WHat does your prattle have to do with this entire thread? I cannot believe that people will find any opportunity to drag politics into the discussion and in fact drag a very simple issue so far off course. This has nothing to do with whether your a conservative or liberal and in fact when it comes to having access to materials as our sighted counterparts I would hope folks would put aside their political differences and work together.
ALl this stuff your saying is nonsense to be honest and just completely diminishes the value of the conversation.

On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:56 PM, Ron Canazzi wrote:

> Hi Butch,
> 
> It never ceases to amaze me and now of days unfortunately anger me that so 
> many blind people have adopted this right wing ideology.  In fact some of 
> the Tea Party radicals are in effect (see the latest Ryan budget) saying 
> just that: "We have an unemployment problem; we solve it by cutting taxes 
> and balancing the budget; therefore education takes a big hit; since it is 
> relatively more expensive to educate blind people, they therefore take the 
> biggest hit.  And so many on this list and other blind oriented lists seem 
> in essence to agree.  Of course with the current state of corporate media, 
> it's no wonder.  More and more people have been fed this: 'there's no such 
> thing as equality and the free market determines it best' nonsense that they 
> believe it! ...until something happens to one of their own.  Then they cry; 
> oh why me! gee why aren't they treating me fairly.  To which when this 
> happens, I usually quote them back in their faces almost word for word of 
> what they used to prate at me: 'Well  buddy, who said life was fair?!"
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Now wait for some blinky stinky to quote me about the evils of Stalin as if 
> he was the only alternative!
> 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Man O Man
> 
> 
> This isn't even a good argument.  Of course I don't demand a driver's
> license, but I think equality is important where it is possible.  If we
> follow your logic, why even bother to spend the money to educate the
> blind.  We're not equal anyhow!!!  We're not asking for anything that
> isn't possible and easily done with the technology that is out there
> these days.  BTW, I did pass the driver's license eye test once and I've
> been total since birth, but that is another story.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Ed
> Malmgren wrote:
> 
>> Harry, why don't you run right down and demand a drivers license because 
>> you
>> deserve one.   In many cases your not even close to being  equil.  73
>> Ed   K7UC
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21 , 2012 2:02 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Man O Man
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> That is simply not the case.
>>> Disabled people deserve equality.
>>> So, the more we get, that's good, and if there's still more that we =
>>> aren't getting, we need to get that as well.
>>> Do you all know that in the netherlands, they are killing disabled =
>>> babies after they're born?
>>> If we don't speak up as disabled people, it will happen here.
>>> When society doesn't value it's disabled, or elderly, it has truely gone 
>>> =
>>> down the drain.
>>> Trippy, ac8s
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: Ed Malmgren=20
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:31 AM
>>> Subject: Man O Man
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I really appreciate getting the service from Bard, Q S T and such and =
>>> it is=20
>>> always good trying for better but have you noticed, the more we get =
>>> the more=20
>>> we want untill we sometimes are a pain in you know what.  73
>>>     Ed   K7UC
>> 
>>