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?
