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Is a Path to Euthanasia For the Elderly Provided in New Healthcare Bill?

According to RedState blog, seniors will be required to consult with a medical professional every few years in order to discuss options for “death with dignity.” In other words, euthanizing our elderly citizens will become routine.

“…we should be very troubled by Section 1233 of H.R. 3200. The section, titled “Advanced Care Planning Consultation” requires senior citizens to meet at least every 5 years with a doctor or nurse practitioner to discuss dying with dignity.

Legally forcing senior citizens to have “death with dignity schedules every few yearsis just another way to say the government wants to make sure seniors know it is time to commit suicide to save the system money. 

The section requires that they talk to their doctor, not a lawyer, about living wills, durable healthcare powers of attorney, hospice, etc. Given the progressive intelligentsia already being on the record in favor of euthanizing the elderly, it is no small leap to see where the Democrats are headed with this.”

More MX Pictures

Here’s Skylar geared up, mounted up and ready to move to the gate. Game face on, ready to ride.

Skylar wears this sticker on his helmet in honor of Logan Emerson, an awesome young rider who was fatally injured in a race that Skylar won.

Here’s the new flagpole that was place at the track in Logan’s honor.

It bears Logan’s number at the top.

The start of Moto 1, and Skylar jumped out in front and got a good lead.

Here he comes up behind a lapped rider with a lap and a half to go.

And here he is passing her.

Skylar slowed down at the finish and Tailor Sainsbury almost beat him as he was crossing the line.

In Moto 2 Skylar jumped out to a good lead again. In the background is Conor Swider, the eventual winner of the night overall.

Sky had a big lead but crashed on the 2nd lap doing a double jump. Several riders passed him while he remounted. He was uninjured, although he bit his tongue.

Here he is passing another competitor.

Skylar finished in fourth place overall for the night. Congratulations for some awesome riding.

Happy Birthday, Jared

Today is Jared’s 35th birthday. Here he is with his son Dutch.

Fireworks Pix

We went to Brad & Jodi’s and watched the fireworks in their back yard. Here are a few of the best shots I got.

Independence Day

 

Flying the flag here at 648. Happy Independence Day, everyone. God bless our country. May heaven protect us from the crooks and thieves in Washington!

 

Here’s the flag that flies over Spanish Fork every day.

Logan Emerson, 2000-2009

    

Logan R. Emerson 8/3/2000 ~ 6/20/2009 Logan (logdog) Emerson passed away June 20, 2009 doing what he loved most, racing motorcycles.He lived a lot of life and adventure in his short eight years. Logan was born in Sandy UT to Rocky and BeLinda Emerson August 3, 2000. Logan is survived by his parents Rocky and BeLinda his sister and closest buddy Tosha, and his big brother Jeremey O’Driscoll. Logan was a beautiful boy with a big heart and a great spirit for life. He touched the lives of all he knew. He will be greatly missed. Services will be held Thurs., June 25, 2009, 6 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens 1950 E. 10600 S., Sandy. We love you son and miss you so much, let God’s clouds be your bike and the universe be your track.

The above obituary appeared in the Deseret Morning News on 23 June 2009.

This is the start of the first moto of the 85cc Beginners Class race. Logan is number 81, Skylar is number 15. Logan was a seasoned veteran of motocross racing on smaller bikes, and when he stepped up to the larger 85cc Beginners division to race against older boys he won his very first race.

Skylar got the hole shot and jumped out in front, but Logan was right behind him.

Two laps later, and he was still right there.  Skylar won Moto 1, but Logan was clearly the rider to beat if he wanted to win Moto 2.

By the time they started Moto 2, Logan had competed in two other divisions and taken two first place trophies for the night. If he placed first in Moto 2 of the 85cc Beginners class he’d win a third first place trophy. In Moto 2 Logan got the hole shot and jumped out in front. Skylar was right behind him.

Skylar tried to catch him, but Logan was just too fast.

It wasn’t long before Logan disappeared from view.  When he went down, I don’t think Skylar even saw it happen. He thought Logan was so far ahead of him he’d never catch him.

Here’s something that Logan wrote when he was 7. “I received my first motorcycle when I was 4. I love to race and win, my favorite saying is ‘pin it to win it.’ I jumped my first double when I was 6, it was awesome. Now I try to clear all the doubles. I can’t wait to jump a triple.”

Logan Emerson hadn’t yet reached his 9th birthday. Rest in peace, #81.

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Pictures from Friday night motocross.

Out in front.

Sky takes checkered flag for 1st place in moto 1. He was in the lead from start to finish for the first time.

Family and friends celebrate.

One lap to go in moto 2!

Catching air in the stadium jump on the last lap with a big lead.

Now all he had to do was stay on his bike and keep moving. All the riders in the background were behind him, not ahead of him.

Sky took 1st place in the 2nd moto for an overall finish in first place for the night. This win keeps Skylar in the lead for the series championship in the 85cc Beginners Class.

This is a diagram of the track at Plaza Cycle Motocross Park, part of the Rocky Mountain Raceways complex in West Valley City, Utah. The course is laid out on a hillside with the shaded portion being the steeper part of the course. In general, when riders are moving toward the top of the diagram they’re going uphill, and they’re going downhill when moving toward the bottom. The couse is relatively level from side to side. It’s a little more than a mile in length and has numerous turns and jumps. Most races consist of four laps. The PeeWees run an abbreviated course on the bottom half of the track.

Skylar’s Big Night Ends on a Sad Note

Last night at the Plaza Cycle Motocross park in West Valley Skylar had a good performance. He got the hole shot at the start of the race, jumped out in front and then stayed there to finish first. An 8 year old riding phenom named Logan Emerson was close behind him in second place. A couple of hours later when they ran the second heat, Logan got the hole shot and jumped out in front and Skylar persued him for two laps, but was falling behind. On a tabletop jump Logan got too much air and landed flat, lost control and collided violently with a deflection wall near the finish line with two laps to go. Emergency personel moved quickly to aid him while the race continued. Skylar went on to place first again for an overall first place finish on the night.

Logan’s injuries were serious and he was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital where he passed away early this morning. He had been racing since he was 4 years old, and was a very skilled rider. This year he won all seven of the races in the 6-8 year old 65cc and four of the six open division races. This was his third series in 85cc beginner’s division and he had won his first race in that division and appeared to be dominating this race when he crashed.

We wish to express our deepest sympathy to the Emerson family.

Sky’s Trophy

This is the awesome trophy Skylar was awarded after winning both races at the USRA event in Ogden yesterday. I borrowed the photo from Mindy’s Facebook page.