Search LBO-Talk Archives

1036 Melbourne -- rank: 1000

Another show of solidarity. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY STOP MELBOURNE TRAMS People with Disability Reminder: Inaccessible trams are Unacceptable: CATCH A TRAM ACTION Wednesday 13th September 11.00am cnr Swanston & Collins Sts, Melbourne On Wednesday the 13th September 2000 a peaceful demonstration by people with disability stopped Melbourne's Trams for two hours as planned. Eighty people were there: people with disability who use wheelchairs, people with disability that don't use wheelchairs, fr ...

Document Size:	7314
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Sep 14 10:58:24 PDT 2000

1037 Demo New York -- rank: 1000

NOTE: This is New York City DEMONSTRATION PLANNED WHEN: Tuesday, September 19, 2000. TIME: 4:00 to 8:00 PM. PLACE: Gracie Mansion, East End Avenue at 88 Street. Mayor Giuliani and the Mayor's Office for People w/ Disabilities will be having a celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the A.D.A. (Americans w/ Disabilities Act) starting at 6:00 PM in Gracie Mansion. This is an insult because the Mayor has done nothing for the disabled population and has reduced MOPD to nothing more than an agency ...

Document Size:	5636
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Sep 12 10:45:14 PDT 2000

1038 shameless self promotion -- rank: 1000

Being as web illiterate as I am --- I am very lucky to have friends who have set up a web site and invited me to post some of my writings on it. The site will expand -- so it is worth book marking for the future. http://disweb.org/ Marta Russell

Document Size:	4690
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Sep 5 14:45:28 PDT 2000

1039 Organs/commodities -- rank: 1000

http://vancouver.globaltv.com/bc/news/stories/news-20001028-160422.html Grandmother Tries To Sell Grandson For Organs Russian Boy Was To Be Sold For $70,000 US MOSCOW, Posted 2:04 p.m. PDT October 28, 2000 -- The boy thought his grandmother was taking him to Disneyland, but Russian police say she had other plans: to sell her grandson so his organs could be used for transplants. Police in Ryazan, 200 kilometres southeast of Moscow, said Saturday they arrested a woman after they were tipped that s ...

Document Size:	6727
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Oct 30 08:27:08 PST 2000

1040 NIke apology -- rank: 1000

After a call to arms via telephone and media, Nike's PR department came up with the following apology: >Subject: Text of Nike apology. > > >Wieden + Kennedy Statement Re: Nike Air Dri-Goat Advertisement >October 25, 2000 > >"We have stepped over the line with this advertisement and there is no >excuse for it. We have hurt a group of people for whom we have enormous >admiration. These are men and women who demonstrate more courage in a >single day than most of u ...

Document Size:	7435
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Oct 26 17:21:25 PDT 2000

1041 Nike ableism -- rank: 1000

This is the grossest and purest form of ableism I've seen in some time. Carol I hope you are reading messages. ************************** An advertisement in Backpacker Magazine (October, 2000). It is an ad for Nike ACG (All Conditions Gear) extreme sports trail running shoe: And I quote: "...Fortunately the Air Dri-Goat features a patented goat-like outer sole for increased traction so you can taunt mortal injury without actually experiencing it. Right about now you're probably asking your ...

Document Size:	5481
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Oct 20 18:39:11 PDT 2000

1042 archives? -- rank: 1000

Michael-- try typing in the site instead of clicking on it. I was able to get in that way. marta Michael Pollak wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Marco Anglesio wrote: > > > hence, the archives are at http://squawk.dhs.org/lbo-talk > > I'm not getting through on that number either. > > Michael > > __________________________________________________________________________ > Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com

Document Size:	4927
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Oct 13 21:23:15 PDT 2000

1043 archives? -- rank: 1000

There was a message posted re the LBO archives -- I did not read it obviously. It must have had to do with access to the archives cause I just tried to get there and cannot get in. Technical difficulties? Any suggestions? -- Marta Russell

Document Size:	4460
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Oct 11 14:43:17 PDT 2000

1044 Cheney's Shady business -- rank: 1000

SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN Reality Bites Monday, November 13, 2000 http://www.sfbg.com/reality/04.html By Martin A. Lee Here's a whopper of a story you may have missed amid the cacophony of campaign ads and stump speeches in the run-up to the elections. During former defense secretary Richard Cheney's five-year tenure as chief executive of Halliburton, Inc., his oil services firm raked in big bucks from dubious commercial dealings with Iraq. Cheney left Halliburton with a $34 million retirement ...

Document Size:	12828
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 20 08:04:33 PST 2000

1045 Call for civility -- rank: 1000

Jim, Thank you. this has annoyed me to no end but I did not have the time to give it an appropriate response. Indicates a remarkable lack of politics IMHO. Marta Jim Westrich wrote: > > Could Nathan Newman, Chuck0, and anyone else with an ounce of civility stop > equating "retarded" (presumably persons with some developmental or > cognitive disability) with poor political strategies and bad intellectual > style? > > People with developmental disabilities have suff ...

Document Size:	5091
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Nov 16 13:17:32 PST 2000

1046 Rally in Palm Beach -- rank: 1000

Palm Beach ballot from the disability rights perspective --- Marta Rally in Palm Beach Dear List Members; This morning (Friday 11/10) a rally of people with disabilities was held in downtown Palm Beach Florida to protest the flawed election ballot in that county and to demand a new vote. This rally was organized by Greg Smith, host of the On A Roll Radio Show (http://www.onarollradio.com). With the assistance of the Palm Beach Center for Independent Living we were able to make quite an impact. A ...

Document Size:	7853
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 13 09:55:57 PST 2000

1047 Kvetch explained -- rank: 1000

Barry, Kelly just explained: barry's talking about all the text that you left at the end of your post. this was text that had already been quoted and was irrelevant to much of what you were responding to. snip barry also subs to the digest, so he can't delete your posts. :) ******************************* Guess I missed the earlier discussion on this. I cannot keep up with all of them. So sorry-- I will cut the messages down from here on out faithfully. marta

Document Size:	4821
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Nov 10 19:48:05 PST 2000

1048 Quote Kvetcher Strikes Again! -- rank: 1000

Barry, Did you consider that some people may have difficulty reading smaller print or are that you may be Kkvetching by the white male nondisabled standard? Fact is the ADA calls for 14 point print for those who have difficulty reading small print. In my case I settled for 12 point charcoal typeface. I will try to delete most of the posts that I am responding to but don't expect me to change my type size. I believe that you have options on your end that you can exercise, don't you? Sorry it &q ...

Document Size:	5304
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Nov 10 16:25:31 PST 2000

1049 Nader cost himself federal funds (Re: election demographics -- rank: 1000

It doesn't prove your point at all. People were largely voting out of fear of a Bush win -- the Dems had vulnerable people (I know this is true of the disabled vote) convinced that the state was in play when it really was not. People who wanted to vote for Nader did not because they feared a Bush presidency would kill disability civil rights. Marta Nathan Newman wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marta Russell" <ap888 at lafn.org> > > -California was not ...

Document Size:	10245
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Nov 10 10:01:22 PST 2000

1050 Nader cost himself federal funds (Re: election demographics -- rank: 1000

California was not a swing state. Gore had a wide margin here. marta Nathan Newman wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marta Russell" <ap888 at lafn.org> > To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> > > >Nader would have gotten more votes if those intending to vote for him had > >been "freed" to do so by the Democratic party liberals who have been guilt > >tripping every Dem who wanted to vote Nader for weeks. For instance in CA ...

Document Size:	7590
Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Nov 10 08:55:34 PST 2000