not dead yet does not oppose your right to die as you please. They simply
want to make sure that broad  based euthanasia on people  with disabilities
does not take place.

Personally, at this point, I hope Terri passes quickly. I wrote to the
person that sends out these email alerts on Terri and I told him, you know,
it's really too late now, let her go in peace. I saw the A&E piece on her
and her family. My feeling is that Michael Schavo has done nothing wrong
here. The man has become an ER nurse in order to learn how to help his wife
the best he could. We will never know whether Terri Schaivo Could have
improved with therapy, only G-D knows. And, yes, Kat, I too (and others)
find it ironic that Bush's popularity dropped.  In any case, I am praying
forr Terri's quick, painless passing.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Free our people! More than 250,000 people with disabilities
throughout the USA say they want to move out of nursing homes.
Please ask your Congressperson to vote FOR the MICASSA bill, this
will allow medicaid funds to pay for community supports
instead of isolating the person in a nursing home or institution.
HR 910 is the bill number
Senate version of MiCASSA (S 401).

Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities
~Tamar Mag Raine~
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> [Original Message]
> From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 3/26/2005 12:41:23 PM
> Subject: Re: More Terri Schiavo bullsh*t
>
> 1)  I had to explain to my new GP exactly CP is and why I'm not doing as
well
> as CP adults are theoretically supposed to.  But once I brought up PPS and
> the role of fatigue and the similairty in growing older with CP, she "got
> it."  I  just wish doctors were more well-informed, that's all.
>
> 2)  Sad to say, Terri Shiavo's case is not unique and such cases will be
> fought over in our judicial system as long as there is ambiguity over
wishes
> regarding end-of-life issues and conflct within families.  If Terri's
parents
> hadn't chosen to go public with it, it'd have stayed a private family
matter
> without all this dragging the courts into it.  None of this would have
been
> possible thirty years ago, before modern medicine raised our expecations
and
> prolonged lives with the help of machinery, etc.
>
> 3)  Personally speaking, I resent the efforts of disability rights groups
such
> as "Not Dead Yet" interferring with my right to die as I wish.  Nor do I
want
> the U.S. Government telling my family how to decide.  This is
interferrence
> that is intrusive and just plain not right.  Now I'm not talking about
> suicide per se but about terminal illness or vegetative states.  Itr's my
> life and I reserve the right to do as I wish.
>
> Frankly, I think it's very interesting that since President Bush signed
that
> emergency bill last week, his approval ratings have gone down,
particularly
> amongst conservatives.  I also find it ironical that I'm siding with the
> majority in this, when I'm usually the odd person out.
>
> Kat
>
> On Saturday 26 March 2005 8:16 pm, Bobby Greer wrote:
> >   First Frist is a cardiologist. I have had to explain what cp is to
many
> > MD's. Having little or no knowledge
> > of what cp is, I would say,  typical of most MD's. Secondly.
> > "neocons" is a neologism and a pjorative one at that.
> > I am a moderate and your logic appears to be a bit flawed.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brent Edwards" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:09 AM
> > Subject: More Terri Schiavo bullsh*t
> >