[nfbwatlk] Fw: Paterson 1st African American Gov in NY, 1st Blind Gov in US//Jonathan Steele on Defeat in Iraq

[Alco]

I heard his most excellent speech at a funeral for a notable musician whose name escapes me.  Almost at the end, he said,   "If I can figure out how to get down from here."  Part of me would have exalted if he had whipped out a cane, (who cares what kind) and walked off the stage.

By the way, his secretary is an it-Jesuit who was also a lawyer.  What a combination!  

Maybe we will see him as a presidential candidate in four years.

Alco

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:59 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Fw: Paterson 1st African American Gov in NY,	1st Blind Gov in US//Jonathan Steele on Defeat in Iraq

I agree with you, Kevin. While I think we should celebrate his accession 
to the governorship and I agree that if the few alternative techniques 
he uses work for him we should applaud, I don't quite see what the fuss 
is about , at least insofar as his legal blindness is concerned in that 
I cannot help but wonder if he would do better were he to adopt a few 
more alternative techniques. It also sort of puts me off when we get the 
usual slant from reporters that one of his virtues is that he does *not* 
use techniques of blindness when, in fact, the ultimate goal of at least 
those in the Federation is for the techniques of blindness to be 
accepted as not being remarkable and, essentially, not to be noticed any 
more than one might notice use of contact lenses.

Mike


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