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The phrase in the title refers to the title of a small book circulated in the VA hospitals to returning severely injured soldiers. "Your Life; Your Choices." The title seems benign enough- discussing choices you’ll be making now that you’re disabled. Read further, however, and one gets a glimpse at the reality of the circumstances that this book entails. This is “end of life counseling” as proponents of far-left health care reform like to refer to it. The book contains a personal worksheet that the soldiers are asked to complete by rating each circumstance according to how willing they would be to live through it. It asks whether or not it would be worth living if one is in the midst of post-traumatic stress and just simply can’t get over the hump of depression and lead a regular life; it asks if it would be worth living knowing that he/she will be a financial burden on his or her family for the rest of their lives; it asks if it would be worth living if one can’t truly contribute to society. I’m not making this stuff up- this is taken straight from the book. Might I add that Bush, when he found out that this was taking place, had the book swiftly removed from all VA hospitals. Ironically, however, under the current administration the book has wheedled its way back into the VA. This is how the government treats the men and women who bravely served our country. How, might I ask, are we to expect to receive better treatment as average, run-of-the-mill citizens of this nation? We are to expect no better from this administration. How dare the government step in and decide to play God, coaxing people into making decisions that they should never have to make. Why is murder illegal in this country? Because it is the ultimate form of stealing- complete and utter disregard for human life. Why should counseling people to murder themselves be any different? No, this bill nor any of the others proposed contain provisions for nazi-like death camps and gas chambers (yet) for those who are unfit to continue in society: the very ill, the very old, the mentally challenged, the unborn, the sick….the list goes on. However, mandating “counseling” such as this to returning disabled veterans and eventually to the entire nation if a bill like this passes is a step just such a “eugenically appropriate” direction. Tell me something, Mr. President- when did God die and leave his estate (otherwise known as mankind) to you and your “moral obligations?” How dare you give yourself carte blanche to encroach on our lives in this way. Sarah Palin, and criticized as she was, was dead right (excuse the pun) in coining the term “death panels.”
In other news, the White House released several statements these past few days regarding numbers and emails. Specifically, their estimates on the national deficit were off by 2 trillion dollars, making the current (and probably way too low) estimate approximately 9 trillion. Let me illustrate that in zeros: 9,000,000,000,000. Yes, that’s a 9 with 12 zeros after it. To put this in further perspective, there are only approximately 6 billion people in the whole world! Add the proposed cost of the health care reform (which is only a start-up estimate and will undoubtedly end up for more expensive than anyone ever cared to estimate), the cost of cash for clunkers as dealers have yet to be paid for most of their transactions, Cap and Trad..er…Tax, and whatever other horrendously expensive program this administration will try to pass, and we’ve got ourselves a terrible problem. The dollar will collapse in our lifetime and China will practically OWN us (if not literally) if we don’t turn this spending machine around and quick.
Regarding emails, the White House finally owned up to its email scam. Shocker. Last week Robert Gibbs swore up and down to Major Garrett that the White House simply was not responsible for the thousands of unsolicited emails regarding healthcare sent out in David Axelrod’s name. Now, come to find out, the White House had outsourced the task, paying a company to send these emails to the thousands of people on the lists that, oh yeah, they ALSO didn’t have. It’s as if they no longer care, or never did, what the public thinks of them. Personally, I fear that they really DON’T have to care or worry about being reelected. People, we now have Chicago politics in Washington garb. It is not beyond even my wildest imagination to consider the possibility that those behind this administration won’t have to worry about their jobs.
I was discussing these very issues with my husband over dinner, and I told him that while these sorts of things no longer shock me, they frighten me. I used these terms not because I am a “Neanderthal,” a “functionally retarded adult,” or a “racist” (all terms used by people who view my and the rest of America’s opposition to far-left health care reform as lunacy), but because I am truly afraid for my country. I fear for my nation because I am aware of three very important things: I am aware of the providential beginnings of our blessed nation through the truly amazing study of America’s history; I am aware of the impact that a flexible interpretation of our constitution will have on our nation’s future; I am familiar with what it is like to have a loved one (in this case, my brother) stand on the front lines ready and willing to take a bullet for this nation and its people. We are doing our forefathers, our constitution, and our brave men and women in uniform a horrible disservice when we decide as a nation to turn our backs on our founding principles. For those who would disagree- it is NOT politically incorrect to want to follow those principles; after all—they worked! Unfortunately, absolute truth is no longer taught in schools- children are taught simply to follow whatever they feel to be right. Thus, how can one be totally surprised when there are those who, rather than interpret the constitution as it was written and not to how it applies to modern times, call people like me “functionally retarded” for even suggesting that we must “follow the rules.” We are too young a nation to go down the tubes yet, people, and it is high time that we wake up.
The phrase in the title refers to the title of a small book circulated in the VA hospitals to returning severely injured soldiers. "Your Life; Your Choices." The title seems benign enough- discussing choices you’ll be making now that you’re disabled. Read further, however, and one gets a glimpse at the reality of the circumstances that this book entails. This is “end of life counseling” as proponents of far-left health care reform like to refer to it. The book contains a personal worksheet that the soldiers are asked to complete by rating each circumstance according to how willing they would be to live through it. It asks whether or not it would be worth living if one is in the midst of post-traumatic stress and just simply can’t get over the hump of depression and lead a regular life; it asks if it would be worth living knowing that he/she will be a financial burden on his or her family for the rest of their lives; it asks if it would be worth living if one can’t truly contribute to society. I’m not making this stuff up- this is taken straight from the book. Might I add that Bush, when he found out that this was taking place, had the book swiftly removed from all VA hospitals. Ironically, however, under the current administration the book has wheedled its way back into the VA. This is how the government treats the men and women who bravely served our country. How, might I ask, are we to expect to receive better treatment as average, run-of-the-mill citizens of this nation? We are to expect no better from this administration. How dare the government step in and decide to play God, coaxing people into making decisions that they should never have to make. Why is murder illegal in this country? Because it is the ultimate form of stealing- complete and utter disregard for human life. Why should counseling people to murder themselves be any different? No, this bill nor any of the others proposed contain provisions for nazi-like death camps and gas chambers (yet) for those who are unfit to continue in society: the very ill, the very old, the mentally challenged, the unborn, the sick….the list goes on. However, mandating “counseling” such as this to returning disabled veterans and eventually to the entire nation if a bill like this passes is a step just such a “eugenically appropriate” direction. Tell me something, Mr. President- when did God die and leave his estate (otherwise known as mankind) to you and your “moral obligations?” How dare you give yourself carte blanche to encroach on our lives in this way. Sarah Palin, and criticized as she was, was dead right (excuse the pun) in coining the term “death panels.”
In other news, the White House released several statements these past few days regarding numbers and emails. Specifically, their estimates on the national deficit were off by 2 trillion dollars, making the current (and probably way too low) estimate approximately 9 trillion. Let me illustrate that in zeros: 9,000,000,000,000. Yes, that’s a 9 with 12 zeros after it. To put this in further perspective, there are only approximately 6 billion people in the whole world! Add the proposed cost of the health care reform (which is only a start-up estimate and will undoubtedly end up for more expensive than anyone ever cared to estimate), the cost of cash for clunkers as dealers have yet to be paid for most of their transactions, Cap and Trad..er…Tax, and whatever other horrendously expensive program this administration will try to pass, and we’ve got ourselves a terrible problem. The dollar will collapse in our lifetime and China will practically OWN us (if not literally) if we don’t turn this spending machine around and quick.
Regarding emails, the White House finally owned up to its email scam. Shocker. Last week Robert Gibbs swore up and down to Major Garrett that the White House simply was not responsible for the thousands of unsolicited emails regarding healthcare sent out in David Axelrod’s name. Now, come to find out, the White House had outsourced the task, paying a company to send these emails to the thousands of people on the lists that, oh yeah, they ALSO didn’t have. It’s as if they no longer care, or never did, what the public thinks of them. Personally, I fear that they really DON’T have to care or worry about being reelected. People, we now have Chicago politics in Washington garb. It is not beyond even my wildest imagination to consider the possibility that those behind this administration won’t have to worry about their jobs.
I was discussing these very issues with my husband over dinner, and I told him that while these sorts of things no longer shock me, they frighten me. I used these terms not because I am a “Neanderthal,” a “functionally retarded adult,” or a “racist” (all terms used by people who view my and the rest of America’s opposition to far-left health care reform as lunacy), but because I am truly afraid for my country. I fear for my nation because I am aware of three very important things: I am aware of the providential beginnings of our blessed nation through the truly amazing study of America’s history; I am aware of the impact that a flexible interpretation of our constitution will have on our nation’s future; I am familiar with what it is like to have a loved one (in this case, my brother) stand on the front lines ready and willing to take a bullet for this nation and its people. We are doing our forefathers, our constitution, and our brave men and women in uniform a horrible disservice when we decide as a nation to turn our backs on our founding principles. For those who would disagree- it is NOT politically incorrect to want to follow those principles; after all—they worked! Unfortunately, absolute truth is no longer taught in schools- children are taught simply to follow whatever they feel to be right. Thus, how can one be totally surprised when there are those who, rather than interpret the constitution as it was written and not to how it applies to modern times, call people like me “functionally retarded” for even suggesting that we must “follow the rules.” We are too young a nation to go down the tubes yet, people, and it is high time that we wake up.
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