first, i'd like to say but you and her are asses who have know idea what you're talking about.

1.people dont want to be disabled.
2. maybe, SOME people get them because they are too fat, but maybe they cant walk because no one would help them before they got to 600+ pounds.
3. what about the people who really do need them? will they be house bound for the rest of their lives?
4. I too has Multiple Sclerosis. I only need a wheelchair for long distances, or if i'll be walking all day. I have a bad leg, but you cant tell that by looking at me. so, think before you judge people.
5. If you get rid of scooters all together, people that need them will not get them. Do you want them to fall and hurt themselves and pay their $10,000+ hospital bill?

I am REALLY disappointed in some of the posts here. I am a dialysis patient with a bone disease. I have probably needed a power chair for a couple of years, but my male pride prevented from getting one, even though I have been considering it. I would rather have walked with crutches or a cane that sit in a power chair. As time goes by, I realize that I will NEED one in the future, but thanks to Claire, it probably won't be available to me when I need it. On Monday, I will start the ball rolling on getting one. Thanks Claire, Neal and all of you sicko people denegrating those that actually need one. You have helped me make up my mind. I paid and still do pay my taxes, so I am going to get mine. Some people are idiots. How can people be so damn cruel?

Once again Scooter Whales are taking over prime time television.... do I see the possibility for a new Boortzinary term?

Scooter Whales - noun - Fata**es who ride around our scooters and can walk.

My brother called me from Oklahoma this weekend. A couple of years ago, he bought a house in a lakeside community, pretty upscale. This year, with the State of Oklahoma kicking in a tax credit, and the Federal government kicking in another for "roadable electric vehicles", he is able to purchase a new high-end golf cart for tooling around his neighborhood and down to the lake, and get ALL his money back when he files his tax return next spring. He called specifically to thank me for my portion of the cost of his new toy. Allow me to pass on his thanks to all of you as well.

Call 'em what they are: Slobsleds!

Scooters for people to ride around and get fatter and lazier. Stop it!
"Handicapped Driver" signs ... parking in this special width spot ... jumping out of the drivers seat and trotting into Walmart ... person with crutches then has to park in regular width parking space ... try it sometime with crutches.
Let's all begin yelling these able to walk and trot; "Hey ... at least you could limp into the door!"

Another thought. I wonder how many people "qualify" for and get the scooter and then turn around and sell it for a quick buck?

Neal, you need to set up a webpage for folks to send in photos they take of the fatasses on scooters. It would be great fun and might bring to light the incredible number of F.A.'s clogging the aisles of our Wal Marts.

I agree with McCaskill on this one. The people hawking the scooters on TV should be ashamed. Once again people going against the spirit of something to search out the loop-holes to profit themselves. This is the EXACT reason why government run health care does not or will not work. Too many hucksters willing to work the system for a buck.

If you really want to get rid of scooters, you have to present a leftist argument against their overuse. Rational and sane arguments against the government spending billions on these won't work in modern America, but if you say they aren't "green" then you have a chance. Just say scooting isn't as "green" as walking and suddenly you'll have the power to get rid of these things.

OK, I am jesting, but I think that would actually work.

I have always wondered about the people who use scooters; for example if they are sick beacuse they are so large or if they are so large because they are sick.

As a nurse I see a lot of people who have scooters. Mainly paraplegics and incomplete quadriplegics have these and they are young. Some are middle aged. I know of some that would like one but when they ask I ask if they can walk and if they say yes then I tell them you need to walk. I am sure there is some abuse. You can acquire a scooter for about 1000 on the used market.