[Blindtlk] fw: writing in to ask you to vote against this

[Desiree Oudinot]

The email in question is written unpprofessionally and does not even
come close to explaining the bill. More detail would be nice, but
until then I don't believe it either. This sounds an awful lot like
the hoax that was going around a few months back about Facebook making
all its users pay. Did anything come of it? Nope. If this was a real
concern, and the person who sent this email (who I happen to know as
well, so we're not talking about a fake ID here, at least) truly
wanted to convince us, he would have linked to a site about the bill,
even an editorial if nothing official could be found, but we're
looking at nothing but a petition here. A simple Google search would
probably turn up some results, but until I hear something from a more
reputable source, I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, that's
for sure.

On 1/2/12, Michelle Medina <michellem86 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for sending this Chris, I just got a similar petition to
> sign the other day and I've signed here to!!
>
> On 1/2/12, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
>> Chris:
>>
>> With respect, your championing of such tripe on this list is naïve at best
>> and harmful at worst. Nowhere in this post did I see a bill number so that
>> the claims in the post could be checked with Truth or fiction or Snopes.
>> Nowhere do we receive verification that the site we're supposed to go to
>> isn't a rogue site that itself would spread malicious software to our
>> computers. And, perhaps most importantly (although this is hard to check
>> since we don't have a bill number here), it is unclear that NFB has policy
>> on this issue and IMO it's therefore inappropriate to advocate one way or
>> the other on this list.
>>
>> My friend, most of what one reads on the Internet is pure twaddle,
>> designed
>> either to sucker you into being someone else's tool or to perpetuate a
>> gag.
>>
>> Nota bene: any post that says to send it to all one's addressbook or
>> friends
>> or whatever is almost a dead giveaway that one shouldn't bother.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 10:32 AM
>> To: Mom; Dad; lbnonapplejack at embarqmail.com; rjcox1325 at verizon.net; NFB
>> NABS
>> list; NFB Blind Talk list; NFBMD list; blind-conversative at emissives.com;
>> Steve Patterson; Gary Legates
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] fw: writing in to ask you to vote against this
>>
>> This comes from a friend of mine.  Please help stop this bill
>> from passing!
>>
>>  ---- Original Message ------
>> From: Timothy Clark Music <black59cash at aim.com
>> Subject: This is Timothy Clark Writing in to ask you to vote
>> against this
>> Date sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:23:24 -0500
>>
>> Hello -
>>  I usually don't do chain emails but this is bad enough for me to
>> do one.
>>  This week congress will pass a bill that will let them censer us
>> and track what sights we go to and everything we do on the web if
>> we don't write into congress and ask our local congress
>> representative to vote against this.
>>  This bill is unconstitutional on so many different levels that I
>> could list at least 5 reasons to vote against this but I'm sure
>> you can think of more then a few yourself.
>>  Here is an online sight that will send a letter to congress.
>> http://americancensorship.org/posts/30887/share
>>  I'm sure you could also write into your local congress
>> reprezentitive with a pen and paper if you wish as well but it's
>> impairitive you do this before the end of the week as your letter
>> could mean more then you think.
>>  I ask of all of you to do your part.
>>  This is even going to affect those outside of the USA.
>>  If you go to facebook or youtube, those are all sights from the
>> USA.  I've got no doubt that you will not be able to do
>> everything like you could before if this bill gets past.
>>  So, please, do your part.
>>  Timothy.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/michellem86%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
> confinement of your aloneness
> to learn anything or anyone
> that does not bring you alive
> is too small for you.
> ~ David Whyte ~ (House of Belonging)
>
> Sadie Marie Medina!
> Original birthdate unnone.
> First birthday with us: 2/15/2009
> Welcome home baby!
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindtlk mailing list
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindtlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/turtlepower17%40gmail.com
>