{"id":4214,"date":"2008-06-04T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T21:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/04\/deficit-attention-disorder\/"},"modified":"2019-12-23T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:32:27","slug":"deficit-attention-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/04\/deficit-attention-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Deficit Attention Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5524,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.csmonitor.com\\\/2008\\\/0604\\\/p09s01-coop.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090308033309\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.csmonitor.com:80\\\/2008\\\/0604\\\/p09s01-coop.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 10:55:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 00:43:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 00:43:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0604\/p09s01-coop.html\" title=\"Christian Science Monitor: A WONDER CURE FOR 'DEFICIT ATTENTION DISORDER'!\">Christian Science Monitor<\/a>, a funny editorial advertising Restraint&reg;, a cure for Deficit Attention Disorder (DAD)!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Have you ever wondered how the federal government can bail out banks and mortgage-holders, cut your taxes, try to protect Social Security, expand your Medicare benefits, and send you a stimulus check \u2013 all at the same time? These may be symptoms of an embarrassing condition afflicting political parties, banks, and households across America: Deficit Attention Disorder (DAD).<\/p>\n<p>  Unchecked, normal individuals (as well as politicians and bank CEOs) afflicted by DAD start to believe in money that doesn&#8217;t exist. This silent assassin of fiscal sanity overheats your credit card, sells you a make-believe mortgage, makes your pension go &#8220;poof,&#8221; and drops a whopping entitlement tab on your kids.<\/p>\n<p>  Fortunately, there&#8217;s a new way to get DAD under control \u2013 without any of the cosmetic remedies prescribed by spin doctors. By combining an ancient Zen secret with a cure-all from your grandmother, our researchers are proud to introduce: Restraint&reg;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Christian Science Monitor, a funny editorial advertising Restraint&reg;, a cure for Deficit Attention Disorder (DAD)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[6,14],"class_list":["post-4214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-humor","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}