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Article #11682Re: Bush is eroding the Rights of the Disabled
From: Mark Probert
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:10
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:10
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"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message news:%EYyd.9962$jn.269@lakeread06... > > Really? That category list sucks. Did you get them to add "Disability > Issues" to the list? A work in progress I'm pretty awkward with their system, and I'm > sure others having same problem so thats why its not on the list <g>. > Maybe going back to old fashioned way like writing letter would help? > I hate to use up my .37 stamps <g>. Use 'em or the rate goes up. > > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:55:15 -0500, "Mark Probert" <Mark > Probert@lumbercartel.com> wrote: > > >I do not want Disability Issues relegated to Judiciary, or any other > >category, since they cross so many issues and groups. > > > >You got an automated reply. Not acceptable. > > > >"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message > >news:TsXyd.9793$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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