XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:42:17 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $On 06/07/2011 7:16 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:31:43 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $> in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $>> $On 05/07/2011 10:34 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $>> $>  On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:54:48 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $>> $>  in the scriptorium Canuck57   wrote:   
   >> $>> $>>  $On 04/07/2011 8:31 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:10:25 -0600, while chained to a   
   >> desk $>> $>>  $>   in the scriptorium Canuck57   
   >> wrote: $>> $>>  $>>   $On 03/07/2011 2:28 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >> $>> $>>  $>>   $>    Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   [snip]   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   
   >> $>> $>>  $>>   $>>    And Canada isn't on a sustainable path anyway,   
   >> sooner or later $>> $>>  $>>   $>>    economic collapse is   
   >> inevitable... unless sometime trims government $>> $>>  $>>   $>>   
   >> to 1/2 of it size fast.  Best to just look out for what I can $>>   
   >> $>>  $>>   $>>    control....me. $>> $>>  $>>   $>   
   >> $>> $>>  $>>   $>    That's what I thought you'd say. It's pretty   
   >> much what everyone in your $>> $>>  $>>   $>    shoes says. And it's   
   >> the reason things continue to get worse. $>> $>>  $>>   $   
   >> $>> $>>  $>>   $Hey, I left friends behind in Ontario in 1980 that   
   >> are still waiting for $>> $>>  $>>   $government to deliver.  All   
   >> government delivers is tax-slavery and more $>> $>>  $>>   
   >> $byzantine non-value added complexity.  Life is for people who have   
   >> the $>> $>>  $>>   $get up and go to deal with it. $>> $>>  $>   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   If you want fast delivery, phone a pizzeria.   
   >> $>> $>>  $>   
   >> $>> $>>  $>>   $But does not mean you can't be a success all the   
   >> same.  Life is full of $>> $>>  $>>   $obstacles.  The trick is to   
   >> decide to walk around them or jump over $>> $>>  $>>   
   >> $them...invest in yourself and persevere despite the issues. $>> $>>   
   >> $>>   $ $>> $>>  $>>   $I guess I should realize my disability is   
   >> really my ability.  It forced $>> $>>  $>>   $me to be very   
   >> realistic early on in life.  Yep, worked like a mutt for $>> $>>   
   >> $>>   $35 years knowing the disability would catch up to me and I   
   >> didn't spend $>> $>>  $>>   $one day waiting for government   
   >> bailouts.  As I knew it wouldn't be there. $>> $>>  $> $>> $>>  $>   
   >> Huh? $>> $>>  $   
   >> $>> $>>  $Huh what?  Lets not fed the delinquent.   
   >> $>> $>   
   >> $>> $>  I just don't remember you ever mentioning a disability   
   >> $>> $>  before.   
   >> $>> $   
   >> $>> $Yep, but will not discuss the detail in the wide open.  Just   
   >> suffice to $>> $say I have the excuses and never used them.  Excuses   
   >> are cheap.  Getting $>> $off your ass and dealing with it is divine.   
   >> So when chimps fully $>> $enabled except for the crippling attitude   
   >> , they get little sympathy $>> $from me.  And fixing ones attitude   
   >> is relatively easy. $>   
   >> $> I have several disabled friends who have done incredible   
   >> $> things with their lives.  A couple are disabled enough to   
   >> $> qualify for full AISH. and the amount they give back to   
   >> $> society in the form of volunteer work is incredible.   
   >> $   
   >> $I managed to pack away enough I don't think I would qualify for   
   >> AISH. $Pays me more to watch the stocks grow and pay dividends at   
   >> this point. $Something you can do without worrying if your doing it   
   >> fast enough.   
   >   
   > With AISH, if my understanding of the rules is correct,   
   > while you can own your own home and you can own a vehicle   
   > modified to meet your needs, there is a limit to the amount   
   > of assets you can have.   
   >   
   >> $> Disabled people who, in spite of their disabilities, find.   
   >> $> ways to contribute to the world around them are such   
   >> $> incredible inspirations.  If they can do what they do, what   
   >> $> is holding me back?   
   >> $   
   >> $Yep, yet many fully enabled whine to much.  One thing a disabled   
   >> person $will learn sooner than later is whining gets you no where.   
   >> Neither does $self pity or excuses.  In a weird sort of way this is   
   >> true:  Everyone $has a disability, just depends how you work around   
   >> it.  For some, MS, $for others blind, for others a wheel   
   >> chair....for others it is just $attitude.   
   >   
   > The author of "What Color is Your Parachute" wrote a version   
   > of the book aimed at the disabled.  And he said exactly the   
   > same thing.  Everyone has a disability.   
   >   
   > Usually, when people think of disabilities, they think of   
   > conditions with severe physical or mental shortcomings.   
   > People on crutches or confined to wheelchairs, or with   
   > autism or cerebral palsy.   
   >   
   > And you're right.  For some people, the biggest disability   
   > is an attitude.   
      
   Oh... you mean like the "arrogant smug superior" attitude that you two   
   clowns have? That's a disability? And here I thought it was a charcter   
   defect, potentially curable with a does of reality...   
      
   I am so sorry for picking on you disabled guys.   
      
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