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Friday, July 17, 2009
Assisted Suicide
I'd like to talk about something I don't recall talking about before and that's assisted suicide. I support that for those who are terminally ill but there is something that happened I heard about that I think is wrong. There is a person named Sir Edward Downs who was a composer. He flew his terminally ill wife to Switzerland and his wife and himself killed themselves with assisted suicide. Now as I said his wife, who was ill is one thing but he was healthy and while to grieve over his wife is one thing, he also killed himself with the same cocktail that killed his wife and I think that is wrong and the people who sponsored that should be prosecuted for murder.
Now we know about the healthcare bill and how the plan is to pay for it. The plan in part is to put a tax on those who make more then $250,000 per year. You know the same people who benefited from the Bush tax cuts which in part led us to the recession we are currently in. I like the idea from what I've seen but am still looking at the details. Stay tuned.
Not reported on the news was a bill proposed by Sam Brownback that would ban human cloning for three years. I know what they are referring to and that is stem cell research. This will not work.
I would like to close my case on the racism from the right. If anyone saw the hearings for Sotomayor, specifically Jeff Sessions and Lindsey Graham saw the hatred toward latino's clearly come out. One comment was "don't all dark skinned people think the same". Colin Powell was right Republicans still have a major problem with race. I'm sorry for those who don't like hearing this but these are facts. I will also keep in mind that Samuel Alieto (not a typo) said the same thing that Sotomayor said and got NO grief.
Just wondering why this isn't being reported? Story shows how two people were detained in Utah for kissing. Of course these were two homosexuals but really why should it matter? Can't wait for the lawsuit on this one.
I knew there was more to the Ensign (R, Nev) affair then meets the eye.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525
The link talks about a Christian Prayer group that "people" like him, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, other Republicans and a few Democrats belong to. The praise psychopaths like Hitler and Osama Bin Laden and Genghis Khan.
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2.
a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
3.
the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
Origin: 1175–1225; ME tre(i)so(u)n < class="ital-inline">traïson < class="ital-inline">trāditiōn- (s. of trāditiō) a handing over, betrayal. See tradition
Synonyms: 1.Treason, sedition mean disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government. Sedition is any act, writing, speech, etc., directed unlawfully against state authority, the government, or constitution, or calculated to bring it into contempt or to incite others to hostility, ill will or disaffection; it does not amount to treason and therefore is not a capital offense. 2.See disloyalty.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōn-, a handing over; see tradition.]
Trea"son\, n. [OE. tresun, treisun, traisoun, OF. tra["i]son, F. trahison, L. traditio a giving up, a delivering up, fr. tradere to give up, betray. See Traitor, and cf. Tradition.] 1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. The treason of the murthering in the bed. --Chaucer. Note: In monarchies, the killing of the sovereign, or an attempt to take his life, is treason. In England, to imagine or compass the death of the king, or of the queen consort, or of the heir apparent to the crown, is high treason, as are many other offenses created by statute. In the United States, treason is confined to the actual levying of war against the United States, or to an adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. 2. Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy. If he be false, she shall his treason see. --Chaucer. Petit treason. See under Petit.
c.1225, from Anglo-Fr. treson, from O.Fr. traison (11c.; Fr. trahison), from L. traditionem (nom. traditio) "a handing over, delivery, surrender" (see tradition). O.Fr. form influenced by the verb trair "betray." In old English law, high treason is violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or to the state; distinguished from petit treason, treason against a subject, such as murder of a master by his servant.
Main Entry: trea·son Pronunciation: 'trEz-&noun Function: noun Etymology: Anglo-French treison crime of violence against a person to whom allegiance is owed, literally, betrayal, from Old French traïson, from traïr to betray, from Latin tradere to hand over, surrender : the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's country or of assisting its enemies in war; specifically: the act of levying war against the United States or adhering to or giving aid and comfort to its enemies by one who owes it allegiance —trea·son·ous/-&s/
My anger level is high today. First we have to be bombarded with more insane Michael Jackson coverage today with his memorial second, as a taxpayer I have to pay for security. I'm sorry if the family, who Jackson made billions for, wants to create this circus they should have to pay for it and leave taxpayers out of it.
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