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mmmmm, no battle out of me....i see your point, and
i guess i was being a little bit critical, i think what bugs me is that when the
media latches on to something like Jesie it seems like he's a very isolated
case...a 'special' case, and i just want to make Jessie look the camera in the
eye and say:
'i'm just one of thousands of quads out
here that have to live their life from being paralyzed...many suffering
many more pitfalls than me! There's a possibility that we can escape
this prison through more research, but until then, i'm a surfer, and will
continue to surf with the help and love of my friends'
Say it Jessie, and i'm your biggest
fan....tony
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:57
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Life Rolls in front
of a bus...
I'm sorry to say this but is seems that when people have injuries and
then start promoting or start raising money for the cause. Celebrities or not,
someone has something negative to say about them. I'm not too crazy
about saying anything negative. Even if he is in it for himself, he is still
bringing awareness to a cause. With Jessie, we've got the surfers
recognizing the issues when maybe those particular people didn't really care
or know much about it.
The documentary "step into the liquid" was on tonight and he's on
that. It was amazing to see how his buddies helped him surf. They
carried him to the water and pushed him out on his board. Pretty awesome
stuff.
Oh, he contributes money he raised to Christopher Reeve's paralysis
foundation. I'm sure this is going to start a huge battle on the list,
but that is how it is as I see it. Anyone who raises awareness is
good. Who knows it might be one of us one day and will be in the lime
light. I don't know about you guys, but I would love to be a person that
has a name in peoples conversations across the nation about spinal cord
injuries and what I am doing to help the cause. I guess I'm just selfish
as well.
Stacy
"People who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you destroy
yourself"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 6:56
PM
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Life Rolls in
front of a bus...
I agree with you Tony
completely! I believe he does like the spotlight on himself and his
own injury, but nonetheless no one is perfect and he is bringing more
visibility to all of our situations. And even better is he has
numerous celebrities as friends who hold even more potential to bring more
visibility.
Mark
Whoa...love ya Tony,
just love ya. Perhaps he's being a good "ambassador" for all us normal
crips ;-)
I get stuck in the mud all of the time when I'm pulling
weeds. I always hope I can get out, as I don't root well.
Riv
On
Aug 20, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Tony Starez wrote:
Ok, here's my take on the
Life Rolls On segment on Good Morning
America!!
i caught it right before
i went to work....personally, i don't see much of a message coming from
the dude...he's just a goodlookin dude who's getting lots of attention,
but the message should be that there very-well could be a
medical solution on the horizon, but because our scientists have their
hands tied, and severe lack of government funding, we might not see it
in our lifetime....Jesse's overwhelming message is 'get out there and
live life' Well, in his case, he doesn't really have to
work, he's still gettin the chicks and probably getting paid handsomely
through the Life Rolls On.org....and i think he loves the spotlight on
HIS injury, not the thousands out here that are REALLY
struggling.
just my opinion...how u
feelin???
tony
-----
Original Message -----
From:
Houston
Leek
To:
QuadPirate
; quadlist
Sent:
Friday, August 20, 2004 12:13 PM
Subject:
[QUAD-L] DREAM WORLD
I
missed it you all gonna have 2 start posting this stuff a few days
earlier. Some of us only check emails 1 or 2 a day and on early nights
in bed 7:30pm or so. Hopefully it will re-air. I love that this kid is
brining funding and awareness to SCI as well as Christopher Reeves. That
gives us others hope and a map of how we can get 2 where they are. If
now you�re starting 2 think as I am that that�s the pinnacle of a quads
life. Money, accessible house, van, trips, stardom & notoriety,
experimental medicine, surgeries that are on the borderline of a cure.
Well I can wait until they find a cure I don�t think I like being a
guinea pig. I think Christopher Reeves looked scary when all his hair
came out and they were drawing eyebrows on him. UGGHHH but somebody's
gotta do it. Right? For a brighter future 4 us all one day. DREAMS
On
8/19/04 4:00 PM, "QuadPirate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
MEDIA ALERT Friday,
August 20th 2004 at 8:05AM Good
Morning America
will air their recently completed story on Jesse Billauer, featuring the
Life Rolls On Foundation. Set to broadcast at 8:05 AM PT/ET* on ABC
(check your local listings), this exciting report will feature great
interviews of Jesse Billauer, the Billauer Family, and others. Although
we have yet to see the edited version, there will surely be some great
information on the Life Rolls On Foundation as well. Footage from the
new documentary "Jesse's Story," is used throughout. GMA is a two-hour
show, from 7AM to 9AM, so if you are not going to be by a television we
urge you to tape it. We urge you to tune in, tell your friends, and send
LRO your feedback. The Good Morning America website can be found here <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M6499159171972978170055&iEvent=49688>
. Hopefully they will load up some info on LRO soon. * Subject to
changes out of our control. GMA is a 2 hour program (7AM to 9AM) , and
we are unsure exactly
what time Jesse's piece will air, but have been told 8:05AM.
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