The internet needs no further comment on Terry Schiavo. I'm not adding my own thoughts here, because others have expressed them far more eloquently than I could. And people, you know it's a pretty sad world when US Rep. Jim Moran is making the most sense out of anyone:
Rep. Jim Moran (D): "I don't know who's right and who's wrong. And that's the point. But 10 courts have heard from all sides, and all of them, 19 judges, many of them conservative judges, have all reached the same decision." ... Every qualified doctor (who has actually examined Schiavo) has reached the same conclusion ...
Terry Schiavo's Husband has somehow been drowned out. Odd.
"Instead of worrying about my wife, who was granted her wishes by the state courts the past seven years, they should worry about the pedophiles killing young girls," Schiavo said, referring to a local case. "Why doesn't Congress worry about people not having health insurance? Or the budget? Let's talk about all the children who don't have homes."
He said U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is leading a charge to extend Terri Schiavo's life, is a "little slithering snake" pandering for votes.
"To make comments that Terri would want to live, how do they know?" Schiavo said of the members of Congress who want to keep his wife alive.
"Have they ever met her?" Schiavo said. "What color are her eyes? What's her middle name? What's her favorite color? They don't have any clue who Terri is. They should all be ashamed of themselves."
And last but certainly not least. The 5 major questions from this post at Hullabaloo:
Aren't you aware that George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient's family's wishes? It is called the Texas Futile Care Law. Under this law, a baby was removed from life support against his mother's wishes in Texas this month. A 68 year old man was given a temporary reprieve by the Texas courts this month too.
Are you aware that Republicans have voted en masse to pull the plug (no pun intended) on medicaid funding that pays for the kind of care that someone like Terry Schiavo and many others who are not so severely brain damaged need all across this country?
Do you understand that that the tort reform that is being contemplated by the Republican congress would preclude malpractice claims like that which has paid for Terry Schiavo's care thus far?
Are you aware that the bankruptcy bill will make it even more difficult for families who suffer a catastrophic illness like Terry Schiavo's because they will not be able to declare chapter 7 bankruptcy and get a fresh start when the gargantuan medical bills become overwhelming?
Don't you know that this grandstanding by the congress is a purely political move designed to appease the religious right and that the legal maneuverings being employed would be anathema to any true small government conservative?
i feel much better and simultaneously worse.