[nabs-l] reflecting on the attacks

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 20:49:23 UTC 2011 

For=20me,=20it's=20the=20last=20period=20of=20the=20day.=20=20And=20my=20le=
ast=20favorite=20
teacher=20is=20somehow=20my=20homeroom=20teacher=20a=20lot=20of=20times.=20=
=20Anyway...

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President=20of=20the=20National=20
Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=201968-1986.)

=20=20Visit=20the=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20online=20at:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20for
information=20on=20our=20foundation=20and=20how=20it=20helps=20blind=20and=
=20visually
impaired=20children=20in=20MD=20say=20"I=20can!"


Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2012=20Sep=202011=2022:29:15=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20reflecting=20on=20the=20attacks

Wow!
Ashley,=20you=20graduated=20high=20school,=20my=207th=20grade=20year!
I=20remember=20where=20I=20was,=20that=20day.
I=20was=20in=20my=20worst=20subject,=20(math=20class,)=20when=20that=20happ=
ened.
It's=20amazing,=20that=20the=20schools=20pick=20a=20student's=20worst=20sub=
ject,=20
and
they=20put=20them=20in=20it,=20in=20third=20period,=20(third=20hour,)=20or=
=20whatever=20
you
call=20it.
That's=20another=20thread,=20for=20another=20time.
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=209/12/11,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20Nimer,
=20Good=20post.=20=20And=20this=20will=20probably=20be=20the=20last=20I'll=
=20say.
=20You=20included=20Fox=20and=20MSNBC=20in=20your=20points=20which=20makes=
=20your=20point=20
more
=20nonpartisan.

=20You're=20right.
=20"We=20should=20honor=20their=20memories=20by=20not=20allowing=20any=20in=
dividual=20
to
=20terrorize=20America=20or=20its=20interests.=20=20And=20we=20should=20do=
=20it=20quick=20
before
=20the=20terrorists=20hit=20again.=20=20This=20nation=20needs=20unity,=20no=
t=20
division.=20=20Bill
=20Orily=20and=20Rachel=20Madow=20are=20puppets=20who=20spout=20opinions.=20=
=20It=20
doesn't
=20matter=20whom=20you=20like,=20both=20of=20them=20are=20opinionated=20and=
=20they=20heir=20
those
=20opinions=20to=20the=20masses.=20=20If=20you=20let=20yourself=20not=20thi=
nk=20freely=20
and=20get
=20dragged=20in=20by=20either=20side's=20opinionators,=20then=20you=20deser=
ve=20every
=20inconvenience=20this=20government=20could=20possibly=20hand=20you.=20=20=
That's=20
the
=20problem=20we=20have=20now.=20=20People=20have=20stopped=20using=20their=
=20brains=20and
=20trusting=20their=20instincts=20and=20instead=20relying=20on=20msnbc=20or=
=20fox=20
news=20to
=20tell=20them=20what's=20going=20on.=20=20"

=20Yes=20that=20is=20true.=20=20We=20need=20to=20use=20our=20brains=20when=
=20forming=20
opinions.
=20We=20need=20to=20think=20for=20ourselves=20and=20not=20just=20unquestion=
ly=20follow=20
someone=20who
=20spouts=20opinions.=20=20Read=20several=20news=20sources;=20listen=20to=20=
C-span=20to=20
hear
=20congress=20firsthand.


=20I=20was=20going=20to=20write=20something=20like=20that,=20but=20you=20sa=
id=20it=20better=20
than=20me.=20=20My
=20intent=20in=20bringing=20this=20up=20was=20to=20find=20out=20what=20you=
=20all=20did=20
personally=20or
=20publicly=20to=20remember=209/11.=20=20With=20over=20200=20subscribers,=20=
some=20of=20
you=20probably
=20lost=20a=20loved=20one=20in=20this=20tragedy.
=20We=20should=20integrate=20into=20society=20and=20do=20what=20other=20Ame=
ricans=20are=20
doing=20to
=20commemerate=20the=20anniversary.
=20I=20was=20trying=20to=20keep=20politics=20out=20of=20it.
=20Whether=20conservative=20or=20liberal,=20Christian=20or=20not,=20no=20on=
e=20wants=20
this=20tragedy
=20again;=20no=20one=20but=20that=20is=20our=20enemies=20here=20and=20abroa=
d.=20=20Anyone=20
who=20wants=20to
=20kill=20innocent=20Americans=20is=20our=20enemy=20and=20has=20no=20busine=
ss=20here.


=20My=20brother=20lost=20=20a=20friend=20and=20I=20know=20a=20blind=20guy=20=
that=20had=20to=20
evacuate=20the
=20pentagon.=20=20Thankfully=20he=20got=20out=20safely=20in=20the=20confusi=
on.
=20I=20remember=20that=20I=20was=20in=20school=20that=20morning=20as=20a=20=
senior=20when=20I=20
got=20the
=20news.=20=20Many=20of=20you=20were=20children=20or=20teens=20and=20perhap=
s=20don't=20feel=20
much=20of
=20anything=20about=20the=20event=20since=20you=20were=20safe=20with=20fami=
ly.
=20This=209/11=20I=20prayed=20more=20and=20watched=20more=20news=20and=20wa=
tched=20the=20
memorial
=20concert=20held=20here=20in=20DC=20at=20the=20kennedy=20center.=20=20I=20=
am=20commited=20to=20
do=20some=20sort
=20of=20service=20project=20for=209/11.

=20I=20hope=20most=20of=20us=20can=20get=20past=20the=20political=20rhetori=
c=20and=20show=20
our
=20patriotism=20and=20show=20love=20for=20America.
=20I=20mean=20getting=20out=20there=20and=20doing=20normal=20things=20is=20=
what=20
changing=20what=20it
=20means=20to=20be=20blind=20is=20about.
=20Some=20campuses=20are=20holding=20vigils=20or=20doing=20volunteer=20serv=
ice=20
projects.
=20Many=20religious=20groups=20are=20doing=20something=20too.=20=20So=20wha=
tever=20you=20
did,=20I=20hope
=20you=20at=20least=20took=20time=20to=20remember=20the=20tragedy;=20someth=
ing=20as=20
simple=20as=20a
=20moment=20of=20silence=20is=20useful.

=20Let=20us=20go=20forward=20peacefully.=20=20God=20bless=20America.

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Nimer=20M.=20=20Jaber,=20IC=B3
=20Sent:=20Monday,=20September=2012,=202011=204:41=20AM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20reflecting=20on=20the=20attacks

=20Robin,=20Carly=20and=20all,

=20Ten=20years=20ago=20this=20country=20went=20through=20an=20attack=20of=20=
greater=20
magnitude
=20than=20anyone=20can=20know=20or=20comprehend=20if=20they=20weren't=20dir=
ectly=20
impacted.
=20Sure,=20everyone=20has=20to=20go=20through=20airport=20screenings=20now=
=20and=20
people
=20feel=20inconvenienced,=20but=20I=20guaran-damn-tee=20you=20that=20if=20a=
nother=20
attack
=20on=20the=20scale=20of=20what=20happened=20ten=20years=20ago=20happened=20=
today,=20
nobody
=20would=20be=20complaining=20for=20a=20few=20years=20until=20another=20gen=
eration=20
comes
=20along=20and=20starts=20getting=20complacent.=20=20We=20should=20remember=
=20those=20
who
=20died.=20=20We=20should=20honor=20their=20memories=20by=20not=20allowing=
=20any=20
individual=20to
=20terrorize=20America=20or=20its=20interests.=20=20And=20we=20should=20do=
=20it=20quick=20
before
=20the=20terrorists=20hit=20again.=20=20This=20nation=20needs=20unity,=20no=
t=20
division.=20=20Bill
=20Orily=20and=20Rachel=20Madow=20are=20puppets=20who=20spout=20opinions.=20=
=20It=20
doesn't
=20matter=20whom=20you=20like,=20both=20of=20them=20are=20opinionated=20and=
=20they=20heir=20
those
=20opinions=20to=20the=20masses.=20=20If=20you=20let=20yourself=20not=20thi=
nk=20freely=20
and=20get
=20dragged=20in=20by=20either=20side's=20opinionators,=20then=20you=20deser=
ve=20every
=20inconvenience=20this=20government=20could=20possibly=20hand=20you.=20=20=
That's=20
the
=20problem=20we=20have=20now.=20=20People=20have=20stopped=20using=20their=
=20brains=20and
=20trusting=20their=20instincts=20and=20instead=20relying=20on=20msnbc=20or=
=20fox=20
news=20to
=20tell=20them=20what's=20going=20on.=20=20Or=20maybe=20twitter.=20=20If=20=
you=20don't=20like=20
what
=20the=20United=20States=20is=20doing=20to=20other=20nations=20and=20you=20=
think=20the=20US
=20should=20be=20soft=20because=20maybe=20you=20think=20that=20somehow=20ot=
her=20
nations=20are
=20just=20going=20to=20back=20down=20and=20forget=20the=20US=20exists,=20th=
en=20you've=20
got
=20another=20reality=20coming=20to=20you.=20=20If=20you=20don't=20like=20th=
e=20United=20
States'
=20actions=20against=20its=20enemies=20who=20are=20hell-bent=20on=20our=20
destruction,=20then
=20please,=20leave=20this=20country=20and=20don't=20return.=20=20If=20you=20=
need=20
transport,
=20please=20let=20me=20know=20and=20I'm=20sure=20we=20can=20work=20out=20an=
=20arrangement.=20=20
Just
=20surrender=20your=20passport=20to=20me=20when=20you=20leave,=20OK?=20And=
=20if=20you=20
join=20or
=20affiliate=20yourself=20with=20a=20group=20that=20wants=20to=20destroy=20=
the=20US=20of=20
A,
=20then=20don't=20be=20too=20surprised=20if=20you=20run=20into=20some=20pro=
blems=20if=20you=20
take
=20any=20action=20against=20us.

=20Thanks,=20and=20I=20apologize=20to=20the=20mods=20of=20this=20list=20for=
=20helping=20
continue
=20this=20off-topic=20thread.

=20On=2012.09.2011,=20Carly=20<carlymih at earthlink.net>=20wrote:


=20Hi,=20Ashley,

=20Is=20it=20me,=20or=20does=20an=20idea=20persist=20that=20for=20a=20mere
=20fact=20that=20those=20who=20suffred=20on=209/11=20happened=20to
=20be=20American=20in=20nationality=20or=20white=20in
=20race,=20=20somehow=20make=20it=20more=20of=20a=20tragedy?=20As=20I
=20have=20said,=20America=20murders=20innocents=20=20in=20it's
=20drone=20and=20other=20atacks=20(for=20the=20uninitiated,
=20drone=20attacks=20refer=20to=20a=20methodical=20killing=20via=20a
=20machine),=20on=20a=20daily=20freaking=20basis=20yet,=20who=20can
=20cry=20for=20those=20so=20unfortunate=20as=20to=20not=20be=20born=20Ameri=
can,=20or=20
white?
=20And=20J.=20=20Lester=20I=20have=20absolutely=20ZERO=20interest=20in
=20watching=20a=20blow=20hard=20like=20Bill=20O'Reilly=20even=20if
=20it=20remains=20a=20perscription=20of=20your's.
=20=20=20OOryleAt=2008:04=20PM=209/11/2011,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20wrote:
Carley,=20Yes=20lives=20are=20lost=20due=20to=20American
military=20actions.=20=20Whether=20fighting=20where=20we=20do
is=20right=20or=20wrong=20is=20a=20political=20comment=20so=20=20I
will=20not=20go=20there.=20=20But=20two=20wrongs=20do=20not=20make=20a
right.=20=20The=20fact=20is=20we=20have=20terrorists=20out=20there
who=20want=20to=20destroy=20us=20even=20though=20we=20did=20not
touch=20them.=20=20Remember=20911=20was=20a=20peaceful=20calm
day.=20=20Everyone=20was=20at=20work=20or=20school=20going=20about
their=20normal=20business.=20=20Then=20without=20warning,=20we
had=20these=20morning=20attacks.=20=20They=20attacked=20us=20and
there=20was=20dying=20for=20no=20reason.=20=20They=20killed
innocent=20people.=20=20I=20was=20watching=20the=20news=20tonight
and=20it=20highlighted=20the=20stories=20of=20children,
first=20responders,=20journalists=20and=20survivors.=20=20For
instance=20one=20lady=20is=20now=20going=20to=20college,=20but
as=20a=20kid,=20she=20was=20impacted.=20=20Her=20mother=20worked=20in
the=20pentagon=20and=20died=20that=20day.=20=20She=20spoke=20about
having=20to=20grow=20up=20fast=20and=20take=20on=20more=20adult
responsibilities.=20=20She=20had=20to=20put=20her=20college
degree=20on=20hold.=20=20Instead=20she=20got=20a=20job=20to=20help
she=20and=20her=20family=20out.=20=20She=20tried=20to=20be=20strong
and=20hide=20her=20feelings=20as=20she=20became=20the=20woman=20of
the=20house=20to=20replace=20her=20mother.=20=20Now=20she=20goes=20to
school=20online=20and=20is=20a=20part=20time=20singer.=20=20She
still=20misses=20her=20mother,=20but=20tries=20to=20go=20on=20with
life=20with=20her=20dad=20and=20remaining=20family;=20after
all,=20her=20mom=20would=20want=20that.=20=20That=20is=20just=20one
story--=20one=20girl=20whose=20life=20was=20changed=20forever.
Many=20kids=20lost=20a=20parent=20in=20the=20attack;=20others
lost=20their=20spouse.=20=20Oh,=20and=20I=20know=20a=20blind
employee=20who=20was=20there=20and=20had=20to=20evacuate=20from
the=20pentagon.=20=20He=20felt=20lost=20outside=20a=20different
exit=20and=20it=20was=20a=20mob=20scene.=20=20Someone=20assisted
him=20outside=20to=20find=20the=20bus=20stop=20or=20something.=20=20I
was=20glad=20he=20got=20out=20safely.=20=20So=20that=20is=20something
to=20think=20about.=20=20Of=20course=20you=20are=20entitled=20to
your=20opinion.=20=20But=20I=20hope=20we=20can=20aknowledge=20the
suffering=20the=20country=20went=20through=20as=20well=20as
the=20innocent=20people=20who=20die=20every=20day=20here=20and
abroad.=20=20Ashley=20-----Original=20Message-----=20From:
Carly=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20September=2011,=202011=209:24=20PM
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
mailing=20list=20;=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind
Students=20mailing=20list=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]
reflecting=20on=20the=20attacks=20Good=20afternoon,=20List,
Just=20because=20Americans=20were=20the=20souls=20who
perished=20in=20the=20blasts,=20the=20universe=20is=20somehow,
expected=20to=20change?=20Folks=20die=20daily=20usually=20at
the=20hands=20of=20American=20interests.=20=20Imagine=20the
scales=20of=20life,=20finding=20equivalence?At=2012:26=20PM
9/11/2011,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20wrote:=20>Hi=20all,=20We
all=20have=20varying=20views=20on=20how=20to=20address=20safety
and=20security.=20=20>But=20somehow,=20some=20way,=20those
terrorists=20got=20through.=20=20We=20were=20attacked
a=20>decade=20ago.=20=20I=20was=20finishing=20a=20class=20in=20high
school=20when=20I=20heard=20the=20news.=20=20>School=20was=20closed
the=20next=20day.=20=20Our=20school=20had=20an=20assembly=20where
the=20choir,=20>band,=20and=20other=20groups=20performed=20to
commemorate=209/11.=20=20I=20hope=20that=20we=20all=20>take=20a
moment=20to=20reflect=20on=20it.=20=20I=20will=20be=20praying=20for
our=20country=20and=20>everyone=C3=A2=80=99s=20safety/security
on=20the=20anniversary.=20=20I=C3=A2=80=E2=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m=20a=20Chri=
stian=20so
I=20>have=20faith=20that=20we=20will=20grow=20stronger=20as=20a
nation.=20=20If=20you=20had=20a=20loved=20one=20>impacted=20by=20the
attack,=20I=20hope=20you=20recovered=20somewhat=20from=20the
tragedy.=20=20>Some=20pray=20in=20churches,=20others=20are
going=20to=20public=20memorials=20today=20and
still=20>others=20will=20do=20volunteer=20service=20to=20serve
the=20country.=20=20If=20you=20are=20doing=20>anything
different=20or=20special,=20I=20hope=20it=20goes=20well=20for
you.=20=20Take=20care.=20=20>Ashley
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=20Nimer=20M.=20=20Jaber

=20The=20message=20above=20is=20intended=20for=20the=20recipient=20to=20who=
m=20it=20was=20
sent.
=20If=20you=20believe=20that=20you=20are=20not=20the=20intended=20recipient=
,=20please=20
notify
=20me=20via=20reply=20email=20and=20destroy=20all=20copies=20of=20this=20em=
ail.=20=20Action=20
taken
=20as=20a=20result=20of=20this=20email=20by=20anyone=20other=20than=20the=20=
intended=20
recipient
=20may=20result=20in=20civil=20or=20criminal=20action.=20=20I=20have=20chec=
ked=20all=20
files=20on=20my
=20machine=20for=20security=20threats.=20=20However,=20I=20will=20not=20be=
=20held=20
responsible
=20for=20any=20damage=20caused=20to=20your=20machine=20as=20a=20result=20of=
=20any=20
instructions
=20or=20attachments=20provided=20by=20me.=20=20Security=20of=20your=20machi=
ne=20is=20up=20
to=20you.
=20Thanks,=20and=20if=20you=20don't=20feel=20that=20you=20are=20able=20to=20=
comply=20with=20
these
=20instructions,=20please=20notify=20me=20via=20reply=20email=20and=20destr=
oy=20all=20
copies
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