Elizabeth Emkin And Her Lucrative Autism Charity

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My best friend just forwarded this advertisement for a newcomer to California Politics to ask me what I think of her. I was pre-disposed to like her, I must admit because Tim Donnolly, our best State Senator, recommended her. So I read her little bio and noticed 

“Emken has served as Vice President of Government Relations at Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest science and advocacy organization devoted to the public health emergency of autism” 

 So, I went to http://www.autismspeaks.org and gave them a quick once over. How could something like a charity for autistic children be bad, you may wonder. Since I learned that Planned Parenthood is really about Eugenics, I trust nothing on face value, and neither should you.

Here is why. Look at the research they are funding - it is all about treatment of Autism. Not that Autistic children should not receive treatment, but this is a condition that has increased by the insane factor of 150 over the last 20 odd years. My first priority, would be to find out what the heck is causing this. This huge emphasis on treatment means acceptance of the status quo, and the creation of a new, lucrative industry, not surprisingly in the medical field, where government will be spreading the love big-time.

In short, this represents a cop-out and new way to make a quick buck.

Secondly, the research that is being done, seems to focus around genetics. Excuse me? How does a 150 fold increase in a disease occur via genes? Are they then saying that some new gene has been introduced into our gene pool? Or are they trying to imply wide scale damage has been done to our collective genes?

Anybody who has watched a medical drama or two knows that genetic illnesses tend to appear in a fairly stable percentage of a given population. I think I learned that in high school biology, come to think of it. Genetic illnesses do not increase by a factor of 150 in a span of 20 years.

It is more likely that there is a ton of money going to genetics in general and Ms. Emken as VP of Government Relations of this little charity is basically grabbing taxpayer dollars to use for an area of study which is far less likely to be at the root of the epidemic than an outside factor.

Thanks, but Republicans who think it is cute to waste taxpayer money on the cause du jour are actually called something else.

Furthermore, she is supporting the financial exploitation of a serious malady, and the diversion of scarce resources away from where they are likely to help the most. Perhaps out of stupidity, perhaps because she is another Eugenicist experimenting on the prolos.

They should be looking at environmental factors and vaccines. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of kids being fine until they get a series of vaccines – say the parents. I trust the parents enough to want it looked into big-time. Plus there is also a medical researcher or two who has posed this hypothesis only to find themselves systematically maligned and falsely discredited. Kind of like with Global Warming research.

So, she is either not too bright, or evil. In my opinion of course.

RH

PS, Don’t think this means I support that witch Dianne Feinstein. Reasons not to vote for her would sink a boat.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2012 Contact: Mark Standriff, Communications (925) 395-4475 x206 California GOP Endorses Emken for U.S. Senate First CA Republican Candidate to Earn Statewide Nod Under New Open Primary Rules(BURBANK, CA) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Emken, an accomplished businesswoman specializing in efficiency and cost-cutting, and nationally recognized advocate for autism research and treatment, has received the unanimous endorsement of the California Republican Party in her bid to unseat Dianne Feinstein from the U.S. Senate. “This is the equivalent of winning the primary under the old system,” said California Republican Party Executive Director Brent Lowder. Under the new open primary system, Emken’s endorsement gains the full support and backing of the California Republican Party’s statewide operations. Elected state party leaders met yesterday in Burbank as dozens of candidates from Assembly, State Senate, and Congressional races, as well as the U.S. Senate contest, made their bids for the party’s endorsement. “This was a humbling experience and a tremendous honor to receive the Party’s endorsement,”said Emken. “I look forward to the challenge ahead and will start right away building a strong partnership with Chairman Del Beccaro and Republican leaders as we work toward victory together.” Emken becomes the first Republican candidate to earn the Party’s statewide endorsement under a format established as a result of Proposition 14, California’s new open primary that eliminated the traditional ballot process to determine Republican nominees. Emken has served as Vice President of Government Relations at Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest science and advocacy organization devoted to the public health emergency of autism. Before becoming active with the autism issue, Elizabeth served as an efficiency and cost cutting expert at IBM, streamlining operations, eliminating waste and achieving multi-million dollar savings. Elizabeth graduated from UCLA in 1984 with dual degrees in Economics and Political Science. Her studies also included course work at Cambridge University, where she focused on international political and economic issues throughout China and the Middle East.