Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

President Bush Signs Schiavo Bill
3/21/05

Posted on 03/20/2005 10:27:51 PM PST by paltz

As Per Fox News


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; billsigning; bush43; parentsrights; schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; terrislaw
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 281-300301-320321-340 ... 481-484 next last
To: GOPrincess
What's scary about this case is that it could start a snowball down a slippery slope

I agree.

301 posted on 03/20/2005 11:44:58 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 279 | View Replies]

To: Hank Rearden

It's hard taking a clue from the clueless. An oxymoron is a word or words that implies a meaning which is impossible on its face. For example: "sensible Democrat."


302 posted on 03/20/2005 11:45:38 PM PST by Zivasmate (" A wise man's heart inclines him to his right, but a fool's heart to his left." - Ecclesiastes 10)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 272 | View Replies]

To: thoughtomator; Aliska

And to clear up a possible misconception..Torah is the first five books of the Bible.


303 posted on 03/20/2005 11:46:01 PM PST by Borges
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 300 | View Replies]

To: MarMema

I'm toasting back (holding cookie up to screen). :o) Sto Lat!


304 posted on 03/20/2005 11:46:19 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (Freepertoo to Terri's Dad: "I told him God rarely telegraphs his punches....")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 296 | View Replies]

To: thoughtomator

Thank you. That explains that.


305 posted on 03/20/2005 11:46:53 PM PST by Aliska
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 300 | View Replies]

To: defenderSD

Bush can shove his CFR; there will be massive resistance and disobedience to that piece of tyrannical nonsense. It'll die just like Prohibition, or American Revolution 2.0 will result.


306 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:10 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 297 | View Replies]

To: FreedomCalls

You mean like the slippery slopes in Barney Frank's house?


307 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:18 PM PST by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 301 | View Replies]

To: Awestruck
I've been thoroughly disgusted by the level of bloodlust around here lately.

I know! I've seen some freepers whom I have admired for the thoughts they have espoused, but in this case I have seen enough of the dark side to consider changing my home page to some blog somewhere, instead of FR. I've been here since impeachment days, and it boggles my mind how far some are from what I consider a righteous point of view. I am as agnostic as anyone out there, and not a big bible person either, but I know that there is a right and a wrong.

308 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:24 PM PST by webheart (Pajamarazzi Rules!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 269 | View Replies]

To: Borges; Aliska

It's a bit more than that. The five books are known as the Pentateuch, which is the core but not the entirety of the Torah. There are also many books of prohpets and writings. Here's a good reference to Jewish scripture:

http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm


309 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:38 PM PST by thoughtomator (Death to Terri! Death to Israel! Death to the Great Satan!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 303 | View Replies]

To: MarMema
Terri is a symbol.

So true in so many ways....

310 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:41 PM PST by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: JennysCool

No way! I can't see why anyone would want to be mixed up with that man.


311 posted on 03/20/2005 11:47:45 PM PST by GloriaJane ("How Many Babies Are Crying In Heaven Tonight" http://music.download.com/gloriajane)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 151 | View Replies]

To: Hank Rearden

You're basically a libertarian Hank. That may not be your political party, but that seems to be your philosophy. There are actually a lot of libertarians in the US. They just don't know they're libertarians.


312 posted on 03/20/2005 11:49:03 PM PST by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 306 | View Replies]

To: webheart
And you would think that this case couldbn't be more clear cut wouldn't you? What kind of judge would rule the other way here and not feel like some depraved Roman Emperor? (Then let her die!)
313 posted on 03/20/2005 11:49:29 PM PST by Borges
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 308 | View Replies]

To: droopy

If you're "non-partisan" I'd be interested what you sounded like or would be posting if you were partisan. but I'm sentimentally on your side, obviously, in this issue.


314 posted on 03/20/2005 11:49:46 PM PST by Zivasmate (" A wise man's heart inclines him to his right, but a fool's heart to his left." - Ecclesiastes 10)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 275 | View Replies]

To: Hank Rearden

LOL!


315 posted on 03/20/2005 11:50:14 PM PST by smoothsailing (Eagles Up !!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 272 | View Replies]

To: thoughtomator

Thank you. I marked it and will check it out. Torah, Talmud, Terri. Too many t's for me tonight. Time to knock off.


316 posted on 03/20/2005 11:50:30 PM PST by Aliska
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 309 | View Replies]

To: Hank Rearden

881503CONCUR v. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 881503

[June 25, 1990]

Justice Scalia, concurring.

The various opinions in this case portray quite clearly the difficult, indeed agonizing, questions that are presented by the constantly increasing power of science to keep the human body alive for longer than any reasonable person would want to inhabit it. The States have begun to grapple with these problems through legislation. I am concerned, from the tenor of today's opinions, that we are poised to confuse that enterprise as successfully as we have confused the enterprise of legislating concerning abortion requiring it to be conducted against a background of federal constitutional imperatives that are unknown because they are being newly crafted from Term to Term. That would be a great misfortune.

While I agree with the Court's analysis today, and therefore join in its opinion, I would have preferred that we announce, clearly and promptly, that the federal courts have no business in this field; that American law has always accorded the State the power to prevent, by force if necessary, suicide including suicide by refusing to take appropriate measures necessary to preserve one's life; that the point at which life becomes "worthless," and the point at which the means necessary to preserve it become "extraordinary" or "inappropriate," are neither set forth in the Constitution nor known to the nine Justices of this Court any better than they are known to nine people picked at random from the Kansas City telephone directory; and hence, that even when it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that a patient no longer wishes certain measures to be taken to preserve her life, it is up to the citizens of Missouri to decide, through their elected representatives, whether that wish will be honored. It is quite impossible (because the Constitution says nothing about the matter) that those citizens will decide upon a line less lawful than the one we would choose; and it is unlikely (because we know no more about "life-and-death" than they do) that they will decide upon a line less reasonable.

Cruzan v. Director, DMH 497 US 261 (1990


317 posted on 03/20/2005 11:51:37 PM PST by KDD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 306 | View Replies]

To: ndt
"Am I the only one uncomfortable with the idea of a law written for one person?"

If Roe v Wade, (a law based on just one person), could open the door to legalized abortion on demand, then perhaps this law could have a similar effect on the right to LIFE. You should be far more afraid of one "judge" trashing a voiceless person's right to life because in this generation of Judicial abuse these appelate rulings tend to become case law and affect us ALL.

Leftist judges have been trampling all over the rights of Americans for decades now. Somebody, somewhere has to take a stand against this massive abuse of the Judiciary. I for one am very happy with the action the Congress has taken.

318 posted on 03/20/2005 11:52:03 PM PST by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" - Pope Urban II, 1097 A.D.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: thoughtomator; Borges; Aliska

Sorry, I made an error (it's late and I should be asleep, I apologize). The five books are in fact the Torah aka Pentateuch, but not the entirety of the Hebrew Bible which contain the other books mentioned and listed at that link.


319 posted on 03/20/2005 11:52:08 PM PST by thoughtomator (Death to Terri! Death to Israel! Death to the Great Satan!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 309 | View Replies]

To: Judith Anne

"you cannot make that statement with any confidence"

Ok, I'll make the statement with a lack of confidence. Feel better? We'll see what happens.


320 posted on 03/20/2005 11:52:10 PM PST by flaglady47 (O)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 257 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 281-300301-320321-340 ... 481-484 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson