Rick Santorum, Wants Autism Cured?

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i'd really like to hear your lifestory, IOW how one with AS gets to be a leader of men, a respected man. such things are a mystery to me, like a doorknob must be to a cat.

It's really not all that glorious. I'm a survivor. No other way I can put it. If you read my posts you'll catch some of it. I also work hard and think about the welfare of those who serve under me. I give credit for my sucesses to the God that has blessed me and give thanks to both Him and my wife. People think I'm highly finctional. I may have a high IQ but functional - please! My AS is textbook. My childhood heroes were Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln (I'm a distant cousin to both), Stonewall Jackson, U.S. Grant, John Wayne and James T. Kirk. These men served as my father figures. Duty has been a kind companion and is something I have lived my life by. It has seen me through an abusive and horrific childhood. Faith is something I acquired later in life, and God has healed me through faith in many ways. But I consider myself to be just another guy.

-Longshanks

another guy with a sharp noodle on his shoulders. i read some place that the one thing that highly successful [financially, professionally, socially, psychologically] survivors of unfortunate childhoods had in common, was an IQ in the top two percent [132 or above, WAIS], and in conjunction with high EQ, this gave them the raw cognitive processing ability to power their way around/outthink whatever obstacles they faced. smarts are the great equalizer. since you are related to great men, that pedigree is undoubtedly a plus. i am a mutt in comparison, but at least a mutt among many. you may want to read about lewis terman [early 20th century army shrink] and his longitudinal study of successful people, which culminated in his book, "the gifted," some interesting reading there.

I am a mutt as well - at least that is what my family tree tells me. I will leave it with a closing remark made by Henry Fonda - "Even amongst the most exhaulted, we all sit on our own arse." In other words, I am no better than others. I just believe that knowledge should be used to improve humankind - not destroy it.

reminds me of something patton said about "from one so-and-so to another."

Looking through the glass,
Darkly I see,
I have fought in many times, at many places,
under many names, in many faces,
but always me. - General George S. Patton, Jr.

I died as a mineral and became a plant;
I died as a plant and rose to animal;
I died as animal and I was a man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die as man to soar
With angels blest. Yet even from an angel
I must pass on; All except God must perish.
When I have sacrificed my angel soul,
I shall become what no mind ever conceived.
[Rumi]

Yeah, I'd say Patton was headed in that general direction or train of thought.

the belief in reincarnation is what keeps me going, it is the only reason i haven't cashed in my chips so far.

Reincarnation or not, I think I speak for all of us when I say that you make our little Aspergian island of serenity a funner and more interesting place. So please, stick around.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

awww gosh you're so kind thank you
do you think that "ooze" will win any more than the 3 states he most recently won? do you think the sanctimonious gingrinch and the sanctimonious ooze will make for a brokered convention?

You know, anything's possible, as I used to believe - up until a couple months ago - that Romney had had it all sewed up. If there isn't a brokered Republican convention, then Romney will be lucky to get the nomination by just a razor thin margin. And even with a brokered convention, there's always the possibility that Romney may still end up the nominee if enough of the delegates can be persuaded to support him.
But you know, I find myself hoping the nomination goes to someone as nuts and corrupt as the Gingrich who stole Christmas, or to Rick "the frothy substance that..." Santorum, so there will be zero chance of Obama losing. Right now, the Republicans are motivated by a hatred of Obama, and would nominate a McRibb sandwich if they thought it could beat him. Well, I can remember Bush Jr.'s run for a second term, and how the Democrats didn't care who they nominated, as long as they thought he could beat Bush. That's why a flawed candidate like John Kerry, who as I recall no one was really thrilled about anyway, was chosen. It didn't work for the Democrats then, and I don't think it'll help the Republicans this election.

By the way, I fully understand how a kind word now and then can lift one's spirits.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

i hope history repeats itself, like what happened to ford [who unfortunately was a genuinely decent man, and a republican outlier] when reagan dogged him all the way to the convention], and so weakens the republican nominee that the democrats can make short work of him. but i won't hold my breath, i have no faith in the american voting public. i still remember that english periodical [the daily mirror] with the headline, "how can 59,054,087 million people be so dumb?" i keep my expectations so low that any sign of electoral decency elicits pleasant surprise in me. but this wish is only fulfilled once per generation or so. it only happens once per generation that a populace decides to vote beyond provincial concerns.

god bless you, sir

You know, I found myself asking myself that very same question voiced on the front page of The Daily Mirror back then.
H.L. Mencken didn't have a high regard for the American electorate, either; going as far as supporting Germany during the First World War, believing that Germany's hybrid government of a monarchy joined with parliamentary democracy was a superior system. Sometimes I think he just said and did things to piss everyone else off. But I digress...
The good news is, the economy is getting better, and I think Obama is ready to combat the culture war bull s**t, which is the only ammo the Republicans seem to have these days. While the bogeyman of gay marriage might have won Bush a second term, I think the country has grown up enough that that trick won't work this time. And on a personal level, while many Americans were swayed by the notion that Bush was the kind of guy they'd like to have a beer with, it's Obama who definitely has the likeability factor this time around. After all, who wants to be buddy buddy with a serial adulterer with narcissistic personality disorder, or with a religious extremist who wants to invade our bedrooms because he thinks the edicts of his religion (Latin Mass Catholic fundamentalism) applies to the rest of us.
I'm so far not to worried about Obama's chances - though the notion that a lot can happen before November admittedly chills me to the bone.

And God bless you too, sir.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

While respecting the views of those who do embrace reincarnation, as a born-again christian I prefer not to subscribe to it. Hebrews 9:27 (For it is appointed that man shall die once and then face judgement.) is a comfort to me. It tells me that I only have to deal with this planet once, and then go to paradise. We born-agains neither view ourselves as perfect or complete. We are nothing more than broken vessels. But we take solace and comfort in knowing that God forgives us and that death is merely a transformation into something better. Nonetheless, I am grateful to God for sharing all of you with me.

-Longshanks

Having served as an officer in the uniformed services, I find it distasteful when one political party gets slammed over another. They are both corrupt - period! If you think Obama is an angel - think again. What most people haven't figured out yet, I shall now point out with de-classified information that has been released to press but not shared.

The armed forces have been charged with assisting the DEA, FBI, and ATF with monitoring counter-drug activity over the US -Mxican Border. This is no secret. It is also no secret that under the posse comitadus laws (spelling?) that the Commander-in-Chief (Obama) must keep the military advised of all law enforcement operations and must set the criteria and limitations of military asistance so as to comply with the law. It is Obama's responsibility to brief the Secretary of Defense so that the directives may be properly carried out. Thus, if we knew about "Fast and Furious", so did the President. See where I'm going? Obama knew. What's more, it has come out through various e-mails that the reason for fast and furious was to create a scam to base further gun control on! And now you're seeing the biggest cover-up since Watergate!

Let's go one step further - look at the crony capitalism Obama himself condemns, yet he partakes in it with Solyndra ($550 Million lost), GM ($1 Billion lost), and Chrysler ($14 Billion Lost) - get real!

Democrats condemn Wall Street - yet look into who puts the most into their coffers - Wall Street and the unions. It's all a matter of public record.

Wake up, smell the coffee, and get real! They are ALL corrupt! And unlike you, I think Santorum is the lesser of all the evils. Yes he's corrupt - but he' been outdone by Obama alone by leaps and bounds! I won't even start on Reid and Pelosi. But I've watched their finances as well. In the civilian world I'm a law student, paralegal, and tax professional. White collar crime is a specialty of mine. I know how to follow the numbers and I do it well. The numbers don't lie!

The bottom line is simply this: They are all scum and they all need to go!