Re: Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

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Darn, and I was just about over UA for infecting my computer with that stupid e-mail virus during the Flood the White House with Faxes campaign. How can anybody forget a zillion Unsubscribe Me. Unsubscribe Me. Unsubscribe Me. messages? And then they called us all cowards for putting them on our block lists.

Unlocking Autism, you are officially on my list for good.

Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this was forwarded to me just now:

Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism Act. We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even more enthusiastically supportive of the "renovations."And this is why.....We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out of the budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward children and adults affected by autism. $1 BILLION!!!We can certainly understand the apprehension on the part of anyone who feels that the government has frittered away funding in the past, focused on ineffective research or spent countless hours and money counting our kids only to be able to say, "Jeez...there are a lot of these kids with autism out there, aren't there?" However, those stepping stones are the very foundation that have put our community in the position that it is in today to even be able to ASK them to do something else. They did all that, now it is time for them to do more, especially since they have gotten so good at counting and realize how many more kids have blossomed in the meantime.Everyone needs to sit back and think about is that we are asking for $1 BILLION. For those with concerns about how the money will be spent on the specific things you think it should be spent on...i.e. mercury research, which is giving you pause, consider this: If we even get .5% (just one-half of one percent) of $1 BILLION going towards mercury research, or to research the role that vaccines potentially play in the development of autism, that is $5 Million. How much do we have being spent on vaccine research now - components or otherwise? How hard are we working to raise money out the in the community to fund this research? We are selling brownies at conferences and holding car washes. How many brownies do we have to sell at 50 cents each or cars must we wash for $5 to equal $5 Million? For those who aren’t great at math, (like me, I had to actually figure this out on my calculator) that is 10 million brownies and 1 million cars.ly, Congress is going to be spending that $1 Billion on something. They apparently have it available even in this economy and with our country at war. So, rather than spend it on $700 hammers for the Department of Defense, $2500 on a screwdriver for the Space Shuttle, subsidize gas prices or God forbid even give it to Mayor Ray Nagin down here to rebuild the little Banana Republic that I live in and "repair" our levees, UA wants it spent on these kids. SOMETHING good will come out of spending $1 BILLION on kids with autism. Unlocking Autism will always continue to advance the front for vaccine research and to increase the safety of existing and future vaccines. We have been in that fight for over 9 years now and will continue to fight for it long after CAA passes. Supporting this bill does not make UA turncoats on that issue. Supporting this bill leaves us in the game to live to fight another day to work with the agencies that will direct the use of those funds.At some point though, our community does have to have faith to get the ball rolling. This is an incredible ask of Congress. Once we ask it, should it be granted, we don't all get to run off to the Cayman's to sip on drinks with umbrellas...we have to keep pushing. We have to stay on them to see that the "outline" in this bill is carried through by the agencies that receive the money. When our community focuses on this bill and passes a practically unprecedented and historic piece of disease specific legislation, our political clout with regard to other issues will increase exponentially. If the autism community doesn't want want that, I am sure the Alzheimer's, Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lupus, Diabetes, Celiacs, "You Name The Ailment" group, would like to take their crack at $1 BILLION.Everyone needs to step back and look at the whole picture and the future over the next 5-10 years.We have over 1.5 million kids and adults with autism now, today. Mercury research is important. There is enough evidence to show that something is very wrong. But it isn't the magic bullet that is going to solve the autism epidemic. Mercury just happens to be the lowest hanging fruit because it KILLS everything it comes in contact with. It is stupid to give it to children. But then again, so is antifreeze, it kills cats and they put that in vaccines, too. OR Formaldehyde, they embalm dead people with that, why in the WORLD would they think that was good for kids? OR Lead, why are they still putting that in vaccines when anyone on God's green earth knows it is so bad we needed to take it out of pencils, paint and gasoline....but we don't seem to be fussing about that. It just as stupid for us to believe that solving that one piece of the puzzle will clear up the whole disorder. It won't. Even without mercury in vaccines, children are still going to develop autism. These kids have way more going on with them...and as noble as it is for us to strive to prevent this from happening to other children and other families, we have to consider the children and adults that are currently affected. We cannot let them go down with the ship as we fight for the children in the future.My son, Liam hasn't received one vaccine since he was 22 months old. He will never get one again if I have anything to do with it, whether or not it contains mercury. He is 10 now. Eight years post diagnosis and he is still has autism...better, but has autism all the same. He will most likely have some degree of autism his whole life. While my hopes are the same as any parent that he will one day be able to manage his symptoms and be on his own, go to college, get married and be able to be successfully self-sufficient, it is my duty as his mother to work to make his world the best that it can be.We also need to remember, as a community, that politics and law are two very separate circles in a Venn diagram that intersect. In fact the moment at which they intersect is actually seconds when the bill is sitting on the desk of the Executive Branch for as long as it takes Bush to sign his name. That is it. Anything can happen with this bill between now and then for better or for worse.If we can't come to an agreement on the mercury issue here in this bill as it pertains to children with autism, it seems to me that anyone interested in working on that issue could draft a bill separate from a specific tie in with the autism community (make it more generic to include a wider population), get a couple of sponsors and work to get that bill to secure funding separately. Mercury isn't good for kids with a predisposition to develop autism, but it isn't good for any kid. So with that broader base, maybe if we can't secure that language here, in this bill, it can be secured in another bill, that would focus specifically on how mercury, ingested through fish consumption or injected into little thighs, affects the development of children. But that doesn't mean, if we miss that language on this bill that we should pick up our ball on the CAA and go home OR more importantly, impede the progress on this battle front. The concern that continues to be expressed that we won't be able to go back and ask for more money as an autism community if they give us $1 Billilon now, won't really matter because we will be asking for it for research on how mercury affects children's development, not autism necessarily.With all that said, barring any ridiculous amendments to this bill as it stands that would do something that would obviously cause us to withdraw our support, i.e. making Goat Worship the national religion, requiring mandatory vaccinations for all children regardless of their philosophical, religious beliefs or medical issues, exempt Pharma from liability for the havoc that I believe down to the very last cell on my pinky toe they have wreaked on these children, Unlocking Autism will not only support, but will actively encourage the support of this legislation.To walk away from securing $1 Billion from the US Congress for my kid is the craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from the clout that passing this bill will establish for our community is the second craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from future bills that Members of Congress will support because they now see us as a unified community that they can work with is the third craziest thing that I can think of. UA will remain committed because when this bill does pass, not if...when, we want to stay in the game to be able to go to the table when it is time and "oversee" the way this money gets spent. Once it passes, we will continue to fight to make sure the NIH and other agencies are spending those dollars in the spirit in which it was intended. We will hold those agencies accountable for their actions. ReynoldsUA

[Guest guest]



Great reply!

HHF

Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this was forwarded to me just now:

Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism Act. We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even more enthusiastically supportive of the "renovations."And this is why.....We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out of the budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward children and adults affected by autism. $1 BILLION!!!We can certainly understand the apprehension on the part of anyone who feels that the government has frittered away funding in the past, focused on ineffective research or spent countless hours and money counting our kids only to be able to say, "Jeez...there are a lot of these kids with autism out there, aren't there?" However, those stepping stones are the very foundation that have put our community in the position that it is in today to even be able to ASK them to do something else. They did all that, now it is time for them to do more, especially since they have gotten so good at counting and realize how many more kids have blossomed in the meantime.Everyone needs to sit back and think about is that we are asking for $1 BILLION. For those with concerns about how the money will be spent on the specific things you think it should be spent on...i.e. mercury research, which is giving you pause, consider this: If we even get .5% (just one-half of one percent) of $1 BILLION going towards mercury research, or to research the role that vaccines potentially play in the development of autism, that is $5 Million. How much do we have being spent on vaccine research now - components or otherwise? How hard are we working to raise money out the in the community to fund this research? We are selling brownies at conferences and holding car washes. How many brownies do we have to sell at 50 cents each or cars must we wash for $5 to equal $5 Million? For those who aren’t great at math, (like me, I had to actually figure this out on my calculator) that is 10 million brownies and 1 million cars.ly, Congress is going to be spending that $1 Billion on something. They apparently have it available even in this economy and with our country at war. So, rather than spend it on $700 hammers for the Department of Defense, $2500 on a screwdriver for the Space Shuttle, subsidize gas prices or God forbid even give it to Mayor Ray Nagin down here to rebuild the little Banana Republic that I live in and "repair" our levees, UA wants it spent on these kids. SOMETHING good will come out of spending $1 BILLION on kids with autism. Unlocking Autism will always continue to advance the front for vaccine research and to increase the safety of existing and future vaccines. We have been in that fight for over 9 years now and will continue to fight for it long after CAA passes. Supporting this bill does not make UA turncoats on that issue. Supporting this bill leaves us in the game to live to fight another day to work with the agencies that will direct the use of those funds.At some point though, our community does have to have faith to get the ball rolling. This is an incredible ask of Congress. Once we ask it, should it be granted, we don't all get to run off to the Cayman's to sip on drinks with umbrellas...we have to keep pushing. We have to stay on them to see that the "outline" in this bill is carried through by the agencies that receive the money. When our community focuses on this bill and passes a practically unprecedented and historic piece of disease specific legislation, our political clout with regard to other issues will increase exponentially. If the autism community doesn't want want that, I am sure the Alzheimer's, Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lupus, Diabetes, Celiacs, "You Name The Ailment" group, would like to take their crack at $1 BILLION.Everyone needs to step back and look at the whole picture and the future over the next 5-10 years.We have over 1.5 million kids and adults with autism now, today. Mercury research is important. There is enough evidence to show that something is very wrong. But it isn't the magic bullet that is going to solve the autism epidemic. Mercury just happens to be the lowest hanging fruit because it KILLS everything it comes in contact with. It is stupid to give it to children. But then again, so is antifreeze, it kills cats and they put that in vaccines, too. OR Formaldehyde, they embalm dead people with that, why in the WORLD would they think that was good for kids? OR Lead, why are they still putting that in vaccines when anyone on God's green earth knows it is so bad we needed to take it out of pencils, paint and gasoline....but we don't seem to be fussing about that. It just as stupid for us to believe that solving that one piece of the puzzle will clear up the whole disorder. It won't. Even without mercury in vaccines, children are still going to develop autism. These kids have way more going on with them...and as noble as it is for us to strive to prevent this from happening to other children and other families, we have to consider the children and adults that are currently affected. We cannot let them go down with the ship as we fight for the children in the future.My son, Liam hasn't received one vaccine since he was 22 months old. He will never get one again if I have anything to do with it, whether or not it contains mercury. He is 10 now. Eight years post diagnosis and he is still has autism...better, but has autism all the same. He will most likely have some degree of autism his whole life. While my hopes are the same as any parent that he will one day be able to manage his symptoms and be on his own, go to college, get married and be able to be successfully self-sufficient, it is my duty as his mother to work to make his world the best that it can be.We also need to remember, as a community, that politics and law are two very separate circles in a Venn diagram that intersect. In fact the moment at which they intersect is actually seconds when the bill is sitting on the desk of the Executive Branch for as long as it takes Bush to sign his name. That is it. Anything can happen with this bill between now and then for better or for worse.If we can't come to an agreement on the mercury issue here in this bill as it pertains to children with autism, it seems to me that anyone interested in working on that issue could draft a bill separate from a specific tie in with the autism community (make it more generic to include a wider population), get a couple of sponsors and work to get that bill to secure funding separately. Mercury isn't good for kids with a predisposition to develop autism, but it isn't good for any kid. So with that broader base, maybe if we can't secure that language here, in this bill, it can be secured in another bill, that would focus specifically on how mercury, ingested through fish consumption or injected into little thighs, affects the development of children. But that doesn't mean, if we miss that language on this bill that we should pick up our ball on the CAA and go home OR more importantly, impede the progress on this battle front. The concern that continues to be expressed that we won't be able to go back and ask for more money as an autism community if they give us $1 Billilon now, won't really matter because we will be asking for it for research on how mercury affects children's development, not autism necessarily.With all that said, barring any ridiculous amendments to this bill as it stands that would do something that would obviously cause us to withdraw our support, i.e. making Goat Worship the national religion, requiring mandatory vaccinations for all children regardless of their philosophical, religious beliefs or medical issues, exempt Pharma from liability for the havoc that I believe down to the very last cell on my pinky toe they have wreaked on these children, Unlocking Autism will not only support, but will actively encourage the support of this legislation.To walk away from securing $1 Billion from the US Congress for my kid is the craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from the clout that passing this bill will establish for our community is the second craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from future bills that Members of Congress will support because they now see us as a unified community that they can work with is the third craziest thing that I can think of. UA will remain committed because when this bill does pass, not if...when, we want to stay in the game to be able to go to the table when it is time and "oversee" the way this money gets spent. Once it passes, we will continue to fight to make sure the NIH and other agencies are spending those dollars in the spirit in which it was intended. We will hold those agencies accountable for their actions. ReynoldsUA

[Guest guest]

,

and the Unlocking Autism people have been some of the most

committed parent advocates you'll find anywhere, as well as personal

friends. It is an obscenity to ignore the sweat and blood they have

put into good works over the YEARS for our kids and families, like

providing support services for Katrina autism families and not taking

one dime for themselves to do it, just to mention one of many many things.

There may be disagreements of tactics and strategies at times, but let

us not forget who are friends and family are.

This goes the same for other " DAN! allied " groups like Safe Minds and

the NAA. There can be disagreements amongst ourselves, and at times

strong disagreements. But if in our passion lose our dignity and we

forget who our friends are we are lost in self-destruction.

Lenny

>

> Darn, and I was just about over UA for infecting my computer with

that stupid e-mail virus during the Flood the White House with Faxes

campaign. How can anybody forget a zillion Unsubscribe Me. Unsubscribe

Me. Unsubscribe Me. messages? And then they called us all cowards for

putting them on our block lists.

>

> Unlocking Autism, you are officially on my list for good.

>

>

> Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

>

>

>

> Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

was forwarded to me just now:

[Guest guest]



This person is full of prunes.

Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this was forwarded to me just now:

Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism Act. We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even more enthusiastically supportive of the "renovations."And this is why.....We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out of the budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward children and adults affected by autism. $1 BILLION!!!We can certainly understand the apprehension on the part of anyone who feels that the government has frittered away funding in the past, focused on ineffective research or spent countless hours and money counting our kids only to be able to say, "Jeez...there are a lot of these kids with autism out there, aren't there?" However, those stepping stones are the very foundation that have put our community in the position that it is in today to even be able to ASK them to do something else. They did all that, now it is time for them to do more, especially since they have gotten so good at counting and realize how many more kids have blossomed in the meantime.Everyone needs to sit back and think about is that we are asking for $1 BILLION. For those with concerns about how the money will be spent on the specific things you think it should be spent on...i.e. mercury research, which is giving you pause, consider this: If we even get .5% (just one-half of one percent) of $1 BILLION going towards mercury research, or to research the role that vaccines potentially play in the development of autism, that is $5 Million. How much do we have being spent on vaccine research now - components or otherwise? How hard are we working to raise money out the in the community to fund this research? We are selling brownies at conferences and holding car washes. How many brownies do we have to sell at 50 cents each or cars must we wash for $5 to equal $5 Million? For those who aren’t great at math, (like me, I had to actually figure this out on my calculator) that is 10 million brownies and 1 million cars.ly, Congress is going to be spending that $1 Billion on something. They apparently have it available even in this economy and with our country at war. So, rather than spend it on $700 hammers for the Department of Defense, $2500 on a screwdriver for the Space Shuttle, subsidize gas prices or God forbid even give it to Mayor Ray Nagin down here to rebuild the little Banana Republic that I live in and "repair" our levees, UA wants it spent on these kids. SOMETHING good will come out of spending $1 BILLION on kids with autism. Unlocking Autism will always continue to advance the front for vaccine research and to increase the safety of existing and future vaccines. We have been in that fight for over 9 years now and will continue to fight for it long after CAA passes. Supporting this bill does not make UA turncoats on that issue. Supporting this bill leaves us in the game to live to fight another day to work with the agencies that will direct the use of those funds.At some point though, our community does have to have faith to get the ball rolling. This is an incredible ask of Congress. Once we ask it, should it be granted, we don't all get to run off to the Cayman's to sip on drinks with umbrellas...we have to keep pushing. We have to stay on them to see that the "outline" in this bill is carried through by the agencies that receive the money. When our community focuses on this bill and passes a practically unprecedented and historic piece of disease specific legislation, our political clout with regard to other issues will increase exponentially. If the autism community doesn't want want that, I am sure the Alzheimer's, Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lupus, Diabetes, Celiacs, "You Name The Ailment" group, would like to take their crack at $1 BILLION.Everyone needs to step back and look at the whole picture and the future over the next 5-10 years.We have over 1.5 million kids and adults with autism now, today. Mercury research is important. There is enough evidence to show that something is very wrong. But it isn't the magic bullet that is going to solve the autism epidemic. Mercury just happens to be the lowest hanging fruit because it KILLS everything it comes in contact with. It is stupid to give it to children. But then again, so is antifreeze, it kills cats and they put that in vaccines, too. OR Formaldehyde, they embalm dead people with that, why in the WORLD would they think that was good for kids? OR Lead, why are they still putting that in vaccines when anyone on God's green earth knows it is so bad we needed to take it out of pencils, paint and gasoline....but we don't seem to be fussing about that. It just as stupid for us to believe that solving that one piece of the puzzle will clear up the whole disorder. It won't. Even without mercury in vaccines, children are still going to develop autism. These kids have way more going on with them...and as noble as it is for us to strive to prevent this from happening to other children and other families, we have to consider the children and adults that are currently affected. We cannot let them go down with the ship as we fight for the children in the future.My son, Liam hasn't received one vaccine since he was 22 months old. He will never get one again if I have anything to do with it, whether or not it contains mercury. He is 10 now. Eight years post diagnosis and he is still has autism...better, but has autism all the same. He will most likely have some degree of autism his whole life. While my hopes are the same as any parent that he will one day be able to manage his symptoms and be on his own, go to college, get married and be able to be successfully self-sufficient, it is my duty as his mother to work to make his world the best that it can be.We also need to remember, as a community, that politics and law are two very separate circles in a Venn diagram that intersect. In fact the moment at which they intersect is actually seconds when the bill is sitting on the desk of the Executive Branch for as long as it takes Bush to sign his name. That is it. Anything can happen with this bill between now and then for better or for worse.If we can't come to an agreement on the mercury issue here in this bill as it pertains to children with autism, it seems to me that anyone interested in working on that issue could draft a bill separate from a specific tie in with the autism community (make it more generic to include a wider population), get a couple of sponsors and work to get that bill to secure funding separately. Mercury isn't good for kids with a predisposition to develop autism, but it isn't good for any kid. So with that broader base, maybe if we can't secure that language here, in this bill, it can be secured in another bill, that would focus specifically on how mercury, ingested through fish consumption or injected into little thighs, affects the development of children. But that doesn't mean, if we miss that language on this bill that we should pick up our ball on the CAA and go home OR more importantly, impede the progress on this battle front. The concern that continues to be expressed that we won't be able to go back and ask for more money as an autism community if they give us $1 Billilon now, won't really matter because we will be asking for it for research on how mercury affects children's development, not autism necessarily.With all that said, barring any ridiculous amendments to this bill as it stands that would do something that would obviously cause us to withdraw our support, i.e. making Goat Worship the national religion, requiring mandatory vaccinations for all children regardless of their philosophical, religious beliefs or medical issues, exempt Pharma from liability for the havoc that I believe down to the very last cell on my pinky toe they have wreaked on these children, Unlocking Autism will not only support, but will actively encourage the support of this legislation.To walk away from securing $1 Billion from the US Congress for my kid is the craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from the clout that passing this bill will establish for our community is the second craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from future bills that Members of Congress will support because they now see us as a unified community that they can work with is the third craziest thing that I can think of. UA will remain committed because when this bill does pass, not if...when, we want to stay in the game to be able to go to the table when it is time and "oversee" the way this money gets spent. Once it passes, we will continue to fight to make sure the NIH and other agencies are spending those dollars in the spirit in which it was intended. We will hold those agencies accountable for their actions. ReynoldsUA

[Guest guest]

Thanks Lenny,

I am torn with the CAA - I am a member of NAA, UA and A-Champ.

I am going to read the bill that posted for myself.

$1 Billion is alot of money, and recognition from all US citizens

that autism is important.

I would like to see the words vaccine research in the bill, but I

also learned in MN with our Thimerosal bill - I pushed to include all

citizens, not just pregnant women and children under 3 - and that

added opposition from nursing homes that said it would be too

difficult and confusing to the residents to get informed consent for

the flu shot with Thimerosal if it became necessary due to shortage.

I also learned from many other people in other states that worked on

bills that you cannot trust what the politicians say - the wording

needs to be in the bill.

I am reserving judgement until I can read the bill tonight.

K.

Wayzata, MN

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> > Darn, and I was just about over UA for infecting my computer with

> that stupid e-mail virus during the Flood the White House with Faxes

> campaign. How can anybody forget a zillion Unsubscribe Me.

Unsubscribe

> Me. Unsubscribe Me. messages? And then they called us all cowards

for

> putting them on our block lists.

> >

> > Unlocking Autism, you are officially on my list for good.

> >

> >

> > Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

> >

> >

> >

> > Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

> was forwarded to me just now:

>

[Guest guest]

The low expectations of groups may very well be indicative of their subservient nature. I agree. Rather than try to dissect one's station in life shall we at least temporally address something relevant here. After all, there is no degree of involvement that will convince me to do something contrary to acting in the best interest of our children. In reading so many devotions here, I sense this in others as well.

At issue is a bill and not a single person's person, but rather our children's rights as victims of autism. A bill that is problematic at best. Any group which aligns itself favorable to a bad bill is subjecting itself to lots and lots of reproach and indignation for years. I can do nothing to restore the loss of credibility suffered by any of these groups.

They can retract their support or choose to live with their tainted reputations. It's their bed. They have to sleep in it.

Mason never signed the United States Constitution. While most were just giddy to know their signatures were going to appear on a fancy document that would last at least a thousand years, Mason got up, left the meeting and walked away from the Constitutional Convention disgusted. He went home within a week.

Did that make him unpatriotic or un-American or a party pooper?

He didn't do it because he knew that a Constitution without a bill of rights to protect the individual was worthless. His position cost him his life-long friendship with neighbor General Washington. Washington - the plantation owner wanted to preserve slavery and establish security for the gentry by maintaining clear class distinction.

Although he is little known today, Mason was the wisest of our political framers. It is said Mason was able to get to the bottom line of any document in a single glance. He knew the selfish nature of his contemporaries was pure human vanity and their ignorance of his position for establishing was rooted in selfishness or self-interest. Still he was forced to leave the convention defeated and by most accounts friendless.

It was only years later after many visits to his house by Jefferson that the real motives behind the American Revolution crystallized in the eyes of power. The Constitution it seemed lacked something.

Jefferson couldn't put his finger on the answer the question of what really changed with freedom? The majority of the new American people were still being treated with just as much contempt and indifference by the Americans in power as they had under heavy servitude to the British crown. Mason expounded on the fact that if the American government expected to hold the confidence of the American people these people must be given individual rights.

We all have a debt of gratitude to pay to Mason. His hold out led to the eventual adoption of our now shrinking Bill of Rights. The same Bill of Rights President Reagan expounded on before mesmerized Soviet Union college students listening to his speech at their university.

What would happen to this guy if there was no Bill of Rights?

"We are in the midst of an international epidemic. Those responsible for investigating and dealing with this epidemic have failed. Among the reasons for this failure is the fact that they are faced with the prospect that they themselves may be responsible for the epidemic. Therefore, in their efforts to exonerate themselves they are an impediment to progress. I believe that public health officials know there is a problem; they are, however, willing to deny the problem and accept the loss of an unknown number of children on the basis that the success of public health policy - mandatory vaccination - by necessity involves sacrifice. Neither I, nor my colleagues subscribe to the belief that any child is expendable. History has encountered and dealt with such beliefs. You, the parent's and children, are the source of the inspiration and strength for our endeavours; our quest for truth through science - a science that is compassionate, uncompromising and uncompromised. I do not mean to stir you to mutiny, but be assured that armed with this science it is in your power to force this issue, in your pediatricians office, in Congress, in the Law Courts. Keep faith with your instincts - they have served you well."---Andy Wakefield (April 22, 2002 "POWER of ONE - IDEA" Rally, Washington DC)

Unlocking Autism's stance . . .> > > > Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . thiswas forwarded to me just now:

[Guest guest]

Lenny,

I will not denigrate any of 's contributions to the cause

through the years, nor will I go through every criticism I have of her

statement on the CAA. But I have to say that her statement creates an

impression -- rightly or wrongly -- that UA is more concerned about

obtaining a " seat at the table " than it is with taking a principled

stand. The sad fact is, however, that " they " will NEVER willingly

give " us " that seat.

> >

> > Darn, and I was just about over UA for infecting my computer with

> that stupid e-mail virus during the Flood the White House with Faxes

> campaign. How can anybody forget a zillion Unsubscribe Me. Unsubscribe

> Me. Unsubscribe Me. messages? And then they called us all cowards for

> putting them on our block lists.

> >

> > Unlocking Autism, you are officially on my list for good.

> >

> >

> > Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

> >

> >

> >

> > Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

> was forwarded to me just now:

>

[Guest guest]

Wade,

Insightful comments. As you say, no one will willingly give us a seat.

The only way we get a seat at the table, and the only way it means

anything, is when we have sufficient power through organizing parents

to force " them " do it. We are getting closer to that point.

RJK

On Jul 21, 2006, at 8:36 AM, Wade Rankin wrote:

> Lenny,

>

> I will not denigrate any of 's contributions to the cause

> through the years, nor will I go through every criticism I have of her

> statement on the CAA. But I have to say that her statement creates an

> impression -- rightly or wrongly -- that UA is more concerned about

> obtaining a " seat at the table " than it is with taking a principled

> stand. The sad fact is, however, that " they " will NEVER willingly

> give " us " that seat.

>

>

> > >

> > > Darn, and I was just about over UA for infecting my computer with

> > that stupid e-mail virus during the Flood the White House with Faxes

> > campaign. How can anybody forget a zillion Unsubscribe Me.

> Unsubscribe

> > Me. Unsubscribe Me. messages? And then they called us all cowards

> for

> > putting them on our block lists.

> > >

> > > Unlocking Autism, you are officially on my list for good.

> > >

> > >

> > > Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

> > was forwarded to me just now:

> >

>

>

J. Krakow

Attorney At Law

2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125

Lake Success, New York 11042

(516) 354-3300

(646) 349-1771 (fax)

(212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone)

[Guest guest]



Gumshoes are now eating their steak grinders!

Unlocking Autism's stance . . .

Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this was forwarded to me just now:

Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism Act. We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even more enthusiastically supportive of the "renovations."And this is why.....We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out of the budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward children and adults affected by autism. $1 BILLION!!!We can certainly understand the apprehension on the part of anyone who feels that the government has frittered away funding in the past, focused on ineffective research or spent countless hours and money counting our kids only to be able to say, "Jeez...there are a lot of these kids with autism out there, aren't there?" However, those stepping stones are the very foundation that have put our community in the position that it is in today to even be able to ASK them to do something else. They did all that, now it is time for them to do more, especially since they have gotten so good at counting and realize how many more kids have blossomed in the meantime.Everyone needs to sit back and think about is that we are asking for $1 BILLION. For those with concerns about how the money will be spent on the specific things you think it should be spent on...i.e. mercury research, which is giving you pause, consider this: If we even get .5% (just one-half of one percent) of $1 BILLION going towards mercury research, or to research the role that vaccines potentially play in the development of autism, that is $5 Million. How much do we have being spent on vaccine research now - components or otherwise? How hard are we working to raise money out the in the community to fund this research? We are selling brownies at conferences and holding car washes. How many brownies do we have to sell at 50 cents each or cars must we wash for $5 to equal $5 Million? For those who aren’t great at math, (like me, I had to actually figure this out on my calculator) that is 10 million brownies and 1 million cars.ly, Congress is going to be spending that $1 Billion on something. They apparently have it available even in this economy and with our country at war. So, rather than spend it on $700 hammers for the Department of Defense, $2500 on a screwdriver for the Space Shuttle, subsidize gas prices or God forbid even give it to Mayor Ray Nagin down here to rebuild the little Banana Republic that I live in and "repair" our levees, UA wants it spent on these kids. SOMETHING good will come out of spending $1 BILLION on kids with autism. Unlocking Autism will always continue to advance the front for vaccine research and to increase the safety of existing and future vaccines. We have been in that fight for over 9 years now and will continue to fight for it long after CAA passes. Supporting this bill does not make UA turncoats on that issue. Supporting this bill leaves us in the game to live to fight another day to work with the agencies that will direct the use of those funds.At some point though, our community does have to have faith to get the ball rolling. This is an incredible ask of Congress. Once we ask it, should it be granted, we don't all get to run off to the Cayman's to sip on drinks with umbrellas...we have to keep pushing. We have to stay on them to see that the "outline" in this bill is carried through by the agencies that receive the money. When our community focuses on this bill and passes a practically unprecedented and historic piece of disease specific legislation, our political clout with regard to other issues will increase exponentially. If the autism community doesn't want want that, I am sure the Alzheimer's, Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lupus, Diabetes, Celiacs, "You Name The Ailment" group, would like to take their crack at $1 BILLION.Everyone needs to step back and look at the whole picture and the future over the next 5-10 years.We have over 1..5 million kids and adults with autism now, today. Mercury research is important. There is enough evidence to show that something is very wrong. But it isn't the magic bullet that is going to solve the autism epidemic. Mercury just happens to be the lowest hanging fruit because it KILLS everything it comes in contact with. It is stupid to give it to children. But then again, so is antifreeze, it kills cats and they put that in vaccines, too. OR Formaldehyde, they embalm dead people with that, why in the WORLD would they think that was good for kids? OR Lead, why are they still putting that in vaccines when anyone on God's green earth knows it is so bad we needed to take it out of pencils, paint and gasoline....but we don't seem to be fussing about that. It just as stupid for us to believe that solving that one piece of the puzzle will clear up the whole disorder. It won't. Even without mercury in vaccines, children are still going to develop autism. These kids have way more going on with them...and as noble as it is for us to strive to prevent this from happening to other children and other families, we have to consider the children and adults that are currently affected. We cannot let them go down with the ship as we fight for the children in the future.My son, Liam hasn't received one vaccine since he was 22 months old. He will never get one again if I have anything to do with it, whether or not it contains mercury. He is 10 now. Eight years post diagnosis and he is still has autism...better, but has autism all the same. He will most likely have some degree of autism his whole life. While my hopes are the same as any parent that he will one day be able to manage his symptoms and be on his own, go to college, get married and be able to be successfully self-sufficient, it is my duty as his mother to work to make his world the best that it can be.We also need to remember, as a community, that politics and law are two very separate circles in a Venn diagram that intersect. In fact the moment at which they intersect is actually seconds when the bill is sitting on the desk of the Executive Branch for as long as it takes Bush to sign his name. That is it. Anything can happen with this bill between now and then for better or for worse.If we can't come to an agreement on the mercury issue here in this bill as it pertains to children with autism, it seems to me that anyone interested in working on that issue could draft a bill separate from a specific tie in with the autism community (make it more generic to include a wider population), get a couple of sponsors and work to get that bill to secure funding separately. Mercury isn't good for kids with a predisposition to develop autism, but it isn't good for any kid. So with that broader base, maybe if we can't secure that language here, in this bill, it can be secured in another bill, that would focus specifically on how mercury, ingested through fish consumption or injected into little thighs, affects the development of children. But that doesn't mean, if we miss that language on this bill that we should pick up our ball on the CAA and go home OR more importantly, impede the progress on this battle front. The concern that continues to be expressed that we won't be able to go back and ask for more money as an autism community if they give us $1 Billilon now, won't really matter because we will be asking for it for research on how mercury affects children's development, not autism necessarily.With all that said, barring any ridiculous amendments to this bill as it stands that would do something that would obviously cause us to withdraw our support, i.e. making Goat Worship the national religion, requiring mandatory vaccinations for all children regardless of their philosophical, religious beliefs or medical issues, exempt Pharma from liability for the havoc that I believe down to the very last cell on my pinky toe they have wreaked on these children, Unlocking Autism will not only support, but will actively encourage the support of this legislation.To walk away from securing $1 Billion from the US Congress for my kid is the craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from the clout that passing this bill will establish for our community is the second craziest thing I can think of. To walk away from future bills that Members of Congress will support because they now see us as a unified community that they can work with is the third craziest thing that I can think of. UA will remain committed because when this bill does pass, not if...when, we want to stay in the game to be able to go to the table when it is time and "oversee" the way this money gets spent. Once it passes, we will continue to fight to make sure the NIH and other agencies are spending those dollars in the spirit in which it was intended. We will hold those agencies accountable for their actions. ReynoldsUA

[Guest guest]

Thank you for posting this. It makes so much sense.....

>

> Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

was

> forwarded to me just now:

>

>

> Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism

Act.

>

> We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even

more

> enthusiastically supportive of the " renovations. "

>

> And this is why.....

>

>

> We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out

of the

> budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward

children and

> adults affected by autism.

>

> $1 BILLION!!!

>

> We can certainly understand the apprehension on the part of

anyone who feels

> that the government has frittered away funding in the past,

focused on

> ineffective research or spent countless hours and money counting

our kids only to

> be able to say, " Jeez...there are a lot of these kids with autism

out there,

> aren't there? "

>

> However, those stepping stones are the very foundation that have

put our

> community in the position that it is in today to even be able to

ASK them to do

> something else. They did all that, now it is time for them to do

more,

> especially since they have gotten so good at counting and realize

how many more

> kids have blossomed in the meantime.

>

> Everyone needs to sit back and think about is that we are asking

for $1

> BILLION. For those with concerns about how the money will be

spent on the

> specific things you think it should be spent on...i.e. mercury

research, which is

> giving you pause, consider this:

> If we even get .5% (just one-half of one percent) of $1 BILLION

going towards

> mercury research, or to research the role that vaccines

potentially play in

> the development of autism, that is $5 Million.

>

> How much do we have being spent on vaccine research now -

components or

> otherwise? How hard are we working to raise money out the in the

community to

> fund this research? We are selling brownies at conferences and

holding car

> washes. How many brownies do we have to sell at 50 cents each or

cars must we

> wash for $5 to equal $5 Million? For those who aren’t great at

math, (like

> me, I had to actually figure this out on my calculator) that is

10 million

> brownies and 1 million cars.

>

> ly, Congress is going to be spending that $1 Billion on

something.

> They apparently have it available even in this economy and with

our country

> at war. So, rather than spend it on $700 hammers for the

Department of

> Defense, $2500 on a screwdriver for the Space Shuttle, subsidize

gas prices or God

> forbid even give it to Mayor Ray Nagin down here to rebuild the

little Banana

> Republic that I live in and " repair " our levees, UA wants it

spent on these

> kids.

>

> SOMETHING good will come out of spending $1 BILLION on kids

with autism.

>

> Unlocking Autism will always continue to advance the front for

vaccine

> research and to increase the safety of existing and future

vaccines. We have

> been in that fight for over 9 years now and will continue to

fight for it long

> after CAA passes. Supporting this bill does not make UA

turncoats on that

> issue. Supporting this bill leaves us in the game to live to

fight another day

> to work with the agencies that will direct the use of those funds.

>

> At some point though, our community does have to have faith to

get the ball

> rolling. This is an incredible ask of Congress. Once we ask it,

should it

> be granted, we don't all get to run off to the Cayman's to sip on

drinks with

> umbrellas...we have to keep pushing. We have to stay on them to

see that the

> " outline " in this bill is carried through by the agencies that

receive the

> money.

>

> When our community focuses on this bill and passes a practically

> unprecedented and historic piece of disease specific legislation,

our political clout

> with regard to other issues will increase exponentially. If the

autism

> community doesn't want want that, I am sure the Alzheimer's,

Leukemia, Breast

> Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lupus, Diabetes, Celiacs, " You Name The

Ailment " group, would

> like to take their crack at $1 BILLION.

>

> Everyone needs to step back and look at the whole picture and the

future

> over the next 5-10 years.

>

> We have over 1.5 million kids and adults with autism now,

today. Mercury

> research is important. There is enough evidence to show that

something is

> very wrong. But it isn't the magic bullet that is going to solve

the autism

> epidemic. Mercury just happens to be the lowest hanging fruit

because it KILLS

> everything it comes in contact with. It is stupid to give it to

children.

>

> But then again, so is antifreeze, it kills cats and they put that

in

> vaccines, too. OR Formaldehyde, they embalm dead people with

that, why in the WORLD

> would they think that was good for kids? OR Lead, why are they

still

> putting that in vaccines when anyone on God's green earth knows

it is so bad we

> needed to take it out of pencils, paint and gasoline....but we

don't seem to be

> fussing about that.

>

> It just as stupid for us to believe that solving that one piece

of the

> puzzle will clear up the whole disorder. It won't. Even without

mercury in

> vaccines, children are still going to develop autism. These kids

have way more

> going on with them...and as noble as it is for us to strive to

prevent this from

> happening to other children and other families, we have to

consider the

> children and adults that are currently affected.

>

> We cannot let them go down with the ship as we fight for the

children in the

> future.

>

> My son, Liam hasn't received one vaccine since he was 22 months

old.

>

> He will never get one again if I have anything to do with it,

whether or not

> it contains mercury.

>

> He is 10 now. Eight years post diagnosis and he is still has

> autism...better, but has autism all the same. He will most likely

have some degree of

> autism his whole life. While my hopes are the same as any parent

that he will one

> day be able to manage his symptoms and be on his own, go to

college, get

> married and be able to be successfully self-sufficient, it is my

duty as his

> mother to work to make his world the best that it can be.

>

> We also need to remember, as a community, that politics and law

are two very

> separate circles in a Venn diagram that intersect. In fact the

moment at

> which they intersect is actually seconds when the bill is sitting

on the desk

> of the Executive Branch for as long as it takes Bush to

sign his name.

> That is it. Anything can happen with this bill between now and

then for

> better or for worse.

>

> If we can't come to an agreement on the mercury issue here in

this bill as

> it pertains to children with autism, it seems to me that anyone

interested in

> working on that issue could draft a bill separate from a specific

tie in with

> the autism community (make it more generic to include a wider

population),

> get a couple of sponsors and work to get that bill to secure

funding

> separately. Mercury isn't good for kids with a predisposition to

develop autism, but

> it isn't good for any kid. So with that broader base, maybe if

we can't

> secure that language here, in this bill, it can be secured in

another bill, that

> would focus specifically on how mercury, ingested through fish

consumption or

> injected into little thighs, affects the development of

children. But that

> doesn't mean, if we miss that language on this bill that we

should pick up

> our ball on the CAA and go home OR more importantly, impede the

progress on

> this battle front. The concern that continues to be expressed

that we won't be

> able to go back and ask for more money as an autism community if

they give us

> $1 Billilon now, won't really matter because we will be asking

for it for

> research on how mercury affects children's development, not

autism necessarily.

>

> With all that said, barring any ridiculous amendments to this

bill as it

> stands that would do something that would obviously cause us to

withdraw our

> support, i.e. making Goat Worship the national religion,

requiring mandatory

> vaccinations for all children regardless of their philosophical,

religious

> beliefs or medical issues, exempt Pharma from liability for the

havoc that I

> believe down to the very last cell on my pinky toe they have

wreaked on these

> children, Unlocking Autism will not only support, but will

actively encourage

> the support of this legislation.

>

> To walk away from securing $1 Billion from the US Congress for my

kid is the

> craziest thing I can think of.

>

> To walk away from the clout that passing this bill will establish

for our

> community is the second craziest thing I can think of.

>

> To walk away from future bills that Members of Congress will

support because

> they now see us as a unified community that they can work with is

the third

> craziest thing that I can think of.

>

> UA will remain committed because when this bill does pass, not

if...when, we

> want to stay in the game to be able to go to the table when it is

time and

> " oversee " the way this money gets spent. Once it passes, we will

continue to

> fight to make sure the NIH and other agencies are spending those

dollars in

> the spirit in which it was intended. We will hold those agencies

accountable

> for their actions.

>

>

> Reynolds

> UA

>

[Guest guest]

To All:

Unlocking Autism's stance reminds me

of Esau, who sold his birthright for

a serving of thick lentil soup and

some bread.

Unlike Esau, who only despised his

birthright, it seems that Unlocking

Autism is intent on selling out the

millions of children who have been

damaged and their families for a

share of a PROMISED billion dollars

($1,000,000,000.00) minus 425 million

for the " doctors " ($425,000,000.00)

minus 50 million ($50,000,000.00) for

overhead leaves about $525 million

($ 525,000,000.00 for data cillection,

studies of incidence, and searches

for " genetic " causes, and less-than-

effective non-biomedical interventions

instead of focusing on the holistic

biomedical interventions (dietary,

dietary supplement and restorative

medicines [allopathic, folk, and

homeopathic], and the removal of all

sources of added mercury from the

environment including all uses of

mercury in medicine and dentistry.

Since the conservative estimates

place the overall cost for the

mercury-damaged children born in

the US between 1940 and 2005 at

NOT LESS THAN TEN TRILLION dollars

$10,000,000,000,000.00 PROVIDED

1) the most effective interventions

were started immediately and 2) all

sources of mercury added by mankind

through any industrial process

including, but not limited to,

a. coal burning power plants,

b. cement kilns,

c. crematoriams, and

d. chlor-alkali plants

as well as

e. all process that introduce any

amount of any mercury species

into any medicine or use any

mercury in dentistry

were:

1. for " a " through " d, " REDUCED

by 90% in 3 years and,

2. for " e, " BANNED IMMEDIATELY,

RECALLED and PROPERLY DESTROYED.

Failure to IMMEDIATELY curb all

mercury EMISSIONS (including banning

the use of mercury in all vaccines,

other drug products and all medical

procedures, and RECALLING all

mercury-containing drugs, mercury

compounds used in medicine and

mercury for use in dentistry AND

destroying all such by converting

them all to the appropriate form of

mercuric sulfide and burying the

residues in a suitable hazardous-

waste landfill would result in an

annual increase in costs of on the

order of one-half to one TRILLION

dollars ($500,000,000,000.00 to

$1,000,000,000,000.00) each year

[factoring in additional harm to

the existing population of damaged

children, the new babies and their

families who will be harmed, and

inflation at 3% per year].

A billion dollars over " 5 " years

sounds like a lot of money, BUT we

should REMEMBER:

a. this is OUR money (taxpayer

dollars)

b. only a little of OUR money will

be used to EFFECTIVELY treat

the existing damaged children,

c. the damage from mercury in

Thimerosal-containing biological

products given to pregnant women,

babies, children, adolescents,

adults, and the elderly WILL

continue to INCREASE from the

disclosed Thimerosal in vaccines

and serums as well as from the

undisclosed mercury, if any, in

some monoclonal antibody drugs

since these are NOT being banned

and recalled,

d. only a little will be spent for

therapies seeking TO holistically

ASSESS (through comprehensive

differential diagnosis) and

RESTORE the fundamental HEALTH

TO THOSE who have been DAMAGED,

and

e. to the extent that the causal

insults that lead to the damage

are " environmental " and no

fundamental studies are being

explicitly funded to find and

eliminate these environmental

triggers, the ROOT CAUSE(S) OF

the DAMAGE will, in all likely-

hood, NOT BE FOUND, OR EVEN

EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSED by the

spending of these funds --

other funds will be needed to

prove the triggering cause(s)

and find effective corrective

therapies to improve the health

and wellbeing of those damaged.

Based on the proceding, the reality

seems to be that the cost to help

the damaged children and their

families will be NORE THAN twelve

and a half (12.5) TRILLION dollars

($12,500,000,000,000.00) when the

funding ends and the healthcare

establishment will still be railing

against mercury from fish, batteries,

coal, cement, etc., WHILE

a. claiming that the mercury in

medicine is a " different " form

of mercury -- one that is " safe "

BECAUSE they say so,

b. at the same time, REFUSING TO

CONDUCT the comprehensive

TOXICITY STUDIES REQUIRED TO

FIND the SAFE LEVEL OF Thimerosal

in vaccines and other drugs for

ALL Americans, not just,

as the current data indicates,

the 50%-75% of the people who

are apparently healthy today.

As things now stand, most of this

public money will line and fatten

the pockets of the healthcare

establishment with only some small

fraction " trickling " down to the

American public and the children

and families who have been damaged

by the KNOWING actions of the

healthcare establishment as any

rational person who has studied

the published literature knows all

too well.

Those who oppose selling their

children, grandchildren, neices,

nephews, cousins, friends and

themselves out (for what is

essentially their OWN money) KNOW

the " substitute " joint Combating

Autism Act is, at best, a Faustian

bargain that does NOT stop the

obvious KNOWING mercury poisoning

of the public by mercury in

medicine and dentistry NOR revoke

the licensing or approval of ALL

the drug formulations that contain

any added level of any mercury

species and recall and destroy ALL

the drug products whose license or

approval has been revoked and

recall ALL if the mercury amalgam

components so that the KNOWING

poisoning of Americans by mercury

in both medicine and dentistry is

stopped!

As an imperfect servant of God, I

know that the " substitute " joint

House/Senate Combating Autism Act

should be opposed for the EVIL

that it is.

Moreover, every member of Congress

who has supported it should be voted

out of office as soon as possible!

Hopefully, those on the community of

the harmed who support this bill will

understand that they have let their

desire for a little power and a little

of their OWN tax dollars cloud their

judgment.

Respectfully,

Dr. King

http://www.dr-king.com

PS: As things now stand, we would be

better off if we created our own

charity for the study and treatment

of all poisoning by mercury and

other heavy metals and each parent,

grandparent, uncle, aunt, cousin,

and cincerned friend contributed

at least $100.00 per year to that

charity -- if at least 25 million

contributed that $100.00 tax-

deductible contribution, then,

each year we would raise 2.5 billion

dollars ($2,500,000,000.00) 2.5

times the total proposed in the

CAA, roughly 12.5 times the annual

amount the CAA provides, and because

we would not likely waste 425 million

on training doctors or spend 5% on

overhead, the amount raised annually

would effectively be almost 25 times

the annual anount available for

non-doctor-training issues.

If:

a) Congress were proposing a 25% tax

on the gross profits (from all

sources) of all drug makers,

medical practitioners, dentists,

hospitals, and dentists who use

any mercury in their businesses

a freeze and a 15% tax on the

salary, stock options, bonuses,

and other perks of all their

executives and board members

UNTIL:

1) all use of mercury in medicine

and dentistry have ceased and

2) the incidence rate for all

neurodevelopmental disorders

(as defined by the definitions

used in 2005) had dropped below

6 in 10,000 for at least 15

consecutive years,

and

c) that tax was dedicated to:

1) finding the cause(s),

2) caring for the damaged and

their families,

3) agressively treating the

damage with therapies that

are curative rather than

symptom or behavior

suppressive,

4) training if the caregivers

and special educators

needed, and

5) providing an education

tailored to the needs of

each damaged person,

then I would support such a bill

PROVIDED the spending of the tax

revenues raised each year was

overseen by a panel of those who:

a) have damaged children at all

levels,

have a strong sense of ethics

and morals, and

c) are willing to work for a

middle-class wage, and

d) will be willing to serve not

less than 2 years nor more

than 6 years.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

At 20:32 7/22/06 -0000, mommiepie2000 wrote:

>

>Thank you for posting this.

>It makes so much sense.....

>

>

>

>

>>

>> Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

>was

>> forwarded to me just now:

>>

>>

>> Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism

>Act.

>>

>> We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even

>more

>> enthusiastically supportive of the " renovations. "

>>

>> And this is why.....

>>

>>

>> We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out

>of the

>> budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward

>children and

>> adults affected by autism.

>>

>> $1 BILLION!!!

>>

>...

[Guest guest]

To All:

Unlocking Autism's stance reminds me

of Esau, who sold his birthright for

a serving of thick lentil soup and

some bread.

Unlike Esau, who only despised his

birthright, it seems that Unlocking

Autism is intent on selling out the

millions of children who have been

damaged and their families for a

share of a PROMISED billion dollars

($1,000,000,000.00) minus 425 million

for the " doctors " ($425,000,000.00)

minus 50 million ($50,000,000.00) for

overhead leaves about $525 million

($ 525,000,000.00 for data cillection,

studies of incidence, and searches

for " genetic " causes, and less-than-

effective non-biomedical interventions

instead of focusing on the holistic

biomedical interventions (dietary,

dietary supplement and restorative

medicines [allopathic, folk, and

homeopathic], and the removal of all

sources of added mercury from the

environment including all uses of

mercury in medicine and dentistry.

Since the conservative estimates

place the overall cost for the

mercury-damaged children born in

the US between 1940 and 2005 at

NOT LESS THAN TEN TRILLION dollars

$10,000,000,000,000.00 PROVIDED

1) the most effective interventions

were started immediately and 2) all

sources of mercury added by mankind

through any industrial process

including, but not limited to,

a. coal burning power plants,

b. cement kilns,

c. crematoriams, and

d. chlor-alkali plants

as well as

e. all process that introduce any

amount of any mercury species

into any medicine or use any

mercury in dentistry

were:

1. for " a " through " d, " REDUCED

by 90% in 3 years and,

2. for " e, " BANNED IMMEDIATELY,

RECALLED and PROPERLY DESTROYED.

Failure to IMMEDIATELY curb all

mercury EMISSIONS (including banning

the use of mercury in all vaccines,

other drug products and all medical

procedures, and RECALLING all

mercury-containing drugs, mercury

compounds used in medicine and

mercury for use in dentistry AND

destroying all such by converting

them all to the appropriate form of

mercuric sulfide and burying the

residues in a suitable hazardous-

waste landfill would result in an

annual increase in costs of on the

order of one-half to one TRILLION

dollars ($500,000,000,000.00 to

$1,000,000,000,000.00) each year

[factoring in additional harm to

the existing population of damaged

children, the new babies and their

families who will be harmed, and

inflation at 3% per year].

A billion dollars over " 5 " years

sounds like a lot of money, BUT we

should REMEMBER:

a. this is OUR money (taxpayer

dollars)

b. only a little of OUR money will

be used to EFFECTIVELY treat

the existing damaged children,

c. the damage from mercury in

Thimerosal-containing biological

products given to pregnant women,

babies, children, adolescents,

adults, and the elderly WILL

continue to INCREASE from the

disclosed Thimerosal in vaccines

and serums as well as from the

undisclosed mercury, if any, in

some monoclonal antibody drugs

since these are NOT being banned

and recalled,

d. only a little will be spent for

therapies seeking TO holistically

ASSESS (through comprehensive

differential diagnosis) and

RESTORE the fundamental HEALTH

TO THOSE who have been DAMAGED,

and

e. to the extent that the causal

insults that lead to the damage

are " environmental " and no

fundamental studies are being

explicitly funded to find and

eliminate these environmental

triggers, the ROOT CAUSE(S) OF

the DAMAGE will, in all likely-

hood, NOT BE FOUND, OR EVEN

EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSED by the

spending of these funds --

other funds will be needed to

prove the triggering cause(s)

and find effective corrective

therapies to improve the health

and wellbeing of those damaged.

Based on the proceding, the reality

seems to be that the cost to help

the damaged children and their

families will be NORE THAN twelve

and a half (12.5) TRILLION dollars

($12,500,000,000,000.00) when the

funding ends and the healthcare

establishment will still be railing

against mercury from fish, batteries,

coal, cement, etc., WHILE

a. claiming that the mercury in

medicine is a " different " form

of mercury -- one that is " safe "

BECAUSE they say so,

b. at the same time, REFUSING TO

CONDUCT the comprehensive

TOXICITY STUDIES REQUIRED TO

FIND the SAFE LEVEL OF Thimerosal

in vaccines and other drugs for

ALL Americans, not just,

as the current data indicates,

the 50%-75% of the people who

are apparently healthy today.

As things now stand, most of this

public money will line and fatten

the pockets of the healthcare

establishment with only some small

fraction " trickling " down to the

American public and the children

and families who have been damaged

by the KNOWING actions of the

healthcare establishment as any

rational person who has studied

the published literature knows all

too well.

Those who oppose selling their

children, grandchildren, neices,

nephews, cousins, friends and

themselves out (for what is

essentially their OWN money) KNOW

the " substitute " joint Combating

Autism Act is, at best, a Faustian

bargain that does NOT stop the

obvious KNOWING mercury poisoning

of the public by mercury in

medicine and dentistry NOR revoke

the licensing or approval of ALL

the drug formulations that contain

any added level of any mercury

species and recall and destroy ALL

the drug products whose license or

approval has been revoked and

recall ALL if the mercury amalgam

components so that the KNOWING

poisoning of Americans by mercury

in both medicine and dentistry is

stopped!

As an imperfect servant of God, I

know that the " substitute " joint

House/Senate Combating Autism Act

should be opposed for the EVIL

that it is.

Moreover, every member of Congress

who has supported it should be voted

out of office as soon as possible!

Hopefully, those on the community of

the harmed who support this bill will

understand that they have let their

desire for a little power and a little

of their OWN tax dollars cloud their

judgment.

Respectfully,

Dr. King

http://www.dr-king.com

PS: As things now stand, we would be

better off if we created our own

charity for the study and treatment

of all poisoning by mercury and

other heavy metals and each parent,

grandparent, uncle, aunt, cousin,

and cincerned friend contributed

at least $100.00 per year to that

charity -- if at least 25 million

contributed that $100.00 tax-

deductible contribution, then,

each year we would raise 2.5 billion

dollars ($2,500,000,000.00) 2.5

times the total proposed in the

CAA, roughly 12.5 times the annual

amount the CAA provides, and because

we would not likely waste 425 million

on training doctors or spend 5% on

overhead, the amount raised annually

would effectively be almost 25 times

the annual anount available for

non-doctor-training issues.

If:

a) Congress were proposing a 25% tax

on the gross profits (from all

sources) of all drug makers,

medical practitioners, dentists,

hospitals, and dentists who use

any mercury in their businesses

a freeze and a 15% tax on the

salary, stock options, bonuses,

and other perks of all their

executives and board members

UNTIL:

1) all use of mercury in medicine

and dentistry have ceased and

2) the incidence rate for all

neurodevelopmental disorders

(as defined by the definitions

used in 2005) had dropped below

6 in 10,000 for at least 15

consecutive years,

and

c) that tax was dedicated to:

1) finding the cause(s),

2) caring for the damaged and

their families,

3) agressively treating the

damage with therapies that

are curative rather than

symptom or behavior

suppressive,

4) training if the caregivers

and special educators

needed, and

5) providing an education

tailored to the needs of

each damaged person,

then I would support such a bill

PROVIDED the spending of the tax

revenues raised each year was

overseen by a panel of those who:

a) have damaged children at all

levels,

have a strong sense of ethics

and morals, and

c) are willing to work for a

middle-class wage, and

d) will be willing to serve not

less than 2 years nor more

than 6 years.

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At 20:32 7/22/06 -0000, mommiepie2000 wrote:

>

>Thank you for posting this.

>It makes so much sense.....

>

>

>

>

>>

>> Apologies if this has already been posted to EOH list . . . this

>was

>> forwarded to me just now:

>>

>>

>> Unlocking Autism is committed to supporting the Combating Autism

>Act.

>>

>> We were supportive of it in it's original format. We are even

>more

>> enthusiastically supportive of the " renovations. "

>>

>> And this is why.....

>>

>>

>> We are asking the United States Government to take $1 BILLION out

>of the

>> budget of the United States and direct it specifically toward

>children and

>> adults affected by autism.

>>

>> $1 BILLION!!!

>>

>...