here, here posted by 2sheets at 2:48 PM on March 28, 2005
Persistent vegitative state or not, I would like Congress to vote every year on whether I should live or die.
Or at least potato-sack race to decide it. posted by chasing at 2:55 PM on March 28, 2005
Brilliant - I need to personalize my own copy. posted by OhPuhLeez at 3:00 PM on March 28, 2005
Yea, I shall use my +5 wand of Congressional hoo-ha to settle this argument! posted by Sharktattoo at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
To answer your question in the title, Harold Ford (D-TN). posted by sachinag at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
It's actually "hear, hear". Um. posted by Specklet at 3:19 PM on March 28, 2005
You're all crazy. I'm not putting my life in the hands of a bunch of senile old coots who do the dirty work of corporations. I'll let metatalk decide my fate!
Not today. I want to live! posted by graventy at 3:44 PM on March 28, 2005
I would like the United Nations to establish a new international body, consisting of 500 members voted in biannually by the people of the world, to decide whether I should live or die.
it'll be great. posted by blacklite at 4:17 PM on March 28, 2005
If I were chosen to live under these circumstances, I would like the person who casts the winning vote/spell to be responsible for changing my diapers. posted by mervin_shnegwood at 4:33 PM on March 28, 2005
I personalized my own version and sent it to my friends adding:
If any religious organization wishes to keep me alive for their own
purposes, they are welcome to, as long as they pay all my medical
bills, including (but not limited to):
* Daily sponge baths by Miss Teen USA runners up
* Swarovski crystal encrusted bedpans
* Gas-Hybrid hospital bed with low-rider shocks that will activate
randomly throughout the day
* "Crazy-straw"-feeding tubes
* Full wardrobe of cashmere hospital gowns posted by ColdChef at 4:49 PM on March 28, 2005
I want this guy to decide if I live or die. posted by NoMich at 5:25 PM on March 28, 2005
Kwanstar: wow, man. Remember how, in elementary school, 2 days after the Challenger blew up, one kid ran around saying that NASA stood for "need another seven astronauts"? That's cold. posted by rkent at 5:54 PM on March 28, 2005
Kwantsar: Thats both the most horrible and hilarious thing I've seen all day. Thanks! posted by mervin_shnegwood at 5:55 PM on March 28, 2005
If in a persistent vegetative state, I would like to be kept alive by all technology available. Tom DeLay is to provide all aspects of my care. posted by deliquescent at 5:56 PM on March 28, 2005
Sadly, though, it is NASA and Terri's parents who are the coldest. NASA fixed the specific issue (bad o-rings), but didn't address the systemic failure (poor vendor oversight). As a result, they lost another seven astronauts. That guy from second grade seems a little more insightful now.
Terri "herself" is little more than an expensive breathing tombstone to the live person she once was. Every dollar spent on keeping Terri "alive" is a direct insult to living people who are suffering from serious health issues. If her parents really cared, they would re-route the money that pays for Terri's life support to a medical research organization or to an organization like the Red Cross. posted by Kwantsar at 6:56 PM on March 28, 2005
I hope nobody forgets their Canadian Will! posted by Viomeda at 7:01 PM on March 28, 2005
that terri blog is a work of sick genius posted by pyramid termite at 9:07 PM on March 28, 2005
Actually, at the age of 29, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) appears to be the youngest current member of congress.
Also, this asshat makes me embarrassed to be from North Carolina. I swear, there should be some kind of rule about being younger than 30 and Republican. You've got the rest of your life to be rich, boring and white - go travel, learn to cook, do something interesting with your life.
(feature request - can we get "asshat" added to the spell check dictionary?) posted by jimray at 9:11 PM on March 28, 2005
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