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   explorer to Karen E.   
   Re: Heather Mills pisses off other non-D   
   04 Mar 07 22:18:28   
   
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   "Karen E."  wrote in message   
   news:9KMGh.6101$jx3.1743@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...   
   > FragileWarrior wrote:   
   >>  But the fact that she can dance endlessly means she's probalby more   
   >> able-bodied than 99% of the handicapped people out there because, let's   
   >> face it, there ARE greater and lesser degrees of "handicapped".  I think   
   >> that's what's pissing folks off.  If you can dance, dance, dance and kick   
   >> people in the ass, you probably can stump your way to your BMW.   
   >   
   > My dad was not disabled and had a legit tag. He had both his knees   
   > replaced and his doctor issued him a tag because the mechanical joints   
   > will wear out more quickly with more use. Saving the steps by parking   
   > close would prolong the life of the replacement joints and forestall   
   > another replacement.   
   >   
   > In other cases, people with handicapped tags may have something like MS,   
   > where they have good days and bad. On those bad days they really need the   
   > tag.   
   >   
   > Of course, Mills is looking to come through the divorce with enough money   
   > that she'll never have to walk to or from a parking space again, courtesy   
   > of her chauffeur. On the one hand, I'd think that advocates for the   
   > handicapped might be promoting her appearance on the show because it shows   
   > how much an amputee can do. Of course, these days pretty much everyone   
   > sees Mills as a close relative of Satan so the downside of her casting for   
   > the show must be dragged out. I find it amusing that Mills can swing so   
   > wildly from "They would send a motorized cart to meet my plane!" to "Look   
   > at me dance!". She needs to pick a tune and stick with it.   
   >   
   >   
   > Karen E.   
      
      
   And then there is my father, who is eligible for a tag - being a senior   
   citizen amputee -- but he's never bothered to go pick it up.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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