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Hello Listfriends - I took a very long shot on reading about this ? testy gent who shares the same name as a young lecturer here who just happens to have an amazing (for these parts!) Southern (US) accent. The exchange below is self-explanatory ... I don't like our chances with said Senator! Beth I wrote: >>Hi Pearl - Say, is this Sen. Helms related to you??? >> >>The good folk on the Parkinson's listserv are trying to lobby a bill for >>increased research funding through the US Senate. If he's somebody you >>know - a long shot indeed! - p'raps you could give him a nudge on our >>behalf ... ??? >> >>Beth Leslie >> > Pearl's response: > >yes Beth, my daddy was from the same part of North Carolina and he used to >call him cousin Jesse. but. . .alas and alack i have no influence with >this fellow who is to the right of genghis khan. > >hope your efforts succeed inspite of cousin jesse! > >take care, hope you are well, pearl > > > >Malissa Pearl Helms, Ph.D. >Associate Lecturer, Sociology and Women's Studies >Murdoch University, Perth WA 6150 > >************************************* "the road is rocky but it > won't be rocky long. . ." > Bill Monroe, traditional > bluegrass song > >