Barack and Roll…
So, I lied… another primary post. Six months ago, did anybody think that one man with a positive vision and a gift for powerful speechmaking could not only chart a course for altering our muddled,...
View ArticleOur votes?
By 2001 the National Council on Disability noted: “14 million people of voting age who have a disability are unregistered voters People with disabilities vote at a rate 11 percent lower than the...
View ArticleSpeculative Fiction
One of the reasons I love(d) speculative fiction by Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke,Ellison,Robinson…is that it ended up showing parts of our future remarkably clearly. 40, 20, 15 years ago, ‘science...
View ArticleMy Jaw hath dropped, and I dunno where to find it…
A candidiate for president, during a regular sort of stump speech last night…(The Obama-Clinton rally) showed more political acumen than normal. When Obama was closing his speech he mentioned a list of...
View ArticleSomething a bit more hopeful
Obama speaks about impairment, disability and autism Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Autism. ADA, Barack Obama, Community Choice, Disability, Impairment
View ArticleThe “Special Olympics” remark
Like a lot of people I watched the Tonight show last night… And it looks like even the guy who mentioned the disabled in his campaign speeches has some internal bias/and or learning that he needs to...
View ArticleLatest Press Conference from Vulcan
via Kos (It’s funny. Really) Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Barack Obama, Satire, Star Trek
View ArticleRegarding the (rumored) deal
twixt PHArma, The White House, SEIU, and the AMA: Many of my friends further left will disagree with me…that’s fine. I’m open to the wailing and gnashing of teeth re: single payer et. al. Makes me sad...
View ArticleThe speech
It was amazing …real specifics…”won’t back down” catastrophic coverage available *now* no ‘death panels,’ tort reform. Medicare protection…calling private insurers out in no uncertain terms and telling...
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