I, _________________________ , 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
>ethically challenged 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, Margarita, Bloody Mary, Martini, Rum &
>Coke, shot of Wild Turkey, etc...you get the idea) 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 hypocritical members of the
>Legislature (State or Federal) enact a special law to keep me on
>life-support machinery. It is my wish that these boneheads mind their
>own damn 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,
>it is my wish that they play politics with someone else's life and leave me
>alone to die in peace. I couldn't care less if a hundred religious zealots send
>e-mails 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 damn 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 a living hell!