[nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking about blind justice
Ray Foret Jr
rforetjr at comcast.net
Thu Aug 12 22:25:38 UTC 2010
Quite correct. to me, at least, it was quite a punch in the stomach...well, more or less. Limbaugh used to be good; but, after Katrina, like I said, I felt he lost focus and ceased listening to him. The rightness of my decision seems to have been more than confirmed. Sometimes, there's just no talking to people.
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The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
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On Aug 12, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Michael Hingson wrote:
> I agree, but he did also take a swipe at the NFB and blind people by even
> using this as an example of why he thinks Obama's people are bigoted. It
> sure is a reach, but I do not think he can consolidate the Kindle issue with
> his views of Obama's supposed bigotry.
>
> If he is bashing the DOJ for its stand on the Kindle issue then who is the
> real bigot? If he says he supports the rights of blind people and their
> right to access then how can he bash the DOJ?
>
> No, Rush is demonstrating more bigotry than anyone else in this case.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:44 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
> aboutblind justice
>
> I interpreted his diatribe as calling Obama's people bigoted morons, not
> NFB.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
> On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:23, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Oh no I won't. I was offended that he called us a bunch of "bigoted
> morons". I was offended that he, and too many of his kind, do not seem to
> want to understand the NFB position on this matter. I could ask why you
> decide now to be so ugly about this; but, I will refrain.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>
>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>
>> E-Mail:
>> rforetjr at comcast dot net
>> Skype Name:
>> barefootedray
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:03 PM, John Heim wrote:
>>
>>> Your disappointment with Rush Limbaugh aside, what's wrong with what he
> said?I mean, specifically, where do you disagree with his comments? Because
> I don't think you can disagree with him without trampling on several sacred
> cows of the conservative point of view.
>>>
>>> Are you in favor of the Justice Department telling Amazon how to run
> their business? If you don't like it that Case-Western University is giving
> out kindles, go somewhere else. Go to UCLA or the University of Wisconsin.
> Or go to Case-Western and opt out of the kindle program. Where is it written
> that government is responsible for making sure that everything is fair? I
> don't remember seeing that in the Constitution. If the kindle isn't
> accessible, why don't you invent your own kindle-like device that is
> accessible. Amazon didn't exist 15 years ago. They built that business up
> from nothing. If accessibility is so important, why don't you get out there
> and build your own Amazon that is 100% accessible and put Amazon out of
> business? Otherwise, stop holding everybody else back just so you can make
> it in this world. Or are you one of those guys who thinks everybody has to
> win? You think that if Little Johnny comes in 87th he should get a pat on
> the back, told he did a good job,
>> and get handed an 87th place medal he can have framed and put above the
> fireplace?
>>>
>>> Boy, I'd better be careful here. Next thing I know you'll change your
> mind and side with Limbaugh after all.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:15 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
> aboutblind justice
>>>
>>>
>>>> I believe that everybody on this list knows of my political affiliation
> with the conservative side. Let me say something about this Limbaugh piece.
> I find it extremely offensive. I have never felt so betrayed by someone who
> was supposedly one of my own!!! It's quite clear to me that there are many
> issues which this brings up; but, I will touch on only one of them here.
> Sadly, it is the case that many political conservatives and Republican party
> mouth pieces will not understand our point of view. Note that I did not say
> do not understand; rather, I said "will not understand"; big difference. I
> first began to see the sad truth of this back in 2005 when the secretary of
> education, Spelling, wanted to cut out individual rehab services offices. I
> dare say we all remember what happened in consequence of that. Joanne
> wilson resigned her position and became a private citizen. I believe that
> was when the light really went off in my head about the truth of what was
> really
>> go
>>>> ing on. Small wonder that we are in the situation we are in. The
> trouble with political conservatives is this. Many of them say words that
> they know that the true conservatives want to hear, and, maybe some of them
> even believe those words. The trouble is this. They are saying those words
> for the sake of political expediency. Now, on the other hand, my personal
> life experience has taught me that it just doesn't work that way. When
> people like Rush Limbaugh make statements such as he made in this piece, he
> only serves to hurt both the blindness cause, and also, the conservative
> cause also. I want to say something else for the record. There was a time
> when I did used to listen to him; but, over the course of the past five
> years or so, I ceased to listen to hymn; especially after Hurricane Katrina.
> I felt that he was no longer what he once had been, and, I felt that he had
> lost focus. Frankly, as a blind conservative, I find myself very much
> offended by what Limbaugh
>>>> says here because what we have is a fundamental lack of the will to
> understand our point of view. To put it bluntly, he's going for
> sensationalism and not much if anything else. Be that as it may, words mean
> things. The way people use words also means things. I cannot help but
> wonder how this effects other blind conservatives; but, that subject matter,
> I forbear to enter. Doubtless, blind people on the other side of the isle,
> (so to speak) are wondering why, in the face of Limbaugh's tirade, we can
> still feel as we do. I will not discuss this except to say that we who are
> blind conservatives do not need Limbaugh to tell us what to think. I feel
> as I do and think as I do and have done so long before I ever heard Limbaugh
> for the first time. Sadly, this recent event more than confirms something I
> have long thought. But, that is a subject which does not directly touch the
> blindness factors, and so, I will leave it to another group or time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>>
>>>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>>>
>>>> E-Mail:
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