Sorry, but I apparently am missing something here. Exactly what Harris line are you writing about? From where and what time period do these ancestors hail. I am truly confused. G. E. Harris On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:27:32 -0700 "A. Land Harris" <alandmd@cox.net> writes: > Dear friends and relatives, > There is an important bill that needs support. This one > brings > medical insurance into the current century by making HMO's and > insurance > companies etc stop discriminating against people who have mental > health > problems (which almost every insurance company does by giving less > coverage > to people suffering from real, biological disorders that cause > "mental" > problems like Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Panic Attacks, > Obsessive > Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Schizophrenia etc). > > It is a way insurance companies save money on the backs of people > who > already have one strike against them. > > These disorders are responsible for much suffering and many lost > work days. > > The Brain and the Nervous System are part of the Human Body and > people > suffering from these physical and often genetic problems should be > given as > much support as people suffering from diabetes, hypertension, > cancer, lung > problems, etc. > > Please go to the web site > > (http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?ItemId=16748 > ) > > and support this bill, and if possible call your representatives and > ask > that they support this bill. Please pass this plea on to your > friends and > relatives. Please support your current friends and family who are > suffering > because of predjudice. > > Thank you for your time and efforts in support of this bill. > > A. Land Harris MD > > > Become part of the solution, get involved, get active, make a > difference! > > Handsome Gentle Lightning Bear, > Jenni Mi Corazon & Yours Truly > www.Vizsland.com > > PS: the Paul Wellstone site has a way to support work against > domestic > violence as well > http://www.wellstone.org/ > > ---------- > From: ActForChange <actforchange@act.actforchange.com> > To: alandmd@cox.net > Subject: Urgent Alert: Pass the Wellstone Mental Health Parity Bill > Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2004, 2:43 PM > > > > > > ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: April 14, 2004 > > You are receiving this newsletter because you have previously taken > action > on ActForChange in support of progressive values. > > IN THIS BULLETIN: > FEATURED ACTION: End Insurance Discrimination — Pass the Wellstone > Mental > Health Parity Bill > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyT0AF> > ACTIVISM OPPORTUNITY: No More Corporate Tax Holidays — Make > Corporations Pay > Their Fair Share > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyV0AH> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > > End Insurance Discrimination — Pass the Wellstone Mental Health > Parity Bill > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyT0AF> > > Contributed by Wellstone Action > > The Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act would > close > loopholes in federal law by requiring group health plans to stop > using > arbitrary limits on mental health parity benefits different from > those used > with medical and surgical benefits. With 69 co-sponsors, this > legislation is > sure to pass if brought to a vote, but Senate leaders have reneged > on their > commitment and are blocking the bill from a vote on the floor of the > Senate. > > Click here to take action! > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyT0AF> > > It's up to us to keep the pressure on those key senators that have > the power > to allow a vote. Ask your senators to contact Senators Gregg and > Frist and > tell them to bring the Wellstone legislation to a vote. > > Click here to take action! > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyT0AF> > > Please forward this newsletter to your friends and help spread the > word > about this important campaign! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > > > No More Corporate Tax Holidays — Make Corporations Pay Their Fair > Share > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyV0AH> > > While April 15 is no tax holiday for millions of individual > American > taxpayers scrambling to get their returns in, it might as well be > for many > U.S. corporations. > > At a time of exploding Federal deficits and unmet public needs, we > cannot > afford corporate tax evasion. Recent reports from the General > Accounting > Office show that more than 60% of large U.S. corporations paid NO > federal > taxes from 1996 through 2000, and in today's weaker economy, tax > receipts > from companies have fallen even steeper — corporate taxes now > account for a > mere 7.5% of overall federal tax receipts, the lowest rate since > 1983. For a > comparison, during WWII corporate taxes accounted for about 40% of > federal > tax receipts. > > Fortunately, there are two easy solutions that do not even involve > raising > tax rates — better enforcement and closing loopholes. > > Click here to take action! > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyV0AH> > > The IRS estimates that the U.S. Treasury may be losing billions of > dollars > each year due to aggressive tax avoidance, and it's time to make > corporations pay up. Individuals shouldn't be the only ones to get a > tax > bill due this April 15. > > Urge your representatives to get tough on corporate tax cheats and > close the > "Bermuda Triangle loophole" by supporting the Corporate Patriot > Enforcement > Act (HR 737) and increasing the funding and authority of the IRS to > get > tough with corporate tax cheats through a substantial increase in > audits and > other enforcement measures. > > Click here to take action! > <http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/hYbO0GdStX0KkY0lyV0AH> > > Please forward this newsletter to your friends and help spread the > word > about this important campaign! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > Thank you for working to build a better world, > > Jennifer Willis > Director > ActForChange.com > > > > YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED AS: alandmd@cox.net > > If you do not wish to receive updates about ways you can make your > voice > heard: > > Please click here > <http://www.workingforchange.com/unsub/act_unsub.cfm?emailaddr=alandmd@co x.n > et> to unsubscribe to this newsletter. > > If you do not have Internet access, please send a blank e-mail to > unsbscrbAFC@act.actforchange.com > <mailto:unsbscrbAFC@act.actforchange.com> . > > PLEASE NOTE: THIS ADDRESS IS FOR UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS ONLY. > INQUIRIES > SENT TO THIS ADDRESS WILL NOT BE READ. 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