[Reader-users] Appeal to my contributers
Dave Wright
gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net
Sun Mar 30 21:27:01 CDT 2008
Hey there all,
As much as I love discussing politics, unfortunately this is not the proper
forum for such discussions.
Best Regards,
David Wright
Mobile: (832)518-0707
Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
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From: "denise avant" <dravant at ameritech.net>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Appeal to my contributers
> well, regardless of whom the nominees will eventually be, the problems
> remain, and add in your choice if that's what you want to do. but this
> should not be ignored because the post at the tail end no less referred to
> the probable democratic nominee.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:49 PM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Appeal to my contributers
>
> I would have been more likely to respond to this if you had not decided
> that
> Obama was the Democratic nominee for President. Janet Coleman
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> To: <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:27 PM
> Subject: [Reader-users] Appeal to my contributers
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>
>>
>> Hi to all of those who have yet to contribute to the march for
>> independence.
>> This letter is designed to show how important your gift really is now
>> more than ever. Let me start with the Grim reality of the situation
>> politically for the blind. Hear in NJ, we are facing cuts and very
>> deep ones at that in the commission for the blind. Our summer camp
>> for one is being slashed as part of a 17% cut in the commission's
>> funding by a governor who spent a total of $100,000,000 for two
>> elections to office, one of which he didn't even finish. a governor
>> who after the first Mandated shut down of the state last year said on
>> national television that he'd if necessary spend his own money to
>> prevent a summer camp for the blind from being shut down. To make up
>> for the shortfall, he's planning to lease the NJ Turnpike, and raise
>> our tolls on it.
>> and I haven't gotten to the highest property taxes in our state's
>> history. On the national front it's worse. Our federation along
>> with the ACB the American counsel of the blind who in many other
>> situations doesn't agree with us are fighting to both save the
>> Randolph shepherd program so that blind can have both the honor and
>> pribilige to provide food service on Military bases, and the upgrade
>> to digital of the talking book program. What it all comes down to is
>> this. Our government is no longer listening to us and is not showing
>> any interest in Blind affairs. It's in both political parties. On
>> the republican side, The Bush administration has allowed the closing
>> down of job line and America's job bank, and 10 regional
>> rehabilitation services offices, and has dragged it's feet on
>> Randolph shepherd. The Democrats have shown that all they want to do
>> is hurt the administration by doing nothing hoping they can blame
>> bush for everything and get elected. The chair of the subcommittee
>> overseeing talking funding has said she'll give The Library of
>> congress $12,500,000 for the program this year and that's it. We
>> only got that same amount last year too. We want $19,100,000 each of
>> the next four years so that the program can complete the transition
>> away from cassettes in four years.
>> We are
>> also battling to get our books to Kids in school on time in an
>> accessible format to be translated into Braille. This isn't
>> happening either and we are also working on the issue of Silent cars
>> so that blind people walking the streets don't come to harm by getting
>> hit by a car they can't hear or for their canes getting run over. Go
>> to the federation website and listen to presidential release 360 for
>> details. find it on _www.nfb.org_ (http://www.nfb.org/) And take the
>> publications link and then the presidential releases. This member of
>> the federation is sick and tired of his friends going down to
>> Washington over and over again and being told yes we support you on
>> the same issues year after year. This is also a problem because the
>> Sighted aren't being listened to any more than the blind. Hear in NJ
>> we're trying to save what I mentioned above, and trying to get more
>> mobility instruction too. I won't go into the corruption here in NJ
>> that is the biggest reason of all why this is happening here. Also
>> why a Recall petition has been started in Somersett County.
>> The point of this is put simply, with your gift to the federation's
>> march for independence, you can make a shout loud and clear to force
>> the government to listen to us and to you too. So please make that
>> gift before May 31, and help us become a voice to loud to ignore.
>> I'm passionate about my work in the federation being worth something
>> so please make the gift today. You can send a message to Obama,
>> Mccain, and all of congress that the blind aren't talking to hear
>> ourselves talk. We want to work, we want to contribute, we want the
>> earnings limit to be increased for SSDI so blind will have the
>> motivation to work, we want job line to be restarted, rehabilitation
>> services restored, Digital talking books, cars that blind can hear,
>> blind kids to get there books on time, blind people to vote
>> independently, and we want these things not tomorrow, but now! Now!
>> Now! We want the honor to provide food services to our brave men and
>> women who serve in our army, fighting for Freedom, and fighting
>> against the ones who want to kill all of us blind or sighted.
>> And we want
>> it not tomorrow but Now! Now! Now! You can help the voice of the
>> blind be heard by letting yours be heard so please in our most
>> important time of the blindness movement, as a proud member of the
>> largest organization of blind people in America and maybe the world,
>> raise your voice in protest against those who won't do the work of
>> protecting rights and freedoms. Our Governor quickly abolished the
>> death penalty, showing he cares more about the rights of convicted
>> killers than he does the blind and is more interested in being the
>> president than actually doing the work of the country, so till he's
>> recalled we'll just have to settle these issues. The two parties are
>> to ocupide with their own political aspirations like the Governor of
>> NJ, so show him and them that they work for you not the other way
>> around.
>> I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the national
>> federation
>> of the blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the
>> blind; to support the policies and programs of the federation; and
>> abide by its constitution.
>>
>>
>> I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the national
>> federation of the blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and
>> security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the
>> federation; and abide by its constitution.
>>
>>
>>
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