[Nfbf-l] treaty didn't pass

[Tara Prakash]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tara Prakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] treaty didn't pass


>I disagree with Sheri's statement. First of, tea party people are not in 
>power. There are just a troublesome minority. By next month we will 
>definitely have two more votes with the new Senate coming to existence. And 
>if the state affiliates work more aggressively on their senators, it 
>shouldn't be difficult to have the treaty ratified. I am not sure if NFBF 
>had a policy on specifically working on Florida senators, but when I am 
>reading these past emails, I don't see any email from the NFBF board 
>members on this issue. I have been out of  Florida for a long time, I may 
>be wrong.
>
> Secondly, the bigger problem is not the name of UN, it is the name of 
> American with Disabilities Act. Tea party whole heartedly hates this law. 
> I should say the shepherds leading this seemingly disparate movement hate 
> the law. Rand Paul, and other libertarians have openly opposed ADA before. 
> Ratification of this treaty will be another affirmation of ADA from the 
> Congress. No ratification doesn't hurt anyone in  the US right now, but 
> closer to the doom's day when tea party controls the government they may 
> do away with ADA. In the absence of an international treaty bounding on 
> the government in the US, they won't be required to reinstate this ADA 
> kind of laws. Opposition of ADA fits the general tea party philosophy, or 
> lack of any philosophy, ADA is just another government regulation which is 
> burdensome and restrictive for businesses.
> Here is an NPR interview with the one of the darlings of tea party.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] treaty didn't pass
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>> Well, Sherri, as negative as that may sound, we both know that what you 
>> just said is very true.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Sherri
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 10:46 PM
>> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] treaty didn't pass
>>
>> As long as it has United Nations in it and as long as T-party people are 
>> in
>> power, it won't pass. Hate to sound so negative, but facts are facts.
>>
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