[Blindtlk] NLS

[Mark Tardif]

Wow, so even people in regional libraries are probably not working.  It's 
worse than I thought.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 11:05 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] NLS

We won't be getting books through the mail, either, because all of NLS is 
shut down.
Mike

> On Oct 2, 2013, at 19:27, "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> Well, we'll just have to get books the old fashioned way for a while, 
> through the mail.  Unfortunately, I agree with you about Congress.  Our 
> representative in this district and our senators here are pretty good, but 
> generally they're not in touch with real people any more, unless those 
> people have lots of money, like certain special interest groups whom I 
> won't mention because I might stir up a hornet's nest, but it's really 
> very heartbreaking and very disappointing.
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: Ericka J. Short
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:29 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] NLS
>
> I haven't used BARD in a while so I didn't realize it was considered a
> "non-essential service."  Unless we all flood congress' phone and emails
> with complains they won't do anything.  They are too busy  acting like
> bullies on the playground to talk to "real" people.  We aren't on their 
> list
> of lobbyists they're scared of.  Being from Paul Ryan's WI district, 
> people
> who aren't rich are not on his radar.  Ron Johnson is even worse.  He has
> this pipedream that all disabled people  can just call a neighbor and get
> rides.  He doesn't believe we should or can be independent at all.  These
> guys are blinder than we are!
>
> Mike, I agree with you on your critique of privatization. Milwaukee is
> trying to privatize the bus system.  NOT good.  We already privatized some
> social services in WI to make  save money and make Walker happy.  It's not
> going well.  Nobody regulates them and it's awful.  Our motto is "Forward"
> but we are going back ward.
>
> Ericka
>
> -----Original Message----- From: blindtlk-request at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 7:00 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: blindtlk Digest, Vol 88, Issue 2
>

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