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Comments are coming in, but first Juju Chang.
Oh, I wanted to, this is the true fashion statement
I wanted to talk about, Special Olympics
from Tim Shriver. This is what it is,
Spread the Word to End the Word.
This is National Awareness Day for this,
remember we did this last year as well,
to end the r-word, which is the word that is
sometimes used when describing
Special Olympians and that, so there it is,
Be a Fan of Respect.
Thank you Tim for sending this to us.
A shout out to the Special Olympics, very nice.
Lonnie Quinn standing by with his umbrella,
I understand why you use it Lonnie, because
you’re hair was blowing around like crazy.
Yeah, you’re right. The winds died down a bit right now
here Erica, but just quickly on the umbrella thing,
if the weatherman is caught without the
umbrella, it’s an entirely different situation then
if anyone else is caught without the umbrella.
Hey, we heard a little bit earlier, we’ve got
a great crowd here from Special Olympics
and I for one, I have not seen a medal from
the Special Olympics.
What is your name?
Lina.
Lina, what did you win your medals in?
Track and field and softball throw.
Check this out right there.
Special Olympics gold medal.
Good for you Lina, let’s talk some weather.
Today is the day, it’s 03-03-10.
Today’s the day that the Special Olympics
are asking everyone to, to remember the
over 200 million people around our world
who are intellectually challenged.
And there’s been a lot of use of,
what they’re calling, the r-word.
Meaning retard or retarded.
So they’re asking people to be mindful
of how damaging our words can be.
And you can, um,
I like all these.
Yeah, it’s really cool.
There’s buttons, there’s t-shirts.
Be a fan of respect, humanity,
that sort of thing.
And take a pledge not to use that
word in conversation.
That word use to be ok, and that was
like in the 80’s or 70’s, I don’t know,
but it’s over, like we’re done.
Let’s move past it