Ray,

Last night on Larry King, President Clinton said  45% of Americans are  
republicans.

Why alienate such a large percentage of your audience with your lead- 
in email observations such as:

> Why would religious zealots fund scientific research, anyway? Why   
> should we strive to understand the universe we live in when God can   
> easily be inserted where all the knowledge gaps are? Sarah Palin  
> and  her ilk are also quick to reject the overwhelming scientific  
> evidence  of global warming and its consequences; after all, we're  
> living in the  end times, right?

You have become the primary information provider for this list. Are  
you going to be a reporter or a satirist?

Regards to Spike.

....Jim




On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:14 PM, rayilynlee wrote:

> Jim
> thanks for your input.  I did not write the article you mention as  
> portraying me as a knuckledragger, although I agree with it.  what  
> part do you find offensive?
>
> As to "not thinking"  or being  "incredibly bitter" I probably  
> became incredibly bitter when I became a Democrat in 2001 and was  
> not thinking when I was a Republican all my life until age 66.  I  
> probably got Parkinson's disease because I didn't exercise enough  
> and was too liberal in my views. That is what the knuckledraggers I  
> know tell me.
>
> Seriously,  I got over being afraid to say what I thought when I  
> became a teacher.  You sink or swim and kids don't put up with  
> phonies.
>
> Ray
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Holcomb" <[log in to unmask] 
> >
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: "precious little input"
>
>
>> On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:05 PM, rayilynlee wrote:
>>
>>> Our mission is to disseminate information about Parkinson's  
>>> disease  and its possible cure.
>>>
>>> About 3-4 years ago, after Murray Charters died, Diane Wyshak   
>>> approached me with the request that I post the articles she finds  
>>> on  PD research and general information on PIEN.  She picked me  
>>> because  I'm not afraid to say what I think and she would rather  
>>> play a  behind the scenes supportive role.
>>>
>>> Since that time she has worked tirelessly despite great pain,  to  
>>> provide  me with hundreds of articles daily to peruse, select,  
>>> plain- text and post.  Diane not only has Parkinson's disease, but  
>>> advanced stage cancer which involves many surgeries.
>>>
>>> She provides me with lots of political info you never see,  but  
>>> embryonic stem research and science in general have become   
>>> inextricably interwoven with politics in the past  8 years.  I do   
>>> not intend to eliminate them from my posts to please a few  
>>> people.   The fates of millions of people who suffer from disease  
>>> and  disability are directly related to the actions our political  
>>> leaders  take.   To excuse them or be ignorant of their positions  
>>> is not  acceptable to me.
>>>
>>> I am an ovarian cancer survivor who has had Parkinson's disease  
>>> over  12 years.  Spike, my dog , is my caregiver, and we would  
>>> appreciate  your support.
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>> Director AZNPF
>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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>>
>>
>> Ray,
>>
>> Posts like the one below do not yield credit for you or the   
>> Information Exchange.
>>
>> It makes me wonder if the judgement made by Diane Wyshak really  
>> should value the fact that you're "...  not afraid to say what I  
>> think ..."
>> Are you really  thinking or are you just incredibly bitter?
>>
>> While I appreciate the service you provide in forwarding articles,  
>> in some of your commentary (like the one below) you come across as  
>> just  as much a knuckle dragger as you would paint the opposition.
>>
>> I believe your genuine and generous service to the community is   
>> seriously compromised by the way you represent your opinions.
>>
>> ... Jim
>>
>>
>> Source:  Star Tribune, Minnesota Netlets for Thursday, Sept. 18
>> Last update: September 18, 2008 - 3:36 PM
>>
>> Contempt for science has threatening implications
>>
>> The massive Hadron Collider in Europe ("The nature of the  
>> universe," Sept. 11) is another obvious example that the United  
>> States is no  longer No. 1 in science.
>>
>> Under the Bush administration, our best scientists have been  
>> leaving  in droves to other countries for better opportunities due  
>> to the politicization of issues ranging from embryonic stem cell  
>> research to climate change. This should come as no surprise to  
>> Republicans given their gleeful cheers for John McCain's new  
>> fundamentalist V.P.  candidate.
>>
>> Why would religious zealots fund scientific research, anyway? Why   
>> should we strive to understand the universe we live in when God  
>> can  easily be inserted where all the knowledge gaps are? Sarah  
>> Palin and  her ilk are also quick to reject the overwhelming  
>> scientific evidence  of global warming and its consequences; after  
>> all, we're living in the  end times, right?
>>
>> This contempt for science threatens both our country's economic  
>> future and the world that our children will inherit from us.
>>
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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