Posted on 07/28/2005 3:35:26 PM PDT by don-o
Edited on 07/28/2005 5:16:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Senator Bill Frist responded to my letter concerning Terri Schiavo.
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“Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts about Terri Schiavo. It is an honor to serve you as Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and it is a privilege to respond to your concerns.
“There is no more sacred virtue on our society than the need to preserve and protect human life. In Terri Schiavo’s unique and tragic case, her life was at stake, and her end-of-life wishes were in dispute. And medical experts were split on her medical condition.. I suggested the courts solicit additional tests an attempt to reach a medical consensus on her condition. I also recommended current and complete neurological examinations which she did not have, using the most up-to-date medical technologies.
“Congress passed a bill that allowed a federal court to take a fresh look at her case. The fact that the bill passed unanimously in the Senate and with bipartisan support in the House suggests that members of both political parties agreed that the courts should have at least considered additional medical evidence in her case. I am extremely disappointed in the federal rulings in this case, and I am deeply saddened by her death. Using the most advanced medical technology to perform an autopsy. Medical examiners have concluded Terri Schiavo suffered from irreversible brain damage at the time of her death. We must respect her memory.”
Sincerely,
William H. Frist
Majority Leader
United States Senate
ping to the sweetie!
This makes me sick! What else can I say!
My comment is this:
Congressional subpoenas were issued, and blatantly defied by all of their targets without consequence.
May I, too, defy a Congressional subpoena if I receive one?
Or will you, Senator, really MEAN IT if you subpoena me on a DIFFERENT issue, and hold me in contempt if I ridicule the subpoena before the press and refuse to comply?
What Congress did was pure show.
Subpoenas were defied without consequence.
Therefore, Congress didn't mean it, and gets zero credit for having done anything at all.
With the number of bizarre beliefs now out there vis a vis negative population growth, eugenics and things of this nature, there needs to be a major rethink about "the right to die," about "reproductive choice" and about the whole notion that "liberty" somehow includes some fairly strange (in historical context of God fearing people) acts. Things that have really bothered me at a fairly deep level:
* This case
* Dr. Death
* The Law in Oregon
* The Law in the Netherlands
* The odd "couple" of New Age, 1960s radicalism and the death culture
* Some of the particular eugenics oriented folks involved in "defending" Michael Shiavo.
So, what's being done about the fact that the courts blew Congress off?
Everything was fine in that letter EXCEPT the last sentences:
>>>Using the most advanced medical technology to perform an autopsy. Medical examiners have concluded Terri Schiavo suffered from irreversible brain damage at the time of her death. We must respect here memory.”>>>
So what is Sen. Frist saying? That since she had irreversible brain damage it was alright to murder her? She was NOT on any machines. She could, and did, sustain life without any medical devices. All she needed was food and water. And they had a guard at the foot of her bed to make sure no one gave her that.
Nothing. Congresscritters are counting on weak constituent knowledge regarding the balance of powers, especially the power of judicial impeachment by Congress if Congress feels its power to legislate has been stepped on.
Yup. That when my jaw dropped tp the floor.
You said what I wanted to only better! Now we must respect her memory?? Why couldn't "we" respect her life? What good is a Constitution that gives a person Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness when the Legislature is too lazy to enforce it?
Guess you can tell, I'm still angry. We elect these people.
BTW - Did you know his family runs a hospital that does "for profit" abortions? So what will happen when they can do "for profit" starvations?
here=her
Never heard this, horrible. Documentation?
I can't remember what show, or what dem was spouting off bragging that they had served the greater good of the public by forcing the watering down of that bill. The bill that could have saved Terri.
I saw it some time in the last two or three weeks. I remember thinking what an arse the rat dem was to be proud of watering down a bill that could have saved a life.
Up until that time I had no idea that the bill they passed had been watered down. I still wonder, watered down from what?
Are those mistakes yours, or his?
Good question.
I'll never forget the GOP played a part in her murder.
Shallow meaningless words. Yada yada yada.
Nope. Those are Bill's exact words.
Except I typed one word wrong
here = her. And that is the last time I apologize for that!
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