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Wow , these People may have won a nobel prize but somewhere along the way they started lobbying for handouts and figure the "best bet" will do the trick. If they want more science in America they might want to try improving support for education with emphasis on the sciences and our young people instead of their pet projects. If the government hadnt been so pressured with lobbying to support stem cell and similar research, just maybe the government wouldnt have got so involved that it took notice and banned it all. Do we really need the government to totally control our every move particularly when it comes to science. The private sector hasnt done that bad a job with coming up with scientific discoveries with finanacial support that is less public and flagged as controvercial. McCain's position at times on certain subjects may be unclear because he understates at times instead of lots of promises. He probably doesnt like the taste of his own foot so chooses to not go their like "the best bet". With that said , could we please talk about things that may help Parkys with Parkinsons. The information on Michael Pulsford about phenylalanine and tyrosine from 96 before I was diagnosed , I find quite interesting since I take both . The first subdues pain and the tyrosine makes the body make dopamine. Biochemistry 101 , tyrosine is a direct precursor to dopamine thats why it works. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:54 PM Subject: Nobel Laureates for Obama > Burned by Bush, Skittish Nobel Laureates Rally Behind Obama > By Sarah Lai Stirland September 26, 2008 | 5:05:25 AMCategories: Election > '08 > > "We join this effort because we strongly believe that US science policy has > been disastrous during the past several years, and that we need new and > visionary leadership to ensure America's dominant position in the sciences, > and to maintain our nation's competitiveness in the world." said Bob Horvitz > (middle picture,) a MIT biologist who won a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2002. > Photos left to right: Harold Varmus, by AP Photo/Doug Mills; H. Robert > Horvitz, by AP Photo/Patrick Gardin; Peter Agre, by AP Photo/Gail Burton. > > A list of 61 Nobel Laureates issued an open letter to their fellow Americans > Thursday urging them to vote for Barack Obama. > Asked about the basis of their support, a small sub-group of those > scientists' answered: Because he's a safe bet, and because he would make > science education and research funding a priority. > A trio of Nobel Laureates reached out to the media together with the Obama > campaign Thursday to explain their support. They sounded haunted by the past > eight years of the Bush Administration's unflagging record of fudging > scientific evidence to suit political aims, and by its powerfully symbolic > exile of its science advisers from the White House. > "We join this effort because we strongly believe that US science policy has > been disastrous during the past several years, and that we need new and > visionary leadership to ensure America's dominant position in the sciences, > and to maintain our nation's competitiveness in the world." said Bob > Horvitz, a MIT biologist who won a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2002. > The Nobel Laureates noted that federal funding has been important in helping > them with their own achievements and discoveries. > The three scientists who held a conference call with reporters Thursday said > that they couldn't trust John McCain's positions regarding science policy > because of political pressure from religious conservatives. They were > particularly concerned about McCain's position on federal funding of > embryonic stem cell research. > McCain says he supports it, but his support isn't spelled out clearly enough > to the scientists' liking. > McCain has a mixed record on the subject. He's previously opposed the > funding of embryonic stem cell research, but changed his position in 2001 > when he said he was "educated" about the subject. He's also joined with > Kansas senator Sam Brownback to sponsor related legislation that scientists > charge is based on a deliberate misinterpretation of scientific reality. > "While I think that Senator McCain has in the past ... had some reasonably > progressive views, he's now in the difficult position of reconciling his > views with that of the Republican platform," said Peter Agre, who won a > Nobel Prize for his work in chemistry in 2003. > Harold Varmus, who is an Obama campaign science advisor, and who won a Nobel > prize in 1989 for his work in medicine, said that there's general confusion > in the scientific community over McCain's position. > > ayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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