because it sure isn’t coming across in my inbox..
not one peep..
not one dadgum disability community supporting peep.
we have a gentleman, a member of OUR extended family, in albany, georgia, jack justice, with a developmental disability self-advocating that his vote has been fraudulently stolen from him..
and that the same is alleged to possibly have happened to at least five others from the same program..
and nothing..
not one first email from within the disability self-advocacy community expressing anything about this situation..
then we have a blog making REPEATED hate-based, humiliating, stereotypical posts purportedly from trig palin, a vulnerable child with a disability, downs syndrome..
and nothing..
not one first email from within the disability self-advocacy community expressing anything about this situation..
either.
TONS from outside the community, e.g. over at hillary clinton forum and hillbuzz, seem to be making the rounds.. two pages in to checking my favorite search engine and those are the kinds of entries i find.. nada, zip, zilch from whither my life-weary heart has been for so long..
tellin’ ya what..
i don’t get it..
and i, for one, am ashamed.
ashamed that everything that has ever been instilled in me by a whole HUGE multiplicity of people has seemingly gone straight down the tinkle hole in a heartbeat for some reason completely unbeknownst to these fingertips..
comforting to know everyone has been so able to sleep at night..
peace, hope, love, and social justice for us all..
references..
- mentally challenged man says his vote wasn’t right: assisted voting takes an alleged wrong turn
by jennifer emert, october 14, 2008
albany, ga (walb) – jack justice has been voting since he turned 18. typically his family takes him to their neighborhood precinct. this time primus industries, his adult day rehab program, took him to vote. his family was shocked, but what shocked them more was that jack claims that his aide commandeered his vote.
- investigation launched into questionable voting assistance: investigation to be conducted into handling of mentally challenged man’s vote
by jennifer emert, october 15, 2008
albany, ga (walb) – justice’s family tells us wednesday aides tried to convince jack he pushed the wrong button, but jack says that wasn’t the case. he pushed the button he was told to push and that was the button for obama, not his choice john mccain.
- hillary clinton forum: mentally challenged man forced to vote for obama (albany, ga); by countryfirst; 2008-10-16
- hillbuzz: obama supporters steal mentally-handicapped people’s votes; by hillbuzz; 2008-10-18
- albany area community service board, albany, georgia; (229) 430-4005
- albany csb: primus industries; albany, georgia; (229) 430-4138
- i miss my mommy
wisp-o'-the-will 