Posted on 03/14/2012 12:14:27 PM PDT by Nachum
President Obama's Department of Justice -- led by Attorney General Eric Holder -- has found a new way to make the Americans with Disabilities Act pay off for Democratic trial lawyer campaign donors.
Since the ADA first became law in 1990, the DOJ has been issuing "guidelines" that businesses must follow to comply with a multitude of the nation's civil rights laws.
For example, if a restaurant bathroom has a light switch that is 52 inches above the floor, then that business is in compliance. But if the light switch is 53 inches above the floor, than the restaurant owner is a civil rights violator subject to fines from the government and liable for civil damages from any disabled individual who ever used the bathroom.
The DOJ has been issuing a growing wave of such guidelines over the years, reaching an ever larger portion of business activities. In September 2010, the DOJ issued guidelines for "recreational facilities," including a new rule that all public access swimming pools must provide a lift capable of moving disabled patrons from their wheelchairs into the water.
Compliance with the rule requires pool owners to have a lift for each "water element" in their facility. So if your local community pool also has a spa, both the spa and the pool must be "accessible." But if you have two spas, don't worry, only one lift is required.
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And we wonder why people are cynical. Pool owners ought to bring a class action lawsuit.
Every swimming pool should simply close, lay off its strictly-pool-related workers, and issue big, plain-worded notices that this is 100% due to the Obamastration.
For the money this country has spent on ADA compliance, we could have hired someone to physically carry around every cripple in the country.
—But if you have two spas, don’t worry, only one lift is required.—
Hmmm. Sounds like “separate but equal”.
Wait a second! It didn’t even say “equal”. :-)
A contractor decided to skirt the issue and made all doors save the first level two feet-six inches.
The remodeling created serious revenue problems. The contractor for all purposes was correct in his reasoning, however the laws and codes overruled him no matter the logic.
What’s the difference between a catfish and an attorney?
One’s a bottom-dwelling, scum-sucking scavenger...
The other’s a fish.
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What’s brown and black and looks good on an attorney?
A Doberman
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They’ve started using attorneys rather than rats for some laboratory experiments:
It seems the researchers were becoming emotionally attached to the rats - and besides, there are some things you can’t get a rat to do for money.
LOL. Oldies, but goodies “)
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