Groundhog Day for "dr" Laura Schlessinger

It's hard to believe with 14 employees of her own plus a news paper staff the Santa Barbara New-Press would print this letter, TWICE! No excuse! She works for telecommunication megabucks divorcee & newspaper owner, Wendy McCaw. See for yourself in her November 23, 2006 and November 30, 2006 columns ("retired Air Force officer "). She does not name the writer or give a location. Laura loves to praise Laura. In both of her columns she is also petty trashing Sara Miller McClune, an award winner. Laura's version of events was falsely reported to begin with (November 23 and two weeks after the November 11 dinner!). She appears desperate for approval/support; to print this same "praise Laura letter" twice and one week apart! That's like a "loosing it" cry for help. The letter also has her signature style , yet this one is even weird for her. Could someone be on medications? Or just the downward spiral of a narcissistic personality? Where are the people who are familiar with her old history? Is she always this foolishly wreckless? In the November 30 column, she gives herself more prestige by naming a doctor, Dr. Ursula Henderson (Ursula says: "profession, psychiatry"). We've been through these "Dr" and "psychologist" things before, I don't know what to make of Ursula. Except she does not have the "intestinal fortitude" to say verbatim what happened. We already know Laura's version was inaccurate and one sided. Ursula appears an unprofessional hachet "support Laura" job to degrade another woman. (this is being done for Wendy McCaw).So much for Dr. Ursula Henderson's "good" name until she's been further researched?
Good old Nipper's reputation from the 80's/coke (before meth) days is still remembered. Nipper's was elitist but the bathroom stalls were like any others of the time. Actually, coke was still more for the rich, it wasn't as prevalent other places. The more destitute would end up where they could get coke. The point is not everyone ended up in a rehab program . Some people who gave up street drugs could afford doctors and medications. Laura might meet these people and their doctors. I've had a close view of medical professionals, doctors, hospitals and their struggles with addictions and the games that can go on. I'm not so impressed with Dr titles. What are the odds a worthwhile professional would randomly write to trash Ms McCune for an old derogatory remark (Ursula is a mudslinger, no one knows what stuck in her craw). SAY VERBATIN WHAT IT WAS! If Laura is going to drag people into her gossip column, why can't we hear the other side in a news paper that is read around the globe? And wouldn't a quality professional want her attacks to be fair and offer response? Even if Wendy and Laura are low and dirty. So far, all we know for sure is: from Craig Smith's blog ........ "Here's how McCune's acceptance speech went.

I'm humbled. Everybody told me to be brief. I have some notes here. I don't know if I can be brief. Let me say this. Next year, I hope to own the News Press.

The audience gasps and then she sits down after saying, "Thank you."

Then she gets back up to accept the Tiffany robins egg blue box with the award.

Von Wiesenberger then gets up and says, "Sold! No just kidding, we're having too much fun."

Ms. McCune then exits for the rest room and News-Press editorial page editor Travis Armstong confronts her in the hallway and says, "That was rude and inappropriate." Someone then moves Sara away and the episode is over. " ......... Laura also reported on her version of how she had at Ms McCune that night . As well, Baron Arthur "Nipper" Von Wiesenberger and Travis Armstrong got their 2 cents in. Laura, was 2 weeks late when she starts using her column to put down Ms McCune for Wendy (what took so long?), and she's doing it again. This time to add support to Laura. It is overkill. If Wendy and her Baron Von Wiesenberger are "Sold! No just kidding, we're having too much fun." why so low with a Santa BarbaraNews-Press Lifetime Achievement Award WINNER?