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Monday, August 24, 2009

"Your Life, Your Choices" Death Panel for Vets

If you're a Vet returning hurt from combat, one of the many forms presented (having been in the military, we know forms, though [fortunately] I was never wounded) is the "Your Life, Your Choices." It's an end of life questionnaire. First presented in 1997, it's part of their living will. Bush put it out of its misery before it caused anyone else misery. It's back under this administration.

The creator of this depressing bit of work (I can't even imagine being a wounded warrior and having to fill this out) is Dr. Robert Pearlman, an advocate of assisted suicide. The questions are end of life, asking when your life would no longer be worth living. Examples: living in a nursing home, being in a wheelchair and not being able to "shake the blues." "Have you ever heard anyone say, 'If I'm a vegetable, pull the plug'?" "I can no longer contribute to my family's well being," "I am a severe financial burden on my family" or that the vet's situation "causes severe emotional burden for my family."

No religious groups or disability rights advocates listed as support sources for these men and women. Who is listed? The Hemlock Society.

Full story and details here.

This is the same mentality this administration has toward seasoned citizens and babies. Something Statists do not have is a concept of the sanctity of life. With the leader this administration saying he's in partnership with God to determine who lives and who dies...well,

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