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Article #11679Re: Bush is eroding the Rights of the Disabled
From: Deaf Power
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:28
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:28
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I selected the category as "Judiciary" and got their response: "As you know, H.R. 728, introduced by Rep. Foley (R-FL), would amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require an opportunity to correct alleged violations before a civil action could commence. This bill is currently under consideration by the House Committee on the Judiciary. " Don't you have Judiciary? On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:53:05 -0500, "Mark Probert" <Mark Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote: > >"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message >news:T5Cyd.9264$jn.381@lakeread06... >> >> http://www.aclu.org/DisabilityRights/DisabilityRights.cfm?ID=9962&c=69 >> >> Preserve the Rights of the Disabled > >I visited the website and submitted a well modified fax to my reps. > >What really got me annoyed was at the end of the process, each rep required >that the topic of the fax be listed according to a list that they provide. > >Guess what topic was missing? > ><play Jeopardy theme song> > >No, you do not have to be Ken Jennings to get this one correct! > >See below... > >... > >... > >... > >... > >... > > >Correct, Handicapped rights is the missing category! > >No, you do not win $2.5 million. I told you that you do not have to be Ken >Jennings to get that one right. > >Please visit the ACLU website and complete the fax and see if your >representatives do the same thing. If so, email them with a complaint, like >I just did. > >If they are not thinking that this is a separate issue that crosses all >ethnic, political, religious, age, etc. groups, then they are not ever going >to "get it" until it happens to them. > >While you have their attention, suggest that they spend a week in a >wheelchair, or with a blindfold, or with earplugs, or all three, etc. for >more of an education. > >Mark > > > >
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X-Google-Thread: 1114dc,bd7991cacef0fa72 X-Google-Thread: 1098b4,bd7991cacef0fa72 X-Google-Thread: fcd5f,bd7991cacef0fa72 X-Google-Thread: ff0cb,bd7991cacef0fa72 X-Google-Attributes: gid1114dc,gid1098b4,gidfcd5f,gidff0cb,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!p01!lakeread06.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Deaf Power<deaf@power.com> Newsgroups: misc.handicap,bit.listserv.deaf-l,alt.impeach.bush,alt.lawyers Subject: Re: Bush is eroding the Rights of the Disabled References: <T5Cyd.9264$jn.381@lakeread06> <TcVyd.4935$q%3.58@fe08.lga> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.640 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 69 Message-ID: <TsXyd.9793$jn.2252@lakeread06> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:28:31 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.100.230.52 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: lakeread06 1103905715 68.100.230.52 (Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:28:35 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:28:35 EST Organization: Cox Communications