In a message dated 28/06/2007 07:08:35 GMT Standard Time,  [log in to unmask]
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What do  you think of your new PM Gordon Brown?
Rayilyn Brown
Board Member  AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's  Foundation
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From:  "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
To:  <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:07  PM
Subject: Re: Michael J Fox to establish a New Political  Organization


> In a message dated 26/06/2007 07:01:20 GMT  Standard Time,
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> writes:
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>  Amanda,  it says Fox will just be the founder and nothing more.  I  think
> it
> is  a good idea to battle the entire  anti-science agenda of  this
> administration.
> You always  make me chuckle.
> Ray
> Rayilyn  Brown
> Board Member  AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's  Foundation
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From:   "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
> To:   <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007  7:08  AM
> Subject: Re: Michael J Fox to establish a New  Political  Organization
>
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>> In a message dated  24/06/2007 07:03:40 GMT  Standard Time,
>>  [log in to unmask]
>> writes:
>>
>> Good   for  Fox!!
>>
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Board  Member  AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National  Parkinson's  Foundation
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>> ----- Original  Message  -----
>> From:  "[log in to unmask]"  <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:    <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, June 22,  2007  6:44  AM
>> Subject: Michael J Fox to establish a  New  Political  Organization
>>
>>
>>  June 20, 2007
>>  Michael J. Fox Foundation for   Parkinson's Research Statement in
>> Response
>>  to
>> the Stem Cell Research  Enhancement Act   Veto
>> The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research   is  disappointed
>> by
>> today's veto of the Stem Cell  Research Enhancement  Act.  Leading
>>  scientists
>> have identified cell replacement  therapy as a  potential  treatment for
>> Parkinson's, capable of   halting disease progression and even  restoring
>>  lost
>>  function, thus making it superior to existing  therapies.  Embryonic
>> stem
>> cells demonstrate  qualities that make them the most   compelling
>>  candidates
>> for cell replacement therapies. The   Foundation  therefore stands with
>> the
>> two-thirds  of Americans who  support expanded  federal funding for
>>  embryonic
>> stem cell  research.
>> As a  tax-exempt  501(c)3 nonprofit organization, The  Michael J.  Fox
>> Foundation may allocate  only a small percentage  of  its resources to
>> non-candidate-specific  political issues,  and  is prohibited from
>> dedicating
>> any  resources  whatsoever  toward candidate-specific political  campaign
>> activities. Today   our founder, Michael J.  Fox, announced his intent to
>> establish a  separate   organization, Cures and Hope USA, dedicated to
>>  educating the  electorate on  a pro-science agenda and helping voters
>>  make
>> informed decisions in 2008.  Cures and Hope USA, a   designated 501(c)4
>> organization, will work entirely    independently of The Michael J. Fox
>> Foundation, sharing a  founder  and  nothing more.
>> Mr. Fox remains actively  involved with the  urgent work of The  Michael
>>  J.
>> Fox
>> Foundation toward its  mission of  aggressively pursuing all  promising
>> research avenues   toward improved treatments and a cure for  Parkinson's
>>   disease.
>> Read The Michael J. Fox Foundation's Viewpoint on   Cell  Replacement
>> Therapy
>>
>>   http://www.michaeljfox.org/newsEvents_mjffInTheNews_article.cfm?ID=1
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>> He'll fail as a   politician - he's got an IQ high enough to measure   !
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> yes, but what's  needed is entrance exams /education for new/existing
> politicians,  he'll just get sucked in to the plottings and schemings and
>  chances  to
> perform...
>
> I voted for my local MP  (govt. representative) because he argued
> intelligently even though I  wasn't sure I agreed with   him.
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Worried - as a chancellor he raised petrol tax so much it took protests
bringing the country to a standstill to get him to notice he'd overdone it, so
he's not that quick on the update.  Still, the main function of the PM is  to
stand up and get yelled at while civil servants run things, so maybe he's OK  -
at least he doesn't use Tony's stupid grin !






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