Although I, personally, am terribly frightened of death, I firmly believe that people ought to have a choice. As an Oregonian, I support Oregon's Death With Dignity act. There comes a time when there is no point in going on, if life consists of nothing other than "breathing". If Michael Schiavo says Terry told him she didn't want to be kept alive by machine, who are we to say otherwise? It's been 15 years, for crying out loud! Surely it would be better to release her to finally meet her maker.

Now that the US Court Judge has ruled in favor of the husband, I hope that the idiots in Washington DC who cut short their vacations to grandstand on this topic (and I include George "W" in that set) will have the decency to feel embarrassed about it, at least in private.

I hope none of you in my listening audience are gullible enough to believe that any of the congressional blowhards involved in this scheme actually had the slightest twince of compassion for Terry Schiavo herself. This was not about compassion. This was exploitation of a terrible tragedy for the sole purpose of gathering sound bites.

Tom Delay was quoted as complaining that the US Court Judge did not follow the "will of congress". Darned good thing, too. That's why we have three branches of government. It's a good thing the judicial branch still has the good sense to come to its decisions based on civil rights and constitutional protections, rather than speeches that will look good on the 6 o'clock news when election time comes around.