Posted on 04/07/2005 2:59:57 AM PDT by schmelvin
we are a cult? I think we know who the cult is and it's not us. George Soros and his well funded euthanasia movement.
I'm your psychic freeper. close neighbor is not posting but imo is still lurking on this thread. Terri was a wake up call that this is actually going on in Amerika. Glad Mae was rescued from Georgia. it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. would you be my naybor?
You crack me up!
reposting just so I can change my tag line.
Although we can't "save" everybody, I will admit to thinking of the story of the little boy who was throwing stafish back in the acean, after they had washed up on the beach. The man said, "Why are you dong that there are so many, you can't make a difference." The little boy thrw one back in the ocean and said, "I made a difference for that one"
I think that Bloggs for Terri and Free Republic can count 2 starfish for Terri. See my new tagline.
How come posters who say "this is my last post, I will not reply to anything", never turn out to be sincere?? LOL!
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
April 1, 2005
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Polls leading up to the death of Terri Schiavo made it appear Americans had formed a consensus in favor of ending her life. However, a new Zogby poll with fairer questions shows the nation clearly supporting Terri and her parents and wanting to protect the lives of other disabled patients.
The Zogby poll found that, if a person becomes incapacitated and has not expressed their preference for medical treatment, as in Terri's case, 43 percent say "the law presume that the person wants to live, even if the person is receiving food and water through a tube" while just 30 percent disagree.
Another Zogby question his directly on Terri's circumstances.
"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water," the poll asked.
A whopping 79 percent said the patient should not have food and water taken away while just 9 percent said yes.
"From the very start of this debate, Americans have sat on one of two sides," Concerned Women for America's Lanier Swann said in response to the poll. One side "believes Terri's life has worth and purpose, and the side who saw Michael Schiavo's actions as merciful, and appropriate."
More than three-fourths of Americans agreed, Swann said, "because a person is disabled, that patient should never be denied food and water."
The poll also lent support to members of Congress to who passed legislation seeking to prevent Terri's starvation death and help her parents take their lawsuit to federal courts.
"When there is conflicting evidence on whether or not a patient would want to be on a feeding tube, should elected officials order that a feeding tube be removed or should they order that it remain in place," respondents were asked.
Some 18 percent said the feeding tube should be removed and 42 percent said it should remain in place.
Swann said her group would encourage Congress to adopt legislation that would federal courts to review cases when the medical treatment desire of individuals is not known and the patient's family has a dispute over the care.
"According to these poll results, many Americans do in fact agree with what we're trying to accomplish," she said.
The poll found that 49 percent of Americans believe there should be exceptions to the right of a spouse to act as a guardian for an incapacitated spouse. Only 39 percent disagreed.
When asked directly about Terri's case and told the her estranged husband Michael "has had a girlfriend for 10 years and has two children with her" 56 percent of Americans believed guardianship should have been turned over to Terri's parents while 37 percent disagreed.
I'll have to ck out your new tag line. I can't see if from the comments section.
Am so glad to see she's confounded the doctors predictions. The picture shows her looking awfully well! What a little sweetie she is.
If only Charlotte can be sustained until she needs a little less oxygen, and her parents could take her home, right? Until then, aren't there any private hospitals in Britain that might be willing to take Charlotte on as what we used to call, a "charity case" ? Maybe a Catholic hospital?
I've said this is my last post on certain threads but my turnaround time is usually the next day. But, I'm not gossiping at least.
This will be the last post I will make.................................................................................................. GET A LIFE, CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF PSHYCOTIC LOSERS THAT DON'T HAVE LIVES OR REAL JOBS, SO YOU JUST TRY TO GET UP PROTEST ALL DAY SO YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO POST A REPLY BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO THIS SITE.
And your point is BETH? :D
It's fun to watch the advocates of forced euthanasia when they go into melt-down. Such wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
check freep mail in a moment. Gonna go send you something.
Love the story and the tagline!
Thanks! I hope we find more starfish for Terri, and are able to throw them back into the ocean and give them a chance at life.
Beth Gaddy, is that you?
Thanks for the ping. But, I just bet 'cha this isn't the last we hear from this one!
Thanks for the ping. It's not a pretty picture is it? Two vehement pro-death missives from La Grange Georgia - thanks be to the Lord and Kenneth that Mae is now eating chicken and mayonnaise sandwiches in Alabama!
how does everybody knwo that Mae is eating Chicken sandwiches? tuckrot (I know I spelled that wrong) said the same thing about chicken sandwiches. I msut have missed a post or something.
Ken Mullinax has responded by email to LaGrange Resident's comments above. His remarks are posted herewith:
IN IT FOR THE MONEY? That is on its face a distorted statement because in the April 4 Troupe County Probate Court Compromise which WE (our attorney Jack Kirby) crafted, WE didn't even inquire or request anything to do with ANY of Mae's assets EXCEPT the one most important to us... HER LIFE. Beth fought to keep her financial power and we went along with her desire.
All we asked for is that Mae be proactively nourished... and given proper medical care. The Hospice LaGrange ONLY gave Mae medicine to dull her senses and never anything to help her aorta, heart, or even to keep her eyes lubricated due to her pre existing eye condition.
We have not told Mae ANYTHING about any of this and would not do so until she is home and well. When she finds out she will be heartbroken with Beth and if she requests shelter with her brother or sister, it is avaailble.
I do not know Beth's motives.
I DO KNOW that Beth, and the doctor in LaGrange who placed Mae in a hospice have been proved WRONG many times over by first, the Probate Judge's three doctor panel which evaluated Mae and deemed that she was not terminal and SHOULD be treated, and secondly by the medical evaluation provided by her current doctor. She is well today and her vitals are good.
DR. AQEL'S MEDICAL EVALUATION OF MAE TODAY:
My Mom and I met with Mae's attending Physican at the UAB-Medical Center today and he stated the following:
(1) Mae is totally coherent neurologically.
(2) Mae's aortic dissection is now contained.
(3) Mae's aortic condition is not life threatening.
(4) Mae has spoken with him in depth of her life; her late son and her desire to live as independently as possible
(5) Mae's condition is still weak because of the lack of proper nutrition and fluids from her ordeal in Hospice-LaGrange
(6) Mae is NOT A CANDIDATE for Hospice.
WHERE HAS KEN BEEN?
I am sensitive about the way my Aunt Mae was being mistreated because I hold a special place for those among us who are helpless... especially the elderly and infirm.
WHERE HAVE I BEEN for the last 10 years? Well here is a recap of my last 10 years, from 1995 until 2005:
* 1995-1999: I lived in Washington, DC was a staffer with the U.S. Congress. I didn't live in the south so how could I see Mae in Ga.? We did speak a lot via phone. I could only afford to come home maybe twice a year... Christmas and in the summer. My Dad was seriously ill at home with heart ailments (from 1988 until his death) and later Altzheimer's Disease, so I stayed with him in Anniston.
*From 1999 to present: I left my great career in DC and moved to Alabama to be my Dad's caregiver. He had severe heart problems and then Altzheimers.
Because MY FAMILY honors our elders, WE KEPT DAD AT HOME to die... so Mom and I were changing diapers, giving insulin injections, cleaning, entertaining, and FEEDING a 6'5" 250 pound man from 1999 until Dad's death on July 10, 2002. He died in his sleep having eaten a good dinner and having had his 10:00PM snack of ice cream.
*On October 12, 2002 my Mom had a severe aortic dissection... she and Dad were married 55 years and we all know how sick caregivers can get.
Since October 12, 2002, I have been my Mom's caregiver. I moved her in with me. I TAKE CARE OF HER. She has a good quality of life yet she is not as mobile as before and she cannot have any great emotional trauma.
THAT IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN... SERVING AS A CAREGIVER FOR TWO SICK PARENTS... IN MY HOME, NOT A NURSING HOME OR A HOSPICE!
Now, I have disclosed EVERYTHING about where I have been... who I am... I even answered ALL THE QUESTIONS POSTED BY THE MEDIA AND STRANGERS......
WHY? Because the truth had to be known that a sweet little lady was being denied life sustaining nourishment.
THIS SO-CALLED LAGRANGE LADY... still has yet to reveal WHO she is... that will tell us a great deal about her motivations. If she really thought my aunt was a sweet, kindly lady then WHY DIDN'T SHE SPEAK UP WHEN SHE LEARNED MAE WAS AT A HOSPICE without being terminal, or comatose, or PVS?
SHE IS THE KIND OF FRIEND NONE OF US NEEDS.
So there is my motivation.... no money or finacial interest, just love and respect for a lady whose in-town relations and friends were either TOO naive or too STUPID or TOO WHACKED OUT MENTALLY to stand up for Mae or try the medical alternatives which Buddy McLeod begged them to explore.
BETH REFUSED TO RETURN CALLS FROM HER UNCLE Bud McLeod and from me; she refused to answer ANY AND ALL media inquiries... even Judge Boyd answered questions to the media and bloggers and TWICE, Judge Boyd went directly to Beth and asked her to respond to the media and the bloggers but NOTHING came from her.
Why?
Maybe because she realized that her judgement was flawed when she went along with Mae being placed in a hospice.
Maybe because her position is undefendable!
My last motivation is a saying which guides my daily life. My personal credo. It is by Dante and it is as follows:
"The hottest place in Hell, is reserved for those people, who in a time of crisis, remain neutral."
Ken
Kenneth's bright light is shining a path all the way to La Grange.
Chicken and mayonnaise I think Miss Mae said she was looking forward to, but I can't find the comment again.
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