Who is the youngest Congressman, anyway?
March 28, 2005 2:46 PM Subscribe
Persistent vegitative state or not, I would like Congress to vote every year on whether I should live or die.
Or at least potato-sack race to decide it.
posted by chasing at 2:55 PM on March 28, 2005
Or at least potato-sack race to decide it.
posted by chasing at 2:55 PM on March 28, 2005
Yea, I shall use my +5 wand of Congressional hoo-ha to settle this argument!
posted by Sharktattoo at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by Sharktattoo at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
To answer your question in the title, Harold Ford (D-TN).
posted by sachinag at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by sachinag at 3:03 PM on March 28, 2005
You're all crazy. I'm not putting my life in the hands of a bunch of senile old coots who do the dirty work of corporations. I'll let metatalk decide my fate!
Not today. I want to live!
posted by graventy at 3:44 PM on March 28, 2005
Not today. I want to live!
posted by graventy at 3:44 PM on March 28, 2005
I would like the United Nations to establish a new international body, consisting of 500 members voted in biannually by the people of the world, to decide whether I should live or die.
it'll be great.
posted by blacklite at 4:17 PM on March 28, 2005
it'll be great.
posted by blacklite at 4:17 PM on March 28, 2005
If I were chosen to live under these circumstances, I would like the person who casts the winning vote/spell to be responsible for changing my diapers.
posted by mervin_shnegwood at 4:33 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by mervin_shnegwood at 4:33 PM on March 28, 2005
I personalized my own version and sent it to my friends adding:
If any religious organization wishes to keep me alive for their own
purposes, they are welcome to, as long as they pay all my medical
bills, including (but not limited to):
* Daily sponge baths by Miss Teen USA runners up
* Swarovski crystal encrusted bedpans
* Gas-Hybrid hospital bed with low-rider shocks that will activate
randomly throughout the day
* "Crazy-straw"-feeding tubes
* Full wardrobe of cashmere hospital gowns
posted by ColdChef at 4:49 PM on March 28, 2005
If any religious organization wishes to keep me alive for their own
purposes, they are welcome to, as long as they pay all my medical
bills, including (but not limited to):
* Daily sponge baths by Miss Teen USA runners up
* Swarovski crystal encrusted bedpans
* Gas-Hybrid hospital bed with low-rider shocks that will activate
randomly throughout the day
* "Crazy-straw"-feeding tubes
* Full wardrobe of cashmere hospital gowns
posted by ColdChef at 4:49 PM on March 28, 2005
Kwanstar: wow, man. Remember how, in elementary school, 2 days after the Challenger blew up, one kid ran around saying that NASA stood for "need another seven astronauts"? That's cold.
posted by rkent at 5:54 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by rkent at 5:54 PM on March 28, 2005
Kwantsar: Thats both the most horrible and hilarious thing I've seen all day. Thanks!
posted by mervin_shnegwood at 5:55 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by mervin_shnegwood at 5:55 PM on March 28, 2005
If in a persistent vegetative state, I would like to be kept alive by all technology available. Tom DeLay is to provide all aspects of my care.
posted by deliquescent at 5:56 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by deliquescent at 5:56 PM on March 28, 2005
Sadly, though, it is NASA and Terri's parents who are the coldest. NASA fixed the specific issue (bad o-rings), but didn't address the systemic failure (poor vendor oversight). As a result, they lost another seven astronauts. That guy from second grade seems a little more insightful now.
Terri "herself" is little more than an expensive breathing tombstone to the live person she once was. Every dollar spent on keeping Terri "alive" is a direct insult to living people who are suffering from serious health issues. If her parents really cared, they would re-route the money that pays for Terri's life support to a medical research organization or to an organization like the Red Cross.
posted by Kwantsar at 6:56 PM on March 28, 2005
Terri "herself" is little more than an expensive breathing tombstone to the live person she once was. Every dollar spent on keeping Terri "alive" is a direct insult to living people who are suffering from serious health issues. If her parents really cared, they would re-route the money that pays for Terri's life support to a medical research organization or to an organization like the Red Cross.
posted by Kwantsar at 6:56 PM on March 28, 2005
that terri blog is a work of sick genius
posted by pyramid termite at 9:07 PM on March 28, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 9:07 PM on March 28, 2005
Actually, at the age of 29, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) appears to be the youngest current member of congress.
Also, this asshat makes me embarrassed to be from North Carolina. I swear, there should be some kind of rule about being younger than 30 and Republican. You've got the rest of your life to be rich, boring and white - go travel, learn to cook, do something interesting with your life.
(feature request - can we get "asshat" added to the spell check dictionary?)
posted by jimray at 9:11 PM on March 28, 2005
Also, this asshat makes me embarrassed to be from North Carolina. I swear, there should be some kind of rule about being younger than 30 and Republican. You've got the rest of your life to be rich, boring and white - go travel, learn to cook, do something interesting with your life.
(feature request - can we get "asshat" added to the spell check dictionary?)
posted by jimray at 9:11 PM on March 28, 2005
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