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>Greg: Thanks so much for eloquently conveying our beliefs. We MUST think politically and speak and act strategically if we are to achieve the best possible outcome in defeating PD. The "politics of health care" is not simply a PR buzz phrase. It is a hard and often tragic reality. And in the process of speaking out, we need to be respectful of the opinions of one another - whether we agree or not. This listserv should not be a place for personal attacks. Sue and Jerry Fine > From: Greg Wasson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 04:32:43 EST > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: CALIFORNIA: Governor Aims Ax At Small-Change Programs > > 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