PINELLAS PARK, Fla. As Republican lawmakers scramble to pass legislation in an attempt to preserve the life of a brain-damaged woman, one Oregon congressman is doing all he can to stop the bill.
The emergency measure, which passed the Senate today, would allow Terri Schiavo's (SHY'-vohz) parents to take their case to a federal judge and take Schiavo's fate out of Florida courts. Judges there had ordered her feeding tube removed.
But Oregon's Democratic Congressman Earl Blumenauer says the measure is immoral because Schiavo made it clear to her husband that she would not want to live in a vegetative state.
He is organizing the opposition to the measure, which comes before the House on Sunday afternoon. One-third of the members present need to vote "No" to ensure that the feeding tube is not put back in.
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That is encouraging..NOT!! I can't watch cspan tomorrow. I will be sick if this doesn't pass. Besides, I have a husband who is cursing at a playstation game that he keeps losing.LOL. He needs some care.
Oregon. Hmmm. Wydon? The assisted suicide advocate?
Earl Blumenauer is a uncompassionate, uninformed jerk. He should be innundated with copies of http://www.theempirejournal.com/0319052_attorneys_last_visit_wit.htm After he reads it, let's hear him say again that she does not want to live
This is really something. The democrats want to block efforts to save Terri's life. So they will ever be remembered as the Party that helped murder Terri Schiavo. Hopefully there are enough good democrats (is there such a thing?) left to save Terri. What ghouls. Speaking of which, here is what I received from Senator Barbara Boxer. Apparently, if you read between the lines, she will use my email about Terri for toilet paper because it came via a "third party". Here's the crap she sent me:
Dear Friend:
Thank you for recently sending me an email with your thoughts. I hear
from thousands of Californians every day and I value your participation.
While I note all messages sent to my office, because of the tremendous
number of emails I receive, those sent using third party services will not
receive a response. If you would like to receive a response to your
message, please use the email service available on my Senate website.
Going to http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm will take you
directly to this service.
You may also sign up to receive regular updates on my work in the Senate
by using my website. At http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm you can
sign up to receive messages from me on current issues of the day.
Thank you again for contacting me. I look forward to hearing from you in
the future.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator