My thoughts on this whole Terri Schiavo business

[judecorp]

I am so appalled that Congress will call all kinds of special sessions and be so passionate to get involved in the life and death of one random woman, while they could care less about the lives and deaths of thousands of US children, scores of people in poverty, and entire countries in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Where is the logic here, people??!? The dicksizing that runs rampant through this administration just plain makes me want to throw up. I am so fed up with seeing legislation proposed (and sometimes passed) to make decisions in affairs they have no business being privvy to JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN.

I wonder just one thing: If Terri Schiavo was using Medicaid to pay for her 15+ years of hospital care, would the government be so quick to keep her alive?

(Attention, friends: If you have not done so, MAKE YOUR LIVING WILLS NOW. No, not later. NOW! This could all have been prevented with a little legal blahblah.)

Comments

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

I realized I was just going to get pissed off following the news coverage when I saw Rep. Tom DeLay say she wouldn't be forsaken and I wondered what he's doing for his own constituents if he was that moved by someone that hasn't been able to vote in 15+ years.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY.

There are TONS of people who need legislation right now. Whole groups, even!!