Comments for Crip Talk: As Crips Slide By http://www.ppatel.org/blog commentary on Disability, culture, politics, technology, and all other stuff that's remotely uninteresting Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on YouTube - How the NYS Budget Process REALLY Works: an interesting look by Bruce Darling http://www.ppatel.org/blog/2008/04/05/youtube-how-the-nys-budget-process-really-works-an-interesting-look/#comment-11 Bruce Darling Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:51:06 +0000 http://www.ppatel.org/blog/2008/04/05/youtube-how-the-nys-budget-process-really-works-an-interesting-look/#comment-11 Although it may seem "risky", the video highlights how powerless actual New Yorkers are in the process of developing the state's budget, and it pretty much says the same thing as Albany political reporters. Our elected representatives are wandering around Albany asking reporters "What's going on?" If they don't know the answer, where does that leave the citizens of our state? I can tell you... Utterly disenfranchised. Appoximately 600 individuals (many repeatedly) contacted their legislators and leadership about the issue highlighted in the video. The leadership ignored them. Instead our "leaders" have chosen to put really BIG money into a Racino, hospitals and nursing facilities. If you want to see the other side of this issue just pick up any newspaper or watch television for the budget spin being spoon fed to us. What makes this little video funny is the fact that it is far more honest about the state's budget process. Although it may seem “risky”, the video highlights how powerless actual New Yorkers are in the process of developing the state’s budget, and it pretty much says the same thing as Albany political reporters.

Our elected representatives are wandering around Albany asking reporters “What’s going on?” If they don’t know the answer, where does that leave the citizens of our state?

I can tell you… Utterly disenfranchised.

Appoximately 600 individuals (many repeatedly) contacted their legislators and leadership about the issue highlighted in the video. The leadership ignored them. Instead our “leaders” have chosen to put really BIG money into a Racino, hospitals and nursing facilities.

If you want to see the other side of this issue just pick up any newspaper or watch television for the budget spin being spoon fed to us. What makes this little video funny is the fact that it is far more honest about the state’s budget process.

]]> Comment on The "Kindle" Ripe for Fire? by jimfruchterman http://www.ppatel.org/blog/2007/11/28/kindle-access-blind-learning-disability-print-disability-motor-disability/#comment-2 jimfruchterman Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:31:41 +0000 http://www.ppatel.org/blog/2007/11/28/kindle-access-blind-learning-disability-print-disability-motor-disability/#comment-2 I think it is time to push on Amazon. NFB has been leaning on them around website accessibility (Amazon designed the Target website, which was the subject of a lawsuit). They need to realize they can't punt on access indefinitely. I think it is time to push on Amazon. NFB has been leaning on them around website accessibility (Amazon designed the Target website, which was the subject of a lawsuit). They need to realize they can’t punt on access indefinitely.

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