Disability Activists Call for Moratorium on Starvation and Dehydration

PRWeb ^ | 17 Feb 05 | Not Dead Yet

[xzins]

Not Dead Yet 7521 Madison St. Forest Park, IL 60130 708-209-1500 http://www.notdeadyet.org

[tutstar]

It's unbelievable that our society treats their loved ones with less care than their pets.

People must speak out against starvation and dehydration.

[tutstar]

poing

[phenn]

"poing" Too cute.

Anyway, this is good, meaty information that can be relayed to those in Florida's house and senate. What Not Dead Yet is calling for is the most reasonable of moratoriums until and unless we know just a bit more about those the state now considers 'hopeless'.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Terri ping! If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!

[tutstar]

LOL

I "poing" a lot, but usually correct it before posting, I think I'll keep it, it goes with my blonde perfectly!

That is a great idea to send it to our FL legislators!

[xzins]

Ohioan from Ohio here. :>)

Where's the master email list for all national legislators? I've seen it posted every now and then. Anyone know?

[phenn]

The first thing I thought of was those thin-skinned, red rubber balls we used to play four-square with. Any child of the 60s knows this well. If you smacked it with your palm, it would go "poing". If you backhanded it, it would go "kaboingoingoing". So, I had a laugh with that.

Okay, sorry for the temporary distraction. Great report. Brilliant post and thank you for getting this info out there. Truly, it needs to be circulated high and wide.

[Ohioan from Florida]

I don't know who has that list. It'd be a good one to post though.

On a side note, I have been asked before if I was being punished for something. ;-)

[xzins]

I got a brother-in-law Ohio up in the panhandle of your great state. Very red part of a red state.

[Shellback Chuck]

They already do this. It's called social security disability.

[xzins]

????

[exDemMom]

This sounds like a worthwhile organization.

Meanwhile, I need to make an appointment to make an advance directive. Terri's predicament makes it very clear how necessary this is.

(I wonder: doesn't the girlfriend of Terri's HINO [husband in name only] worry just a little about her fate if she goes ahead and marries him?)

[xzins]

The Hino woman reminds me of the country music song from some years back with this line:

if you want a man
who'll take the ring off of his hand
and turn around and say he'll be true
He deserves you.

(Which was a very subtle way of saying "You dumb A$_; What are you thinking!")

[Ciexyz]

Not Dead Yet - what a great organization. May the Lord be with them in their work.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Please be very careful as you go about the process of filing an advance directive. They are not the panacea that the media is making them out to be.

[GeronL]

sounds like Holland

[Ciexyz]

bump for further discussion

[kalee]

bump for the morning