posted on March 31, 2005 06:03:30 AM new
...thought someone should post her favorite columnist's take on the Schiavo case here.
COPYRIGHT 2005 ANN COULTER
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There are a few glaring exceptions. On the anti-killing side, to one extent or another, are: former Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis, former Gore lawyer David Boies, former O.J. lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, McGovern and Carter strategist Pat Caddell, liberal blogger Mickey Kaus, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader and Rainbow Coalition leader Jesse Jackson, as well as several of my friends who are pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage but not Pro-Adulterous Husbands Who, After Taking Up With Another Woman, Suddenly Recall Their Wives' Clearly Stated Wish to Die.
Opinions about the Schiavo case seem to break down less on morals than on basic knowledge of the facts of the case.
There are a lot of telling facts, but two big ones are:
— The only family member lobbying for Terri's death is her husband, who is affianced to a woman he's been living with for several years and with whom he already has two children. (Today's brain twister: Would you rather be O.J.'s girlfriend or Michael Schiavo's fiancee?)
— Terri's husband has refused to allow her to be given either an MRI or a PET scan, which are also known as: "The tests that could determine whether Terri is even in a permanent vegetative state." (I believe his exact words were, "PET scan? MRI? What do I look like, a guy who just won a $1 million malpractice settlement?"
On the basis of these facts, Pinellas County Judge George Greer found that it was Terri's wish to be starved to death. She requires no life support; all she needs is food and water. If being (a) on a liquid diet, and (b) unresponsive to one's estranged husband are now considered grounds for a woman's execution, wait until this news hits Beverly Hills!
Despite the media's idiotic claims that scores of courts have made painstaking findings of fact over 15 years that Terri is in a permanent vegetative state and would have wanted to die, only one judge made such a finding. Other courts have not made any factual findings whatsoever. They simply refused to overturn Greer's findings of fact as an abuse of discretion.
Greer made his finding based on the testimony of Terri's husband that Terri said she wouldn't want to live like this — a rather important fact the husband only remembered many years after Terri was first injured, but one year after he won a million-dollar malpractice award and began living with another woman. (Maybe when Terri said, "I wouldn't want to live like that" she was referring to being married to Michael Schiavo.)
Supporting the idea that positions on the Schiavo case are correlated with IQ, on the pro-killing side is Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., who denounced the legislation granting federal courts jurisdiction over Terri's case, saying the Republican Party "has become a party of theocracy." Yes, you remembered correctly: The House passed the bill overwhelmingly in a 203-58 vote, and the Senate passed it in a voice vote also with overwhelming support. (Surely, if anyone would defend the practice of being on a liquid diet, you'd think Ted Kennedy would.)
Also on the pro-killing side are conservatives still pissed off about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 who are desperately hoping to be elected "most consistent constitutionalist" by their local Federalist Society chapters.
You can't grow peanuts on your own land or install a toilet capable of disposing two tissues in one flush because of federal government intervention. But Congress demands a review of the process that goes into a governmental determination to kill an innocent American woman — and that goes too far!
It's not a radical extension of current constitutional doctrines — even the legitimate ones! — for the federal government to assert a constitutional right to life that cannot be denied without due process of law under the Fifth and 14th Amendments. Congress didn't ask for much, just the same due process John Wayne Gacy got.
But people even stupider than lawyers have picked up on the vague rumblings from "most consistent constitutionalist" aspirants and begun to claim that Congress' action is an affront to "limited government."
Of course, the most limited of all possible governments is a king. We don't have that sort of "limited government." What we have is divided government: three branches of government at the federal level and 50 states with their own versions of checks and balances.
Or at least that was the government designed for us by men smarter than we are. We haven't had that sort of government for decades.
Alexander Hamilton's famous last words in "The Federalist" described the judiciary as the "least dangerous branch," because it had neither force nor will. Now the judiciary is the most dangerous branch. It doesn't need force because it has smoke and mirrors and a lot of people defending the moronic scribblings of any judge as the perfect efflorescence of "the rule of law."
This week, an indisputably innocent woman will be killed by the government for one reason: Judge Greer of Pinellas County, Fla., ordered it.
Polls claim that a majority of Americans objected to action by the U.S. Congress in the Schiavo case as "government intrusion" into a "private family matter" — as if Judge Greer is not also the government. So twisted is our view of the judiciary that a judicial decree is treated like a naturally occurring phenomenon, like a rainbow or an act of God.
Our infallible, divine ruler is a county judge in Florida named George Greer, who has more authority in America than the U.S. Congress, the president and the governor. No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church!
It's a good system if you like monarchy and legally sanctioned murder. But spare me the paeans to "strict constructionism" and "limited government."
posted on March 31, 2005 08:20:34 AM new
Remember if you want to take control of your own life sign a Living Will...Be sure your Physician has a copy. The hospital and even carry it in your wallet.
posted on April 1, 2005 11:36:18 AM new
Poor Ann. She's such a stupid bimbo. Prof, when you have kids with her, don't come running to us if they enter the world with 3 eyes and a mustache.
posted on April 1, 2005 01:06:00 PM newPoor Ann. She's such a stupid bimbo. Prof, when you have kids with her, don't come running to us if they enter the world with 3 eyes and a mustache.
So far, she hasn't responded to my offer to stand at stud for her...*hangs head, pouting.*
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posted on April 1, 2005 01:06:12 PM newPoor Ann. She's such a stupid bimbo. Prof, when you have kids with her, don't come running to us if they enter the world with 3 eyes and a mustache.
So far, she hasn't responded to my offer to stand at stud for her...*hangs head, pouting.*
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posted on April 1, 2005 08:58:37 PM newProfe, do you have 3 eyes and a mustache??
Nope. Mine and Ann's babies will strongly favor their mommie's side of the family....Kraft forgot to mention the big, jiggly Adam's Apple they'll all have, too.
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posted on April 2, 2005 06:57:53 AM new
I sure hope Linda K stays on vacation for a very long time. She has a twisted mind and I don't care if I ever read her twisted thoughts again. I hope while on vacation she will seek medical help.
posted on April 2, 2005 07:20:36 AM newI sure hope Linda K stays on vacation for a very long time. She has a twisted mind and I don't care if I ever read her twisted thoughts again. I hope while on vacation she will seek medical help.
bigpeepa, Are you practicing medicine without a license, or are you a physician? Does that make you feel good to say those words about her? Now I bet you feel better getting that off your chest. Maybe just maybe some think the same about you? At least she doesn't come in here and scream like you. Now I really don't think you mean that because who would you scream at and tell about the mind set if she wasn't here. I know you think you are getting your point across but really sweetie you are not. You are just blowing hot air. Watch out everyone, there he blows.
Now out the door, it is going to be beautiful here today and I sure am not going to spend it in here. I know my mind set and it is to enjoy my day. I hope everyone else enjoys theirs.
posted on April 2, 2005 07:29:17 AM new
"ed to add; ya dumbass, now pay attention will ya"
ahhhhh may I ASSUME this is for my piss ant comment?? <snicker>
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posted on April 2, 2005 12:19:43 PM new
Big, you think Linda needs medical treatment because you and her don't agree? Do you think I need medical help now too because I don't agree with your take on Linda?
posted on April 2, 2005 03:56:29 PM new
lIBRA63 & KRAFT, I think Linda K needs medical help because I believe she is a diabolical lier plus self-serving and greedy. Nothing more nothing less end of my thoughts about Linda K.
posted on April 4, 2005 12:56:09 PM new
I saved Bigpeepa's life a couple of days ago...I killed a sh!t eating monster. But don't take my word for it, I urge you to get yourself informed on your own about what mr Peepa is all about and what he is up to in his own house.
