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« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2004, 01:22:36 PM »
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another govt grant? why does the govt (taxpayer) have to pay for everything. how much is the govt grant, maybe the 28 million deaf people can pay for it so our children and grand children won't have to.


How easily you say that...  Using your thinking : Why not have the parapalegics pay for wheel chair accessable building ?

Heaven forbid that we make people in wheel chairs pay for their access...

Why doesn't the Government require equal access to all indiviuals, including the deaf?

Why is it that very few crosswalks are enabled for the blind to cross safely?

Why is it government contractors can tear up Sidewalks, do a chitty job putting it back and not be held accountable?

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« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2004, 01:25:56 PM »
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Your pissed about the Gay Hollywood thing, aren't you?;)


I knew that was coming from someone...

Why don't you ask my Wife?  She'll tell ya I don't own any barbara striesand albums :)  Though in this day and age of liars that might not be sufficent proof :)

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« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2004, 01:30:03 PM »
Liars are nothing new.
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« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2004, 01:30:52 PM »
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Liars are nothing new.


:lol So insightful

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« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2004, 01:37:32 PM »
Since you seem intent on berating Bush for a supposed slight, how old are these shows you want captioned? Bewitched was on the list wasn't it? Wonder why Clinton didn't caption it for you. Did you berate him about it? That isn't a rhetorical question.
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« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2004, 01:48:15 PM »
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Since you seem intent on berating Bush for a supposed slight, how old are these shows you want captioned? Bewitched was on the list wasn't it? Wonder why Clinton didn't caption it for you. Did you berate him about it? That isn't a rhetorical question.


As a matter of fact, Clinton tried the same thing and failed too...  And yes I was upset then too...

"Similar efforts to censor captioning in 1998 were met by a massive, nationwide outcry of consumer protest. (There are 28 million deaf Americans. Go figure.) These censorship efforts failed, in part, because then-Department of Education Secretary Richard W. Riley affirmed that the government should not “supercede the individual judgment of millions of deaf Americans” nor should the Department single out particular television programs resulting in a denial of access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. "

The age of the shows are irrelevant because you are implying the older shows aren't worth CC'ing.  Fine, don't caption the History Of the Bismark, or D-Day, Fuggit don't caption anything older than 2003.  How about them apples.

  Caption them all or REQUIRE the companies to caption them...  That is all that I ask.

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« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2004, 01:53:20 PM »
You assume too much. I only brought up age to ask why now?

I did enjoy Bewitched when I was younger, and yes, I'm old enough to have watched it before reruns. However, I don't recall it having any educational value at all.
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« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2004, 01:59:51 PM »
BTW, both my aunt (now deceased) and my grandson, now 8, read/read lips quite well. I know that you don't always see the person speaking on television but it seems you usually do on sitcoms like Bewitched.
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« Reply #23 on: February 20, 2004, 02:09:56 PM »
I for one am quite willing to stop funding for the department of education... where do I sign up to vote on it?

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« Reply #24 on: February 20, 2004, 02:12:26 PM »
So FOX news should get a government grant to caption their shows because its educational?  Aren't they a for profit company?  I just would like to see equal access for everyone.  One could argue that bewitched is educational.  It teaches imagination, yeah I'm probably grasping here but how is an episode of Jerry Springer more educational than Forensic Files?

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« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2004, 02:16:49 PM »
Who said anything about government grants besides you Dingbat? I am most definitely against paying anything towards everything broadcast. Let the consumers pay.
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« Reply #26 on: February 20, 2004, 02:58:43 PM »
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Who said anything about government grants besides you Dingbat? I am most definitely against paying anything towards everything broadcast. Let the consumers pay.


Umm...

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another govt grant? why does the govt (taxpayer) have to pay for everything. how much is the govt grant, maybe the 28 million deaf people can pay for it so our children and grand children won't have to.

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« Reply #27 on: February 20, 2004, 04:31:27 PM »
What I mean is, who is advocating a government grant besides you?
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