Dennis, I agree with you 100%. I'm angry and I'm frustrated with US politics. I've racked my brain trying to figure out how to get Congress to stop playing these petty and horribly cruel games. I was shocked when I found out that funding wasn't automatic...then I was furious and fed up with the system...I thought...the h--- with this, I quit....I don't need this! And you know, I don't...I don't have Parkinson's Disease. I have other much more interesting things to do with my time than to worry about other's futures and diseases. I don't have a 'dis-ease'...this is not my problem. I deleted my Udall folder and turned my keyboard off. Then I found out that I did have a 'dis-ease'...mine was that I knew a clock was ticking...and an opportunity no matter how repulsive it was to my sence of 'fair play' was already underway...I could either get out there and join an effort I didn't believe in because it had a chance or come up with a better plan. My dis-ease is that I decided to do both. But the PWP WebRing is the only one that gives a good feeling. Gail PS. I'm going to take your 'shell letter' and make up another letter to send to those son of a guns, it expresses my sentiments exactly!