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SCHIAVO
* "The corruption of Congress is so complete that its maneuvers are no longer shocking. They're terrifying... Recall that in August 2001 an intelligence brief given to Bush at his ranch entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S." and alerting Bush to "patterns of suspicious activity in this country ... consistent with preparations for hijackings" did not inspire (an interruption to his holiday)" LINK
* the squealingseals celebrating the schiavo thing sound a lot like the squealingseals when scottpeterson got the death penalty.

* "The Senate approved the measure on an unchallenged voice vote during a rare Palm Sunday session that came amid charges of cynical political maneuvering. Only three members were on the floor and the bill's prime sponsor, Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, served as presiding officer." i read this a few days ago and didnt believe it. LINK unfortunately theres some doubt whether that consitutes a quorum LINK which makes the whole thing much funner. is this how they are gonna pull off the socsec notprivatization?

* now that Delay has been called on using schiavo to cover his ethics problems, he has issued a statement saying that he thinks there are too many people being denied care and he had to draw the line. presumably he also reiterated that this case wasnt precedent setting.

* "Many seniors like me now must dread that our most personal and painful private matters might be turned into political footballs by those cravenly seeking approval from certain voting blocs, or that we could be imprisoned against our wishes inside a dead body because of somebody else's religious beliefs. This is why seniors polled by ABC were the most likely of any age group to support the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube." wheres aarp? LINK

* cs @ bloggerradio notes that jebbush can file on behalf of terri. in separate news, tradesports has jeb08 at 10/1

* where is scalia on schiavo? he wants to kill juvies - does he wanna kill the braindead? life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that strict stuff. what confuses me is why all these fundie types arent sprinting to deaths door to go get the permanent orgasm in heaven. surely thats the ultimate pursuit of happiness. we know how much scalia loves his orgasms, and his orgies - u'd think theyd be rushing the pearlygates. jesus was given a 2nd chance here and realised that he didnt wanna be here any longer - why dont the christocrazies learn from that little parable?

* "Keesha: "Good f*cking God, you'd think another pretty little blonde girl had been kidnapped the way this story has dominated everything and silenced out real news."" LINK lol

* "Believe this: If Ms. Schiavo were an African American child, a Hispanic mother, an Iraqi wife, an Afghani grandmother, an American soldier suffering massive brain trauma from an explosion in Mosul, anyone from Darfur or the Congo, if she had been anything other than a white woman in a Fundamentalist-controlled state, we would have never, ever, heard of her." LINK

* cal thomas: LINK

"(terri) matters, not only because she has an endowed, inalienable right to life, but also because she is a symbol - like Rosa Parks was a symbol when she refused to sit in the back of that Montgomery, Ala., bus; like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who symbolized freedom by defying Soviet authorities and chronicling the inhabitants and victims of the gulags; like astronauts who brave death to explore space."

astonishing wingnuttery. at least he isnt making it exclusively about race. terri isnt fucking be brave, and she isnt denying anyone, except her fucking maker who obviously wants her, and he would have her if it wasnt for stupid obstructionist repugs and christofolk.
he continues the talkingpoints:

"But the hypocrisy label can be turned around. Didn't liberals reject states rights when it came to civil rights for African-Americans four decades ago, and didn't they make federal cases out of such things as integrated restrooms and universities? "

somehow they keep forgetting that this schiavo isnt sposed to be precedent setting
he continues the talkingpoints:

"The Schiavo case should not be viewed in isolation. It is part of a flow that began in modern times with abortion-on-demand and will continue, if not stopped, with euthanasia. Once a single category of life is devalued, all other categories quickly become vulnerable."

this from the deathsentence/prowar crowd. i need some duct-tape to keep my head from exploding.

* purported theologian on cnn: 'u deserve to be forced to stay alive, even if u are mute'(!) and then when asked about the right2die if terminal he sez 'well, u have the right the remove obstacles to death, like breathing apparatus et al - except feeding tubes and hydraters'

* imagine if christopher reeves had a living will and died more progressively. that would have been so much more fun.

* is there anything else going on? the teeve has hardly found time this week to slam the UN.