But, given the vehemence with which he has been fighting to prolong Terri's life, it is a little surprising to learn that Robert (Schindler) decided to turn off the life-support system for his mother. She was 79 at the time, and had been ill with pneumonia for a week, when her kidneys gave out. "I can remember like yesterday the doctors said she had a good life. I asked, 'If you put her on a ventilator does she have a chance of surviving, of coming out of this thing?'" Robert says. "I was very angry with God because I didn't want to make those decisions."
"American government is the entertainment division of the Military Industrial Complex."
"One deluded president plus an army of paralyzed editorialists = many more years of a war that is one big atrocity." - Greg Mitchell, Editor&Publisher "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job." - George W. Bush
3.29.2005
From The UK Guardian
Some are allowed to make choices; some are not.
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