The constitution that hundreds of thousands have died upholding. We have forsaken the pillars of our nation to turn one woman suffering the indignity of brain death into a disgusting political display.
The courts have spoken. Congress doesn't get to call a "do over." The next time you hear Republican congressmen talking about Judicial Activism, call them out on their hypocrisy.
Many have died to maintain what we so easily discarded last night. The death of Terri Schaivo will not be any less tragic when it inevitably happens. Why are we so willing to upturn the foundation of our government?
There are some who say that soldiers who have died fighting for our Constitution made a conscious choice that Terri doesn't get to make. I say to you that many have died in far away lands after being drafted into a war they did not choose to fight, wish to fight, or even understand.
When Tom DeLay remains silent on other cases of life being ended by the removal of life sustaining medical care for sheer reasons of profit in his own state. When this president is the one who signed into law the Futility of Care act in the state of Texas that allows it to happen. I am ashamed of the men who lead our nation.
I am ashamed that we have forsaken law and process for political manipulation.
What does it say to those we are trying to democratize? What does it say to those in Iraq whose leaders have historically allowed their courts no autonomy? We come and say, we bring you another way. We bring to you democracy. We bring you freedom of expression and due process. We bring you fair justice by a system of courts that is free from manipulation by power mad leaders. We bring you faith in government.
What does it say to them that we manipulate the scale of justice when it is not tilted to the result we want?
What would the founding fathers say after fighting a war to separate themselves from a country that was arbitrarily ruling from across a sea, and did not respect the independence of courts?
The spirits of the great men who founded this country are most assuredly weeping.
As should we all.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
dude, you are so seriously misinformed.
ReplyDeleteyou should go back and read the court documents starting from day 1 just to catch you up on the facts, not to mention Art III of the Const.
Watching the news, MSNBC and CNN are reporting based on hearsay and not the facts. Foxnews is not a whole lot better, but so far, the Fox All-stars seem to be the most knowledgeable of the bunch. So go read for yourself about the facts before decrying the death of the constitution (which happened a long time ago - see FDR).
Federalist 78:
ReplyDelete"It proves incontestably, that the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power1; that it can never attack with success either of the other two; and that all possible care is requisite to enable it to defend itself against their attacks. It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter; "
Federalist 78:
ReplyDelete"It proves incontestably, that the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power1; that it can never attack with success either of the other two; and that all possible care is requisite to enable it to defend itself against their attacks. It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter; "
Seeing as you have had so much free time to read all of the case materials?
ReplyDeleteAnd from where are you deriving you omniscient understanding of the facts of this case?
I have a few friends working on the case in Florida AND I did read some of the court documents.
ReplyDeletebooya
What it shows people in other countries is that we believe life is sacred and worth defending. BTW, this is and ad-hominem attack just so you can recognize one when you see it. "David Bass is a teenage hack."
ReplyDeleteAn ad-hominem attack is where you can't dispute what the person says so you attack them personally instead of arguing against their logic since you can't possibly win. I hope this helps you in the future.
Oh, Yeah, I almost forgot. You can go to Terrisfight.org and read all of the courts rulings as the actual rulings are posted there.
ReplyDeleteI doubt you will because you would rather not be confused with facts as your mind is already made up.
Mr. Bennett:
ReplyDeleteI would refer you to my comments on the other post for a TRUE understanding of ad hominem attacks. All of your posts seem littered with logical fallacies.
An ad hominem attack is one that is directed more at the person than at the argument. As I stated, your comparison was inapropriate and could only be meant as an appeal to others' emotions and extremely negative feelings about Nazis, distracting from the logical points that had been made. Your appeals to emotion, red herrings, and not too veiled insinuations that you think I am stupid make me believe that you are incapable of coming up with valid, logical arguments that could sustain a true debate. As such, until you stop resorting to these attacks and logical fallacies, I don't see how this debate can be continued in a reasonable way.
I am always open to new ideas and look at all the evidence I can in a particular case. As evidenced by your posts, it is my belief that you enjoy simply making accusations and asking questions that practically answer themselves or attack the one being questioned before even giving them a chance to respond. Until you can engage in this debate without resorting to attacking me or making presumptions you couldn't POSSIBLY know about me... I have nothing further to say to you.