March 31, 2005
Terri Schiavo Finally Succumbs to State Sanctioned Starvation
Rest in peace Terri. Rest in Peace.
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I knew that two minutes ago...
But seriously, it was a terrible way to go, but it was her time to go. It's been her time for quite a while. My only question is, what lost cause are the protesters going to latch on to now?
Hector.
Posted by: Hector Vex at March 31, 2005 09:23 AM (tQPgX)
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A proud day in our nation's history.
And stay tuned for the differing versions of her death. She died "peacefully", or wracked by convulsions and death rattles.
Of course, all the nurses are bound to silence so we'll never really know.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 09:30 AM (8e/V4)
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WOW! You Infidels are tough. I thought that our sawing heads off and shots to the back of the head was rough going but you.... you Americans starve your handicapped to Death!
So, me friend Mahmood and Sallama have a bet that you filthy Infidels start knocking off your retarded and your old people next. I say that handicapped orphans are next but Mahmood and Sallama insist it is the old and infirm.
Who do you think will win eh filthy Americans?
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 09:37 AM (yBHNA)
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God Bless Terri Schiavo. May she rest in peace finally.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 09:44 AM (/+dAV)
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It is time to impeach to the judges who perpetrated this crime
For the blood of the Lamb does not wash off their hands
Posted by: Rick Brand at March 31, 2005 10:08 AM (DoxEP)
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"It is time to impeach to the judges who perpetrated this crime"
Can we start with the republican ones?
Posted by: actus at March 31, 2005 10:30 AM (Eg4/w)
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Nice job, actus. Once again you and your ilk can't let go of the fact that your heroes lost the election and that your liberal beliefs are in the minority.
I challenge you to view the audio that is making the rounds of Terri's father asking her questions and her answering them with a 'yes' or 'no' and come back here and explain to us how that, somewhere inside her brain, that there wasn't some bit of life in there. I'm sure you liberals would have been screaming bloody murder if one of your own like Christopher Reeve had his feeding tube removed. Does it help you sleep better or accept it more easily because Reeve could carry on a more intelligent conversation than Terri?
The letter of the law may have been followed, but to allow someone who stopped being her husband many years ago, even if not legally, to order her extermination is morally wrong. I hope the autopsy shows that he put her in the position she was in. How neat and tidy that the very night that she went home to ask for a divorce coincides with her being in a coma the next day.
Posted by: slug at March 31, 2005 10:46 AM (wcNc2)
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Slug in no way can you compare terri to Christopher Reeves. I would love to view an audio (recently now ) of her answering questions. Im sorry but this woman has been dead since 1990.
Posted by: DRAMA at March 31, 2005 10:51 AM (22t5y)
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Libs are degenerate deathmongers. They demand the right to murder their babies and those they deem unfit for life.
Terri is just the beginning. Soon libs will be looking to those handicapped in State Hospitals who are unable to care for themselves. The libs will demand that these unfit for life types be put down.
Filthy, degenerate liberals will be judged one day and they will all suffer. Count on it Libbies! Get yourselves right with God.
Posted by: OB Snooks at March 31, 2005 10:57 AM (yBHNA)
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Should have put a pillow over Supermans face years ago- He couldnt feed himself so, whack him right?
I think that Steven Hawkings should get his tube out now that I think of it-
What about all them tards living on the welfare in the State Hospitals..... Starve them like Terri. According to the libs, the goofy bastards will feel nothing.
Posted by: Earl Dittman at March 31, 2005 10:59 AM (yBHNA)
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In no way shape or form do you people knew this woman(Hell i didnt). Who would want to live in such a vegative state for so long... If you know some one let me .I Truly believe her husband did the right thing. Congress and Bush have bigger problems (Iraq Duh) Than a legal battle that was goin on since Bush Senior was in office
Posted by: IraQ at March 31, 2005 11:00 AM (22t5y)
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When in doubt, kill the handicapped. More parking for the libs in front of the Hemp store.
Think I will bitch slap a hippy on the way home.
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 11:02 AM (yBHNA)
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OB SNOOKS ! DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE BIBLE. ANYWAY THIS WOMAN WAS BRAIN DEAD. CHRISTOPHER REEVES WASNT. THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS ALIVE WAS BECAUSE OF THAT TUBE. REEVES TUBE WAS TAKEN OFF IN 2003 WAY BEFORE HE DIED. YOU CONSERV'S NEED TO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE YOU BASH. YOU ALWAY LOOK FOR A QUICK COME BACK.
Posted by: DRAMA at March 31, 2005 11:05 AM (22t5y)
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Brain dead, bladder dead, foot dead. What does it matter? A human being was starved to death for two weeks.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 11:23 AM (x+5JB)
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It's not a conservative issue here DRAMA - it's a moron issue. I'm conservative and I can tell the difference between Reeve or Hawkings. They are not brain dead. These reactionary people are just idiots. Terry was a tomato, now she is dead. Let's all move on. I think Baseball season starts soon...
Posted by: Hector Vex at March 31, 2005 11:24 AM (tQPgX)
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TWO QUESTIONS REMAIN, AND YES, I AM SHOUTING:
1) HOW CAN A HUSBAND WHO COMMITTED ADULTERY AND TOOK UP WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AND FATHERED TWO KIDS, STILL HAVE LEGAL RIGHTS TO A WIFE WHO IS INCAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF HERSELF, AND FURTHERMORE, WHY COULDN'T THE SCHINDLERS DIVORCE SCHIAVO ON BEHALF OF TERRI, AND TAKE LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OF HER?
2) HOW CAN THE GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT, WHOEVER, GRANT A PARDON FOR A CONVICTED MURDERER, YET BE TOTALLY POWERLESS TO HELP AN INNOCENT, STARVING WOMAN?
I NO LONGER HAVE ANY FAITH IN OUR GOVERNMENT, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, EVERYONE WHO ALLOWED THIS HORRIBLE, UNSPEAKABLE, MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE FEELS ON THIS SUBJECT, THIS HUSBAND IS A BASTARD WHO INITIALLY REFUSED TERRI COMMUNION, AND FORBADE HER OWN PARENTS FROM BEING IN THE ROOM WITH HER WHEN SHE FINALLY EXPIRED.
YOU CALL THIS A LOVING HUSBAND WHO ONLY HAD TERRI'S BEST WISHES AT HEART? WOULD TERRI WANTED TO HAVE SPENT HER LAST TWO WEEKS ON THIS EARTH, STARVING AND THIRSTING TO DEATH? I THINK NOT.
PEOPLE, IF SHE DID HAVE IT IN WRITING NOT TO BE SAVED, DO YOU NOT AGREE THAT TAKING TWO FULL WEEKS, STARVING TO DEATH, WAS CRUEL AND INHUMANE? PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL DOWN HERE IN TEXAS FOR STARVING THEIR HORSES.
JUST BECAUSE A JUDGE RULED ON THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT MORAL.
GOD HELP US ALL.
Posted by: Laura at March 31, 2005 11:39 AM (L3PPO)
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Breaking News Story:
Judge orders Greyrooster reconnected to Jeff Gannon's "feeding tube".
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 11:46 AM (/+dAV)
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One of the most saddening things I keep hearing posters say about the ability of the State to starve this huaman being to death is ..."It's the Law"
In fact it is,
God help us
Posted by: Brad at March 31, 2005 11:48 AM (NzgK/)
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The simple fact is that Terri was not brain dead, and never was. I don't have to tell you this, because you already know it, yet you keep repeating it. Today's lesson?: It'll never be true, no matter how many times you keep repeating it.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 12:22 PM (8e/V4)
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This unfortunate case of Terri Schiavo has brought forth a great deal of compassion and caring from millions of people concerned about the well-being of one individual.
Death is a natural part of life; every person and every living creature will die some day. Some die after a long, productive, and satisfying life, and others are cut short before their time.
Every day on planet earth, 29,000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths are of preventable. Pneumonia kills millions every year, yet it can be cured with a dollarÂ’s worth of antibiotics. Diarrheal dehydration kills over a million children every year, and most of these lives could be saved if the parents had access to a ten-cent packet of oral rehydration salts and knew the procedure for administering oral rehydration therapy. Tuberculosis kills over two million a year, and is curable with a course of drugs costing just $10.
I hope that the outpouring of compassion for Terri Schiavo will be channeled, or broadcast, to the millions of children in the world living and dying in poverty, whose lives are needlessly snuffed out for want of ten centsÂ’ worth of oral rehydration salts, a dollarÂ’s worth of antibiotics, or a two dollar mosquito net that prevents the spread of malaria during sleep.
Posted by: Anomalocaris at March 31, 2005 12:32 PM (uyCvR)
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Here Here, Anomalocaris.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 12:38 PM (x+5JB)
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In America there is a young man in a nursing home, his brain synapses fried by his 1st hit of extasy at a dance club. This young man cannot feed himself, take himself to the bathroom, wash himself.....or hold a book up to his face to read. He can however commuicate by blinking his eyes. His mind partially destroyed by the missfired synapses has crippled him but somehow he is able to communicate.
Like Terri, he lives in Florida. I fear that a Judge in Florida will decide that his life is not worth living and starve him to death.
Posted by: OB Snooks at March 31, 2005 12:42 PM (yBHNA)
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Brain dead? If that was the reason to starve this woman to death than 99% of you degenerate liberals would be put on a state mandated permo diet.
Posted by: OB Snooks at March 31, 2005 12:44 PM (yBHNA)
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Let's hope the Christians and the "moralists" learn to truly value life. No abortion, no death penalty and no wars based on lies.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 01:18 PM (/+dAV)
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I agree with Laura!! This man lost the right to call himself Terri's husband years ago!!
Not only that but the Bible says God breathed life into Adam and he became alive....the life of a human is in the breath and the blood. Terri's blood circulated without artificial help...she breathed without artificial help...she was alive.
Who are we to know how god was ministering to her?? Are we now God?? What happened was that another human being was cruely and inhumanely starved to death! Laura is also right about our animals having more rights than this.
How many of you who so ridiculously compare the importance of someones life to a baseball season would yell in outrage over "cruelty to animals" and yet can't even feel at all outraged over the death of a humanbeing?!!
May God forgive us as a nation and have mercy on us. For we surely all need to repent over this horrible injustice!
Posted by: Kim at March 31, 2005 01:19 PM (6krEN)
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You ignorant ass. War based on lies. You and your self important puffery. Your ilk wouldn't go to war no matter the case. Some beared ruffian who points east 5 times a day to babble at some goat pimp could be buggering your mum in the batty hole and you would tell him "mind you, here is some lube"
You are a coward and a ponse. Be you have your copy of F.9/11 autographed eh?
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 01:21 PM (yBHNA)
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I have to agree with snooks. This idiot Greg is an ignorant ass. Probably sitting smug in some univeristy comfortable in the knowlege that he alone is right. War based on lies? Ass. Greg probably believes that the USA blew up the towers and planned the whole thing.
I have a tinfoil hat for you bucko-
No death penalty? What say if your kid was bottomknocked and then strangled by a molestor? Would 20 years do it for you? THen he can get out and do it again like that fellow in florida?
Posted by: filthy allah at March 31, 2005 01:25 PM (yBHNA)
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It still amazes me to see neocons with bleeding hearts.
Posted by: Venom at March 31, 2005 01:28 PM (dbxVM)
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"I think that Steven Hawkings should get his tube out now that I think of it-"
Why? he's not in PVS.
Posted by: actus at March 31, 2005 01:31 PM (Eg4/w)
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Hey Venum, got a tinfoil hat for you
Posted by: OBsnooks at March 31, 2005 01:34 PM (yBHNA)
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The Catholic Church does allow for the death penalty in extreme cases. JPII has stated as much. There are no ex cathedra pronouncements on it, just opinions like those of the national Council of Bishops. So it is indeed a misconception that Catholics must be against it. Is it over-used? Ask the hundreds known guilt criminals waiting on death row for the last twenty years for their executions. I say if there's any doubt about guilt, free the person. Use it on the ones caught red-handed, in the act, and guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt doing truly horrible crimes. And we all know what they are.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 01:35 PM (x+5JB)
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You too pretend to be so righteous and pious with this Terri thing.
George Bush passed a law in Texas giving hospitals the right to terminate the life of one in a vegatative state if the guardians can't pay, regardless of their wishes. I don't hear you too boo hooing about those people. Terri, Terri, Terri all the time. It's the Terri channel. Where is the moral consistantcy? Pea brains.
And with a disgusting handle like "Filthy Allah" it's no wonder this site has been deemed to be a hate site by Google. When you meet God he will remember how you took his name in vain and defiled it.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 01:36 PM (/+dAV)
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Snooks,
Why's that? You through with it finally?
Posted by: Venom at March 31, 2005 01:42 PM (dbxVM)
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Allah is filthy. E-mail me at allahsucksballs@gmail.com if you have a problem. I will be happy to buy a tin foil hat for you from Herr. Snooks.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 01:46 PM (yBHNA)
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"The Catholic Church does allow for the death penalty in extreme cases. JPII has stated as much."
Young Bourbon Professional,
As a Catholic, this is news to me and I'm always trying to learn new things. Can you back up this statement with a citation?
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 01:47 PM (/+dAV)
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Would be happy to sell you a tinfoil hat filthy allah so that you may make a gift of it to a degenerate liberal.
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 01:48 PM (yBHNA)
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"Allah" is the heretical mand-made pagan god created out of the twisted mind of Mohammed who supposedly delights in the blood that his obedient stooges--the terrorists--are offering up to him via periodic beheadings and frenzied self-mutilations.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 01:48 PM (x+5JB)
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Sure, Greg, I'll find a link.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 01:49 PM (x+5JB)
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Wonder why we didn't hear from Ted "I killed Mary Jo" Kennedy during this affair? Where was Shillery? Pelosi? Howie Dean?
When in doubt, kill it.......
You libs make me sick. Degenerate filth.
Posted by: obsnooks at March 31, 2005 01:52 PM (yBHNA)
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"Filthy Allah" will burn in Hell for defiling God's name.
You hateful vermin. That hate is lodged in your right armpit and one day soon a big chip of it will float off and seize up your sacreligious heart.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 01:52 PM (/+dAV)
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Facing reality is not betrayal of faith
''Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him'' - Job 13:15
The tears surprised me. I pulled over, blinded by them.
The incident is sharp in memory because it was a turning point: the moment I finally accepted the unacceptable. My mom was going to lose her battle with breast cancer. She was going to die.
My sisters and brother had already come to terms with it. I was the one still clinging, stubbornly and defiantly, to an expectation of miracles. To do otherwise felt like a betrayal of my mother. And of my faith.
But that day back in 1988, acceptance finally forced itself on me. Cancer had made her a stick figure. It had clouded her mind with hallucination. And it had reduced her to a toddler, her hand feather light in mine as she tottered down the hall.
I left her bedside at a trot. Got in the car and drove until I couldn't see.
As you've probably guessed, I'm writing about Terri Schiavo, who died today. And I'm doing what I guess we all do when we contemplate her tragedy. I am personalizing it.
How can you not? On the one side, there is Michael Schiavo, ordering removal of the feeding tube that sustained his wife for 15 years because, he said, she would not have wanted to live in a vegetative state. On the other, there are the parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, begging in tears for their daughter to simply live, in whatever state she could. It is only natural to run such a painful conundrum though the filter of experience -- or imagination -- and try to tease out truth you can live with.
Here's mine. Acceptance is hard. Acceptance hurts like hell.
For as much time as we've spent discussing spousal rights, political opportunism and the meaning of life, I think that's the signature lesson here: Conceding the inevitability of death is one of the hardest duties of life. And maybe the longer you put it off -- the Schindlers and Michael Schiavo have been fighting for seven years -- the more difficult it becomes.
Which is why the denouement of this drama has been painful, even for those of us who were not directly involved. Watching the increasingly naked desperation of the fight to keep Terri alive came to feel intrusive and voyeuristic. You wanted to turn away, but there was no place you could go.
So you watched as the Schindlers strained credulity with claims that their daughter tried to say ''I want to live'' even as her feeding tube was removed. And never mind that, five years ago, according to a report in the Miami Herald, the couple openly conceded that Terri was insensate, her brain destroyed.
You watched as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, in a stunning illustration of the axiom about politics and bedfellows, spoke out on behalf of the Schindlers, a boogeyman of the liberal left making common cause with the religious right.
You watched as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay denounced as ''barbarism'' the removal of Terri's feeding tube and trampled the constitutional separation of powers with extraordinary legislative maneuvers to keep her alive, yet neglected to mention that he raised no similar objection 17 years ago when his father suffered a massive head injury and the family decided it was best that the elder DeLay be allowed to die.
You watched as people went just a little bit nuts.
And maybe, if you were the praying type, you said, Hey, God, how about a little help here? When should we stop waiting on the miracle? When is it OK to give up hope?
But God, as far as is known, kept His own counsel. Maybe He felt He'd said what He had to say 15 years ago.
Terri Schiavo's death, hard as it was, feels like mercy. For her and for us. Once again, we can avoid confronting our irresolute feelings and fears.
There is, however, wisdom here, for those to care to seek it. Roughly distilled, it goes like this: to face reality is not to betray faith.
God answers every prayer, a preacher once said.
Sometimes, the answer is no.
Posted by: DRAMA at March 31, 2005 01:55 PM (22t5y)
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That is funny Greg since you libs don't believe in God. If you did , you wouldnt starve handicapped woman and butcher your babies.
Posted by: Filthy Allah's ball Crabs at March 31, 2005 01:57 PM (yBHNA)
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Greg:
My understanding of the law Bush signed in TX was to allow 10 days for a patient-surrogate to find another institution that would accept the patient, after being informed by a hospital that the patient was going to be removed from life support, after a ruling by an ethics committee agreeing with the hospital in cases where the hospital and the patient-surrogate disagreed. The law was further amended in 2003 to include minors; the version Bush signed dealt only with adults. The effect is to provide families with a last chance to get treatment for a patient who is deemed by a hospital to be beyond hope, AFTER an ethics committee reviews the case, keeping the matter out of the courts to the greatest extent possible.
That's quite a bit different from the way you characterize it, isn't it?
Posted by: Jamie at March 31, 2005 02:00 PM (Beko3)
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Drama,
That was very nice. This has been an agonizing ordeal for all of us.
I have in my possession a Living Will from my mother giving me the power to decide what to do when the time comes. It states that she does not want to be kept alive by artificial means. Even with detailed instructions provided to me it will be an agonizing decision when the time comes.
I think thhat people on both sides of this issue who are so cock sure of their position won't be so sure when they have to actually face this issue for real someday like Tom Delay did.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:09 PM (/+dAV)
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Greg: Even the national Council of Bishops page sas that it's against capital punishment in NEARLY all cases, and not ALL cases.
Try the following. Lots of decent, solid articles on the site about Islam, suffering, birth control, etc.:
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0104/articles/dulles.html
Pax,
YBP
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 02:09 PM (x+5JB)
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Jamie,
And when the 10 days is up what then? No hospital is going to pay for something they don't have to. It is in affect a death sentence for those without adequate insurance.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:13 PM (/+dAV)
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For the nuanced-challenged Libs out there, the Culture of Life seeks to protect INNOCENT life, not cop killers like Mumia abu jamalahabalaba, who deserve the gas chamber.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 02:14 PM (8e/V4)
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I'm a Catholic. I'm against the death penalty, abortion and wars born of lies.
But Filthy Allah uses blood as a lubricant as he has sexual fantasies about killing Muslims and yet he claims to be a moral person 'cause he was for Terri. It takes more than that to be a moral person.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:18 PM (/+dAV)
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Greg--Read the link three posts up.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at March 31, 2005 02:19 PM (x+5JB)
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greg,
I respect your stance, if you truly believe the war was "born of lies." But if someone else truly does NOT believe it was born of lies, then are you able to grasp how that might also be a legitimate position?
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 02:20 PM (8e/V4)
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I also like J-Lo and do a mean Scott Biao Impression!
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 02:22 PM (yBHNA)
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It wasn't state sanctioned. I can't believe how ignorant people have been on this issue. The state and federal govt only got into it because of her parents. We wouldn't have known of it if they didn't make such a fuss over something that happens every day in this country.
When you can Rusty, take a peek at her cat scans done in 1996 then figure the damage from there. Her brain was mostly black. Things could have been done differently if her parents didn't get the world involved. My theses in college was on euthanasia and it was a damn good paper. Did it in law, got an A, was told by the prof who was once a hard working attorney, that it was the best paper he had ever read in his 20 years of teachings.
Plus I personally had experiences with this issue and it is not an easy decision.
Anyway, I hope they all rest in peace now; her body finally where it should have been 15 years ago.
Cindy
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at March 31, 2005 02:29 PM (PEKrh)
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Young Bourbon Professional,
I visited the site you pointed me to. I don't see anywhere in the site where JPII says he condones capital punishment under any circumstances.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:30 PM (/+dAV)
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Do look at the Cat scan. Part of her brain is as black as a liberals heart.
Cat scans however are just snap shots. THey will not show activity.
Why are libs so quick to kill?
Posted by: Earl Dittman at March 31, 2005 02:33 PM (yBHNA)
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''Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him'' - Job 13:15
The tears surprised me. I pulled over, blinded by them.
The incident is sharp in memory because it was a turning point: the moment I finally accepted the unacceptable. My mom was going to lose her battle with breast cancer. She was going to die.
My sisters and brother had already come to terms with it. I was the one still clinging, stubbornly and defiantly, to an expectation of miracles. To do otherwise felt like a betrayal of my mother. And of my faith.
But that day back in 1988, acceptance finally forced itself on me. Cancer had made her a stick figure. It had clouded her mind with hallucination. And it had reduced her to a toddler, her hand feather light in mine as she tottered down the hall.
I left her bedside at a trot. Got in the car and drove until I couldn't see.
As you've probably guessed, I'm writing about Terri Schiavo, who died today. And I'm doing what I guess we all do when we contemplate her tragedy. I am personalizing it.
How can you not? On the one side, there is Michael Schiavo, ordering removal of the feeding tube that sustained his wife for 15 years because, he said, she would not have wanted to live in a vegetative state. On the other, there are the parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, begging in tears for their daughter to simply live, in whatever state she could. It is only natural to run such a painful conundrum though the filter of experience -- or imagination -- and try to tease out truth you can live with.
Here's mine. Acceptance is hard. Acceptance hurts like hell.
For as much time as we've spent discussing spousal rights, political opportunism and the meaning of life, I think that's the signature lesson here: Conceding the inevitability of death is one of the hardest duties of life. And maybe the longer you put it off -- the Schindlers and Michael Schiavo have been fighting for seven years -- the more difficult it becomes.
Which is why the denouement of this drama has been painful, even for those of us who were not directly involved. Watching the increasingly naked desperation of the fight to keep Terri alive came to feel intrusive and voyeuristic. You wanted to turn away, but there was no place you could go.
So you watched as the Schindlers strained credulity with claims that their daughter tried to say ''I want to live'' even as her feeding tube was removed. And never mind that, five years ago, according to a report in the Miami Herald, the couple openly conceded that Terri was insensate, her brain destroyed.
You watched as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, in a stunning illustration of the axiom about politics and bedfellows, spoke out on behalf of the Schindlers, a boogeyman of the liberal left making common cause with the religious right.
You watched as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay denounced as ''barbarism'' the removal of Terri's feeding tube and trampled the constitutional separation of powers with extraordinary legislative maneuvers to keep her alive, yet neglected to mention that he raised no similar objection 17 years ago when his father suffered a massive head injury and the family decided it was best that the elder DeLay be allowed to die.
You watched as people went just a little bit nuts.
And maybe, if you were the praying type, you said, Hey, God, how about a little help here? When should we stop waiting on the miracle? When is it OK to give up hope?
But God, as far as is known, kept His own counsel. Maybe He felt He'd said what He had to say 15 years ago.
Terri Schiavo's death, hard as it was, feels like mercy. For her and for us. Once again, we can avoid confronting our irresolute feelings and fears.
There is, however, wisdom here, for those to care to seek it. Roughly distilled, it goes like this: to face reality is not to betray faith.
God answers every prayer, a preacher once said.
Sometimes, the answer is no.
Posted by: I Had to Post it again (DRAMA) at March 31, 2005 02:41 PM (22t5y)
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^^^^^^THAT SUMS IT UP
Posted by: DRAMA at March 31, 2005 02:42 PM (22t5y)
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Carlos,
Saddam was hemmed in. He couldn't fly a kite in the north or the south. He let the WMD inspectors loook wherever they wanted to. "DEMOCRACY" if it ever comes to Iraq will have cost 100,000 innocent lives. And the blood lusters aren't done yet. People llike filthy allah, obsnooks and grey rooster could give a shit about the Iraqiis. They're just a bunch of bloood loving racists seeking vengeance for 9-11. Well how many countries do we invade and how many people do we kill and 'till we feel avenged?
I respect you for loving America but your kind of love is ruining this country permanently. We need to give the Iraqiiis 1 yyear to get their shit together annd then bring our boys and girls home where they belong.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:43 PM (/+dAV)
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Speak for yourself Greg you ass. Where can i mail your tinfoil hat?
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 02:45 PM (yBHNA)
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Greg gives the Iraqi's a year.
How long did we stay in Japan? Germany?
We gunna be there a long time boy--- Cowards like you don't have to worry Greg, no one expects you to fight. So, go back into your parents basement and smoke some more Weeeeed and crank up your phish tunes.
Posted by: earl dittman at March 31, 2005 02:47 PM (yBHNA)
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No Greg how about we send you to Iraq and you can sort things out for them since you are soooooooo right on.
Posted by: mike at March 31, 2005 02:48 PM (a8b5N)
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Simpering gits like greg believe we had no right to go into Iraq and that they are worse off now.
Saddam only butchered his own people so, what should we care?
Everyone in the world believed saddam had WMD. He did use them on his own people.... He said he had them..... Even the Lib heros Kennedy and John Cohen Kerry said so--- Libs have very selective, easy to manipulate memories.
Posted by: filthyallah at March 31, 2005 02:51 PM (yBHNA)
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Why don't you go fight Mike you Chicken Hawk arm chair gladiator. If you like death so much you obsnooks and earl diddleman shouuld hop on the next plane. Punks!
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 02:54 PM (/+dAV)
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The death of 5000 civilians in Habbala on the Iranian boorder occured in 1988. America was Saddam's ally and our position then was that the gas was from the Iranians. That Saddam ggassed his own ppeople is just a lie used to demonize him so that Ammerican mothers would let their babies march off too war and die. In 1991 there was another lie. The IIrqiiis, it was saiid, stole incubatoors from Kuwaitii hospitals dumping the babies on the cold floor to die. This was another lie. It's always like this in war. In WWII the Japnese suppposedly bayonettted Philllipino babiies and Philllipino mothers jumped off cliffs with their babies to keep them from the "NIPS". The truth goes out the window during war time.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:01 PM (/+dAV)
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Hey Greg- I got a great idea! How about you take the side of America for once?
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 03:10 PM (yBHNA)
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Earl,
How long did we stay in Japan and Germany you ask. We nnever left. Once we go somewhere we never do leave. That's the problem.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:11 PM (/+dAV)
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I would expect Mike to fight or have fought but, not you Greg. No one would ever expect you to do anything in defense of this great nation.
So go ahead and call Snooks & Dittman chinkenhawks and tell them to go fight. If called, they probably would. You, would hide and weep.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 03:14 PM (yBHNA)
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Obsnoooks,
I'm taking the side of the American People not the government thhat manipulates their people into being slaves for "multinational" corporations that could give a shit about thhe American People and are feeding China's economy which will overtake us in the yyear 2025. That's what we should be worried about not some pathetic arab countries.
The Democrats take away our 2nd amendment rights and then the republiicans take away our 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendment rights. By the time our wonderful government is done with us we've got penis. It's like a tag team wrestling match and they're beating thhe shit out of us. Keep licking jack boots if you wish.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:18 PM (/+dAV)
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Sure you are greg. Sure you are. You are a moonbat. Best to put on the tin foil hat so the evil gubbamint don't read your thoughts!
Posted by: Obsnooks at March 31, 2005 03:21 PM (yBHNA)
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"So go ahead and call Snooks & Dittman chinkenhawks and tell them to go fight. If called, they probably would."
Hey Filthy Allah,
What are you snooks and diidleman waiting for. Go volunteer. Don't give me that chickenhawk bullshit "they probably would".
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:22 PM (/+dAV)
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I followed the Terri story for a long time now. I have never been so sickened in my entire life. How this is just in a Country that claims to be civil is completely beyond me. To hear about what has been happening to this woman for the first time one would think that such an injustice, such cruelty and such complete lack of morals and decency must surely only happen in some far away land unattached to any sense of being civil. Then to hear that this absolute mokery af all things just is happening in Florida, in the UNited States of America, that in a Country that values itself to be so much more civilized than the rest of the world is run by leaders who have no clue what the definition of civil and just really are. Or is this apparant to me only. I cannot put into words how deeply disgusted I am. God bless everyone of you who prayed for Terri, god bless Terri, and god bless her family, and may her 'husband' (which is also a mockery of the word) and all those 'civil' heads of Florida and America who could help but didn't rot in hell.
Posted by: Melodie at March 31, 2005 03:24 PM (EjYWp)
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If you really believe in this war and your able bodied you're a coward not to join.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:25 PM (/+dAV)
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Greg- I give them the bene of the doubt. But not you. I have no doubt about you. You are a coward.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 03:27 PM (yBHNA)
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Fillthy Allah,
You disgusting hominid. Go suck yourself or break your back trying.
And then go join up you chickenhawk coward. You're the one with the bloood lust. Go get you some annd rub it on your dick. OOOOOOOWWWAAAAAA that's GOOD bloood!
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:33 PM (/+dAV)
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You are a liberal. I expect nothing but the behavior you exibit from you.
I will pray for you.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at March 31, 2005 03:36 PM (yBHNA)
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Greg,
As a Liberal, you believe in higher taxes. Does that mean we should expect you to pay more than you are legally required to?
Same thing.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 03:39 PM (8e/V4)
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Carlos,
I am not a Liberal. I am a conservative Catholic.
The 16th amendment was never properly ratified. It is another example of the American People's economic slavery. Our governmment is spending us into bankruptsy and we are the chatttle of not only our government but also of the Chinese, the Japanese and the South Korean bankers.
I''m in favor of a flat 12% tax with the first $60,000 tax free for a family of 4 and the first $40,000 tax free for a single person.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:48 PM (/+dAV)
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You're all a bunch of bumbling idiots.
Posted by: None of your business at March 31, 2005 03:55 PM (EjYWp)
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"I will pray for you."
Filthy Allah,
Ordinarily when someone offers to pray for me I'm grateful and I pray for them too. But I don't think you've got much pull with the big man, in fact your praying for me would probably be counterproductive.
Pray for your own soul and for PEACE.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 03:59 PM (/+dAV)
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Greg,
I will pray for you. 
I promise it won't be counterproductive. Filthy Allah, I'll pray for you as well, you seem to need someone to pray for you.
I promise it won't be counterproductive. Filthy Allah, I'll pray for you as well, you seem to need someone to pray for you.Posted by: Melodie at March 31, 2005 04:01 PM (EjYWp)
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BREAKING NEWS:
Judge orders OBSNOOKS reconnected to Jeff Gannon's "feeding tube".
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 04:04 PM (/+dAV)
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Melodie,
Bless you. And my apologies for my filthy language.
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 04:06 PM (/+dAV)
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Greg,
I think I can forgive you.
God bless and take care. Have a nice day, I must sign off.
God bless and take care. Have a nice day, I must sign off.Posted by: Melodie at March 31, 2005 04:08 PM (EjYWp)
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"Blessed are the Peace Makers"!
Posted by: greg at March 31, 2005 04:23 PM (/+dAV)
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All of you so obsessed with one American dying in Hospice Care are of the highest order of hypocrites. Look at the immense suffering caused by our taxpayer-funded sadistic violence in foreign lands that you have so jingoistically cheered.
As "Culture of Life" Bush mocked Born-Again Carla Faye Tucker as Governor, "Please..don't kill me" and then as President was seen pumping his fist into his hand at the outbreak of Shock and Awe's horrific bombing, you really have to wonder what your priorities are.
Posted by: Collin Baber at March 31, 2005 06:24 PM (uyhy8)
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>>>"All of you so obsessed with one American dying in Hospice Care are of the highest order of hypocrites."
Collin,
But it's less hypocritical than how the Left INTENTIONALLY kills millions of unborn babies in the womb.
At least in Iraq we don't try to kill innocent people.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 06:45 PM (8e/V4)
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Greg: Quit passing yourself off as a Catholic. (1) They wouldn't have you. (2) You're to stupid to understand Catholocism. (3) You're too much of an asshole to be part of any group.
100 posts and your stupid babeling doesn't get any better. Even a worm gets better with practice. Which means you are lower than the average worm.
Why don't you give up and go to a liberal, asshole, America hating, simple minded, weenie assed blog where you will be amongst you own kind.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 31, 2005 09:19 PM (CBNGy)
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Greg: Ever get the feeling people are getting tired of your dumb ass? Are you too stupid to get the message? Get lost punk. The big boys play here and you're just a sissified little shit. How about you and your pardner, the other traitor Colon Babler form your own blog so decent people don't have to spend their time reading your bullshit.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 31, 2005 09:35 PM (CBNGy)
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And for dumb bitch Colon Babler. Carla fay Tucker was a convicted killer on death row who got what she gave. Did she listen when she killed? Asshole. I salute Bush for going along with the Judge and jury in the case. They both recommended death for the bitch. Same as I recommend death for lying traitors like you.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 31, 2005 09:44 PM (CBNGy)
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For those who wish to know more. Carla Fay Tucker was a drug addict and prostitute who pickaxed her ex boy friend and his girl friend to death in their sleep. She admitted her guilt. Said she had an orgasm each time she stuck the pick ax in their chests.
And this is what the traitor Colon Babler holds against Bush. What Bush was saying was that Carla Fay Tucker didn't listen when the two people she murdered begged for their lives. Why should he listen to her. Once again here is proof that Colon Babler cannot be trusted to tell the truth about anything as the bitch continues her campaign against America.
I hope Bush is present when we hang this traitor.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 31, 2005 09:58 PM (CBNGy)
Posted by: Collin Baber at March 31, 2005 10:45 PM (uyhy8)
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George W. Bush, in raw Roman arrogance had mocked his Born Again Christian victim begging for her life. Do a Google on Miss Tucker and you'll see.
Posted by: Collin Baber at March 31, 2005 10:49 PM (uyhy8)
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Collin,
a few threads down, you were referring to such people as "religious zealots", a real threat to democracy.
Suddenly you're weeping for what you now respectfully refer to as a "Born Again Christian victim." Would Bush have anything to do with this sudden change of heart? He has that effect on you Libs.
Posted by: Carlos at March 31, 2005 11:30 PM (8e/V4)
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Oh yay. It's already happened, that lady has only been dead for less than a day and a bunch of fucking lunatics are already at war with one another. "We need to get right with God!", blah, blah, blah. Whatever, first of all, if there is a god, he's doing a shitty job of running this human race, and should have been out on his Almighty ass eons ago. Honestly, I think worship of the sun should be more like it. Because the sun gives us everything we need, warmth, light, helps our agriculture grow and prosper, and in some cases, gives us electricity. And best of all, the sun doesn't ask us for money, the sun doesn't judge us, it never called me a sinner. And another point, I can actually SEE the sun, which helps the credibility factor. i think the bible was written by bored midgets who were looking for a good laugh, and man did they get it. Long rant short, Terri Schiavo is dead, and the next mass media mascot is due on the stage at any moment now....so the bible-thumpers should get their sleep, because tomorrow is another day, and now that their icon is dead, they need to find a new one if they're gonna stay on tv.
Posted by: Bloodzombie77 at March 31, 2005 11:46 PM (6sn4a)
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Blood,
is Ralph Nader a rightwing biblethumper?
Posted by: Carlos at April 01, 2005 12:31 AM (8e/V4)
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As to how did this travesty come to be?
"The letter of the law taketh away,
but the spirit of the law giveth life."
Posted by: RJ at April 01, 2005 01:25 AM (qLkS0)
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Again Rusty, it was not state sanctioned. buzz me znc I'll expain the terms, the conditions. the terms, as I'm willing to explan them to anyone who desires.
Did you see her cat scans from 1996 yet? I suggest you do so before we chat about this.
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at April 01, 2005 03:15 AM (PEKrh)
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Greg: This one is more explicit--again stating that The Church has NOT ruled out use of the death penalty, but due to abuse, it should be used "rarely." JPII's own words...
http://www.catholicnewworld.com/archive/cnw2002/020302/conference_020302.html
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 01, 2005 07:43 AM (x+5JB)
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Bloodzombie is a moonbat. Will make a tinfoil hat for you.
Posted by: obsnooks at April 01, 2005 07:46 AM (yBHNA)
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Why does Greg hate gays so much?
Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 01, 2005 07:48 AM (yBHNA)
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Starve dog or horse they will send you to jail starve a person and they do nothing this is court ordered murder lets try judge greer and mr schiavo and send them to old sparky and fry them like cornel suanders chickens
Posted by: sandpiper at April 01, 2005 08:18 AM (Sxb1F)
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"Pope John Paul IIÂ’s teaching that the death penalty should be imposed rarely, IF EVER,"
Thanks Young Bourbon Professional,
Above you'll find the first line of the site you sent me.
I maintain that as a Catholic I am against the death penalty, ALWAYS.
Posted by: greg at April 01, 2005 08:25 AM (/+dAV)
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Grey Rooster,
If you had a second brain you'd be a half-wit.
As it stands you're reduced to being either a dim-wit or a nit-wit.
Posted by: greg at April 01, 2005 08:27 AM (/+dAV)
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Greg, best not move to Florida. You might have your tube removed for lack of brain activity.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 01, 2005 08:30 AM (yBHNA)
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Hey Genius - Filthy Allah
Don't move to Texas.
In 1999, GW Bush signed a law stating that hospitals can remove vegatative patients from life support if the patient can't pay regardless of the guardian's wishes. This means that alll Mr. Schiavo had to do was move to Texas in 1999 and drop Terri from his insurance plan and this would have been over in 1999.
What a hypocrit that weasle Bush is. He's the doctor of death. There were more executions under Bush than anyone else, ever.
And Collin Baber is correct when he asserts,'George W. Bush, in raw Roman arrogance had mocked his Born Again Christian victim begging for her life. Do a Google on Miss Tucker and you'll see."
He said,"Save me, Save me, Please Save me" as he mocked her. What do you expect from a guy who blew up frogs as a kid. That's the first sign of a mass murderer.
Tom DeLay too. He unplugged his Daddy from life support.
Posted by: greg at April 01, 2005 08:55 AM (/+dAV)
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Greg: "I maintain that as a Catholic I am against the death penalty, ALWAYS."
That's fine. The Church gives you and me the freedom to make a choice here. I just wanted to clarify that Catholics are not told to be FOR it indiscriminately or AGAINST it indiscriminately--the Church maintains that it should be used RARELY and with discretion, which is something I hope most people agree with.
Pax and happy Friday,
YBP
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 01, 2005 09:01 AM (x+5JB)
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Pax,
and yes, TGIF.
Posted by: greg at April 01, 2005 09:11 AM (/+dAV)
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Greg: And let's say some extra prayers for the Vicar of Christ today.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 01, 2005 09:36 AM (x+5JB)
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I really thought the Bush's would've done something to save Terri. How can he sign legislation in the middle of the night, make a speech about how we're supposed to "err on the side of life" and yet be completely powerless to stop this murder?
I lost my faith in him as a leader of this country. If he has no power to do anything, why is he in office?
Posted by: Laura at April 01, 2005 09:36 AM (L3PPO)
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"If he has no power to do anything, why is he in office?"
Because this is a republic, not a dictatorship (although the Left will disagree).
I agree with your sentiments, Laura. it's very sad.
Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 01, 2005 09:58 AM (x+5JB)
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"And let's say some extra prayers for the Vicar of Christ today."
Amen YBP.
I fear we are about to lose a man who has possibly been the greatest pope in history.
Posted by: greg at April 01, 2005 10:21 AM (/+dAV)
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Colon babler: You mindless twit. Everyone on death row is a born again Christian. If their sentence in commuted thats the last time their bible is ever opened again.
FILTHY ALLAH: How could greg be against gays? He's one of them.
Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 12:27 PM (CBNGy)
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Bush should have had the Tucker bitch killed with a pickax. The biblical eye for an eye.
Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 12:35 PM (CBNGy)
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VENOM: Missed you. A little too much religion going on for you? I agree. I still believe in Yoda and his Jedi apostles.
Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 12:40 PM (CBNGy)
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Regarding Terri, someone on another board mentioned what if she had been an organ donor? They would HAVE to keep her organs in tip top shape, therefore, they couldn't dehydrate or starve her. What a mess!
A lot of people I've spoken to will now have to change their living wills. When they stated they wouldn't want to be kept alive by artificial means, they never thought about feeding tubes and the fact that they could take up to two weeks to die, as Terri did.
How the hell can you put THAT in a will? Gee, I don't want anyone to save me, but if my main life support's a feeding tube, don't starve me, just put a pillow over my head?
Legally, what can you do?
Posted by: Laura at April 01, 2005 03:14 PM (L3PPO)
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Boogey man of the liberal left in bed with the religious right. You gotta love it. Ha, Ha.
DRAMA WINS:
Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2005 07:49 PM (CBNGy)
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Greg's tax plan. No one pays taxes but the successful. Another stupid liberal proposal that will have the opposite result.
Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2005 08:02 AM (CBNGy)
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Hmmmmm. Point taken. Greg, since you are gay,why do you hate gays so much?
Tell us all the things you put in your bottom.
Posted by: filthy allah at April 02, 2005 06:29 PM (37sN1)
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Allah is the another name for God, you goddamn retards.
The Jews,Muslims and Chrisitans all worship the same God, which is the God of Abraham. So the dumbass going on about allah is in fact insulting his own God.
What a dumbass.
Posted by: Filthy Allah is a dumbass at May 10, 2005 10:09 AM (jER71)
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