I am with Ray, Kathleen, Briteman and David, I am puzzled about why there has been so much concern about folks bringing political issues to the table on the list, especially and in light of the political is personal, there is no way around it. When Mr. Bush announced last night in his State of the Union... "I am banning human cloning" this action will inevitably domino, knocking down all the progress scientist have been making to find a cure for Parkinson Disease. now, more than ever, our voices need to heard. we should not have to defend this. tess owens, San Diego, born a humanitarian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn