PERSONAL CHOICES

"Each to his own said the lady as she kissed the cow".............marge

Children's battlefield

I keep trying to find any explanation for the death of a child by gunfire. There just isn't one. Didn't know she was in the home? Should have. From watching the 'swat teams' on TV, the raids are well executed plans to catch the bad guy. The 'bad' guy in California, I believe, was fired upon as he held his toddler. Who died? The toddler. This is not an attack on police personnel in general. Some how, the planning is flawed. No policeman/woman would ever want to shoot/kill a child. Some indepth, really indepth, revamping of procedures or goals is in order. The sooner, the better.......marge

COURAGE IS........

Wearing white slacks during menopause...........marge's evil twin, marge 2

Seniors worst fear

Removal of their self determination by well meaning or not well meaning relatives, even if the Senior can afford and is capable of choosing their self determination. Happiness is having a choice, even if ones choice leads to a shorter life span. Is to die, even accidently in the home you've known for many years, surrounded by all that is familiar, including friends and helping neighbors so bad? The other option, being moved to assisted living, among strangers and all that is unfamiliar. Its to protect you, one is told, keep you from harm, add years to your life, never mind the loss of dignity or desire to want to live longer. One can fall in a strange, unfamiliar place, perhaps even more readily. Just for whom is the peace of mind? The displaced Senior??, the relative who now can give a sigh of relief because they won't be blamed for any fall or resulting death?? As for me, if you read where the decedent is dressed in a tutu, the casket filled with vinegar and there's a large 'bingo!' in the obituary, PLEASE ignore it.......marge

LaRouche-distasteful at best, total disgust at worst..

I went to the Birmingham Post Office today, 3-19-10. In one corner of the parking lot were two young people waving patrons over to come get their 'Larouche Political Action Committee' literature. That not being bad enough, they had at least two large posters of President Obama with a Hitler mustache. I was angry, upset and thoroughly disgusted. Freedom of speech? Yes, and thankfully, thats what gave me the right to tell these two what I thought of them. marge

What's proper care?

The following was my recently printed letter to the Editor. I felt it bore repeating on my blog. When you are halfway healthy, waking up with a dry mouth is not just annoying, but quite uncomfortable. For most of us, the treatment is just reaching for that glass of water we put on our night stand the evening before. Now let's change the circumstances. You're in a room. You have a morphine drip in your arm. The note beside your bed says 'palliative care'. You're dying. The staff wants to comfort you. Your family wants to comfort you. The staff doesn't always have the time. The family doesn't have the training. You are in a state of semiconsciousness from the morphine, which is keeping you from heavy pain. Your are also unable to communicate or really be aware of just how dry your mouth is. No one helps you, not out of meanness, but out of time constraints and ignorance, both forgivable. A few half teaspoons of water gently placed inside your lips, so simple yet so fearful if you've never had to do it before. Is this perhaps what Dr. Kevorkian wanted us to see? Was his method so much more horrible than days of the above? marge

Chuck Moss, Mi House member

Rep. Moss. You take precious time to sponser a bill on changing dog registration laws but seem to find it terribly unimportant to go to meetings to help change existing inequitable, cruel laws regarding young people and the Sex Offender Registry. My taxes pay your salary. Your priorities have me feeling cheated out of my money. You always seem to get your picture and name in the papers. That sir, is not an accomplishment. Helping your fellow citizens on serious matters is. marge