Originally posted by: Lemon law
I have to totally agree with Grunt03 and tweaker2. Sadly the worse damage GWB&co may be doing is to almost totally kill the reserve system as well.
Calling GWB&co a mere disgrace may be a high compliment. But when its somewhat led by five deferment Cheney and a similar lot, even GWB's military record looks good.
But to treat wounded soldiers who sacrificed so much in this manner is the height of indifferent disregard and shame.
But in the end, its OK to put war time President on one's resume as long as one can show an iota of fiscal prudence. So says GWB as he moves to further gut the funding for
the VA. And if there is a hue and cry of public outrage, find a scapegoat and fire them.
GWB and Comp's answer "The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules that would give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousands of courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, theaters, hotels and retail stores. That great, who cares about money or health car eas long as we have access to swimming pools and other shit that we would have a use for. Another great idea to spend money.
Courts would have to provide a lift or a ramp to ensure that people in wheelchairs could get into the witness stand, which is usually elevated from floor level.
Auditoriums would have to provide a lift or a ramp so wheelchair users could ?participate fully and equally in graduation exercises and other events? at which members of the audience have direct access to the stage.
Any sports stadium with a seating capacity of 25,000 or more would have to provide safety and emergency information by posting written messages on scoreboards and video monitors. This would alert people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Theaters must provide specified numbers of seats for wheelchair users (at least five in a 300-seat facility). Viewing angles to the screen or stage must be ?equivalent to or better than the average viewing angles provided to all other spectators.?
Light switches in a hotel room could not be more than 48 inches high. The current maximum is 54 inches.
Hotels must allow people with disabilities to reserve accessible guest rooms, and they must honor these reservations to the same degree they guarantee other room reservations.
At least 25 percent of the railings at fishing piers would have to be no more than 34 inches high, so that a person in a wheelchair could fish over the railing.
At least half of the holes on miniature golf courses must be accessible to people using wheelchairs, and these holes must be connected by a continuous, unobstructed path.
A new swimming pool with a perimeter of more than 300 feet would have to provide ?at least two accessible means of entry,? like a gentle sloping ramp or a chair lift.
New playgrounds would have to provide access to slides, swings and other play equipment for children who use wheelchairs.
The Justice Department acknowledged that some of the changes would have significant costs. But over all, it said, the value of the public benefits, estimated at $54 billion, exceeds the expected costs of $23 billion.
In an economic analysis of the proposed rules, the Justice Department said the need for an accessible environment was greater than ever because the Iraq war was ?creating a new generation of young men and women with disabilities.?
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