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Hi Ray! It is incredibly sad when such a large number of Americans are so terribly ignorant that they would be so alarmingly ant-life. Speaking of ignorance, I missed that e-mail criticizing you for reporting on the requests for Mandarin-speaking nannies. I would have jumped to your defense. I speak seven languages. Mandarin is not one of them, but it is the next one I'll learn. One out of four people on Earth, after all, speak Mandarin or a closely-related Sino-Tibetan language. If the US continues on its current path, China soon will outshine us in terms of economy, military strength (the only category in which the US is undeniably still in the lead), technology, and medical prowess. As I know you are aware, any country that impedes scientific and medical development is going to fall rapidly behind otehr countries. Patriotic American realize this. If they don't, their patriotism certainly is misdirected. Be well. Scott >===== Original Message From Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Scott > >Republican governor of MN Pawlenty just vetoed a stem cell research bill. > >What I don't understand is why so many people in the US are against science >and insist on voting against their own interests. > >This is a very serious situation - -witnessing the decline and fall of the >US. Don Reed is learning Mandarin as part of his backup plan to go to China >eventually to help his paralyzed son. > >Not so long ago I was criticized on this List for reporting that in NY >people were wanting nannies who spoke Mandarin. I was told I could just >leave the US because I am not "patriotic" enough. > >Ray > >Rayilyn Brown >Board Member AZNPF >Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation >[log in to unmask] Scott E. Antes Department of Anthropology Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn