At 01:54 PM 7/26/2006, you wrote:
>Frankly, I don't care *how* we all get to the same page as long as we
>*do* get there. I deal with too many people whose lives have been
>totally upended by late on-set disabilities not to have sympathy for
>them. And I'm just glad that Case's dad "saw the light" even though it
>might have been a bit late for Case.
You couldn't be more right. What a great advocate you are.
Jason's been a good advocate for Case, who has had good interventions
physical, occupational, eye, gymnastics and other help to manage his
body which just doesn't seem to cooperate the way we wish it should.
BUT then, the reality hit Jason when he broke his femur. Experience
counts. That's a primary reason I joined this list to learn from the
experienced.
We are all learning, no one is perfect, and especially not my family.
We think very similarly about all that political stuff. I could have
written what you wrote myself. We have given Israel carte blanche to
go in and slaughter people. That's how Bush is taking the war to a
new level. My son also was planning enough in advance to have saved
Case's brothers stem cells and the whole family was very hopeful for
stem cell research. I despise Bush for vetoing that incredible
science while endorsing bombs that will continue to destroy for
decades. What a shortsighted idiot for a president. Just my opinion.
My dad was also Air Force, a great guy who worked for the defense
industry, after becoming an Ace fighter pilot in Korea. Luckily he
lived afterwards and we fought about Republicanism, peace in Vietnam,
freedom, and democratic principles often.
I don't remember the tax comment...obviously off base. I think no
matter where we stand, for or against Bush, what he has instigated
has us all on edge and stressed out. I had to stop watching CNN after day 11.
>You said something about my being against taxes or something earlier in
>this discussion, I believe -I am not against taxes for programs that
>enabled disabled people to function with training, etc. I am against
>taxes that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor. I am also
>totally against welfare programs that exist purely to keep people on the
>dole and encourage their children to stay on the dole. I am also
>pro-military but am totally against the war in Iraq, which I feel
>strongly was a strategic blunder on the part of the present
>administration that will resonate negatively in the years to come. On
>the other hand. I am aghast at the Israelis for their actions against
>Lebannon - their is NO excuse whatsoever in my opinion, for what they
>are doing.
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>My dad was military and if it hadn't been for the military and its
>marvellous support system, my family would have been much worse off - my
>mother would never had been able to afford her med during her last
>illness nor some of the treatments if it had not been for the benefits
>of being a officer's widow. So I am immensely grateful to the Air Force.
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>Kat
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>Linda Walker wrote:
> > Exactly right....being disabled and getting older and becoming
> > disabled with age are entirely different.
> >
> > At 07:52 AM 7/25/2006, you wrote:
> >> As the first of the baby boomers are reaching their sixties, IMHO,
> >> another Grey Panthers movement is likely; I'm hoping that the line
> >> between "having difficulty getting around because you're getting older"
> >> and having a disability will not be as sharply drawn. I look at people
> >> in my parent's and grandparent's generations, and still see a strong "us
> >> vs. them" bias, particularly toward people who are perceived as having
> >> cognitive disabilities.
> >>
> >> Kendall=20
> >>
> >> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >>
> >> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> >> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> >> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >>
> >> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:01 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Disability Right (was: Re: Case)
> >>
> >> =20
> >> In a message dated 7/24/2006 8:11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, =20
> >> [log in to unmask] writes:
> >>
> >> We really need another Grey Panthers movement, really we do
> >>
> >>
> >> No joke there! I wonder if it'll ever happen.
> >>
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