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"We will look at an arrogant, out-of-control, unaccountable judiciary that thumbed their nose at Congress and the president."

--Tom Delay on the death of Terri Schiavo--

This kind of language worries me. I was kind of under the impression that our government operated under a system of "checks and balances." You know, if one of the three branches is doing something wrong, another branch has the ability and even the responsibility to call them on it and stop it. What's a good example...? Oh, I know; something like creating a law to not only subvert the last wishes of a person, but a law that takes the decision making power out of the hands of that person's loved-ones and puts it in the hands of government. Terri's Law.

I want a law! Joey's Law. My law would be as follows:

We, the congress of the United States of America hereby grant young actor, Joey Moore, the right that every other Tuesday he be allowed to release a cage full of enraged monkeys into Tom Delay's offices to do as they please. Said monkeys shall be regularly taunted and beaten and forced to listen to old Ace Of Base albums to ensure their level of rage remains consistent from week to week to properly reflect the rage of young Joey himself.

Joey's Law.

So, because the courts carried out their duty based on that pesky little thing called the constitution, and the report of the panel of doctors who reported Terri was most definitely in an "irreversible persistent vegetative state" they are going to be "looked at"?

And what does "looked at" mean anyway? Does it mean bringing murder charges against the judges? Does it mean smearing them publicly to whip up a frenzy of public opinion against them? Does it mean disbanding the courts to further consolidate the already alarming level of White House power?

I know that last one may seem far-fetched, and will most likely never happen but this administration continues to surprise me with it's actions every day, and not in ways I like.

Comments:

"Looked at" means he wants to make noise about the issue to satisfy the Christian right, but he doesn't want to make any specific promises that he can be held to. This is because actually doing anything beyond making noise would scare all the other people who vote Republican.

One would hope that the Christian right will make good on their threats and take their votes elsewhere. Pat Robertson has threatened to start his own political party in the past.
Edward Carter | 04.02.05 - 12:03 am | #

Great that would be wonderful. I've always thought that political conservatives and Christian fundamentalists were an odd match...
Josh | 04.02.05 - 1:53 am | #