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They'll set up a 100% legal trustee account for me at a local bank, one that will have the benefit of giving people the ability to make tax-deductible donations, and won't disqualify me from Medicaid on account of the "income sharks." COTA will also help with fundraising ideas and train campaign volunteers.

Therein lies the rub. COTA asks for a couple of volunteers for three important positions within a fundraising campaign, before they start working with you. These positions involve a significant amount of expended time and effort, and I know basically no one locally who'd be willing to do it.

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Another terrible example of how lame it is that we still don't have national health.

I don't know if this is of any help, but there was a case of a young woman with cystic fibrosis getting some major help from a Portland Oregon philanthropist. Her name was Brandy Stroeder. She was turned down for a lung/liver transplant by Oregon Basic Health. Then Mark Hemstreet offered to pay her transplant bill. He even made his private plane available to take her to medical appointments in San Fransisco. Sadly, Ms Stroeder died before the transplant could be arranged.

Perhaps, since Ms Stroeder is beyond help, it might be worth asking Mr Hemstreet if he would be willing to help WinAce.

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Perhaps, since Ms Stroeder is beyond help, it might be worth asking Mr Hemstreet if he would be willing to help WinAce.

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This piqued my interest. Does anyone have some more information on this guy?

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Pat Robertson Corrects Biblical Teaching

For centuries, Scriptural scholars thought Jesus had said "turn the other cheek." He really said "Burn the other's cheek," according to Christian evangelist Pat Robertson, who has called for the assassination of Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez. What about the repercussions? Not to worry, says Robertson. "I don't think any oil shipments will stop." In the end, isn't that all the really matters?

Pat's not a true Christian, you say? What would a true Christian say about this: http://www.save-allan.org/ ??

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By the way, someone (possibly from this very board) reported my comment, somewhere (I haven't been able to find it, but recall making it) to the effect of "They're arguing a lung transplant--the only thing that can save my life--is an unacceptable risk to my life. Can I advocate 'National Strangle a Bureaucrat Day' yet?" A UNC psychiatrist interviewed me, saying someone mentioned it to them because it was a "terrorist comment." The doc looked for that comment on my blog--where I didn't make it--and didn't find it, instead observing a statement from me (replying to someone who wished deadly lung illness on the Medicaid folks) that I didn't wish them any harm. After finding it, he concluded that I couldn't reasonably be plotting their demise via pipe bomb.

So, to whoever the person is who took my joke as a serious threat, I say: You, sir or madam, are the reason microwaveable TV dinners have "Remove plastic before eating" warning labels.

Sincerely yours,
--Abu Musab Allan-Zarqawi, "Internet terrorist" of the Save-Allan blog

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