Feline Warrior

Okay, so now maybe I have a second favorite quote in the previously mentioned article.

“In cases like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life,” he [Dubya] said.

[Ed.: This image is what I think of when I hear/read Dubya’s so-called values about “life.”]

Or maybe Tom DeLay’s remarks: “Tonight we have given Terri Schiavo all we could — a chance to live,” said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. “After four days of words, the best of them uttered in prayer, Congress has acted and a life may have been saved.”

I learned tonight, while watching Michael Schiavo and his attorney (name immediately forgotten, sorry, attorney!) on Larry King Live (CNN) about a lovely bill passed in Texas under Dubya’s watch that just today allowed a baby Texan’s life support to be pulled. Go figure. Apparently the bill also allows for hospitals to pull life support of indigents, but after reading through the bill several times, I cannot find that language. Google “Texas Futile Care Law” and you’ll get a zillion blogs.

Anyway, the whole point is that if Terri Schiavo’s parents were atheists, Dubya and Co. would not be involved in this struggle. It’s the Christianization of this particular case (well, and international media attention) that has brought it such notice. Why would the religious right be interested in Terri Schiavo (not dissin’ ya, Terri, just sayin’) if there weren’t a million bible-waving, on-their-knees-praying people parked outside of the hospice, Schiavo’s house, and various government buildings, both Florida and federal? They wouldn’t be. They would not be there.

I know that it seems like Terri is following the balloon, smiling, and reacting to stimuli, but honestly, her brain has been replaced almost entirely with fluid. People with liquid brains no longer have senses of humor; they do not say through a series of eye blinks, “Hey, knock it off with the damn Mickey Mouse balloon, already - let me get some sleep!” Sadly, they don’t say anything at all. If they DID, if Terri did, I bet she’s say, “Knock it off with showing video of me on national television. Knock it off with arguing over what I’d want. Let me get the heck out of here - I’ve got stuff to do in another place.”

White House: Schiavo Bill Not a Precedent

This might be my favorite quote from the above noted article:

“Bush, in a written statement, promised to “stand on the side of those defending life for all Americans, including those with disabilities.””

Okay, so if that’s the case, why (oh, why) have six mentally retarded men been executed on Texas’ Death Row… since 1984? (That’s under Dubya’s tenure, by the way.)

See this article for details about that.