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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:16 PM Original message |
Are disabled people really feel threaten by the Terri Schiavo outcome? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I really do not understand how/when 'disability'-referes to end-stage |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. a lot of people are disabled... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Yes. The main issue was what did she want. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. As someone who is facing increasing disability |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is bullshit. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The WSJ is notoriously RW; has been for yrs. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's true, but are the quotes real |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. here's the Ford opinion I read in the Harvard Crimson |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Thanks. I guess as with every issue there are some on both sides |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. there are many local (city/county) Chapters that probably count as 'groups |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. What are those 1000 groups? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I don't know and it was one of those 10 second or so news blips |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. WSJ can print anything they want and they can find the people... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. The first quote IS real. The article was on truthout.org this week |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Congress Ready to Again Debate End-of-Life Issues |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can't walk 20 feet |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. your last sentence....I thought of that too...I was wondering about |
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liberal43110 (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 02:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Thank you |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes, I believe so. I read Ford's comments in the "Harvard Crimson" |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Surveys of disabled Americans suggest a strong GOP tilt... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. you got it |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I wanted to add I haven't seen any disability group agree with the |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. The reaction to Shiavo gives people cause for concern about our party. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. A few weeks back I stated on a few threads this Schiavo matter |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think you are correct on this one. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I agree too |
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queenjane (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Callousness in general, of late |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I've been seeing the same. I looked at the baby seal clubbing |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Most Democrats I know are environmentalists who want to protect all life. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. that's a very good point. |
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Debs (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 05:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
68. Maybe it has been infiltrated |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. The way to do is not to read all of these posts |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I know, I know. I have been a Dem all my life too |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Thank you - |
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Debs (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 05:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. How in the world |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. The Hammer/ the Exterminator / Enforcer Delay was |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. Unfortunately, this has been the case of strange bedfellows... etc. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. The cuts in Medicaid and Social Security are far more threatening |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. RIGHT!!!!! |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Not the problem |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. But the whole point of the endless trials was to determine her wishes. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yes but WE presented the problem |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I don't think that's true, Linda |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. No, there were seven years of trials with 19 judges |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. STILL Uncomfortable? Must Not Have Gotten Any Further Than The |
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Debs (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 05:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. No |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I think you're right and I thought Jesse Jackson made a good case |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Terri Was Not "Disabled" In The Ordinary Sense Of The Term |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. The problem is that many comments have been about |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It was about choice -- her choice |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yes |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Yes. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. you got it straight! |
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Debs (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 05:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
70. It was wholly about her choice for me |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Check the record of some of Bush's judicial nominees |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. That just speaks volumes... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I have a disabled child |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Don't forget Jeffrey Sutton! |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I forgot about that cretin |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. This is scary!! n/t |
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Jesus Saves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. You'd really have to be a moron to think so IMO |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Only those with a liquefied Cerebral Cortex need worry. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Disabled people who can do so |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. I watch my mother going through Parkinsons Plus right now. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. I am sorry for that |
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zara (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. people with terri's condition will feel threatened!--Oops... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. It is like with terrorism. Scare them and they will vote with you. All |
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lcooksey (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
63. Some are |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
64. What a piece of crap article - |
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strizi64 (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. not at all n/t |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
72. Apples and oranges |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
73. Let the exploitation continue.... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Exploitation and demagoguery |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
74. It is oddly fitting that.... |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
75. Republicans don't care about the disabled unless they can exploit them |
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