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Article #11681Re: Bush is eroding the Rights of the Disabled
From: Deaf Power
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:49
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:49
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Really? That category list sucks. Did you get them to add "Disability Issues" to the list? I'm pretty awkward with their system, and I'm sure others having same problem so thats why its not on the list <g>. Maybe going back to old fashioned way like writing letter would help? I hate to use up my .37 stamps <g>. On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:55:15 -0500, "Mark Probert" <Mark Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote: >I do not want Disability Issues relegated to Judiciary, or any other >category, since they cross so many issues and groups. > >You got an automated reply. Not acceptable. > >"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message >news:TsXyd.9793$jn.2252@lakeread06... >> >> I selected the category as "Judiciary" and got their response: >> >> "As you know, H.R. 728, introduced by Rep. Foley (R-FL), would amend >> the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require an opportunity >> to correct alleged violations before a civil action could commence. >> This bill is currently under consideration by the House Committee on >> the Judiciary. " >> >> Don't you have Judiciary? >> >> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:53:05 -0500, "Mark Probert" <Mark >> Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message >> >news:T5Cyd.9264$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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