Nine Schiavo Thoughts
1) I can understand why both Ms. Schiavo's husband and parents are fighting for her. I believe that her husband was told by her that she didn't want to live as she currently does. I also believe that her parents didn't know her thoughts on the matter, and will do anything to keep her alive. Just think...of all of the loved ones we have, how many of them have expressed thoughts on this matter? It's not a day-to-day discussion topic. Maybe after seeing Million Dollar Baby, some might have uttered to a significant other our thoughts on these matters. However, as a whole, it's not something we're well aware of...not a day-to-day discussion topic.
2) I'd be far happier had she signed a living will, since I have to admit that I'm not 100% comforatble with relying on her husband's words alone to keep medical attention from her. I'm not saying it's horrible, just saying that it may raise questions in other circumstances. When in doubt on these issues, I say err on the side of life. I agreed with Bush when he said that the other day (although in a different context).
3) Sign a living will. Whichever way you come down, make your feelings known.
4) The Florida courts litigated this matter for years. Everything that was done was done over a period of time. For Gov. Bush to say that "new evidence" surfaced yesterday is beyond belief.
5) The shameless last second involvement of the Senate and House in passing the Schiavo bill was awful. DeLay should be especially ashamed. Maureen Dowd's allusion to Frist and DeLay in a kind of "Weekend at Bernie's" made me laugh out loud today.
6) The Democrats were, once again, a bunch of sissies by not standing up to this bill. They even walked off the floor to allow a voice vote in the Senate.
7) Props to Nadler and Rothman in the House (my two reps) for voting against the bill.
8) Once again, God has crept into this argument. (I guess he's God...he can do what he likes). Wasn't it only 40 years ago that Kennedy stood in front of the nation and swore that he would NOT allow his religious beliefs to get in the way of his presidency? Times have changed in that arena.
9) This matter is interesting because it pits two Republican values at odds. The "states' rights" ideas versus the "life/God" ideas. In this situation the "life/God" wing beat the federalism/states' rights folks to a pulp.
2) I'd be far happier had she signed a living will, since I have to admit that I'm not 100% comforatble with relying on her husband's words alone to keep medical attention from her. I'm not saying it's horrible, just saying that it may raise questions in other circumstances. When in doubt on these issues, I say err on the side of life. I agreed with Bush when he said that the other day (although in a different context).
3) Sign a living will. Whichever way you come down, make your feelings known.
4) The Florida courts litigated this matter for years. Everything that was done was done over a period of time. For Gov. Bush to say that "new evidence" surfaced yesterday is beyond belief.
5) The shameless last second involvement of the Senate and House in passing the Schiavo bill was awful. DeLay should be especially ashamed. Maureen Dowd's allusion to Frist and DeLay in a kind of "Weekend at Bernie's" made me laugh out loud today.
6) The Democrats were, once again, a bunch of sissies by not standing up to this bill. They even walked off the floor to allow a voice vote in the Senate.
7) Props to Nadler and Rothman in the House (my two reps) for voting against the bill.
8) Once again, God has crept into this argument. (I guess he's God...he can do what he likes). Wasn't it only 40 years ago that Kennedy stood in front of the nation and swore that he would NOT allow his religious beliefs to get in the way of his presidency? Times have changed in that arena.
9) This matter is interesting because it pits two Republican values at odds. The "states' rights" ideas versus the "life/God" ideas. In this situation the "life/God" wing beat the federalism/states' rights folks to a pulp.
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