Paramount Theatre
Audacity of Rick Perry
RECEIVED Tue., Feb. 13, 2007
Dear Austin Chronicle,
Thank you for speaking out about Rick Perry's mandate [“On the Lege,” News, Feb. 9]. I haven't read your article yet, but a friend told me about it. I will be picking up a copy on my way home today.
I have written several letters regarding this, and I plan on writing many, many more letters. This is being considered in states across the country. I feel that I owe it to the unsuspecting to take this as far as I can.
Anyone who thinks that this doesn't affect them should really think twice. This affects all of us. Anyone who thinks that it's a positive thing to require this, just wait and see what comes next. There is plenty more to come unless we speak out and demand action. Aside from the audacity of Rick Perry, we are being governed by powerful lobbies and corporations. This is nothing new, but I for one have just had it. This has just been the last straw. Merck, Women in Government, and Rick Perry are putting a very powerful spin on this. What parent doesn't want to protect their child from illness or disease? But parents have not exactly been swarming to doctors' offices to vaccinate their daughters in the mere six-to-eight months since the vaccine has been out. This is not about potential benefits of a vaccine, nor is it about the cost of health care. This is about a lone company that has crossed the line; this is about a lone elected official who has crossed the line; and this is about governmental group that has crossed the line. Women in Government has allowed itself to succumb to Merck's marketing, and Merck's political and moral spin. The group has allowed itself to be courted by Merck. And now Women in Government is leading the charge. They are spreading the marketing and the political and moral spin. They, along with Merck, are courting state legislatures across the country. I'm sure there are plenty more companies and lobbies that are waiting in line to get a piece of this action. They are just waiting to see what happens with this. If this flies across the country, or even in one state, we are doomed!
We are beyond the point of "Get out the vote!" It's time to "Get out the action!"
So, in advance of reading your article, thank you for seeing through this "valuable" mandate to "save the health and welfare of our daughters"!
Thank you for speaking out about Rick Perry's mandate [“On the Lege,” News, Feb. 9]. I haven't read your article yet, but a friend told me about it. I will be picking up a copy on my way home today.
I have written several letters regarding this, and I plan on writing many, many more letters. This is being considered in states across the country. I feel that I owe it to the unsuspecting to take this as far as I can.
Anyone who thinks that this doesn't affect them should really think twice. This affects all of us. Anyone who thinks that it's a positive thing to require this, just wait and see what comes next. There is plenty more to come unless we speak out and demand action. Aside from the audacity of Rick Perry, we are being governed by powerful lobbies and corporations. This is nothing new, but I for one have just had it. This has just been the last straw. Merck, Women in Government, and Rick Perry are putting a very powerful spin on this. What parent doesn't want to protect their child from illness or disease? But parents have not exactly been swarming to doctors' offices to vaccinate their daughters in the mere six-to-eight months since the vaccine has been out. This is not about potential benefits of a vaccine, nor is it about the cost of health care. This is about a lone company that has crossed the line; this is about a lone elected official who has crossed the line; and this is about governmental group that has crossed the line. Women in Government has allowed itself to succumb to Merck's marketing, and Merck's political and moral spin. The group has allowed itself to be courted by Merck. And now Women in Government is leading the charge. They are spreading the marketing and the political and moral spin. They, along with Merck, are courting state legislatures across the country. I'm sure there are plenty more companies and lobbies that are waiting in line to get a piece of this action. They are just waiting to see what happens with this. If this flies across the country, or even in one state, we are doomed!
We are beyond the point of "Get out the vote!" It's time to "Get out the action!"
So, in advance of reading your article, thank you for seeing through this "valuable" mandate to "save the health and welfare of our daughters"!
Julie A. Morrow