XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general
From: Canuck57@nospam.com
On 10/07/2011 4:33 PM, merlin! wrote:
> 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.
Not at all, just hoping to convey some wisdom to you. But do get the
feeling we are wasting our time.
Yes, I am disabled, but I didn't let that stop me. Just tried harder,
replaced envy and self pity with skills and knowledge.
--
Now the real war is on Obama-debt, to save America's future.
And do it for your kids sake....and ignore the selfish fleabags...
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