Police Arresting Angry Members of the Disabled Community Who Are Picketing White House

I blame Rush Limbaugh.

Will someone tell these kooks that Obama has only been in office for those ballyhooed 100 days. It’s a PR stunt.

Everyone in a wheelchair will now be labeled an extremist.. and they better not have any tea on board!

“Everyone in a wheelchair will now be labeled an extremist.. and they better not have any tea on board!”
For context, an estimated 300k people attended the last tea parties. How many were arrested? How many handcuffed themselves to official buildings?

I wonder which of 6 or 7 positions the Bamster will take on this lil’ snafu.

Stupid comments.

It’s Bush’s fault.
He’s the one that made Special Olympic jokes on Leno.
Oh wait…that was Obama!

Time to put extremist nursing home patients on Obama’s DHS list.

In what world is backing the signing of a bill, that he had promised to sign, breaking that promise?
This is a stunt. Pure and simple.

The weatherman (not a friend of POTUS) might suggest planting a bomb in the handicapped accessible capitol restrooms (as an act of civil disobedience).. bombs that are not meant to kill anyone – of course.

Wait, I thought civil disobedience was the highest form of patriotism?

So now the whiny entitlement mentality voters are protesting the president for whom they voted. It’s gonna be a long 4 years. Let’s hope only 4 at least.

The actions of ADAPT are far from a PR stunt. While the changes we are calling for are indeed still in the legislative process, inclusion of the changes into a healthcare reform bill would signal the Administration’s willingness to see access to community services and living wages for those who support us as something vitally important to all Americans. Everyone either has a disability, will acquire one, or will care for someone who does, and the waste of federal money on institutional services only exacerbates the health care crisis. Inclusion of full funding for community services into healthcare reform is fiscally and morally responsible leadership that we cannot wait for any longer. Support SB 683/HB 1670.
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I’m not sure I understand why it is that the Federal Government (taxpayers) are responsible for this????
I work with many disabled people and they are perfectly capable of and do pay their own way each and every day.

“In what world is backing the signing of a bill, that he had promised to sign, breaking that promise?
This is a stunt. Pure and simple.”
Possibly but its a good way to put pressure on the Obama admin to follow thru, whether that means the Obama admin pressures Congress to get a move on remains to be seen

everyone wants their 5 minutes of fame…Obama does and will support CCA legislation.
Tea-baggers, you had your five minutes. You have no organization, super rich FOX,Hannity & Rush will tell you what to do for them next.

The Federal Government (taxpayers) won’t pay for my mothers nursing home care either. What a bummer.
She and I are both very thankful that she receives income from Social Security though and that helps a lot.
Just as I am sure these disabled people who are chaining themselves to the white house gate are very thankful that they are receiving income from Social Security because they are disabled.
I guess they feel they need to demand that somebody pays for household helpers to care for them as well.

What disabled protesters?
The president is not aware of disabled protesters.

The Federal Government (taxpayers) won’t pay for my mothers nursing home care either. What a bummer.
She and I are both very thankful that she receives income from Social Security though and that helps a lot.
Just as I am sure these disabled people who are chaining themselves to the white house gate are very thankful that they are receiving income from Social Security because they are disabled.
I guess they feel they need to demand that somebody pays for household helpers to care for them as well.
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You might want to read the article. Nursing homes ARE paid for, community based home care is NOT covered.

They are refusing to leave until President Obama fulfils his campaign commitment to support passage of the CCA. ADAPT is demanding that President Obama create the change that Americans with Disabilities need: the Community Choice Act!”
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If everyone he lied to on the campaign trail did this they would have to build a fence that criss crossed the country over and over again.
Are they kidding?
He promised?
They should cut to the chase and just pay him off. Their biggest problem is that this age group is not a voter base for democrats.
So now that the election is over they can kiss his ###.
With this guy, even more than Clinton, a big payoff will work far better than a protest which might hurt his image.
Who knows, maybe next week homeland security will post a new memo that declaring the disabled as potential terrorists.

Ryan C – Don’t forget the most wanted guy is a leftist animal rights activist. Everyone should be on Napolitano’s list including you. You probably get mad about something!

“And if they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering. But because they have ‘Impeach Bush’ across their chest, it’s the First Amendment, four or five months into that. So I’m well aware of the unhappiness of the base.”
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.
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Ryan C,
Cute, but as always your twisting it. The point is she was saying if they were not protesting, they COULD be arrested. It was an annoyance for her and her neighbors, awwww such a shame!
One would think from her reaction that protesting made living in her neighborhood unbearable. Maybe she should attend more protests, more often and she might learn something!
+++ The lesson as always? Left wingers twist & mold the story and facts until it fits “their truth”. ++++

“Cute, but as always your twisting it.”
So I give the full quote with context as opposed to your summary that does not come close to the quote but does fit your meme.
But I am the one who is twisting things.

Their biggest problem is that this age group is not a voter base for democrats.
So now that the election is over they can kiss his ###.
Posted by: MNM | Apr 27, 2009 4:27:40 PM
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Why are you so willing to put your weak comprehension skills on display?

ryanc…April 21, FBI added Daniel Andreas to the “Most Wanted Terrorist List.”

Wheelchair bound?
No, wheelchair users!
Wheelchair users are bound for Washington, DC, to protest & inform.

However, he did make their MOST Wanted Terrorist List, not their Terrorist List as you stated…

ryan…The Most Wanted Terrorist List is published on a periodical bases like the FBI’s Most Wanted List…both are distinctive in it’s own way,…You mention a ‘terrorist list’ which is different from the Most Wanted Terrorist list again that is published periodically and holds the “most wanted” and not just a laundry list of those wanted ……AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE….ENOUGH ALREADY

In the update Senator Harkin promises that the National Health care bill, that advocates rationing (read architect tom daschle’s book) is somehow going to provide increased levels of service, in a home setting, which will be far more expensive.
I don’t begrudge anyone those services but you may as well stay chained to the fence… It ain’t gonna happen.

“In the update Senator Harkin promises that the National Health care bill, that advocates rationing (read architect tom daschle’s book)”
ROFLMAO!
This is the new meme after paid hack Betsy McCounaghey got caught making things up that were not in the stimulus bill.
Now its “read Daschle’s book versus the actual bill presented.
But the lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Why were they being arrested? If they were blocking the sidewalk I could see it…others have a right to view the White House as well.
As for chaining themselves…well, it is D.C. and the fence belongs to the People.

I was one of the people who met with representatives from the White House and who got arrested. For the Disability Community, probably the single biggest difference between Obama and McCain was that McCain said he would NOT support the Community Choice Act and Obama said he would.
During the campaigns these protesters followed McCain around asking his position and polarizing the issue which clearly increased support for Obama in this community.
Now that Obama is in office and can actually DO something about this issue, he apparently is doing nothing. Health care reform gives the administration an opportunity to give people a REAL CHOICE where they receive long term services and supports.
At the meeting in the White House, a middle aged woman with a disability explained how she was forced to leave her husband and home. She is currently “placed” in a nursing home, but made the trip to DC to ask the Obama administration to help. When they said they had other priorities, she suggested that the Obama health czar should come back with her to the nursing home to stay there and see what it’s really like.
She came to the White House full of hope and left with only Obama’s broken promise. Then she was arrested fighting for the right to live in freedom like every other American.
Until today, she had not broken any law, but was treated worse than criminal back in her home state. Today, she was arrested and celebrated her temporary “freedom”.
She’ll be back in the nursing facility on Thursday.

This is a fight the the ADAPT group has been fighting for over 40 years. and they will not stop. the group will not only attack goverment but themselves to get what they want. In Missouri they killed the group the formed. In Rochester, Ny the ADAPT group shut down a Independent Living Center by rushing the board meeting. This Group is run by non disabible person in Rochester and across the US only to try to get our tax dollars to run their Centers so they can be over paid. when person at non-profit get paid over 100,000.00 a year for the so called work for the disability movement as the say. Who realy is getting hosed the TAX PAYER THAT who. Look into the ILC accross the US and stop giveing them money to help us. because they only help themselves whit big pay checks.

I have seen the pay of E.D. thoughout the movement increase over and over. this has to stop. ILC have board members that are pick by E.D. and that can not even form a thought of direction. Calf. has a lot of ILC and most of the ILC are paying the E.D. 150,00.00 to 200,000.00. This is non-profit for person with disabilities what the hell. where is the money going. all over the country they are killing the movement not the goverment. they are concered about getting and protecting the paycheck off the back of all person with disabilities. shut down the centers and put this money towards free people from nursing homes and it will happen. Keep ILC and it will be money put down the toilet.

I don’t understand why this group is choosing the White House to protest at.
The way a law is passed in our country, it has to go through Congress first and then the President signs it. There isn’t anything for Obama to sign yet.
This group should be demonstrating outside of Congress. That is where the votes will enable healthcare legislation to pass and then Obama can sign it into law. I would think a calm presence in front of Congress advertising their cause would be the logical choice.

I am one of the ADAPT protesters who was at the White house. My husband and I got to D.C. on our own dime that we earned by working very hard every day. We were there because we live with disabilities now, disabilities that are increasing with age (I am 63), and we want to assure that we will be able to stay in our own home with any assistance we need and not be forced into a nursing home just because we need some help each day. For anyone in America, of any age, if you need some assistance in your daily activities, and you are not independently wealthy, you are currently at risk of being forced into a nursing home to get that help because of the way the law is written. It is imperative that we all contact the president, and Congress to insist that long-term care be included in health care reform, so that those of us who are aging or have disabilities can all have a choice in where we live.Home and community-based services are less expensive overall, are what everyone prefers, and they keep people healthier and reduce acute health care costs. along with providing jobs in America’s communities from the big cities to the small rural communities. The president needs to keep his promise and tell Congress he wants long term care included in health care reform, and Congress needs to do the smart thing, the fiscally responsible thing…the right thing…and include long term care in health care reform. As for protesting and getting arrested? Well, I’d rather go to jail than die imprisoned in a nursing home where I can’t eat what I want, get up or go to bed when I want and have to lie or sit in my own waste waiting for an aide to finally get to me. I don’t want to lose the freedom that living in America guarantees.