I haven’t forgotten the FEC. It’s still a threat to bloggers. And I’m still reading their draft. Don’t think it’s just the Republicans out to control us. This one statement made by one loser, John F’n Kerry, from an article by James D. Miller at TCS is chilling.

“The mainstream media, over the course of the last year, did a pretty good job of discerning. But there’s a subculture and a sub-media that talks and keeps things going for entertainment purposes rather than for the flow of information. And that has a profound impact and undermines what we call the mainstream media of the country. And so the decision-making ability of the American electorate has been profoundly impacted as a consequence of that. The question is, what are we going to do about it?”

I’d hate to think what John Kerry would propose to control us bloggers. Oh wait, he and McCain are friends. Expect the FEC’s final ruling to clamp down on free speech bigtime. (more…)

The Terri Schiavo case, Jesse Jackson’s involved. His involvement is a sure sign that things have gone too far. Is there anything that he doesn’t stick his nose in, anything or high publicity value for him that is? Too many people have stuck their nose in it for their own benefit.

I found it telling that, according to the timeline, Terri’s parents did try to care for her but couldn’t handle her care needs. They didn’t last three weeks. Were the court to allow reinsertion of the feeding tube and remand Terri to their care, what’s to say that they wouldn’t discover that they still won’t be able to handle her care needs.

If, and it’s a big if, she is capable of improvement (best case scenario is that she is locked in, just unable to communicate), it will be painstakingly slow. It is possible that the family is reading too much into her ability to respond, that’s not beyond the realm of possibility. Sides, considering how long she’s gone without food and water, it is more likely that organs will fail before she could be rescued if the tube would be inserted.

They have been fighting it in court for some 15 years with not just a few court rulings but realms of them. It has to be the longest, most drawn out, agonizing process ever. Enough already. Guess whose tax dollars are paying for all of it? Not that that matters.

All things considered, that CT scan image (mind you it’s only one) doesn’t look good. I had said it doesn’t look liquified but that doesn’t rule out massive encephalomalacia. It would take a miracle.

So, what can we take from this case? The need to make our own living wills for one. Medical technology has advanced to the point where we can keep nearly anything alive, so how much do we value life for life’s sake as opposed to quality of life. We need to decide for ourselves so that this does not happen again. Keep the fighting to over the inheritance where it traditionally belongs. Don’t want to blow the inheritance fighting over the body.

The Courts, their power to make laws and control society is another thing to consider. Traditionally, Congress and State Legislatures have been the ones to make laws. They have had many years of experience mucking it up. Let’s keep the muck in Congress where it belongs. At least they are accountable, well except for Teddy Kennedy.

Consider this - just how much do we want Congress to muck about in our private lives?

And don’t forget Roe vs Wade, don’t want Schindler vs Schiavo to set a similar precedent for the disabled. That’s really what makes this case so crucial for the rest of us. Well, me anyway.

Oh, it does make for great TV on a slow news day. Tired of Terri, read all about the Pope’s feeding tube, Falwell’s hospitalization or, if you’re really desperate, the Jackson trial. Hey, Jesse’s not there, he’s over in Florida. That’s got to be good news.