Posted on 01/17/2006 5:05:35 PM PST by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good evening!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Today, in a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court said it was legal to murder someone in Oregon.
Yes, that is correct. With two-thirds of the highest jurists in America weighing on the issue, it was decided to let a doctor determine whether it was appropriate to euthanise a patient in Oregon. Euthanise is such a nice sounding word, but at the end of the day someone is dead and someone else was the perpetrator. Gee, sounds a lot like murder. But that's all right, it was prescribed by a doctor.
To be sure, the Justices wouldn't just let anyone whack anyone, nope. They set rules. They agreed that Oregon did it right: they defined very narrowly who could be murdered. Only the allegedly terminally ill fall into that category, apparently, and only physicians are allowed to do the deed. Hypocrates would be proud.
Then again, the decision about Oregon's "assisted suicide" law (never mind that suicide must be conducted by the person actually wishing to die, we live in the era of redefinition, don' you know--marriage, family, and now death) shouldn't come as a surprise. Indeed, things have now come full circle. The Justices previously said it is all right to terminate life before it can breath the oxygen of the atmosphere, so why not allow doctors to end the heart beat of someone at the other end of the age spectrum? Moreover, since the medical profession has done such a good job in preventing life from eminating forth in the first place, why not allow doctors to just snuff it out?
The logic presented to the court is facetious. The argument is that these people are going to die anyway, so why not eliminate their suffering? The reasoning fails because doctors, for all their knowledge, are not God. They are not even close--anyone check the malpractice statistics lately? Consider the possibility: a doctor decides wrongfully that a person is terminally ill. More than a passing possibility.
So, then, where are the good folks from the American Civil Liberties Union? These are the folks that scream to high heaven when the state, in its righteous anger and fulfilling its purpose to protect its citzenry, excutes a miscreant. But allow a doctor to execute a patient, all in the name of preventing their suffering? Narry a cry from the self-righteous dingbats of duffousdom. On the other hand, NARAL and NOW must be estatic. It has been shown that there are clearly six votes on the Supreme Court for allowing doctors to end life, so even if Judge Alito ascends to the bench--more and more a likelihood--the left could now convincingly argue that there are still five votes to allow a woman to maintain "her right to choose."
Ever notice, however, that while it might be a woman's right to choose to end the life within her, it requires a medical professional to actually carry out the procedure? But, you see, it's all right, God, er, a doctor, has decided it is proper.
Another thing comes to light from the decision today, and that is the culture of death is alive and well (all due apologies for the juxtaposition). We can take the life of the unborn, we can take the life of the nearly dead, we don't bother eliminating those who take the lives of others. The meaning of life is hanging by a thread.
And the tensle strength of that thread is tested everytime a new Supreme Court Justice is nominated. "Will you respect a woman's right to choose?" " What is your opinion on Roe?"
All of this is also fascinating. In all the years since the Roe decision, not one piece of legislation has ever made it through the United States Congress cementing in the United States Code (being the compendium of the permanent laws of the country). Those self-righteous bloviators that demand that the woman's right to choose is sacroscant have never opted to put it down in their own writing by legislating the matter. But when the right comes along to legislate against it, wow, they sure want the courts to intervene by creating a right to death.
It is couched in terms of a "right to privacy" (a quick note is in order here--there is indeed an implied right to privacy in the Fourth Amendment, otherwise there would be no need to seek a court warrant to search your stuff, but that's the wrong argument, as you'll see in a moment), the determiner that the State has no business into the private lives of individuals. All right, then the State has no right into the private matter of one person murdering another over a drug deal.
Obviously, then the State does have interests that invade into the privacy of individuals, so then the question is the appropriateness of that invasion, and that is properly left to the courts.
But the courts need to harken back to the founding principles of the country. In the document written to break with the King, which has been mimiced a number of times since in other parts of the world, three inalienable rights of all human beings were enumerated. It can be presumed that the author wrote these in the order he deemed most important--indeed, there is a certain elegance in that train of thought as it can be easily argued the third right requires a prerequisite of the second, and the second that of the first.
And what was that first, most important, right of all human beings?
LIFE!
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
What a great choir director and choir members. The troops will love all the goodies and Ev will be so proud!
Gee, that's different than California.
When we sold, our realtor had a closing date for bids on the house and he went over each one with a fine tooth comb before presenting any of them to us. We were presented with three out of six bids, and took the one that was prequalified and accepted all contingencies.
As a memeber of the medical profession, although retired, but still volunteering........I can tell you that today's ruling sickens me.
That is very strange & against the board of realtor's norm.. & in general contract law for real estate.. UNLESS THINGS HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED in the 10 years since I had my compnay.
Was this an auction? Of course each state has the right to it's own statuatory laws.
You can accept back up offers AFTER you have one primary contract. They are so written in contract
Congrats Jim! It looks like it has a basement? Does it?
One of the guys in the choir has a brother serving in Iraq; one of the women has a son in the Army, currently station in DC; another has a grandson in Iraq. One of the deacons has a son in the 101st, currently in Iraq; there are more than a dozen young men affiliated with the parish who are overseas, either in Iraq or Kuwait.
The church does quite a lot in terms of supporting the troops; the names and pictures of all active duty soldiers are kept under the altar cloth and they are prayed for regularly; once a month in the bulletin their names are published and prayers requested; there is a display in the gathering space of all their pictures and where they are currently serving; the schoolchildren will be doing a letter-writing project later this month; and during Lent a special collection of items will be taken at all Masses one weekend, and individual care packages will be sent to all the soldiers who are connected to the parish.
Just as I was starting to pass trays, I got a phone call from Scovel's and Rick said he could come look at the motor home during his lunch hour. I ran home to meet him and am SO happy tonight :-) He checked out a few things and then asked me what I thought it was - he remembered I had told his wife something. I said I thought it was the starter solenoid. He didn't know the location on this MH so I showed him where it was. He checked it out and said..., "You are right". The bad part? It was only a loose bolt and if I had gotten under there, I could have fixed it myself!!!!! I turned the ignition key and it started right up.
But, I think Larry had a plan because Rick noticed a motor mount bolt missing and two bolts are missing on the new constant velocity joint boots Burden's put on for me. I told him I wanted him to go though the rig for me before my trip so that I can feel safe driving. The Lord and Larry keep saving me from disaster! He did compliment me on how well I was taking care of the things I knew about. Seemed impressed the oil was changed every 2500 miles and that I replaced the air filter every 5000 miles. And, he was really impressed that a motor home of this "vintage" had zero leaks. So, I am happy tonight!!
He walked around the lower driveway and agreed with me that there is no way I can drive the motor home out that way. He thinks I can jockey it around and pull it out of the upper driveway. I will make an appointment for sometime next week to take it over to Scovel's and pray the rain lets up so that I don't get it mired in this mushy driveway!!! Brief weather report right now...it is raining.....oh well :-)
Miss Lily is doing OK. She was up this morning for breakfast and Karol said she ate 50%. That is amazing for a lady who NEVER liked eating breakfast.
I had left over pork roast for my dinner and treated myself to Southern fried okra - the heck with the diet tonight - I am celebrating.
Night, Dolly. I'm next.
It wasn't an auction, that's just the way -- with the quick sales in CA - that the realtors are doing it now. I don't know about real estate law - I haven't had anything to do with that for umpteen jillion years - but from what I experienced while we were selling, it is a common thing in CA.
What a great Parish!
How wonderful that there are so many supportive people there and that the names and pictures are kept right on the altar.
At my old church in CA we had a bulletin board with a display for all the active duty troops and they did publish the names in the monthly bulletin, but only one group actually actively supported the troops.
I am having the most fun time finding music for my parents party. They gave my sister this really long list, a real range of music from the Fifties. My sister also found a website that shows BYU through the ages. The pictures are great, she is going to mix a few in with some family photos. My parents met at BYU, we have a picture of the building. We're going to set it to "Love is a many splendored thing."
What are you doing up ??
/johnny
What are all of you doing up? It's late here. :) I'm off to bed, finally finished burning the CDs of music. Took forever, but the songs are great. Night one and all.
I've got a cold.
Couldn't sleep
I'm sorry to hear that. That stuff has been going around everywhere here in Utah, it is nasty. Chicken soup and Thera-flu got me through the worst of it. Take care.
Walter Williams today:
"....Nearly two decades ago, during dinner with the late Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek, I asked him if he had the power to write one law that would get government out of our lives, what would that law be?
Professor Hayek replied he'd write a law that read:
Whatever Congress does for one American it must do for all Americans.
He elaborated: If Congress makes payments to one American for not raising pigs, every American not raising pigs should also receive payments. Obviously, were there to be such a law, there would be reduced capacity for privilege-granting by Congress and less influence-peddling.
Went back to sleep..tossed and turned...Now, I'm up for the day ...I think.
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