In light of recent events.

[Patrick Vowell]

I, __________________ (fill in the blank), 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 sleazy 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 cold
beer, it should be presumed that I won't ever get better. 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 &%*@ business, and pay attention instead to the health,
education, and future of the millions of Americans who aren't in a permanent coma.

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, it is my wish that they not play politics with other
people's lives, and especially that they 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 crusade on my behalf.

They should mind their own 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 seriously uncomfortable.

_______________________ ______________________

signature witness

[herb]

Very good, well said.