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631 Reeve blames Church, Bush -- rank: 1000

> >Noted. But does this mean that most quadriplegics don't wish they >could walk and move their arms? > >Doug I have no idea -- as far as I know there have been no studies. The quads I know say it is a pain in the ass but don't spend their lives waiting/straining themselves for a cure. The greater needs are jobs and adequate assistance with daily tasks that allow them to live at home and get on with their lives. Unemployment, poverty, lack of personal assistants, etc. are much mo ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Sep 23 17:10:14 PDT 2002

632 Reeve blames Church, Bush -- rank: 1000

Here is one response on Reeves show (I did not watch it, he is too annoying) which was posted to a media discussion group that focuses on disability and is composed of the crip pride types: "i cringed through the whole show...one of his statements was interesting and telling he said basically that some folks are ok about living with severe disability, i am not...aint that the truth with him. I also thought it was sad when he said he hadnt had sex in 7 yrs...my response..why not????? I th ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Sep 20 18:42:46 PDT 2002

633 Mental Health in America -- rank: 1000

> Great article, thanks Kevin marta > >http://www.newsday.com/news/health/wire/sns-ap-mental-health0916sep16.story > > >Report: Mental Health System Lacking >By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH >Associated Press Writer > >September 16, 2002, 5:52 PM EDT > >WASHINGTON -- The U.S. mental health system is in >crisis, unable to provide even the most basic services >and supports to people with psychiatric disabilities, >according to a federal report released Monday. > ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Sep 19 09:35:01 PDT 2002

634 LA Times Iraq war ad -- rank: 1000

The big anti war in Iraq ad that hundreds signed on to is in todays Times, page 4 of the California section. -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 18 20:53:15 PDT 2002

635 Cooper on the anniversary -- rank: 1000

>Marta Russell said: > >> And if we attack Iraq that could go either way also. So I guess we should >> support the US attacks on Iraq because hey they might rid us of Saddam and >> not hurt another lively soul. > >You think Saddam could defeat the US in a conventional land war? With what >exactly? This was not a statement made by myself. It was another persons that I posted to the list (if you read my introduction that would be clear), but he was being sarca ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 18 13:37:44 PDT 2002

636 Cooper on the anniversary -- rank: 1000

From an LA activist, long time KPFK supporter and someone who knows Cooper: >Marta What a opportunistic Cooper is. He continues with his little smear tactic he has used in the past. Where he will find one picket sign, one speaker, one group and use that brush to paint what he labels as the American Left. Now thats American journalism. He praises the US Government for their kind actions in Afghanistan and in turn dismissed the civilians deaths and other traumas they suffered. By equating the ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 18 00:45:08 PDT 2002

637 disability metaphors -- rank: 1000

>> > >It is a fact that one is deaf; it is a fact that one's skin is >black. On that level there's no difference. However, "blackness" as >a negative or inferior condition is historically constructed; >deafness as representing a loss is not entirely historically >constructed. Deaf persons would beg to differ with you on that one. Chuck pointed out how some deaf persons see themselves as part of a culture. There was a study done about Martha's Vineyard I believe ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Sep 13 15:02:47 PDT 2002

638 disability metaphors -- rank: 1000

>At 01:59 PM 09/12/2002 -0400, Joanna wrote: >>Well that is where we differ. Deaf are proud to be deaf, blind have >>a bonding positive to blindness and mobility impaired are imbued with >>disability pride. So everything else you have written here I would >>disagree with. > >It makes no more sense to me that one should be proud to be deaf >than it does that one should be proud to be able to hear. One can >hear or one cannot hear; these are facts, not mora ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Sep 12 22:42:38 PDT 2002

639 disability metaphors -- rank: 1000

>Marta and Joanna, > >Aren't you both essentially saying the same thing but just focusing >on different backdrops for an interpretation of who is "able" and >"disabled" within those frameworks? While waiting in a hotel lobby >once, I observed the positive bonding among individuals with hearing >disabilities, in a hearing world, that Marta notes, that was so rich >and joyful, I saw no disability....and I think no "disablism" >either...only ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Sep 12 20:34:22 PDT 2002

640 disability metaphors -- rank: 1000

>At 05:01 PM 09/11/2002 -0400, Marta wrote: >> > >No doubt I need to be educated about these issues but my initial >reaction to this is that calling a nation blind, mute, deaf, and >dumb is not an insult to those who are physically or mentally >disabled (who presumably would choose to see, speak, hear, and think >if they had the choice), Well that is where we differ. Deaf are proud to be deaf, blind have a bonding positive to blindness and mobility impaired are imbued ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Sep 12 10:03:47 PDT 2002

641 On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows.... -- rank: 1000

> >This is characteristic of political humor: it needs a defenseless >victim. "Left" humor of the Eisenhower era had to go along with the >major ideological tool of that administration: the pretense that >Eisenhower was stupid. Hence the love of so many on this list of >equating capitalist policy with stupidity. Whether or not Bush is >personally not very bright is totally irrelevant. His administration is >bright enough. The archetype of all humor based on Bush ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 11 14:07:36 PDT 2002

642 On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows.... -- rank: 1000

>Marta Russell wrote: > >>Bill Mar used his "humor" to put down disabled people every >>opportunity he got. He created a legitimate anger in our community. >>He was NOT liked by any of us. No body felt any loss when he was >>dumped. So he did far more to damage whatever left leanings his >>show purported to have. > >I don't know that it ever purported to have left leanings. List alum >Dennis Perrin once worked as a writer for Maher and rep ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 11 13:49:05 PDT 2002

643 On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows.... -- rank: 1000

>original message: >someone watching these shows anxious/depressive/shitty emotional responses >are parried off by the "legitimacy" of the anger, and so humor would not be >as necessary in a defensive/fantastic sense. > Bill Mar used his "humor" to put down disabled people every opportunity he got. He created a legitimate anger in our community. He was NOT liked by any of us. No body felt any loss when he was dumped. So he did far more to damage whatever lef ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Sep 10 14:33:09 PDT 2002

644 On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows.... -- rank: 1000

>----- Original Message ----- > > >First, there just aren't many poor white men-- most of lower class are women >and people of color. Only 18% of white men have incomes of under $30,000 per >year. Having recently looked into low income government loans, the funders say $40,000 per year is low income these days. marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Sep 10 13:50:38 PDT 2002

645 AFA pissed at O'Reilly -- rank: 1000

Done. marta >n keeping with the AFA's request we contact O'Reilly, i suggest we >all send him a note of complete approval. > >R > > > >At 03:58 PM 9/5/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>[ha ha ha] >> >><http://www.afa.net/activism/aa090502.asp> >> >>AFA Action Alert! >> >>O'Reilly flogs Christians as 'religious fanatics' >> -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Sep 6 10:09:01 PDT 2002