Dear Paul & Mario,
As someone who was actually born in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, hometown of P.T. Barnum, whose most famous
(mis)quote is, "There's a sucker born every minute," let me
applaud your eloquence and honesty. As a fellow PWP I know
how desperate we are for The Cure, but let's face it,
folks, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and
quacks like a duck, it's probably...
Carole S. Hercun


--- supermario <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Paul for stating so eloquenly what I have been
> trying to tell this
> list about the "PT BARNUM" cousins, and I have, on 3
> separate occasions.
> And what is more amazing is that they are taking this guy
> at face value,
> going
> only by "testimonials" from the Dr.'s assistant. Go
> figure.
> I was beginning to feel like a very small minority.
>
> Mario
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Lauer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:11 PM
> Subject: it gets more unbelievable daily
>
>
> > Sorry folks, I used the wrong address line in my
> original post. This
> should
> > read more clearly:
> >
> > I've been on the list for almost 4 years now. In the
> beginning I was a
> fairly
> > active
> > participant but in the last little while, I've
> basically lurked, watching
> the
> > cast of characters change from concerned PDers and
> their caregivers to
> > hucksters, baldly pitching their supplements and cures.
> The Vitaline
> pitching
> > of CO Q10 wasn't subtle enough to remain opaque but it
> almost appears as
> if
> > DR Paneri and his hucksters are making headway...which
> makes me sad for
> > anyone out there who is grasping at this straw. IF
> THERE WERE EVEN A
> REMOTE
> > POSSIBILITY THAT HIS IS REAL IT
> > WOULD BE SPREAD OVER THE PD COMMUNITY LIKE A TSUNAMI.
> HOW CAN WE BE PAYING
> > ATTENTION TO SOME MUMBO JUMBO WHICH HAS NEVER UNDERGONE
> A RECOGNIZED
> CLINICAL
> > TRIAL; A TREATMENT WHICH IS
> > ATTESTED TO AS SUCCESSFUL BY ONE THEORETICAL ADHERENT!
> Scientific
> procedure
> > is out the window in the name of 'culture' which is the
> explanation for
> why
> > the procedure has no norm. As if some of the finest
> researchers in the
> world,
> > utilizing all accepted norms in studies, didn't come
> from the same
> culture.
> > WE ARE BEING SCAMMED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND THE
> WORST PART ISN'T THE
> > MONEY. IT'S THE FOSTERING OF FALSE HOPE IN A POPULATION
> OF PEOPLE WITH
> MOST
> > OF THEIR HOPES ALREADY SHATTERED BY A PROGRESSIVE
> DEBILITATING DISEASE. Do
> > you not think.....no, do you not know that if this were
> real it wouldn't
> have
> > to be peddled in ones and twos by shills but rather
> that drug companies
> would
> > be standing in line to pay this guy (and I really think
> it's these guys)
> > millions for his formulas. Or better yet, given today's
> capability to
> analyze
> > and parse compounds and mixtures, some enterprising
> drug company would
> just
> > sign up and obtain the brew for $180 or whatever,
> duplicate it and start
> > clinical trials to validate it. Use your heads
> everybody and don't be
> taken
> > in by people who have established that they are
> obviously bright but who
> must
> > have bee pointing toward this scam all the while. It
> makes me want to
> puke,
> > and that's not a PD symptom
> >
> > Paul H. Lauer
> >
> >
>
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