A couple of thoughts on Terri...

Charles Krauthammer weighs in on the situation, with a hope that however this goes there can be some good that can result as it relates to how we can handle such situations in the future:

For Congress and the president to then step in and try to override that by shifting the venue to a federal court was a legal travesty, a flagrant violation of federalism and the separation of powers. The federal judge who refused to reverse the Florida court was certainly true to the law. But the law, while scrupulous, has been merciless, and its conclusion very troubling morally. We ended up having to choose between a legal travesty on the one hand and human tragedy on the other.

There is no good outcome to this case. Except perhaps if Florida and the other states were to amend their laws and resolve conflicts among loved ones differently -- by granting authority not necessarily to the spouse but to whatever first-degree relative (even if in the minority) chooses life and is committed to support it. Call it Terri's law. It would help prevent our having to choose in the future between travesty and tragedy.

And on a related note, Grouchy Old Cripple shares his feelings about the matter and, while he and I disagree on many points, his assessment of the hypocrisy shown by Liberals who have been so adamant that Terri die is dead on:

The same people who are for starving Terri to death are the same people who think sucking out the brains of a half delivered baby is just fine. They also think that killing convicted murderers is wrong. These people are known as liberals and look down upon us stupid rubes in the red states. These are also the people who thought it was right that Elian Gonzales should be returned to his father and thought nothing about the Clinton administration sending in storm troopers to make this happen. The Clinton administration also fried to a crisp the Branch Davidians. But to these people, it is John Ashcroft who is the Nazi. Has he fried any religious wackos or sent in storm troopers to kick in doors and frighten the crap out of a little boy?

In the meantime, while we try to hold out hope, all we can do now is pray.

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