I'd say somewhere in South America, on the west coast. Kat On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't know, maybe the phillipines? This shit about the schools is awful! > > > Thanks, > Tamar > > ~~~~~~~~ > When the power of love overcomes the love of power, > > the world will come to know [log in to unmask] > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*Yes, please include the * so I get paid a > little > higher royalty. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 7:45:31 AM > Subject: Re: Brown's Destructive Plan for Regional Centers, Medi-Cal, SSI, > IHSS, > READ then the good news LONG > > Ok I still read you guys but don't often respond. My daughter is in > education and is completely distraught. She runs a charter school and can't > believe the regulations they are being charged with preparing. Thanks to > Obama teachers are now officially technocrats, no teaching required just > fill out the form correctly. They have placed or rather are trying to place > every child's entire history and record on line so if your kid is called > into the principals office rightly or wrongly it will be in his permanent > record on line. His whole health history everything about him and my > daughter cannot believe this went by without a whimper from anyone. Oh and > California has hired a military contractor to evaluate these records to see > who might join a gang. So they are not private. And every time my daughter > tries to upload her schools information the system crashes. All the records > have to match from every school or your funding will be cut off. So if you > move your kid from a school and enroll him in another and there is a date > discrepancy in the record you won't pass muster. It's sheer insanity. > Here is an example of California failure, just one of many others more > horrific, but one I witnessed. Last year my grandson contacted whooping > cough and we knew it because there was an outbreak in Big Sur. My daughter > has TWO good health insurances. We took him to the doctor and said he has > whooping cough. Answer: No he doesn't, no throat swab, $150, and > penicillin, he can go to school in 3 days according to the doctor. Went > back ten days later "He has whooping cough. The penicillin did nothing. > Please swab his throat." > No. We'll try a different one." > Wrong diagnosis again. Of course this is highly communicable, kn own as > the 100 day cough and we have diligently been trying to get it diagnosed > for over a month to keep him out of school. Third visit same result. > Emergency room visit - we did our best to avoid this but the kid was sick - > finally a throat swab and yes he had whooping cough, and after a 5 hour > wait a bill for around $5000, no bed, no overnight, nothing. > Then a call from the state health department acting like we were the > irresponsible ones. > THEN called into the school for truancy because he had missed so much. The > DA was there along with his counselor, the VP, me, his mother and father > and this is a 6th grader. The DA tells him he is the type of kid she sees > in court. This is a really good kid who hangs out with me after school > partly because of the peer pressure to do the wrong thing. He comes home > and tells me kids are selling drugs at school. Every day he is with me and > that's why I am there so my daughter and her husband can work full time and > go to school. We give the whooping cough excuse and they don't even back > off. Of course we must present all the office visits and evidence. But then > the VP finally got a call from the State Health Dept. You would think my > daughter as an educator and someone who runs her own school might be given > the benefit of the doubt. Oh no, not in this climate. Commopn sense and > humanity are out the window. What I still can't believe is that we were > quiet and polite during this instead of fighting back but then that is how > bad it has gotten, afraid to speak out, for fear my grandson will > experience the retaliation. > It is fascism in America. I had high hopes for Obama but now the good news > > I have left the country....voted with my feet this time > I now live in a peaceful country, tranquil, socialist where all the > cultural events are free and you can get your teeth cleaned for $5. Doctor > visits are between $3 and $25 and the follow up is free. I have had two > experiences with the hospital, both very humane with better care than I > could get in the states. I should write about them to contrast third world > medicine with our so called first world service. My rent is $200 for 3 > bedrooms and two baths, I have a terrace for plants and I could live out of > the city center for half that. The food is organic, wholesome and > delicious. If you are over 65 the bus fare is 12.5 cents, under 65 it is a > quarter. The people are friendly. I sleep better knowing I am not promoting > war by simply having money in the bank. > The Vice President is in a wheelchair. The President told the US he could > not renew their bases unless they gave him one in Miami. I am on the > Pacific. There is more biodiversity in this country than almost anywhere on > the planet. More percentage of land is protected than any other country in > the world. Where am I? > > I often think how great it would be for some people with disabilities to > come here have full time help, live in a building and support one another. > You could live so much better than you live now. Your skills would be > welcome. > My mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimers and I could not afford to > take care of her in the states but I could here and I would still have a > life. > A > > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:52:26 -0800, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > UPDATE: STOP THE PRESSES! =0A=0A=0A=0APlease read, and then write to > the > > G= > > overnor, as well as your legislators! Join =0Aus on the front lines in > > Berk= > > eley and Sacramento.=0A=0AGovernor Brown is poised to destroy the > > Lanterman= > > Act. I don't know if he truly =0Arealizes that axing the Lanterman Act > > wil= > > l severely impact those of us with =0Acerebral palsy, Autism, Down > > Syndrome= > > , Asperger Syndrome, and other =0Adevelopmental disabilities. Is this > the > > s= > > ame guy who appointed ED Roberts, a =0Aquadriplegic, to head several > > office= > > s such as the Dept. of Vocational =0ARehabilitation in 1977???=0A=0AHe > has > > = > > ALSO proposed that those on Medi-cal, be allowed only TEN doctor or > > =0Aoutp= > > atient visits per year! =0A=0ARead on to see who will DIE as a > result!=0A= > > =0AGovernor Brown, this is a reckless proposal! We need to tailor each > > indi= > > vidual's =0Aabilities to services that they need. Each person is an > > indivi= > > dual, and the =0Awhole idea is that we live in the community of our > > choice,= > > and not in =0Ainstitutions where we are locked away, abandoned and > > forgott= > > en by society and =0Apoliticians. Your sweeping budget strikes a FEAR in > > > m= > > y heart so deep it's all I =0Acan do to not weep and feel defeated. I am > > 55= > > years old, and was a beneficiary =0Aof California's "golden age" of > > educa= > > tion for children with disabilities back =0Awhen an education in > > California= > > actually meant something. =0A=0A=0AMy parents did whatever they could > to > > h= > > elp me be as independent as I could be. =0AFor most of my life I was > very > > i= > > ndependent, but growing older with Cerebral =0APalsy has meant > arthritis, > > l= > > oss of function in my right hand, fibromyalgia, leg =0Apain. My spine > > x-ray= > > s look like that of a much older person of 85. I have =0Aadapted to life > > in= > > a wheelchair, and I'm still striving to keep as independent =0Aas > > possible= > > . Without my Regional Center service providers, I would not have much > > =0Aof= > > a life. I do not have 18 hour care, I do not need it, or want it, as I > > hav= > > e =0Athings that keep me busy, but many others do! They actually need > > someb= > > ody there =0A24 hours a day, due to epilepsy, autism, and other > > disabilitie= > > s. Don't turn the =0Aclock back. These are people who are living proof > > tha= > > t community-based care DOES =0Awork!=0A=0AGovernor, I know you want to > > keep= > > the old taxes going. But I think you ALSO NEED =0Amore taxes of the > rich, > > = > > and big corporations. They are NOT HURTING! How about =0Asuing the banks > > th= > > at caused the housing industry to land slide? How about =0Ahalting the > > leg= > > islature's gas cards which they very coolly voted for =0Athemselves!?! > My > > I= > > HSS workers who make meager wages in comparison to a =0Alegislator's > > salary= > > , would love gas cards too! I support taking away Cell =0Aphones for > all > > G= > > overnment employees except first responders, and also taking =0Aaway > > those= > > Government issued cars. I am sure you can find much more waste to cut > > =0At= > > han taking away people with disabilities' civil rights. I am referring > to = > > =0AOlmstead, in which the Supreme Court ruled that forcing people with > > disa= > > bilities =0Ato live in institutions that CAN live in a community of our > > cho= > > ice, with =0Asupports, is unconstitutional. Institutions cost billions > > more= > > than =0Acommunity-based care. You must KNOW THAT THE NURSING HOME > > INDUSTRY= > > HAS LONG =0ASUCKED UP billions OF DOLLARS. PLEASE STOP THE MADNESS! > These > > = > > proposals are =0Ainhumane! =0A=0A=0A =0AI find it unconscionable and > > unacce= > > ptable that you are proposing all these cuts =0Ato social welfare -- > while > > = > > NOT requiring increases in corporate taxes by the =0Asame proportion. I > am > > = > > referring to the cuts to IHSS. We have already been cut =0A3.5 percent. > To > > = > > cut us again, to the tune of 8.4 percent is going to really =0Aaffect > some > > = > > of us in a terrible way! Let's see you increase corporate taxes by =0A12 > > pe= > > rcent. Either that or tell the Corporations to HIRE more People with > > =0Adis= > > abilities! How is that for an idea? There is a new generation of college > = > > =0Aeducated people with disabilities graduating soon. =0A=0A=0AI have > not > > h= > > eard about one single corporate executive GOING TO JAIL OR losing > =0Atheir > > = > > multi-million-dollar benefits! I haven't heard of any upper management > > =0Aw= > > hite collar workers having to decide whether they need groceries, or a > > batt= > > ery =0Afor their power wheelchair more. Please THINK about this! It's > > real= > > ly a day =0Athat exposes the huge gap between those who have a lot of > > money= > > , and those who =0Adon't. Power VS Non-power. Which side are you on, > > Jerry?= > > =0A=0A=0AThe corporations (which the Supreme Court have deemed to be a > > pers= > > on!?!) have =0Athe opportunity in our country, to make as much money as > > th= > > ey like, BUT there =0Ais nothing promising them that they can just TAKE > & > > T= > > AKE without giving some =0Areasonable fee back. How many millions and > > billi= > > ons do the rich need for heavens =0Asake?! How many cars and homes, and > > vac= > > ations does anybody need? When are they =0Agoing to feel the pinch? The > > cou= > > ntry IS IN this downturn BECAUSE of GREED! =0A=0A=0AREALLY? You are > going > > t= > > o charge those on SSI and other low-income people to pay =0A$50.00 for > > Eme= > > rgency Room visits??? And up to $200 a day for hospital stays? =0AThese > > are= > > human beings whose incomes range from $600 to $830. Uhh Jerry, I don't > > =0A= > > know, aren't emergency room visits by their very nature, emergencies, > and > > n= > > ot =0Asomething we can plan for? Especially if rents are so high they > take > > = > > most of our =0Aincome? If you cut medicaid payments to health providers, > > th= > > en you will indeed =0Asee a rise in emergency room visits! I read today > > tha= > > t 25 years ago, ER visits =0AWERE the CAUSE of Homelessness! I can > > foresee= > > THOUSANDS living and DYING in the =0Astreets if your proposals are put > > int= > > o effect!=0A=0AThose who are thinking, "Who needs ten visits to the > > doctor?= > > " have no idea what =0Athe effects of this will be. Let us paint a > > picture= > > : If your mother or sister =0Ahas to have kidney dialysis 3 times a > week, > > w= > > ell, that's two weeks and then they =0Abegin dying within 30 days after > > the= > > se draconian limits take effect. Go here =0Afor the best picture; > > (thanks,= > > Beth!)=0Ahttp://www.ethiopianreview.com/health/201001/?p=3D150306 > > =0A=0APe= > > ople with cancer will be cut off after ten treatments. Standard > > treatments= > > =0Afor breast cancer; chemotherapy is done every two to three weeks for > > th= > > ree to =0Asix months. In the words of the Cancer Society, =E2=80=9CTen > > doc= > > tor=E2=80=99s visits would not =0Aallow a woman to complete any one of > > the= > > se courses of treatment. Furthermore, =0Athese numbers do not take into > > ac= > > count the visits required to diagnose the =0Acancer." =0A=0A=0AThe > > medicai= > > d issue which Brown has put before the Supreme Court is a terrible > > =0Aidea!= > > If medicaid gets cut, we can expect many more deaths as a result. I > > =0Afo= > > ught Arnold's cuts, and I and thousands more, will fight these draconian > > cu= > > ts =0Ato vital programs. Cutting Medicaid is not the way to solve the > > budge= > > t crises.=0A=0AWe should have seen the baby boomer issue coming a > DECADE > > a= > > go! We should have =0Aprepared for all the elders now entering the > In-Home > > = > > Services rolls. I keep =0Athinking of the words to an old song; > =0A=0A"If > > l= > > iving were a thing that money could buy, =0A the rich would live and > the > > = > > poor would die." =0A=0AThe blood will be on your hands, Governor Brown, > > you= > > and all those who keep =0Achopping the programs. =0A=0AI am so weary of > > ha= > > ving to fight for the rights of the poor, the elderly, the =0Adisabled, > in > > = > > other words; the disenfranchised! =0A=0ABut as long as I can still type > > an= > > d still get up in the morning, I shall carry =0Aon. =0A=0A=0AFormerly, > > (app= > > ointed by Jerry Brown) on the Oakland Mayor's Commission on =0APersons > > with= > > Disabilities, I am a citizen with multiple disabilities. =0A=0A=0ATamar > > Ra= > > ine=0A510-893-0565=0A325 Vernon St.=0AOakland, CA 94610 > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3Dc-palsy > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy