Prenatal Euthanasia Case in Idaho

Okay, it gives me hope that this suit was dismissed by an Idaho court, but the fact that it was brought in the first place says some awful things about our society -- not the least of which is, "if we'd known it was going to be hard, we wouldn't have done it!"

And would the baby have been spared pain by dissolution or dismemberment? Oh, that's right -- I forgot that it's not about the baby; it's about the parents. I'll simply say "slippery slope argument" for the time being and spare you lines of ranting.

Plus, they named the poor child "Bailey" -- enough with the gender-less names already!!!

For Terri

A heretofore unfelt and clouded mix of sorrow and relief;
A sense of overwhelming indignation and confusion;
Abrupt sensations of resolution
And great tribute.

May she now live in peace and love,
and her family the same.

Another thing we didn't know we didn't know!

Apparently, just like bone cells and fat cells, hair follicles contain stem cells, too -- embryos don't have the market cornered on healing! How nice that we don't have to kill something/someone in order to heal ourselves . . .

Tsu-not-mi

Well, it appears that the risk of tsunami following the Easter Earthquake in Asia has ebbed . . .

My sympathies -- (those that aren't quite numb yet) -- go out to the traumatized survivors of this series of disasters . . . as far as analysis goes, just yesterday an expert asserted a "100% chance" of tsunami. After all, we understand that earthquakes cause tsunamis by releasing energy into the water, right?

Breathing a sigh of relief for the people in and around Indonesia, I'll venture a guess that maybe we don't understand quite as much as we think we do . . .

Back to posting...

Apologize for the long gap in publishing -- the primary issue weighing heavily on my mind has been Terri Schindler-Schiavo's unjust execution, and I'd decided not to say any more about it . . . I've done everything I can; it's time to simply turn it over to a more infinitely just and intelligent Being.

Fingers are crossed for Europe!!!

Just when the day's news threatened to be dull and 100% miserable -- apparently France's citizens are starting to go a bit sour on the EU, which would - *gasp* - lead to a collapse of the group, so good old Jacques Chirac is trying to convince them it's still a good idea.

I'm liking the French people more and the French gouvernement less all the time -- my impression is that the people are too decent and smart for their leaders to be doing all the yapping.

Go, Citizens, go!

Not-so-buried in the sand

Have you seen this story?

ISRAEL IS COMPLIMENTING PALESTINIAN SECURITY ON THEIR EFFICACY!!!

Isn't it grand? (Not to mention that the story made it into the BBC news!)

Fingers are still crossed, of course, but it appears that - lo and behold - an elected, pro-reason, pro-peace leader is getting results on behalf of decent Palestinians everywhere. I could burst out in song! Let's all send Mahmoud Abbas a huge thank-you vibe.

And kudos to Israel for their evenhandedness. It takes cool heads on both sides to make this sort of progress.

Last thoughts

My last wishes thoughts on the Terri Schiavo case --

For all the barking moonbats (I love it when the online world adopts cute British-isms) who think Congress is so out-of-order, is that Article III in the Constitution specifically states that Congress can make laws governing the judiciary -- which yes, does include State courts, as they are established by Congress as inferior courts to the Federal Supreme Court:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make. (emphasis mine)

So sit down, shut up, and accept that judges just might be fallible human beings, too.

Huge hat tip: Rush and Mark Levin. Whew!

I like blogs...

They're nice.

You can spout whatever you need to, and you can choose whether to let people attack your ideas. And there are so many blogs that the odds of someone finding yours (well, mine, lol) is relatively small unless you want them to.

Therapeutic, dontcha think? :-)

More issues later . . . a bit soured on net use at the moment . . .

Encore, Senator Reid!

This made my day!

Per Yahoo!, In light of the Republicans considering their filibuster-busting "nuclear option," Sen. Harry Reid threatened to work with Republicans only on matters that affected U.S. troops or that ensured the continuity of government operations: "Beyond that, we will be reluctant to enter into any consent agreement that facilitates Senate activities, even on routine matters..."

People keep referring to this as "virtually shutting down the government."

Silly me . . . I'd stopped believing in Santa a long time ago!!!