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Dear Linda Wow, you are a good writer. You used the best words to clarify the issue of "Parkinson's politics". You are perfectly right when you said that whether we are Democrats or Republicans, we are united to defeat Parkinson's. In fact, the whole world should unite to defeat Parkinson's, and one of the ways to achieve this objective is the PIEN. You are also right to thank Barbara and John - the whole world should be thankful to both of them. Dr Chew, Malaysia. > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:18:57 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ot topics > To: [log in to unmask] > > The current battles over health care reform in the U.S. ahould make it evident that it health care issues and politics cannot be divorced from each other. What research gets funded, and how much is funded depends largely on who is in the White House and in Congress. Likewise the priorities for providing health care is not only a public health issue, but a political one. My thanks to the list owners - Barbara Patterson and John Cottingham who have provided a place where these issues can be freely discussed and debated, with only a few guidelilnes. This is not the case on other online discussion groups. > Whether we are Democrats or Rwpublicans, liberals or conservatives, we are united in our hopes to defeat Parkinson's. > Thank you Barbara and John and all who have contributed their thoughts and viewpoints to the discussions. > linda > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: tess owens <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ot topics > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:35:47 -0800 > > Many of the topics concerning Parkinson's Disease involve the public and political arena- in this respect the information > provided by Ray, Maury and a handful of other folks has been invaluable and I hope they will continue to provide information here! > Stem Cell research, the cost of prescription drugs, the health care debate- all are hot political topics that are relative to folks suffering from Parkinson's Disease-some impacted more than others as a result of socio-economic status. > We purchase my mom's prescriptions from Canada because of the greedy US pharmaceutical lobby and their impact on cost...This is a political topic relative to Parkinson's. > I am discouraged however when individuals here are unkind with their political and racist propaganda-their focus clearly is to badger and provoke- Quite honestly, they do not seem authentic and I wonder if they are even impacted by Parkinson's Disease. > In this situation- Delete is the welcomed option. > Tess > > > > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:48:16 -0400 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: ot topics > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > I quite agree. > > -Ken > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Trauti Boyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > i have given this alot of thought today and will post even though it might > > > not sit well with some. > > > a list like this takes a lot of work which in the past was taken on by only > > > a few of the members. these members, by their nature, were willing to take > > > the time to make us all aware of new developments. that occasionally a > > > political view or interpretation would show is par for the course. i never > > > felt there was an abundance of these posts, plus they were clearly marked > > > and could be deleted by hitting just one button. > > > without these list members there would be hardly any activity. furthermore, > > > the thread about health care, i felt, was important and the outcome will > > > influence treatments for pd without a doubt. > > > having list members all over the world should provide us with a great > > > opportunity to compare treatments and the pros and cons of the different > > > health care systems. > > > unfortunately there are some who don't post much, or not at all, who feel > > > they need to criticize at the slightest perceived provocation, without > > > contributing to the list ever. > > > i, personally, am grateful for the information i got through the list. if i > > > felt a post did not concern me or was not helpful, all i had to do was hit > > > the delete button. not once did i feel the list had gone completely off > > > track or was useless. > > > trauti > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > HotmailŪ is up to 70% faster. 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