When Is Enough Too Much?

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7952284
As I write, Congress is supposedly in session (on a Sunday, no less) to pass a bill that would take the Terry Schiavo case out of the hands of the state of Florida and into those of the Federales. This is being supported by President Bush and it was instigated by politicians who are in fear of being seen as anything less than in favor of Life at any cost. Are you surprised? I'm not. In our climate of politics through fear, ignorance and repression we have arrived at a milepost: both Parties are willing to shed their priciples for any chance to curry favor with those special interests who can give or take away votes.
Also, has Bush rescinded his support for a Texas law that he signed into being while Governor of that state, which allowed for removal of feeding tubes by hospital staff against the wishes of the patient's family? I can find no evidence that he has. I can find no evidence, either, that a member of the Press has bothered to ask him about this. Perhaps, it's a different situation morally when the family in Texas can't pay for the continuation of a person's life, because that's what that law is, in part, based on. If you're poor and your medical coverage runs out and the hospital says the patient is never going to get better, then it's time to yank life suport. The only difference between a Texas vegetable and a Florida vegetable seems to be the money factor. And, maybe, the fact that Florida voted for Bush and is governed by his brother. Maybe.
Ans why is this such a big story? Why has our nation become caught in its grip? It's a case of a single human whose cerebral cortex has literally turned to liquid and whose doctors (including court-appointed ones) have steadfastly maintained that recovery is not going to happen. In effect, the decision to let her die should be a no-brainer (yes, i wrote that one on purpose).
But here we are, transfixed as a nation, on what's going to happen. Here we are, while two wars rage on that we have no exit strategy for; while the government continues to repress any scientific information that does not gibe with its fantastical view of the world as brought to them by Ronco
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1358
and which can affect the health and lives of thousands, even millions; while the government continues to nominate radical activists to judgeships, World Bank seats, UN and Iraq ambassadorships, etc.
By the way, does anyone know the score of the Clinton v. Bush nomination defeats? Under Bush, the Dems have defeated ten nominees. Under Clinton, the Reps defeated them in the hundreds. And, yet, the Reps are screaming about ending filibusters and using the "nuclear option" if the Dems won't stop being so damned partisan. And, instead of finding new nominees to replace the ones the Dems rejected, Bush is recycling them. He's bringing almost all of them back for a second try now that he feels he has the votes to get them by Congress.
And the Dems? Well, a few of them are crying "foul" about this and the many other infractions commited by the Reps and Bush, but most of them are too busy voting for protection of the credit card companies and the medical establishment (both of which make it almost impossible for a normal, working-class citizen to exact justice and claim protection from these huge corporate special interest groups).
But back to Terry. Because that's what we really want to know about. Right? Screw the Iraqis and soldiers dying in Iraq. Screw the Afghani women we were sworn to protect and give new rights to (which we no longer are now that attention is elsewhere). Screw the Asian victims of the recent tsunami (our government, so far, has given less than 5% of what it promised for emergency aid. It seems to have stopped right about the time that the Indonesian government informed ours that it would not allow our military to use its airspace for Air Force "flight training" missions). Screw global warming. And (absolutely) give it up the poop shute to anyone who might argue that we are a less-than-all-compassionate culture. We're proving it by spending millions of dollars on one individual to answer that age-old moral question: when is a vegetable not a vegetable? In our current climate, most likely the answer would be: when it's a fruit.