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To: Crackingham

Wait a minute here. The liberals have a point. Bush signed a bill in Texas allowing the decision to pull the plug to be more streamlined, and allegedly gives the state a say when an indigent family disagrees! Also, DeLay's family pulled the plug on dad. I am curious as to whether or not that has been discussed here, or Bob Schindler making the same decision for his own mom. Sometimes it has to be done.

I have a question for those who don't think we should have government funding of health care for the indigent--should poor people be allowed to die or will you pay for it? There is a good question for conservatives that needs to be answered.


118 posted on 03/31/2005 4:19:31 PM PST by followerofchrist
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To: followerofchrist

Delay's dad was on machine life support. Without it he was actually deceased. There was no family disagreement whatsoever. No relevance to the Terri case. Bet the Liberal Media told you differently, though. Reminds me of a scripture verse: "They lie, and do not the truth".


133 posted on 03/31/2005 4:25:39 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: followerofchrist
should poor people be allowed to die or will you pay for it? There is a good question for conservatives that needs to be answered.

Just think of all the Social Security money we can save if we just have grandma put down a few months early. [/sarcasm]

138 posted on 03/31/2005 4:29:38 PM PST by narby
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To: followerofchrist
Wait a minute here. The liberals have a point. Bush signed a bill in Texas...

The Left's Bogus Schiavo Meme --Lefty blogs are making hay out of two other tragic end-of-life cases in Texas (see here and here) in order to tar conservatives as hypocrites over intervention in the Terri Schiavo matter. Tom Maguire beats me to the punch in dissecting this popular new meme. Read his entire reality check. Tom points to another blogger, LeanLeft, who also debunks the blame-Bush-for-killing-patients-for-money line being plied by Mark Kleiman among others.

163 posted on 03/31/2005 4:45:54 PM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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To: followerofchrist
Also, DeLay's family pulled the plug on dad. I am curious as to whether or not that has been discussed here, or Bob Schindler making the same decision for his own mom. Sometimes it has to be done.

Nice try. Big difference between being on life support equipment to have your breathing and/or circulation done for you and having a feeding tube only for hydration and nutrition. If you actually had done some research you would understand that.
205 posted on 03/31/2005 5:13:30 PM PST by wasp69 ("You're done, Rather! No more 'Divine Right of Kings'!" - Oliver "Buckhead" Cromwell (sorta)
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