Posted on 05/30/2006 11:14:37 AM PDT by KevinNuPac
State Rep. Dennis Baxley raised a painful chapter in Florida history Tuesday while explaining why he thinks Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher should be the Republican nominee for governor instead of Attorney General Charlie Crist.
Baxley, R-Ocala, and two other legislators who back Gallagher had just filed qualifying papers for him Tuesday as a gesture of their support. The Marion County mortician considers himself a leader of the conservative wing of the legislature, and he accused Crist of not supporting a bitter legislative fight to intervene last year in the fight over Terri Shiavo.
Gallagher officially in the race...Supporters file papers, while slamming Crist
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From the Puffington Host...
In stark contrast to the righties of tight, most Dems can sift through the wide range of behavioral choices available today and through trial and error, and sometimes with a lot of error, (hello!) arrive at a lifestyle that works well for them. We must accept that the far right cannot resolve behavioral issues with a unique, personal response to the question: “Is this behavior right for me?” The right needs things black and white.
Effective social pressure requires every one in a society- everyone- to conform to the same behavior. (I never said their spiritual strategy didn’t have flaws.) The righties really aren’t interested in hunting down those who do “immoral” things. They are interested in using society to keep themselves in line. That’s why they went ape shit over Terry Schiavo. Any ethical or moral case made public will draw enormous amounts of right wing attention, while those cases out of the spotlight will be overlooked. They don’t’ want to recalibrate social norms to any degree- that is the same as throwing out all norms- and that would leave the right, in their view, with nothing to hold them together.
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Interesting stuff, friend.
They should hear themselves with human ears :-)
They should wake up with a hangover and THEN hear themselves :-) :-)
Dollink, that is a compliment to us. Did you fall asleep?
Dear Editor: You may recall Terri Schaivo. She is the woman who was in a coma for many years. The family had a tragic battle whether to end her life or continue her on feeding tubes.
In the worst moments of this tragedy, Mark Green sprung into action. Late on a Sunday night in March of 2005, Green returned to Washington, D.C. to make an emergency vote in the House of Representatives. There he voted to extend the life of Terri Schiavo.
Bill Craig: Terri Schiavo case showed real Green
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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other." -- Benjamin Franklin
Still looking for feedback on the Jerri Ward radio appearance yesterday on Texas Futile Caregiving...
Heartwarming about Mrs. Vo.
May we remember those still in peril as well as those who passed on.
>> However, if he becomes the governor of Wisconsin, he will have some real authority to stick his nose into our most sensitive family moments.
>> You can be assured that when your time comes to make the hardest decisions of your life, Green will be looking over your shoulder. He will be there for you, making sure that you do what he thinks is right. I can't wait.
They frame issues not in terms of what's right or wrong but in "private" behavior vs. bedroom police.
Asked about his differences with Davis, Smith said he believes it will come down to an assessment by voters of the two candidates' records on leadership and effectiveness. ''I think really though the question is who's been there and who's been doing the job,'' Smith said.
He said while Davis can talk about debating issues like the Terri Schiavo bill, Smith can point to his role in the state Senate in stopping the Republican-backed legislation. ''He talked on it,'' Smith said. ''Well, I stopped it.''
Democrats ready for primary showdown
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Man left in van dies in the heat
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Yes.
Andrea Clark died at peace, infinitely relieved to spend her last days and hours with her loving family. She should have been a "poster child" for "death with dignity." In fact it was the so-called death-with-dignity crowd, wielding the cruel Texas Futile Care Law, who wanted to leave her on the street curb to die. Only a public outcry and the intercession of a moral doctor saved her from a lonely, agonizing death.
Haleigh Poutre is still among the living and hopefully recovering.
Jimmy Chambers has passed, but may lessons be learned and may blessings come to his family members who stood strong.
The list grows.
Matthew 25:41 [KJV} Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink
Hooray for Haleigh and I sure would like to hear more about how she's doing. Do you suppose the bureaucrats still have that gag order on her mother? Wendy Murphy, please call your office :-)
Three charged in post-Katrina hospital deaths
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Michael could have saved a fortune if he'd thought of this.
Recalibrate?! WTF are they talking about, we are talking about human life, there is nothing to "recalibrate," this is as basic as we get.
They simply view humans as just another disposable machine, complete with the need for "recalibration" and, presumably, "planned obsolescence."
And yeah, I'll be happy to acknowledge to any of these leftist eugenicists that I do view the sanctity of life in black and white. We live in a world with good and evil and I don't give a damn what they say about "nuance" or whatever their latest term for the destruction of basic Judeo-Christian values happens to be.
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