Re: PA needs help passing Lyme legislation PS

From: derdrittemann (derdrittemann2003_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: 17 Nov 2004 11:10:21 -0800

pmerv@direcway.com (Phyllis Mervine) wrote in message news:<e1aa732b.0411162350.7b53f763@posting.google.com>...
> a_weisman@yahoo.com (A_Weisman) wrote in message >

> "or...is it just a lot more fun and enormous ego trip to do this
sort
> of thing than say, try to fundraise for research or hold educational
> seminars for physicians".
>
> "PS CALDA also fundraises for research and holds educational seminars
> for physicians. All of it is fun and challenging, all of it is a lot
> of work, and I don't see any of it as an ego trip. We hope we are
> helping people, and it's a good excuse not to do housework".
> Phyllis Mervine

Weisman didn't write that...I did...which I certainly now regret
because both you and Greg seem to want to jump on that and ignore all
the substantive questions.

I don't apologize for the sentiment, however, which comes from some
experience with "grassroots" activists...and their personal ego trips.

Would you mind responding to my question concerning the wisdom of
having non-residents, non-constituents contact legislators?

I am intrigued by this tactic...my personal experience leads me to
believe that this is an enornmous waste of everyone's time and
effort...and actually counterproductive.

I suspect, somewhat cynically, I admit...that Lyme patients are just
getting their chains yanked by some egos...who want to play
"politics".