Am I still on planet Earth??

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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Piotr Antkowiak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> SIR,
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> I congratulate you on the fantastic article !
> i would be absolute elated if more people could see this horrible
> disease in so real terms.
> it can only help but. .nothing worse than cherishing illusions.
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> --- On Sat, 8/29/09, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: DYNASTY
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Received: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 3:08 PM
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> Dear Tonetta:
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> I know what Kennedy did wrong because as a Republican until 2001 I also
> assailed him for his personal failings.
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> In 1996 I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and it is now 2009.
> During the past 13 years I have advocated for embryonic stem cell research,
> arguing against people like yourself and conservative legislators.
> Parkinson's disease destroys your life....slowly...you do not suddenly turn
> to stone. It is very difficult to just exist, let alone fight for a cure.
> It is a cruel "life sentence" imposed on innocent people.
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> You just can't imagine how helpful it was to have had an important,
> effective, powerful senator like Kennedy, on your side.
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> Since his death, I have been reminded of how he always worked for people
> who had gotten the short stick in life. Civil rights, Medicare, the
> Disabled, Veterans, Seniors, Immigrants, Education, Children's Health -
> these are all issues I agree with the senator on. What has the Republican
> Party or you ever done for these people?
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> I was a Republican by birth, not by inclination. I have always been a
> progressive/liberal because I believe we should improve the world, not be
> the party of "NO".
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> I don't think you have to answer for Kennedy's failings and personal
> faults, but you are responsible for what happens to your fellow human
> beings.
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> Ray
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> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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> From: Ray Toulouse
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:15 AM
> To: Rayilyn Brown ; Sam and Char Green ; Roger Edney
> Subject: FW: DYNASTY
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> Subject: Kennedy Dynasty
> The Last of The Kennedy
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> Dynasty
> As soon as his cancer was detected, we noticed the immediate
> attempt at the "canonization" of old Teddy Kennedy by the mainstream media.
> They are saying what a "great American" he is. I say, let's get a couple
> things clear & not twist the facts to change the real history.
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> 1. He was caught cheating at Harvard when he attended it. He
> was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a
> classmate to cheat for him.
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> 2. While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the Army, but mistakenly
> signed up for four years instead of two. Oops! The man can't count to
> four! His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to E ngland (a
> step up from bootlegging liquor into the US from Canada during
> prohibition), pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened
> to two years, and to ensure that he served in E urope, not Korea , where a
> war was raging. No preferential treatment for him! (like he charged that
> President Bush received).
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> 3. Kennedy was assigned to Paris , never advanced beyond the
> rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged. Imagine a
> person of his "education" N E V E R advancing past the rank of Private!
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> 4. While attending law school at the University of Virginia ,
> he was cited for reckless driving four times, including once when he was
> clocked driving 90 miles per hour in a residential neighborhood with his
> headlights off after dark. Yet his Virginia driver's license was never
> revoked. Coincidentally, he passed the bar exam in 1959. Amazing!
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> 5. In 1964, he was seriously injured in a plane crash, and
> hospitalized for several months. Test results done by the hospital at the
> time he was admitted had shown he was legally intoxicated. The results of
> those tests remained a "state secret" until in the 1980's when the report
> was unsealed. Didn't hear about that from the unbiased media, did we?
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> 6. On July 19, 1969, Kennedy attended a party on
> Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts . At about 11:00 PM, he borrowed
> his chauffeur's keys to his Oldsmobile limousine, and offered to give a
> ride home to Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign worker. Leaving the island via
> an unlit bridge with no guard rail, Kennedy steered the car off the
> bridge, flipped, and into Poucha Pond.
> 7. He swam to shore and walked back to the party, passing
> several houses and a fire station. Two friends then returned with him to
> the scene of the accident. According to their later testimony, they told
> him what he already knew - that he was required by law to immediately
> report the accident to the authorities. Instead Kennedy made his way to
> his hotel, called his lawyer, and went to sleep. Kennedy called the police
> the next morning and by then the wreck had already been discovered.
> Before dying, Kopechne had scratched at the upholstered floor above her
> head in the upside-down car.
> The Kennedy family began "calling in favors", ensuring that any
> inquiry would be contained. Her corpse was whisked out-of-state to her
> family, before an autopsy could be conducted. Further details are
> uncertain, but after the accident Kennedy says he repeatedly dove under the
> water trying to rescue Kopechne and he didn't call police because he was in
> a state of shock. It is widely assumed Kennedy was drunk, and he held off
> calling police in hopes that his family could fix the problem
> overnight. Since the accident, Kennedy's "political enemies" have
> referred to him as the distinguished Senator from Chappaquiddick. He pled
> guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and was given a SUSP E ND E D
> S E NT E NC E OF TWO MONTHS. Kopechne's family received a small payout
> from the Kennedy's insurance policy, and never sued There was later an
> effort to have her body exhumed and autopsied, but her
> family successfully fought against this in court, and Kennedy's
> family paid their attorney's bills.. a "token of friendship"?
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> 8. Kennedy has held his Senate seat for more than forty years,
> but considering his longevity, his accomplishments seem scant. He authored
> or argued for legislation that ensured a variety of civil rights,
> increased the minimum wage in 1981, made access to health care easier for
> the indigent, and funded Meals on Wheels for fixed-income seniors and is
> widely held as the "standard-bearer for liberalism". In his very first
> Senate roll, he was the floor manager for the bill that turned U.S.
> immigration policy upside down and opened the floodgate for immigrants from
> third world countries.
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> 9. Since that time, he has been the prime instigator and
> author of every expansion of an increase in immigration, up to and
> including the latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Not to
> mention the pious grilling he gave the last two Bush Supreme Court
> nominees, as if he was the standard bearer for the nation in matters of
> "what's right".
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> 10. He is known around Washington as a public drunk, loud,
> boisterous and very disrespectful to ladies. Must be a better description
> than "great American". "A blonde in every pond" is his motto.
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> Let's not allow the spin doctors make this man a hero -- how
> quickly the American public forgets what his real legacy is. Let's keep
> this going for truth, justice and the American way!
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