Over and over and over again, we hear how fear mongers and wing-nuts are falsely claiming there are “death panels” where death panels do not exist. Keith Olbermann goes so far as to claim that rather than death panels, there are “life panels.” He just doesn’t seem to get it that not everyone’s experience is like the one he had with his father’s passing, where his father’s wishes were upheld.We have Terri Schiavo, who was put to death by court order. A case where she, a brained damaged but otherwise healthy individual, was starved and dehydrated to death based upon heavily conflicted testimony. Perhaps the conflict itself should have been taken more seriously, as would have been, if the people fighting for her life had been considered of importance to the right audience.
Olbermann considers starving and dehydrating a healthy person to death to be what “life panels” do?
More recent in the news is the Gary Harvey case.
The so-called ethics committee decided Gary Harvey should be starved and dehydrated to death as well and put it before the court. He was, after all, at death’s door, wasn’t he? The order to put Gary Harvey to death was suddenly pulled after the media picked up on the story. Gary Harvey, who was supposedly at death’s door and needing to be starved and dehydrated to death last summer, is still alive. Looks like someone got something wrong about Gary being unable to survive and ready to die, and needing to be put down, especially by such a hideous method as starving and dehydrating him to death.
The fight for Gary’s life, by his wife, while a system suggests it’s time to kill him off, is Olbermann’s opinion of a “life panel” in motion?
Just how would Olbermann have felt, if he went up against a committee that decided they knew better and was going to disregard his father’s wishes?
Just how would Olbermann have felt, if his dad could have been saved, but the “system” decided otherwise?
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Death Panels: To Be Deemed the Most Non-Existent Reality of 2010?
I am a Keith Olberman fan, but he's as wrong as wrong on this issue.
ReplyDeletePeople who have not personally dealt with ethics committees, I think, don't tend to believe they make these kinds of decisions. The cases that do make the media are rare so that strengthens the misconception that these occurances are rare.
ReplyDeleteA human being has NO right to take something that God created... Life!!
ReplyDeleteSara Harvey must be a remarkable woman and love Gary very much.
I will suggest again --- go to your library and see if you can find a copy of the film documentaries --- "Selling Murder" and "The Lynchburg Colony"
ReplyDeleteAlso -- this week on PBS "American Experience" ... the story of Dr. Freeman
History will warn us of the political trends at play in our lives ---
There is nothing new under the sun ... just the re-emergence of old ideas
Death Panel vs Life Panel is a word game trickery to fool the person into believing what they want you to hear / believe.
ReplyDeleteSome of us are on to this this gig, we are bit smarter because we have been studying and researching word games performed by: trickery masters for many years.
Keith Olberman is DEAD WRONG but he will never admit it.
My heart goes out to Sara Harvey who stands by her man for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do they part.
God Bless You, Gary Harvey.
I admire Sara Harvey's grit and determination. Despite everything they've thrown on her, she remains on course to get her husband home.
ReplyDeleteShe has his best interest in mind, not his court-appointed "protectors."
Has anyone seen the "Family Guy" episode ridiculing Terri Schiavo?
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me that someone would have the thought that it would be humorous in any way and I think it's a sad statement about society.
I feel awful for the Schiavo family.
I feel awful for the Harvey family as well.
Thank you for this article and for following the Harvey case.
I don't want to think there is such a thing as death panels and yet the evidence, as pointed out in this article,clearly points out that these things are going on behind closed doors all across the country.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for new life...those born today, tomorrow and from now on. Look at the world we have brought them into where life as lost value and everything is about money.
ReplyDeleteHow can we turn things around and get back the importance of family and life?
There is a good on-going discussion on this issue at the main article site: http://www.dakotavoice.com/2010/03/death-panels-to-be-deemed-the-most-non-existent-reality-of-2010/
ReplyDeleteNo one should decide life or death. That is up to God. He created us and he makes those decisions. He has the final say.
ReplyDeleteGary has survived and proven them all wrong what they tried to do. he is still alive and he is fighting to stay alive, That my friends and speaking directly to his excutioners should tell you a little something about this man.
I have a lot of respect for Olberman, but he knows not what he says here.
ReplyDeleteAnd he's been lucky that he's not dealt with the reality. Because he's a celeb, he likely never will.
Let's pray that somebody at Chemung County finds the decency to do the right thing for Gary Harvey.
ReplyDeleteThank you, NASGA and Dakota Voice, for following this story.