tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post6208333742397848647..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Thoughts (Not Rants) for the Day on Disability and Worth and the Supposed Welfare StateElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53909838174003155322014-08-30T07:20:07.317-07:002014-08-30T07:20:07.317-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59430349260281101352014-08-30T07:19:46.253-07:002014-08-30T07:19:46.253-07:00FYI: not a whole lot of the donations actually go...FYI: not a whole lot of the donations actually go to research (and, net date on the article):<br /><br />http://ruthless-politics.com/fraction-als-donations-actually-go-research/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-14445600530150960372014-08-29T12:13:57.049-07:002014-08-29T12:13:57.049-07:00I agree that this post needs to be more widely rea...I agree that this post needs to be more widely read. I think you should submit it to the Op-Ed page of the NY Times. I am so sorry that the world is such that when you lie in your sick bed these thoughts swirl upon you. I have often wished I could make it different but since I cannot I am just glad that Sophie has you to speak in her voice. And to make good choices for her like sending her to communication camp.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46105294660515381142014-08-29T09:23:16.112-07:002014-08-29T09:23:16.112-07:00Reading this, I kept thinking that I admired your ...Reading this, I kept thinking that I admired your transparency but was angry that it was even needed. I trust people, I wish there was MORE aid available for people who need it, and I love Steve's comment. Everybody deserves a vacation, anyway. Of course Sophie has great worth and value in our society and to the world and I can imagine the pain you would feel when it seems like that worth is being undermined. I fear I'm not making any sense. Let me just say HELL YES. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53181014286361606742014-08-29T07:08:48.723-07:002014-08-29T07:08:48.723-07:00The quality level of government provided diapers l...The quality level of government provided diapers leaves much to be desired.Kenneth Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026324400064140870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-76335481078953672932014-08-29T06:09:07.197-07:002014-08-29T06:09:07.197-07:00Of course you already know that I am going to agre...Of course you already know that I am going to agree with you 100 percent. The American government wastes SO much money, and the fraction of it that goes toward actually caring for vulnerable people is always the segment that's in dispute. It's ridiculous.<br /><br />I don't even mind if someone gets disability and then goes on vacation. Can't disabled people have a vacation? That's fine with me!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2043077223741378382014-08-29T04:26:10.790-07:002014-08-29T04:26:10.790-07:00I'm speechless. What you wrote here should be...I'm speechless. What you wrote here should be published in editorial columns across the country. I am not kidding. Submit it lady. Damn.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48252270993958566672014-08-28T19:41:20.212-07:002014-08-28T19:41:20.212-07:00I read that article you mentioned. OMG! We human...I read that article you mentioned. OMG! We human beings never seem to evolve. It breaks my heart every single day.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-31547754127980948322014-08-28T16:37:24.931-07:002014-08-28T16:37:24.931-07:00I thought you were going to rest today. Instead yo...I thought you were going to rest today. Instead you wrote an incredibly thoughtful post. MaryLou Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487084753413140281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57411752828886789562014-08-28T16:26:39.099-07:002014-08-28T16:26:39.099-07:00I know you didn't post looking for compliments...I know you didn't post looking for compliments, but I just want to say you do a damn good job, Elizabeth. I'm happy to have you as a friend. Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-14435737043815607572014-08-28T15:10:24.650-07:002014-08-28T15:10:24.650-07:00Remember when the oh-so-beloved Ronald Reagan cut ...Remember when the oh-so-beloved Ronald Reagan cut disability to thousands? Many of whom were desperately and truly in need of it. <br />It's never-ending. Those who cannot speak for themselves get the cut. I'm sick of it all, Elizabeth. I am just sick of it all. And I'll tell you what- it galls me to the very marrow to pay taxes that pay for wars that kill civilians. And why isn't this brought out more? That millions of us who do not support warfare must pay for it anyway?Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com