MONKEY MUSINGS DAILY OPEN DISCUSSION #54 1/21/10 - 6/18/10

[Bearlyhere]

San Antonio  police just had a press conference to announce Baby Gabriel case is now officially a homicide investigation

Oh no!  I was hoping against hope!

      

[Bearlyhere]

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO          

Congrats Monken, and all other Saints fans!   

It was a really good game! 

Yes!!!

 

[Bearlyhere]

Bearly - yes, the ocean 

Oh my!  I just melted with a sigh!

     


I could not figure out why Out4Bull was chewing gum.

       

[cookie]

Has anyone here read the book Damaged? about foster children and social services..it is a really great book..just started reading it...someone here mentioned the book so I got it to read...really really good...

[Bearlyhere]

Has anyone here read the book Damaged? about foster children and social services..it is a really great book..just started reading it...someone here mentioned the book so I got it to read...really really good...

No,  Thanks for the tip.

 

[crazybabyborg]

Hi everybody!!   

[Blumonkey]

Bearly - yes, the ocean 

Klaas, that's just wrong. I have a lovely view of the golf course behind my house, but it is covered with 4" of snow from Friday night. It is snowing here now and we are expecting 3 to 6 more inches tonight. Hurry up April !

[Green Eyes]

Bearly - yes, the ocean 

Klaas, that's just wrong. I have a lovely view of the golf course behind my house, but it is covered with 4" of snow from Friday night. It is snowing here now and we are expecting 3 to 6 more inches tonight. Hurry up April !

[Bearlyhere]

Bearly - yes, the ocean 

Klaas, that's just wrong. I have a lovely view of the golf course behind my house, but it is covered with 4" of snow from Friday night. It is snowing here now and we are expecting 3 to 6 more inches tonight. Hurry up April !

What's not fair about a Monkey Reunion Resort where you can see the now World Famous Petey!

 

[klaasend]

Don't miss Dana Pretzer tonight at 9pm ET (in about 9 minutes)!



Click on the link below

http://scaredmonkeysradio.com/radio.m3u

[klaasend]

Great show Dana, as always!

[Blumonkey]

Bearly - yes, the ocean 

Klaas, that's just wrong. I have a lovely view of the golf course behind my house, but it is covered with 4" of snow from Friday night. It is snowing here now and we are expecting 3 to 6 more inches tonight. Hurry up April !

What's not fair about a Monkey Reunion Resort where you can see the now World Famous Petey!

 

Good point, Bearley. Petey is such fun to watch ! We got 8" of snow last night and it is snowing now. I need a diversion. I think we need a Petey Cam !

[Green Eyes]

Morning all


Rare Earthquake rattles Northern Ill. this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_small_earthquake_illinois

[cookie]

Morning all


Rare Earthquake rattles Northern Ill. this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_small_earthquake_illinois

yes in deedy! hubs and I got woke up at 4 AM...shook our whole house!

[Green Eyes]

Morning all


Rare Earthquake rattles Northern Ill. this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_small_earthquake_illinois

yes in deedy! hubs and I got woke up at 4 AM...shook our whole house!

Cookie it sure gets the blood pumpin doesn't it.

[SuzieQ]

This you-tube was posted by someone in my neighborhood. And today we are in a Blizzard warning. Love winter-NOT


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_whdERKy-z8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/_whdERKy-z8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

[cookie]

Morning all


Rare Earthquake rattles Northern Ill. this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_small_earthquake_illinois

yes in deedy! hubs and I got woke up at 4 AM...shook our whole house!

Cookie it sure gets the blood pumpin doesn't it.

it sure does! nothing like waking up from a sound sleep to an earthquake...

[Monken]

Klaas, somebody, help me with this!!!

For some reason photobucket is not showing the links underneath the pictures like it usually does & now all i can get posted is the link to the picture, not the picture itself. What happened?? I don't know what to do!!! I had to dig up the crying monkey for this GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!   

[GramaMonkey]

Just have to share this with everyone ....

Every Dad's Dream Girl 

 This little girl will make a fine Dispatcher later in her life! Hope all of our fine dispatchers get to hear this...   Listen till the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDARfDJw80s&feature=player_embedded

youTube - 5-year-old Savannah's Calm Call with 911 - THE BONNIE HUNT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDARfDJw80s&feature=player_embedded

[Bearlyhere]

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/09/white-house-meeting-future/6950/

What Rahm Emanuel’s Apology Means For The Future
By Michelle Diament
Disability Scoop
February 9, 2010

A historic White House meeting last week drew unexpected national attention to disability issues and forged a new relationship between the disability community and administration officials that could set the tone for years to come.

The half-hour meeting last Wednesday in Emanuel’s office marked what is believed to be the first time self-advocates were included in dialogue with a top White House official, while garnering the attention of national media and even Saturday Night Live.

Emanuel’s gathering with six advocates came more than a week after The Wall Street Journal quoted the White House chief of staff using the phrase “f—ing +++++++.” The report prompted outrage among self-advocates and disability organizations who say use of the word “+++++++” is offensive and should be discontinued.

Emanuel seemed genuinely surprised by the outrage he generated and told the advocates that he planned to discuss the situation with his three children so that they could learn from his mistakes, Peter Berns told Disability Scoop. Berns attended the meeting in his role as CEO of The Arc of the United States.

“My sense was that this had opened up his eyes in a way that was significant and that the reaction has really touched him,” Berns said. “He expressed his apologies and regrets. It struck me as very sincere and heartfelt on his part. I did not at all have the impression that he was going through the paces.”

The meeting gave advocates an opportunity to, “establish a personal relationship that we didn’t have before,” Berns said.

As follow-up, advocates expect to forward additional information requested by Emanuel to the White House Tuesday regarding proposed legislation known as Rosa’s law. Under the bill, references to “mental retardation” would be replaced with the term “intellectual disability” throughout federal law.

Already, Emanuel took the Special Olympics pledge to end use of the “r-word.”

In addition to Berns, representatives of Special Olympics and the American Association of People with Disabilities attended the meeting. Self-advocates Ricardo Thornton and Julie Petty told Emanuel of the personal hurt they feel when the word +++++++ is used. And, Hannah Jacobs, a parent advocate who started a Facebook group dedicated to warding off offensive use of the “r-word” on the social networking site, showed examples of hateful use of the language that persists.

“It struck us coming out of the meeting that this was something of a historic moment for the self-advocacy movement. I’m not aware of whether a group of self-advocates has ever ventured into the inner sanctum of the White House,” Berns said.

The meeting also gave new energy to efforts to eliminate use of the word “+++++++.” As the flare-up prompted by Emanuel’s remarks started to die down, Rush Limbaugh became the latest focus of advocates’ attention after he used the term repeatedly on his radio show. Both Special Olympics and The Arc sent letters to the conservative talk show host asking him to discontinue use of the word and meet with advocates as Emanuel did.