Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Was this intentional? B/c it's a great saying.

"Christ, what a pain in the ass" is original to me. Please send royalties.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by viet_mom
whereas this lady is awake, smiling at her parents and her eyes light up when she sees them.

Hint: that "news report" was filed by a "reporter" who actually is under contract with the White House.

caveat: I've heard nothing to support the rumor that Pixar also helped animate her.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
mmmm sheep......

It's one thing when Fringie does this. We know she's just hungry.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
It's one thing when Fringie does this. We know she's just hungry. But when you do it ....

Are you implying that they each look to sheep to satisfy different primal hungers?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
It's one thing when Fringie does this. We know she's just hungry. But when you do it ....

Ewww. Just ewwww.

Ewe?

That's just baaaaaaaaaad.

BOTD.

You were making a sheep joke, right?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
It's one thing when Fringie does this. We know she's just hungry.

mmmm ewe mmmmmmmmm

[viet_mom]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I thought this discussion was started over at Lawyers With Kids, so I replied to your query there, but I'll cross post b/c this seems like a better forum for the discussion. Here's a good summary of the case to date. It includes links to the court holdings so far, in case you want to read up on the exact findings by the courts.

http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html

I think her husband has carried the fight for guardianship on out of an honest belief that this is what she would have wanted. That takes a lot of courage when there are people out there ready to vilify him for his own personal life and his beliefs. He's lived a long time with this.

Yes, I posted first on LWK b/c I was thinking of it in terms of a parent's fight for the life of and/or guardianship over their child. I agree, it's a better place here to talk about it. I guess I am less apt than Replaced Texan to leave alone a court ruling where there has not been a specific living will and also it is unclear what people mean when they say they don't want to be kept alive by artificial means. If I break the bones in all my body, I'd expect the drink of water to be brought to me even though I can't reach it myself even if though someone else's fetching might be "artificial." I am not comfortable with people (even judges, those extra smart people I'm sure) interpreting what someone's comments meant in the context of the law. Especially where it seems most people make these statements thinking breathing and heart pumping machines, not a tube with liquids.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
mmmm sheep......

It's mutton when it's food, Hank. And I prefer lamb. Or steak.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Ewe?

That's just baaaaaaaaaad.

BOTD.

You were making a sheep joke, right?

I was, but decided it was just so horrible I had to either spell it to hit people over the head or delete it. I deleted. But I was too slow.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by bilmore
"Pita"?

I could send you our Health Care Durable Power of Attorney form, but they'd have to ship you to Minnesota before unplugging you, I think.

*sigh* this is fucking not easy. the one I have found for my current state is $5 and has to be mailed to me. My family lives in states that are not my state.

Since the feds are taking over, and your party is the feds now, can you have them just legislate this completely? Total preemption. Thanks!

ETA hank, don't do it to the lambs. They're innocent children.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
It's mutton when it's food, Hank. And I prefer lamb. Or steak.

He knew that. Food wasn't on his mind.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
He knew that. Food wasn't on his mind.

See above re: innocent little lambs eating ivy.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Since the feds are taking over, and your party is the feds now, can you have them just legislate this completely? Total preemption. Thanks!

Looks like they're trying that already.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by bilmore
Looks like they're trying that already.

No, I need a federalized form. For ease of administration. Can't we make this part of ERISA?

[Bucco Bruce]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Sure, when you're out of power, that's the best rhetorical device.

Let's wait on the clinton judge's decision on schiavo before throwing around the activist judge term.

(emphasis added)

Most of the federal judges in Florida -- including the unfortunate one who drew the short straw and got stuck with this case -- were picked by a committee made up of a panel of lawyers jointly appointed by Senators Bob Graham (D) and Connie Mack (R). Bush I and Clinton pretty much appointed whomever this panel picked. When Connie Mack retired and Democrat Bill Nelson took his seat, I think that Mack's role in judicial appointments was filled by Bill Young, the senior Republican in the Florida U.S. congressional delegation.

The judges that were appointed in the Middle District under this plan have been pretty solid non-political types -- I don't think that Judge Whittemore qualifies as a Clintonista. And the Eleventh Circuit (which will surely find itself dealing with this case soon) is pretty much made up of Republican appointees.