President's Statement on Terri Schiavo

The White House ^ | 3-17-2005 | George W. Bush

[BobS]

The case of Terri Schiavo raises complex issues. Yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life. Those who live at the mercy of others deserve our special care and concern. It should be our goal as a nation to build a culture of life, where all Americans are valued, welcomed, and protected - and that culture of life must extend to individuals with disabilities.

[Refinersfire]

[quote]I'll just put you down under "In Favor of Dictatorship

Hillary Clinton, the candidate in 2008, thanks you.[/quote]

That reply is right out of the DNC playbook... when you can't get your way.. use fear as a tactic...

[Nightshift]

I'll just put you down under "In Favor of Dictatorship Hillary Clinton, the candidate in 2008, thanks you.

You need to find another thread, this ones above your ability to understand.

14th Amendment = equal rights. So if the Judges take that away, whats left? DUH, dictatorship. So I guess you are siding with the judge?

[Howlin]

You should most definitely be afraid of the truth.

[Howlin]

You need to find another thread, this ones above your ability to understand.

Oh, I see; these are your personal threads? I didn't know we had that here.

[Refinersfire]

[quote]You should most definitely be afraid of the truth.[/quote]

yours?.. No thanks... my 10 and 12 year old sons have a better understanding of the Constitution then you do..

[Howlin]

Right.

[Nightshift]

No they are not my personal threads. It was just a suggestion.

Just trying to help you find a thread you can understand like "Todays Toons". Maybe I am wrong here, but you come on these Terri threads and sound like you think she should die without due process or even with it. OH, by the way, isn't Michael Schiavo your 3rd cousin or something?

[Howlin]

Just trying to help you find a thread you can understand like "Todays Toons". Maybe I am wrong here, but you come on these Terri threads and sound like you think she should die without due process or even with it. OH, by the way, isn't Michael Schiavo your 3rd cousin or something?

Is this what you try to pass off as intelligent discussion on these threads?

If so, no wonder most people steer clear of them.

[Darnright]

>The sovereignty of states is more important than the life of any individual, and is designed to protect the lives of hundreds of millions of individuals.<

Oh. Well, doggone it, and all these years I've been fooled by that idea that we the people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, by our Creator, like Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Glad you set me straight on that one.

[Long Cut]

"A purge is in order."

First, neither Howlin nor myself is either a Leftist or a Nazi.

Second, Lips, who's gonna do the purging? BELIEVE ME, it'll take more than YOU'VE got.

[Nightshift]

you both have missed it. the point about getting the FEDS involved goes directly to the 14th amendment. everyone is entitled to due procees, which Terri did not get. and evidently neither do you.

[Refinersfire]

[quote]Right.[/quote] Howlin post #486

[quote]Is this what you try to pass off as intelligent discussion on these threads?

If so, no wonder most people steer clear of them.[/quote] Howlin post#488

pot.. kettle.. black..

[Nightshift]

Why you still here then? ROTFLOL

[BobS]

You are in an end-of-life relationship with your patients. You have a very big heart. Give them as much dignity as they require. You are a real angel. God has a position for you when you leave us.

The three of us were offered special medals by our commander the next week. All 3 of us asked the commander to just add it to our records instead of an awards ceremony. We just did what we were trained to do. He pinned the ribbon on our uniforms in his office. It's justified because he didn't yet know who stole 3 cases of booze from his fabulous Officer's Club along with 1/4 ton of ice in a flight-line truck for a party our squadron held on the loading dock area. 1 case of booze found it's way there. My buddy sold a case at his favorite bar for $. I sold the other case to my favorite bar for $.

God will bless us for saving lives. Then, God will chew us out for stealing booze and selling it on the black market:) It only happened once as a prank.

[Howlin]

Why you still here then?

Because I like to poke badgers with a stick.

[Nightshift]

You will need a bigger stick.

Good night. see ya tomorrow

[Fitzcarraldo]

If there was any indication at this late hour that Terri was aware of her surroundings, yet unable to communicate verbally - what would you do if you were Judge Greer?

[devolve]

"Life, Liberty, and the...."

Which state thought that up?

"Living/Dying (pick one) Constitution"

Article ? - Any spouse alleging thru hearsay shalt have the right to terminate their spouse if a large life insurance policy exists....

[Howlin]

Well, if I were Judge Greer, I don't suppose I'd do anything, considering what I've seen him do so far.

If I were in his PLACE, I would have been over there years ago to look at her myself. And I know I wouldn't have made the rulings he's made on a four year old video. And I sure as hell wouldn't have left the husband as guardian.

[Nowhere Man]

The killing of the unborn has fundamentally twisted a great portion of the American public. What would have outraged people years ago now produces only an indifferent shrug. It all goes back to the slippery slope introduced by Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton. The evangelists of death were not satisfied with seeing just the innocent unborn sacrificed on their altar of evil, now they tell us the mentally ill, the blind, the crippled, the not-so-bright, etc. should all be eliminated, because their "quality of life" fails to meet some minimum standard. It seems to me some one tried to take human race tried to be taken down this path once before.
The evangelists of death (Jack Kevorkian, Planned Parenthood, the Hemlock Society, et al) have flourished because of the indifferent shrug. I hope Terri's plight is the wake up call for decent people to rescue this nation from the purveyors of death.

I listen to Michael Savage a lot and he made a good point about how American society is becoming more immoral as time goes by. How can we battle Islamo-Fascists while taking the moral high ground if we keep dumbing down our moral standards? Heck, many times the Islamo-Fascists do criticize America for its lack of morals and they do have a point if they quit flying planes into buildings and blowing themselves up and taking innocents with them, that is a huge credibility gap on their part. Still, I think if we continue going down the toilet morally by starving helpless people, aborting our young, bowing to the homosexual lobby and by letting the lefty moonbats get their way, although Islamo-Fascism has a lot to account for before they can toot their "morality," I do think our reputation isn't the greatest on morality. We can thank the hippies and the free love of the 1960's for that. Still with all the warts, we are much better than our advesaries but as Jimmy Johnson said about what "NFL" stands for, it means "Not For Long" and will apply to us if we don't rein in these judges. Before that time, yes, we were not all squeeky clean in our history, but we strove to make things better while adhering to our Judeo-Christian standards.

I hate to see where we are going if we don't turn to our Creator and reverse our path as we sloutch towards Gommorah. Like Sodom and Gommorah, I would rather see us destroyed and end up rebuilding as the disasters help us move closer to our Judeo-Christian roots since adversity does bring us closer to religion than to see the lefty moonbats (and/or uber-libertarians) turn us into some sort of "4th Reich." We are building up some serious bad karma here. I believe in karma where if we keep doing bad things, we will end up getting kicked in the butt as payback, might be 10 minutes from now or 10 years but we will pay for sliding down this slope.

I know I might get some flak, well I'm used to it, but I am angry and had to get this off my chest on the general direction we are headed. I consider myself a "compassionate conservative." It hurts me to see some conservatives without compassion.