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The Mysterious Golden Ho'Boy Apparition.
Believe it or not, this sacred Imprint was discovered on a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich by Sonny Listen Jr. at the Pine Street Wendy's in Pierre, SD at 10:49 PM on evening of March 28, 2005
See it on eBay soon...
One* little, two little, three little Indi-
er, supplements. **
-graphic by R. Greenwood
*"The allegations in the soon-to-be published book by journalist David Walsh and Pierre Ballester, "L.A. Confidential, The Secrets of Lance Armstrong," that he has doped have been largely ignored by the media, which chooses to focus on images of him in the yellow jersey rather than the seedy possibilities, despite testimony in the book from former Armstrong aide, Emma O'Reilly that the rider asked her to dispose of used needles, and give him makeup to cover injections on his right arm.."
**"Giambi called the products he obtained from Anderson undetectable steroids known as the clear and the cream. The clear is a liquid drug administered under the tongue a few drops at a time. The cream was described as a testosterone-based balm rubbed onto the body, the Chronicle reported..."
1. Terri Schiavo's death sparked national debate. .
2. Fox News: info for those of you who buy into the media frenzy of how cruel death by "starvation" is...
3. and then, of course, there's Jon Stewart
4. What we can all learn from this media fiasco.
"Ya know I used to have lofty opinions on this too, until I had to go there with my son. Everything I thought I knew went straight out the window. No matter what I would have decided, I'd have felt guilty. A durable power of attorney might have made me feel less guilty, but I don't know for sure. Fortunately, I didn't have to "do" anything in the end. The doctors I trusted the most were the ones who admitted that the more they learn about the brain, the more they realize they don't know. The only opinion I have now is that's it's too bad this has turned into a circus. As for what's "right" -- I still don't know...."
Even the Right to Die experts were flummoxed over this case. (click below)
"While Compassion & Choices adopted a neutral position on the Schiavo case, we stand firm on our belief that the government should not be allowed to intervene into personal family matters.
As you know Compassion & Choices mission is to improve end of life options for competent, terminally ill adults.
The situation with Terri Schiavo was that she was not terminally ill, that she had no written instructions about her end of life wishes, and although her husband states she once told him she “would no want to live that way”, referring to a documentary they had seen on Karen Ann Quinlan, there is apparently a friend of Terri’s who claims the exact opposite (if we are to believe the news stories).
In the prior right-to-die cases, Quinlan and Cruzan, there was clear evidence about Karen Ann and Nancy not wanting to be kept alive indefinitely. As you may recall in Cruzan’s case, the evidence did not surface for sometime as the woman that Nancy Cruzan had spoken to about not wanting to be kept alive only knew Nancy by her last name Davis, and didn’t put the names together until much later.
Again, we do not know what Terri herself would have wanted. If she had left clear evidence of her wishes not to be kept alive we would certainly have fought for her right, just as we are presently representing the family of Margaret Furlong, a woman whose advance directive was ignored by a Catholic hospital that resuscitated her against her wishes.
Compassion & Choices represents almost 50,000 members and stakeholders who come from all walks of life and backgrounds. Members span the spectrum of religious beliefs, political affiliations, and level of education to name but a few of the variables involved. Even among our members there was disagreement over the appropriate way to respond to this situation.
All of our members agree that competent terminally ill adults should have the right to choice at the end of life. As an organization we will vigorously fight for, and defend this right. However, in the case of Terri Schiavo, where there was a bitter disagreement among the family, where Terri’s own wishes were unclear, and the fact she was not terminally ill, we can not as an organization take a position about what should have been done.
Any further questions, please feel free to call me at 800-247-7421.
Ahui ho,
Roland L. Halpern
Director Community Relations"