1: Did you read John Lahr's review of Spamalot from the New Yorker? It reads to me like he never heard of Monty Python before. He spends half the review spewing the same jokes from the movie all over again. Makes no sense to me how this is a "high caliber" review.
2: What the fuck is up with Congress? I am appalled that they would create this legislation "for" Terri Schiavo. Have they not heard of separation of powers? The Schiavo case has gone through the court system, including up to SCOTUS, who declined to hear the case. They insist that this doesn't create any precedent for future cases, I find it hard to see how it does anything but. Now, whenever The GOP Congress Leadership Inc. isn't happy with the way something turns out in the Courts, are they going to just going to have it moved to a different court where they know that the judge is also a conservative appointment? I thought they were opposed to "activist judges."
I think it's really terrible how they keep referring to this woman as "alive." We have to save her "life." The woman is in a persistent vegitative stage, with no hope for recovery, according to every doctor who has done any serious examination.
It's particularly ironic, methinks, that Mrs. Schiavo (the mom) would say this:
"Please don't use my daughter's suffering for your own personal agenda."
First off, if her daughter is suffering, what the heck is she doing trying to have it extended even more? Second of all, I think that everyone in the House or Senate who voted for this crock of "legislation" is promoting a personal agenda. This has no place in the Legislative Branch.
And did anyone else notice that this, Terri Schiavo-gate, is the first time that W (ugh, I hate even having to type the word President next to the name Bush) has interrupted his vacation and come back to the White House for an "emergency" situation? And this is the first time, in quite some time, apparantly, that a president has interrupted his vacation to deal with a "domestic issue." (Related Article here)
3: In total other news, I have to say that I'm a bit mad at myself for never making it to the Cafe Carlyle to see Mr. Bobby Short, and now, I never will be able to.
RIP, Mr. Short. I'm sure that heaven will have a lot more people in their piano bar now...
Posted by Jon at March 21, 2005 12:45 PM