Thursday, March 31, 2005
Good Bye, Terri
Terri Schiavo is dead. I've heard almost universally in the news today that her "husband" Michael refused to allow Terri's parents and brothers in the room at the end of her life. I don't know what to make of this.
And I don't know what to make of the actions taken by President Bush, whom I support and voted for twice. And I don't know what to make of his brother, Governor Jeb Bush. And I can't figure out if, when Congress convened two weeks ago specifically to address the Terri Schiavo story, it wasn't anything but a Dog and Pony show for all of them, including the president and his brother.
And I understand the "we can't go about this like Janet Reno did and use force." I understand how the law applied in this case. But I don't know that this situation was a matter of law. If it was, then the law took rank over the life of an innocent individual. I don't know how, and can't push my mind to fathom, starvation as the method of allowing someone to die. Eating and drinking are not involuntary reflexes. We have to eat. We can't really control (to any great degree, like eating and drinking) how many beats our heart will have, or how long our lungs will breathe for us.
So why does the law bother to prosecute parents or custodians who are found guilty of starving their children and negligent of care, when those situations become news? What's so wrong about starving a pet to death?
Today, on his little radio program, the Grand Master of Lies, Al Franken, said "Terri Schiavo died because of bulimia due to a mental disorder." Last I checked, Al, you didn't go to medical school, don't have a medical degree, are in no position to make that judgment, and, although I haven't confirmed this - I think it's safe to say you've never personally visited with Terri Schiavo or her parents.
And where was the most famous Death Imp of all, Dominick Dunne, in all of this? Was he sitting front row/center, as he did for so many other life and death situations? No. Did his politics put him on the wrong side of this issue? Or didn't the Schiavo case have the "celebrity factor" he requires?
Are judges, on both sides of the political spectrum, so egotistical and filled with delusions of grandeur, that the human element of Terri Schiavo was ignored and dismissed? Is it any wonder or surprise to anyone that we read of judges being targeted and threatened by some of the people who've been before that judge, and felt the penalty imposed by the judge was extreme or unreasonable or excessive? And that person takes out a personal vengeance against the judge. And this is a surprise to us?
If there needs to be one more nail in the coffin of the Left, it is their handling of themselves regarding Terri Schiavo that should leave no doubt that their appreciation of human life is very low on their agenda. Animals are given better care than the Left was willing to give Terri Schiavo.
And, again, Michael Schiavo. What kind of person denies the parents and family access to their dying daughter and sister? And a state of death resulting solely and directly from starvation?
The girlfriend-soon-to-be-new-wife (?) of Michael better be cooking all of her own meals. This is one relationship that will be watched closely until death do they part. Or anything else that happens before then.
© 2005
And I don't know what to make of the actions taken by President Bush, whom I support and voted for twice. And I don't know what to make of his brother, Governor Jeb Bush. And I can't figure out if, when Congress convened two weeks ago specifically to address the Terri Schiavo story, it wasn't anything but a Dog and Pony show for all of them, including the president and his brother.
And I understand the "we can't go about this like Janet Reno did and use force." I understand how the law applied in this case. But I don't know that this situation was a matter of law. If it was, then the law took rank over the life of an innocent individual. I don't know how, and can't push my mind to fathom, starvation as the method of allowing someone to die. Eating and drinking are not involuntary reflexes. We have to eat. We can't really control (to any great degree, like eating and drinking) how many beats our heart will have, or how long our lungs will breathe for us.
So why does the law bother to prosecute parents or custodians who are found guilty of starving their children and negligent of care, when those situations become news? What's so wrong about starving a pet to death?
Today, on his little radio program, the Grand Master of Lies, Al Franken, said "Terri Schiavo died because of bulimia due to a mental disorder." Last I checked, Al, you didn't go to medical school, don't have a medical degree, are in no position to make that judgment, and, although I haven't confirmed this - I think it's safe to say you've never personally visited with Terri Schiavo or her parents.
And where was the most famous Death Imp of all, Dominick Dunne, in all of this? Was he sitting front row/center, as he did for so many other life and death situations? No. Did his politics put him on the wrong side of this issue? Or didn't the Schiavo case have the "celebrity factor" he requires?
Are judges, on both sides of the political spectrum, so egotistical and filled with delusions of grandeur, that the human element of Terri Schiavo was ignored and dismissed? Is it any wonder or surprise to anyone that we read of judges being targeted and threatened by some of the people who've been before that judge, and felt the penalty imposed by the judge was extreme or unreasonable or excessive? And that person takes out a personal vengeance against the judge. And this is a surprise to us?
If there needs to be one more nail in the coffin of the Left, it is their handling of themselves regarding Terri Schiavo that should leave no doubt that their appreciation of human life is very low on their agenda. Animals are given better care than the Left was willing to give Terri Schiavo.
And, again, Michael Schiavo. What kind of person denies the parents and family access to their dying daughter and sister? And a state of death resulting solely and directly from starvation?
The girlfriend-soon-to-be-new-wife (?) of Michael better be cooking all of her own meals. This is one relationship that will be watched closely until death do they part. Or anything else that happens before then.
© 2005
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