Choice

Again and again with the Pope's condition, we hear how the Pope chose not to return to the hospital or have extra measures taken.

But not one nitwit media type notes the irony here. The Pope was allowed to choose what he wanted. Terri Schiavo and her husband as guardian were NOT supposed to choose what they wanted. In fact, if you bother listening to the Schindlers now, you'll hear them say the right to choose needs to be removed and that they'll fight in both state and federal legislature to do that.

But then, you also won't hear that for all the venom directed at Michael Schiavo for being with his wife when she died (myself, I was so pleased to hear he was, and that he cradled her as she passed) while her brother and sister and parents were not, the media also won't say that Terri's mother had not gone into the room for days before Terri died (her last visit was Easter; Terri died on Thursday). There is some question whether Bob Schindler was there in the final day or so.

Now, I'm not condemning the Schindler parents for not visiting Terri. I've seen some people devoted to a dying person who simply cannot bear to be there at the end. It's very tough.

But what irritates me is that a) the MSM jumps all over the husband without sufficiently noting the circumstances and b) others have choices beyond the Schindlers. And now the Schindlers want to remove choice from the rest of us. I have no doubt they'll find more like Tom DeLay, Rick Santorum, and Bill Frist to support this removal of rights.

You know, the same Congress critters who ruled for deep nursing home cuts and veterans' cuts and for allowing life support to be disconnected when a patient can't pay.