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Greg and Ray, right-on At 01:32 AM 1/16/2004 -0800, you wrote: >Joann, > >I disagree. It is politics that has increased per patient spending on PD >ten-fold in less than 10 years. And it is the uncompassionate conservatism >and pandering to the extreme right of the Bush administration that has >taken 15% annual increases iin the NIH budget down to 1 to 3 % max for FY04. > >It isnt mutual hugs, the PD fairy, or wishing real hard that has brought >us to human clinical trials in spheramine, gdnf, neuoimmunophilin ligands, >and a prediction by Mahlon Delong of Emory University that human clinical >stem cell trials might begin in 2005 (next year). > >It is advocacy in DC and the statehouses, fundraising across the country, >and raising the awareness level of this once moribund community that has >accomplished this. It is politics pure and simple. > >We need the hugs. But we need the money. And we need to face the facts of >our dilemna without blinking. We can sit on our butts and complain about >our aches and pains and wait to die, or we can believe in our collective >power to change our own prognosis and act to save ourselves and future >generations from this awful disease.. > >We need more politics, not less. > >Respectively, > >Greg Wasson > >Jo Ann Coen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Jesus Christ, Carrie. Back off. No one wants to hear politics on this >list. At least, I don't think so. Why don't YOU go to Mars? J o Ann > >On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:16:55 EST Carrie Barrott >writes: > > In a message dated 1/13/2004 11:03:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Schwarzenegger was indiscriminately cutting cost-effective programs > > that have > > little effect on the state budget. > > ** > > Maybe he could join his pal George on Mars... What a mess. > > > > Carrie > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn