The ways of the Bush administration are inscrutable and stupid (ADA service animal ban)

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January 7
PZ Myers

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This odious administration is not going out gracefully, however, but is instead leaving with a flurry of last-minute knifings of our country. Some are exploitive efforts to pay back interests to whom the conservatives are beholden, such as the stripping of environmental protection laws (which the next administration may be disinclined to roll back). Others just seem inexplicably arbitrary and petty, the work of small-minded tyrants who want to get in one last poke while they can.

Here's one such example: the Department of Justice is redefining "service animal". They've redefined "animal" to mean "dog"! I've got nothing against dogs, but there are people who use non-canine animals as service animals, and suddenly they are going to be stripped of the legal rights associated with service animal use.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/01/the_ways_of_the_bush_administr.php">Complete article

Why??????? :shrug:

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1. It's war on disabled people!

http://scienceblogs.com/culturedish/2009/01/newsflash_doj_ada_changes_leak.php

http://www.here-now.org/shows/2009/01/20090106_9.asp