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Oh I am all for fighting terrorists. THe point is, what is a terrorist? A terrorist, I believe, kills indiscriminately. A terrorist wrecks the lives of innocent people, breaks up families, creates havoc, and contentiion. Well, in that case I have a terrorist living in my house. A terrorist that is destroying my family, that is alienating my children, that is preventing me from parenting adequatelyu. A terrorist that is disguised as a foster care worker coming to take away my children. A terrorist that comes to bed with me at night and prevents me frmm sleeping. A terrorist who destroys the normal smooth running of my home, and ties it all to a medicine cycle. A terrorist who sets my arms flailing, so that I hit an innocent child in the face. It does not take the FBI to find out who that terrorist is. Take a bow Mr Parkinson. And this terrorist has destroyed more lives thana a few hundred in east Africa, more injuries than a few thousand. NO, I am not belittling the tragedy that happened. My double heritage would never allow me to do that! I am merely trying to put things in some sort of perspective. Mr Clinton had no problem funding the strike against the alleged perpertrators of the East African tragedy. But why is it so difficult to fight the terrorists in our own back yard? Why is it so difficult to get the funding to fight the war against Parkinson's.. After all there exists a law, passed last November, called the Udall Bill ( remember?) that states that a certain sum of money be allocated for research in PD . Where is it? Why are we allowing it to slip from our grasp? Come on, Members of Congress. Its not enough to double funding for NIH. We want whats been promised to us. So go ahead, vote in favor of HR4274 - and earmark that money for Parkinsons. And keep the terrorists from our door. Hilary Blue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan M Suzman wrote: > > ^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ > Ivan Suzman 48/12 [log in to unmask] > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 57 deg. F > *********************************************************** > I must say that I was quite shocked to learn today, upon telephoning a > college classmate in Boston, that America had dropped 90 or 100 bombs on > "terrorists." All I could think of is, why can't President Clinton issue > an Executive Orde instead, and drop 90 or 100 million dollars into the > needy budgets of promising neurological research projects that might lead > to the BIG DISCOVERY that will cure Parkinson's Disease? > > How many innocent lives are being snuffed out by bombs, while we who are > sick and suffering see America's precious resources drained away into > overseas military machoism again?? > > IN the 60's, my two favorite buttons were "Make Bread, Not Bombs" and > "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" Who has time for wars when > people who are ill are left to die uncured? > > Now "Our Time is Running Out!" The sand in our Parkinson's hourglass is > nearly gone. Mr. Clinton has not, in my humble opinion, advanced his > position, or America's popularity, by using bombs to deflect attention > away from Ms. Lewinsky. If he would declare a "War on Disease," I would > THEN be a warrior!! > > Meanwhile the War on Parkinson's must be fully funded. Until the > government's priorities are changed, I am truly too busy trying to > conquer Parkinson's Disease to agree meanwhile to another war on > "terrorists!"