What This Forum Could Have Turned Into

[princessofcairo]

BTW, Jon Carroll's column about the Schaivo case today is Just. Fucking. Brilliant.

indeed.

[Gazoo]

BTW, Jon Carroll's column about the Schaivo case today is Just. Fucking. Brilliant.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/23/DDG27BCCGI1.DTL

Thank you for calling it to my attention.  It is, indeed, spot on and very well written -- even above Carroll's usual fine standards.

And I can't help but bring up -- on the topic of political grandstanding -- Jeb Bush's attempt to rediagnose poor Terri:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/23/schiavo/index.html

Most unbelievable quote ever:

The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, who has been speaking on the Schindlers' behalf, challenged Florida Senate President Tom Lee.

"Let it not be said that Terri was starved with a Republican majority in the [state] House, the Senate and the Governor's Mansion," he said.

[mshray]

"Bitter?  Do I sound bitter?  Oh no, I'm just pointing out the foibles of our endlessly amusing...
OK, I'm bitter"

I haven't quite used up the funny headlines in my book, but when I do run out of those, the next quote I'm gonna steal is Jon Carroll's.