's plan.



-Laelth

Now, how do we do something about it. These whackos are out there and they vote, and they vote for other whackos. And with the Duggar wannabees and "Quiverfull" followers out there, there may come a time when we're outnumbered, even if they fracture the Repub party temporarily.

There is no "winning" a large segment of America. They are forever entrenched in their beliefs and you can't change their minds. I visited the Creation Museum, where it's emphasized that all the world's ills are because Eve ate of the Tree of Knowledge. In other words, God doesn't WANT us to learn or question or educate ourselves. They are happy the way they are, and everything else is not god's will.

While everyone was nice and friendly, I realize that if and when the country fractures, it will be along these lines -- and we will have a South U.S. and a North U.S. and we will be enemies.

It isn't just the South. Kansas, a Union state during the Civil War is the home base of the most outrageous of them all Fred Phelps. Wyoming was where Matthew Sheppard was murdered for being Gay. Idaho is home base to several White Supremacy Groups. While the South shares some blame, you are kidding yourself if you think that they will be isolated and quashed. I could go on and on about where these folks reside, but just know this. The Congressional Districts tell the story, a majority of the Congressmen are Republicans, so they have the seats from a majority of Congressional districts. We didn't take the House back even when we had all the advantages, and for the midterm, it will be all about turnout. These true believers are the core of the Republican Party, and they will turn out to vote in 2014.

I should have said religious vs. non-religious. I found plenty of Obama haters in Indiana, which was also a Union state.

But we really can't change their minds. Just like they can't change ours. I'm happy to be living in my liberal New England bubble.

and most likely broke rules outlined in her job description or contract.

I guess she can finally rest assured that she will no longer be making money off of the big bad government.
she can just serve one master now.

So she was probably promoted.
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comments from house members were universally sympathetic and that includes people like Rep. Castro.

She had a break. She's in a hospital. She may not return but she sure as hell won't be fired.

Not if it can be treated with medication. Of course, if she's completely sane and just spouting her religious views on the floor, then, yes, she should be fired. But according to reports, she'd never behaved remotely like this before, and she's worked there for 20 years. That says "mental health breakdown" to me and should not be punished by job termination any more than if she developed cancer.

if she was totally tea bag central i would imagine that last night would have been a nightmare for her
the great devil obama and his communist minions stole the show.

and she had to sit there and type it all down.

wonder if she had paycheck worries as well.
perhaps she will be hired by fox and friends and i see a 700 club guest shot in her future.