[nfb-talk] Betsy Devos

Mary Donahue braille at satx.rr.com
Sun Jan 22 22:57:55 UTC 2017 

Good afternoon everyone,

	For your information Betsy Devos is the wife of Dick Devos whose father Rich along with his high school buddy Jay Vanandel formed one of the World's most successful direct sales companies in the world. The company has been around for over 50 years and operates here in the states and in many foreign countries. These people have done much in the field of education and believe in accessibility. I have personally worked with the company in question along with one of its teams to insure that its Web and mobile resources are usable by the blind and have gotten nothing but cooperation from them. Mary and I personally met Dick Devos in 1997 and brought some accessibility issues to his attention. They were fixed several months later.

	The Devos family knows something about the abilities and capabilities of the blind. Several blind entrepreneurs here in the United States and in South America have built phenominal businesses through their direct marketing system. Having married into such a legacy I'm sure Betsy Devos knows something about accessibility and will work with the disabled community to insure that educational resources are usable by persons with all disabilities including the blind.

Peter Donahue

 

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I don't post often at all but somehow feel compelled to say something now. 

 The election and inauguration  are over. It's time to get to work.  The first real threat to us as  blind people is the current nominee for secretary of education.  If  you want to channel your  frustration into something positive, I would urge everyone to contact the senators who are on the  HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over the nomination.   At the rights of our blind children and consumers of vocational rehabilitation  are at stake.  
Unfortunately, due to the lack of accessibility of my Hotmail account, I cannot post the names and phone numbers here but trust that you all can do a Google search and follow up. 

Best,
Latonya Phipps
TLC Chapter President
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> On Jan 22, 2017, at 12:51 AM, Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I do have to agree, Carter wasn't effective as President, Bill 
> was a slimeball, his wife wouldn't have been any better!  Maybe if 
> Bernie Sanders had won the primary, things might have been different, 
> but people are just tired of the same old thing, broken promises.  Mr. 
> Trump may be the same way, but he's been in office for one day. If, 
> after his first hundred days things are worse, then I'll be 
> complaining about him, but give the man a chance!  He did apologize 
> for that video of what he called "locker room talk" that was also 
> years ago, and people do change
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of kaye 
> zimpher via nfb-talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 10:10 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: kaye zimpher <kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
> 
> Well, I don't know how old you are, but Mr. Carter was not really a good president. He was a nice man, but a bad president. Bill was a decent president, but kind of a slimey guy, and Obama, in my opinion, would have been a good president if he had been allowed. He was stopped at every turn from doing anything worth while by those who refused to see past the nose on their own face. I remember when the government shut down a few years ago, it was mainly over the "Affordable Care Act" and the budget. Congress fussed and fought and changed the Affordable Care act until it became what it is today. They wanted to be sure that it was crappy enough so that when people remember  they'll say That Obama Care... etc, etc. If the original bill had passed, and congress wasn't so egotistical and selfish, we'd be in a better place.
> The new president however did not have to be a democrat. We had good choices. We had good decent, worth while republican choices, but America did not vote them in in the primaries. They wanted shock and entertainment. 
> We'll see how they feel in a few months.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Gail the U. S. Male" <gailcrowe1959 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
> 
> 
>> Mr. Trump isn't a saint, but let those among us who are without sin 
>> cast the first stone! I don't think the other person should have 
>> called anyone a dumbass, no matter how violently he disagrees!  While 
>> I think you're totally wrong, I will still stand for your right to 
>> your opinion, no matter how wrong I think it is.  My girlfriend also 
>> voted for trump, and she's against the mistreatment of women, as am I!
>> But where have the politicians been, who will not pass an equal pay 
>> for equal work law, for women, as well as the disabled.  Yes, there 
>> may be a slim chance I'll be affected, but the issues facing our 
>> country are such, I have not, in good conscience, been able to vote 
>> for a democrat since Jimmy Carter; and I wasn't old enough to vote in 
>> that election, or, I would have voted for Carter back then.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Karen Rose via nfb-talk
>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 6:47 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>> 
>> But this is exactly the problem. Trump calls names and makes fun of 
>> people with disabilities. He grabs women. He tweets rather than 
>> having press conferences. And this encourages behavior such as 
>> calling women dumb asses. The problem is that trumps abominable 
>> behave behavior gives permission for similar behavior by others. As a 
>> psychotherapist I am especially concerned with trumps wish to utilize 
>> his daughter in the role of first lady that's essentially sanctioning incest.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 21, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Bryan Schulz via nfb-talk 
>>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> According to your logic, then I have the right to call you a dumbace 
>>> because you don't even understand the electoral college!
>>> Bryan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Karen Rose via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 4:59 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Cc: Karen Rose
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>>> 
>>> I think it is important to call things as they are. First there were 
>>> more people voting for Hillary Clinton then for Donald Trump. Second 
>>> trumps positions, such as they are, very much resemble those taken 
>>> by adult Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany. Third Donald 
>>> trumps Tone and Kayden's – and his ability to influence hordes of 
>>> people without having any content or beliefs – have been compared 
>>> with Hitler's ability to do the
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 21, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk 
>>>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Peter, I agree! I voted for Mr. Trump, and I'm proud of it!  I'm a 
>>>> conservative, but I'm not a fascist, or neo-nazi, as some on thkis 
>>>> list have called him!I find that sort of name calling, without even 
>>>> giving the man a chance extremely offensive!  He is our elected 
>>>> president, and if you don't like it, that's your privilege, but the 
>>>> name calling is totally un-called for! I totally didn't like Obama, 
>>>> but I didn't get on the list and call him a Communist!
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Peter Donahue via nfb-talk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 2:12 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List' <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>>>> 
>>>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>>> 
>>>>  If you don't like our country's elected leadership move to another 
>>>> country! A local judge told San Antonians that earlier this year. 
>>>> It worked.
>>>> We don't have the kind of violent protests going on here that 
>>>> occurred in Washington D.C. yesterday. The choice is simple. Either 
>>>> work with the Trump Administration or you can  move to another 
>>>> country where things are done the way you feel they should be.
>>>> 
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Beh
>> 
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