[geocentrism] Re: OFF SUBJECT.
- From: "Robert Bennett" <robert.bennett@xxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:21:57 -0500
Philip,
I understand this is a spoof - a put-on, but the world (esp. America)has
gone so mad, some forum readers may believe this is fact.
Please include a disclaimer in the future.
Resurrexit, sicut Ipse dixit!
Robert
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> Subject: [geocentrism] OFF SUBJECT.
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> THIS IS OFF SUBJECT, BUT IT DOES CONCERN US ALL IF IT BECOMES
> GLOBAL. Philip.
> Tallahassee, Florida (AP) March 31, 2005
>
> Working well into the evening, the Florida legislature passed
> "George's Law", named after noted euthanasia advocate George
> Felos who orchestrated the death of Theresa Marie Shindler Schiavo
> in Pinellas Pines this morning.
>
> The new law, which passed by thin margins in both
> legislative houses, requires
> the mandatory withdrawal of feeding tubes from a wide variety of
> hospital and convalescent home patients, including infants with
> birth defects, stroke victims, and those with brain damage.
> Also included were those with Down Syndrome and epileptics
> who cannot feed themselves.
>
> The most controversial part of the bill was that which
> mandated feeding
> tube removal for anyone who attains the age of 80, no matter what
> their state of health. This age will be gradually reduced to 75 over the
> next ten years. According to a senator who wished to remain
> anonymous, this legislation will save Florida taxpayers at least
> $52 mllion
> in Medicaid expenses in 2006 alone.
>
> Governor Jeb Bush has not yet signed the bill into law, pending
> receipt of a Zogby poll commissioned to ascertain the depth of support
> among younger Florida voters. An earlier AARP poll revealed that
> senior citizens oppose "George's Bill" by a 12 to 1 margin.
>
> Contacted outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Pines,
> George Felos expressed delight that the legislature had finally
> passed the bill. "I am proud of our lawmakers who saw through
> the mean-spirited selfishness of Florida's useless eaters, and
> their rabid and vicious attacks on this new law which will enable
> them to be put out of their misery with dignity, with a complimentary
> stuffed animal under each arm."
>
> Robert N. Lynch, bishop of St. Petersburg, did not return
> repeated phone calls asking for his thoughts on the new law. One chancery
> spokeswoman did say he was praying that those on both sides
> of the issue would tone down their rhetoric.
>
>
> sic! or is it sick!
>
>
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