I WASN'T GONNA COMMENT BUT...

Yes, we've all heard of whatsername, who supposedly wants to die but can't tell anybody, etc. And I really didn't want to bore you with my innane musings, but as every OTHER idiot seems to be bloviating on this mess, why should I refrain from adding my OWN idiocy? So, it started off with the not-quite-dearly-departed's hubby claiming the right to pull her plug. Okay, I can see that. After all, as Jerry Foulwell has kindly pointed out, he's currently (gasp!) LIVING IN SIN with another woman, so I guess it would be somewhat of an inconvenience to have his first wife hanging around. And I understand that he'd gotten a big windfall from suing the doctors after his wife became a veggie, so her parents, understandably enough, wanted a piece of the pie. He said no, so they said (I'm guessing here, but it might be plausible) that he'd be sorry. So you've got a tug of war over a veggie. Now, mind you, Terri MIGHT just pop out of this state, unlike the veggies you buy at the grocery, because God could decide to do a miracle. Then again, we could be invaded by Martians tomorrow, too.
At any rate, the doctors are very helpful; they pull any tube you want and put it back again---as long as they're paid for it. How nice. I think Dr. Kevorkian should pay THEM a visit. However, you can't really blame the poor doctors, since they're probably just as brain-dead as Terri but can still move around. God forbid any of US should get doctors like these. No, the REAL stupids are the politicians, I'm afraid. But what can you expect? Hey, they've gotta keep a finger up to see which way the wind's blowing, right? And they just CAN'T pass up a winner like THIS case. Except it seems that over 60% of Americans are blowing the OTHER way.
So, if I've got this right, the Republicans feel that allowing Terri to die is wrong, but it would be okay to kill her if she was a criminal. Well, gee, there must have been SOMETHING she did that was criminal by Republican standards. I mean, maybe she supported abortion, or voted for Liberals, or even opposed the war in Iraq. And she COULD have at least thrown a fit about her husband carrying on with another woman. About the only ones showing any SENSE here are the Democrats and the Federal Courts! Of course, the Republicans scream THAT'S because the courts are obviously controlled by Satan, and Democrats are devils ANYHOW. Isn't it comforting, knowing Big Brother cares for a poor veggie (especially when it's such a great campaign issue)? Why, she might snap out of it and vote Republican. Of course, as her husband is LIVING IN SIN, they claim he's no longer her husband, somehow. So why don't they charge him with bigamy, then? Well, it seems they kinda can't, since he didn't actually MARRY the other woman. We all know none of these fine, upstanding, Godly Republicans would do something SINFUL---at least not publically. I'm sure none of our PRESIDENTS have ever LIVED IN SIN, except for Grover Cleveland, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Clinton...
All I know is, I'm making one of those wills. I'm going to specify that if I look and act like a veggie, then put me in a pot of hot water and make soup. I'm fat enough it should feed about half the world, I figure. Hey, if the Donner Party could do it, what the hell. Soylent Green, anyone?

I'm Back!

I was in Florida last week, visiting the in-laws and doing shopping for my jewelry business. And I'm glad to be home, believe me. Florida is NOT paradise! It's crowded, noisey, and just plain crazy. Hardly any trees, except for those !@#$% palms all over. Everything is paved. Traffic is non-stop. You can't see any stars. Need I go on? Well, I should admit that the weather was pretty nice, but that was about the ONLY nice thing. Elderly in-laws are not for rooming with, period! We lasted the week, but my mother-in-law chases dirt like it's a sentient creature capable of propagating itself if not thoroughly destroyed. One speck of dust, and the whole apartment has to be cleaned! My father-in-law, of course, is a traditional male-chauvinist; women wait on menfolk hand and foot, he believes, so I must slave while my hubby and son sit and enjoy. Ha! I refused. WELL! I'm sure he hates my guts now, but I don't CARE. All in all, it wasn't too bad. Thank God both of them are going deaf! Unfortunately, the yelling back and forth is considered normal in Florida, where everyone over 70 seems to be deaf. Worst drivers I ever saw. Lots of sidewalks, but who wants to be a target? Nobody follows the traffic rules, and everybody believes they have the right of way. You NEED an SUV in Florida, just to survive should any idiot decide to prove that theory about "irressistible forces being able to pass right through immovable objects" ("Somethin's gotta give, somethin's gotta give...", with apologies to Steve Allen).
And so, having survived Florida, I'm happily bored back home in NH, where we await yet another blizzard. Ah, Spring!