Re: The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

[Guest guest]

NAA absolutely agrees with Dr. Rimland. We sent out an action alert today, as did A-CHAMP, asking everyone to contact the HELP committee members right away and demand that the vaccine research language stay intact in the bill. The bill language was written and agreed upon by all of the major autism organizations in the US. It wasn't easy. NAA, SafeMinds, No Mercury, A-CHAMP, Moms Against Mercury, GR (sorry if I've left anyone out) and others fought to have vaccine research be included in the bill and refused to support the CAA without it. All of the organizations finally agreed and came to a concensus. But now that the bill is about to be brought to the floor, there is pressure from certain unnamed legislators to take the vacccine language out and some of the organizations involved seem willing to let that happen at this point, instead of sticking with the concensus and doing for what's right for our children. If you are a supporter of a national autism organization, let them know that you want them to fight for this language.

This is YOUR bill! It's not too late to sway the committee. PLEASE make phone calls and send faxes to the HELP committee members. Ask all of your family and friends to do the same. Let them know that you want a bill that will actually help our kids, not just a billion dollar gift to the CDC and more useless research.

Fournier

NAA

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of schaferatsprynetSent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:49 PMEOHarm Subject: The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act [From the Schafer Autism Report.]By Bernard RimlandDr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism ResearchInstituteI strongly oppose endorsing "The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act"unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningfulresearch on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes ofthe autism epidemic.The proposed Combating Autism legislation is as sincerelydedicated to combating autism as O.J. Simpson was to finding the "realkillers" of his ex-wife .The fear that failure to pass the CAA will lead to acatastrophic failure to fund future autism research vastlyoverestimates the value of government funded research. Most suchresearch is only of academic interest, which gathers dust on libraryshelves and advances the "publish or perish" aspirations of academicresearchers. Is there any evidence whatever that more than a minisculepercent of government funded research has produced any positive anduseful benefits for autistic children and their families, or everwill? If you are aware of any examples showing such research isserving a truly useful purpose, please let me know.I was the first to announce the "autism epidemic", in 1995, andI pointed out in that article that excessive vaccines were a plausiblecause of the epidemic. As you know, an enormous amount of clinicallaboratory research (as opposed to epidemiological research), has beenaccumulated since that time, supporting my position. (I did not knowthen that the vaccines contained mercury, although I had beencollecting data since 1967 from the mothers of autistic children, onany dental work they may have had during their pregnancy.)The evidence is now overwhelming, despite the misinformationfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine. Real progress hasbeen made in bringing recovery to autistic children by physicians andresearchers who attend the autism/vaccine/mercury connection (seewww.AutismRecoveredChildren.com) A few million dollars, appropriatelydirected, has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish much morethan the tens of millions of dollars directed along paths intended toexonerate the vaccine manufacturers, the CDC, the IOM and the AAP.I hope our consortium will purchase, or at least threaten topurchase ads in USA Today an elsewhere saying "Defeat the (Pretend to)Combat Autism Act". We should insist that significant resources bedirected at exploiting the treatments that we know work, such asspecial diets, food supplements and chelation. We have a great dealto gain and nothing to lose by speaking out loudly against this shamlegislation which would, in the long run, be harmful rather thanbeneficial to our children.EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to encouragedissenters of either above commentary to send their comments here as aforum for further discussion of this important matter to thecommunity. -LS editdoitnow

[Guest guest]

Faxes and phone calls? I have snail mails ready to send. Will they arrive to late?

[Guest guest]

Yes, they will be too late. Fax. No emails,

they don’t have to log emails. Fax fax fax.

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of robin nemeth

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:11

AM

EOHarm

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Faxes and phone calls? I have snail mails ready to send. Will they arrive to

late?

[Guest guest]

Nope, send them today!

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of robin nemethSent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:11 AMEOHarm Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

Faxes and phone calls? I have snail mails ready to send. Will they arrive to late?

[Guest guest]

Rimland is wrong again; about 10-15% ofkids have a genetic defect which impairs mercury excretion; banning mercury in all vaccines (why don't the manufacturers let you choose whether you the more expensive single dose vaccines devoid of preservative? If that is the law in Suffolk County NY shouldn't it be the everywhere? Isn't Rimland aware that the incidence of new cases of autism dropped in CA after mercury in vaccines was banned? Which are the other 7 states that banned it?' Lets see if the incidence in those states also drops. Our the research funs into a separate bill; don't endanger this one. H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., DDG, IOM The (Pretending to) Combat Autism ActThe (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act [From the Schafer Autism Report.] By Bernard RimlandDr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism ResearchInstitute I strongly oppose endorsing "The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act"unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningfulresearch on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes ofthe autism epidemic. The proposed Combating Autism legislation is as sincerelydedicated to combating autism as O.J. Simpson was to finding the "realkillers" of his ex-wife . The fear that failure to pass the CAA will lead to acatastrophic failure to fund future autism research vastlyoverestimates the value of government funded research. Most suchresearch is only of academic interest, which gathers dust on libraryshelves and advances the "publish or perish" aspirations of academicresearchers. Is there any evidence whatever that more than a minisculepercent of government funded research has produced any positive anduseful benefits for autistic children and their families, or everwill? If you are aware of any examples showing such research isserving a truly useful purpose, please let me know. I was the first to announce the "autism epidemic", in 1995, andI pointed out in that article that excessive vaccines were a plausiblecause of the epidemic. As you know, an enormous amount of clinicallaboratory research (as opposed to epidemiological research), has beenaccumulated since that time, supporting my position (I did not knowthen that the vaccines contained mercury, although I had beencollecting data since 1967 from the mothers of autistic children, onany dental work they may have had during their pregnancy.) The evidence is now overwhelming, despite the misinformationfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine. Real progress hasbeen made in bringing recovery to autistic children by physicians andresearchers who attend the autism/vaccine/mercury connection (seewww.AutismRecoveredChildren.com) A few million dollars, appropriatelydirected, has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish much morethan the tens of millions of dollars directed along paths intended toexonerate the vaccine manufacturers, the CDC, the IOM and the AAP. I hope our consortium will purchase, or at least threaten topurchase ads in USA Today an elsewhere saying "Defeat the (Pretend to)Combat Autism Act". We should insist that significant resources bedirected at exploiting the treatments that we know work, such asspecial diets, food supplements and chelation. We have a great dealto gain and nothing to lose by speaking out loudly against this shamlegislation which would, in the long run, be harmful rather thanbeneficial to our children. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to encouragedissenters of either above commentary to send their comments here as aforum for further discussion of this important matter to thecommunity. -LS edit@...

[Guest guest]

I called Kennedy’s office again and

they were very responsive and his aide says he’s been receiving a lot of

calls. Although they continue to say that Santorum is the one with the

ball right now. I hope there are a lot of PA residents putting his

reelection on the line for this one. -

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of Holly Bortfeld

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:20

AM

EOHarm

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Yes, they will be too late. Fax. No emails, they

don’t have to log emails. Fax fax fax.

From: EOHarm

[mailto:EOHarm ]

On Behalf Of robin nemeth

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:11

AM

EOHarm

Subject: RE: The

(Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

Faxes and phone calls? I have snail mails ready to send. Will they arrive to

late?

[Guest guest]

Yes, I sent it out to everyone in PA that

I could find. J

From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ] On Behalf Of Chap 'n Ali

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006

12:24 PM

EOHarm

Subject: RE: The

(Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

I called Kennedy’s office again and they were very responsive

and his aide says he’s been receiving a lot of calls. Although they

continue to say that Santorum is the one with the ball right now. I hope

there are a lot of PA residents putting his reelection on the line for this

one. -

From: EOHarm

[mailto:EOHarm ]

On Behalf Of Holly Bortfeld

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:20

AM

EOHarm

Subject: RE: The

(Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

Yes, they will be too late. Fax. No emails, they

don’t have to log emails. Fax fax fax.

From: EOHarm

[mailto:EOHarm ]

On Behalf Of robin nemeth

Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:11

AM

EOHarm

Subject: RE: The

(Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

Faxes and phone calls? I have snail mails ready to send. Will they arrive to

late?

[Guest guest]

Maurine Meleck <maurine_meleck@...> wrote: and bsides it is really hard to get snail mail thru to congressional offices.Rats. And I always thought that they took snail mails more seriously. Oh well. I've sent them anyway.

[Guest guest]

NoMercury concurs with Dr. Bernie Rimland in reference to The

Combating Autism Actcan.

NoMercury can not continue to endorse the Combating Autism Act

unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningful

research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of

the autism epidemic. This was agreed upon by all of the groups who

participated in the consensus, including NoMercury.

NoMercury firmly believes all of the organizations that participated

in reaching the consensus should honor their commitment and stand

firmly together as a community to urge Congress in the strongest

possible terms to adopt the revised consensus bill. Together, we

are a powerful force.

Lujene G.

President

M. Weinmaster

Vice-President

NoMercury has no financial interest in the Combating Autism Act nor

is it our intention to seek any grant funds from anyone, much less

under the Combating Autism Act.

NoMercury is a philanthropic based venture whose mission is to

educate policy makers, physicians and the public regarding the

dangers of mercury in vaccines.

NoMercury primarily serves as an educational resource and in a non-

compensated advisory capacity to assist state legislators, medical

professionals and non-profit organizations in banning mercury in

medicine and vaccines.

NoMercury does not solicit funds nor do we accept donations.

NoMercury does not endorse, promote or sell any products or services.

We are not " anti-vaccine " rather we advocate for safer vaccines.

The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

[From the Schafer Autism Report.]

By Bernard Rimland

Dr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism

Research Institute

I strongly oppose endorsing " The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act "

unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningful

research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of

the autism epidemic. <snip>

<snip> EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to

encourage dissenters of either above commentary to send their

comments here as a forum for further discussion of this important

matter to the community. -LS edit@...

[Guest guest]

I still say the vaccines in those states need to be independently

tested to ensure they are thimerosal-free. If I wasn't scraping for

Allie's IVs I'd bet big $$$$ that they aren't thinerosal free and

won't be until they're tested and legal action is taken.

Debi

>

> Rimland is wrong again; about 10-15% of

> kids have a genetic defect which impairs mercury excretion; banning

mercury in all vaccines (why don't the manufacturers let you choose

whether you the more expensive single dose vaccines devoid of

preservative? If that is the law in Suffolk County NY shouldn't it be

the everywhere?

> Isn't Rimland aware that the incidence of new cases of autism

dropped in CA after mercury in vaccines was banned?

> Which are the other 7 states that banned it?

> ' Lets see if the incidence in those states also drops.

> Our the research funs into a separate bill; don't endanger this one.

>

> H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., DDG, IOM

> The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

>

>

>

>

> The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

> [From the Schafer Autism Report.]

>

> By Bernard Rimland

> Dr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism Research

> Institute

>

> I strongly oppose endorsing " The (Pretending to) Combat

Autism Act "

> unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningful

> research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of

> the autism epidemic.

> The proposed Combating Autism legislation is as sincerely

> dedicated to combating autism as O.J. Simpson was to finding the " real

> killers " of his ex-wife .

> The fear that failure to pass the CAA will lead to a

> catastrophic failure to fund future autism research vastly

> overestimates the value of government funded research. Most such

> research is only of academic interest, which gathers dust on library

> shelves and advances the " publish or perish " aspirations of academic

> researchers. Is there any evidence whatever that more than a miniscule

> percent of government funded research has produced any positive and

> useful benefits for autistic children and their families, or ever

> will? If you are aware of any examples showing such research is

> serving a truly useful purpose, please let me know.

> I was the first to announce the " autism epidemic " , in 1995, and

> I pointed out in that article that excessive vaccines were a plausible

> cause of the epidemic. As you know, an enormous amount of clinical

> laboratory research (as opposed to epidemiological research), has been

> accumulated since that time, supporting my position. (I did not know

> then that the vaccines contained mercury, although I had been

> collecting data since 1967 from the mothers of autistic children, on

> any dental work they may have had during their pregnancy.)

> The evidence is now overwhelming, despite the misinformation

> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American

> Academy of Pediatrics and the Institute of Medicine. Real progress has

> been made in bringing recovery to autistic children by physicians and

> researchers who attend the autism/vaccine/mercury connection (see

>

www.AutismRecoveredChildren.com<http://www.autismrecoveredchildren.com/>)

A few million dollars, appropriately

> directed, has accomplished, and will continue to accomplish much more

> than the tens of millions of dollars directed along paths intended to

> exonerate the vaccine manufacturers, the CDC, the IOM and the AAP.

> I hope our consortium will purchase, or at least threaten to

> purchase ads in USA Today an elsewhere saying " Defeat the (Pretend to)

> Combat Autism Act " . We should insist that significant resources be

> directed at exploiting the treatments that we know work, such as

> special diets, food supplements and chelation. We have a great deal

> to gain and nothing to lose by speaking out loudly against this sham

> legislation which would, in the long run, be harmful rather than

> beneficial to our children.

>

> EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to encourage

> dissenters of either above commentary to send their comments here as a

> forum for further discussion of this important matter to the

> community. -LS edit@...<mailto:edit@...>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Is Autism Speaks speaking out? Or are they showing their true colors?

Holly

>

> The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

> [From the Schafer Autism Report.]

>

> By Bernard Rimland

> Dr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism

> Research Institute

>

> I strongly oppose endorsing " The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act "

> unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting

meaningful

> research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of

> the autism epidemic. <snip>

>

> <snip> EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to

> encourage dissenters of either above commentary to send their

> comments here as a forum for further discussion of this important

> matter to the community. -LS edit@

>

[Guest guest]

You game Imus you pay.

Re: The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

From this morning's Imus show:Imus talks to Fineman about Senator Rick Santorum's ® PA bidfor re-election:Imus: "You know I get hammered enough and I am in enough trouble overthis combating autism act, but Santorum, of course, is a primarysponsor of that bill that he is trying to get passed to provide thesefolks with autistic children, which is an epidemic in this country,some relief and so on...but I understand from my friends in the autismcommunity that they have taken out the research provision of all ofthat looking into environmental factors and examining the effect of,oh God, do I dare mention this? Thimerosal and vaccines and so on, andthey are screwing these people, so I was supporting Santorum in hisfutile race down there in Pennsylvania but my question for you is, ishe in trouble?" Fineman, Newsweek: "Yeah, he's definitely in trouble. I mean--"Imus: "Good" Fineman, Newsweek: "He's having to put out ads saying here area hundred things about Rick Santorum that you don't know because hedid such an effective job of portraying himself as a very hard-lined,culturally hard-lined conservative Republican, pro life, you know,down the line, against gay marriage, down the line, very much alliedwith conservatives in the Vatican and the, you know the sort of toughview that the Catholic clergy have about American society, that someof it's failing, and that's all anybody knew about him, that's eventhough he's been in politics in Pennsylvania for a long time. And he'sdesperately trying to tell people wait a minute, there are otherthings about me. You know, I have been through different researchprojects. I am not some sort of mad faith based guy. You know, Ibelieve in research. I have gotten money for universities. And he istrying to portray himself as a more moderate sort of Arlen Specterkind of Republican, and he is desperately trying to do that to sure uphis support in the key areas in the state for him, which are going tobe the suburbs of Philadelphia, and it's going to be tough. The bestthing he's got going for him is that Bob Casey, the Democrat, is akind of a lackluster campaigner. He's a guy with a famous name inPennsylvania because his late father was governor, but Casey is not agreat campaigner. And Casey's just hoping that Santorum keeps flailingaround. And Santorum doesn't want to have Bush come visit,except to raise some money here and there. I mean the problem that alot of these people have is that they don't want the President in tocampaign for them. So what are they arguing for?" > > > > > The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act > > [From the Schafer Autism Report.]> > > > By Bernard Rimland> > Dr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism > > Research Institute> > > > I strongly oppose endorsing "The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act"> > unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting > meaningful> > research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of> > the autism epidemic. <snip>> > > > <snip> EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to > > encourage dissenters of either above commentary to send their > > comments here as a forum for further discussion of this important > > matter to the community. -LS edit@> >>

[Guest guest]

The champagne is on ice. It's only a matter of time before they pop the corks and start dancing on our children.

Re: The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act

Is Autism Speaks speaking out? Or are they showing their true colors?Holly> > The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act > [From the Schafer Autism Report.]> > By Bernard Rimland> Dr. Bernard Rimland is the founder and director of the Autism > Research Institute> > I strongly oppose endorsing "The (Pretending to) Combat Autism Act"> unless it includes clear and explicit language supporting meaningful> research on the role of vaccines and mercury as plausible causes of> the autism epidemic. <snip>> > <snip> EDITOR'S NOTE: The Schafer Autism Report would like to > encourage dissenters of either above commentary to send their > comments here as a forum for further discussion of this important > matter to the community. -LS edit@>