FLAIT

Originally Posted: Apr. 2005

Where is the outrage from Tom Delay, George Bush and the rest of the "pro-life" conservatives, including the religious nuts outside Terri Schiavo's hospice, when the Vatican did not send the Pope to the hospital for treatment - something! anything! - that could have kept him alive, at least for a few more days or weeks?

Can we now call the Vatican "murder's" because their actions - or lack of action - DID "kill" the Pope?

So let me see if I have this straight...

"Let us err on the side of life" and "a life's a life" And yet:

It doesn't mean anything when the Pope is involved...
It doesn't mean anything when you sign a law as Governor that allows hospitals to pull the life support of brain dead patients, even if it's against the family's wishes...
It doesn't mean anything when you're handed a death penalty case to look over as Governor...
It doesn't mean anything when the death penalty is used...
It doesn't mean anything when you want to cut Medicaid...
It doesn't mean anything when a brainless, arrogant, incompetent, immature President lies, exaggerates and misleads the country into a totally unnecessary war - that has resulted in over 12,000 American casualties, so far, and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi casualties, so far - after pulling out weapons inspectors prematurely...
It doesn't mean anything when you allow the torture of prisoners and "enemy combatants..."
It doesn't mean anything when you allow the assault weapons ban to expire...
It doesn't mean anything when terrorists on watch lists are allowed to buy guns legally...
It doesn't mean anything when .50 caliber guns that could put a hole through a manhole cover or a 747, in flight, can be purchased legally...

Yup, sounds like Republican logic to me!

But wait, there's more!

We have exploding budget and trade deficits, tens of thousands without health insurance, and real crisis's in Medicare and Medicaid, and the Republicans will conveniently push all that aside because they have a more pressing issue to deal with: legislation to keep the brain-dead alive.

The GOP sure have their priority's in order. But let me see if I have THIS straight....

"Get big government out of our lives..." And yet:

Get "big government" involved in extremely personal and private family medical decisions.

Yup, sounds like even more Republican logic - and hypocrisy - to me!