Saturday, March 19, 2005
Henry Waxman - Grandstander
Congressman Henry "Porky Pig" Waxman (D-CA)
Someone ought to get a croquet mallet and take Congressman Waxman to the woodshed for five minutes and shine a new political perspective into his 'noggin (Pronunciation: 'nä-gun; Function: noun; Etymology: origin unknown; 1 : a small mug or cup; 2 : a small quantity (as a gill) of drink; 3 : a person's head) .
Shouldn't we Err on the side of life, not death? Ms. Terri Schiavo is not dying, nor is she terminally ill. Nor is she on an oxygen machine, or a heart/lung machine, nor is she being kept alive by any artificial means.
Somehow, this translates into starving her to death, by removing her feeding tube? The law would and has arrested people who've deliberately done this to dogs or cats, let alone a child or elderly adult.
And along comes career Congressman Porcine grandstanding in the Baltimore Sun: In Washington, Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee that issued the subpoenas, called the maneuver a "flagrant abuse of power" and said the subpoenas would be unenforceable. "Congress is turning the Schiavo family's personal tragedy into national political farce," Waxman said in a statement. "The process was a perversion of democracy."
Congressman McRiblet , who represents the Rodeo Drive crowd (see * below) appears to think this should be hands-off by the Federal Government, and, as much, a farce!
A farce? No, a farce was the tobacco trials, which were nothing more than a money grab by The Left at manufacturers of a legal and taxed product by parading cancer victims and their families in front of your committee cameras.
And as far as turning the plight of one family, or one individual, into a nationwide cause, what the hell are you talking about Mr. Waxman? That's what The Left has done for years. It's your Party Platform! Ask former (losing) Vice Presidential contender and Senator John Edwards. Ask some of the other trial lawyers who are Senators.
I don't pretend to have the answers in a scenario like Ms. Schiavo. I don't think anyone does, and my prayers go out to her and her family. I can't imagine being faced with these decisions.
But removing her feeding tube, at the very least, seems inhumane. This is not a biological shut down of the body, as I said, that would apply to being physically being kept alive by artificial breathing, or the artificial heart/lung means.
This is letting someone die by starvation. There is nothing in writing where Ms. Schiavo makes her wishes known of what she would want done should she ever be in the situation she is in. Her husband claims she stated this verbally. While she may have indeed said that, legally, if it's not in writing - it doesn't carry much water in court.
(*) "Henry A. Waxman represents California's 30th Congressional District, which includes the complete cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Westlake Village and West Hollywood, as well as such areas of Los Angeles as Beverly-Fairfax, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Beverlywood, Topanga, Agoura, Chatsworth and Westwood." - From Porky's own Biographical information on his website.
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