Posted on 03/21/2005 7:30:53 AM PST by Dog Gone
Where life begins and ends is a very tough subject for me....
Ah yes-- well, it's a stupid question, but what do you expect from the media? The coverage of this whole Schiavo case has been distinctly Orwellian.
I have to say, though, that given the attitudes of vast segments of the American public, when the "right to die" morphs into the obligation to die, I'll just shake my head sadly and murmur a bit about how what goes around comes around, and isn't it too bad that all those folks are being offed. Meanwhile, I will care for my loved ones and they will care for me, and we'll stay the hell away from the death-dealing court system.
"Where life begins and ends is a very tough subject for me...."
It is for me as well, which is why I choose to err, if I err, in favor of life.
"Frist told reporters yesterday that he did not see the memo circulating among Senate Republicans laying out how they could benefit politically from this situation, but the memo exists."
HELLO Where exactly in these words did Frist say that the GOP leadership sent this memo out. NICE TRY.
Keep ranting...you're proving my points.
The same folks who are demanding even today that the national guard be called out will undoubtedly blame the GOP if the effort to save Terry falls short.
Sickening.
...Are insane.
Got a cite?
"I'm not even sure the GOP will benefit politically from this. It might blow up in their faces.
The same folks who are demanding even today that the national guard be called out will undoubtedly blame the GOP if the effort to save Terry falls short."
There is always the potential for anything to blow up in their faces. Some who disagree with Congress themselves are making political accusations. Thus far I see Congress, Constitutionally acting as a response to the people. There has been no denial of the memo, however, some seek to gain themselves politically claiming things they cannot prove.
The key to this whole case for me has been that fact that "IF" this gal did not want to live like this, why has she hung on for so long with nothing more than a feeding tube? Yes, I know she has been tested and tested and tested, however, the past few years nothing has been done for her, other than a feeding tube, and she is warehoused in a place for dying.
Yup. Politics is pay-for-play. If you demand and receive a quid, you'd better come up with the pro quo.
I am sorry I do not have the time to "RANT" to you.
You have been on the loosing side of this debate, you need the evidence you go find it, I'll be watching your method of operation.
There's more to being a Republican/conservative than being pro-WOT. I'm certainly not what one would classify the "religious right". I think prostitution should be legal, favor ending the federal drug war, and don't really care one way or the other about gays marrying. However, I cannot fathom how one could be cognizant of the facts of this case and still favor starving Terri to death. If one were to make a case for euthanasia legalization, while I would not agree with it, I could at least respect it as a logical argument. But as a human being, I am at a loss to understand the pro-death contingent.
"Yup. Politics is pay-for-play. If you demand and receive a quid, you'd better come up with the pro quo."
I thought the speech 'god' Mccain took the money out of politics.
From a previous post of yours. Thanks for admitting that you were wrong.
"You have been on the loosing side of this debate..."
Not according to the polls. But by all means, keep dreaming and ranting.
" you need the evidence you go find it, I'll be watching your method of operation."
No need, you yourself admitted above that they didn't deny the memo. You must have simply forgotten to apologize for the misstatement.
Please see my post #176. This is not a "religious right" thing at all. I'm as libertarian as they come, and I find the mindset of the anti-Terri people to be disgusting. All of my friends and acquaintences who are familiar with the facts of this case feel the same way I do about it and none of them are even remotely "religious right".
C'mon Paulsen. That's 100% wrong. You're better than that.
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