re: WAKE UP, All of You

March 22, 2004

I guess my angry note provoked some good thoughts. Although the guy

that says we should leave politics to the politicians has a lot to

learn about politics. If the people who protested the Vietnam War

had left politics to the politicians, we would still be fighting that

war.

The Post Office doesn't actually care if you put things in

mailboxes. However, if you are driving around getting in the way of

a mailman, he will probably pull all your notes out and send you a

bill for the postage. I did that to a politician once when I was a

rural carrier.

My original question on putting doctors in jail with criminal

complaints still has not been answered as I am still waiting for

responses from 2 lawyers that I queried on this. Attorney Generals

would have to take this action and we would have to pressure them to

do it. The most effective way to pressure them would be through the

press but that is a tough assignment. I did have a piece published

on Autism last year in the New Hampshire paper in which I was allowed

to allude to the probability that mercury has caused the autism. I

had to temper my words to keep the editor happy and was forced to

remove my comments about Judd Gregg who had been endorsed by the

newspaper. I suppose, however, that one could buy ad space and write

whatever they wanted.

The big thing I think we need to work on is to overturn the

statute of limitations under VICP and, perhaps, blow up VICP

entirely. To accomplish this, we need publicity. We probably need a

major demonstration in D.C. with major media coverage. I don't know

how big this power of one and a half thing is going to be in D.C..

Isn't that happening in April? Is that the same thing where Dan

Marino is going to throw a football as far as he can with a bunch of

pictures of autistic kids lined up for 300 yards or something? These

are the things we need and some of it is happening.

Will Ralph Nader take a stance for our position? If he did, I

might bother to vote. There certainly is no point to voting for a

mainstream politician. All it gets you is jury duty.

March 22, 2004

Although I think the protests played a role in ending the Vietnam

War, the turning point was the media coverage(remember the little

girl running naked down the road after her village had been

bombed?). The people in our country could not stomach that. So, the

powers that be learned to censor the pics so that all we see of our

wars now are aerial views of smart bombs.

The point being that you are right about the media coverage. The

problem is that the media are loath to touch it because it would

directly hurt the advertising from pharmaceuticals. And it is alot

with the direct advertising of RX drugs now.

I intend to find out from Nader's organization what his position is

on this topic. It is right up his alley(remember the Ford Pinto?)

I would love to see all 3000 members of this group support him

should he decide to take a stand on our behalf. It would be some

publicity although the media rarely covers him due to his threat to

the status quo in this country.

But wouldn't it be great if he did? I will post a response as soon

as I am able to get it to this group.

By the way, your email motivated me because you were able to express

all the anger that I feel as well.

> I guess my angry note provoked some good thoughts. Although the

guy

> that says we should leave politics to the politicians has a lot to

> learn about politics. If the people who protested the Vietnam War

> had left politics to the politicians, we would still be fighting

that

> war.

> The Post Office doesn't actually care if you put things in

> mailboxes. However, if you are driving around getting in the way

of

> a mailman, he will probably pull all your notes out and send you a

> bill for the postage. I did that to a politician once when I was

a

> rural carrier.

> My original question on putting doctors in jail with criminal

> complaints still has not been answered as I am still waiting for

> responses from 2 lawyers that I queried on this. Attorney

Generals

> would have to take this action and we would have to pressure them

to

> do it. The most effective way to pressure them would be through

the

> press but that is a tough assignment. I did have a piece

published

> on Autism last year in the New Hampshire paper in which I was

allowed

> to allude to the probability that mercury has caused the autism.

I

> had to temper my words to keep the editor happy and was forced to

> remove my comments about Judd Gregg who had been endorsed by the

> newspaper. I suppose, however, that one could buy ad space and

write

> whatever they wanted.

> The big thing I think we need to work on is to overturn the

> statute of limitations under VICP and, perhaps, blow up VICP

> entirely. To accomplish this, we need publicity. We probably

need a

> major demonstration in D.C. with major media coverage. I don't

know

> how big this power of one and a half thing is going to be in

D.C..

> Isn't that happening in April? Is that the same thing where Dan

> Marino is going to throw a football as far as he can with a bunch

of

> pictures of autistic kids lined up for 300 yards or something?

These

> are the things we need and some of it is happening.

> Will Ralph Nader take a stance for our position? If he did,

I

> might bother to vote. There certainly is no point to voting for a

> mainstream politician. All it gets you is jury duty.

March 22, 2004

Ralph Nadar! What a surprise!

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