Culture of Life
Terri Schiavo has died. It is always sad when a life is extinguished, but it is particularly sad in this case when the people who should have been with her at the end, the people who should have loved her the most, namely her husband and her parents, instead spent her final days in an ugly legal battle. That the media, politicians and church groups leapt on the bandwagon to push their own agendas only served to further demean her final days.
I reserve my deepest, most venomous contempt for President George W Bush. Soon after Terri’s death he said that all those involved in the campaign to keep her alive should
I reserve my deepest, most venomous contempt for President George W Bush. Soon after Terri’s death he said that all those involved in the campaign to keep her alive should
"continue to work to build a culture of life where all Americans are welcomed and valued and protected, especially those who live at the mercy of others".
A culture of life? What does George W Bush know about a ‘culture of life’? This is a man who while Governor of Texas executed 152 people including 4 children. He granted clemency only once, in the case of Henry Lee Lucas a man who happily confessed to killing 81 women. Maybe George felt kinship with a fellow serial killer. Bush also boasted that he never spent more than 10 minutes on any clemency appeal.
Culture of life? When he wasn't executing people, in 1999 Bush signed legislation in Texas giving hospitals the right to remove feeding tubes if relatives are unable to pay for continued treatment, regardless of the family's wishes.
Culture of life? This is a man who presides over a nation in which (on average) 11,000 people die from firearms each year, yet he refuses to introduce gun controls.
Culture of life? In Iraq, 1,533 US servicemen and women have died thanks to his invasion. The US authorities do not keep records of civilian deaths, maybe because they’d be to embarrassed if it were revealed they are killing Iraqi civilians more effectively than Saddam.
Culture of life? In 2004 the infant mortality rate rose in the US for the first time since 1958.
Culture of life? Poverty rates in the US have increased in every year of Bush’s presidency. 22% of under 18s now live in poverty. Every day 27 American children die because of poverty, that’s 189 a week, 9,855 a year. Where is the Christian outrage? Where are the demonstrations, the prayer meetings, the appeals to Congress? Where is the media campaign, where are the tears of Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter?
If there is a heaven, I hope Terri is there now enjoying some peace. If there is a hell, I know George W Bush will one day be there, where he will have an eternity to think about his hypocrisy and those who died on his watch.
Culture of life? When he wasn't executing people, in 1999 Bush signed legislation in Texas giving hospitals the right to remove feeding tubes if relatives are unable to pay for continued treatment, regardless of the family's wishes.
Culture of life? This is a man who presides over a nation in which (on average) 11,000 people die from firearms each year, yet he refuses to introduce gun controls.
Culture of life? In Iraq, 1,533 US servicemen and women have died thanks to his invasion. The US authorities do not keep records of civilian deaths, maybe because they’d be to embarrassed if it were revealed they are killing Iraqi civilians more effectively than Saddam.
Culture of life? In 2004 the infant mortality rate rose in the US for the first time since 1958.
Culture of life? Poverty rates in the US have increased in every year of Bush’s presidency. 22% of under 18s now live in poverty. Every day 27 American children die because of poverty, that’s 189 a week, 9,855 a year. Where is the Christian outrage? Where are the demonstrations, the prayer meetings, the appeals to Congress? Where is the media campaign, where are the tears of Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter?
If there is a heaven, I hope Terri is there now enjoying some peace. If there is a hell, I know George W Bush will one day be there, where he will have an eternity to think about his hypocrisy and those who died on his watch.
posted by phylos @ 18:17
5 Comments:
Well said!! Thanks for seeing what its truely like with Bush at the helm.
I think that Bush is a puppet. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, the arms industry, they hold the real power. The scale of the conspiracy is so huge though that i think it is just impossible to comprehend.
Do some 9/11 research, look at the influence of Israel on US politics, read up on peak oil. The information is all there but it is terrifying in its complexity and reach.
I sound like a nutter in that last comment.
Things aren't always what they seem though!
Thanks. It was one of those posts that came straight from my emotions. Some times they are so much better than the ones you sit and write and re-write and craft.
thank you for realizing how horrible bush is.
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