A Violation

by Duckman GR

I'm going to pile on to what larre writes, because the actions of the republican dictated Congress cannot be allowed to just stand w/o pointing out the danger it represents.

Terry Schiavo has, literally, nothing to do with this case, but this case has everything to do with you and I. Megan’s Law was written because of Megan, not for her, but for Society as a whole. Laws are written for Society, not for, and I know this comes as a shock to big corporations or businesspeople that seek to get laws written just to benefit themselves, individuals.

While the bugkiller can claim his piety, while bush can claim his complications, while the righteous can claim their divinity, what remains is that the freaking republicans have conspired to reach out and violate the Courts, the States, and the Citizens of this country. Our adherence to the laws of the land is somewhat voluntary you know, but bushco seeks to make it un-precedented as well, just like the broker that reminds you that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Just like the dice at the craps table.

From this non-precedent case, how long will it be before they try to force a woman to carry that fetus to term? How long before they tell you where you can live? How long before they tell you what kind of education you can get and where? How long before they tell you what god to worship? How long before Guantanamo moves Stateside? And what in hell happened to the freaking Sanctity of Marriage crap that these world class hippocritters have been so orgiastically railing about since rove decided it would stimulate the base?

They can hold you prisoner without any Constitutional Protections, if they so choose. They can torture you if they so choose, so what makes this case any different, except in degree? They can deny some the same right as others to marry, but deny the married the same rights as an un-responsible adult parent. The law is supposed to be equal to all, remember Gore vs Shrub and "equal protection;" the notion that exceptions prove the rule is just an absurd palliative (sorry larre) to ease our consciences and the bitter burning sensation that reality can and does produce.

But now, the republican dictated Congress has said otherwise. They have said that some are more equal than others. And that's supposed to be okay, and a fair swap to save the life of this truly messed up woman.

But it's not okay. It's as wrong as you can get. Sure, the circumstances make it appealing and appalling, troubling and tragic, emotional and cerebral (how ironic is that?), and gosh golly, good teevee, but the circumstances can't obviate the fact that this decision, this reprehensible action by the republican Congress (and don't tell me about the Democrats, it's frist and delay and rove and santorum el al, as sanctimonious as ever) is a direct assault on the very basic tenets that this country was founded on, and that millions have died for, and bled for, and sacrificed for, the notion that we are all equal under the eyes of the state, that no one person is above the law, or below the law.

The Federal State has no business in this case, because this case has no business with the State. It's a personal tragedy, and it’s only the gross selfishness of the parents that has made it the spectacle that it has become. Or does the Catholic Religion have more primacy in this country than the Constitution? Maybe that's the crux of the matter. Maybe that's why the republican controlled Congress has decided to trample all over the laws and rights of this nation, so that they can push their stinking religiosity on the people of this land?

Could that be it? Or could their abuse of this woman and this families extremis be cover for something else, something uglier and dirtier? We've heard about the talking points circulating in gopper circles, and we’ve noticed that bush's approval ratings stink, and Social Security Privatization is having a rough go, maybe the faithful need a pep talk? Maybe this is just a cold, crass manipulation by rove to prop up the ol’ bush family evil empire?

I repeat, Terry Schiavo has, literally, nothing to do with this case; this case has everything to do with you and I. Megan’s Law was written because of Megan, not for her, but for Society as a whole. Laws are written for Society, not for, and I know this comes as a shock to big corporations or businesspeople that seek to get laws written just to benefit themselves, individuals.

Laws don't dictate our behaviors, they dictate the consequences of our behaviors on our Society. Run a stop sign, pay a fine; it's a monetary reminder that hurts a little, but warns us that we might kill somebody Mr. Janklow and suffer a much larger hurt.

This is my rant, it’s not about Terri Schiavo, it’s about the cowardly bullies in the republican party led by the biggest coward of the lot, tom delay, who usually gets lots, and I mean LOTS, of cover hiding behind the spineless gym coach and 3rd in line in succession to the bush throne denny hastert, it’s about the assault and battery these traitors to their oaths are conducting on this nation, this perversion of governance whose sole intent is to perpetuate their choke hold on my country for their benefit and self aggrandizement into perpetuity. And it must not stand.