[Njabs-talk] SNL

Wed Dec 17 05:33:49 UTC 2008

Honestly people need  to stop being so incredibly sensitive. SNL is a purely 
comedy based centered TV  show for laughs. Every week jokes are made regarding 
blondes, Hispanics, African  Americans, Arab Americans, Southerners, etc if 
you can honestly say you have  never once laughed at any comedy routine then 
you are lying not only to yourself  but to all your peers. If you have ever once 
watched a comedy sketch you would  know that there is always going to be 
someone, or something being poked fun at.  Also, for example Sarah Palen, everyone 
globally laughed at those sketches, but  I know from looking at charts and 
statistics that those SNL skits had nothing to  do with her loss of vice 
president. The people watching SNL are not the  corporate executives that refuse to 
higher the blind; they are common place  families watching television. However, 
corporate execs are the ones reading  articles in the NY times or Post 
stating how blind Americans were quote unquote  offended bye SNL will make these 
readers weary of how to act around blind people  making sure to never hurt our 
feelings. Maybe this is just my opinion from a  youth perspective, but I just 
felt the need to put it out  there. 
Thanks 

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Today's Topics:

1.  National Federation of the Blind Comments on Saturday Night
Live Segment (Freeh,    Jessica)
2. Win a Wii  Video Game System (Melissa Ann Riccobono)
3. State Division  Materials (Joe  Orozco)

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Message:  1
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:45:47 -0600
From: "Freeh,     Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
<dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Njabs-talk] National Federation of the  Blind Comments on
Saturday Night Live Segment
To:  david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE

CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Public Relations  Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314,  extension 2330

(410) 262-1281  (Cell)

<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org

National  Federation of the Blind
Comments on Saturday Night Live  Segment

Largest Organization of the Blind Criticizes  Attack on Blind Americans

Baltimore, Maryland (December 15,  2008): Chris 
Danielsen, spokesman for the National Federation 
of the  Blind, said: ?The biggest problem faced by 
blind people is not blindness  itself, but the 
stereotypes held by the general public about 
blindness  and blind people.  The idea that blind 
people are incapable of the  simplest tasks and 
are perpetually disoriented and befuddled is  
absolutely wrong.  This misconception contributes 
to an  unemployment rate among blind people that 
stubbornly remains at 70  percent.  That is why 
the National Federation of the Blind is  
disappointed that Saturday Night Live chose to 
portray Governor  Paterson in a comedy routine 
that focused almost exclusively on his  
blindness.  Attacking the Governor because he is 
blind is an  attack on all blind Americans?blind 
children, blind adults, blind seniors,  and newly 
blinded veterans returning from Iraq and 
Afghanistan.   The National Federation of the 
Blind urges the producers of Saturday Night  Live 
to consider the serious negative impact that 
misinformation and  stereotypes have on blind 
people before continuing in this unfortunate  vein of  humor.?

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Message:  2
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:34:18 -0600
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono"  <melissa at riccobono.us> (by way of David
Andrews   <dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Njabs-talk] Win a Wii Video  Game System
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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Hello everyone,
The National  Federation of the Blind of Maryland is running a holiday 
raffle for a  chance to win a Wii video game system, plus $300! 
Chances to win are only  $10 a piece and there will only be 1,000 chances 
sold.
The winning number  will be drawn on Christmas Eve, or sooner if the 
1,000 chances are sold  out before that time.  Please act now to make 
sure you get your name  in the contest.  And, please send this link on 
to your friends and  relatives who might be interested in winning this 
fantastically fun video  game system!

To purchase tickets, please  visit

<http://www.nfbmd.org/Wii/WiiRules.html>http://www.nfbmd.org/Wii/WiiRules.html
<http://www.nfbmd.org/Wii/WiiRules.html>

Be  sure to get your name in the contest and advertise this with your 
friends  and family. This is a great way to help the NFB of Maryland 
and provide a  nice gift for someone in your family--or yourself
Thank you for your  support,
Melissa Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind of  Maryland

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Message:  3
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:45:00 -0500
From: "Joe Orozco"  <jsorozco at gmail.com>
Subject: [Njabs-talk] State Division  Materials
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Dear state student division  presidents and representatives:

The NABS web site is well  underway.  As we grow closer to the launch we're
turning to our  student leadership at the state level to help us collect
information about  some specific information in your affiliates.  If your
affiliate  offers a scholarship, we would like to know.  If you have an
upcoming  state convention, we'd like the dates.  If there is a unique
program  in your state that only exists in your geographic boundaries, we'd
like you  to share it with others.  Help us build a complete repository  of
information that equally shares details about the happenings in  your
division and affiliate.  If you could pass this along to me by  Sunday,
December 21, you'd be my favorite person.

Also, I want to  take a moment to thank Peter Donahue for throwing in his
technical  assistance to help us meet our ambitious deadline.  He's good
people,  and any affiliate and/or division would be fortunate to have him in
their  corner.

Thanks all.

Joe Orozco

"Be ashamed to die until  you have won some victory for humanity."--James  M.
Barrie

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