[nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville

Alan Wheeler awheeler at neb.rr.com
Sun Jul 8 20:02:13 CDT 2007 

It's all good.  I'm just hyped after hearing the speeches at the march, etc.
I'm really finding my place in the NFB now, and I'm as thrilled as can be.

 

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Behalf Of BMW
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:55 PM
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Actually Allen, your response was pretty fun now that I read it a second
time.  My apologies.  (big grin) Visit my personal page at
http://www.lynnwhite.radioforlife.net
or visit my radio station page at http://www.radioforlife.net
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:46 PM
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>I was in no way criticizing you.  Just wstating my reasons for 
>applauding  the skating canes.  I was, in point of fact, trying to make 
>my note  something more than a mere "me, too." message. *SMILE*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of BMW
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 7:34 PM
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>
> Come on people.  Dar had given me a bit of room for levity.  Of 
> course, I respect what they did.
>
> Some times, people need to take life a little less seriously and learn 
> to smell the flowers and appreciate wholly our accomplishments.  Sheesh!
> Visit my personal page at
> http://www.lynnwhite.radioforlife.net
> or visit my radio station page at http://www.radioforlife.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
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>>I applaud the skating canes, too. As for falling on their asphalts?
>>That's  the risk they wanted to take, and that is what being a 
>>federationist is  all  about...venturing out, taking risk, and leaving 
>>our comfort zones. *SMILE*
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
>> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:43 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>> Union-Jacksonville
>>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>>    I began hearing sentiments like those expressed below when I 
>> discussed the skaters' plans. When the garbage began flowing I 
>> promptly stopped our conversation and refused to discuss the matter 
>> with those of this mind-set until the march was over. The Skating 
>> Canes Team did better than some of us who had to get out of the march 
>> due to bad backs or to just not being able to keep up. Good for Tai 
>> and the Skating Canes.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "BMW" <lynnwhite51 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>> Union-Jacksonville
>>
>>
>> Or, to put it another way, you might land on your asphalt in the 
>> parking lot.  (giggle) Visit my personal page at 
>> http://www.lynnwhite.radioforlife.net
>> or visit my radio station page at http://www.radioforlife.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>> Union-Jacksonville
>>
>>
>>> Oh me,
>>> Wow you have swell balance.
>>> I would think going off curbs would make you land on your parking lot.
>>> smile,
>>>
>>> --Dar
>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>> Every saint has a past
>>> every sinner has a future
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tai Tomasi" <tai.tomasi at comcast.net>
>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>>> Union-Jacksonville
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was one of the three brave rollerbladers. It was a blast and 
>>>>totally worth  it!
>>>> Tai
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of dmgina
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:35 PM
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>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times 
>>>> Union-Jacksonville
>>>>
>>>> Now I can hardly stand on my feet,
>>>> Wouldn't want to be on the roller glades.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Dar
>>>> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>>>> Every Saint has a past
>>>> Every Sinner has a future
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>>> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; 
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; <nfb-announce at nfbnet.org>; 
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>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:48 AM
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Subject: [Nfbf-l] Florida Times Union-Jacksonville
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Their "march for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Independence" touted jobs and education.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By DON SCHANCHE Jr. Associated Press
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ATLANTA - At sunrise Tuesday, hundreds of people - most tapping 
>>>>>>the ground with white canes and a few making the trip on roller 
>>>>>>blades
>>>>>>- marched en masse from a downtown hotel to a city park more than 
>>>>>>half a mile away to make a point:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Blind people can do what other people do.  The early morning 
>>>>>>event, organized by the National Federation of the Blind, was 
>>>>>>billed as a civil rights march.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"We are here to march for independence for blind people across 
>>>>>>America,"
>>>>>>said parade marshal Larry Streeter, a school principal from 
>>>>>>Raleigh, N.C.
>>>>>>"We're here to change what it means to be blind and let the world 
>>>>>>know we are indeed able people who have many talents."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Two of the main goals: jobs and education.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"The blind have a 70 percent unemployment rate, and we have a 10 
>>>>>>percent rate of being taught to read and write Braille in our 
>>>>>>schools in this country," said NFB President Marc Maurer, a lawyer 
>>>>>>from Maryland.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The NFB also has pushed for accessibility in other areas. In June, 
>>>>>>the group won an agreement with the nation's largest non-bank 
>>>>>>owner of automated teller machines to improve access for blind 
>>>>>>people at ATMs in malls, gas stations and pharmacies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Maurer said the NFB - founded in 1940 and now with more than 
>>>>>>50,000 members - decided to Incorporate a march into this year's 
>>>>>>annual convention in Atlanta because the city was the symbolic 
>>>>>>heart of the Civil rights movement for racial equality in the 
>>>>>>1960s, Congressman John Lewis, D-Atlanta, a veteran of that 
>>>>>>movement, led the
> march.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Organizers said 1,000 or more people look part. The Atlanta police 
>>>>>>estimate was 700.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Al Ella, t3, a computer consultant from Boston, was on hand with 
>>>>>>his guide dog, Zion. Born with retinitis pigmentosa, a 
>>>>>>degenerative eye disease, Elia said his vision had dropped to a 
>>>>>>point where he could no longer do his job without retraining.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>He said his most important issue is access to study materials for 
>>>>>>advanced degrees. Although educators now are required to provide 
>>>>>>blind-accessible school books in grades K-12, Elia said, "They 
>>>>>>still haven't done that for college and advanced degree texts. I 
>>>>>>can tell you from trying to get study materials to go to law 
>>>>>>school, it's something
>>>> that needs to happen."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Picture (not included):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>U.S. Rep. John Lewis (second from right), D-Ga., leads the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>National Federation of the Blind march in Atlanta Tuesday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Marching with him were Anil Lewis, president of the Georgia
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Federation of the Blind, and Thelma Goodwin, a member of the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Georgia organization.
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