[Nfbmo] Resemt Zipped Audio of 03/13/12 Jay Nixon BlindPensionHealth Care...

Wed Mar 14 14:23:56 UTC 2012

I have to agree with Gary.
     Elected officials have to know - and show - that  they have public 
support for their actions.  Think of it this way: if, in  spite of the dire 
consequences and misinformation promulgated about the health  care program for 
Blind Pensioners no one bothered to publicly show up to support  the 
governor in vetoing any budget that eliminates the program, his position is  very 
much weakened and could well decide that if we don't care that much, why  
should he stick his neck out?   And further, lack of such evident  support 
could be rightly seen by the those opposed to this program that it isn't  
reallly that important to anyone.
      I've been noticing lately a disturbing trend  among some 
beneficiaries of long-standing programs that help to compensate for  social inequality.  
 Some feel that the 'wars' have been fought and  won, that because they 
'carried signs' in the past means they are exempt from  further defense of 
their rights and to support programs that will make a huge  difference to them.  
This trend is happening in the NAACP, NOW as well as  the NFB.       I'm 
actually not so much responding  to your post now, Bryan, but rather to what 
I've heard lately from some  affiliated and non-affiliated blind people who 
have benefitted from the  NFB.   Like it or not, the political and social 
sentiments that gave  rise to civil rights legislation is being challenged by 
some very powerful  forces.  It's up to us to push back.   
    You're absolutely right that calls, letters and   emails are absolutely 
necessary - that showing up at a rally does not exempt  anyone from 
follow-up.  The numbers add up and can sway a legislator who is  on the fence to 
consider their position more reasonably.

Dan

In a message dated 3/14/2012 8:47:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
GWunder at earthlink.net writes:

Hi  Bryan.  You are right about the next chapter of the fight, but I think  
we
were able to get most people there for about $40 per person.  Given  what is
at stake, I think that is a bargain.  If we don't do  everything we can to
preserve what so many of our folks need, we will have  to shoulder the blame
when we lose it.  

We will know whether  or not we have been successful when the general
assembly adjourns.   What we know right now is that the Governor is an ally
and that we are  stronger with him than without him.  What we needed to show
yesterday  is that we are an ally worth having, and we did that by putting
more than  100 people together in a rally.  If we win, our rally will have
been a  part of that.  If we lose, at least we won't be second  guessing
whether or not we could have done more.

There you have my  two cents on the matter.

Gary
-----Original Message-----
From:  nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of  Bryan Schulz
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:38 PM
To: NFB of Missouri  Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Resemt Zipped Audio of 03/13/12 Jay  Nixon
BlindPensionHealth Care Rally

hi,

wow, seems like a  large expense of time and money for five minutes similar
to what has been  in the paper.
the real fight will be everyone continuing to call and email  this week and
hit them at 8:00am on monday.

Bryan  Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  DanFlasar at aol.com 
To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org 
Sent: Tuesday,  March 13, 2012 8:49 PM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Resemt Zipped Audio of  03/13/12 Jay Nixon Blind
PensionHealth Care Rally

Bryan  and all - here is a zipped version.
Dan

In a message dated 3/13/2012  8:08:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
b.schulz at sbcglobal.net  writes:

hi,

you may have to zip it.
my  email rejected your unsafe  attachment.

Bryan  Schulz

----- Original Message -----  
From:  DanFlasar at aol.com 
To: gwunder at earthlink.net ;   nfbmo at nfbnet.org 
Cc: dhuff at moblind.org 
Sent:  Tuesday,  March 13, 2012 7:26 PM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Audio of  03/13/12 Jay Nixon  Blind Pension Health Care 
Rally

Hi all,
For all those who couldn't make it  to the  rally - and for  those who 
did and want to have  an audio record, here's the   recording - unedited - 
that  I made of the Gov. Nixon's short speech  at the  rally.
I  don't have editing software (but  if anyone has  some good free  
software I could use to do so,  i'm interested) so the  files  starts 
shortly after 
an  introduction  for the Governor, then the speech and  afterwards some  
comments about the event and the presentation by NFB notables    Debbie 
Wunder, 
Brent and Carie Ford, Ruby Polk and  others whose  voices I should  know
but 
don't.
The  audio is 8 minutes and 41 seconds long.
Dan
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