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03/22/2005: "SchiavoMania"
As loathe as I am to admit this: once in a great while, I am wrong. Some
of you may remember, a few years back, when I suggested that we all embark
on a mass hunger strike until the J. Giles Band were inducted into the
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. My reasoning, if I remember correctly, was
that they deserved this honor based on the fact that the video for
Freeze Frame contained actual freeze frames, and that sort of
sincerity is hard to come by these days.
Well, I was wrong then and I was also wrong, a few days ago, I suggested
that the feeding-tube should not be removed from Terry Schiavo. I was
under the impression that Terry's death would be a slow and painful one.
While it could take Terry over a week to expire, the hospice workers caring
for Terry will copiously supply her with painkillers: even if they don't, there's
enough medical evidence to suggest that Terry is a persistent vegetative
sate [insert Florida joke here] and, therefore, incapable of feeling pain.
Leave the tube out and let Terry's body die.
Oh, and fuck the "Cult of Terry Schiavo."
Fuck Senator Dr. Bill "Sweat and tears can give you AIDS" First who not
only lied when he said about Terry that "neurologists who have examined
her insist today that she is not in a persistent vegetative state", but
also lied when he said that he was qualified to evaluate Terry's condition
because he has "been in a situation such as this many, many times." Bill,
nobody like a fibber: especially a piece-of-shit half-assed fibber who's
attempting to use a tragedy for political gains.
Fuck all of those people like Tom Delay who have attempted demonize Terry's
husband, Michael. Yes, we all know that that Michael Schiavo is presently
living with a woman with whom he's fathered two children. What the Liberal
press seems to fail to draw attention to (maybe because they've been too
busy forcing people into Gay marriages conducted by al Qaeda) is that for
the first few years of Terry incapacitation, Michael was so attentive to
her that he became an annoyance to the hospital staff (Thanks to Michael's
intervention Terry was one of the few patients in her condition to be
completely free of bedsores).
It's clear that, one day, Michael Schiavo took a look into terry's eyes
and came to the painful conclusion that his wife was no longer present and
that only her body was left behind (It's the same feeling that anyone who's
ever met Rick Santorum knows well). Michael Schiavo, who has turned down
lucrative offers to step aside as Terry's guardian, has moved on with his
life; let's not fault him for that.
Fuck Terry Schiavo's parents, Mary and Bob Schindler. Yes, that's a
terrible thing to say about two people who love their daughter. You know
what else is terrible? The video that the Schindlers have been circulating
that supposedly shows Terry reacting to various stimuli. We've all seen
that video, too. But what we haven't been shown are the hours of video tape
that the Schindlers had edited out. Hours wherein Terry remains
unresponsive, just as the doctors who've examined her concluded she
would.
Look, I understand that the Schindlers really want to believe that their
daughter can understand them: Hell, I want to believe that my cat has a
genuine affection for me. But the truth is that if I were incapacitated
and couldn't refill Lizzy's food bowl my kitty would rip into my flesh like
a catnip toy before the second hunger pang hit her stomach. Terry's
cerebral cortex has been filling with spinal fluid for 15 years now.
Mr. & Mrs. Schindler, as hard as it is for me to tell you this, Terry
won't be shooting hoops in the driveway ever again. Let her go.
The Schindlers aren't bad people. They are, however being used and
misdirected by some very bad people: The United States Government and the
Catholic Church.
And last, but certainly not least in the shame parade…
Fuck all of those people who keep turning up in news clips praying and
crying outside of Terry's hospice. How many qualified medical doctors have
to explain to these dipshits that Terry Schiavo can neither see, think,
nor feel pain before they pack up their gawdamn freak show an move along
to the next Virgin-Mary-on-the-side-of-a-carwash sighting?
Replies: 27 Comments
on Wednesday, March 23rd, jackalope said
Congressman Delay,
First of all, I want to complement you on your attempts to expand your vocabulary. I heard you use the word "morals" the other day. Now that you know the word, one hopes you will start having some.
Okay, so let's all feel sorry for Terry Schiavo. But tell me, how can you abide the terrible tragedy of Sam Hudson (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/front/3087387) while you pontificate about Terry? Oh? African American children don't count? Well, I'm glad we cleared that up. BTW, who signed that Texas state law that allowed the hospital to discontinue care? Governor George Bush? You don't say!!!!
Cock.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Jackalope said
That should read "compliment."
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Nigel Tailwind said
I might be tempted to forgo feeding if I was given pain killers to the end of my life.
"My girlfriend asked me which one I like better. I hope the answer don't upset her" B.F.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Andrew said
Did it ever cross the minds of these religious people that if you're being kept alive by machines... maybe... just maybe "god's" plan is for you to die?
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Rodney said
Would someone tell this fat, stupid cow that pouring water into Terry's mouth would drown her...
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=Lana+Jacobs&ei=UTF-8&c=news_photos
on Wednesday, March 23rd, razlerja said
Now that's the Rodney that I know. I was a little worried the other day when you suggested that enough might in fact not be enough. Good on you, Mr. Anonymous!
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Terri and the Tubes said
Terri is the emblem for the right because they are so simmilar... brain dead.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, caffiene23 said
My latest article at "www.communistradio.communists.at" is basically the same thing. read it, or don't.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Matt said
Hah, one of the guys arrested is named "Bo" Gritz. Ah, the south.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Rodney said
THE "Bo" Gritz ??? The Right Wing guy from the Randy Weaver incident?
on Wednesday, March 23rd, ScreamingMan said
If it can't breathe on its own...its dead.
Good to see you back, Rod.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, SirAtededge said
Is the Catholic Church milling around this case? They're theoretically OK with removing feeding tubes. I sincerely don't know if they're milling around because this situation, like O.J., Laci Peterson, et al, though tragic, I don't consider news.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Scott said
"If it can't breathe on its own...its dead."
But I thought she was breathing on her own. I thought the only tube going into her was providing her with food, not oxygen.
If she had to have oxygen provided for her, she would have been dead by now for sure but that isn't the case.
I think this situation has turned into a circus which doesn't surprise me but, just as most "news" stories, it pisses me off.
I can't wait until she is dead so I can hear more about that crazy Michael Jackson showing up to court in his PJ's or "Faith in America" week on MSNBC, you know, the real stories.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, briannirvana said
classic. I read em everyday. This one was classic.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, sully said
She does breath on her own, she's alive on her own merits, but cannot feed herself, so you could say she's a cripple. However, she's also a brain-dead cripple, so that's what causes all the controversy - it's "life," but it's hardly a "life."
I was wondering the other day, wouldn't it be so much sadder if Terri was a woman who always aspired to someday be famous?
Brain dead and popular - the Republicans figured she'd be the perfect tool for them, just like George Bush.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, billzebub said
Bo Gritz is not from the south, nor is his name pronounced "Grits". It's (Greitz). He's from Montana or something and he ran on the Populist ticket back in '92. That was my frst election and I wanted to vote for him...because I thought his name was "Grits" at the time. I was living in Illinois going to school. I voted on a SC absentee ballot and alas, Mr. Gritz was not on the SC ballot..so I voted for Lenora Felloni. ha ha.
Oh and fuck this whole Schiavo mess.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, crapmonkey said
i think that they should just let her go. my friends son was in pretty much the same condition for 6 years. he was in a car accident at the age of 6 mths. his sitter failed to put him in a car seat and he went through the windshield as they were struck by a semi. he could not eat without the use of a feeding tube, because she could not afford and did not want full time hospital care, he would sometimes choke and nearly die from his feeding tube. not to mention infection and bed sore risks. he could not go to the restroom on his own, he only had some basic hand and leg movements, he could not talk and he could not see. my friend could have let him die at age six months in the hospital but some of the doctors gave her a little hope. hope that he child would live and maybe even live a normalish life. after 6 years nothing had really improved. he died in his sleep last fall. of course its tough to watch someone you love be hurt or to have them die. but what the hell kind of life is she living? she just isnt. her parents are being selfish.
on Wednesday, March 23rd, Christine said
I would agree that Schiavo's parents aren't evil, but they are some stupid selfish shits. You can't tell me that at no time in the past 15 fucking years, they didn't stop and wonder if they weren't just keeping her "alive" for themselves.
Rod, I promise that I would "pull the tube" on you. And I can guarantee no one would sue to keep you alive, with the possible exception of your cat. That, of course, would be solved once I explain to Lizzy that Vienna would still feed her.
on Thursday, March 24th, tracey said
rodney what ever the fuck your name is you fuck.your a stupid asshole i hope you rot in hell. dont you have any sympathy for this poor womans parents, i wish you were in their position, then you tell me if you would make the same choice you stupid fuck.i dont even know you and i fucking hate you.you fucking pussy thats why your anonymous.
i wouln't piss on fire to put you out!!!!!!!!!!!
on Thursday, March 24th, Rodney said
Look, over there! On the side of that Costco - it's a stain that looks just like Jesus! Hurry, hurry...
on Thursday, March 24th, razlerja said
Dear Tracey or should I use your secret crime fighter's identity: 'amerasiantaz',
'asshole', 'fuck' 'fucking' 'pussy', 'hate', etc. are all well and good, but did you ever consider putting some thoughts or reasoned opinions between the explitives. I for one whould like to know why, for example, assuming that you had a full bladder and Mr. Anonymous where enveloped in flame you would not urinate in his general direction, thereby killing several birds with one (kidney) stone, as it were.
on Thursday, March 24th, One Word said
Attitude
on Friday, March 25th, IChiWawa said
If only Terry had been sentenced to death before she got sick, then Sister Helen and the ACLU would be there alongside the others protesting her slow execution.
When a convicted murderer or a condor chick has more right to life than a human being, something's wrong.
on Friday, March 25th, TS said
Huh... What about her rigt to die with dignity? What about the "rights" of the family... You know, her fucking husband.
Isn't that why people get married, so they can create a family in spite of their parents?
Duuhhhh.
on Friday, March 25th, razlerja said
The 'real' point is that there are tons of situations where the rights of gardianship are established. For good or for bad your spouse has gardianship when you can not make those decisions for yourself. If you overturn that, there are far reaching implications. Every time that there is a difference of opinion between family members it would turn into a court battle. Every court that has heard this case (over 20 times now) have said the same thing: her husband is her legal gardian, if he says remove the tube, its not anyone else's business, especially not the Governments. If people like George Bush and Tom DeLay were 'real' Republicans they should be applauding that decision.
on Friday, March 25th, razlerja said
Sorry, I meant 'guardianship'
on Sunday, March 27th, Mykel Armory said
You no I gotta say in this case is there is no way for you to saying that is beeter to starve this woman to death than to keeping her alive!~ its un thinkable that such a idea can be taken here? serious. remember the god. god that all life is good. God tells us that we will not starve or this. you its easy for you and you are not in the same way as her. have some hearts. i will look after your wouls. untill then take a look in side. this michael shiavo is a killer. He is starved his wife and fornicate with women while he was she was sick. he is a dammed man. you must see that she should eat and drink. have souls.
