Another Apology Due

I just thought of someone else to whom the druggie Rush Limbaugh and the liar Sean Hannity and the thief Tom DeLay and the psychic surgeon Bill Frist can apologize… They can apologize to all the judges who made the correct decision, and who were subsequently put in harm’s way by the vicious statements made against them. And I think they should start with none other than Circuit Judge George Greer of Pinellas County, Florida, who was criminal judge #1 according to hate radio and Neo-Con bloggers.

Here are some quotes from just a few articles, complete with links:

Ignoring the Law: Terri Schiavo and Activist Judges

Terri?s court-ordered murder is the kind of atrocity we in this country like to believe only happens in other, less-enlightened places. … the real issue people should be talking about is the ramifications of the activist judges that made sure an innocent woman was starved to death. Judges must be held accountable for their blatant disregard for law. We must make sure that happens.

Activist Judge Greer Plays ‘God’ as Arbiter of Life and Death

Activist Judge Greer has subverted the law by rejecting mountains of evidence and medical information that would have saved Terri from husband Michael and attorney George Felos’ suspicious quest to have her murdered. … Terri Schiavo is non-terminal, non-PVS, she is not near death, she is not even sick. Terri can speak a few words and expresses joy and excitement at seeing her family. In fact, Terri can be trained from requiring the ‘feeding tube.’ Terri suffers from brain damage or cognitive disability, which can be treated and improved, although there are varying ‘opinions’ as to the degree of improvement expected.

Just a side note, that article is from “Catholic Culture,” and the author goes on to decry what she believes to be an emerging acceptance of the practice of euthanasia in the United States. How odd it was, then, that the very Catholic Church that supposedly condemns this practice, allowed a sick and dying pope to go back home to his apartment at the Vatican rather than to undergo further treatment at a hospital — treatment that could’ve extended his life.

Statements made by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)

It causes a lot of people, including me, great distress to see judges use the authority that they have been given to make raw political or ideological decisions… I don’t know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. . . . And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in, engage in violence. Certainly without any justification, but a concern that I have.

And, of course, I don’t even need to repeat the horrible things Tom DeLay said. Odd that he doesn’t have enough stuff to do defending himself that he can take all this time to point fingers at others.