{"id":2355,"date":"2005-01-08T22:43:14","date_gmt":"2005-01-08T22:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimsay.blackglass.org\/2005\/01\/08\/no-dogs-allowed\/"},"modified":"2005-01-08T22:43:14","modified_gmt":"2005-01-08T22:43:14","slug":"no-dogs-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/?p=2355","title":{"rendered":"no-dogs-allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First the obese, <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.joshualfriedman.com\/archives\/000211.html%22\">now the blind<\/a>?  The Department of Transportation wants to make people with guide dogs purchase an extra ticket if their canine friend is too big.<br \/>\nAren&#8217;t the majority of guide dogs, big?  No, really.  I&#8217;m confused.  These dogs serve a vital purpose.  They aren&#8217;t pets.  They assist and guide their partners who otherwise would be lost without them.  As <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.joshualfriedman.com%22\">Josh<\/a> points out, many of these partners can normally ownly afford their own ticket.  Now they have to pay for two or wait for a bigger flight?  What about holidays?<br \/>\nBe concerned.  Apparently, our nation likes to forget what disABLED means.  It all comes down to the green buck.<br \/>\nSend comments, written and\/or electronic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nDocket Clerk,<br \/>\nDepartment of Transportation<br \/>\n400 7th Street,<br \/>\nSW Room PL-401<br \/>\nWashington, D.C. 20590<br \/>\nreference docket number OST-2004-19626-1<br \/>\nFor sending email, the instructions are on the Dockets Management System web site found at <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/dms.dot.gov%22\">http:\/\/dms.dot.gov<\/a>   <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First the obese, now the blind? The Department of Transportation wants to make people with guide dogs purchase an extra ticket if their canine friend is too big. Aren&#8217;t the majority of guide dogs, big? No, really. I&#8217;m confused. These dogs serve a vital purpose. They aren&#8217;t pets. They assist and guide their partners who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}