Living Will: Now this I can live (and die) with....

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN



I, __________________________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of peckerhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to sit up and ask for a piece of chocolate, it should be presumed that I won't do so ever again. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my spouse, children and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.

Under no circumstances shall the members of the Legislature enact a special law to keep me on life-support machinery. It is my wish that these boneheads mind their own damn business, and pay attention instead to the health, education and future of the millions of Americans who aren't in a permanent coma and who nonetheless may be in need of nourishment.

Under no circumstances shall any politicians butt into this case. I don't care how many fundamentalist votes they're trying to scrounge for their run for the Presidency in 2008, it is my wish that they play politics with someone else's life and leave me alone to die in peace. I couldn't care less if a hundred religious zealots send emails to legislators in which they pretend to care about me. I don't know these people, and I certainly haven't authorized them to preach and/or crusade on my behalf. They should mind their own damn business, too.

If any of my family goes against my wishes and turns my case into a political cause, I hereby promise to come back from the grave and make his or her existence a living hell.


Just an FYI: This is being passed around in the medical community, primarily by physicians. Let's just hope the zealot Republicans in power keep pandering to the Rapturist Right...it will make 06/08 elections that much easier for the Democrats.:evilgrin:

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That living will is pretty funny. As I was reading it I thought, "this sure wasn't written by a lawyer!"

The medical community, especially physicians, are absolutely disgusted by the antics in Congress/POTUS. By far, the bulk of the anger is directed at Frist (for obvious reasons)

Heard a great definition on The Daily Show of a new term named after Frist:

Fristing n The act of making a long distance diagnosis via videotape with your head up your ass.

"The peckerhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology"and "If a reasonable amount of time passes and Ifail to sit up and ask for a piece of chocolate" were the bits that got me chuckling, right out of the gate!

A+ for wit and getting the point across!

Love it. :D

it to everyone in my address book.

However there is one minor difference, the one I got said if I fail to ask for a beer instead of chocolate.

Still it makes the point very well...

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Just forwarded it to my entire address book too. Thanks for the idea.