forced to choose between treating their condition

People should NOT have to choose in the richest country in the world. Protect Disability Rights

Dear Friend, I am writing to you because an issue that is very dear to me is under attack and I need your help. As many of you may know, my late brother lost his hearing at a young age and I witnessed firsthand the difficulties people with disabilities endure everyday. It was that experience that drove me to work hard to ensure civil rights protections were extended to every individual regardless of a current, past, or perceived disability through the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act seventeen years ago. Unfortunately this hard work is being undone as the ADA has come under attack from a series of court decisions that have ignored Congress' clear legislative intent regarding who should be protected. The courts have drastically narrowed the category of who qualifies as person with a disability. That is why I have offered the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 to undo the damage done by the courts and to clarify the intent of the ADA. I hope that you show your support for my bill and for disability rights by clicking here to sign my petition to tell Congress to restore the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Thanks to the decisions of the courts, many people whom Congress intended to protect under the ADA - such as those with epilepsy, diabetes, and cancer - are no longer protected. For example, a person suffering from epilepsy is now forced to choose between treating their condition and forfeiting their protections under the ADA or not taking their medication and being protected. This was not the original intent of the ADA and I hope you will help me send a loud and clear message to the courts that a person with a disability lives with that disability regardless of whether or not they are currently treating their symptoms. Please click here to join me and a bipartisan group of legislators and disability rights advocates by signing my petition to tell Congress to pass this legislation today. The ADA has done so much to break down barriers so that people with disabilities can fully participate in our society, have equal opportunities, experience independent living, and become economically self-sufficient. However, the attacks on the ADA from the courts threaten each of these four extremely important pillars and unless Congress takes action to restore and strengthen the original intent of this critical civil-rights law, I am afraid that Americans with disabilities will no longer be protected from discrimination and able to freely experience everything our great nation has to offer. Please take a moment to sign my petition and tell your friends and family to sign it too. Thank you for your continued support. Tom Harkin

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The lie was dead
And damned, and truth stood up instead.
Robert Browning

Also TEXT the word "TODAY" to 30644 to become part of the John Edwards campaign. Do it. He actually had rainbow bumper stickers. Kinda thoughtful.

I've saved some sunlight
if you should ever need
a place away from darkness
where your mind can feed.
from Rod McKuen's "I've Saved The Summer"

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

Make today COUNT.
Go to to find the phone numbers of your Senators and Representative.

Bill Nelson 202 224 5274

Kathy Castor 202 225 3376 (UPDATED NUMBER)

Mel Martinez 202224 3041

Send a letter to the St.Pete Times
I don't care what you talk about but keep sending letters until they publish one. They're very selective with WHOM they publish because I see the same names over and over. Don't let a few people speak for ALL of us.

And call your congressman and talk to her of Inherent Contempt. Do it. And hug everyone you can reach.

North Jersey JUST DOIN it.

Headlights to Impeach
Turn them ON. PlEaSe ! Help a country out here. Also, click the link to sign the petition. Takes three seconds.

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Vote in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll
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Bush Business (two states moving to convene grand juries)
Email your Congressman
Court of Impeachment and War Crimes

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But it's going to cost YOU a helluva lot of money as they defend their criminal acts in federal court due to what they are doing to my family and I in
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Terrorist,"Cause" and Gang Stalking Perpetrated by Tampa Firemen and other Firemen -- revealed and written about.

Some more threats from Tampa firemen (we'll just drive by your burning house if we know who you are) no kidding? I would NEVER have guessed that !
Stop Organized Stalking
More mention of Firefighter and Police participation in gang-stalking
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