[nfb-talk] Blind people deserve a library experiencereadingthenewspaper! NFB News Line Fails that!

Sun Jul 23 09:18:25 CDT 2006

Tom,

You are showing that you don't know what you are talking about.  NFB
Newsline's purpose from the start has been to deliver newspapers to the
blind at no charge to the blind subscriber.  It's original purpose has
also been to provide a special channel for each states sponsor of
Newsline.  In Indiana that channel is used by the Indiana State Library
and the NFB of Indiana.  NFB Newsline is not being used for anything
different today.  

So I suggest you either state solid facts with proof to back them up or
shut up.  

William

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Mills
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:00 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind people deserve a library
experiencereadingthenewspaper! NFB News Line Fails that!

I think the NFB News Line news paper service has quite possibly
over-reached 
its intended purpose. I do not know of any other organization like NFB
News 
Line. It is apparent to me that information based on your Email that
News 
Line has become to big and powerful that is in need of a major down
sizing. 
I feel that my criticism of News Line is justified and Appreciated by
the 
Nation Office of the National Federation of the Blind.    ----- Original

Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind people deserve a library experience 
readingthenewspaper! NFB News Line Fails that!

> Tom:
>
> As usual you are trying to create a problem, th4en use it to beat on
the 
> NFB.  As William said, if we are so evil, why do you stick around.
You 
> make yourself a nuisance on one list, get moderated, then move to
another. 
> Is NFB-talk your latest target?
>
> And, as for Newsline, each state has a local channel where a variety
of 
> publications can be put.  In MN for example we have newsletters from
both 
> NFB and acb state affiliates, the Library for the blind newsletter, 
> transit news, and the schedule for our radio reading service.  We will
add 
> Minnesota Monthly soon.
>
> This is the only potential place on Newsline where stuff other then 
> newspapers would be.  The only people politicizing Newsline are the
ACB 
> who use it, but oppose it at every turn because it is from the NFB.
If 
> you take away opposition to the NFB from the ACB, little is left.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:46 AM 7/22/2006, you wrote:
>>The trouble with most members of the federation is a complete always
>>stubborn resistance to suggestions for change.  Every one on this list

>>knows
>>that I have questioned the fairness and management of the NFB News
Line 
>>news
>>paper Service.
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Wm. Ritchhart" <william.ritchhart at sbcglobal.net>
>>To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:30 AM
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind people deserve a library experience
>>readingthenewspaper! NFB News Line Fails that!
>>
>>
>>> Did I miss something?  Considering that the only thing I have seen
about
>>> NFB Newsline recently was a post from the ACB leadership list
>>> encouraging the ACB membership to try to stop the Federal funding
for
>>> NFB Newsline.
>>>
>>> The post made claims that any knowledgeable person would recognize
as
>>> untrue.  In the normal ACB fashion, the post demonstrated that if
NFB is
>>> creating something, the members of the ACB in general will be
against
>>> it.
>>>
>>> One last thing.  I have a question for you Tom.  Why do you bother
with
>>> us NFB folks?  I personally wouldn't waste my time with people whom
I
>>> thought were so evil and always wrong.  It just seems that you could
>>> find a better use of your time doing something other than making
angry
>>> post to an email list made up mostly of people who have beliefs that
are
>>> totally different from your own.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Tom Mills
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:15 AM
>>> To: 4alabama at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: nfblaw at nfbnet.org; alabama at acb.org; acb-l at acb.org;
>>> nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; acb-chat at acb.org
>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Blind people deserve a library experience
reading
>>> thenewspaper! NFB News Line Fails that!
>>>
>>> I too wonder where the blind community is when they turn their backs
on
>>> decency and respect for an unbiased library experience while reading
the
>>>
>>> Alabama NFB News Line Service. The Federation is more interested in
>>> promoting its blind advocacy program; like filing frivolous law
suits
>>> mostly
>>> for the sake of publicity and all the while knowing that most
government
>>>
>>> agencies and big business concerns will quietly settle crappy law
suits
>>> in
>>> the legal settlement mill. Remember I am talking about the National
>>> Federation of the Blind! The NFB News Line should never be used to
>>> promote
>>> NFB's advocacy positions and federation policies. Also, the Alabama
>>> chapter
>>> of the National Federation of the Blind should not be permitted to
use
>>> the
>>> NFB News Line Service to advance the reputation of Mister J. Michael
>>> Jones,
>>> the Alabama affiliates state NFB president.  NFB President Doctor
Marc
>>> Maurer has said that the NFB News Line Service has "A Special
>>> relationship
>>> with the news paper industry publishers participating on News Line."
Let
>>> me
>>> tell you something all you girls and guys, that frightens me!  I
believe
>>>
>>> that the NFB News Line Service should be held above any and all
politics
>>> for
>>> the sake of the blind community and most of all to provide blind
news
>>> paper
>>> readers an honest library experience.
>>>
>>>
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