When Will the Catholics Just Shut UP?

Yeah, yeah. I said it and I'll say it again, "Shut up, you arrogant, belligerent fools!” I guess I shouldn’t pigeon-hole the Catholics (after all, I am one), so please extend my request to anyone who believes they know more than God and is trying to puke their ideology out on everyone else - yup, I'm talkin' about all you neo-ultra-rightwinged-dumbass-conservative Christians who think they're the best friend of Mrs. Terry Schiavo and know what is going on in her useless brain.

Oh yeah, and I'd like to remind everyone that this country was founded on a principle of three distinct, SEPARATE, branches of government. Now, let's say them together:

#1 J-U-D-I-C-I-A-L

#2 L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-I-V-E

AND

#3 E-X-E-C-U-T-I-V-E

Just in case anyone needs an example of each, try this:

#1 Judicial - These are the courts that said Terry Schiavo should have the right to discontinue her feeding tube and pass away in what's left of a state of grace.

#2 Legislative - This would be the stupid-ass, busy-body, meddeling Congress who completely overstepped their bounds and wrote a law called the "Schiavo Law" to prevent her feeding tube from being removed. A note here: Does anyone remember a time when Congress took less that two months to pass any law? Well, they did this one in about two hours.

and, last but not least...

#3 Executive - That's right, your buddy and mine, Junior George. He actually cut his vacation short (for the first time in his presidency) to come back to DC and sign the above mentioned new legislation.

What is driving this total abomination of our constitutional emancipation? Yup, the aforementioned neo-ultra-rightwinged-dumbass-conservative Christians. And since when has George Bush given a shit about someone's right to live - unless of course, that someone happens to be a zygote. Bush once again has proved himself a mighty two-facer:

"In 1999, then-Gov. Bush signed the Advance Directives Act, which lets a patient's surrogate make life-ending decisions on his or her behalf. The measure also allows Texas hospitals to disconnect patients from life-sustaining systems if a physician, in consultation with a hospital bioethics committee, concludes that the patient's condition is hopeless." - (http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/11195230.htm)

The difference??? Glad you asked. The case in point above was a veggie-head who didn't have insurance. Schiavo - via Catholic Mamma and Pappa - have duckies AND insurance. Hmmmmmm, me thinks even the Pope would have a problem with that.

Incidentally, this horseshit about her "possibly regaining consciousness" and "she's starving to death" and "she can hear me" is ALL that: Horseshit. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to research what 15 minutes of no oxygen to the brain does to you. It also isn't too difficult to understand that Terry has been a veggie-head for 15 - count 'em folks FIFTEEN years. I was 20 when this chick tried to kill herself via anorexia. That being said, has anyone ever pondered the irony? Fifteen years ago, Terry Schiavo wanted to die and was so emaciated from years of starving herself that her brain shut down. Now everyone wants to force feed her???

Bottom line: This is something that should have never reached the level it has. Fifteen years ago, doctors should have let her die in peace. Now her parents are going to piss away even more of my tax dollars to ask our Supreme Court to "save" her life. What kinda life was that? Can you say, "GARDEN NOODLE"?

And one more thought: Seriously consider the consequences of Congress stepping in and essentially overthrowing a State's court decision. What's next? Hmmmm, considering it's in-line with this "right to life" bullshit - I bet Roe vs. Wade is next on the docket. I wonder, if I ever get convicted of a crime, should I by-pass the appeals process and go right to my Senator?