[Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer

[Steve P. Deeley]

You don't think this guy was devastated when he became blind?  This was a 
very positive news story, in my opinion.  This young captain would make an 
excellent example for blind individuals who are negative and feeling sorry 
for their current circumstances.

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer


> You need to get a clue.  She's rightk and, it's quite clear that she is. 
> anybody with half a brain can see that.
>
> D
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
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> On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Steve P. Deeley wrote:
>
> you need to lighten up.
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer
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>
>> A small step forward for the military, but a big step back for the
>> image of blind people in my opinion. They talk about how devastating
>> losing his sight was, how he wanted to die, that his life was black
>> literally and figuratively, and how he broke down crying because his
>> life was so horribly changed.
>>
>> Captain Smiley tries to push that his life is normal. He makes light
>> of his wanting to have fun (surfing, mountain climbing, parachuting),
>> but the Fox announcer seems so shocked and awed that a blind person
>> could do such things.
>>
>> Good for Captain Smiley. I'm sure he'll go far and represent people
>> with visual impairment well, but this video certaionly doesn't.
>>
>> My two cents,
>>
>> On 9/23/10, Hyde, David W. (ESC) <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us> wrote:
>>> I think this represents a small step forward by the military. They at 
>>> least
>>> didn't give him a discharge and a thank you..
>>>
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/21915181
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> -- 
>> ~Jewel
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