[nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking about blind justice

Thu Aug 12 21:44:03 UTC 2010

I agree, but he did also take a swipe at the NFB and blind people by even
using this as an example of why he thinks Obama's people are bigoted.  It
sure is a reach, but I do not think he can consolidate the Kindle issue with
his views of Obama's supposed bigotry.

If he is bashing the DOJ for its stand on the Kindle issue then who is the
real bigot?  If he says he supports the rights of blind people and their
right to access then how can he bash the DOJ?

No, Rush is demonstrating more bigotry than anyone else in this case.

Mike H.

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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
aboutblind justice

I interpreted his diatribe as calling Obama's people bigoted morons, not
NFB.

Mike Freeman 

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On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:23, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:

> Oh no I won't.  I was offended that he called us a bunch of "bigoted
morons".  I was offended that he, and too many of his kind, do not seem to
want to understand the NFB position on this matter.  I could ask why you
decide now to be so ugly about this; but, I will refrain.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
> 
> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
> 
> E-Mail:
> rforetjr at comcast dot net
> Skype Name:
> barefootedray
> 
> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:03 PM, John Heim wrote:
> 
>> Your disappointment with Rush Limbaugh aside, what's wrong with what he
said?I mean, specifically, where do you disagree with his comments? Because
I don't think you can disagree with him without trampling on several sacred
cows of the conservative point of view.
>> 
>> Are you in favor of the Justice Department telling Amazon how to run
their business? If you don't like it that Case-Western University is giving
out kindles, go somewhere else. Go to UCLA or the University of Wisconsin.
Or go to Case-Western and opt out of the kindle program. Where is it written
that government is responsible for making sure that everything is fair? I
don't remember seeing that in the Constitution.  If the kindle isn't
accessible, why don't you invent your own kindle-like device that is
accessible. Amazon didn't exist 15 years ago. They built that business up
from nothing. If accessibility is so important, why don't you get out there
and build your own Amazon that is 100% accessible and put Amazon out of
business? Otherwise, stop holding everybody else back just so you can make
it in this world. Or are you one of those guys who thinks everybody has to
win? You think that if Little Johnny comes in 87th he should get a pat on
the back, told he did a good job,
>  and get handed an 87th place medal he can have framed and put above the
fireplace?
>> 
>> Boy, I'd better be careful here. Next thing I know you'll change your
mind and side with Limbaugh after all.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
aboutblind justice
>> 
>> 
>>> I believe that everybody on this list knows of my political affiliation
with the conservative side.  Let me say something about this Limbaugh piece.
I find it extremely offensive.  I have never felt so betrayed by someone who
was supposedly one of my own!!!  It's quite clear to me that there are many
issues which this brings up; but, I will touch on only one of them here.
Sadly, it is the case that many political conservatives and Republican party
mouth pieces will not understand our point of view.  Note that I did not say
do not understand; rather, I said "will not understand"; big difference.  I
first began to see the sad truth of this back in 2005 when the secretary of
education, Spelling, wanted to cut out individual rehab services offices.  I
dare say we all remember what happened in consequence of that.  Joanne
wilson resigned her position and became a private citizen.  I believe that
was when the light really went off in my head about the truth of what was
really 
> go
>>> ing on.  Small wonder that we are in the situation we are in.  The
trouble with political conservatives is this.  Many of them say words that
they know that the true conservatives want to hear, and, maybe some of them
even believe those words.  The trouble is this.  They are saying those words
for the sake of political expediency.  Now, on the other hand, my personal
life experience has taught me that it just doesn't work that way. When
people like Rush Limbaugh make statements such as he made in this piece, he
only serves to hurt both the blindness cause, and also, the conservative
cause also.  I want to say something else for the record. There was a time
when I did used to listen to him; but, over the course of the past five
years or so, I ceased to listen to hymn; especially after Hurricane Katrina.
I felt that he was no longer what he once had been, and, I felt that he had
lost focus.  Frankly, as a blind conservative, I find myself very much
offended by what Limbaugh
>>> says here because what we have is a fundamental lack of the will to
understand our point of view.  To put it bluntly, he's going for
sensationalism and not much if anything else.  Be that as it may, words mean
things.  The way people use words also means things.  I cannot help but
wonder how this effects other blind conservatives; but, that subject matter,
I forbear to enter.  Doubtless, blind people on the other side of the isle,
(so to speak) are wondering why, in the face of Limbaugh's tirade, we can
still feel as we do.  I will not discuss this except to say that we who are
blind conservatives do not need Limbaugh to tell us what to think.  I feel
as I do and think as I do and have done so long before I ever heard Limbaugh
for the first time.  Sadly, this recent event more than confirms something I
have long thought.  But, that is a subject which does not directly touch the
blindness factors, and so, I will leave it to another group or time.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>> 
>>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>> 
>>> E-Mail:

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