Re: CALIFORNIA: Governor Aims Ax At Small-Change Programs

["Susan B. Fine" <sbfine@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Greg:  Thanks so much for eloquently conveying our beliefs. We MUST think 
>politically and speak and act strategically if we are to achieve the best 
>possible outcome in defeating PD. The "politics of health care" is not simply 
>a PR buzz phrase.  It is a hard and often tragic reality. And in the process 
>of speaking out, we need to  be respectful of the opinions of one another - 
>whether we agree or not. This listserv should not be a place for personal 
>attacks.
Sue and Jerry Fine
> From: Greg Wasson <gregm94610@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 04:32:43 EST
> To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: CALIFORNIA: Governor Aims Ax At Small-Change Programs
>
> Joann,
>
> I disagree. It is politics that has increased per patient spending on PD 
> ten-fold in less than 10 years. And it is the uncompassionate conservatism 
> and pandering to the extreme right of the Bush administration that has taken 
> 15% annual increases iin the NIH budget down to 1 to 3 % max for FY04.
>
> It isnt mutual hugs, the PD fairy, or wishing real hard that has brought us 
> to human clinical trials in spheramine, gdnf, neuoimmunophilin ligands, and a 
> prediction by Mahlon Delong of Emory University that human clinical stem cell 
> trials might begin in             2005.
>
> It is advocacy in DC and the statehouses, fundraising across the country, and 
> raising the awareness level of this once moribund community that has 
> accomplished this. It is politics pure and simple.
>
> We need the hugs. But we need the money. And we need to face the facts of our 
> dilemna without blinking. We can sit on our butts and complain about our 
> aches and pains and wait to die, or we can believe in our collective power to 
> change our own prognosis and act to save ourselves and future generations 
> from this awful disease..
>
> We need more politics, not less.
>
> Respectively,
>
> Greg Wasson
>
> Jo Ann Coen <jac580@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jesus Christ, Carrie. Back off. No one wants to hear politics on this
> list. At least, I don't think so. Why don't YOU go to Mars? J o Ann
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:16:55 EST Carrie Barrott
> writes:
> > In a message dated 1/13/2004 11:03:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > mcharters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > Schwarzenegger was indiscriminately cutting cost-effective programs
> > that have
> > little effect on the state budget.
> > **
> > Maybe he could join his pal George on Mars... What a mess.
> >
> > Carrie
> >
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