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Because the truth is AT ANYTIME ANYONE could be hit by a car , have a stroke or encounter disasterous medical consequences for a minor medical procedure. that end up incapacitating them. I have seen such things on a daily basis
Death and disaster to not reserve themselves for the elderly.I don't see Cary giving this advice to other single people who live alone.Not thats there's anything wrong with planning ahead for the future but to zero in on you to suggest your demise and dementia are impending, is patronizing .
You sound like you're doing great and unless someone can prove you are incompetent and a hazard to yourself ( not a hazard in 20 years but right now) or other people legally , then they're just blowing smoke and trying to undermine you.
And when they bring up the topic of your health in a social setting. just say "I prefer to talk about something more uplifting ". .If they persist I would ask them what motivates them to embaress you by discussing your personal business in front of others. These people are way out of line. Be assertive ( look up assertive phrasing on the web and practice)
It almost sounds like they are hoping you fail so they can feel better about their siituation, not a good definiton of a friend.Exposure to toxic people decreases the quality of life and the stress they engender may actually shorten it.
There is an organization called Eldercare which may be able to help you with finding community resources if you ever need them in the future when you are elderly.Look them up.
I beg to differ
We have had a terrorist in the WH for 8, he has destroyed our Constituion, our moral standing , alienated allies, killed and displaced millions , and emptied the Treasury for his cronies.
He has contributed to the death and destruction of plants and animals in wilderness areas and sentenced future generations of our descendants to early death by toxins
Our economic system will never recover to be what it was and we still have to see the full impact of this slow motion disaster upon American lives.
I would say The Terrorist won.
if you don't already a have a medical alert device , you might consider getting one for the peace of all concerned.You wear them as a necklace or a bracelet.
Some PR from the web :
Medical Alert devices, present to seniors the ability to continue to live at home, on their own, with their personal freedom and dignity intact. There's very little that is more important than freedom and independence for seniors. But living on their own can cause worry that perhaps they won't be able to call for help, should they need it.
Basically by pressing the button on your medical alarm, worn as a pendant or bracelet, 911 is notified should you be unable to reach a phone.
Bush never read any of my other letters to him, why would he be interested in this one?
Thats why they're not boycotting Long Johns.
Those holes are an open invitation to moral turpitude.
glad to know what their priorities are to help rebuild our country.
1. destroy the Dems
2. destroy the Constitution
3 destroy every plant and animal in this country
4. destroy the people in this country
5. destroy the world
6. beef up the space program
4. and on the seventh day we rest
I would rather be water boarded ...I would rather be naked with underwear over my head and dogs barking at me...
You should have made your wish while the iron was hot...
What else can bring this war killing machine to a halt? We pay and pay and yet all we receive for our money is pictures of charred bodies and the horror stories our dollars bought. brought to us by the few charred survivors.
Its not like we're getting bought off with health care for us, or promises of promise of higher education for our children nor benevolence to the weak.No, for our taxes we get homelessness, finacial ruin , unemployment and incarceration here at home and abroad we buy destruction of countries, enviroment and maiming of children. Maybe we buy the relief that its not us .... yet.
Other nations no longer consider us within the human familiy - we have entered the realm of nightmare predators that feast and grow fat on the misery and suffering of others.
This is the reality our taxes pay to bring to the planet
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Protests will do nothing considering the arsenal amassed against us- but cutting off their suppliy line might.
Until we realize the media controls the discourse and the most influential American media is owned by Jewish men and women we can never expect other than a one sided presentation of whats happening and why. See who owns what media here :
http://www.rense.com/general60/stun.htm
What's happening is not much different than the war waged against native Americans in this country - nothing less than a full fledged genocide attempt of indigenous people justified by the media to grab land and resources. .Of course every American newspaper backed this campaign and fired up hatred of the savages just as the Jewish owned media paints the palestinians as terrorists. Stone age bows and arrows against guns is similiar to to the paltry and low tech weapons the Palestinians use against one of the most sophisticated and amply armed militaries in the world.
Attacking the U.N because they are bringing food and medicine just goes to show how low the Isrealis are wlling to go to obliterate a whole people - not only armed assault but by disease , burning, starvation,or dehydration
- just as long as they die .
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