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Organ Donation: It's all about LIFE

There are two essential steps to saving lives through organ donation

1. SHARE YOUR LIFE. Decide to be a donor.

Transplants provide hope for thousands of people with organ failure. In addition, hundreds of thousands more can be helped with tissue transplants. Unfortunately, the need for donors is much greater than the actual number of donors. Your commitment to organ and tissue donation can save lives.

2. SHARE YOUR DECISION. Tell your family.

The most important part of deciding to be a donor is telling your family. Talking about donation doesn't mean talking about death. It is talking about the opportunity to give another person a second chance at life. Even if you have signed a donor card or indicated your wish to donate on your driver's license, you need to tell your family since they will be consulted before donation can take place.

	Important facts about donation:
•	There is no national registry of organ and tissue donors. Even if you have signed something, be sure you have told your family of your wishes as they will be consulted before donation can take place.
•	All major religions approve of organ and tissue donation and consider donation the greatest gift.
•	An open casket funeral is possible for organ and tissue donors.
	•	There is no cost to the donor's family or estate for organ and tissue donation. Funeral costs remain the responsibility of the family.
	•	People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated.

Organ Donor Card
You can download and print out an organ donor card. But remember, completing this card alone is not enough. You also need to discuss your wishes with your family.

Click to Download PDF version or Download JPEG version

To find out more about organ donation, visit the web site of the Coalition on Donation: www.shareyourlife.org


Bone Marrow Donation: The Living Gift of Life

Marrow transplants are the only hope for survival for many children and adults with leukemia, aplastic anemia, and other fatal blood diseases and cancers. Unfortunately, nearly 70 percent of these patients cannot find suitably matched marrow donors within their families. They need to find unrelated marrow donors - people who have volunteered to donate marrow if ever matched with any patient in need. A national registry of marrow donors is maintained by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).

Because tissue types are inherited, and some tissue types are unique to certain racial or ethnic groups, a patient's best chance of finding a match is within his or her ethnic and racial group. Currently, the majority of the volunteers on the NMDP Registry are Caucasian. While all volunteer donors are welcome, there is a critical need for minority donors to help the many minority patients searching the Registry.

You can become a volunteer donor through your local donor center if you are between the ages of 18 and 60 and are in good health. To find out the center closest to you, and to learn more about the donation process, go to the National Marrow Donor Program Web Site (www.marrow.org) or call 1-800-MARROW-2.

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[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Britney and Jason had to go to the City Hall for a marriage license and then to the chapel and get married. That takes a lot of time and money. ( well not a lot of money, but it's time consuming). During any time of this whirlwind they could have said no.

It's not a joke. It's just pathetic. Is she trying to break J-Lo or Drew Barrymore's marriage records?

[mountaineer]

Interesting article from a British magazine about the utter corruptness of the French bureaucracy, all the way to the "grandes fromages".

[mountaineer]

Oops - it seems getting out of her little joke might not be as simple as this simpleton expected:

Through her record label, the pop star said that she plans to file annulment papers on Monday (January 5). Britney's camp claims that the singer "took a joke too far," and hopes that the annulment will become official on Monday. However, the couple will need to prove to a Nevada judge that their union meets one of six valid reasons for annulment: unsound mind, physical incapacity, force, fraud, prior existing marriage or underage participants. Witnesses at the ceremony have told reporters that Spears was sober during the wedding. If a judge rules that none of the above reasons apply and that the marriage cannot be annulled, Spears and Alexander will have to file for divorce. MTV

[mountaineer]

Lace certainly makes one look softer and more feminine, n'est pas?

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, left, at the podium with Missouri Treasurer Nancy Farmer during a rally and fundraiser in St. Louis Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004. Sen. Clinton was in St. Louis to support Nancy Farmer in her bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo.

[Iowa Granny]

That's the same blouse she wore when she MC'ed the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in DM. I can't tell if it's the same suit, or not. This one looks like pin stripes and I don't think the JJD number was.

[lodwick]

Bless her heart...

[Iowa Granny]

Twenty questions
A Manchester Union Leader Editorial proposes twenty questions that voters from New Hampshire should ask the Democrat candidates:

1. How do you think Britain, Spain, Italy, Australia, Poland and America’s other allies in the Iraq war and the War on Terror would react if they knew that in your campaign rhetoric you have completely ignored their contributions to these efforts and repeatedly insisted on characterizing President Bush’s foreign policy as entirely “unilateral,” as if no other nation joined America in defeating the Taliban and Saddam Hussein?

2. Four years from now Baby Boomers will begin to retire. Not long after that retirees in America will greatly outnumber those who pay Social Security taxes. Specifically, how will you keep Social Security from running out of money?

3. Would you ever use military force without United Nations approval, and if so, under what circumstances?

4. Should the United States always wait until attacked before using military force against an enemy?

5. As President, what, if any, business regulations would you attempt to repeal?

6. Do recent medical advances allowing unborn children to survive outside the womb sooner than ever before require any re-examination of abortion policies?

7. Will you pledge never to appoint a pro-life federal judge? What other litmus tests would you apply to the judiciary?

8. Should sales over the Internet remain tax-free?

9. If the rich should pay a larger portion of their income in taxes because they can afford to, shouldn’t they also receive fewer Medicare, Social Security and other benefits from the federal government?

10. Does every qualified American have the right to attend college, with government subsidies if necessary?

11. Are pharmaceutical companies good corporate citizens?

12. In what areas of life would you prevent the federal government from interfering?

13. Regardless of whether it is a federal issue, has the time come for gay marriage?

14. Will there ever be a day when affirmative action is no longer needed?

15. Name a war that America has fought for oil.

16. Is it appropriate for the billionaire George Soros, one of the richest men in America, to spend his money trying to discredit and oust a President?

17. To what degree did Bill Clinton’s behavior in office damage the presidency?

18. Why have Americans elected a Republican President and Congress?

19. In every other nation in which health care is paid for by the national government, that care is rationed and citizens must wait months, even years, for treatment. How would you avoid this outcome in the United States?

20. Suppose you win the nomination. If, in the general election, President Bush wins the popular vote by a few hundred thousand votes, but you win the Electoral College vote, will you concede the election to Bush, as so many Democrats said President Bush should have done for Al Gore in 2000?

http://www.iowapresidentialwatch.com/CandidatesUpdates/News/news2.htm

[BigWaveBetty]

Mrs. Albright does not joke. On purpose.

Meeeow! :-)

BTW, was Howard Dean trying to be funny with his remark about his second term in office, then deadpanned when the audience laughed or was he serious?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[BigWaveBetty]

Certainly that wins picture of the year for 2003.

[BigWaveBetty]

1. How do you think Britain, Spain, Italy, Australia, Poland and America’s other allies in the Iraq war and the War on Terror would react if they knew that in your campaign rhetoric you have completely ignored their contributions to these efforts and repeatedly insisted on characterizing President Bush’s foreign policy as entirely “unilateral,” as if no other nation joined America in defeating the Taliban and Saddam Hussein?

Great questions and this is the question that tops my list as well. I hadn't phrase it quite that brilliantly, but I've been waiting for it to be asked.

Especially Kerry, as you know he's been one of the worst at calling our allies, illegitimate. Unbelievable.

Potential fun tonight, Paula Zahn at 8pm on CNN - John and Teresa Kerry.

[Timeout]

Weasley Clark is on Hardball. He just called Dick Cheney "cagey". Asked if he thinks Cheney's really running things, he said "Reports I hear, you know...people tell me that..yes, he's the power behind the throne".
More rumors from Gen. Clark.

His reliance on the grapevine is almost as creepy as Dick Gephardt telling about all his (invited) meetings with GWB since 9/11. He then says Bush didn't understand the policy being discussed and couldn't keep up. Even knowing it's not true, that kind of "tale carrying" creeps me out.

[BigWaveBetty]

Clark keeps talking about how he needs to pull us out of the horror that is America under George Bush.

What horror is what most voters will be asking Clarkie.

"You're running a great campaign General." ~ Chris Matthews - -

Chris! You're such a suck up! LOL

That tale carrying reminds you of that creepy kid in school, the one who told wild whoppers to get the other kids to like him/her, eh?

[BigWaveBetty]

Maria's lucky she's married to Arnold. How many husbands would have a huge portrait of their wife hanging in their office?

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) looks over some papers in his private office at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Jan. 5, 2004. On Tuesday Schwarzenegger will deliver his first State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature. He is expected to outline his plans to balance the budget. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

[Timeout]

That tale carrying reminds you of that creepy kid in school, the one who told wild whoppers to get the other kids to like him/her, eh?

Try this.

The goody-goody new girl who's just dying to get in your group. Your Mom makes you invite her to your slumber party. At school on Monday you discover she's been sucking up to another group by spreading tales about who-said-what at your party.

THAT's Gephardt.

[BigWaveBetty]

This is so great, you can almost hear Zell's southern drawl as you read. Posted as seen in the WSJ.

Memo to Terry McAwful
May the Democratic leaders get the anger they deserve.

BY ZELL MILLER
Monday, January 5, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST

Here are some recent headlines as I see them from the Democratic demolition derby: (1) Sharpton "feels good," could feel better; (2) Kerry cusses; (3) Dean gets "help" from Gore; (4) Democrats ask: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the angriest one of all?"

(1) First, the Reverend "Ready for Prime Time." Conventional wisdom says native Southerners John Edwards and Wesley Clark and moderate Joe Lieberman will have the edge when the primaries move South. Don't count on it. I'd be willing to bet a steak dinner (mad cow or no mad cow) that Al Sharpton will get almost as many votes as Messrs. Edwards, Clark or Lieberman in this supposedly more friendly territory. (If they're still around, that is.) The last time there was an African-American in the primaries, Jesse Jackson blew everyone away, getting 96% of the African-American vote in the South, carrying Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi and Louisiana, and placing second in North Carolina, Florida, Maryland and Tennessee. It would be a tall order to match that. But Rev. Sharpton could do well because he's even more appealing than Rev. Jackson. While Jesse is sullen, Al is engaging. Can you imagine Rev. Jackson poking fun at himself? Can you imagine him on "Saturday Night Live" belting out James Brown's "I Feel Good" with a few cool moves?

Al Sharpton did a pretty good impression of the "Godfather of Soul." Of course, the rotund reverend has long been the "Godfather of Con." He's slick as a peeled onion. In just one short primary season, his timid fellow candidates and the even more timid media have erased the criminal Tawana Brawley shakedown. They've given this trickster who has never been elected dogcatcher a legitimacy he does not deserve: their Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval as a bona fide presidential candidate. So, get ready to start counting Rev. Sharpton's delegates. They will be impossible to ignore on national TV when the Democrats take center stage in Boston. Memo to Democratic Chairman Terry McAwful: It's called "reaping what you sow."

If you think this could not possibly happen, consider that not-too-distant history. Take the Georgia primary in 1988. Georgia's senior U.S. senator, governor, House speaker and largest newspaper endorsed Al Gore. Mr. Gore was running right of center, warning that a vote for Michael Dukakis would spell defeat for the Democrats. But Jesse Jackson won Georgia with 40%. Al Gore got 32% and Mr. Dukakis, who later would carry 10 states as the nominee, got 16%.

(2) Now to "Cussing Kerry." Like Alice, this campaign gets "curiouser and curiouser." What will those former Gore consultants try next? The electric blue spandex surfing bodysuit didn't work. The jeans and Harley Davidson didn't work. Chet Atkins turned in his grave at the senator's guitar picking. And now comes the F-word in Rolling Stone. My mouth ain't no prayer book, but John Kerry could have asked his pal Tom Harkin of Iowa how cussing went over with voters in 1992. Like a lead balloon. It's as if Mr. Kerry will do anything to appear the "coolest" in the Our Gang crowd. What's next? John Kerry wearing a baseball cap sideways?

(3) Howard Dean is a hard man to feel sorry for, he's just so cocky. But I'm feeling bad for him. He's worked hard to get where he is, including finding an honorable way to raise a lot of money. But there hasn't been a leader since Julius Caesar who's had more conspirators pretending to be his friend--but really wanting him dead--than suddenly Howard Dean has today. They want his Internet contributor list. They want his energy and spontaneity. They want his secret for tapping the young antiwar crowd. So they'll endorse him, pat him on the back with a few "atta boys," and secretly hope he loses.

I'm not sure what Al Gore will contribute. Is he going to advise Mr. Dean to roll down his shirtsleeves and put on a coat, preferably in earth tones? Will he teach him to speak in that stilted highfalutin way? Maybe he'll teach him how to win a Southern state. Like Tennessee.

(4) Now, about that anger. Most Democratic presidential primaries lean liberal, even in the South, and African-Americans play a huge role. In 2004, Democratic voters are going to be angrier than I've seen them since 1972. Like George McGovern in '72, Howard Dean has tapped into that anger. I think regrettably so, not only for the country but also for the party.

As this Park Avenue-born Vermont governor makes his maiden voyage South, with Southern strategist Al Gore beside him, I don't think he has to worry about pickup trucks or "God, guns and glory," as he puts it. Not in the primary, not this trip. But he should be forewarned. These folks are called "Value Voters." They go to church to seek salvation, not argue about bike paths. And they are just waiting to be heard from later. And they will be, loud and clear. And that's when you might hear certain folks really start cussin'. Link

Mr. Miller, a Democratic senator from Georgia, is the author of "A National Party No More," just published by Smyth & Helwys.

[BigWaveBetty]

THAT's Gephardt.

OMG! She told me her name was Gretel! ;-)

[daisyscarlett]

Maria's lucky she's married to Arnold. How many husbands would have a huge portrait of their wife hanging in their office?

The buzz out here is that Arnie is very grateful to Maria for standing by him despite the groping rumors and that she is hell on wheels in Sacramento. She really, really digs being first lady and is not exactly sweet. Well, she is a Kennedy and a dem, bless her heart, what can we expect, lol...

[Timeout]

You knew Gretel?!!!

LOL!

(And you're right...Chris was a total suck-up to Clark)

[daisyscarlett]

Remember last week when you reported that Hillary downed 4 mango martinis in Fla? Well, here from the National Enquirer, is what else she had...

New York Senator Hillary Clinton blew her diet at Miami's Biltmore Hotel, dining on Duck Confit Croustades, Foie Gras Terrine, crabcakes, a cheese plate and several desserts - washed down by four Mango Martinis. YUM!"

Wonder who picked up the tab-the book publishers or the U.S. taxpayers?