Category: Disability Issues

The GOP in Pennsylvania, particularly carpet bagger and quack, Dr. Oz, keep trying to make hay during the Senate campaign, out of the recent stroke suffered by Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (we’ll ignore the GOP candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker for now). They are trying to belittle Fetterman’s commitment and…

ADAPT is the grassroots, militant wing of the disability rights movement. They put this song by The Score to a powerful video. Enjoy!

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R – Rochester) has been in a running dispute, via the media, with paralyzed and wheel chair bound State Representative Jimmy Anderson (D – Madison). Rep. Anderson would like to call into committee meetings when they run late and because of health issues he has…

We’ll see…but why only those few? Aren’t partially disabled Vets also at risk of living with onerous and burdensome debt? full disclosure: I am the son of a now deceased WWII veteran who was 60% disabled.

I really don’t think we need impeachment anymore. Between Greenland and AOC and Israel and retweeting nonsense…the president is completely unhinged: and for those who would like to review the 25th: Amendment XXVSection 1.In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the…

Earlier this week the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reprinted an article in their Ideas Lab from Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Revnor. I have the hard copy but online I found it on the NPR site. The article wrangles with the notion of who is really protecting the Affordable Care Act’s…

Just over a month ago I posted about Franklin’s opposition to new development in their fair city. It was the addition of senior housing to an already approved mixed use development that include a ball park, retail, hotel, and other housing. Their opposition was based on increased stress on emergency…

The past two weeks have been a revelation into how the Capitol GOP thinks. After seven long years of complaining how President Obama and the Democratic majority rushed through the Affordable Care Act (it took over 10 months and a version of Romneycare stolen from Massachusetts), the GOP decided to…

I was alerted to the post by a close friend on Facebook and contacted the author for permission to repost it here on Blogging Blue. So here are some thoughts on the malevolent character and antisocial aberration that is Donald Trump from the pen of George Godwyn (adult language included):…

This is a really good ad. The fact that Donald Trump has a chance – however remote – of being our next president is both galling and disturbing.