Ray,
Last night on Larry King, President Clinton said 45% of Americans are
republicans.
Why alienate such a large percentage of your audience with your lead-
in email observations such as:
> Why would religious zealots fund scientific research, anyway? Why
> should we strive to understand the universe we live in when God can
> easily be inserted where all the knowledge gaps are? Sarah Palin
> and her ilk are also quick to reject the overwhelming scientific
> evidence of global warming and its consequences; after all, we're
> living in the end times, right?
You have become the primary information provider for this list. Are
you going to be a reporter or a satirist?
Regards to Spike.
....Jim
On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:14 PM, rayilynlee wrote:
> Jim
> thanks for your input. I did not write the article you mention as
> portraying me as a knuckledragger, although I agree with it. what
> part do you find offensive?
>
> As to "not thinking" or being "incredibly bitter" I probably
> became incredibly bitter when I became a Democrat in 2001 and was
> not thinking when I was a Republican all my life until age 66. I
> probably got Parkinson's disease because I didn't exercise enough
> and was too liberal in my views. That is what the knuckledraggers I
> know tell me.
>
> Seriously, I got over being afraid to say what I thought when I
> became a teacher. You sink or swim and kids don't put up with
> phonies.
>
> Ray
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
> [log in to unmask]
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Holcomb" <[log in to unmask]
> >
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: "precious little input"
>
>
>> On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:05 PM, rayilynlee wrote:
>>
>>> Our mission is to disseminate information about Parkinson's
>>> disease and its possible cure.
>>>
>>> About 3-4 years ago, after Murray Charters died, Diane Wyshak
>>> approached me with the request that I post the articles she finds
>>> on PD research and general information on PIEN. She picked me
>>> because I'm not afraid to say what I think and she would rather
>>> play a behind the scenes supportive role.
>>>
>>> Since that time she has worked tirelessly despite great pain, to
>>> provide me with hundreds of articles daily to peruse, select,
>>> plain- text and post. Diane not only has Parkinson's disease, but
>>> advanced stage cancer which involves many surgeries.
>>>
>>> She provides me with lots of political info you never see, but
>>> embryonic stem research and science in general have become
>>> inextricably interwoven with politics in the past 8 years. I do
>>> not intend to eliminate them from my posts to please a few
>>> people. The fates of millions of people who suffer from disease
>>> and disability are directly related to the actions our political
>>> leaders take. To excuse them or be ignorant of their positions
>>> is not acceptable to me.
>>>
>>> I am an ovarian cancer survivor who has had Parkinson's disease
>>> over 12 years. Spike, my dog , is my caregiver, and we would
>>> appreciate your support.
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>> Director AZNPF
>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
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>>
>>
>> Ray,
>>
>> Posts like the one below do not yield credit for you or the
>> Information Exchange.
>>
>> It makes me wonder if the judgement made by Diane Wyshak really
>> should value the fact that you're "... not afraid to say what I
>> think ..."
>> Are you really thinking or are you just incredibly bitter?
>>
>> While I appreciate the service you provide in forwarding articles,
>> in some of your commentary (like the one below) you come across as
>> just as much a knuckle dragger as you would paint the opposition.
>>
>> I believe your genuine and generous service to the community is
>> seriously compromised by the way you represent your opinions.
>>
>> ... Jim
>>
>>
>> Source: Star Tribune, Minnesota Netlets for Thursday, Sept. 18
>> Last update: September 18, 2008 - 3:36 PM
>>
>> Contempt for science has threatening implications
>>
>> The massive Hadron Collider in Europe ("The nature of the
>> universe," Sept. 11) is another obvious example that the United
>> States is no longer No. 1 in science.
>>
>> Under the Bush administration, our best scientists have been
>> leaving in droves to other countries for better opportunities due
>> to the politicization of issues ranging from embryonic stem cell
>> research to climate change. This should come as no surprise to
>> Republicans given their gleeful cheers for John McCain's new
>> fundamentalist V.P. candidate.
>>
>> Why would religious zealots fund scientific research, anyway? Why
>> should we strive to understand the universe we live in when God
>> can easily be inserted where all the knowledge gaps are? Sarah
>> Palin and her ilk are also quick to reject the overwhelming
>> scientific evidence of global warming and its consequences; after
>> all, we're living in the end times, right?
>>
>> This contempt for science threatens both our country's economic
>> future and the world that our children will inherit from us.
>>
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
>> [log in to unmask]
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