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Gardner crusade is a selfish last act (Euthanasia)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| 1/11/08
| Joel Connelly
Posted on 01/12/2008 12:19:01 PM PST by wagglebee
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Nat Hentoff, the civil libertarian and columnist for New York's Village Voice, has put it with brutal bluntness: "It is a political issue about who has power and who does not, who is expendable and who is important.
"It is an issue about protecting the most weak and vulnerable among us. When you are near death is when you are the most vulnerable to coercion, intimidation and to powerlessness."
Excellent points!
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:19:03 PM PST
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wagglebee
To: cgk; Coleus; cpforlife.org; narses; 8mmMauser
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:19:42 PM PST
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wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: BykrBayb; floriduh voter; MHGinTN; Mr. Silverback; Sun; bjs1779
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:21:01 PM PST
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wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: 230FMJ; 49th; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; An American In Dairyland; ..
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:21:22 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
Marking Washington off any future vacation list.
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:21:29 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: sionnsar
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:23:59 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Libertina; Horusra; rahbert; luckymom; Paperdoll; gandalftb; acoulterfan; ...
Thanks to
wagglebee for the ping.
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:27:37 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: wagglebee
We talk alot about abortion here at FR, and someone made some statements the other day about some of the candidates claiming to be prolife, when they are pro-euthanasia.
Do we have any official statements from the candidates about their positions on euthanasia, and of course, whether or not they defended Teri Schiavo or others who have been killed?
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:29:31 PM PST
by
fetal heart beats by 21st day
(Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:32:09 PM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: fetal heart beats by 21st day
Duncan Hunter is totally opposed to euthanasia and was a strong supporter of Terri’s family in their fight to keep her from being murdered.
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posted on
01/12/2008 12:33:26 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
The euthanasia laws enacted in Oregon are now being pushed in Washington. Booth Gardner, a former Washington State governor, is adopting the strategy that worked for Oregon. He is also realizing the money potential that this cause will mean to his bank account from the leftist who support euthanasia. Terri Schiavo’s husband, Michael is also such a proponent with his operation called TerriPAC.
I think I am getting sick of these people.
To: jonrick46
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posted on
01/12/2008 1:36:38 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
"My life, my death, my control," Gardner, who has Parkinson's disease, told a New York Times Magazine profiler.Apparently this clown believes he created himself ex nihilo.
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posted on
01/12/2008 1:38:17 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Ron Paul and his newsletters: The Milli Vanilli of the New Millenium)
To: wagglebee
Not wanting his loved ones last memory to be watching him die a pathetic, drawn out death drugged to a haze in a hospital bed. Not wanting to burn his life’s savings doing it when he could leave that money to help his family. What a selfish decision that is.
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01/12/2008 1:39:00 PM PST
by
CGTRWK
To: wagglebee
“He has fought back with an experimental treatment and regained lost weight and describes the cancer as “dormant.” It’s still “a matter of time,” Carlson observed, but he isn’t planning on checking out at any time soon.”
He’s lucky to have qualified for experimental treatment. Most either don’t or can’t afford it.
To: wagglebee
Booth go find another state to call home.
please ping me for your euthanasia posts.
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posted on
01/12/2008 2:37:17 PM PST
by
MarMema
To: MarMema; 8mmMauser; cgk; Coleus; narses; cpforlife.org
I generally ping “Moral Absolutes” and I also ping the pro-life ping list holders to pro-life threads. Now and then I ping a few other FReepers to threads I know will interest them. I will try to remember to ping you to euthanasia threads; however, you should really get on 8mmMauser’s “Terri Daily” ping list, it should have EVERYTHING that gets posted about euthanasia.
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posted on
01/12/2008 2:47:54 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: CGTRWK
"Not wanting to burn his lifes savings doing it when he could leave that money to help his family." There are legal methods of asset protection that keep the wolves aways from one's life savings. Such tactics can be complicated. Instead of euthanasia, we should be pushing laws that are more straight forward and insure that our assets are protected when a family member endures health care costs that will ruin a family financially.
To: wagglebee
I live in Washington State and do not, nor have ever, understood, the prevailing fascination with death: abortion, suicide rates, and now euthanasia. Is it the weather?
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posted on
01/12/2008 3:06:28 PM PST
by
Lexinom
(Build the fence and call China to account. GoHunter08.com)
To: wagglebee
Funny thing, we got libs trying to get their right to die legalized. The irony is that their kids probably are in favor of offing them too because of the burden they’d be to them. Total madness and evil coming back around to get you. I’m not a Buddhist, but the libs know what I mean when I say “Karma is a b1tch.”
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