Bill Frist & Tom DeLay, The Lord's Lifesavers

Terri Schiavo is dying. Again. But this time around Jeb Bush isn't the only politician trying to stop Ms. Schiavo's death. Congress, that august body of blowhards, entered the fray this week, taking time out from their urgent need to examine steroid use in major league baseball to issue subpoenas, yes congressional subpoenas, as a grandstanding play for the folks who "hate the sin, but love the sinner." Some of the same people who secretly applauded the bombing of abortion clinics and the murder of physicians who performed abortions. Good Christians all! (no offense to authentic, private Christians)

Don't get me wrong. This fifteen year tragedy is heartbreaking for all sides. Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband, may have moved on with his life, but common sense tells you that he would have given up on her right to die years ago if he didn't care about her. And it's painfully obvious that her parents want to believe that Terri is coherent enough to live as long as possible. But according to Mr. Schiavo and his attorney, noted neurologists have all concluded that Terri will never emerge from a state of vegetation, despite the brief video clips that appear to show her reacting to stimuli. And in spite of Jeb Bush's pandering and the hastily-enacted "Terri's Law," the Florida courts have once again ordered her feeding tube removed.

Enter Bill Frist & Tom DeLay

Here you have a Senator and medical doctor who couldn't admit to George Stephanopoulos that the AIDS virus can't be transmitted through tears or sweat. No, Frist had to dodge the question by sneaking "virus" into his responses used in its general sense. What a pro! And The Hummer? He needs to take some of the heat off of his uncanny ability to break Texas campaign laws - oops! - his alleged ability...

And now the mighty protectors of life have worked feverishly to use Congressional subpoena power to "protect" Ms. Schiavo by calling her to testify before Congress. The Supreme Court declined to entertain the notion. For a more detailed look, the March 19th online version of The Los Angeles Times has a fine article with related stories in the sidebar on this ugly mess of a story.

So, will Congress start things up again next week? Will any Democrats dare to speak up? Will they pass a federal law akin to Jeb's Florida fiasco? If they do, BoyGeorge is sure to sign it into law immediately [done, early Mar 21]. And you know what that means. [Find the Right-Friendly federal judge]. Re-insert Terri's feeding tube. And then? Sit back and watch as thousands of nursing home and hospice patients struggle for their right to die as the new "law" makes its tortured journey through the federal court system.

But let's look to our moral leader, Tom DeLay, in order to truly understand what's being done to Terri Schiavo:
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"Right now, murder is being committed against a defenseless American citizen in Florida," Mr. DeLay said. "Terri Schiavo's feeding tube should be immediately replaced, and Congress will continue working to explore ways to save her." [from NYTimes online]
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Yes indeed, the Party in search of The Big Tent has found the circus and it is them. This kind of exploitation of a long suffering brain-damaged woman in the name of "protecting life" is nothing short of satanic. Bill Frist - A Doctor Without Orders (you know, he could take a leave of absence and volunteer as a physician at a field hospital in Iraq). Tom DeLay - A Gerrymandering Gunslinger who'll stop at nothing to stay in office. This is your government. This is my government. This is absolute barbarism.
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Update (3/19), post-DeLay press conference, today: Armando, from DailyKos sez Dems should allow the ReThugs' "compromise" in order to expose them for the fools they are, attempting to pass a law that's clearly unconstitutional.

Update 2 from Armando (3/19) : based on the "words of wisdom" from Harry Reid.

Interesting sidenote: Many print and online television snewz sources reprinted AP writer Mitch Stacy's Schiavo story. While most of them omitted the story's link to "terrisfight.org," an activist site devoted to overturning the Florida court's ruling (and reported to have had quite an effect on federal grandstanders), at least one US paper included the link in its version of Stacy's piece, headlined "House GOPs Want Feeding Tube Reinserted." The Guardian, known for its progressive posture, published Stacy's piece complete with the single, obviously biased link, described as "On the Net: Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation: http:www.terrisfight.org." I'd say Stacy went beyond the call of duty when it comes to reporting, but hell, I'm a heathen. What do I know?

Final update, Mar 21. Pertinent edits above in bold brackets [...]:

March 21, 2005: "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy." BoyGeorge Takes A Dump on The Constitution and The Sovereignty of State's Judicial Systems.

Physicians React: From latimes.com, Mar 22, "State Physicians Group Condemns Involvement by Congress," the story of the California Medical Association's reaction to the Schiavo Law -
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"Many of us are appalled at what's going on in Washington, D.C.," said George P. Susens, an internist who wrote the resolution on behalf of the San Francisco Medical Society. Legislators, he said, are neither doctors nor experts.

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DeLay quote from The New York Times article is their copyrighted property, and used here for contextual purposes only. Excerpt from The Los Angeles Times is their copyrighted property, and used here for contextual purposes only.