tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1820347361427749252..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: RAND PAUL'S ATTACK ON THE DISABILITY PROGRAM HITS A RIGHT-WING PLEASURE CENTERSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-67155579175536160982015-01-18T11:01:02.978-05:002015-01-18T11:01:02.978-05:00What is your disability?What is your disability?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77514570099230483122015-01-15T15:59:18.134-05:002015-01-15T15:59:18.134-05:00"What I tell people is, if you look like me a...<br /><b>"What I tell people is, if you look like me and you hop out of your truck, you shouldn't be getting a disability check."</b><br /><br />I am one of the people getting Social Security because I had TWO strokes in less than a year.<br /><br />I'm also very capable of DRIVING, and I have a tag that lets me park in the handicap slots...<br /><br />Because I need to... I can drive 500 miles, I can't walk much more than 1000 feet. And I can't talk very well.<br /><br />He, and the rest of the GOP, can go piss up a rope.Comrade Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028379230164632330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-45040039638131072392015-01-15T14:02:43.186-05:002015-01-15T14:02:43.186-05:00I am over 40 and have never had back pain (in the ...I am over 40 and have never had back pain (in the sense of pain lasting for more than a few minutes). And I worked full-time in landscaping, maintenance and stockroom jobs before becoming a desk jockey. I've also been reareended more than once, and am not an ideal physical specimen in a number of respects.<br /><br />Rand Paul is just a wuss.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803231988989969133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-23200536182752370342015-01-15T13:07:31.869-05:002015-01-15T13:07:31.869-05:00"...but then again, empathy for people who ar..."...but then again, empathy for people who aren't like you is not exactly a prerequisite for Republican presidential nominees, is it?"<br /><br />The prerequisite is actually quite the opposite.<br /><br />The less compassion you show, the more popular you are in conservative circles.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81630379843993833482015-01-15T12:22:52.186-05:002015-01-15T12:22:52.186-05:00These attacks and the Right-Wing committment to sl...These attacks and the Right-Wing committment to slashing funds for the mentally disabled and physically afflicted is not a bug but a feature. However, it has some unintended consequences.<br /><br />Amongst them is turning Police Officers into front line Mental Health responders and Social Workers.<br /><br />Unforuntately, very few LEOs have enough training to respond properly and this has lead to deadly Use of Force incidents.<br /><br />Such as the killing in Park Forest of a confused, angry, scared 95 year old John Wrana who brandished a knife by Officer Craig Taylor using "Less than Lethal" beanbag rounds.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-14769590691934037972015-01-15T08:38:36.067-05:002015-01-15T08:38:36.067-05:00Rand Paul is SUCH a smug little prick, like every ...Rand Paul is SUCH a smug little prick, like every fratty College Republican from when I was in college 20 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76282129921900763942015-01-14T21:52:07.606-05:002015-01-14T21:52:07.606-05:00Not a real doctor. A self declared doctor.Not a real doctor. A self declared doctor.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-62298525073143738202015-01-14T20:27:34.237-05:002015-01-14T20:27:34.237-05:00'If you can get a job that requires no physica...'If you can get a job that requires no physically difficult work, consider yourself lucky'<br /><br />United States senator? It has the bonus of not being intellectually challenging either.<br /><br />Paul may be a terrific eye doctor, I wouldn't know, but many of his medical colleagues will be appalled at such a despicable slur on depression sufferers. Just when people are beginning to learn what a serious condition it is, idiots like Paul come along to undo all the good work.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-4783240389889399132015-01-14T19:56:23.434-05:002015-01-14T19:56:23.434-05:00Working in a job where you sit at a desk all day i...Working in a job where you sit at a desk all day is not necessarily a job that can be done by someone with a back injury. Depends on the ergonomic set-up. I know plenty of people in desk jobs who have back problems that are aggravated by the job. Not to mention people with repetitive stress injuries from desk jobs. Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-2667796028960375892015-01-14T19:53:54.759-05:002015-01-14T19:53:54.759-05:00As someone with a close family member who is on di...As someone with a close family member who is on disability for what the right minimizes as a "mood disorder", I find this enraging. These people are as stupid and clueless about depression as they are about poverty.Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.com