for updates and to sign up - it's important to have an idea of how many people to expect & what states will be represented.
Together we CAN make a difference!"
Yes.. be sure to sign up so the press can know (packages of info need to be prepared for them in advance) how many people approximately will be there and how many states will be represented.
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
IDSA LIES!
Chronic Lyme Sweeping Country
Chronic Lyme Disease Epidemic!
Chronic Lyme is Disabling
THE CDC HAS NOT INFORMED US!
Did the CDC inform YOU?
Children Get This!
Keep Off The Grass!
Protect You & Your Family!
Why isn't Lyme on the 6:00 news?
Millions In U.S. Not Diagnosed!
Ticks Can't Read Road Signs!
How Does A Child Get a Heart Attack?
Why Won't Military Pay?
VA won't diagnose or treat Lyme!
My brain is mush. I'll be back.
daise Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
But before I go:
Chronic Lyme Is A Brain Infection!
DOGS GET THIS, TOO!
Help us--We Are Millions!
I'll be back. daise Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Posted in Activism by Metallic Blue:
Chronic Lyme Disease Is Real! Got Chronic Lyme? Honk Horn! Lyme Disease: It's All In Your Head!? Tick Bite? Don't I Get Superpowers? Lyme: Easy To Catch, Hard To Cure! IDSA vs ILADS: ILADS Favored. Kids & Ticks? Protect The Kids! Tick Check When Active Outdoors. Lyme: 2-4 Wks Abx Not Enough! Fibromyalgia? It Might Be Lyme! Chronic Fatigue? It Might Be Lyme Autoimmune? It Might Be Lyme! LymeDiseaseAssociation.Org Protect Literate Lyme Doctors! I Don't Look Sick, I Have Lyme. Lyme & Co-infections = Bad Lyme: Long Term Antibiotics Help. Tests For Lyme are Inaccurate! Lyme Tests: False Negative Common. Lyme, Studies Show Persistent Infection Myspace.com Lyme Disease Support Lymenet.org: Lyme Disease Support
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Some I made up, some I lifted from other places:
Lyme Disease: Coming soon in a tick near you
Small tick, Big Disease
Got Lyme????
A bad tick made me sick
Lymetards Unite!
Lymies Unleashed
Ticks suck in lymeland
Lyme Disease: One bite was all it took
Lymed at first bite
Sucker punched by Lyme disease
Lyme disease sucker punched me
Lyme Disease....this ain't no party....this ain't no disco...
My life is an endless battle against Lyme disease.
Lyme's a *****
Lyme Happens
Lyme disease....stop the madness!
Lyme disease ruins everything.
Lymed
Lymed and hating it
Ticks Suck
Lyme Disease Robs you of everything that matters
I'd rather be lyme free
Lyme Disease devastates lives.
It all started with a tiny tick...
Tick Sick
Lyme disease is the worst thing that ever happened to me.
Lyme disease stole my life.
Another life devastated by Lyme Disease.
Lyme Disease Victim searching for a cure
Lyme Disease is an epidemic.
You don't get Lyme until you get Lyme.
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Protect Our Lyme Doctors!
Don't take away our Lyme doctors!
Please listen to us!
Who's Gonna Report The News?
LYME IS EPIDEMIC!
(On a sign)
Solidarity! (On a sign)
Lyme is real! (On a sign)
Lyme Hyjacked my life!
ILADS Doing God's Work!
daise Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Just One bite and you are Me -
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Call Congress!
Chronic Lyme Disables
Chronic Lyme Nightmare!
Stop The Abuse
Being Disabled Stinks
GP's Hate US--Why?
Lyme Is Real!
Brain Infection (With dolls eyes that roll)
Help Us Help You!
We're the Pioneers!
I Am Lyme Disabled
It hurts to THINK.
daise Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Lyme Devastates! (I stole this idea from Tracy)
Kids Get This!
Most Don't Get Rash!
IDSA Causes Disability!
SSDI Costs!
Lower Taxes: Treat Lyme!
Story Of The Centuries!
Lyme Wars!
Autoimmune BULL!
Lower Heathcare Crisis!
Are You Lyme Aware?
Could Be Lyme!
Lyme Is Deep Pain.
daise Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
LYME IS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
LYME: THE HOLOCAUST IN YOUR BACKYARD
THE IDSA GUIDELINES: EVERY DOCTOR AN ACCOMPLICE TO [MASS?] MURDER
LYME DISEASE: GLOBAL BIOWEAPONS CRISIS
WE WHO WERE LIVING ARE NOW DYING...
WHERE WAS MAN?
Posted by bsigel (Member # 11810) on :
Hey Pallone Pick up Your Phone!!!
My child is sick from being bit by a tick, but can't get treatment from an ID dick!!
IDSA guidlines are disabling people.
10's of thousands sick and #'s keep growing.
Gas $3.59 a gallon, paying out of pocket for healthcare $1,000's. being well again PRICELESS!
IDSA and INS COMPANIES are sleeping together
Wanted Dead or Alive-the person in charge at IDSA for making people stay sick!!!
NO MORE IDSA DICTATORSHIP!! THIS IS AMERICA!!
PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS!!
We know the truth, IDSA. You can run but you can't hide!!
Lost to Lyme-childhood, 2yrs of school, ability to have a life!!
1 Day of Childhood lost is 1 too many!!!
Frank Pallone, my child is waiting on you to do the right thing!!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
IDSA Docs Kill!
Why Murder Us?
LYME MAKES BRAIN MUSH!
It's Murder!
Lyme Times!
From A Tick?
Ticks: Many Diseases!
You're Next!
My Family Has Lyme
Vets For Lyme Funding!
Lyme World Wide!
YOU Need Funding Now!
daise I'm pooped.
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Yes, bsigel: Patients Over Profits!
daise Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
LOVE THEM, bsigel!!!!!
I can hear the crowd chanting,
"Hey Pallone, Pick up the phone!"
My adds:
"2-4-6-8 Hear the bill Before it's too late!"
"IDSA LEAVE PALLONE ALONE!"
"Find your good will And hear our bill!"
"WE ARE ILL! HEAR OUR BILL!"
"WE ARE DYING YOU'RE NOT TRYING!"
"IDSA IDSA GO AWAY YOU'RE THE DEVIL WE WON'T PLAY!"
"Just one bite You'll join our plight!"
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Roses are red, Violets are blue. Lyme stole my life, How bout you?
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Ticks aren't choosey; will you be next?
This is what Lyme Disease looks like on the outside
No one wants to live in Lyme World
Let's make Lyme Disease Extinct!
Lyme Disease Cripples every part of you
Lyme Disease...Everyone is fair game
Lyme Disease is spreading
Lyme Disease: Hard to Diagnose, Hard to Treat
Stop the Madness! Treat Lyme Disease Effectively!
Stop the IDSA Propaganda!
Tick Tock, Time for Lyme is Running Out!
Lyme can Kill, Hear our Bill!
Bring our Bill to the Hill!
Hear our Bill on the Hill!
IDSA's an angry dog with a bone Don't be fooled, Frank Pallone!
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
We won't leave you alone Frank Pallone!
Lyme is in your zone Frank Pallone!
We are sick Please act quick!
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Our bill must be heard Or you are a big fat turd!
Ok, ok,....time for bed. Posted by bsigel (Member # 11810) on :
OMG!! That's funny!!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
tincup, don't forget about last fall's protest; hopefully someone has time to go to ACTIVISM and find all the SUGGESTIONS given at that time that can be used this time also!
Posted by Dawnee (Member # 15089) on :
TICKS AREN'T PREJUDICE... IDSA IS!
Posted by tailz (Member # 10014) on :
If your doctor tells you it's all in your head, tell him what I said "F*** you."
Sorry, but that was definitely a defining moment in my life - something I will tell my grandchildren one day.
Posted by lymemommy (Member # 12495) on :
I'm picturing a nice big blow up picture of my cute little blonde haired blue eyed soon to be 6 year old son, with the slogan:
Got bit by a tick, Now I'm sick But dad's insurance won't cover it.
And that's the truth. Add that to a bunch of similar placards, of other kids, as well as adults, and you've got quite a statement.
kp
Posted by Cobweb (Member # 10053) on :
My personal favorite from Tracy:
Lyme Disease: Coming soon in a tick near you
until she added this:
Our bill must be heard Or you are a big fat turd!
Laughing with tears, Cobwebby
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
Lyme Disease: What's in YOUR mosquito?
LYME--A HIDDEN PANDEMIC
LYME--THERE ARE SICK PEOPLE IN THE USA--DON'T FORGET US!
LYME--GET THE BILL UP THE HILL
LYME DISEASE WHERE'S OUR TELETHON?
LYME--TOO MUCH SUFFERING NOT ENOUGH HELP!
Posted by MusicMan (Member # 11966) on :
Hi
Lyme is not a crime
Lyme kills
Got bit one time Now I have Lyme
Free Lyme bite here
If you can't read this, you may have Lyme.
Lyme is a pain
It's all in your head, and the rest of your body too.
Steve
Posted by LisaS (Member # 10581) on :
Pres. Bush has Lyme
(This will explain it all)
Lyme, The Forbidden Government Fruit
If life gives you Lyme, squirt it in the IDSA's eyes!
What if we picked a day where everyone in every state put out signs on the same day? Forgive me if there is something like this already. But if not, could we get this started? Ill go post this also in activism?
[ 25. April 2008, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: LisaS ]
Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
I was just thinking about Bush...you beat me to it.
Bush got treated.....why can't we??!!!
CDC = Chronic Disease Crisis
CDC= Chronic Disease Crooks
Lyme-the fastest growing epidemic in the US
The Crime of Lyme
God Bless our LLMD's!
I hope you never get sick Or get bit by a tick
IDSA -You wouldn't know true research unless it was embedded in your A$$!
I am sorry. I am really brain dead today.
Hugs,
Geneal
Posted by lymemommy (Member # 12495) on :
Heh heh, I like the "embedded in your *$$ comment, geneal!!
Will be giggling for a while now....
kp
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
-
Oh, last night on Grey's Anatomy, the blond doctor, Izzie, was extensive in testing a patient who had just come in for an injured ankle.
He had some rash, but they did not show it. Lyme was just one of the things she tested for but SHE DID IT WRONG.
She mentions running a TITRE test, implying the ELISA. Also . . . as he had a current rash and had just spent time on the east coast, if he had gotten a tick bite on that trip he may not have developed any antibodies yet.
Turns out NOTHING else was wrong and the patient (Cheech Marin - sp>) was furious and Izzie learned that you just don't run so many tests and pronounced that he was fine.
She never said, "let's see that rash" or " let's test the rash" or " keep an eye out" or " just in case" . . . or "let's run a different test," etc.
It was a scene intended to keep the "what if's" in the same place they've been for decades.
Too bad there were errors. Incomplete and, therefore, bad writing.
We need a few bumper stickers for the media, too.
-
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
HA! I sure got MY giggles today! You all are too funny! tee hee hee...
And thank you all. I am NOT able to come up with anything (brain down)... so this is great. The link has been sent to the right folks... so keep adding all you can for them to see.
Posted by cs (Member # 15270) on :
Here are a few from my CafePress site -
One tick can change your life
9 out of 10 doctors don't know Jack Sh*t about Lyme Disease
9 out of 10 doctors don't know diddly-squat about Lyme Disease
Your doctor wouldn't recognize lyme if a tick bit him on the a$$ - are you ok with that?
Lyme Disease - The new "great imitator"
-karen
Posted by cs (Member # 15270) on :
Pardon the a$$ - the board evidently doesn't like that word and turned it into ***
You could subsitute butt or behind also for that one -karen
Posted by Lymeblue (Member # 6897) on :
YOU MIGHT HAVE IT AND NOT KNOW IT:LYME DISEASE
Those IDSA's coconut heads !!!$@#^$@%#@%!!
Posted by hcconn22 (Member # 5263) on :
ILADS Rocks Greatest Docs! IDSA Sucks They're all ducks!
Posted by hcconn22 (Member # 5263) on :
Congressman Pallone: ROCK OUR WORLD!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
quote: Tincup wrote:
And thank you all. I am NOT able to come up with anything (brain down)... so this is great.
Don't worry about it Tincup, we're a team. WE'RE ON A ROLL! Repeat of the sparkling gem:
quote: From hcconn22:
ILADS Rocks Greatest Docs! IDSA Sucks They're all ducks!
daise Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
The stranger the symptoms, the more likely to be Lyme.
Lyme is only one of many tick-borne diseases. Co-infections can kill and disable also.
Why is a PCR test the gold standard for diagnosing many diseases, but docs say it doesn't count with Lyme Disease?
IDSA docs go back to medical school -- antidepressants do not cure an infection.
Been tested for everything and told there is nothing wrong with you -- THINK LYME.
20 plus neurologists told hubby to see a psychiatrist -- 1 neuro finally said only an infection or a toxin could cause your symptoms -- but it can't be Lyme. It is not just Lyme -- it is also Babesia and Bartonella and maybe Mycoplasma and Ehrlichia as well.
Seeing the country from doctors offices in 13 states is not my idea of fun.
Bea Seibert
Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :
ok here's one :
Pres. Bush consulted ILADS for his Lyme
Posted by Foggy (Member # 1584) on :
PALLONE, ASK IDSA ABOUT THEIR SAFER, MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC LYME... Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
One little tick was all it took To lose my life to the IDSA crooks
[ 26. April 2008, 03:52 AM: Message edited by: Tracy9 ]
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Take our bill on up the hill To fetch a place on the agenda Don't fall down with the IDSA clowns Cause we'll all come tumbling after
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
Hundreds of Lymies sat on the wall Watching the IDSA have a great fall All of the Wormsers and Steeres and such men Couldn't push their protocol on us again!
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
You are doing funny!!! I was going to say fine but I am laughing! GOOD STUFF!!!
This is helping the committee VERY much!!!
As you can imagine they are busier than bees right now.. and really need the help!
THANK YOU!!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
What do we want? A Lyme bill hearing! When do we want it? Now!
*************************************
Frank Pallone, set the tone - Help make the world a Lyme-free zone!
*************************************
Frank Pallone, do the right thing! Move the Lyme bill for a hear-ing!
*************************************
The world cannot afford to wait! A Lyme bill hearing before it's too late!
*************************************
Hey, hey, ho, ho! Lyme disease has got to go! Hey, hey, ho, ho! The IDSA has got to go!
Hey, hey, ho, ho! A Lyme bill hearing's the way to go! Hey, hey, ho, ho! Fight Lyme disease - spend the dough!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by robi:
Pres. Bush consulted ILADS for his Lyme
robi, adding ONE word to end!
Pres. Bush consulted ILADS for George's LYME TREATMENT! ***********
TRACY AND DAISE; you 2 are on a good rhyming roll; all outstanding; i'm still chuckling too on some of these!
many would be good as CHANTS!! *********************************
Posted by pineapple (Member # 11904) on :
Crying..... Because We're Dying
Posted by Cobweb (Member # 10053) on :
suggestion- in order to give credit where credit is due-I think we should post the original source when submitting slogans originating from others-just in case there is a copyright or infringement law.
Just to keep your bumper covered! Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Just give us 5.5 hours -- The war in Iraq is costing $5000 per second -- 5.5 hours (100 million) is what Lyme patients are asking for.
Bea Seibert
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobweb:
Just to keep your bumper covered!
that was clever carol; you creative lady you!! ---------------------------------------------
bea, that is SO RIGHT; that info has to be used somewhere on MAY 7TH PROTEST! ************************************
bottom line, that's what congress knows best, $$$$ for everything!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Robi,
quote:Robi wrote:
Pres. Bush consulted ILADS for his Lyme
I didn't know that. Good. We can't have the President disabled in his head!
daise Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
IDSA, IDSA, go away The tide is turning Soon you'll pay!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
seibertneurolyme,
quote: You wrote:
Just give us 5.5 hours -- The war in Iraq is costing $5000 per second -- 5.5 hours (100 million) is what Lyme patients are asking for.
That's a good way to put it. Maybe that would be good to see in writing, like in the press--or in emails to Congress members.
daise Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
IDSA you can rot in hell For keeping us from getting well!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Tracy and Robin,
I think some of your chants for the crowd are #1 winners!
daise Posted by jamescase20 (Member # 14124) on :
THE SPECIAL INTREST GROUPS ALREADY SOLD US, YOUR NEXT!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Vermont_Lymie (Member # 9780) on :
quote:Originally posted by robi: ok here's one :
Pres. Bush consulted ILADS for his Lyme
Posted by breezywings (Member # 9222) on :
YOU WERE VOTED TO BE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE; GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF YOUR EARS!!
Posted by bsigel (Member # 11810) on :
Untreated Lyme is BAD MEDICINE!
Standard Lyme tests SUCK!!
Thanks IDSA for creating the Lyme medical nightmare
IDSA equals BAD MEDICINE
5 visits to family doctor, 4 neurologists, 3 gastrointestinal docs, 2 endocrinologists, 1 ENT and none of them could diagnose me!!! (sung like a partridge in a pear tree)
Lymerix vaccine equals lyme disease
Lymies are fighting back!!
Lyme the other bad four letter word!!
We've had it with IDSA and we're not going to take it anymore!!
Ticks bite, IDSA SUCKS!!
Posted by breezywings (Member # 9222) on :
IDSA misdiagnosis almost killed me.... are you willing to take the same chance?
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
quote:Originally posted by breezywings: YOU WERE VOTED TO BE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE; GET YOUR FINGERS OUT OF YOUR EARS!!
I LOVE IT!!!!! Posted by Munch (Member # 11323) on :
Quote Dr Masters please!
Data Over Dogma Evidence Over Egos Patients Over Politics. -EJ Masters
That says it all!
It still irks me that IDSA owns the patent to his discoveries of the "LYME-LIKE" illness in the Ozarks or Borrelia masteri. The CDC still won't acknowledge it as anything more than "Lyme-like."
Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
Just a couple of thoughts very early this am.
Cancer patients don't have to fight for treatment. Why do we?
Cut through the bureaucratic red tape
It is our lives that are at stake.
Since when are personal agendas and gain more important than our children's lives?
Help support the Lyme Bill.
Freedom of choice in US. Not when you have Lyme Disease.
Help us get well. Lyme disease is a living hell.
Don't let the IDSA play "God" with our lives!
Okay...I'll admit it....insomnia......again.
Hugs,
Geneal
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
I'm sorry, I haven't read this thread yet, please excuse me if someone already hit this issue.
I just got a reply from Sen Lautenberg to en e-mail I had sent a while back. He is supportive of the bill.
In his reply he stated:
"As you know, Lyme disease is a common, but often misunderstood, disease that affects more than 23,000 Americans each year.
Although this disease can often be treated with antibiotics, it can also cause serious and long-lasting health problems, especially if it is misdiagnosed or undetected.
As such, it is essential that we continue to research and increase awareness about this widely underreported disease."
This brought to mind a key issue we should try to address. "more than 23,000 Americans" = how many voters? That figure is a gross underestimation, relying on CDC reported cases.
The CDC states that their figure, due to the limited reporting criteria, would actually more likely reflect (something over 200,000? ?) infections. We need to find the CDC quote & plaster it in signs.
That reflects a much more significant segment of the voting population than 23,000!!!!!!!!
It's also that much more reason we need to make a good showing. Pallone needs to realize that it's NOT only effecting 23,000 people/yr AND SO DO ALL THE OTHER POLITICIANS!!!!!!!
I'll try to get back to do the homework on this, but I'm having a MASSIVE scatterbrain problem right now. I had to post my thoughts on this, just in case I get sidetracked because I have too much on my plate.
ON WITH THE FIGHT!!!!!! Ali
sorry for the bad-brain day/week/weeks
[ 30. April 2008, 07:04 AM: Message edited by: AliG ]
Posted by djf2005 (Member # 11449) on :
its all in my head
and my organs....and mucles...and tissues...and Cns, etc...
you get the idea.
cheers
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
i love geneal's idea, and i'm adding my own thoughts to it for a different perspective! ---------------------------------------
It is our lives that are at stake.
While IDSA DRS. eats ONLY "STEAK"!
You can also bet; they will not come to our WAKE!
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
MOST INFECTED VOTERS DON'T "L O O K" SICK !!!
CDC says: 23,000+ yearly REPORTED = 230,000+ INFECTIONS Senator Pallone WE NEED YOUR ATTENTION!!!!!
CDC says: 23,000+ yearly REPORTED = 230,000+ INFECTIONS Friends and Family - PLEASE REMEMBER SENATOR PALLONE'S LACK OF ATTENTION
CDC says: 23,000+ yearly REPORTED = 230,000+ INFECTED How many VOTERS have YOU REJECTED?!!!
ARE WE UPSET? YOU BET!!! Has no one you've known been infected yet? SCHEDULE THE LYME BILL!
LYME BILL - SCHEDULE THE HEARING SICK, ANGRY, DISCARDED AMERICANS DO VOTE!!!!!
HELP END THE SUFFERING SCHEDULE THE HEARING GIVE LYME YOUR TIME!!!!
LYME DISEASE NEEDS RESEARCH!!! SCHEDULE A HEARING NOW!!!! WE ALL NEED THE LYME BILL some might not know it yet
[ 01. May 2008, 08:59 AM: Message edited by: AliG ]
Posted by Vermont_Lymie (Member # 9780) on :
Support the Lyme Bill
Why is the IDSA Afraid of Research?
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
LYME DISEASE BACTERIA IS SYPHILIS' SMARTER COUSIN SUPPORT THE BILL FOR RESEARCH!
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
pingpong,
How do your statements relate to getting the Lyme Bill on the agenda for a hearing?
I must be missing something.
Might it just make us all look like we're nuts if the average person doesn't happen to see the correlation. They'd have NO idea why we're out there protesting, with a bunch of signs like those. They'd think IDSA's right and people who believe that they have Chronic Lyme are just a bunch of lunatics.
I think it might be better to keep it easier for people, who may not be aware of the problems TBD sufferers face, to understand.
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
I'm re-thinking my participation in this protest.
If you're planning on showing up with signs of this nature,pingpong, I don't believe I would want my image associated with this in the media.
I find it disturbing & I think it may get MORE media coverage than signs that would more clearly state the messages, drawing attention away from them.
I think people might spend too much time trying to figure out the meaning behind those signs & not actually pay attention to what we're trying to accomplish.
That's just my take on the whole thing, but what do I know?
I wonder if this could be why there are only 30 people planning to attend the protest.
[ 06. May 2008, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: AliG ]
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
ali, very thoughtful suggestions;
i agree; protest can be done without some really BAD suggestions above.
we don't want to lose why the protest is being made; WE WANT HR 741 ON THE HEALTH COMMITTEE'S AGENDA FOR A HEARING.... ***********************************
Posted by BOEJR (Member # 1734) on :
Hi Folks,
I can't make it sorry. I have dives that day but I have someone local that is going. If anyone needs a ride from Basking Ridge let me know.
I also think it would be good to contact the Jersey Guys nj1015.com
They have a great following and a segment by Jim Gehart every morning called "GRIP" GET RID OF INCUMBENT POLITICIANS.
Hopefully if enough people write in they might pick it up in time for the rally.
Just a though,
Julia
Posted by hubernacker (Member # 14548) on :
ping pong,
What is with the porn obsession? I think you are way off base here....
I'm guessing you have a deep meaning behind these that the rest of us are just not getting. So, I think most won't get it either.
You may just have an intelect level above the rest of us?
I think you REALLY have to keep it simple, not make people have to think about what the hell you are trying to say....
IMO Posted by LisaS (Member # 10581) on :
quote: G.I.JOE SAYING, "Bb IN BAHBEE'S BOOBBIES!"?
FACILITATED PEDOPHILIC SPIROCHETES TO CAUSE "SWISS LORRAINE" BRAIN IN CHILDREN?
Quotes from Ping Pong, just t name a few,
This thread is starting to scare me. Where are the moderators on this one????
Posted by Charlienj (Member # 12017) on :
quote:Originally posted by AliG: I'm re-thinking my participation in this protest.
If you're planning on showing up with signs of this nature, I don't believe I would want my image associated with this in the media.
I find it disturbing & I think it may get MORE media coverage than signs that would more clearly state the messages, drawing attention away from them.
I think you're mostly just referring to pingpong's replies and rightly so, but I'm guessing the nature of protests is that you're not going to completely agree with a fair share of the sentiments/beliefs from people at a given protest, or at least how they voice these sentiments, even if you generally agree with their stances. I've never been to a protest but assume that would be the case pretty much across the board.
[ 07. May 2008, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: Charlienj ]
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
I could see MAYBE if it were a protest staged outside of something relating to IDSA, but a Congressman's office?
Exactly HOW do statements like pingpong's encourage or motivate the Congressman to put the Lyme Bill on the agenda?
IMO, they just skew the message.
It would seem that we can't collectively agree on our arguments & therefore are not much of a threat. I would think we could be end up being ignored if our message is not clear.
[ 07. May 2008, 08:26 AM: Message edited by: AliG ]
Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
I guess I just assumed we all knew to ignore those posts...
I am hoping someone from LDA will be "driving the bus" tomorrow, and that signs of an offensive or inappropriate nature will not be allowed.
Any one able to verify this????
Posted by Charlienj (Member # 12017) on :
Oh, I completely agree with you, AliG. Sorry if I came across indicating otherwise; I deviated quite a bit from my normal diet the past couple days so my mind's in a bit of a fog today.
I was just trying to say that, pingpong's absurd replies aside, I think protests by nature are going to have a number of people who agree in general on a given issue (in this case, trying to get the lyme bill to move forward) but vary in terms of their specific thoughts/beliefs and how they may express them. I'd guess that at any protest, especially larger ones irrespective of the issue being protested, there are plenty of people who if interviewed by reporters, speaking at a podium, or holding signs would express themselves in a manner or with statements that many others at the protest disagree with.
I'd think this expression would probably be more streamlined in smaller protests, and hopefully as Tracy stated, somebody will be presiding over the protest tomorrow to keep out any offensive/counterproductive signs.
Hope the protest goes well tomorrow. I don't anticipate being able to get there, but I haven't ruled it out.
Posted by bunnyfluff (Member # 14117) on :
my favorites:
LYME is a CRIME!
DIE LYME DIE!
Lyme made me a doo-doo head! Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
We want a hearing! - We're not disappearing!
Lyme bill needs a hearing! - Funding time is nearing!
Posted by hcconn22 (Member # 5263) on :
Robin, I love the first one!!!! Simple, to the point, and perfect!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Thx, hc - it's fun to dream up chants!
A hearing for our bill! - We're tired of being ill!
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Phoning! Faxing! Writing! Speaking! A Lyme bill hearing we are seeking!
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1, 2, 3, 4 Get a hearing through the door! 5, 6, 7, 8 That's what we'd appreciate!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
good ones robin! Posted by Tracy9 (Member # 7521) on :
AWESOME Robin!!!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Thx - now go and make some noise!!!
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