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271 [lbo-talk] Disability groups protest Medicaid cuts. -- rank: 1000

Bravo! We are going to have to do actions here in CA too - it looks like the governator is not going to raise taxes on the rich. marta >There was a pretty good turnout today in Jefferson City MO with >about 500 people turning up to >protest Blunt's proposed cuts to Medicaid. Lawmakers came back from >Spring Brake today so >the Disabled Citizens Alliance and Paraquad in St. Louis worked >together to arrange a little >welcome home party for the cretins trying to cut-off Medic ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Mar 30 15:09:31 PST 2005

272 [lbo-talk] Disability bill to provide for federal court review -- rank: 1000

>----- Original Message ----- >From: Marta Russell >To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org >Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:21 PM >Subject: [lbo-talk] Disability bill to provide for federal court review > > >Related News: ><...> > >-Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., http://www.house.gov/frank/welcome.html , a >sharp critic of the Schiavo bill that Congress eventually passed, on Sunday >told ABC's "This Week" that Congress needs to look at improving the > ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 29 17:03:19 PST 2005

273 [lbo-talk] Disability bill to provide for federal court review -- rank: 1000

Related News: -Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, ( http://harkin.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=234411 ), is working on a bill to provide for additional federal court review in cases where the wishes of the incapacitated person are not known and there is a dispute among family members. -The House Government Reform Committee also plans to hold hearings at some time on the larger issues raised by the Schiavo case such as the long-term options available to the disabled, said David Marin, spokesman for committee cha ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 29 14:21:05 PST 2005

274 [lbo-talk] Disability Rights National Spokespersons statement -- rank: 1000

Disability Rights National Spokespersons statement on Terri Shindler Schiavo http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/schiavostatement.html >Issues Surrounding Terri Schindler-Schiavo Are Disability Rights >Issues, Say National Disability Organizations > >Oct. 27, 2003 -- We, ><http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/#signatures>the undersigned, come >together in support of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, and her human and >civil rights. We are the national spokespersons for the rights of ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 28 13:41:21 PST 2005

275 [lbo-talk] An end to it all -- rank: 1000

Chicago Tribune > An end to it all > -------------------- > > The issues raised by the Terri Schiavo case linger and are as complicated > as life itself > > Medical facts are cast aside > > By Lennard J. Davis, professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in > English, disability and human development and medical education > > March 27, 2005 > > While she may be unable to help herself, Terri Schiavo has been immensely > useful to just ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 28 11:04:28 PST 2005

276 [lbo-talk] Harriet Johnson reply to Doug -- rank: 1000

I asked Harriet to respond to Doug's comments and she sent me back this note. I am forwarding it to the list but like Harriet I cannot take any more time on this issue. Marta > >Marta, > >As I'm sure you can imagine, I've had many many critiques that, like this >one, deserve individual response. I just don't have time to do that and >have to let the piece speak for itself. But I will respond briefly to you >and you can forward to Doug if you like. I'd ask him and you to e ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 28 10:13:37 PST 2005

277 [lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV -- rank: 1000

Justin wrote: >Marta, I'm a Jewish person, and so keenly aware of the >useful of the Nazi analogies to justify policies >abhorrent to the left. I agree with Dwayne, who said >that dragging in the Nazis is sign that the discussion >has broken down. It sort of works like electromagnetic >pulse, blowing out the circuits of all rational >thought and discussion. There is no way it cannot be >read as accusing your interlocutors of being complicit >in genocide. Please avoid i ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 15:38:13 PST 2005

278 [lbo-talk] Disability perspective: Overlooked in the Shadows -- rank: 1000

>Whether or not anyone defines what is happening to her as "life," >the thing is that she told people she did not want to live that way. >I do not see what the higher principle is in denying her wish. > >I am in the process of creating a living will. I hope that people >will respect my wishes if I should wind up in Ms. Schiavo's position. > >Joanna > You should also designate a poxy - someone you trust - in the event that decisions have to be made that are no ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 15:08:34 PST 2005

279 [lbo-talk] Bush's Smokescreen March 24, 200 -- rank: 1000

This commentary was aired on KPFK today as well as distributed by Znet. I have gotten nothing but good responses - lots of them. marta ================================== ZNet Commentary Bush's Smokescreen March 24, 2005 By Marta Russell Bush and his cohorts rushed to Washington this past week end to conduct special sessions of Congress so that Bush could sign a bill that would mandate the Terri Schiavo case be heard in the federal district court. "It should be our goal as a nation to build ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Mar 25 14:51:28 PST 2005

280 [lbo-talk] Shaivo finale on my part (for real) -- rank: 1000

>Marta Russell wrote: >> >> > >> >You make it sound like he just woke up one day and said "hey wait a >> >minute, now I remember, she didn't want to live this way" >> >which is totally bogus. He has been saying the same thing >> >since day one. >> >John Thornton >> >> prove it. >> Marta > >Marta, we don't have to prove it. These facts are amongst the given, and >the burden of proof is on t ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 12:24:44 PST 2005

281 [lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV -- rank: 1000

> >The disabled are right to feel discriminated against >for lots of reasons. Disability discrimination should >be vigorously opposed. But I think disability rights >struggles don't get any advantage from allying >themselves with their enemies amongst the "pro-life" >forces, on the contrary. The hysteria-mongering aabout >extermination is like lefties talking "fascism." it's >not our situation or likely to be. I don't know that disability spokespers ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 11:49:32 PST 2005

282 [lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV -- rank: 1000

>--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote: >>From that POV, Schiavo is not an irreparably >damaged >shell of a once fully alive human being, but a >disabled person in need >of >protection from predatory, uncaring or >misunderstanding non-disabled >people. >-- > >Sorry, but a person with no cerebral cortex is not >disabled. He/she is dead. > >Nu, zayats, pogodi! Not so clean. A doctor from the Mayo clinic has come forward to say that he ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 11:38:20 PST 2005

283 [lbo-talk] Trying To Understand Marta's POV -- rank: 1000

>Dwayne wrote: > >I knew the overall quality of the *Shaivo finale* thread had seriously >deteriorated when the Nazis (the Internet discussion weapon of choice) were >pressed into service as an example of the implications of people's arguments >against keeping Schiavo alive. Good grief there has been alot of discussion going on overnight. I think, like with Jewish people, disabled people like myself, are a bit sensitive about anything that resembles putting them in a position w ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 11:26:12 PST 2005

284 [lbo-talk] Disability perspective: Overlooked in the Shadows -- rank: 1000

The following op-ed comes from The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com , as reprinted from Slate magazine, http://www.slate.com/ Overlooked in the Shadows By Harriet McBryde Johnson Friday, March 25, 2005; Page A19 The Washington Post The Terri Schiavo case is hard to write about, hard to think about. Those video images are hard to look at. I see that face, maybe smiling, maybe not, and I am reminded of a young woman I knew as a child, lying on a couch, brain- damaged, apparently unre ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 10:58:57 PST 2005

285 [lbo-talk] Shaivo finale on my part (for real) -- rank: 1000

>Seth wrote: >My understanding is that 3 people - the husband and 2 other family >members - testified in the original trial that they heard TS say she >wouldn't want to be kept alive. (They had all been sitting around >discussing these issues one evening after visiting a relative in the >hospital.) It is my understanding that the mother, father, brother and sister all stated the contrary about her wishes. That leaves doubt and when in doubt one should choose caution. There is ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 25 10:26:05 PST 2005