Terri Schiavo (the brain dead woman)

[ckBejug]

Yeah - my point.

Some years I run out of leave (and I get about 6 weeks per year - pretty good for the states) and take several weeks without pay - just because I (and my wife) value travel and time off (over the need for the cash). We spent a month in Europe last summer - returned home for a week and turned around and took an extended weekend to Maine...I think as one gets on in their careers and lives (and starts to see that they only have so much time left...yeah) this sort of thing (time off to do fun stuff) gets ever more valuable. I used to travel and do fun stuff when I was younger - but sometimes I look back and think I worked too hard! uh huh....

Damn, six weeks? I get excited over my 17 days. Of course I am 22, so I guess there is still time to build up more days

[winoman]

Damn, six weeks? I get excited over my 17 days. Of course I am 22, so I guess there is still time to build up more days

Yeah 15 years for me to get there (max level) - too bad I don't/didn't get more for 25...as I'm just over 25 and counting now!!!...which is why - by age 50 (just over 5 more years) I should be able to retire at essentially full pension level (60% of my current salary! yeah its not at all bad...) - where is that dancing the "dance of joy" icon when you need it most!

[ArmoBarbi]

"dance of joy"? sounds fruity lol

I am always curious about what you working people do. I won't ask though.

[Anonymouse]

The Amazing Hypocrites
by by Cindy Sheehan

This past weekend was the two year anniversary of the beginning of "shock and awe" of the US Government’s aggression in Iraq. If all you did was watch CNN, FOX News, or MSNBC, you would never know.

There were protests all across our nation. CNN called the over 800 protest events "barely a ripple." I spoke at a protest in Fayetteville, North Carolina where there were right around 4000 people. 4000 people full of energy and committed to the task of peace and justice and reclaiming our country from the socio-pathic maniacs who are in power right now.

So what were the hypocrites in DC doing while much of the country was working for peace…either at rallies, marches, or candlelight vigils? They were conducting an emergency smokescreen session in Congress to draft legislation for one woman: Terry Schiavo. Terry’s story is tragic and her family has suffered unbearable pain for many years with her "persistent vegetative" state. I feel so much compassion for her mother who has had to watch her daughter slowly waste away. My heart truly breaks for everyone in Terry Schiavo’s family.

However, I have one question for Congress and for George ("When in doubt it is always better to err on the side of life" – Arizona, March 22, 2005) Bush, though: Why does Terry Schiavo deserve to live more than my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan? Casey was misused and abused by his Commander-in-Chief and executive branch that boldly lied to the American public and the less gullible citizens of other countries about the reasons for the invasion of Iraq.

Casey was sent to Iraq to be killed by the same pack of cowards and murderers who so "valiantly" and tirelessly fought for the right for Ms. Schiavo to live! The green light for Casey’s murder was given by a Congress who expediently abrogated their constitutional rights to a president whose foreign policies are not based on reality or even loosely based on any kind of Christian moral values. Someone needs to give Congress basic lessons on the Constitution: Declaring War – YES; Meddling in a family's private tragedy – NO!!

As far as I am concerned, the amazing hypocrites in our Government are not making up for killing thousands of innocent Americans and Iraqis by passing emergency legislation to save one life. Every member of Bush’s executive branch (past and present) and every member of Congress who voted to give George the authority to invade Iraq have innocent blood on their hands. For the next State of the Union address, maybe the hypocrites in Congress should shamefacedly display blood soaked hands, instead of proudly wriggling fingers stained with ink to symbolize sham Iraqi elections. This shameful Congress should go back on vacation and go back to their home districts and look for people who have been devastated by the illegal occupation of Iraq.

Mr. Tom ("We should investigate every avenue before we take the life of a living human being") DeLay should be outraged for the soldiers who have been murdered for the cowardice of he and his colleagues. He should shed real tears for the soldiers’ families whose lives have been destroyed by their murders. DeLay should search for a homeless Iraq Vet and pass legislation to find him a job and an apartment. Mr. Tom (who cried over Ms. Schiavo’s hunger pains) DeLay should go to Walter Reed hospital and find one of our kids who has been horribly maimed by the betrayal of his government and pass legislation to pay for his meals. After 3 months, the wounded soldier has to pay for his meals with his own money. Maybe Mr. Tom (Crocodile Tears) DeLay should find a soldier who has returned from this abomination of a war who is suffering from PTSD and pass a law to get him the help he needs before the soldier's dad finds him hanging by a garden hose in the basement.

Maybe if Tom DeLay and the rest of the members of Congress who voted for the Terry Schiavo Emergency Relief Act and who voted to give George Bush the authority to go to war and who voted to give George Bush more money to waste in Iraq, sought out and talked to us citizens whose lives have been tragically impaired by the invasion/occupation of Iraq and could hear our stories, they might rush back to DC to vote to rip the authority out of the president’s hands and end the immoral occupation of Iraq. One thing this "Circus of Hypocrisy" has shown me is that Congress can accomplish something when it sets its mind to it. Now it is time to accomplish something important…and I am not talking about steroids use in baseball.

I have a great idea!! Although Mr. Tom (Politician Protection Act: HB 913) DeLay is not my Congressman (hmmm…don’t think he’s Terry Schiavo’s Congressman, either) maybe I should ask him to introduce the Soldiers Put in Harm’s Way for Lies and Betrayals Emergency Relief Act…and force the amazing hypocrites to bring our troops home, now!!

March 23, 2005

[winoman]

Yes Mouse - perhaps we do agree on a few things - I have thought much as this article presents when thinking of the "sanctity of Life" stand supposedly taken by the current administration in this case...

[winoman]

"dance of joy"? sounds fruity lol

Yeah agreed - fruity as all - I agree

Not familiar with Balki Bartokomous and the "dance of Joy"

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/3763/ps.html

I am always curious about what you working people do. I won't ask though.

Yes don't - if you value your life - as it were...

[ckBejug]

"dance of joy"? sounds fruity lol

I am always curious about what you working people do. I won't ask though.

I think everyone said their job at some point in the Career Forum

Jobs

[violette829]

That article was amazing. Made me pretty teary-eyed.

[ArmoBarbi]

I think everyone said their job at some point in the Career Forum

Jobs

Oh, thanks

[ArmenianKid]

#1 the news makes people think about things that are not relavent to our daily lives so as to distract us (which we know that the news is controlled by the current power)

#2 the governemnt shouldnt be in anyone's bed, life, penis, vagina, etc...

#3 she couldnt have left a will in such cases if she was a real religious person because one is not allowed to commit suicide...

and of course #4 i think people shouldnt think its immoral to pull the tube on people who we know are not goign to survive, i think its MUCH MUCH MORE immoral to let children die of starvation on any continent...

the government is trying to control something that it cant.

and please everyone get on topic.before the mods close the thread.