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2008 - the year

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Posted on December 31, 2008 - 7:23am at Michael not Mike
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One year ago at this time, I way lying in a bed in Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital.  My mother, who had returned to Nashville to stay with me on Christmas Eve, the very day I had been moved to that facility, had returned to her home in  Leawood, Kansas.  I did not have a roommate.  The room was quite.  But, I certainly wasn’t down.

"FREE" Van for the taking..well for the driving that is

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Posted on December 10, 2008 - 9:38pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Got this message from Ms. Gerri Robinson, Executive Director of Metro Social Services. It appears that they have a "FREE" Van to give away. Some lucky organization could really use this van. See details in the attached flyer.
Gratefully, Vivian.

FREE
1981 Ford Van

“The very nature of the institutional setting, I think, creates the environment for the abuse to take place....How in the world

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Posted on December 3, 2008 - 10:08pm at Stone Soup Station
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Yikes....A scathing rebuke of mental health care in Texas..... Texas lambasted over care of mentally disabledJustice Department accuses state of violating patients’ constitutional rights

Reach out and help

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Posted on November 19, 2008 - 10:45am at JimVoorhies.com
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Annabelle Hulgan is a five-year-old with spina bifida. Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect in our country.

Help For A Little Girl

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Posted on November 19, 2008 - 7:38am at Lean Left
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Some stole a five year old’s wheelchair — her pink, decorated with stickers and painting to her personal specifications by her friends and family wheelchair. And then tore it to pieces:

Paul House Trial Delayed

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Posted on October 3, 2008 - 11:21am at tcask
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The retrial for Paul House, which was scheduled to begin on October 14, has now been postponed until March 2009 at the request of attorneys on both sides. After 23 years of waiting, yet another delay is frustrating for many of us, but House's attorneys need more time to ensure that he gets the best defense possible and is ultimately exonerated.

Do All The Animals Move To The Sunshine State?

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Posted on October 3, 2008 - 5:25am at Stone Soup Station
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For being the "home of the newly wed and almost dead," it sure seems as if Florida has a higher than normal share of fecal smears running amok down there.....

Ifill Hits The Jackpot

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Posted on October 2, 2008 - 1:02pm at Six Meat Buffet
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PBS Anchor and tonight’s VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill was quoted today as saying that she has never been so happy.

Is Nashville Ready for a Heart Attack Grill?

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Posted on September 24, 2008 - 11:00am at Nashville Scene - Bites
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Ridley and I are looking for investors to join us in opening a Nashville outpost of Chandler, Ariz.'s Heart Attack Grill, dignity be damned. One of these on Lower Broad would kill, literally and figuratively.

The Paul House Tragedy Continues: What More Does the DA Want?

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Posted on September 22, 2008 - 2:42pm at Pith In The Wind
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A letter just received from Rep. Mike Turner (D-Old Hickory) on the continuing tragedy that is the Paul House case:

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