[nabs-l] Wanting to be off the 9/11 thread

[David Andrews]

We allow NFB partisan stuff here because it is our list and we pay 
for it.  If you and others don't stop your political BS here I am 
going to throw you off!

David Andrews, List Owner

At 03:49 PM 9/14/2011, you wrote:
>Well, you sensored it a little! LOL! Again, tell it like it is! Love 
>it! So, I have a question, then.  As you said, "this forum has no 
>place for partisan agendas..." except for the NFB's partisan agenda? 
>Oh, so if we don't like partisanship politically on this list, then 
>why do we allow the partisan agenda of the NFB to be on this list?
>
>Chris
>
>Chris Nusbaum
>
>"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
>real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
>exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, 
>blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance." -- Kenneth 
>Jernigan (President of the National Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986.)
>
>  Visit the I C.A.N.  Foundation online at: www.icanfoundation.info for
>information on our foundation and how it helps blind and visually
>impaired children in MD say "I can!"
>
>
>Sent from my BrailleNote
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:11:02 -0500
>Subject: [nabs-l] Wanting to be off the 9/11 thread
>
>To those who keep complaining about the 9/11 threads, be proactive and
>start something new instead of complaining.  And others have moved on.
>We've discussed flying with a cane, traveling independently around an
>airport, E-books online and the relaunch of a web radio show.
>The only
>obsessing I continue to see on this thread is those bitching about it,
>and worse, those veering off with ridiculous, partisan comments, and
>since I'm on it now, to each his own.  You conservatives go on and on
>about liberal agendas, but conservatives have agendas too- that's how
>politics work.  And if one group wants to organize and inform, then other
>groups must be afforded the same opportunity.  Just like two
>organizations of the blind.  So get off the soap boxes and realize this
>forum has no place for partisan agendas especially when it degenerates
>into attacks and name-calling.  Once again, grow up.  And now I'm going
>against my own suggestion of leaving this sh*# to the moderator.
>Geesh,
>look what this reduces me to...
>
>Sincerely,
>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>Read my blog for Live Well Nebraska.com at
>http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:08:42 -0700
>From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
>         list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] reflecting on the attacks
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>Shouldn't we be done with this thread? It's been going on for
>three days.