Alright, alright, I'm up.
I did not want to get up this morning.
So tired from rain and plunging and weather and just everything.
The kids are off to school and I need to take a shower and be ready to go. Tiffany and her hubby are gonna give me a ride so I don't have to walk and ride buses for half a day.
Sebastian has school lock in tonight. He will be coming home and eating dinner and taking his stuff back around 7:30 and then coming home around 8am tomorrow.
It'll just be me and Mark home tonight.
I have a free rental for movie gallery so maybe I'll go get us something to watch tonight. I'm so sick of repeats on tv.
In local news, the fight continues in the Schiavo case. It is supposed to be removed at 1pm today but the legislature is going to subpoena the people (health care workers) who are supposed to do that so that it can't be removed.
Aren't they over stepping their bounds? A court order is in place to remove it and they are going against a court order to prevent that.
Jeb is acting a little like Gov. George Wallace. Refusing to follow a court order and creating new laws to stop any court order that doesn't fit in with his views.
He says he's doing it because this is the will of the people of the state of Florida. But TBO.com did a survey and 58% of the people of this state say her tube should be removed, 32% say it shouldn't and the remaining people don't have an opinion either way.
How is that the will of the people of this state Jeb? More than half say to let her die with dignity. He and the state legislature have crossed the line with their faith based initiatives and stepping over families legal rights to which repeatedly has been said by judges who heard this case, that the husband provided clear and convincing evidence that this is what she wanted.
Don't like the way courts handle things in this state? Start a faith based initiative to get a new bill created that takes away the rights of everyone to save the life of one person who has been proved did not want to live this way.
It's a sad day here cuz any minute now, good ol' Jeb is gonna sign that bill and subpoena health care workers preventing them from doing their job so that the state can investigate this case again, and again, and again, dragging it through the court system for more and more time and what if another judge or even federal court upholds the rulings of the judges here that have already heard the case and they order the tube removed? Will Jeb and his band of merry right to lifers, create more new bills to over ride those rulings as well?
How far is this going to go?
So we sit and wait and wait and hope that they do the right thing and let her go. Terry died 15 years ago and nothing short of an act of a God can re-create her brain.
Later days.
Comments
I feel so bad for Terri. She's been in a living hell for 15 years and now the government is trying to make it longer. It's time to let her go and let her find peace.
Posted by: Kathy | March 18, 2005 8:28 AM
Exactly. And can I just say without offending you hopefully, because I have been accused on some message boards that my wanting her to be put at peace is tantamount to wanting all disabled people to be put to death, that it is nice to see someone who is disabled agreeing with the courts decisions.
If that offended you, I apologize but I know your situation and your disability and it is just nice to hear a disabled person speak up for her.
Posted by: kat | March 18, 2005 8:34 AM
I feel so terribly for that woman and her husband. Though I'm not in Florida, I've been following it. Jeb is seriously pissing me off. He and his brother constantly think they are above the law and it drives me crazy.
Posted by: Pixie | March 18, 2005 8:55 AM
You didn't offend me. What offends me is that you were accused of that. You've been nothing but nice to me...Me, who is disabled. Trust me, those people don't speak for all of us. Wanting peace for someone means you have a kind heart. It doesn't mean you want death for all disabled.
I just wish the courts would think about living like that. If they could imagine life like that, they'd never condem her to hell on Earth.
Posted by: Kathy | March 18, 2005 9:06 AM
Yup. It's either their way or the highway.
Posted by: kat | March 18, 2005 9:07 AM
The courts have thought about that and have all agreed to let her go. This is our governor and the state legislature that are fighting the courts. They are all right to lifers, faith based, and they are trying to stop this at every turn. It's the politicians who don't respect people, not the courts.
Posted by: kat | March 18, 2005 9:09 AM
I saw a news story about this case last night, and they had that Operation Rescue asshole, Randall Terry on. He was spouting off his usualy *right to life* BS.
The thing that chaps my ass about RTL people like Terry, and the Dumb & Dumber brothers is that they fight for the lives of the unborn and the brain dead, but they never seem to give a rat's ass about the functioning people that are already here.
I feel for Terri and her husband.
Posted by: Christine | March 18, 2005 11:43 AM
This whole thing is just really sad. I wish they would just remove it and let her find peace once and for all. It really drives home the fact that people need to make living wills clearly stating their wishes to prevent things like this in the future.
Posted by: Kelly | March 18, 2005 12:09 PM
Agree with everyone about Terri -- let her find peace, for crying out loud. Enough of this back-and-forthing.
And I wanted to say how happy I was that you and Tiffany hit it off! You need that support, babe. Love ya.
Posted by: Jenni | March 18, 2005 4:46 PM
Terry deserves to be let go, and let her rest at peace. This is nuts. 15 years?! Enough already.
Hope you've had a good day! *HUGS*
Posted by: Karen | March 18, 2005 5:52 PM