[nfb-talk] {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged from McConnell's office! So where our blind organizations?

Sun Jun 25 04:49:41 UTC 2017

Thanks fosending thi!

Judy
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On June 24, 2017 8:33:17 PM Marci Carpenter via nfb-talk 
<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> President Riccobono wrote an Op Ed piece yesterday for a publication called 
> “The Hill”. I believe he outlines the issues very well: 
> http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/339073-saving-medicaid-is-critical-to-americas-blind?rnd=149823093
>
> Marci
>
>> On Jun 24, 2017, at 7:21 PM, Judy Jones via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Very eloquent!  Couldn't have said it better.
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> <mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:17 PM
>> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
>> Cc: Steve Jacobson
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged 
>> from McConnell's office! So where our blind organizations?
>>
>> My understanding is that the incident did occur, and I don't think who 
>> reported it really is an issue in this case.
>>
>> From my perspective, there are serious implications that need to be watched 
>> closely as we see health care legislation evolve.  As an organization, 
>> though, I would think it would make sense to get a better sense of where 
>> this is going before we pull out all stops as some have already done.  As 
>> it stands right now, there is a pretty good chance the current bill isn't 
>> going anywhere as it is written because of a number of Republicans who are 
>> not supporting it.  Having people willing to call attention to this issue 
>> is a good thing, but I also don't see a problem in an organization waiting 
>> to see if we're going to need further action later.  This is probably going 
>> to be a marathon and not a fifty yard dash.  Another aspect of all this is 
>> that it is easy to put all ones energy into a single issue and a single 
>> event without concerned about any other legislative activities that might 
>> be affected by one's action.  It is much more difficult to measure one's 
>> response to maximize one's general effectiveness and to make sure there is 
>> energy left when it is most needed.  I hope that our leadership would 
>> consider how are actions might affect the other issues that we're trying to 
>> address.  Finally, I don't see a problem with us conserving some of our 
>> energy to fight for things that nobody else is fighting for.  I think one 
>> can make a decision not to pull out all stops to deal with an issue knowing 
>> that there are others who will do it while still feeling the issue is 
>> important.  .
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karen Rose 
>> via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 11:43 AM
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>> Cc: Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged 
>> from McConnell's office! So where our blind organizations?
>>
>> The issue is not the show but the facts of what happened
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jun 24, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Judy Jones via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, but the Rachel Madow show is not the bastian of accuracy, I would 
>>> read no further.
>>>
>>> Judy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack
>>> Heim via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 7:11 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Jack Heim
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged 
>>> from McConnell's office! So where our blind organizations?
>>>
>>> If you want to hear the whole thing, you should listen to the podcast of 
>>> the Rachel Madow show for last night, June 22.  I don't know how to point 
>>> you to just that one show but you can subscribe here:
>>> http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-rachel-maddow-show-podcast
>>>
>>> Those protests outside Senator McConnells office were organized by the same 
>>> group, ADAPT,  that organized a huge protest in 1974 in Denver over 
>>> inaccessible buses. That whole story is on that same Rachel Madow podcast. 
>>> They snarled traffic in Denver for a day and a half to protest the fact 
>>> that they couldn't use city buses. It made me think of all the debates I 
>>> have had on this list with people who feard a "backlash" from pushing for 
>>> our rights.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 06/23/2017 06:48 PM, Karen Rose via nfb-talk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Claire-Elizabeth DeSophia <desophia.politics at earthlink.net>
>>>>> Date: June 23, 2017 at 4:38:09 PM PDT
>>>>> To: therapists for Single Payer
>>>>> <single-payer-therapists at googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Subject: {Single Payer} Disabled protesters dragged from McConnell's office!
>>>>> Reply-To: single-payer-therapists at googlegroups.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Outrageous!!!  And I can’t find a story on it in the NYTimes and don’t 
>>>>> watch TV; I hope it was on everywhere!
>>>>> What has our country come to?!?!!
>>>>> ==Claire-Elizabeth
>>>>> Disabled Protesters Just Showed Senate Democrats How It's Done
>>>>> Friday, June 23, 2017 By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | Op-Ed
>>>>> font size   Print
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A disabled demonstrator is dragged from her wheelchair outside of
>>>>> the offices of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, as people
>>>>> gathered to protest Medicaid cuts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington,
>>>>> DC, June 22, 2017. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)
>>>>>
>>>>> In times of great injustice, independent media is crucial to
>>>>> fighting back against mi
>>
>>
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