NOT FICTION AFTER ALL

This afternoon, Wednesday, September 24th, 2014, I attended a meeting of the Texas Disabilities Issues Forum. I had hoped that the first story in the below collection, titled 'THE SILENCING OF THE BROKEN', in which a totally Republican controlled Congress makes it impossible for anyone with any kind of disability to vote, was pure fiction, or at least an exaggeration. Based on some of what I heard this morning and early afternoon, however, a slight exaggeration it may still be, but pure fiction it is NOT. The group is nonpartisan, so they had to remain neutral about who was to blame party wise, but there were several stories of People with Disabilities being told at their local polling location that accommodations for those with disabilities were not available, "we don't do that here" was, I believe, an exact quote. Now, while the group hosting the forum, as I said, being nonpartisan, could only present the facts, not make judgements about which party is to blame for these problems, I CAN. We all know which party controls the politics in this state, which party the Texas Attorney General who argued the anti A.D.A. case before The Supreme Court belongs to, which party's governor has failed to wave sovereign immunity so that even in light of this decision People with Disabilities in the State of Texas can be assured of their equal access rights being protected, and which party has overall shown itself not to be a friend to the Community of People with Disabilities, so I will go ahead and say that it is the Republican Party that wants to keep those of us with Disabilities from voting. I will of course not tell anyone else who to vote for, that is obviously an individual choice, but in light of all of this I will certainly be voting a straight Democratic Ticket this November, especially since no one from the Republican Party could even be bothered to show up today to address our concerns, and maybe provide some reason for these positions, even though I will concede Greg Abbott did fill out the survey, which I will admit that I have not yet read. That is all that I have to say.