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ObamaCare architect Ezekiel Emanuel has anounced the ‘optimal age of death’ - you won’t like it
Canada Free Press ^ | September 19, 2014 | Robert Laurie

Posted on 09/19/2014 12:30:11 PM PDT by xzins

Democrats seem to love death.  Whether they’re yammering about abortion or “end of life” planning, they just can’t get enough of talking up the myriad ways people can exit life’s stage.  They always claim this is simply a discussion about personal responsibility and individual choice but, since they despise those ideals in virtually every other matter, it’s a hard argument to buy.

Enter Ezekiel Emanuel. 

Emanuel was one of the chief architects of ObamaCare and is, of course, the brother of Rahm.  Over at The Atlantic, he’s penned an article about his own death and he’s made a shocking announcement about the perfect age at which he hopes to die. While he very specifically rules out euthanasia, Emanuel says he hopes his ticker shuts down at the not-particularly-old age of 75.

The reason? 75 is, apparently, the perfect age for a human to buy the farm. According to Emanuel, people who live longer than that risk struggling through a less-than-perfect existence.

Doubtless, death is a loss. It deprives us of experiences and milestones, of time spent with our spouse and children. In short, it deprives us of all the things we value.

But here is a simple truth that many of us seem to resist: living too long is also a loss. It renders many of us, if not disabled, then faltering and declining, a state that may not be worse than death but is nonetheless deprived. It robs us of our creativity and ability to contribute to work, society, the world. It transforms how people experience us, relate to us, and, most important, remember us. We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic.


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To: trisham

He wrote Hallelujah - also known as the Shrek song...

It’s beautiful... I’m amazed you haven’t heard it. I’ll bet you have...here’s a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxsnRbz4NY


121 posted on 09/19/2014 7:21:15 PM PDT by GOPJ (Great causes begin as movements, becomes a business, then degenerates into a racket.Eric Hoffer)
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To: trisham

Here’s a version of Hallelujah sung by a Catholic Priest some months back that got 36 million views on YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKwqj5QViQ


122 posted on 09/19/2014 7:26:00 PM PDT by GOPJ (Great causes begin as movements, becomes a business, then degenerates into a racket.Eric Hoffer)
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To: miss marmelstein

Adding up the dates simplistically, Methusala died the year of the flood.


123 posted on 09/19/2014 7:28:22 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: zipper

I won’t even entertain the idea that there is an actuarial “optimum age to die”. The whole idea is, as another poster said, ghoulish.


I firmly agree. Every person is unique. I think of it in a sort of “elephants live this long, cats live this long, dogs live this long, flies live this long and humans live this long” sort of way.

It’s not a political question. It’s a biological question.

That is, until the government noses it’s way into the whole thing. Which is why I cancelled all health insurance January 1st. I will not be told by the state how to manage my health. Period. It violates the constitution on many overt levels.


124 posted on 09/20/2014 5:45:24 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: xzins
Betty White
125 posted on 09/20/2014 5:52:47 AM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: xzins
"We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic."
Ezekiel, you are already pathetic.
126 posted on 09/20/2014 5:58:38 AM PDT by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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To: xzins

Fine. then if he reaches 75, he needs to not be a hypocrite and he needs to set the example and do himself in.

Like I could see THAT happening......


127 posted on 09/20/2014 6:50:24 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: xzins
75 is, apparently, the perfect age for a human to buy the farm. According to Emanuel, people who live longer than that risk struggling through a less-than-perfect existence.

So when has life been 'perfect'?

There are moments, but overall, life is a series of actions which spurred by external stimuli, over which we often have no control. This life isn't 'perfect' by human standards, only by the standards of He who knows His plan for us all, and only if we do His will.

128 posted on 09/20/2014 8:02:21 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: CyberAnt

“she was an avid voter until 91, when her dementia wouldn’t allow her to vote anymore”.

I hope you continued to ‘assist’ her in voting!.


129 posted on 09/21/2014 2:39:36 PM PDT by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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