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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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18 March 2005 - 11:58 am
The newest round in the Terri Schiavo case is a pure legislative abuse of power. Congress couldn't actually pass a bill so Congressional leaders are now subpoenaing Ms. Schiavo (remember that she's in a coma) in hopes of keep the feeding tube from being removed. I hope a court slaps this down. But failing that they'd better damn well have her moved up to Washington to answer their questions. Because questioning a non-responsive, incapacitated person is the kind of farce that these people need to participate in. It will just highlight how they are trying to bend the rules of law to suit their purposes. Frankly, I would be greatly amused to have Michael Schiavo fight this subpoena to the end and have the end result being reduced Congressional subpoena power.
Terri Schiavo has been in a persistent vegetative state for fifteen years. Why hasn't Congress acted before on her behalf? Because they wouldn't get the media exposure they're getting now. I was angry before but now I'm really upset. I'm going to spend the afternoon making calls to my representative and senators to tell them just how upset I am about this.
Posted by on 18 March 2005 at 11:58 AM
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Posted by david on 18 March 2005 - 7:24 PM
Oh my. I hadn't heard about this. I hope to vote every one out involved in this and I hope everyone else will join me.
Posted by Athene on 19 March 2005 - 10:28 PM