[Blindtlk] Here he comes...

[Jude DaShiell]

If twitter has it right, the accessibility information got removed from 
whitehouse.gov yesterday along with the spanish content.  Let's see how 
far the accessibility roll back goes before the Court system intervenes 
successfully.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2017, Danielle Ledet via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:18:19
> From: Danielle Ledet via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Here he comes...
> 
> I couldn't watch it all. I had had enough by the time the National
> Anthem came on. James, in theory, what you say should work about all
> of us working to make him an overwhelming success because then by
> default we are all a success, in my experience, those who have been
> made successful by others usually then turn up their noses at the very
> persons who helped them come up. I am seeing little to no humility
> anywhere nowadays. Humiliation is all I am seeing and hearing, and in
> fact, that's how I felt when he made that comment about making Mexico
> pay for the wall. As we know, Mexico is very poor. Why should the poor
> remain poor and continually be forced into long suffering without end?
> As an aside, let's hope that htose claiming to be poor, really are so.
> That statement angered me much. That's all I want to say other than it
> remains to be seen what good he will actually do and whether he will
> keep his promises.
>
> On 1/20/17, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I don't thinkwe are allowed to post political issues on the list, but you
>> may write me off-list.
>> Sonshines59 at gmail.com
>>
>> Judy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jen via
>> blindtlk
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 7:17 PM
>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Jen
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Here he comes...
>>
>> President Trump, that is.
>>
>> I'm sending this message to both lists because I'm in a weird surveying
>> mood
>> and want to get as many thoughts as positive, so I'm sorry if you get
>> duplicates.
>>
>> What are your thoughts on his presidency as blind people?
>>
>> On "Blind Talk," I was reading about the "Aim High" law, and I respect
>> that.
>> But I don't think Betsy DeVos will ensure accessability gfor blind students
>> unless she is really pushed to do so.
>>
>> What are your thoughts on the inauguration if you watched / listened to it?
>> I watched a lot of the inauguration today. Strangely, I'm addicted to the
>> "oath of office" part of every inauguration; I don't know why. When Trump
>> and Pence took their turns, I almost held my breath because I was afraid
>> they would screw it up, and I was so relieved they didn't!
>>
>> I didn't like Trump's inaugural speech that much because it was stuff
>> regurgiated right from the campaign trail. Plus, the news anchor covering
>> the inauguration said Trump was reading from a Teleprompter, and people
>> reading from Teleprompters have always sounded fake to me.
>>
>> But back to the bright side. In addition to the oaths of office being done
>> well, the national anthem was, too. I loved when Jackie hit the high note
>> at
>> the end and when they played "Hail to the Chief" after Trump's oath and the
>> 21-gun salute. Nothing like new pictures for my mind's eye...
>>
>> How about you?
>>
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