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Hi Barbara and All, Barbara, these ideas sound great... How do we do it? ...... murray On 26 Sep 2000, at 7:43, Barbara Knight wrote: > Murray & All: > > As I read my email this morning, it occurred to me our best bet is to go to > the online sites of the media. Good Morning, America - 20/20 - 60 minutes, > CNN & all the major stations, Oprah, etc and get our our message of the > devious tactics of Brownback our across the world. Maybe Kansas wouldn't > like this kind of adverse publicity. > > As a lead-in, Murray, I'd ask the media if they want to know WHY a Canadian > is so interested in seeing a bill passed in the United States..and attach > your email 'Time is Running Out' Ask why so many Parkinson patients are > wondering if they'll see their hopes dashed for a very viable research that > may end their suffering. Remind them of MJF. > > Sandra Norris offer to go on a drug holiday and invite the media in gave me > this idea of contacting those TV shows reaching not only nation-wide but > countries of the world. > > Let's get a little publicity and really be 'invisible no more!' > > Ivan, Hilary - you both have a sense of the dramatic way to phrase ideas. > Can you come up with something to help here. > > Janet, keep an eye to any articles we could quote to use for media coverage. > > Marjorie - hang in there. Maybe you won't have to change your birth state. :) > > All, I have to rush out the door right now, but I will be on my computer as > soon as I can to send email to the media. Let's flood 'em with our story. > > barb k > > At 12:21 AM 9/26/00 -0700, you wrote: > >An Open Letter to all US Senators: > > > >As a person with Parkinson's disease, and as a Canadian citizen, > >and, indeed, as a global citizen, I have a vested interest in > >the current Stem Cell legislation. > > > >(viz: Bill S.2015 - the `Stem Cell Research Act of 2000' > >for federally funded and NIH guideline-compliant research) > > > >I watched the filing of this bi-partisan bill by Sen. Specter and Harkin. > >I read the testimony by NIH, by the scientests, by the opponents, and by > >Michael J. Fox. I read the NIH Guidelines, listened to President > >Clinton support this bill, and waited for you to act. > > > >I feel strongly that this legislation must be moved forward as > >a matter of the utmost priority, but since I have no elected > >representative in the US Senate, I am hereby "adopting" all of > >you as my representatives in this pivotal issue. > > > >This legislation is vital to those afflicted with Parkinson's disease, > >diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, Lou Gehrig's Disease, > >Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, spinal damage and more; not only in > >terms of pain and suffering eased, but in also terms of health and > >productivity re-gained. > > > >Since this research has the potential to directly impact on > >virtually every constituent, every family, in every county, in every state, > >and in every country of the globe, it is far more significant than any > >partisan or other political gamesmanship. > > > >This legislation will allow your finest scientests access to stem cells > >left over from in vitro fertilization clinics; clinics that have made it > >possible to bring new life into the loving arms of childless couples. > >These excess cells are discarded unless the couple approve of their use > >in research. This is a true pro life endeavor. > > > >I fervently request that Majority Leader Trent Lott be urged > >to bring this Bill forward NOW, and that you use all possible > >means to ensure its timely passage, including invoking cloture > >if necessary. > > > >If there is one American who feels this research might help their > >mother, grandfather, child etc. then it is time they called you. > >It is time you considered the potential of this bill to serve the > >people. Don't let the world down, time is running out for millions > >of heart, cancer, stroke, and yes - Parkinson's victims, > >just as surely as time is running out on the 106th Congress. > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >Murray Charters > >Vancouver, B.C. Canada [log in to unmask]