[nfbmi-talk] supremacy clause or santa claus

Tue Sep 20 16:29:57 UTC 2011

Yup. Hmmm... Isn't that the reason we have the requirement for raised 
character and Braille signage to begin with?

Now, here is a prayer: IDear Lord make these folks go blind for a week. I do 
not ask this for some sort of punishment, or out of vengence. I ask this 
only so that understanding and justice takes place in this realm and in this 
world." and so that the men's and women's bathrooms are not confused:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Sontag" <suncat0 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] supremacy clause or santa claus

>I read at least one "women's" sign while I was there last Friday; Guess I 
>almost went into the "Ladies," too.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:01
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] supremacy clause or santa claus
>
>
> Yes, and the problem with MCB and generally the outlook or "philosophy" if 
> you will of Michigan is that things are still on the "charitable model".
>
> In other words jobs, and even rehab is considerred a sort of Lions' type 
> of charitable thing here.
>
> And Pat Cannon himself with his utter lack of credentials and his total 
> abuse of the system re-inforces this hidious stereotype.
>
> Now, don't get me wrong here. For I'm all about "reasonable 
> accommodations". They are means to an end after all being they give we who 
> are blind and/or otherwise disabled access to the world including of 
> course information access that is on terms with the sighted world.
>
> And don't get me wrong for we all have varying degrees of talents in the 
> mobility realm too. I abhore the kinds of "contests" in that regards that 
> I often see.
>
> That said what is said when a Director of a State Agency for the blind 
> can't find his own way to a bathroom without his highly paid sighted 
> guide? What is to be said when that same sighted guide paid more than 
> sixty thousand per year to make things accessible doesn't know how to make 
> "cursive writing" accessable? Or what is to be said when this same hack 
> denigrated me while going to the bathroom all by myself at Friday's 
> meeting?
>
> In fact I went towards the sound of "flushing". And indeed I checked out 
> the sign which I fought for having in raised character and Braille and in 
> fact I was reading the "women's room" sign while that hhorific sighted and 
> highly paid **** cluck with her other sighted oppressors in the hallway 
> saying, "Joe almost went into the girl's room!"
>
> This is the really sick stuff going on within MCB. And it goes right to 
> the top of this organization with it's paternalism, andits entitlement of 
> upper echelons and with its totally perverse notions about the 
> capabilities of people who are blindall because at the top the blind 
> tokens are simply that...Tokens....
>
> Truth be told I differ somewhat with NFB philosophy in that I strive for 
> an inter-dependent world between the blind and non-blind rather than talk 
> of a totally independent world. Regardless the model here is neither 
> independent, nor inter-dependent, but rather, a case of pure patronage, 
> and haves and have nots and all based upon corrupted political practices.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] supremacy clause or santa claus
>
>
> You know Joe, we need to have help dressing, eating and pooping!  The last
> isn't necessarily facicious!  I went into a small restraunt one time and
> they were going to deny me using there bathroom because they thaught I
> didn't know how to use it!  I had eaten lunch there and so I just told 
> them
> I would do the buisness right there!  I did get to use the facilities but
> have never been back there!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:35 AM
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] supremacy clause or santa claus
>
>
> Open Question
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> We have a lot of talk about diversity in the Michigan Commission for the
> Blind. But, it is still unanswered the issue I brought up at the last MCB
> meeting. Here is a fact: "Each and every Promotional Agent hired during 
> the
> past few years is white, male, and not blind."
>
>
>
> Now, why is that?
>
>
>
> In all the searching for vacant posts we couldn't find even one qualified
> person of color; or even one woman; or, God forbid a qualified person who
> happens to be blind?
>
>
>
> I don't think this is a very good message for a program that is by it's 
> very
> nature a "priority program".
>
>
>
> I also think openly that it is this very avoidance of implementing
> affirmative action requirements under the Rehab Act that has led to the
> reality where the BEP program actually uses, again in documented fashion
> Rehab Funds to supply jobs not for qualified blind folks, but rather, for
> not qualified non-disabled and not accountable so-called temporary
> operators. Where are the "set asides" for these folks? Where is the
> accounting let alone the accountability? Oh, Cannon in his traditional
> fashion will cite state rules as he's done in the past. But here as I've
> stated Federal law is supposed to trump state law.  Guess no one has read
> the Constitution including the "spending clause or the "Supremacy 
> clause"".
> Cannon sure hasn't read the Fourteenth Amendement. Anyway his patronage 
> scam
> is clear and he acts as if he is a political "Santa Claus". I guess he got
> his clauses mixed up a bit. Oh well that's what we get when a GS 19 can't
> even acquire a college degree of any type. Oh I'm not an academic snob by
> any means, but it is really ironic that Cannon continually talks about the
> soft bigotry of low expectations but has no expectations or accountability
> about himself. Civil Service and other reforms were supposed to protect us
> from arbitrary, capricious and perfidious actions. Yet, we have a system
> that clearly acts the direct opposite of it's intended purpose.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> And if you all think things are hinky as I do in the BEP program then
> consider how bad things are in the general VR program.
>
>
>
> Oh, and if Patrick Cannon wishes to talk about hiring the most qualified I
> would agree. Where are his qualifications?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Joe
>
>
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