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TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:39 PM Oct 2017

A Modest Proposal: Let's Die at the White House!

Those of you who are old enough may remember the "Peace Camps" of the '70s and '80s, when activists established long-term presence at facilities that contributed to the nuclear buildup, and pushed constantly for arms limitation and denuclearization, among other anti-war issues. I did a few 2-week stints myself at the Peace Camp established at the gates of the Honeywell facility in St. Paul.

I think it may be time to establish "Camp Hospice" across from the White House.

1. We solicit donations of supplies and equipment to establish the camp on a long-term basis.

2. Get the permitting from DC to establish it in a highly visible location.

3. Recruit volunteer medical and hospice personnel, as well as other camp staff.

4. Solicit donations to assist with travel for camp residents.

5. Invite those condemned to death by the loss of their subsidized ACA coverage to the camp, and provide compassionate end-of life care to them right there.

Yes, it's a little dark.

But these are dark times.

grimly,
Bright

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Vinca

(50,271 posts)
1. Maybe Doctors Without Borders would set up an encampment resembling
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:44 PM
Oct 2017

their work in third world countries. Trump is, after all, turning us into one.

kysrsoze

(6,021 posts)
2. As morbid as it is... I think it's an ingenious idea. Do it in front of Congress too.
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:48 PM
Oct 2017

It might actually get people to wake up to how truly awful and cruel President Assface and the Republican Party are.

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
4. If the logistics could be arranged in time, I think just opposite the Natl "Christmas Tree"
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:07 PM
Oct 2017

...would be a great location.

Maybe it would stimulate some of the main line Christian Churches to join in.

thoughtfully,
Bright

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
6. Wanting your death to accomplish something important is a common human goal.
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:40 PM
Oct 2017

Most of us don't want to die.

But when death is, or seems, likely and/or inevitable, the impulse to find a way to make it meaningful inspires some of the most profound conviction our species is capable of.

When my father was dying of lung cancer, he changed his will to donate his body for research purposes.

The imminence of death makes priorities clear and desperately REAL in a way that almost nothing else does.

And that's going to be the experience of many people and families when they lose life-saving and/or life-sustaining care, because of a cruel, childish and impulsive action by a bully empowered through ignorance and selfishness.

sadly,
Bright

niyad

(113,306 posts)
7. I have talked with a number of people in the past few weeks who are making plans for their
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:44 PM
Oct 2017

exit.

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
8. I just heard from someone who's looking at those options, as well.
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:49 PM
Oct 2017

If her insurance lapses, she will lose her place on an organ donation waiting list.

They will not be able to afford to keep uninsured individuals on the list as the number of hospitals and transplant physicians able to provide uncompensated services is sharply limited and will likely become moreso.

sadly,
Bright

tklohman

(1 post)
9. Since he was elected
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:50 PM
Oct 2017

and he started talking about taking away medicaid, medicare and SS, I've been trying to line up a bunch of old folks, kind of like myself, to pitch tents on the white house lawn. We could just live there until we croaked. But, I do like the hospice idea better.

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
11. You're no going to be able to pitch tents on the white house lawn
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 03:18 PM
Oct 2017

You'll have to settle for Lafayette Park in front of the White House. And while you're there, say hello to the leader of the Camel Club, John Carr, aka Oliver Stone.

David Baldacci's (Camel Club series) John Carr, aka Oliver Stone – once the most skilled assassin his country ever had maintains a tent there.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,722 posts)
10. Oh bury me in the lone rose garden...
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 01:56 PM
Oct 2017

Apologies to the song.

Count me in. But cremate me under the White House love to have them smell death.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,857 posts)
12. I can't imagine the District of Columbia would ever
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 03:41 PM
Oct 2017

issue a permit for any such thing.

Interesting idea, though.

TygrBright

(20,760 posts)
13. The District does not love the current Federal administration.
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 03:47 PM
Oct 2017

But most of the potential sites are probably under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, which might complicate matters.

Of course, they don't much love their new boss, either...

speculatively,
Bright

robertpaulsen

(8,632 posts)
15. If Trump fires Mueller, let's make those camps 10 million strong!
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 04:11 PM
Oct 2017

Seriously, I live on the west coast, but I'd fly out to DC to protest in that event.

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