[nfb-talk] Betsy Devos

[David Andrews]

Yes, Amway, the company that tries to get you to 
sign all your friends up for something that will never make them money.


Being related to that crowd has nothing to do 
with whether or not she would be a good Secretary of Education.

Bowing down to the rich and famous is part of 
what got us Donald Trump in the first place.

Dave

At 04:57 PM 1/22/2017, you wrote:
>Good afternoon everyone,        For your 
>information Betsy Devos is the wife of Dick 
>Devos whose father Rich along with his high 
>school buddy Jay Vanandel formed one of the 
>World's most successful direct sales companies 
>in the world. The company has been around for 
>over 50 years and operates here in the states 
>and in many foreign countries. These people have 
>done much in the field of education and believe 
>in accessibility. I have personally worked with 
>the company in question along with one of its 
>teams to insure that its Web and mobile 
>resources are usable by the blind and have 
>gotten nothing but cooperation from them. Mary 
>and I personally met Dick Devos in 1997 and 
>brought some accessibility issues to his 
>attention. They were fixed several months 
>later.  The Devos family knows something about 
>the abilities and capabilities of the blind. 
>Several blind entrepreneurs here in the United 
>States and in South America have built 
>phenominal businesses through their direct 
>marketing system. Having married into such a 
>legacy I'm sure Betsy Devos knows something 
>about accessibility and will work with the 
>disabled community to insure that educational 
>resources are usable by persons with all 
>disabilities including the blind. Peter Donahue 
>-----Original Message----- From: nfb-talk 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Latonya via nfb-talk Sent: Sunday, January 
>22, 2017 5:14 AM To: NFB Talk Mailing List Cc: 
>Latonya Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes... 
>I don't post often at all but somehow feel 
>compelled to say something now. The election and 
>inauguration  are over. It's time to get to 
>work.  The first real threat to us as  blind 
>people is the current nominee for secretary of 
>education.  If  you want to channel 
>your  frustration into something positive, I 
>would urge everyone to contact the senators who 
>are on the  HELP Committee which has 
>jurisdiction over the nomination.   At the 
>rights of our blind children and consumers of 
>vocational rehabilitation  are at 
>stake.  Unfortunately, due to the lack of 
>accessibility of my Hotmail account, I cannot 
>post the names and phone numbers here but trust 
>that you all can do a Google search and follow 
>up. Best, Latonya Phipps TLC Chapter President 
>Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2017, at 12:51 
>AM, Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk 
><nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > Yes, I do have 
>to agree, Carter wasn't effective as President, 
>Bill > was a slimeball, his wife wouldn't have 
>been any better!  Maybe if > Bernie Sanders had 
>won the primary, things might have been 
>different, > but people are just tired of the 
>same old thing, broken promises.  Mr. > Trump 
>may be the same way, but he's been in office for 
>one day. If, > after his first hundred days 
>things are worse, then I'll be > complaining 
>about him, but give the man a chance!  He did 
>apologize > for that video of what he called 
>"locker room talk" that was also > years ago, 
>and people do change > > -----Original 
>Message----- > From: nfb-talk 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of kaye > zimpher via nfb-talk > Sent: Saturday, 
>January 21, 2017 10:10 PM > To: NFB Talk Mailing 
>List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> > Cc: kaye zimpher 
><kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: 
>[nfb-talk] Here he comes... > > Well, I don't 
>know how old you are, but Mr. Carter was not 
>really a good president. He was a nice man, but 
>a bad president. Bill was a decent president, 
>but kind of a slimey guy, and Obama, in my 
>opinion, would have been a good president if he 
>had been allowed. He was stopped at every turn 
>from doing anything worth while by those who 
>refused to see past the nose on their own face. 
>I remember when the government shut down a few 
>years ago, it was mainly over the "Affordable 
>Care Act" and the budget. Congress fussed and 
>fought and changed the Affordable Care act until 
>it became what it is today. They wanted to be 
>sure that it was crappy enough so that when 
>people remember  they'll say That Obama Care... 
>etc, etc. If the original bill had passed, and 
>congress wasn't so egotistical and selfish, we'd 
>be in a better place. > The new president 
>however did not have to be a democrat. We had 
>good choices. We had good decent, worth while 
>republican choices, but America did not vote 
>them in in the primaries. They wanted shock and 
>entertainment. > We'll see how they feel in a 
>few months. > ----- Original Message ----- > 
>From: "Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk" 
><nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> > To: "'NFB Talk Mailing 
>List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> > Cc: "Gail the U. 
>S. Male" <gailcrowe1959 at gmail.com> > Sent: 
>Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:16 PM > Subject: 
>Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes... > > >> Mr. Trump 
>isn't a saint, but let those among us who are 
>without sin >> cast the first stone! I don't 
>think the other person should have >> called 
>anyone a dumbass, no matter how violently he 
>disagrees!  While >> I think you're totally 
>wrong, I will still stand for your right to >> 
>your opinion, no matter how wrong I think it 
>is.  My girlfriend also >> voted for trump, and 
>she's against the mistreatment of women, as am 
>I! >> But where have the politicians been, who 
>will not pass an equal pay >> for equal work 
>law, for women, as well as the disabled.  Yes, 
>there >> may be a slim chance I'll be affected, 
>but the issues facing our >> country are such, I 
>have not, in good conscience, been able to 
>vote >> for a democrat since Jimmy Carter; and I 
>wasn't old enough to vote in >> that election, 
>or, I would have voted for Carter back 
>then. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 
>nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of >> Karen Rose via nfb-talk >> Sent: 
>Saturday, January 21, 2017 6:47 PM >> To: NFB 
>Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> >> Cc: 
>Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net> >> Subject: 
>Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes... >> >> But this 
>is exactly the problem. Trump calls names and 
>makes fun of >> people with disabilities. He 
>grabs women. He tweets rather than >> having 
>press conferences. And this encourages behavior 
>such as >> calling women dumb asses. The problem 
>is that trumps abominable >> behave behavior 
>gives permission for similar behavior by others. 
>As a >> psychotherapist I am especially 
>concerned with trumps wish to utilize >> his 
>daughter in the role of first lady that's 
>essentially sanctioning incest. >> >> Sent from 
>my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 21, 2017, at 3:17 PM, 
>Bryan Schulz via nfb-talk >>> 
><nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> 
>According to your logic, then I have the right 
>to call you a dumbace >>> because you don't even 
>understand the electoral college! >>> 
>Bryan >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> 
>From: nfb-talk 
>[mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of >>> Karen Rose via nfb-talk >>> Sent: 
>Saturday, January 21, 2017 4:59 PM >>> To: NFB 
>Talk Mailing List >>> Cc: Karen Rose >>> 
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes... >>> >>> 
>I think it is important to call things as they 
>are. First there were >>> more people voting for 
>Hillary Clinton then for Donald Trump. 
>Second >>> trumps positions, such as they are, 
>very much resemble those taken >>> by adult 
>Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany. Third 
>Donald >>> trumps Tone and Kayden's ­ and his 
>ability to inffluence hordes of >>> people 
>without having any content or beliefs ­ have 
>been compared >>> with Hitler's abiliity to do 
>the >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jan 
>21, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Gail the U. S. Male via 
>nfb-talk >>>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: >>>> >>>> Peter, I agree! I voted for Mr. 
>Trump, and I'm proud of it!  I'm a >>>> 
>conservative, but I'm not a fascist, or 
>neo-nazi, as some on thkis >>>> list have called 
>him!I find that sort of name calling, without 
>even >>>> giving the man a chance extremely 
>offensive!  He is our elected >>>> president, 
>and if you don't like it, that's your privilege, 
>but the >>>> name calling is totally un-called 
>for! I totally didn't like Obama, >>>> but I 
>didn't get on the list and call him a 
>Communist! >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: nfb-talk