Adam’s Blog – Reaction to the Passing of Terri Schaivo
More fun with Adam:
I have to say the grief I felt, built up and I pretty much knew a week ago that she would die. I have this sad feeling, but my grief is for the country when I think of the tragedy that occurred here. This woman was summarily executed in a way that we wouldn’t countenance for death row inmates.
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I can appreciate David’s viewpoint and there’s something to be said for the fact that Bush went as far as he did. The more I think about it, the more I realize that we, the people get exactly what we deserve. Jeb Bush did as much as he could do. Unfortunately, the heroic defiance of unjust court orders isn’t something he’s capable of. If we want the type of people in office who will not standby when we’re in such a situation, we need to elect them and it’s starts in the primary.
Filed under Abortion, huh? At least you’re transparent about your concern on this issue. This had nothing to do with Terri all along and everything to do with your “Culture of Control” — control over women’s wombs, control over medical decisions, control over the judiciary.
“Unfortunately, the heroic defiance of unjust court orders isn’t something he’s capable of.” Interesting to see someone who’d complain about so-called “judicial activism” by every federal court, state court, and judge who has reviewed the matter (many of those being right-leaning judges appointed by conservatives like über-hero Reagan) advocating “executive activism”. What did you want Jebby to do, march in with the National Guard and take Schiavo by force?
For once we have a Bush who obeys the law and couldn’t manage to get daddy’s friends to decide in his favor, and it’s driving the hypoChristians nuts.
Which “skewed” public opinion poll do you refer to: Fox News, Opinion Dynamics, ABC News, Washington Post, CBS News, Time Magazine, CNN, or USA Today, all of which show from 3:1 to 4:1 opposition to government interference in the case? Hmm, the public opinion should be considered when removing the Ten Commandments from Julia Davis Park, but it should not be considered when anti-abortion nuts want the government to interfere in the Schiavo family’s private medical decisions and sanctity of their marriage. Fascinating.
As for “skewed”, the public knows exactly what the issue is here. Lawyers and Secretaries of State nationwide are reporting a massive increase in requests, phone calls, and downloads of living wills. Maryland’s SoS notes that in a typical week they get 50 downloads for living wills; in the past ten days they’ve had over 47,000. Most people prefer quality of life, not quantity. Most people don’t want government in their private medical decisions (we used to have a name for people who favored limited government: conservatives).
But please, keep pushing to elect “the type of people in office who will not standby when we’re in such a situation” (who’s this “we”, anyway, FEBACs™ who can’t muster enough popular support to get their way?) Bush-43’s approval rating has dropped from 49% to 43%, and Bush-wannabe-44 now has moderate-conservatives, independents, and liberals who hate him for intervening and rabid wingnuts who hate him for not intervening enough.
Terri Schiavo was allowed to follow the plan your God intended for her a decade ago. She was allowed to die, not “summarily executed”. You people kept saying that a feeding tube is not life support, so how can removing it be “killing”?
Why do you people fear death so much? I thought you all wanted to be with Jesus.
