I love this...and I agree 100% that we Parkinsonians are
everything you stated...AND MORE! Modest and humble, too.
ROFL, Carole
--- brad kay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From the Press
>
> *Shake, Shake, Janet Reno, Shake in Your Boots
>
> I am here to defend Parkinson's Disease.
>
> This malady has been maligned in certain circles using it
> as an excuse for
> Janet Reno's inferior performance in the "Elian" case.
>
> It is whispered that her highly visible shaking
> is the impetus for her faulty
> decisions, for her "blinking" on the three or four
> occasions she set deadlines
> and then backed off. Nothing is further from the truth.
>
> Oh, it is true that we Parkinsonians may at times look
> slightly inebriated,
> drag our feet and stumble as we amble and saunter down
> life's highway; and oh
> heavens some may inadvertently drool occasionally, and
> sometimes "freeze" in
> place unable to move an inch.
>
> And, after a dozen years or so one may find it laborious
> to egress from an
> auto, or get up from a chair, with handwriting totally
> illegible, and
> weakened eye muscles bringing on double vision, and other
> muscles constantly
> producing "charley horses" in the most unusual places,
> etc. etc.
>
> BUT, during all these visible hardships and burdensome
> afflictions PD ,
> strangely enough ,allows the brain to continue operating
> normally. In numerous
> cases PD patients become more brilliant, ingenious and
> penetrating. Thus,
> they can speedily scrutinize and assess carefully thorny
> situations and
> generate the best solution for all involved.
>
> Not to brag , I find my intellect and understanding is as
> sharp as ever,
> making me able to dole out the right response to any
> question to the annoyance
> of those dealing with my superior erudition. I may be
> still oblivious and
> amnesic about the little things in life, but when it
> comes to major
> discussions or controversies I am semi-infallible.
>
> Ergo, the Janet Reno's shaking is due to the stress of
> making the wrong
> political decisions intended to appease and mollify a
> small group of exiles,
> who have created a 51st State in the state of Florida.
> And while Janet is
> shaking in her boots, hoping to resolve this simple
> question of kidnapping, so
> is the rest of America shaking a bit, including those not
> suffering from
> Parkinson's/
>
> Support finding the cure. The brain is a terrible thing
> to lose.
>
>
>
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