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Court says money discriminates against blind people

Which is actually a big improvement over the way it used to be. In the tumultuous years directly following the Civil War, money used to do far worse things than discriminate. Not that I'm defending current practices - I think money should be ashamed of itself for what it's doing - I'm just glad that we don't see silver certificates marching around in the pointy hoods and burning seeing-eye-dogs in effigy like they used to.

"I don't think we should have to rely on people to tell us what our money is," said Mitch Pomerantz, the council's president.

"Amen" and "Me too!" Not just the Blind portion of our populace should be upset about having to rely on people telling us what our money is worth. No doubt, we're all being lied to. Down with the Federal Reserve!

The government might as well argue that, since handicapped people can crawl on all fours or ask for help from strangers, there's no need to make buildings wheelchair accessible, the court said.

And once you start down that slippery path... the wheelchairs will be sliding down hill on all the slipperiness. Even if you're a sick bastard and have no sympathy for the handicapped, at the very least self-preservation should motivate you to not create situations where wheelchairs can just fall downhill at you without warning.

The appeals court also ruled that the U.S. failed to explain why changing the money would be an undue burden. The Treasury Department has redesigned its currency several times in recent years, and adding features to aid the blind would come at a relatively small cost, the court said.

Other countries have added such features, the court said, and the U.S. never explained what made its situation so unique.

As I understand it, the big problem involves getting enough braille stamps that read "where's george".