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127. I have a plan also. My wife

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:25 PM

Apr 2014

is DHS (Director of Nursing) for a well-know Alzheimer's facility. Many of the Senior Management also have such plans. With what you have said, I understand why you have a plan. Moreover, even for those who do not know a relative or someone else with Alzheimers, I got no problem with ANYONE who plans suicide or actually does it. In this day and age where one bad disease can bankrupt a family who has worked hard all of their lives and leave them--if treatment is done--living in abject poverty for the duration, I understand completely why people commit suicide. There would be no question about what would be done in my case. This is why my sister committed suicide many years ago. She asked me before doing it what I thought she should do. I answered back: What do you think you should do? She said "suicide". I simply nodded. Right v/ Wrong.

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Michael Ruppert Kills Self [View all] Tace Apr 2014 OP

I will never understand suicide AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #1

I don't think I fully understood it until I experienced my aged father's last years enough Apr 2014 #8

You and every nurse who has cared for someone with Alzheimer's Warpy Apr 2014 #15

I walked into this thread and sub thread thru your point of view also. Nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #28

I recently had to put my 18+ male cat down.... AnneD Apr 2014 #42

I had to do much the same with my kitty of 12 years. We were extremely close and in love with RKP5637 Apr 2014 #109

I agree so much get the red out Apr 2014 #131

same thing with my sweet angel 12 y.o. cat wordpix Apr 2014 #156

IMO we should be in control of our eventual death. I had two sisters that died simply horrific RKP5637 Apr 2014 #105

What they've found in places with assisted suicide laws Warpy Apr 2014 #106

IMO it's a power trip. They set themselves up on pedestals to judge others and then feel RKP5637 Apr 2014 #108

They talk about Dr assisted suicide for terminal cases arikara Apr 2014 #111

please share your methods. Mom had Alz 6 yrs. and I have cancer wordpix Apr 2014 #155

Probably better to use PM. Also, there are some popular books out there like Final Exit... Hekate Apr 2014 #166

I have a plan also. My wife ballyhoo Apr 2014 #127

Really? I can't understand trying to live forever and being miserable. The_Commonist Apr 2014 #24

I totally get it. Don't agree with. Nor inclined to it. But, I understand. Nt seabeyond Apr 2014 #27

Same here. CFLDem Apr 2014 #30

Sure you will understand suicide. The Stranger Apr 2014 #40

Well said. n/t Tom_Foolery Apr 2014 #75

be thankful you don't understand it Skittles Apr 2014 #54

^^^this magical thyme Apr 2014 #124

Collapse SecularMotion Apr 2014 #2

This is excellent thank you. nt snappyturtle Apr 2014 #157

One of the authors on my way to enlightenment Horse with no Name Apr 2014 #3

He was broke some years ago. truedelphi Apr 2014 #35

Me too. Horse with no Name Apr 2014 #37

Ruppert was always a little unhinged hack89 Apr 2014 #4

Actually, to be honest Horse with no Name Apr 2014 #5

Indeed, if the concept of peak oil doesn't unhinge one a little, then one isn't thinking very much arcane1 Apr 2014 #18

Did you read Crossing the Rubicon? TomClash Apr 2014 #6

Yes - it was pure truther BS hack89 Apr 2014 #7

Must be comforting to have a handle on the unimpeachable truth, as you have. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #9

He was peddling "facts" that are easy to prove were wrong. hack89 Apr 2014 #10

This kinda logic dead_head Apr 2014 #11

Logical fallacy AlbertCat Apr 2014 #13

I guess I did not express myself correctly dead_head Apr 2014 #52

Actually hack did exactly that arikara Apr 2014 #113

Actually hack did exactly that thing you say he didn't. AlbertCat Apr 2014 #132

Welcome to DU arikara Apr 2014 #114

Maybe he approached it from the wrong angle, but the number and type of exercises going on that day brett_jv Apr 2014 #22

The planes dedicated to armed intercept were not involved in any exercises hack89 Apr 2014 #25

Really? Another 911 thread? billhicks76 Apr 2014 #53

There is always time for a Truther thread hack89 Apr 2014 #91

Uh No billhicks76 Apr 2014 #99

Bless your heart hack89 Apr 2014 #101

what purpose would it serve? Delay the military and air traffic controllers from doing the job yurbud Apr 2014 #58

Why would civilian ATC be involved in military exercises? hack89 Apr 2014 #90

Ah, I found the transcript I was looking for, with civilian controller talking to military yurbud Apr 2014 #112

So a single question somehow equals mass confusion? hack89 Apr 2014 #118

good point. yurbud Apr 2014 #125

since you have all the military experience, what happened to the NORAD response that day? yurbud Apr 2014 #129

It was never standard NORAD procedure to do intercepts within US borders hack89 Apr 2014 #138

gravedancing? perhaps you should back off and shut up since you look ridiculous xiamiam Apr 2014 #23

There are a surprising number of Truthers here hack89 Apr 2014 #26

Not surprising to me....I was pretty sure when I saw this that I would VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #31

Again with this garbage ? billhicks76 Apr 2014 #45

What did I say about him other than I thought he would find "fans" here? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #47

It Is About Him billhicks76 Apr 2014 #49

I didn't say I was opposed to suicide or anything about suicide did I? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #51

and that is why the ignore feature is so necessary xiamiam Apr 2014 #38

A True Believer hack89 Apr 2014 #39

Defend the merits of laissez-faire economics? HughBeaumont Apr 2014 #43

Are you a Truther? Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #93

Have Some Respect billhicks76 Apr 2014 #44

You do understand that "grift" requires money right? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #48

Wow that was quick billhicks76 Apr 2014 #62

YES....just as I expected "fans" on DU... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #67

Cute. arikara Apr 2014 #116

Perhaps the life misbegotten is your own! VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #119

This message was self-deleted by its author Raksha Apr 2014 #162

You are a sick human being billhicks76 Apr 2014 #46

"indignified" VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #50

question for you. dead_head Apr 2014 #63

did I say I hated him or wanted him dead? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #65

no dead_head Apr 2014 #73

you don't "disagree 100% with him"? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #76

No dead_head Apr 2014 #87

By the way dead_head Apr 2014 #95

You have 36 whole posts here...most if not all from this thread.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #96

36 posts....oooooohh billhicks76 Apr 2014 #102

and that means jack actually..... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #120

so what? dead_head Apr 2014 #107

Ignore them. arikara Apr 2014 #117

PLEASE DO!!!!! VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #122

37 posts for a Conspiracy Theorist.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #121

Ha...what a joke billhicks76 Apr 2014 #143

And That Person Is just A Self-Hating Conspiracy Theorist billhicks76 Apr 2014 #144

We Prefer Rhapsody In Red billhicks76 Apr 2014 #145

Tell me this is a conspiracy theory 777man Apr 2014 #149

They Conveniently Ignore This billhicks76 Apr 2014 #154

You Are Spot On My Friend billhicks76 Apr 2014 #142

Fallacious arguments ABOUT Conspiracy Theories.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #146

Why is it always either their way or Alex Jonses way? billhicks76 Apr 2014 #70

Totally agree dead_head Apr 2014 #74

That Way Is Suspect billhicks76 Apr 2014 #78

The I is next to the U billhicks76 Apr 2014 #64

No I don't fall for Truthers or Birthers... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #66

Alex Jones billhicks76 Apr 2014 #72

Oh NOW who couldn't have seen THAT coming.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #77

I Know Right? billhicks76 Apr 2014 #81

No actually it is not.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #83

Yes You Are billhicks76 Apr 2014 #100

No that is not my theory..... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #151

That poster is particularly odious. SolutionisSolidarity Apr 2014 #60

odious.... wildbilln864 Apr 2014 #85

Yes one poster with 300 posts conversing with another 300 post poster about how they KNOW VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #152

Why is conspiracy theories in quotation marks? SolutionisSolidarity Apr 2014 #164

Don't fall for grifters and you won't get your feelings hurt. hack89 Apr 2014 #92

I'd Pay A Grifter Before I'd listen To You billhicks76 Apr 2014 #103

Grifters depend on people like you hack89 Apr 2014 #104

could you post links to prove some particular points he made were wrong? yurbud Apr 2014 #59

I will try to dig up the threads from the old DU hack89 Apr 2014 #94

thank you. yurbud Apr 2014 #97

A number of very talented artistic people have killed themselves... MicaelS Apr 2014 #33

so...there were no exercises going on that day? yurbud Apr 2014 #56

There are several military exercises, big and small, every day hack89 Apr 2014 #86

He backed up Gary Webb on Contra drug smuggling and confronted CIA director in public yurbud Apr 2014 #55

No, his stuff on 911 was not solid hack89 Apr 2014 #88

YES HE did, and Kill The Messnger Movie Will refocus attention on it 777man Apr 2014 #148

tar sands and fracking prove that we've passed the peak of easily recoverable oil yurbud Apr 2014 #158

Randi Rhodes called out the Saudi's in that LONG ago! VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #153

do you have a link? That sounds good. yurbud Apr 2014 #165

the Bush administration and their allies never went after critics like Dan Rather yurbud Apr 2014 #57

Dan Rather blew up his own career hack89 Apr 2014 #89

so that happens to reporters all the time when they get some detail in a story wrong? yurbud Apr 2014 #126

When you go after the President of the United States with forged documents hack89 Apr 2014 #136

Are there any specific instance where you believe the Bush administration lied or fabricated yurbud Apr 2014 #128

The intel to go to war was cherry picked and fabricated. Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #137

could there be any aspect of the 9/11 story that could possibly misrepresented? yurbud Apr 2014 #140

Ruppert Uncovered CIA Drug-Running Tace Apr 2014 #12

a good friend knows him and was under the impression he was bipolar zazen Apr 2014 #14

This is the best explanation of his behavior ... nt MindMover Apr 2014 #16

I Was Under That Impression, Too Tace Apr 2014 #29

apparent self inflicted grasswire Apr 2014 #17

! DeSwiss Apr 2014 #19

well you know the conspiracy theory crowd would turn it into a conspiracy... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #32

The definition of Conspiracy would be your friend... 2banon Apr 2014 #41

yep. We should believe exactly what the government tells us, especially the Bush admin yurbud Apr 2014 #61

So you DO believe Ruperts death is a conspiracy??? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #69

how did you get that out of what I said? I was referring to the derogatory tone about Ruppert's work yurbud Apr 2014 #71

Uh you mean his "conspiracy theory work" VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #84

Probably legalese. MicaelS Apr 2014 #34

RIP warrior. DeSwiss Apr 2014 #20

Very Sad.... KoKo Apr 2014 #21

Early on he informed my views on peak oil. Whatever else has been said, may he RIP. nt silvershadow Apr 2014 #36

Yes, I believe that he contributed to the old site "The Old Drum" very frequently. amandabeech Apr 2014 #79

Same here. I hope he has found peace. nt Mojorabbit Apr 2014 #110

No! Delphinus Apr 2014 #68

RIP n/t bitchkitty Apr 2014 #80

Gary Webb...cough cough. Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #82

Agreed. Raksha Apr 2014 #135

there is suicide, and there is 'being suicided'. olddad56 Apr 2014 #159

Sad. deathrind Apr 2014 #98

VIDEO: Mike Ruppert speaks truth to power: confronts CIA director on drug running yurbud Apr 2014 #115

KILL THE MESSENGER MOVIE OCT 10, 2014 -- SPREAD THE WORD-- AND RIP MIKE RUPPERT 777man Apr 2014 #150

What a shame!!! Beacool Apr 2014 #123

For me he epitomized the Truth Warrior GliderGuider Apr 2014 #130

Suicide seems out of character for Mike Ruppert. Raksha Apr 2014 #133

I've heard speculations about both depression and bipolar disorder. GliderGuider Apr 2014 #134

Look at his behavior when he fled to Venezuela hack89 Apr 2014 #160

That's very possible. Raksha Apr 2014 #161

My family has been touched by suicide hack89 Apr 2014 #163

Abby Martin's comments on Ruppert's death... PoliticAverse Apr 2014 #139

This REALLY bums me out. I've reading Crossing the Rubicon four times. laserhaas Apr 2014 #141

laserhass: I'm Bummed, Too Tace Apr 2014 #147