{"id":89,"date":"2009-10-03T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2009-10-03T03:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T11:27:00","slug":"open-thread-%e2%80%93-1032009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/03\/open-thread-%e2%80%93-1032009\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread \u2013 10\/3\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I have some great personal news to report.  I received a finding from the Social Security Administration yesterday.  After over two years of fighting, my SSDI disability appeal finally reached a judge.  He reviewed it and determined that my case is so obvious that he ruled in my favor without requiring a hearing.  It will probably be a couple months before I actually see any money, and I\u2019ll still be very poor, but the abject poverty in which I have lived for three years, the times I have had to stretch one pork chop into four days of meals, will finally come to an end.  In addition, I will get Medicare and will be able to attend to some pressing medical issues I have neglected for years, because I lack the ability to pay for the care.  As overjoyed as I feel over this news, I can\u2019t help but feel for the many thousands of people in the same boat.  The SSA\u2019s policy to deny so many obviously valid claims and to take so long dragging their feet before resolving them (I first applied in 2007.) is both unconscionable and responsible for tremendous suffering.  This policy has existed for a long, long time, but Bush and the GOP exacerbated the problem by stripping the SSA of the employees who review such cases.  I guess the GOP hoped that we would die quickly, making our claims moot.  Sorry!  I lasted!!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be offline most of the day, I think.  My computer has a restore feature that, in the event of a failure will restore my system to the state when I bought it.  However, I\u2019ve made many changes since then, all of which would be lost.  That utility will also back my computer up to DVDs to restore it to its present state, and I\u2019m going to run that procedure today.  I will probably be sitting here swapping disks for several hours.  Have a great day!!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:55.  To do it, Click Here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some humor for you.<\/p>\n

\"3palin-rogue-book\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Sound off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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