Blind Justice

Terri Schiavo has passed away. What an enormous miscarriage of justice.

One has to wonder what was going on in the minds of all these jurists when they refused to review the facts in this case. Now, my education is far from complete, and sometimes I get a little lost in the forest because I can't see around all the trees. But, even a dolt like me considered that her guardian, that is, her husband, Michael, might not have her best interests at heart.

"Okay, Unk," you say. "Where's your facts?"

1. Michael prohibited any attempts at rehabilitation for the wife he loved so much.

2. Michael is living with another woman and has fathered two children by her subsequent to Terri's accident.

Those two facts alone make the case for a review in my feeble mind. Anybody else?

It doesn't matter if the starvation and dehydration of Terri cause her pain. Whether it did or not, her nourishment and hydration were removed and she was killed. Babies get nourished and hydrated even though they can't speak. Why was Terri's case any different? Would we do the same to Stephen Hawking?

Mostly I am struck by the insensitivity of the the various judges and courts. All I wanted was somebody with the guts to step forward and say, "Put it back! Let's not deny nourishment and hydration until we've had a chance to review all the facts." But nobody would. Nobody was willing to even look at the relevent facts.

As a believer in the afterlife, I know Terri is in a better place this afternoon than she was in this morning. I hope, as a matter of simple justice, that when each of these judges crosses over in his or her own passage to the other side, the first vision he or she has is that of Terri Schiavo. What do you think she would say? "Thank you for helping to kill me, your Honor."

Cochran Croaks

Famous black attorney Johnnie Cochran has died at his home in LA at the age of 67, victim of an inoperable brain tumor. The pinnacle of Cochran’s career was the use of an absolutely scandalous racist tactic to free double murderer O.J. Simpson from criminal charges brought by the LA District Attorney. Simpson was later found guilty in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5 million to survivors of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her beau, Ron Goldman.

Cochran managed to convince a largely ignorant black jury that the LAPD had framed Simpson in an attempt to blame a black man for a crime they couldn’t solve. Preferring to believe the idea of a police conspiracy against Simpson, the jury acquitted the former Heismann Trophy running back of criminal murder charges in the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. After the jury announced its verdict Simpson promised to find the actual killer or killers of the duo.

Cochran was diagnosed with the brain tumor in 2003. He now knows for certain who murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The rest of us knew years ago. He probably did, too, but victory was more important to him than justice, especially victory over the EVIL Los Angeles Police Department.

Bye, bye, Johnnie. One day your name will be synonymous for the miscarriage of justice. Meanwhile, may you be condemned to a special kind of Hell in which you get to watch OJ murder Nicole and Ron, up close and personal, time after time, repeatedly, for eternity.

It Isn't Rocket Science!

As the hours tick off and Terri Schiavo’s life fades away, I am moved to contribute to the loud, if not always effective, debate over this issue.

I first heard about this situation from radio broadcaster Glenn Beck well over a year ago. It may have even been two years ago. I am inclined to agree with Beck’s position, and am definitely onboard with Bill O’Reilly’s take on the subject. I won’t take up my own space outlining their positions when you seek them out for yourself (www.glennbeck.com, and www.billoreilly.com).

As a society we are reaping the whirlwind. We have a nation ruled by judges. Too many of these judges have strange ideas about what is important. Apparently, the majority opinion among judges regarding this issue is that the right to die precludes and pre-empts all other rights. At the heart of the issue is, of course, abortion. The right to choose is more important than a parent’s love or desire to serve. What insanity! What will we lose by allowing this woman to live? The answer to that is the equivocation found in the courts regarding the definition of life, and more to the point, worthwhile life.

As of this writing the courts, the judges, are backing off the issue, saying only that all legal issues pertaining to this case have been addressed. Lawyers! Nobody has the guts to simply decide that if there is a glimmer of life in the body of Terri Schiavo, and she has the support system to continue to live (as provided by her parents and other members of her family), then she ought to be permitted to live.

There is something sinister going on here. Michael Schiavo’s refusal to move on with his new life with his live-in girlfriend an their two children (WHAT!?!) and allow Terri’s parents to have custody of their daughter, his intentions to demand immediate cremation of Terri’s body once she passes, and allegations of abuse of Terri by Michael lodged by certain of Terri’s past care-givers cast broad shadows of doubt over this whole situation. As one politician said some years ago, “The seriousness of the charges require an investigation.” Allowing Michael Schiavo to control the evidence in a potential investigation in which he might be the perpetrator is whacko.

The inmates are running the asylum!