Terri Schiavo Diet Book Tops NYT Bestseller List

elzinator wrote:
> Jesus, I'm going to puke now. We are truly a nation of morons, and
> women are becoming more brainless(blonde).
>

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=satire
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:16:01 GMT, The Gist wrote:
>elzinator wrote:
>> Jesus, I'm going to puke now. We are truly a nation of morons, and
>> women are becoming more brainless(blonde).
>>
>
>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=satire

I was sarcastic too, but seriously sarcastic.


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Scott Johnson wrote:
> Terri Schiavo Diet Book Tops NYT Bestseller List
> by Scott Ott
> http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/002081.html
>
> (2005-02-22) -- With the Atkins diet fad waning,
> obese American women have embraced a new book,
> "The Terri Schiavo Diet: No Willpower Required,"
> pushing it to the top of the New York Times
> bestseller list.
>
> The book, penned by a ghostwriter for Mrs.
> Schiavo, promises "dramatic weight loss and life
> change without any need to personally make
> difficult decisions."
>
> "For those women who have repeatedly failed to
> direct the course of their own lives, the Schiavo
> diet offers one last option," according to a
> publicist. "Millions of women have dreamed of a
> day when they could limit their caloric intake
> almost unconsciously."
>
> Profits from the sale of the book will go to Mrs.
> Schiavo's husband, Michael, who along with several
> judges had a major role in helping his wife
> drastically reduce her food consumption.
>
> "Women nationwide have embraced the Schiavo Diet's
> notion of putting their husbands in complete
> control," the unnamed publicist said. "It can
> really strengthen marriages...if not the current
> marriage, then certainly the next one."
>
> --
> Scott Johnson / scottjohnson at kc dot rr dot com

it took me more than 10 minutes to decide that this was not true.

and I wonder. I think I would simply have believed it if I had not seen
your reflections on the "legal principle of lavatorio proportio [potty
parity]".
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Her heart attack was suppposedly caused by dropping
from 250 lbs to 110 both before and after her wedding.
She drank a gallon of tea a day which depleted her
electrolytes. Some of the fertility treatments may have
contributed- at least thats what the civil suit awarding
her and husband a megabuck was based on.

May she find peace.
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Sure.... all this coming from George Bush who while Gov of Texas signed
a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
(against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not have
sufficient health insurance. What a freaking hypocrite!!!
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<lady_veteran.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote
> Sure.... all this coming from George Bush who while Gov of Texas signed
> a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
> (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not have
> sufficient health insurance. What a freaking hypocrite!!!

Was that before or after he used orphan babies as trap and skeet targets?

David
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David Cohen wrote:
> <lady_veteran RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote
>
>>Sure.... all this coming from George Bush who while Gov of Texas signed
>>a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
>>(against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not have
>>sufficient health insurance. What a freaking hypocrite!!!
>
>
> Was that before or after he used orphan babies as trap and skeet targets?

Ha! You admit it!

Delenn (who always figured he did)
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David Cohen wrote:

> > a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
> > (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not
have
> > sufficient health insurance.

I did not know.

what I find terrible is the way Bush or the media or both were able to
instantly create the public feeling that "today we saved a life":

a life was safed! today, Palmsunday, the American people saved a
life!

imagine how hard it was for the judge to keep his cool.

at the same time, yesterday for the first time, in the Herald Tribune I
saw "terror" (in hypothesizing quotation marks) and the (old?) US
foreign policy theme mentioned as "the so called war on terror".

one year ago tghe author would have been tarred and feathered or
dragged along naked on the leash of private England.
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"Delenn" <Delenn.RemoveThis@whoever.com> wrote
> David Cohen wrote:
>> <lady_veteran.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote
>>
>>>Sure.... all this coming from George Bush who while Gov of Texas signed
>>>a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
>>>(against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not have
>>>sufficient health insurance. What a freaking hypocrite!!!
>>
>>
>> Was that before or after he used orphan babies as trap and skeet targets?
>
> Ha! You admit it!
>
> Delenn (who always figured he did)

You're from Massechusetts. You "could" be serious.

David
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<cantueso.DeleteThis@dieznet.com> wrote in message
news:1111564601.258973.121680@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> David Cohen wrote:
>
>> > a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
>> > (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did not
> have
>> > sufficient health insurance.
>
> I did not know.
>
> what I find terrible is the way Bush or the media or both were able to
> instantly create the public feeling that "today we saved a life":
>
> a life was safed! today, Palmsunday, the American people saved a
> life!
>
> imagine how hard it was for the judge to keep his cool.
>
> at the same time, yesterday for the first time, in the Herald Tribune I
> saw "terror" (in hypothesizing quotation marks) and the (old?) US
> foreign policy theme mentioned as "the so called war on terror".
>
> one year ago tghe author would have been tarred and feathered or
> dragged along naked on the leash of private England.

Isn't it amazing how you can put together a whole bunch of words, all of
which are in English, each of one having a definition, but, when taken as a
whole, is indecipherable?

Scotch, or gin?

David
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David Cohen wrote:
> <cantueso DeleteThis @dieznet.com> wrote in message
> news:1111564601.258973.121680@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > David Cohen wrote:
> >
> >> > a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food tube
> >> > (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did
not
> > have
> >> > sufficient health insurance.
> >
> > I did not know.
> >
> > what I find terrible is the way Bush or the media or both were able
to
> > instantly create the public feeling that "today we saved a life":
> >
> > a life was safed! today, Palmsunday, the American people saved a
> > life!
> >
> > imagine how hard it was for the judge to keep his cool.
> >
> > at the same time, yesterday for the first time, in the Herald
Tribune I
> > saw "terror" (in hypothesizing quotation marks) and the (old?) US
> > foreign policy theme mentioned as "the so called war on terror".
> >
> > one year ago tghe author would have been tarred and feathered or
> > dragged along naked on the leash of private England.
>
> Isn't it amazing how you can put together a whole bunch of words, all
of
> which are in English, each of one having a definition, but, when
taken as a
> whole, is indecipherable?
>
> Scotch, or gin?

"indecipherable" is probably not what you mean. you mean that it can
be deciphered but does not make sense as a whole.

the problem is that I am not American. it makes me sick to see the US
going on a crusade. it is sickening to watch those 200 000 000
individuals being moved to join the crusade of saving Iraq or saving a
life.

if you live there, you might not see the parallel.

in fact, there is not much of a parallel, except in the way Bush took
hold of the show in the name of Good Vs. Evil.


>
> David
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cantu... DeleteThis @dieznet.com wrote:
> David Cohen wrote:
> > <cantueso DeleteThis @dieznet.com> wrote
> > > David Cohen wrote:
> > >
> > >> > a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food
tube
> > >> > (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or did
> not
> > > have
> > >> > sufficient health insurance.
> > >
> > > I did not know.
> > >
> > > what I find terrible is the way Bush or the media or both were
able
> to
> > > instantly create the public feeling that "today we saved a life":
> > >
> > > a life was safed! today, Palmsunday, the American people saved
a
> > > life!
> > >
> > > imagine how hard it was for the judge to keep his cool.
> > >
> > > at the same time, yesterday for the first time, in the Herald
> Tribune I
> > > saw "terror" (in hypothesizing quotation marks) and the (old?)
US
> > > foreign policy theme mentioned as "the so called war on terror".
> > >
> > > one year ago tghe author would have been tarred and feathered or
> > > dragged along naked on the leash of private England.
> >
> > Isn't it amazing how you can put together a whole bunch of words,
all
> of
> > which are in English, each of one having a definition, but, when
> taken as a
> > whole, is indecipherable?
> >
> > Scotch, or gin?
>
> "indecipherable" is probably not what you mean. you mean that it can
> be deciphered but does not make sense as a whole.

OK, sure. It did make sense as a whole. We agree.
>
> the problem is that I am not American. it makes me sick to see the US
> going on a crusade. it is sickening to watch those 200 000 000
> individuals being moved to join the crusade of saving Iraq or saving
a
> life.

I'm going to make some assumptions as to what you mean, because, as you
point out, you are not American, English is probably not your native
language, and you can be a bit confusing.

A "crusade" to save Iraq or to save Terry Schiavo makes you sick, why,
exactly? Are not those desirable goals? I disagree with the
characterization of "crusade", but, that aside, why are you sickened?
>
> if you live there, you might not see the parallel.

I do not see any valid analogy between a war to defeat my country's
enemies (you may disagree with the characterization, but that is how
"we" see it), and sincere disagreement among reasonable people as to
the morality of allowing a severely brain damaged woman to die in the
manner that she is. No analogy whatsoever.
>
> in fact, there is not much of a parallel, except in the way Bush
took
> hold of the show in the name of Good Vs. Evil.

He has not made the Terry Schiavo case a "Good Vs. Evil" campaign, and
it is misleading, to say the least, for you to so state. He has clearly
recognized it as what I stated above. He has followed his beliefs and
his faith, and done so within the law.

The war on Islamic fundamentalist terrorism IS "good vs evil", and that
is essentially the belief of those of us who elected him. So, for us,
his "crusade' is a good thing.

David
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David Cohen wrote:
> cantu... DeleteThis @dieznet.com wrote:
> > David Cohen wrote:
> > > <cantueso DeleteThis @dieznet.com> wrote
> > > > David Cohen wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> > a law allowing hospitals to discontinue feeding via a food
> tube
> > > >> > (against the family wishes) if the patient was indigent or
did
> > not
> > > > have
> > > >> > sufficient health insurance.
> > > >
> > > > I did not know.
> > > >
> > > > what I find terrible is the way Bush or the media or both were
> able
> > to
> > > > instantly create the public feeling that "today we saved a
life":
> > > >
> > > > a life was safed! today, Palmsunday, the American people saved
> a
> > > > life!
> > > >
> > > > imagine how hard it was for the judge to keep his cool.
> > > >
> > > > at the same time, yesterday for the first time, in the Herald
> > Tribune I
> > > > saw "terror" (in hypothesizing quotation marks) and the (old?)
> US
> > > > foreign policy theme mentioned as "the so called war on
terror".
> > > >
> > > > one year ago tghe author would have been tarred and feathered
or
> > > > dragged along naked on the leash of private England.
> > >
> > > Isn't it amazing how you can put together a whole bunch of words,
> all
> > of
> > > which are in English, each of one having a definition, but, when
> > taken as a
> > > whole, is indecipherable?
> > >
> > > Scotch, or gin?
> >
> > "indecipherable" is probably not what you mean. you mean that it
can
> > be deciphered but does not make sense as a whole.
>
> OK, sure. It did make sense as a whole. We agree.
> >
> > the problem is that I am not American. it makes me sick to see the
US
> > going on a crusade. it is sickening to watch those 200 000 000
> > individuals being moved to join the crusade of saving Iraq or
saving
> a
> > life.
>
> I'm going to make some assumptions as to what you mean, because, as
you
> point out, you are not American, English is probably not your native
> language, and you can be a bit confusing.
>
> A "crusade" to save Iraq or to save Terry Schiavo makes you sick,
why,
> exactly?

because Bush is dramatizing. what for?

> Are not those desirable goals?

they are. in fact, because of the noise, the drama, it is not possible
to find out why, why, why they cannot allow her family to take care of
her. it is incredible. and nobody even mentions the money involved: how
much does it cost to maintain her? who pays? how much is at stake for
him? how much do the law suits cost? what keeps this thing going?



> I disagree with the
> characterization of "crusade",

somebody else called it a circus. I guess that is US humor. do you
like "circus" better?

> but, that aside, why are you sickened?
> >
> > if you live there, you might not see the parallel.
>
> I do not see any valid analogy between a war to defeat my country's
> enemies

you do not know who your enemies are. that is why your bombs do not
work.

you cannot send an army out to catch a man. a man is much too mobile,
and a rich man more so.

you cannot use bombs to find weapons. weapons too are mobile.


> (you may disagree with the characterization, but that is how
> "we" see it)

some of you.

> and sincere disagreement among reasonable people as to
> the morality of allowing a severely brain damaged woman to die in the
> manner that she is. No analogy whatsoever.

the "axis of evil" and the "rogue nations" are concepts that he
launched. he seems to truly love a fight. so he started a fight or two.

that was a bad thing to do.

maybe now he will try to reverse the trends that he more or less
inadvertently, light heartedly set off. he seems to have become a bit
more cautious.



> >
> > in fact, there is not much of a parallel, except in the way Bush
> took
> > hold of the show in the name of Good Vs. Evil.
>
> He has not made the Terry Schiavo case a "Good Vs. Evil" campaign,
and
> it is misleading, to say the least, for you to so state.




>
He has clearly
> recognized it as what I stated above. He has followed his beliefs and
> his faith, and done so within the law.
>
> The wan Islamic fundamentalist terrorism IS "good vs evil", and that
> is essentially the belief of those of us who elected him. So, for us,
> his "crusade' is a good thing.
>
> David
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