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Jed Blue wrote: > > I know the list. But have you heard them speak out? escept perhaps > Mohammed Ali - and he (poor fellow) just shuffles along and mumbles. But > he is the only one. And JOhnny Cash has Shy DRager's, not Parkinson, I > believe. You left off Janet Reno, and Boris Yeltsin..... > The point I was trying to make is that they have to speak out. To > shout, and to bring attention to themselves - ourselves. No-one listens > when we murmur and mutter. We have to find some way of getting public > attention. > There is too much complacency in this world. The attitude is - people > get old and die. So, some of them shake a bit on the way - what is the > big deal. Well, that is not the whole truth. PD is not only a disease of > old age - and why should old people have to suffer anyway? The public > needs to be made aware that PD is rapidly growing, attacking younger and > younger people, and it is not just something that can be written off as > part of the aging process, or whatever. And we have needs and > requirements, like home health care for instance, that will have to be > met - until the coming of The Cure. And the sooner The Cure cometh, the > more cost effective it will be for the powers that be. There I go > again, preaching to the converted. Somebody should be out there, saying > this in a loud voice for everyone to hear, and to listen. > Hilary Blue > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > pd people BILLY GRAHAM THE POPE > > ALI > > MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY > > REP. LANE EVANS JOHNNY CASH > > > > JUST FOR STARTERS > > > > TO BE CONTINUED > > > > FREDPD1