The S3304 federal legislative bill removed the provision on the lower broadband access fee for low-income/working class/elderly deaf people along with the recent FCC decision's abandonment on the Net Neutrality goals. Both government efforts for ensuring the equal accessibility via Internet access will result in the higher monthly Internet access due to the excessive bandwidth uses along with VP calls.
The Obama Administration's goals were the enactment of the Net Neutrality to make such an affordable monthly broadband access fee for the low-income/elderly and struggling "working class" deaf people SEEMS totally flattened for GOOD.
That will left to the mercy of very few monopolistic telecommunication industry to feel its own oats and whims to justify the excessive bandwidth feed charge for the deaf VP users.
The VRS industry would be greatly affected by the latest occurrences - the U.S. Senate removed the provision within affordable monthly Internet access fees and the recent FCC decision to abandon the effort for the Net Neutrality - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/05/fcc-net-neutrality-effort_n_672472.html So the VRS calls will be dramatically drop to its lowest call numbers ever they seen within the entire industry lifespan.
Deaf America and the VRS industry will face real uncertainty coming on the way!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Thursday, August 5, 2010
"Signs of the Time" New Documentary
This newly-released documentary film left me moved with tears about the real time for the society at large to realize the true contributions of deaf baseball player with the creation of hand signals entirely changed the baseball games all over the world -
http://www.signsofthetimemovie.com/dvd/2/
Here is the past campaign to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to pay the formal honor to "Dummy" Hoys -
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65084
http://www.dummyhoy.com/introduction/
http://hubpages.com/hub/YOURE-OUT-The-orgin-of-Umpire-Signals
Here is an impressive biography of Dummy Hoys -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_Hoy which Hoys' children ended up became judge, the House of Representative, etc....
For many decades, deaf people knew about the origins of football huddle begun at the National Deaf-Mute College (Gallaudet University now), Washington, DC, but more and more historians finally discovered about deaf people created the "football huddle" -
http://fookembug.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/invented-the-american-football-huddle-by-deaf-football-player/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huddle
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason
http://www.signsofthetimemovie.com/dvd/2/
Here is the past campaign to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to pay the formal honor to "Dummy" Hoys -
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65084
http://www.dummyhoy.com/introduction/
http://hubpages.com/hub/YOURE-OUT-The-orgin-of-Umpire-Signals
Here is an impressive biography of Dummy Hoys -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_Hoy which Hoys' children ended up became judge, the House of Representative, etc....
For many decades, deaf people knew about the origins of football huddle begun at the National Deaf-Mute College (Gallaudet University now), Washington, DC, but more and more historians finally discovered about deaf people created the "football huddle" -
http://fookembug.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/invented-the-american-football-huddle-by-deaf-football-player/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huddle
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Harvey Goodstein Rose to the Vice Chair of Gally Board & Halliburton as New BOT Member
"Save Our Deaf Schools" e-contributor posted the latest news from Gallaudet University regarding the Gallaudet Board of Trustees (quoted with permission):
Quote:
Harvey Goodstein promoted to Vice Chair of Board of Trustees, Duane Halliburton to join BoT in October
Deaf President Now (DPN) protest hero Dr. Harvey Goodstein has been promoted to Vice Chair of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees, replacing Frank Wu. Additionally, Board Chair Ben Soukup has announced in a memo that a new member will join the Board of Trustees in October, Duane Halliburton.
(Unquote.)
CLICK HERE to read the Soukup memo titled: "Gallaudet names a new trustee," (July 2, 2010).
CLICK HERE to read Duane Halliburton's bio.
Quote:
Harvey Goodstein promoted to Vice Chair of Board of Trustees, Duane Halliburton to join BoT in October
Deaf President Now (DPN) protest hero Dr. Harvey Goodstein has been promoted to Vice Chair of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees, replacing Frank Wu. Additionally, Board Chair Ben Soukup has announced in a memo that a new member will join the Board of Trustees in October, Duane Halliburton.
(Unquote.)
CLICK HERE to read the Soukup memo titled: "Gallaudet names a new trustee," (July 2, 2010).
CLICK HERE to read Duane Halliburton's bio.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
In Response to NTID President on the ICED Statement
"Save Our Deaf Schools" E-Contributor, Brian Riley, sent out his own reply to the current National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID) president when Dr. DeCaro made the comment regarding the International Congress (Conference) of Educators of the Deaf known as the ICED's statement:
Commentary on the DeCaro memo:
A memo issued by James DeCaro of the National Technical Institute of the Deaf implies that the mission of a college or university should be: "expanding options" in order to "meet the needs of students." The full context of the quote is this sentence:
"In the educational enterprise, this translates into our need to conduct the business of expanding options: to meet the needs of students; not limit them; and support them in expanding/determining their own options."
This sentence, however, contains many problematic notions. First of all, it seems to presume a "consumer" model of education where the job of a university or college president is seen as being similar to grocery store manager. Under this type of model, the job of university or college president is simply to make sure that the metaphorical "shelves" in the "store" are stocked with enough items to satisfy any potential "shopper" (i.e., student).
This notion, however, represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the academic enterprise. The fundamental purpose of academia should be to pursue truth. This type of "consumer model," however, implies that there is no truth to be pursued.
There is nothing "open" about a dialogue in which the participants all agree from the beginning that no conclusions can be made at the end of the dialogue. Such type of dialogue is not an actual dialogue at all, but is a mere occasion for verbal jousting and bantering back and forth without there being any ultimate purpose to the dialogue. This is an untenable view.
Is the world flat or a sphere? It cannot be both. The purpose of academic freedom is to set the stage so that professors and students can make conclusions on the issue. There's no such thing as "expanding options" on the question of whether the earth is flat or spherical, and any philosophy of education that incorporates such a premise of "expanding options" is a pseudo-philosophy.
Let's hope that James DeCaro does not actually subscribe to the philosophy that seems to be indicated by the meaning of the words he used in his July 25 memo.
Perhaps he was writing too quickly and sent out a quick e-mail and wasn't expressing himself clearly. Let's hope that is the case.
[End commentary]
CLICK HERE to read the full DeCaro memo.
RLMDEAF's response to the Dr. DeCaro which he purposefully omitted the origin of creating the NTID was to embrace the concept of oralism under Dr. William Castle:
The United States Congress back in the mid-1960s, refused to allow the NTID to exclude the signing students in any way with the use of federal dollars. The concept of NTID's path to oralism turned real failure within the philsophy of the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AGBad).
HOW DARE OF ABGBad (AGBELL) USE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO IMPOSE THEIR UNWORKABLE AND UNAMERICAN WAY OF SEGRETATING THE DEAF POPULATION INTO TWO CAMPS, INSTEAD OF REALLY UNIFYING "DEAF AMERICA" AS THE INDEFENSIBLE ONE!
How typical of the AGBad's mindless schemes of oralizing the deaf students to be the human parrot or unintellectual zombie! GET OUT OF OUR DEAF COMMUNITY FOR ALL OUR GOOD! You, AGBad are a piece of s*%#!
WE NEVER FORGET WHAT AGBad DONE TO US, DEAF AMERICA and OTHER DEAF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE ENTIRE GLOBE! LET US GO BACK TO THE ROOT OF REAL INTELLECTUALISM AND EQUALITY AMONG US, DEAF PEOPLE TO REBUILD OUR DEAF COMMUNITY INTO HEALTHY ONE.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Commentary on the DeCaro memo:
A memo issued by James DeCaro of the National Technical Institute of the Deaf implies that the mission of a college or university should be: "expanding options" in order to "meet the needs of students." The full context of the quote is this sentence:
"In the educational enterprise, this translates into our need to conduct the business of expanding options: to meet the needs of students; not limit them; and support them in expanding/determining their own options."
This sentence, however, contains many problematic notions. First of all, it seems to presume a "consumer" model of education where the job of a university or college president is seen as being similar to grocery store manager. Under this type of model, the job of university or college president is simply to make sure that the metaphorical "shelves" in the "store" are stocked with enough items to satisfy any potential "shopper" (i.e., student).
This notion, however, represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the academic enterprise. The fundamental purpose of academia should be to pursue truth. This type of "consumer model," however, implies that there is no truth to be pursued.
There is nothing "open" about a dialogue in which the participants all agree from the beginning that no conclusions can be made at the end of the dialogue. Such type of dialogue is not an actual dialogue at all, but is a mere occasion for verbal jousting and bantering back and forth without there being any ultimate purpose to the dialogue. This is an untenable view.
Is the world flat or a sphere? It cannot be both. The purpose of academic freedom is to set the stage so that professors and students can make conclusions on the issue. There's no such thing as "expanding options" on the question of whether the earth is flat or spherical, and any philosophy of education that incorporates such a premise of "expanding options" is a pseudo-philosophy.
Let's hope that James DeCaro does not actually subscribe to the philosophy that seems to be indicated by the meaning of the words he used in his July 25 memo.
Perhaps he was writing too quickly and sent out a quick e-mail and wasn't expressing himself clearly. Let's hope that is the case.
[End commentary]
CLICK HERE to read the full DeCaro memo.
RLMDEAF's response to the Dr. DeCaro which he purposefully omitted the origin of creating the NTID was to embrace the concept of oralism under Dr. William Castle:
The United States Congress back in the mid-1960s, refused to allow the NTID to exclude the signing students in any way with the use of federal dollars. The concept of NTID's path to oralism turned real failure within the philsophy of the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AGBad).
HOW DARE OF ABGBad (AGBELL) USE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO IMPOSE THEIR UNWORKABLE AND UNAMERICAN WAY OF SEGRETATING THE DEAF POPULATION INTO TWO CAMPS, INSTEAD OF REALLY UNIFYING "DEAF AMERICA" AS THE INDEFENSIBLE ONE!
How typical of the AGBad's mindless schemes of oralizing the deaf students to be the human parrot or unintellectual zombie! GET OUT OF OUR DEAF COMMUNITY FOR ALL OUR GOOD! You, AGBad are a piece of s*%#!
WE NEVER FORGET WHAT AGBad DONE TO US, DEAF AMERICA and OTHER DEAF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE ENTIRE GLOBE! LET US GO BACK TO THE ROOT OF REAL INTELLECTUALISM AND EQUALITY AMONG US, DEAF PEOPLE TO REBUILD OUR DEAF COMMUNITY INTO HEALTHY ONE.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Monday, July 26, 2010
No More Apologies -- It's Time to Stand Up for Our Convictions
Howard Dean's thunderous quote - No More Apologies -- It's Time to Stand Up for Our Convictions means for more and more deaf activists and community leaders with progressive agenda ought to DO IT and return the Deaf America to its mighty golden day.
It's TIME for us to drive the steam rollers all over the deaf naysayers and illusionists and get over with it!
How come didn't Mike McConnell, Candy, Russell the Deaf Bunny and Barry Sewell blast the Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf (AGBad)'s press release statement from last Friday??????????????? Nope! Why?????????????? The AGBad surely twisted the ICED 2010 statement on the Milan Conference.
The AGBad managed to whitewash its own role in the infamous Milan 1880 conference to spearhead the oralism all over the world. This very same organization was directly responsible for the firing and demoting of the deaf signing teachers and administrators across the United States on ideological grounds.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
It's TIME for us to drive the steam rollers all over the deaf naysayers and illusionists and get over with it!
How come didn't Mike McConnell, Candy, Russell the Deaf Bunny and Barry Sewell blast the Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf (AGBad)'s press release statement from last Friday??????????????? Nope! Why?????????????? The AGBad surely twisted the ICED 2010 statement on the Milan Conference.
The AGBad managed to whitewash its own role in the infamous Milan 1880 conference to spearhead the oralism all over the world. This very same organization was directly responsible for the firing and demoting of the deaf signing teachers and administrators across the United States on ideological grounds.
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
AB 2072 and Cereals
Mike McConnell, Candy, Russell the Deaf Dud and Barry Sewell keep saying "choices, choices, choices, choices".
Why the millions and millions of parents always MADE the wrong choices with their children's supermarket-bought cereal boxes??? These parents believed that they made the good choice with the cereal purchase consisted of healthy stuff. In the end, parents were being duped by the misleading labels on cereal boxes.
Same thing happen with what audiologists and doctors and corporate wolves, ex. CI makers and AVT schools!
Why the millions and millions of parents always MADE the wrong choices with their children's supermarket-bought cereal boxes??? These parents believed that they made the good choice with the cereal purchase consisted of healthy stuff. In the end, parents were being duped by the misleading labels on cereal boxes.
Same thing happen with what audiologists and doctors and corporate wolves, ex. CI makers and AVT schools!
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2009/11/bad-cereal-choices-for-kids.html
The Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) found too many cereal boxes to be real sugary above the recommended daily dose of sugar.
http://www.livescience.com/health/food-labels-100314.html
How for the so-called choices among parent of deaf babies and kids with the cochlear implant surgery and educational methods (AVT) if there are the corporate wolves preying upon vulnerable and unsuspecting parents?
Just remember CEREALS, CEREALS, CEREALS, CEREALS! The cereal companies never have been honest with customers in general. Same thing with audiologists, doctors, politicians with social engineering agenda, AVT schools and other people!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Is Ella Mae Lentz Really A Deaf Extermist?
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ENCLOSED VIDEO TO SEE FOR YOURSELVES. Some of the deaf bloggers and other deaf individuals managed to paint the beloved Ella Mae Lentz, longtime deaf activist and caring individual on the behalf of Deaf America and the rest of deaf communities around the world as an extremist. Same thing with the uncalled smear campaigns toward deaf activists within other progressive means, ex. Deaf Bilingual Coaltion (DBC), the Deafhood presenters and the Audism Free America (AFA).
Here is the video enclosure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MF7Drspdc
How can be possible for Ella Mae Lentz being a true extremist as compared to the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AGBad)'s endless word manipulation and twisters ??? Sorry to say that the AGBad is really an extremist organization in many ways. Comprendo?
Russell the Deaf Bunny (sorry for not remember your last name), PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO ELLA MAE LENTZ FOR WHAT YOU CALLED HER IN VERY NASTY AND SEXIST MANNER, OKAY? PLEASE BE A REAL MAN AND TREAT YOUR OPPONENT IN DECENT WAY. THANKS!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog Comparsion of Hitler's Birthday and other analogy - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090419131301AAIwPM0
Here is the video enclosure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MF7Drspdc
How can be possible for Ella Mae Lentz being a true extremist as compared to the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AGBad)'s endless word manipulation and twisters ??? Sorry to say that the AGBad is really an extremist organization in many ways. Comprendo?
Russell the Deaf Bunny (sorry for not remember your last name), PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO ELLA MAE LENTZ FOR WHAT YOU CALLED HER IN VERY NASTY AND SEXIST MANNER, OKAY? PLEASE BE A REAL MAN AND TREAT YOUR OPPONENT IN DECENT WAY. THANKS!
ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog Comparsion of Hitler's Birthday and other analogy - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090419131301AAIwPM0
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