Death to Terry Shivo

[mondaynightpoker101]

Who is with me????

[Bill?]

i think they should leave it up to her husband and leave them the fuck alone.

[spectorx51]

i think they should leave it up to her husband and leave them the fuck alone.

If thats what she wanted, I agree>

[Bill?]

If thats what she wanted, I agree>

well you'd think if anybody would know what she wanted, it'd be her husband.

[artimoff]

I know I would want to die if I were like that.

[Shwicaz]

My boyfriend and I were just discussing this. I mean the woman has been in a 'persistent vegetative state' say her doctors since 1990.

I told Matt that if that were me, pull the plug. He talked about establishing a 'living will' just in case something like this happened.

I just don't understand why Congress/The President is getting involved.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they plan to issue a congressional subpoena to keep alive Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of a heated debate over the right to die.

"Later this morning, we will issue a subpoena, which will require hospice administrators and attending physicians to preserve nutrition and hydration for Terri Schiavo to allow Congress to fully understand the procedures and practices that are currently keeping her alive," three Republican leaders said in a statement.

The lawmakers -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas and Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis of Virginia -- support the reform committee's inquiry into the long-term care of incapacitated or non-ambulatory adults.

The subpoena will be joined by a Senate investigation, the lawmakers said.

"This inquiry should give hope to Terri, her parents and friends, and the millions of people throughout the world who are praying for her safety," the statement said. "This fight is not over."

Schiavo has been fed through a tube since she suffered an incapacitating heart attack in 1990. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, contends she would not have wanted to be kept alive in what court-appointed doctors describe as a persistent vegetative state.

Her parents dispute this, saying their daughter responds to them and could improve with rehabilitation.

"Tom DeLay and Dennis Hastert are not members of the Politburo in Stalinist Russia," Michael Schiavo's lawyer, George Felos, told Reuters by telephone. "The state does not own Mrs. Schiavo's body and Congress cannot simply order her to remain alive contrary to her medical treatment wishes and court order."

Felos said Congress has no power to enter an injunction. "The only subpoena Congress can issue is to appear before a congressional body," he said.

The House (of Representatives) on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday passed legislation aimed at prolonging Schiavo's life, by allowing federal courts to review the case. But the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) declined to step in, sending the matter back to a Florida court.

Late Thursday night, several senators announced they were still holding talks and Congress -- which is supposed to start a two-week recess -- might return on Monday to work on the bill. Even if Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at 1 p.m. Friday, death would not be instantaneous.

In a White House statement, President Bush (news - web sites) said, "In instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life." He was due to visit Florida to talk about Social Security (news - web sites) on Friday.

Schiavo was in her mid-20s when she became ill and had no "living will" or written directive about end-of-life care. She remains at the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, under police guard. Outside demonstrators held a prayer vigil.

The Florida legislature failed on Thursday to agree on legislation aimed at stopping or delaying removal of the feeding tube, and Republican leaders said prospects were bleak for an agreement on Friday.

[Taxman]

Make a living will, and you can avoid any chance of something like this happening to you.

[TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM]

Who is with me????

Ha. You need to stay up even later tonight to think up something that's inflammatory.

[Shwicaz]

Anyone else find it odd that it took months/years to form a decision on whether to even form a 9/11 committee...

...or how it took months/years to get body armor for our troops in Iraq (and elsewhere--and some still don't have any....)

but when it comes to 'smaller' matters like Steroids in baseball, a federal gay marriage ammendment, and this case here.... everything has to be done right away...?

Congress is supposed to recess for two weeks, but feel this issue is important enough to come back on monday for....

if only they were this dedicated for every issue, not just ones that involve 'right to life' cases, gay cases, or drug cases.

(or is that just the cynic in me talking? )

[bstie1198]

"Fate worse than death" is a phrase that's used too often, but I really think it applies here. Let the poor woman rest in peace.