I agree, many issues that help the common every day American like us on
this LISTSERV, are unfortunately being housed on the back shelf while we
do this war activity (which I don't 100% either agree or disagree with).
But however to me, there's a more pressing issue that could happen any
second now on our land thanks to our dear old president, and I feel
everybody isn't as protected as we think.  Yes, we have developed many
things since 9/11 but we're just at 25% and still have 75% to do yet.  I
don't want to scare anyone but according to me, America is like a 6
month old sleeping on a bed with faulty railings or none what so ever.

Thanks,
Anthony
Visit me at www.ara1.net

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of K. Salkin
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fw: Your Save-the-ADA Advocacy Kit, Installment Three

You mean awaken people to the need for rights for the disabled?  Naw...
I
don't think so.  People's minds are consumed by two things right now -
war
and the economy.  Disability rights are lower down on folks' priorities,
I'm
afraid.  Let's be realistic.  When the economy goes back up -- and it
will,
given the cyclical nature of things -- and there's money to spend, it'll
be
easier for the disabled to press for their rights.   Not now.  9/11
changed
a lot of things, and it's rippling downwards.  When Al Queda attacked
America, our outlook on things shifted drastically.

I know there's an anti-war movement going on but it's not reflected in
the
majority view in polls and Bush will have his way (as well as Tony
Blair)
and we shall have a war.  I don't know what's the lesser of two evils -
Saddam browbeating his people into his armies and terrorising the Kurds
and
other ethnic groups in Iraq (and I am now willing to admit) showing
signs of
hoarding missiles, or us killing innocent Iraqis.  No matter which way
we
go - war or not - innocent people will die.

What's even scarier to me is the sabre-rattling by the North Koreans.
Aren't you folks out there on the West Coast nervous?

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Your Save-the-ADA Advocacy Kit, Installment Three


> Maybe the war will awaken people. I don't know.