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- G e n d e r G a p p e r s T M
WEASEL WORDSMITH-IN-CHIEF
 It's
official now. We are a Theocracy. Human rights died the death of a singed
monkey. Following the coup of the legislative, judicial, executive and
media branches of government by the neo-con's junta, our Constitution has
been systematically trashed.
Despite the Constitutional law separating church and state, laws have been passed that intermingle the two. In the present case of Terri Schiavo, religion leapt over our judiciary and Florida law. With the full force of the media behind it religion has trumped the constitutional rights and freedom of us all. Senator/Doctor Frist from the Senate "diagnoses" Schiavo by video camera and decrees that she is A-OK. Tom Delay from the House declares that, "God brought Terri Schiavo's struggle to the forefront to help elevate the visibility of what's going on in America." Perhaps there is a beneficial Spirit that did this so Americans could get a taste of how nasty it becomes when religion decimates reason. We are horrified as those who call themselves pro-life, are threatening to kill judges, legislators and Schiavo's husband -- all in the name of God. Most Democratic lawmakers are sitting this one out and have been criticized for it. Some have said that this should never have been brought to Congress and they were staging a silent protest. "It is always wise to err on the side of life." That's what Bush says today as he spills his crocodile tears over the TV cameras and into our living rooms. In a grandstand play to appear as a sensitive, feeling person, he flew back from Texas to sign a bill that once more put the Terri Schiavo case on hold. Yet, as governor of Texas, this master of lies and weasel words signed a bill that allowed hospitals and doctors to decide to let infants and children die by removal of feeding tubes, even though the parents did not want them to. Of course, this was to save money for the insurance companies. And as governor of Texas, Bush mocked Carla Faye Tucker, a woman he refused to save from the death chamber after she had begged him for clemency. Remember the Iraq war which was premeditated? Bush invaded Iraq and told us lies to justify it, and the media all went along with his lies. So many lives lost and still the country is unstable and people are dying for his intentional and lying errors. All over the world the Bush policies on the environment are taking their toll on living things now and the worst of the horror he has initiated is yet to come. Let the acid rain fall and the mercury poison the land and water and people, he doesn't even give it a thought. And what of the many women in Third World countries who have suffered and died because Bush withdrew family planning help from the United Nation's programs; or the Afghani women whose plight is still ignored. Since the majority of people have faulted Congress and Bush for their butting in on the Schiavo matter, the question is asked, "Why would such politically savvy neo-cons do something this dumb? First remember that Bush and company never admit that they do anything wrong even if the whole country believes they did, so it was nothing for them to contrive using a family's tragedy to further their own aims. Tom Delay was getting clobbered in all the media. When Bush announced he was flying back just to sign a bill, ostensibly to save one woman's live, the entire, slavish media immediately dropped their hot pursuit of Tom Delay's malfeasants and ran panting after the Schiavo situation, Congress and Bush. In addition, by getting the media to flock to one issue, the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and all the protests went nearly unnoticed as did the killing spree of an Indian lad. However, it still kept current with Michael Jackson. 2005-013 Copyright 2005 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: gapperserve@peoplepc.com. |