[SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Imus, Autism and America

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Imus will go to satellite radio and make even more. Let's hope he

continues to promote funds for autism research!!

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> This is a really hate filled politically charged editorial.

Seems you can't have more than one opinion according to Kirby.

You either believe what he does or you are scum sucking mud leeches.

Also, apparently (ha!) Kirby is a democrat. Only republicans are

rich and own stock. Please. What crap.

> I have already heard two popular conservatives decry the firing

of Don Imus. Maybe they sold their stock first. lol. Someone

should warn Kirby that they are coming. Oh wait, if they support his

POV, then he'll take them. He has no back bone and goes to the

highest bidder. IOW, the ends justify the means to him. What a

weinie.

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> Roxanna

> Autism Happens

> [sPAM] ( ) Imus, Autism and America

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> Imus, Autism, and America

> By Kirby

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> Imus is gone, but not everyone is cheering. Thousands of

parents of

> autistic children around the country are reeling at the loss

of the

> one true friend they had in the mainstream media. For them,

the

> silencing of Imus could not have come at a worse time.

> Of course the messy-headed host said a reprehensible thing,

and some

> form of punishment was not only imperative, but desirable.

> <script></script>

> Comeuppance, almost always, is a good thing.

> Many enemies of racist and sexist trash talk wanted Don Imus

gone,

> and they got their wish. If you are reading this blog, you

likely

> count yourself among them (though it's not clear if the

Rutgers

> basketball players who accepted Imus' apology shared in this

> sentiment).

> But consider, for a moment, who is cheering right alongside

you.

> Certainly everyone who thinks the war in Iraq is going

swimmingly,

> and deserves our full support, is happy to see the end of

Imus - and

> that goes for the Vice President on down.

> The bureaucrats who let Walter 's Building 18 degenerate

into a

> moldy mess of neglect can't be too unhappy, and the last five

> supporters of Alberto left in the country must be

ecstatic.

> And, of course, if you are dancing at Don's downfall, you are

also in

> the fine company of Eli Lilly, Merck, GlaxoKline and

other big

> Pharma firms who loathed Don Imus for suggesting that mercury

in

> vaccines -- maybe and only maybe - might be contributing to

the

> growing crisis of childhood autism in the United States.

> Feel better? Politics may make for strange bedfellows, but

shock-

> jocking, apparently, yields allies that are downright bizarre.

> Don Imus was one of the very few members of the US media to

speak out

> about autism on anything even resembling a regular basis. And

he was

> the ONLY one brave enough (or stupid enough) to take on Big

Pharma,

> the CDC and virtually the entire US Senate over the issue of

mercury,

> vaccines and neuro-developmental disorders.

> But now he is gone, and no one is left to speak up for all

these

> damaged kids, and the frazzled parents who believe that

mercury

> played a key role in their children's illness.

> Here are some of the things that Don Imus will NOT be

covering in the

> coming weeks. And don't count on the mainstream media to fill

in the

> blanks:

> On April 17, the Senate's health committee will hold hearings

on how

> to spend federal dollars allocated by the Combating Autism

Act - a

> bill that might not have passed without the unrelenting

support of

> Imus and his wife Deirdre.

> The hearing was scheduled without any input from autism

organizations

> that support the mercury hypothesis, nor will these groups be

allowed

> to testify. Imus would have gone ballistic over that

injustice. But

> now he is gone, and he can't.

> Just two days later, the Institute of Medicine will convene a

two-day

> workshop on devising research protocols into environmental

factors of

> autism, including mercury and vaccines. It is doubtful that

the media

> will give it much thought, alone coverage. Imus would have

covered it

> intensely. But now he is gone, and he can't.

> And of course, in June, the Federal " vaccine court " will hold

a three-

> week hearing on whether mercury in shots and/or the MMR

vaccine can

> cause autism and similar problems in some children.

> There is a good chance that the proceedings will not be open

to the

> press or the public. In other words, the vaccine trial of the

> century - one that could settle one of the most important

> controversies affecting our next generation -- will not be

televised.

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