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[queenemeraldas8.livejournal.com]

"Bush never said we'd find nuclear weapons in Iraq. He said we'd find nuculer ones."

I saw Dennis Miller speak a couple nights ago in Pasadena (CA), and he was absolutely hysterical. He's got great conservative humor especially since he's now a Republican. For those of you who don't watch his show, I highly recommend it :)

-Nicole

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[phoenix-starr.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been thinking about the Terri issue, and I've changed my mind. I think I was mostly projecting what I would want if I was Terri. Ending her life like it is proposed would be treating the helpless and just life too cavalierly.

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[phoenix-starr.livejournal.com]

***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Doctors removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube Friday despite an extraordinary, last-minute push by Republicans on Capitol Hill to use the subpoena powers of Congress to keep the severely brain-damaged woman alive, a source close to the case told The Associated Press.

For more on this story, go to http://www.usatoday.com.

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[impetuousnote.livejournal.com]

Even though it seems this community is a little divided in the case of Terry Schiavo's feeding tube being removed, I thought it would be beneficial to add the President's statement. No matter how you feel on the issue, I think we can mostly agree on what he is saying.

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The case of Terri Schiavo raises complex issues. Yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life. Those who live at the mercy of others deserve our special care and concern. It should be our goal as a nation to build a culture of life, where all Americans are valued, welcomed, and protected and that culture of life must extend to individuals with disabilities.

Fight for Terri Community

[aricadavidson.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd post this link for you guys here:

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=fightforterri

Peggy Noonan on Terri Schiavo

[maidenjedi]

'Don't Kick It' by Peggy Noonan
Friday, March 18, 2005 1:37 p.m. EST - http://www.opinionjournal.com

It appears we've reached the pivotal moment in the Terri Schiavo case, and it also appears our politicians, our senators and congressmen, might benefit from some observations.

In America today all big stories have three dimensions: a legal angle, a public-relations angle and a political angle. In the Schiavo case some of our politicians seem not to be fully appreciating the second and third. This is odd.

Here's both a political and a public-relations reality: The Republican Party controls the Senate, the House and the White House. The Republicans are in charge. They have the power. If they can't save this woman's life, they will face a reckoning from a sizable portion of their own base. And they will of course deserve it.

This should concentrate their minds.

So should this: America is watching. As the deadline for removal of Mrs. Schiavo's feeding tube approaches, the story has broken through as never before in the media.

There is a passionate, highly motivated and sincere group of voters and activists who care deeply about whether Terri Schiavo is allowed to live. Their reasoning, ultimately, is this: Be on the side of life. They remind me of what Winston Churchill said once when he became home secretary in charge of England's prisons. He was seated at dinner with a jabbery lady who said that if she were ever given a life sentence she'd rather die than serve it. He reared back. No, he said, always choose life! "Death's the only thing you can't get out of!"

Just so. Life is full of surprise and lightning-like lurches. The person in a coma today wakes up tomorrow and says, "Is that you, mom?" Life is unknowable. Always give it a chance to shake your soul and upend reality.

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