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I believe strongly in the right to die. Very strongly. But not when it applies to these facts:
1 - 13 year old child
2 - Hodgkin's lymphoma - 90% CURE (not survival) rate if treated. 5% survival rate if untreated.
3 - Said 13 year old child has a learning disability and does not possess the ability to READ.
4 - The "religion" he is wanting to follow (which does not allow treatment) was founding in the 1990's (yeah, like twenty years ago).
I do believe that if these parents continue to fight treatment against court orders, as they say they will, and this child dies, they should be charged with murder.
How would you reconcile being this kid's PD? I sincerely hope chambers and argument were markedly different.
"Activist Judges"
Saturday, May 16, 2009
It's not a spring loaded shotgun
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
But its awfully fucking close. What the hell?
Gayle and Sheila Muhs gave trespassers a blunt warning. They posted a large sign outside their Texas home saying trespassers would be shot and survivors would be shot again.
They weren't joking.
The Muhs are currently being held on charges of aggravated assault for allegedly firing at least two shotgun blasts at a pair of packed cars that stopped outside their rural Texas house. Those charges are expected to be upgraded to murder, since a 7-year-old boy who was wounded in the assault has died from shotgun pellets to his head and face.
But police said the families in the two cars were driving on a public road when the Muhs opened fire from their house, killing Donald Coffey Jr. and hitting three others, including the boy's 5-year-old sister.
Outside the Muhs' house is a handpainted sign complete with misspelling and exclamation points that warns: "Trespassers Will Be Shot. Survivers Will Be Reshot!! Smile I Will."
Police got a 911 call just after 9 p.m. Thursday, DeFoor said, from Sheila Muhs who "reported there were people in jacked up four-wheel automobiles ... and that she shot them." She also reported that the vehicles were destroying the nearby levees.
But in reality, DeFoor said, the families in the two cars had done nothing illegal. And, he said, they never set foot on the Muhs' property.
The Republican Ideology
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Espoused, once again, by Joe the Plumber. . .
NEW YORK (AP) -- Samuel Wurzelbacher, the Ohio man hailed as "Joe the Plumber" by Republican John McCain's presidential campaign last year, said he believes gays are "queer" and said he won't allow them near his children.
Nevertheless, Wurzelbacher said the decision about whether to allow same-sex couples to marry should be left to states.
"People don't understand the dictionary - it's called queer," Wurzelbacher told Christianity Today in an interview published this week. "Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do - what man and woman are for."
He added, "I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing."
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights organization based in Washington, dismissed Wurzelbacher's comments.
"It would matter if Joe the Plumber mattered," Solmonese said. "One thing among many things we learned in the 2008 campaign is that he doesn't."
Wurzelbacher, regarded as a folk hero to many conservatives after challenging then-Democratic nominee Barack Obama about his tax policies, said neither political party was sufficiently Christian.
"They use God as a punch line," Wurzelbacher said of Republicans. "They use God to invoke sympathy or invoke righteousness, but they don't stay the course."
Wurzelbacher said he considered McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the GOP's emerging stars. But he said the party would have a difficult time recasting its image to appeal to younger voters.
"You got the RNC talking about repackaging principles and values to make them hip and cool to the younger generation," Wurzelbacher said. "You can't repackage them. They are what they are. You can't make what they are."
Since the election, Wurzelbacher has spoken at conservative rallies around the country and traveled to Israel as a rookie reporter to cover the Gaza conflict.
Wurzelbacher told the magazine he might consider running for office someday.
"Not right now," Wurzelbacher said. "God hasn't said, 'Joe, I want you to run.' I feel (it's) more important to just encourage people to get involved, one way or another. If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great."
Dinosaur's on the Ark, explained.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Take this science!
You can get further enlightened, here.3. How did those huge dinosaurs fit on the Ark?
Although there are about 668 names of dinosaurs, there are perhaps only 55 different ‘kinds’ of dinosaurs. Furthermore, not all dinosaurs were huge like the Brachiosaurus, and even those dinosaurs on the Ark were probably ‘teenagers’ or young adults. Indeed, dinosaurs were recently discovered to go through a growth spurt, so God could have brought dinosaurs of the right age to start this spurt as soon as they disembarked.
Creationist researcher John Woodmorappe has calculated that Noah had on board with him representatives from about 8,000 animal genera (including some now-extinct animals), or around 16,000 individual animals. When you realize that horses, zebras, and donkeys are probably descended from the horse-like ‘kind’, Noah did not have to carry two sets of each such animal. Also, dogs, wolves, and coyotes are probably from a single canine ‘kind’, so hundreds of different dogs were not needed.
Why I am not an "Oklahoma Republican"
Monday, April 27, 2009
Well, other than the obvious. Here is their "platform" for 2009. Although it is absolutely fucking insane on its own, I think the "commendations" are pretty damn hilarious:
COMMENDATIONS
We commend:
1. President George W. Bush for his leadership in fighting terrorism and protecting the American people; for articulating his strong commitment to the sanctity of human life; for his uncompromising commitment to tax cuts; for his principled defense of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, for his Social Security reform initiative, and his strong judicial appointments.
2. U. S. Senator Jim Inhofe for his steadfast commitment to military readiness and his support for the cause of freedom around the world and his opposition to the “global warming” scare, and his fiscal conservatism.
3. U.S. Senator Tom Coburn for his dedication to his principles.
4. Congressman John Sullivan for his diligent work on homeland security and securing our borders.
5. Our Republican state legislators for using their increased numbers to enact conservative laws. We congratulate them for winning control of the State House and State Senate.
6. All Tulsa County Republicans who are serving as county and municipal officers and school board members.
7. Our Republican candidates and their families for their financial and personal sacrifice.
8. The Conservative voices in media for keeping Tulsa County citizens informed.
9. Sheriff Stanley Glanz and his staff in their excellent operation of the jail. We also commend his office for pursuing training under section 287(g) of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Responsibility Act, which will authorize them to detain suspects for violation of immigration law, and we urge all other local law enforcement agencies to follow their example.
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