Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Pacifica Commentary for March 23, 2005
TERRI SCHIAVO
The sheer opportunism of the president and the Congress has been made clear to the world. They have taken advantage of a
woman who has lived in a vegetative condition for fifteen years in order to promote their deadly agenda.
"It is wisest to always err on the side of life," says the president in a historic statement of hypocrisy. Did he err on the side of life by sending thousands of healthy young Americans to death, serious injury and mental illness in an unnecessary war in Iraq?
Did he err on the side of life by massacring endless thousands of healthy Iraqi children and other non-combatants?
Congress holds a special session, Bush jets back to the nation's capital. Were these acts necessary? Of course not!
DR. QUENTIN YOUNG, pnhp@aol.com, http://www.pnhp.org who chairs the Department of Medicine at Chicago's Cook County Hospital says, "It is stunning how little regard this president has for human life. His interest seems to extend to only one tragic brain-damaged woman. The U.S. is the only industrialized country to lack health care coverage for all citizens. Over 18,000 Americans perish every year because they lack health insurance. A lack of health insurance increases the chances a 55-year-old will die before they turn 64 by 40 percent. If the president wanted to save lives he would call for an emergency session to make Congress vote to extend Medicare to
every American."
Jesuit Father SIMON HARAK, amc@warresisters.org, http://www.warresisters.org says, "The more universal your ethical principles are, the more moral force they will have. I hear of Bush's flying back to D.C. to sign the Schiavo bill, and I think of him flying back from his first presidential campaign to sign the death warrants of Texas prisoners. I think of Bush signing a bill in Texas to cut off funds for life support for people who want their children to live, but can't afford it. I hear of the government's concern for this individual, tragic case, and I think of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children whom we diseased and starved to death during sanctions, and now the hundred thousand more Iraqis who have died in this invasion and occupation.”
Friends, if our minds are clear, we will acknowledge that we have witnessed this
administration conduct one great act of self condemnation. May Terri Schiavo rest in peace, and may there be reconciliation between her husband and her parents. Neither Pope nor President have authority over her future.
The sheer opportunism of the president and the Congress has been made clear to the world. They have taken advantage of a
woman who has lived in a vegetative condition for fifteen years in order to promote their deadly agenda.
"It is wisest to always err on the side of life," says the president in a historic statement of hypocrisy. Did he err on the side of life by sending thousands of healthy young Americans to death, serious injury and mental illness in an unnecessary war in Iraq?
Did he err on the side of life by massacring endless thousands of healthy Iraqi children and other non-combatants?
Congress holds a special session, Bush jets back to the nation's capital. Were these acts necessary? Of course not!
DR. QUENTIN YOUNG, pnhp@aol.com, http://www.pnhp.org who chairs the Department of Medicine at Chicago's Cook County Hospital says, "It is stunning how little regard this president has for human life. His interest seems to extend to only one tragic brain-damaged woman. The U.S. is the only industrialized country to lack health care coverage for all citizens. Over 18,000 Americans perish every year because they lack health insurance. A lack of health insurance increases the chances a 55-year-old will die before they turn 64 by 40 percent. If the president wanted to save lives he would call for an emergency session to make Congress vote to extend Medicare to
every American."
Jesuit Father SIMON HARAK, amc@warresisters.org, http://www.warresisters.org says, "The more universal your ethical principles are, the more moral force they will have. I hear of Bush's flying back to D.C. to sign the Schiavo bill, and I think of him flying back from his first presidential campaign to sign the death warrants of Texas prisoners. I think of Bush signing a bill in Texas to cut off funds for life support for people who want their children to live, but can't afford it. I hear of the government's concern for this individual, tragic case, and I think of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children whom we diseased and starved to death during sanctions, and now the hundred thousand more Iraqis who have died in this invasion and occupation.”
Friends, if our minds are clear, we will acknowledge that we have witnessed this
administration conduct one great act of self condemnation. May Terri Schiavo rest in peace, and may there be reconciliation between her husband and her parents. Neither Pope nor President have authority over her future.
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Great blog I hope we can work to build a better health care system as we are in a major crisis and health insurance is a major aspect to many.
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