Re: United States of Feeding Tubes

From: xray (notreally_at_hotmail.invalid)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:12:01 GMT

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:32:45 GMT, "Genome" <ilike_spam@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>
>"Rock" <rolavine@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:1111457086.763559.270770@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Bush flew back to DC from vacation, congress meet during the
>weekend,
>> and after all that they couldn't upgrade to a feeding transistor!
>>
>> OK, I have to try out these damn jokes somewhere!
>>
>
>DC ahaa ahaa....
>
>Transistor ahaa ahaa....
>
>No, nice on topic post but.... I don't get it.
>
>Is this an American thing?
>
>DNA
>

With you, Genome, its hard to tell for sure, but I'll assume you really
don't know what this is about, and I'll be straight man.

I don't recall all the details, but in essence...
There is a woman in Florida whose brain got fried some years back (I
think it was a high fever and I think about 10 yrs ago). Since then she
has been in a vegetative state and is kept alive by the medical center
where she is. Her husband wants to let her die but her parents want her
kept alive. She didn't document her wishes in writing before this
unfortunate turn of events. It has been fought in courts for years. A
couple days ago the court finally ruled with the husband's view and her
feeding tube was removed.

Today the US Congress passed special legislation to reopen this issue.
GWB grabbed his bible and headed back to Washington DC from vacation to
join in the festivities.

Yes it is an American thing. Sadam not involved this time. Get it now?

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