Posted on 05/22/2012 4:32:53 AM PDT by IbJensen
I defy anyone to name ONE thing the “goverment” does not have their over-reaching hands in! Name just ONE.
The air you breath.
Where you may walk.
How you travel.
What you may eat.
What kind of pet you may have.
But you can “marry” whatever you like.
I’ve never seen this device, but now I’m wondering... How many of our little water lizards are going to be hurt by playing with this elevator? We all know how “attentive” the parents of “other peoples’ kids” are.
Or a ramp to the pool...are they supposed to drive their chair into the water?? Great comment there.
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Our local lake has a ramp in for the disabled. So does an older theraputic pool in the area.
I personally know a handicapped person who goes around looking for businesses to sue.
About the only thing that could top this would be the Obama regime, in its pursuit of more gay marriage, mandating that at least one partner to a pairing be outfitted with the means to provide vaginal birth.
They aren’t in your bedroom. Well ok they define what a bedroom is, where the light switches are, the bed, the lamp, the clock radio. Heck they even put threatening little notes on the mattress and pillows.
But by golly if you want to do something with another member of the same sex they’ll certainly not discourage that activity.
My company was threatened with a suit over the height of handicapped parking signs.
Not the lack of spaces but the height of the signs marking them.
“Do they also have to provide a lifeguard to ensure the handicapped person doesnt drown?”
That is exactly what I was wondering... is there going to be some kind of regulation that a handicapped person had to be able to actually swim? Does the pool owner have to provide a means for that person to enjoy being in the water?
Pool ramps are part of the regs.
http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm#15.8 Swimming Pools, Wading Pools, and Spas
Ramp installation isn’t cheap either, many ‘public-access’ pools will need to be fiscally shut down.
I’m wondering when the ADA will get around to regulating ponds, lakes and ocean areas with lifeguards...if everyone can’t enjoy them then ADA likes to make regulations that no one can....
I know of one too. Businesses in my area that are in the know don't improve anything for fear that he'll sue the crap out of them. The ADA laws are very precise and many contractors don't follow them - putting businesses in a monetary bind. There are businesses in my area that have closed because of it - others have cost of tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix to spec.
Unfortunately the best thing to do is not improve anything - sit idle - if you dare to make your business more accessible and don't do it absolutely correctly - you are toast.
“Which Obama cash bundler owns the factory that is going to manufacture these devices?”
I think you hit on it! Follow the money.
Good points.
Accessibility on websites is a big thing now. I don't know if anyone has been sued, but it would surprise me.
We’ve got one of these in the pool at the city rec center where I swim. It effectively blocks on of the swimming lanes...and nobody ever uses it.
This is typical.
Bush Sr pushed this piece of crap Federal law ADA and liberal Martha supposedly was pushing him on it.
This type of dangerous and destructive law uses the words ‘reasonable accommodations’ which allows any administration to come in and bankrupt not just businesses but local governments.
I have long noticed bathrooms with limited space that are required to use it all for a single stall.
Or the $500 fines for parking in a handicapped parking spot, yet the police never spend the time to stake out these spots so non-handicapped relatives can and do just use the parking decals for their own parking without a threat.
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I take charge by taking my son to the YMCA, or other places that have chosen to be made accessable. I never stated that the government should force pools to impliment the lifts. They are just handy to have in place.
Getting someone into a pool is easy, it's getting them out. Especially when the are a full grown person.
If this satanical evil regime ever coaxed Dr. Frankenstein into doing this we’d be faced with a new minority of hideously ugly zombies mating with vacuum cleaners.
Although the stupid marxist puppet embraces abortion with great gusto, he’d have to unleash his powerful killing machines in order to get rid of the monsters. His wookie could be an engineered zombie with a custom exterior. Although the good doctor forgot to enhance her lactose producers.
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