tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8795567397379351935..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Smells Like Bullshit, Part 3,456,789Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-79525573584962092352012-05-31T08:41:43.305-07:002012-05-31T08:41:43.305-07:00Yes, Elizabeth, yes. Send this out. Shout it from ...Yes, Elizabeth, yes. Send this out. Shout it from the hilltops.Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-7776575952442155152012-05-30T17:17:24.822-07:002012-05-30T17:17:24.822-07:00And i don't mean to implicate the religious ri...And i don't mean to implicate the religious right any more than anyone else in this (as California is obviously one of the most liberal states). But it's happening everywhere, at every level of government. <br /><br />It's really civil rights we're dealing with. We just need them to be recognized as such. We need to fight so these programs don't end up, <i>can't</i> end up on any chopping block anywhere. There's absolutely NO place for them there.<br /><br />I know first-hand the impact those sorts of services make in people's lives. It really is the difference of being able to live, and wanting to die. I've seen it. We <i>can't</i> let them take them away. I'm writing right now. I wish there was more i could do.Ajaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272210468592329126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-45955492598904738212012-05-30T16:28:46.692-07:002012-05-30T16:28:46.692-07:00It's intensely maddening. My initial response ...It's intensely maddening. My initial response can best be summarized in a <a href="http://i46.tinypic.com/2mfg5lw.gif" rel="nofollow">GIF</a>.<br /><br />It's deplorable. Despicable. These programs aren't luxuries. Not only will they be reducing future medical expenses, they'll result in further dependence on their caregivers, eliminating yet another potential member of the workforce. <br /><br />It's not only dumping extra burdens upon special needs kids, it's downright insulting. These physical and occupational therapy programs are facilitating <i>essential skills for daily living</i>! <br /><br />But, i know you know this, sorry. It just makes me nauseous thinking how many of these politicians are whackjob bullies like Romney who probably think of the special needs demographic as another defenseless group of people to victimize.<br /><br />Ick. And here they are claiming they're working toward a goal of glorifying their god through their roles in political office, when right in their very own book of Matthew ch25 v 44 & 45: <br /><i>“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’</i>Ajaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272210468592329126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-84242188845230497642012-05-30T08:25:37.826-07:002012-05-30T08:25:37.826-07:00Very well put Elizabeth, that's the place they...Very well put Elizabeth, that's the place they cut in Canada too! While they each have a personal budget that would aid a few families every year.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253430884616512454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-41097532569880433322012-05-29T21:22:07.484-07:002012-05-29T21:22:07.484-07:00Yes, what you said.
Then there are these feelin...Yes, what you said. <br /><br />Then there are these feelings of guilt as a parent because I can't afford 3 hrs of private therapy a day and I should be giving up more (food?) to compensate for the school's paltry services. Where did I read that kids w/SN will eventually only be possible for the wealthy? Tokens for the kind-hearted elite? It's maddening.krlrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392064691347464660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-85672036671688157022012-05-29T19:49:58.411-07:002012-05-29T19:49:58.411-07:00I completely agree...I completely agree...ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35582229239506479002012-05-29T17:29:24.000-07:002012-05-29T17:29:24.000-07:00Tell it to the L.A. Times, baby.
Absolutely. Total...Tell it to the L.A. Times, baby.<br />Absolutely. Total. Bullshit.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-32848266152025324162012-05-29T15:50:25.598-07:002012-05-29T15:50:25.598-07:00Yep, I said it before and I will say it again... Z...Yep, I said it before and I will say it again... Zoey is screwed if this happens and thousands more just like her. Sad. And disgusting. to say the least.<br /><br />This state and this immediate area, where I live and have chosen to raise my children, is one that in some moments, that I am not very proud of. Certainly right now is one of them.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209967185741239050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18778133036920123072012-05-29T14:27:46.019-07:002012-05-29T14:27:46.019-07:00I did write a letter to the editor after that arti...I did write a letter to the editor after that article and just received a call telling me they will publish it. Sadly I on;y had 200 words. I had to cut it considerably from my original draft. (like 90%)Maggie Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578683202372124444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90497561613798683692012-05-29T14:21:02.759-07:002012-05-29T14:21:02.759-07:00The way government is set up, there is very little...The way government is set up, there is very little leeway for the governor to make cuts. Just can't do it. Ran into the same situation in much smaller groups,where certain things are off limits and you absolutely have to cut or the cuts are going to be made themselves for far more. <br /><br />Somehow these programs have to be set in stone like those entitlements that cannot be reduced have been.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149885637140617891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88866249215802920402012-05-29T12:02:23.074-07:002012-05-29T12:02:23.074-07:00Especially in the state that has some of the wealt...Especially in the state that has some of the wealthiest people on the planet and they are often only moved to pitch in when they are being celebrated for it publicly or if they have children with disabilities themselves. Ugh.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9855478913881571432012-05-29T11:07:18.312-07:002012-05-29T11:07:18.312-07:00Okay. THIS deserves major publication.
You nailed ...Okay. THIS deserves major publication.<br />You nailed it exactly.<br />We are a nation of completely effed-up priorities and should be ashamed but many of the Very Wealthy seem to have no shame and until the day comes when they aren't making all the decisions, such bullshit will be the rule.<br />I'm so sorry.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-71110125567329619152012-05-29T11:02:19.789-07:002012-05-29T11:02:19.789-07:00i'm so sorry. but mitt romney says the very ri...i'm so sorry. but mitt romney says the very rich are to be celebrated, as if their billions constitute proof they are somehow more clever and more worthy. the mitts of this world should be made to pay for the care of our disabled. their bank accounts wouldn't even feel a knick. ugh.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39382785089139267322012-05-29T11:01:55.647-07:002012-05-29T11:01:55.647-07:00In 100% agreement with every word you wrote. It f...In 100% agreement with every word you wrote. It feels like one big game we play and it's so easy to be apathetic about it when you are losing faith that it can change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com