Fw: A WAR DOW WILL NEVER WIN ~ Changes to Letter to Judge Hood fromLorraine

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Subject: A WAR DOW WILL NEVER WIN ~ Changes to Letter to Judge Hood

fromLorraine

> Please Post

>

> Thanks to all of you who took the time to help me decide on what to do

> with this letter. It was pointed out, or I got the impression that I was

> writing a defeated letter. Not so. It was a Fibro day when I wrote this

> and was feeling pretty down. When I reread it I realized how it did seem

> a little depressive. So I sparked it up and sent it to Judge Hood.

Thank

> you for snapping me out of it! Love Lorraine in Cocoa Beach

>

> PS: Notice the Change in Title

> The Honorable Judge Hood231 West Lafayette Room 251Detroit,

Michigan

> 48226

>

> A WAR DOW WILL NEVER WIN

>

> We have identified the enemy. Documentation has been provided. Secret

> documents have been exposed. Thousands upon thousands of victims have come

> forward with legitimate claims. Science has confirmed causation. Victims

> have died. Victims have had their lives reduced to disabilities beyond

> their control. The medical profession has turned their backs on the

> victims. The US government approved and is still approving this poison

> going into the bodies of the victims. The legal profession is getting

> richer by the day. And the silent victims sit and wait.

>

> What are we waiting for? It has been over 10 years since this issue has

> been brought to light. Women, children and men have clutched to each

other

> hoping for understanding and compassion. Justice, now that s a powerful

> word. What is Justice in this country? How can you compete against the

> almighty dollar that rules this country? The rich and powerful companies

> own our government. To hell with the people who make up this great

nation.

> Safety and integrity in not important. It is the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

>

> They are right when they say Class Action Suits are a joke in this

> country. A group of people get sick and right away the lawyers put two

and

> two together and boom it is a Class Action Suit . There is no concern

> for the sick, only how much can they make on this lawsuit. That is the

> number one driving force in this country. How much money can we make on

> the victims of wrongdoing? It s okay that the companies knowingly put a

> product on the market that was dangerous to the health of individuals,

and

> knowingly, by their own documents, knew it could be fatal. That s okay

> because they have enough money to buy them time, public relations and

> lobbyists to keep their business going. Oh yes, let s not forget enough

> time to go Bankrupt . Now that s a cowards way out. They can keep this

> going on for years. Meanwhile back at the bank, they are really not

> bankrupt at all.

>

> What about our Justice System? We could talk about that all day. First,

> there is one Judge appointed. He left. It goes to another Judge and he

> uproots the first Judge s decisions. He left. Now it is going to another

> Judge, who will probably do the same. Another waste of time. Let s see

> this is year 10 for this case in the justice system. Ten years of victims

> dying. Ten years of no monetary gain, except for the Tort Claim s

> Committee lawyers and of course, the plaintiff s attorneys. Ten years of

> families going bankrupt because they had to quit work and cannot help to

>

> PAGE TWO

>

> support their families. Ten years of trying to find medical care only to

be

> turned away because the paid for studies show no correlation to the

product

> causing these illnesses. Ten years of frustration because we had no voice

> in this matter from the beginning and even when we were finally given a

> chance to voice our concerns, no one listened.

>

> This matter could have been so easy to settle. All the company had to do

> was admit the product was faulty in the beginning. That s all. An

> admission of guilt. A concern for the American public that uses their

> products. Instead they tried to cover it up and continue to insist that

> this product is safe. Justice?

>

> The victims are tired. We have been to the court hearings in Birmingham,

> Alabama. We have been to the bankruptcy hearings in Midland, Michigan. We

> have lobbied congress. We have appeared before the IOC. We have marched

on

> Washington. We have all contacted our local senators, congressmen,

attorney

> generals, etc. We have been vigilant in our plight. We will continue to

> fight the fight until we are completely satisfied that JUSTICE has

> prevailed.

>

> We are now told that our own government, who approved this product to

begin

> with, has won their appeal for reinbursement to Medicare/Medicaid from the

> victims settlement. How can this be? Not one person has admitted that

there

> is causation for the illnesses from this product. Is this now an

admission

> coming >from our own government? If that is the case, then that should

> open the door to file a claim against the TRUE culprit in this

> holocaust, DOW CHEMICAL. But that probably won t happen. A Judge will

not

> rule that way. The parent company will get away again even though they

> were the main manufacturer of raw materials needed by all the companies

to

> produce their poison breast sacks. The victims hands will be tied again

> not to mentioned gagged. Because of the Government s appeal, any

monetary

> payment made to the victims will be at least two more years down the

road,

> if then. Do you have any idea how slow Medicare is in looking at claims?

> After all, it takes two years in order to get Medicare once you are

> declared disabled. Meanwhile, the victims are still dying. The victims are

> still going bankrupt. Children and husbands are losing their wives and

> mothers to an illness that is debilitating them. The quality of life as

> they new it is gone. With each passing day a new symptom or illness

arises

> out of this poison in our bodies. But don t worry, even when we do get

> paid the class action plan will only identify the original illness that

> THEY felt was legitimate in the beginning. At that time they had no clue

> as to what this poison could do to a person. They only tested it on

> monkeys, but they died.

>

> Is there Justice in this country? I would sadly say no , unless you are

> rich. Will we win this WAR ? We will fight until the end, but it will

be

> a sad victory in light

>

> PAGE THREE

>

> of all the friends that we have lost, and we will be too sick to enjoy it.

> Was it worth it? Yes. We have all been misrepresented by the legal

> profession. We were never given the right to a fair trial. We were gagged

> from the beginning. Our own lawyers would not talk to us. Our cases were

> dropped by our attorney s without our knowledge. Decisions were made

> without our input. Votes were taken to approve a plan that was never

> explained fully as to what would happen if you voted NO . This whole

> class action suit is a sham. It has snowballed into a political issue. It

> has gotten out of hand and out of our control. All of this could have

been

> avoided if the infamous DOW just admitted wrongdoing from the very

> beginning instead of hiding behind the Justice System who helped them in

> every way possible. But are we giving up? NEVER. We started this battle

> and we will see this through until the end.

>

>

>

> In order to fairly settle this case, Judge Hood, you will need to set

aside

> monies to pay back the government and a time limit as to when they can

make

> claims, just like we had to do. Go forth with determining what medical

> illnesses will be covered by the grid (They definitely need to be

> updated). Start payments to the victims within the next 6 months. We are

> already on file with the claims office. We have already sent in all

> medical information needed during the past 10 years, and for those that

> have not, give them a time period to update their claim files. We have

> jumped through all of the hoops and are willing to jump through a few

more

> if we have to in order to get this thing settled. But it needs to be a

> fair and reasonable settlement and we need the chance to be able to

> address issues with DOW CHEMICAL, who did not go bankrupt and should not

> have been a part of any of this MDL case.

>

> On behalf of all of my silicone sisters who have stood shoulder to

shoulder

> on the White House lawn (some in wheelchairs, some on crutches and some in

> a state of confusion because of silicone in the brain) I thank you for

> your time and consideration in this matter and pray that you will make

the

> right decisions.

>

> Lorraine Keegin

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