Earl wrote:Fit Man is not intolerant of physically handicapped people, Fat Man. You've convinced yourself that he is, but you are mistaken. That is not the reason why he's been badgering you. The reason is because he considers you to be lazy and believes that you don't respect others whose religious or political views differ from your own.
Fit Man, I have no problem with Fat Man receiving disability from the taxpayers. I'm possibly more informed about his condition than any other member of this forum. In fact, I know I'm more informed, as he's communicated with me privately at length for some time. He can't even drive a car now. The trauma caused by the homosexual rape he suffered as a 17-year-old is far more severe than any other member knows. He has one or more other problems that are definitely forms of mental illness. And since he has type I diabetes, he's also dependent upon Medicare to be able to receive insulin. I'm not meaning to excuse him for having bad attitudes; I'm simply saying that he should receive the disability.
Actually, it's type 2 diabetes, because I also take oral medications along with the insulin. When I was first diagnosed back in 1994, I was started on oral medications only, which worked for a couple of years before I had to start on insulin.
I can still drive, but my license expired and I never bothered to renew it because I can't afford to buy a car now, so I use the city buses to get around.
The picture you see in my avatar, that photo was taken of me back in April 2007, when I was still walking around with a cane.
But eventually, the arthritis in my knees and ankles has become so bad now that back in July 2009, I had to get one of those power chairs to get around, my JAZZY 614 HD.
I live in a small one-room studio apartment. I can still get up and walk around a little bit in my small apartment, but when I go out, I can't walk as far as I use to, so, in order to do my shopping, when I go out, I use my power chair.
Now, while I can't do any work that requires a lot of physical labor or being on my feet, I could be trained to do some kind of office work.
I love working with computers.
I have even built my own computer, buying the parts and assembling it myself and installing Windows, so I know how to work on computers.
It's much cheaper to by the parts, the motherboard, the CPU, the memory, the hard drives and DVD drives and putting it together myself, much cheaper than it is to buy the whole computer already put together with Windows in it.
I have enough knowledge to teach an Astronomy class, but in order to get any kind of teaching job, one has to have had courses in education, and a degree to be certified.
Aye! There's the rub!!!
I don't qualify for a grant.
If I could get private tutoring at home, and if it were possible to finish getting a degree at home, and I don't mean through some mail order school advertised on match book covers either!
So, I can't do physical labor.
The kind of work that I would be physically capable of doing is something that would require an education, and being able to finish a degree.
I knew this back when I was in high school.
Because I had a lot of pain in my left knee and walked with a limp, then for me, sports was not an option.
Therefore, I would have to hit the books and study if I were to get a job that didn't require a lot of physical labor.
But our schools (at least the schools I had the misfortune to attend) were run by sports obsessed morons with shit for brains!
No, instead, I get thrown out of school because I could not score touchdowns for Hometown High.
And then, one day I had an emotional and mental breakdown, spend three weeks in the State Mental Hospital, where one night I was beaten and raped by an older man.
And by the way
Fit Shit, Brigan, or Weltall, it is NOT irrelevant or unrelated stuff!
Ya got that???
In response to an earlier post by recovering_fan on a previous page . . .
recovering_fan wrote: . . . I think Fat Man is trying his best to contribute to society through YouTube debates and the like. I don't think that it really makes any difference whether or not he also works at a convenience store for $7/hr. I also respect the word of our government when it acknowledges that Fat Man indeed has a disabling condition and for that reason cannot go to work. I have little patience for people who round up disabled people and try to make them feel more like shit than they already feel. Those people are bullies; there's no more appropriate word for it.
Yes, if you all go back through all of my forum posts in the OFF TOPICS sections, by going back through many previous pages, I have posted YouTube links to educational videos on science, such as astronomy, paleontology, biology, evolution, etc. etc.
And while I have posted many articles on politics, I have also posted articles on science, and links to those articles.
I felt the need to post those topics because I believe that most members of an anti-sports forum get tired of just talking about anti-sports all the time, and would like to see more educational topics.
And I currently have 79 Playlists on my YouTube channel. Some are historical videos on The Inquisition, about Galileo, videos on science, astronomy, paleontology, geology, biology, evolution, and on the controversy between science and religion, evolution and creationism, etc. etc.
I have spent many sleepless nights searching YouTube for the best possible videos. My Playlist on The Inquisition for example: is a series of 20 videos. Why People Laugh At Creationist is a series of 36 videos. I have many Playlists that have more than 20 or 30 videos, and some with a series of less than 10 videos. I have lost count of the total number of videos, and I watch each one in it's entirety before favoring them to my Playlists.
So, I have spent many nights getting little or no sleep.
Eventually I want to start making my own videos to upload.
Next month I'm getting a good microphone, then I can start making videos with still photos, text, and my voice speaking.
It's going to be awhile before I can get a decent video camera, so for the time being, I'll just have to settle for still photos, text, introductory and background music, and my speaking voice.
And believe me, I'll have plenty to say!
One could say that my YouTube channel is like a central nexus for information on the Internet so people can see almost all that is available without having to conduct lengthy searches, because I have been doing that myself.
And every day I add more Playlists, so my channel is growing.
Also, I have subscribed to 153 different channels and I now have 70 friends.
Here is the link to my YouTube channel.
Big Fat Heretic
EVOLUTION! Doing My Part To Piss Off The Religious Right!
BigFatHeretic's Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigFatHeretic#g/p
And of course, my Feature Video on the homepage.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigFatHeretic
Don McLeroy - The Creationist in Charge of Education in Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOBnmObTMbk
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Uploaded by BigFatHeretic on May 28, 2011
March 11, 2010 on ABC Nightline:
Fundamentalist Christian dentist (hey! That rhymes!) Don McLeory, promotes drastic curriculum change for school textbooks in the state of Texas.
Among some of the proposed changes would be to remove any mention of Thomas Jefferson from the history textbooks and replace him with John Calvin, a raving maniac who a few centuries ago had people tortured in the name of his religion.
This, of course, is not mentioned in the NEWS clipping on the video above, but many other purposed changes are mentioned.
Don McLeoroy was eventually voted out of the Texas State Board of Education, but it's too late, because the board has selected the Textbooks that will be used for the next 10 years, so we're all, like, royally screwed!
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And, I have even added my own sarcastic and cynical annotations to the video that some may find rather entertaining. Yes, I am a cynic!
So, I believe that I am doing something useful, even if it doesn't involve something physical like, jumping up and down like a drooling moron or running all over Hell and back chasing balls.
Yeah! So, I'm sitting on my fat ass in front of my computer organizing my educational channel, which I feel is far more useful than childish moronic infantile sports!
Well, anyway . . . . . . .
In the meantime . . .
I may take
Fit Shit off of ignore so I can see his forum posts again.
But first, before I read any more forum posts from
Fit Shit, I shall put on these protective goggles so that. . .
. . .
I won't get STUPID in my eyes!!!