Is Dick Cheney Afraid to Die?

Death.

It's an absolute that we all have in common.  You will die.  I will die.  We all will die.  What makes it unique is how we face it.  Personally, I have no fear of death.  That doesn't mean I'm anxious, it just means I fully believe there is life after death and know where I'm going.  This doesn't mean death has an invitation to dinner, and I'll fight it as long as I can, but, when it's my time, it's my time. 

My idea of fighting death, does not include shortening the life of another so I can live.  I won't take an organ transplant that might go to save another.  I'm 44, and don't have any small children depending on me for their survival.  My only child is going off to college in the fall, and is quite capable of taking care of himself.  My husband is also able (most days) to take care of himself.  I just couldn't take an organ transplant when there are so many younger people that need it.

The idea of an organ transplant is amazing.  My brother, a diabetic for many years, was able to get a pancreas/kidney about 5 years ago.  He is the breadwinner of his family, and has people dependent on him for support.  I have no problem with him getting these organs.  The problem I have - and you knew this was coming - is when a man in his 70's, former Vice President Dick Cheney, takes a heart that someone much younger should have had.  It's not like heart's grow on trees.  This is something very difficult to get and it totally angers me that this man - this selfish, HEARTLESS, man - obviously afraid of death - gets a new heart.

According to the AP, it's "unlikely" - their word - that he received any special treatment to get this heart.  I remember when he was Vice President.  Some people said he was Satan himself.  Did he make a deal with the devil?  You can't convince me that his position, his money, didn't buy him that heart.  When he was on the operating table, I wonder how many people died waiting for their heart?  How many other, much younger people? 

This is a shame.  The age of organ transplant receipents should be taken into consideration before it proceeds.  Die with some dignity and with the knowledge you lived your life without shortening someone else's.