Posted on 09/05/2006 4:45:45 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Bioethics issues are particularly troublesome in Florida. Florida was the home to the fierce national debate over the life and death of Terri Schiavo and her husband ultimate won the right from a local Florida court to kill her via euthanasia by painfully starving and dehydrating her to death over a 13 day period.
Florida is also the home to numerous biotech firms as companies such as the California-based Scripps, Burnham and Torrey Pines institutes destroy the lives of days-old unborn children for their cells for questionable scientific research.
Florida Pro-Life Group Adds Bioethics Focus to Opposition to Abortion
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We're all familiar with Bush's acts of fealty to the social-conservative base of his partythe nomination of pro-life judges, the Terri Schiavo intervention, the attempt to ban same-sex marriage, the veto of funding for stem-cell research. What is far less widely understood is what these numerous gestures of loyalty to causes near and dear to the Catholic Church tell us about how ecumenical the religious right has become.
But has the social-conservative movement become broad enough to accept a Mormon as its leader? That remains an open question. Latter-day Saints have toiled side by side with Catholics and evangelicals on various issues during the last two decades. But anti-Mormon prejudice remains widespread in both communities. Even Neuhaus, Mr. Ecumenical himself, has effectively excommunicated Mormons from the religious right by pronouncing that they are not Christians. And James Dobson of Focus on the Family no doubt spoke for many older evangelicals when he recently denied that "conservative Christians in large numbers will vote for a Mormon."
A Bigger Tent...Why religious conservatives are ready for a Mormon president.
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If people develop a full-fledged eating disorder, anorexia or bulimia, they can suffer damage to their heart, liver or kidneys.
They can suffer chemical imbalances that lead to cardiac arrest, the reason suspected for the attack that led to Terri Schiavo's vegetative state.
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The coroner ruled it out -- actually made fun of the theory in polite medical language -- but some people never catch on or catch up. I want to come back to this point because there IS a medical explanation for the kind of short-term, one-time chemical imbalance that Terri suffered. It is caused by trauma.
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Likewise :-)
And as the midterm election draws near, any clear-eyed assessment of the Democratic Party would have to conclude: the Democrats have no beitzim.
Plenty of them are gloating that the congressional page sex scandal will clinch a victory for them in November. But I doubt it. It wouldn't shock me if, New York Yankees-like, the team that looks unbeatable in the playoffs gets sent packing.
This is the party that couldn't unseat a president who chose to launch a disastrous war, and who waded against mainstream opinion on everything from stem cell research to energy policy to the environment to Terri Schiavo. At every turn, Democratic candidates have failed to offer an alternative voice that makes Americans feel not just sane, but safe.
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New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-abortion law firm has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over its recent decision to allow over the counter sales of the morning after pill. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a legal complaint in an attempt to force the agency to extend the sales to teenagers under the age of 18.
When the FDA entered into an agreement with Barr Laboratories, the maker of the Plan B drug, it prohibited anyone under 18 from purchasing the morning after pill without a prescription.
Pro-Abortion Lawsuit Wants FDA to Sell Morning After Pill OTC to Teens
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The sentence is ambiguous, but I think the fellow is saying that it was President Bush who has gone against the mainstream on Terri and on the other matters. He is dreaming. The liberal view is miles out of touch with mainstream opinion -- including Terri.
The only consolation here is that it's one more device for insuring GOP domination in future elections. Republicans are the ones getting married and having children. Democrats will take these pills and slowly go the way of the dinosaurs.
1. Charlie Justice (D) mentions TERRI SCHIAVO in his latest campaign ad. Apparently, this democrat is bragging that he voted to kill her. 2. Charlie Crist (lots of charlie news today). Charlie Crist in today's St. Pete Times stated that he is NOT GOING TO KEEP JEB BUSH'S people and will have his own (they will be liberals imo and union people), that he's anti-business and he turned down a debate with JIM DAVIS (d) moderated by Hardball's Chris Mitchell.
3. Crist is a radical liberal. Anybody who votes for cc is stupid and that means anyone. They've all been had. And, Crist is still bragging about never owning real property. I wouldn't be bragging about that. He's stupid, stupid, stupid and floridians who are for him have been had.
In four years when the state is in shambles, somebody else will replace him should he win.
Crist is no conservative! He's a total fraud!
Jim Davis is right when he says that Crist was a lousy AG. He'd make a lousy governor too. I know the hard core GOPers will vote for crist. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I'm an indy and look forward to many "I told you so" moments should cc win. He's a total fraud and he's defrauding republicans and conservatives in every way!
Florida is stuck on stupid.
I wonder if they are going to monitor the vote or just let people cheat.
http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com/
He fooled a lot of people. Fools rush in.....
...and the phone company's his long time friends so it will be a phony fight, like wrestling. The taxpayers will lose and watch the phone companies get richer as will the state's lawyers and the phone companies' lawyers. It's a program to make work for Charlie's lawyer buddies. That's all.
You may as well get ready for the next shoe(s)? to drop. Did you think Foley was the only Republican they're targeting?
On 10/03/06, this is the email I sent to Rush's 24/7 private email address:
Charley Crist is next on their agenda.
Tip of the iceberg site:
http://smashedfrog.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_smashedfrog_archive.html
Is Charlie Crist gay?
No, of course not. Hes a Republican candidate for governor. In Florida.
Republicans dont elect Marys in this state. They wont even elect those suspected of Maryhood; go ask U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, whose 2004 United States Senate campaign was derailed by a report that he was a flamer.
Sure, Charlies a hot 50-year-old bachelor with well-coifed silver hair and a fondness for n! icely tailored suits. But he just survived a primary against a fundie who premised his whole campaign on the notion that Charlie doesnt hate gay people (or abortion) enough. Youd think if Tom Gallagher had something to say, he would have said it. Instead, a week before the primary Crist denied that he had fathered a love child.
Now, these rumors have been floating around for a while. We at Happytown have heard them for years, always off the record, always passed along as gossip. Wed guess that every reporter in the state has heard them, but as yet no ones produced any proof, much less a picture of Crist having a Brokeback encounter with the pool boy.
Enter Max Linn, gubernatorial candidate for whats left of the Reform Party. While on anchorman-turned-right-wing-nutball Bud Hedingers radio show (3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on WFLA-AM 540) last week, Linn told the flabbergasted host that he knew, and would swear on a stack of Bibles, that Crist was gay. The two ha! ve been friends for 25 years, Linn said, and Charlie had confided in him. Of course it goes without saying that Linn could have ulterior motives for this revelation, given the timing and all. But honestly, the best he could possibly hope for by dumping on his friend is to become a spoiler and clear the road to victory for Democrat Jim Davis. posted as announcement by Matchett PI.
FV SAYS: Crist likes basketball players (not saying what sex).
Charlie Crist Let Terri Schiavo Die. Story by Human Events on my tag line. Picture of Terri's dad in the r. margin.
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