Father-in-Law Recent Passing from Cancer

Yesterday, November 12th, 2008, my father-in-law succumbed to his battle with cancer at the very young age of 52. He was an extraordinarily wonderful man who honored his community here in Brazil with his charity and philanthropy. He worked for the betterment of his community and is definitely missed by his many families and friends both here and abroad. Though he passed yesterday, his funeral took place the same day for a number of reasons--the main one being not to prolong our family's suffering. He was in excruciating pain until the end. My husband and I relocated to Brazil on October 28th, 2008 instead of our planned date of November 25th, 2008. This was an extremely fortunate move since we got to spend exactly two weeks with him. He was unable to recognize anyone and mostly slept due to being heavily sedated for pain--not that the pain medications helped. Yesterday was the first time I have been in extremely close proximity of a burial and the body of an individual who have passed. It was also the first time in my life that I actually touched and kissed someone who has died. You see, my husband's father was not only his father but also mine within the brief period that I had known him. I met my father-in-law in person for the first time in July 2008, and I am proud to say he treated me much better in those 4 months than my mother's choice did in my 30 years on this earth. No blame to my mother of course--I am pretty sure that the label did not come with a warning of eject while you have a chance. I am really hurt by his passing though because there are so many people who are undeserving of their lives. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "who am I to make such a judgment?" Well, first of all, I believe I like many others have been living on borrowed time--this is especially so whenever you are the product of an unplanned or unwanted birth. Anyways, I am sort of venting I guess. I am especially disappointed with the medical field because as a health practitioner and researcher, I believe the health-care industry continues to utilize chemotherapy and other forms of cancer treatment with no benefits to clients due to the large financial benefits to the health-care industry. In essence, they make profits from selling false hope to the sick. My father-in-law suffered excruciatingly and at the time of his death, the chemotherapy took a wonderful 52 year husband (married for 27 years), father of 3, adoptive father of many, father-in-law, friend, and philanthropist, leaving us with an image of a 90-100 year old who could not move at all.
Eu amo pai e sinto a sua falta.

For the Fascist who believes that Blacks or Muslims do not belong in the White House

I am pretty sure that the world would be a much happier place if you were not a part of it. You are obviously a fascist and as such nothing you say or write should be taken seriously as the evident lack of education overrule your ability to think in an unbiased manner. You hate Muslims, contradict yourself by stating "who cares if Barack is Black", then go on to say a Black individual is not needed in the White House. Therefore, you would evidently prefer the country to go to hell in a hand basket with your basket case thinking, instead of someone of a different ethnicity than white being elected. Obviously, you lack the necessary intellect to partake in even the simplest of blogs requesting your opinion. I am ashamed to represent America with the hatred that continues to be fostered so overtly by the ill-educated and supposedly educated fools. I am an American citizen who was born in a different country, served in the United States' Armed Forces, and I am just hoping for positive changes on a global scale and socioeconomic level. Who cares whether Barack Obama or John McCain sits in the white house? Not me. However, I do not want the eruption of a WWIII commencing with Iran or any other nation that we cannot in fact win since the troops are already spent. Not that the economic situation is better. Most Americans use to live paycheck to paycheck--now they are just barely living. I also do not want Barack Obama to promise change and succumb to the influence of the elitists on Capitol Hill. So, in the end, who do I vote for? This is my first opportunity to vote and after carefully researching and analyzing the candidates, I have to go with the lesser risk--Barack Obama. Why? Well, even if he becomes a puppet to the baboons on Capitol Hill, what other president has not? That is a road to be crossed at a later date should such occurrence become evident. I did not make or support a pluralistic form of government masquerading as a democracy where one man, one vote is said to count but is not necessarily so. However, after careful consideration and my reluctance to succumb to the ignorant displays that I have had the opportunity to be unfortunately exposed to over the course of bickering and name-callings among candidates, I decided that I owe my conscience and the American people my vote. This decision I decided on November 3rd, 2008, whether it actually counts or not (more than likely it does not but oh well). It is so amazing how shallow many Americans are and the poison just spreads globally with the globalization of the media and the world's dependence on their little television boxes for the "truth". You hate your own countrymen yet seek support to clean up other countries abroad. Read Matthew 7 verse 7, and reflect on your life to see what you have accomplished thus far with all your hate and self-loathing. Life is worth more than hating someone because of color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, or any other unnecessary identification that have surfaced through racism and discriminatory practices over the centuries. Working together is the only way to resolve our differences.