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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:08 PM Original message |
Catholic Bishops Enact Plan For “300,000 Terri Schiavos” |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. what IDIOTS are un'rec'ing this? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The usual suspects, I presume. n/t |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. and this isn't even about obama. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:15 PM Original message |
It's gone viral across the board, health care thread, Sarah Palin threads and |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've noticed a bunch of teabagger talk here the last -- |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yep, they got all the code words and talking points down. n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Not just tea baggers, plenty of new climate change deniers. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
76. Whew! I thought I was just being paranoid! :D |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. It's not you, it's them. ;) nt |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. What's the point of the unrec feature anyway? |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
71. Oh please, spare us... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. On no you didn't. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wish I believed in hell--because that is where these damned moralizing priests belong. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Actually, if you go read Luke 11 you will see that Jesus told them |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Every time these brocade-gowned clowns pontificate on the santity of life, I think of |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Oh no |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I am so sorry to hear that. stupid question, but was anything ever done about the rapist? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. This was decades ago when it was hushed up. It was just one more thing |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. gotta keep that $$ coming in no matter how hopeless the condition nt |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh damn |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where's the IRS when you need them? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. and of course the Catholic church is going to eat the expense of keeping |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well I guess the Catholic hospitals will foot |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I wonder if they will get paid to ignore the patient's wishes? At the |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I hope they get sued |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. The Catholic Church has always been more political than religious. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow, just wow. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. Baptist Hospital in Nashville might be affected by this....they're partners |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. The only Hospital in our town is Catholic. Holy fucking Christ. I have had it. We have to move now. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is going to be interesting, especially in Texas where the |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. They've been using people as political pawns for centuries, they aren't going to stop now |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. You are so right. n/t |
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Blue State Blues (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. "The Bishops’ directive even notes that patient suffering is redemptive..." |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Well why don't they just nail them to a cross for redemption. |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Yep. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. That's what that witch "Mother Theresa" also believed |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. please do not insult witches by comparing them with that woman. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. True. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Read the Christopher Hitchens book about her. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. She was a witch. Most certainly. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Vicious and cruel. . |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. loads o' dough in keeping the clinically dead alive..... |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. Consider the Churches ties to La Cosa Nostra too. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Oops, that's right. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The Catholic Church allows one to purchase "forgiveness". |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. My ma had a couple marriages annulled in one fell swoop before she |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. The RCC as it's called around here is close |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Then the church has to pay for the care |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. This absolutely makes me sick ...I feel like something is going on |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah, don't pull the plug, but deport immigrants in comas. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. How can they justify that, or any of this? I don't get it. nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Like they have done all along...they just make the shit up as they go along |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yeah, way to get people to flock to your church |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. My family's Catholic hospital story: |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Can the patients sign themselves out when they are tired of suffering? I doubt it. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. So if I have a family member there with a directive to have life support |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I wondered all that stuff too... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Suffering is good = corporal mortification. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. That is a nice link |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. Great. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. The way the Catholic Church is going, I will not want to have any contact with |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I am cutting off all contacts. Period. That is it. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. I was thinking - I have few Christian friends of any sect anymore |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I am with you. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's possible that whoever wrote the story didn't understand what the bishops said. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. "The Bishops’ directive even notes that patient suffering is |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. My advance directive will include "please keep me out of Catholic hospitals" |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. So, when will they carry out this part of their Directives? |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. My advance directive will include... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-24-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. K & R. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
67. You gotta appreciate the irony...an organization that preaches about |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
69. well it worked for "Mother" Theresa |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. hear hear! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
73. I smell a grab for more medicare/medicaid money, based on "MORAL " grounds.. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
74. Part of the Roman Catholic Church's "Let's Make Our Institution As Irrelevant As Possible" Campaign. |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
75. Abortion is against God's will, but artificially keeping someone in a vegetative state is not ? |
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catrose (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
78. In Texas |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
79. They must not remember Terri Schiavo's autopsy results. |
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