Happy With The Veto.

This wonderful news found its way to my desk this morning! The AB 2072 was vetoed, and rightfully so. I completely agree with Governor Andrus on all points. You can read about it at the link I'm going to attach here. That is more than John Egbert really want to show you, readers.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2051-2100/ab_2072_vt_20100929.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2072
VETOED DATE: 09/29/2010

To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 2072 without my signature.
I appreciate the strong feelings from advocates on both sides of this
issue. Parents, when first advised that their child has been
identified with a hearing loss, are in need of information. It is in
the parents' and the affected child's best interest to have
information that is timely, appropriate, unbiased, and linguistically
and culturally sensitive. This bill is an attempt to provide that
type of comprehensive information. Unfortunately, the mechanism is
through an advisory committee that is anything but unbiased. It's
also an advisory committee that will not only duplicate efforts by
other state programs and materials by nationally recognized and
respected organizations, but it represents a significant workload
that will require fiscal resources that cannot be spared.
I do believe that our state's Newborn Hearing Screening Program,
along with other state agencies and departments, already coordinate
and work to provide the best programs for California children that
are deaf or hard of hearing. This bill is unnecessary and
potentially contradictory to those successful efforts.
For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger

End quote.

You see, parties from both sides quickly formed advisory committees to represent their own best interests, including deafhoodized folks. The Governor stated how important it was to provide the parents with unbiased information. All communication options. That was really simple but the radical deaf-power group wanted to enhance ASL as the superior choice. End result? It produced a long wrangled battle and complicated the bill. I was happy with how the final bill turned out but always thought that the original draft was unbiased and yes, much better.

Now that it's been vetoed, it's being sent back to the drawing table. Going back to the basics, that of "all communication options". Keeping it simple is what the Governor wanted and California is going to get exactly that.

The Governor also did not want anything duplicated with what's already offered by other State programs and national organizations.

And lastly, the Governor did not want to expend anything on this bill therefore the complicated and costly information packages won't be financed. Sorry Californians. Private organizations like AG Bell, DCARA, NORCAL, GLAD are now financially responsible for their own promotions, if any. Say good bye to this free publicity machine that was once offered. The audiologists are now back in power, thanks to the radical few who did not know a good thing when they had it.

This was an interesting experience and I know many of us learned from it. I'm moving on now that the bill is dead and you Californians are back to square one.

Good job Governor!

New! Deafhood Video Game!

My son Cobi created this humorous vlog after watching Jeff's vlog on Deafhood Church and following the turmoil that occurred at aslrocks.net. He created the entire game from scratches and did an excellent job, in my opinion. And then he asked me to join him in doing a play for the video. Was fun while it lasted. Enjoy it but don't watch it if you do not have an ounce of sense of humor.

Deafhood Church Is Here. What's Next?

This embedded video done by NLDesierto from youtube, formerly known as deafjeff. It's shown here for your review. Don't worry if they delete this video because I saved the video on my hard drive, for the record, including video comments generated by David (DeafChip), Mike (DeafOIC), Mike Gallangher, and several others who cheered on.

David (deafchip) excitedly said he wanted to join! He went even further to poke fun at Total Communication, something that would go against his words in the past. He used to defend the sincerity of deafhood and claim to respect other people's choices but it does not appear to be the case any more. He's loosely joking about it now. These are the same people that have been trying to convince us that it's nothing more than a serious personal journey. David, if you are reading this you're probably going to rush over to the site and delete your comments before the whole world sees it. Worry not, I saved your comments into my hard drive as well.

Not very long ago they talked of this so-called deaf bible by Paddy Ladd, calling it a Bible. (Note: I saved that video in my hard drive as well) And then this.... Deafhood Church. I could care less if it's only a joke. That is not the question here. The question is how careless can they get? I've been keeping track of their carelessness as they continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

I'm blogging about it because these people labored long and hard trying to lend some credibility to deafhood movement and yet in the same breath they turn around and make a mockery of the theory themselves. I'm not complaining about how dumb they want to be. In fact they are helping my cause by inflicting the damages but I am surprised at how they continue to shoot themselves in the foot. Think about it. There are numerous deaf people out there who committed their time, energy, money and participate in some of the deafhood workshops. Some of them received trainings so that they are able to teach on the subject. These people took deafhood issues seriously and yet these same deafhood leaders poked fun at the theory. Does that make sense? Have they not considered how some of their participants might feel about it? Apparently not.

I sat in this chair and pondered on this subject as I tried to make some sense out of it. I wondered if they were really that stupid. Two quick answer came up.

One, yes, they must be.

Two, they are evidently without souls.

It might begin to explain why they are constantly doing their soul searching with hope to discover their so-called deaf center. They would not be looking if they had their souls in the first place, would they? Is it why they are in search for a new Bible and a new church. Just a joke, you say? Then this begs the question. Why joke about it? They're joking about it to see if it would actually generate enough support and interest. History will teach us that numerous projects started out as a wild idea and even a joke, on purpose, with hope to see if it'd generate enough support and interest. Naturally they're going to claim it as a joke but down deep on the inside they might be testing the water.

Personal journey? Unfortunately no. It's a trap. Good luck to those who fell for it. Should not be too difficult to get out while you can still... these people are not too bright.

My New Family

Enjoy the video and learn what "special something" happened to me this summer. You may also want to turn up the volume and enjoy the customized music I created with my round drum.

Mi-yo!

ASL Community, a Society of the Infested?

Upon receiving numerous emails from some of my fans and viewers I learned about the unfortunate incident involving Ridor9th and his so-called criminal record. It is my understanding that he is currently in jail.

I would not care to elaborate on that but wanted to say that I traced the news all the way to an individual I've never heard of. His user name with youtube was Gratefuldeaf. Apparently he was the first source of the news itself. I watched the video and could not help it but notice a comment from Kalalau52 (known as Carl S.) and smelled a skunk. And then I thought of a scenario in my head... I see it as a body of water, a community that was infested with sharks that were beginning to go after each other.

Kalalau is known to have laughed and cheered Ridor9th on for attacking many deaf people, including myself. Numerous acts of defamation and slander occurred while Ridor9th attacked people and yet this Kalalau character cheered him on knowing it would only encourage him to continue behaving that way. And when this Gratefuldeaf vlogged about it, in pain, Kalalau congratulated him for coming forward on the issue.

This is what he had to say... "Yes, Jason, I could still remember initial attackers in your facebook who were out to drag your name through the mud. I was proud that you took up your guts to make this vlog about "a pack of haters." They do have their queens.".

I left a comment under Kalalau's comment stating that he was the one that laughed and cheered alongside Ridor9th when he attacked people. And that I thought he should have condemned the behavior as soon as it started, not after this individual has been jailed. Went on to tell him that words were like mirror, a reflection self, referring to him as the "queen" he spoke of. That comment was not published, I assume because Grateful and Kalalau knew each other and were perhaps even friends.

Mind you, this legal issue Ridor9th is currently dealing with may have nothing to do with defamation and slanderous work that he's done towards many individuals. The point here is, Ridor9th had Kalalau as a loyal ally up until that point. This type of behavior is exactly what I envisioned in that photo of water infested with sharks.

Upon thinking about it some more I realized that it has more to do with how desperate this ASL community has become in this cyber world. Their world is getting smaller and smaller each year. They've assimilated themselves into a world of illusions, to a degree where they do not want anything to do with people that were slightly different. They would assail those that were not deaf enough in their view. They end up being by themselves, living amongst their own until there were no more fishes to assail and consume. They came up with a new diet and called it AUDISM. The notion of attacking hearing people appeared ideal. And when they ran out of examples they ended up more isolated than ever.

At some point, which we're beginning to witness these days, their own are beginning to appear appealing. They're beginning to experiment with a new diet called cannibalism. Eating each other up seem appealing because they drove everything away and had nothing else to assail and consume upon. The rest of the world drove on forward and made huge progress on solutions of their own, without the blessings of the sharks.

Never thought I'd see the day when Kalalau would turn against Ridor9th and assailed him. This is why I've denounced the community by calling myself sharkless, as in deafless. I want no part of this stupidity.

And lastly, I am not excited about the fact that Ridor9th is in jail. I do not wish that upon anybody. And yes, I am saddened by the news. I do not think anybody in their right mind should find this news entertaining. And that's not why I'm blogging about it. I'm merely making a point here about the ASL Community and how the radical "Deaf Power" and "ASL Powerhouse" are hurting themselves. I, along with many ASL users, want no part of it.

Ella, in case you're reading this. You of all people know the primary cause. Thanks to you, this part of history is written for the rest of the world to see and read about.