I couldn't help it...

Attention BeefLoggers:Before reading this post we advise you to go back to the post of "The Sad case of Terry Shiavo", then read the 2 comments posted for that beef then read today's first response titled "Putting the Beef back.." then read this. Then we can all get back to the usual Beef's as we know them.


Sorry. I know I said I was done with this subject but sometimes you have to retort to attacks on one self. Again, regarding my previous Beef on Terri Schiavo's case. Anonymous commented that "You'd make a great reporter for say, The Boston Globe or the New York Times. Getting the facts straight is something with which they struggle, too." So I wrote the previous post to clarify my opinions. Then today I read just one article on CNN.COM and well I got kind of pissed off.Actually I got really pissed. So unless CNN is outright lying and misquoting folks which would open up some tasty lawsuits, lets take a look at some excerpts:

1.Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who has acted as a spokesman for Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, said a group in Washington would reach out to top officials and urge "anybody that has guts up there" to intervene in the case.Yup, I covered this guy in my first post correctly.

2.The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a conservative Christian activist leading demonstrations outside a Florida hospice where Schiavo lives, said he would take his fight to Washington on Monday.Ok, now we have a Reverend yet this is not a religious issue.

3.Mahoney said he'll ask White House and congressional leaders to enforce a subpoena issued by a House committee. The subpoena orders Schiavo to appear before Congress.I said they wanted to wheel her up to Congress didn't I?

4....and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal of that decision by Republican congressional leaders.No really, its not political, its all about Terri.

5.Numerous state court judges have sided with Schiavo's husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, who says Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state and would not want to continue living under such conditions. I covered this also.

6.President Bush signed federal legislation on March 21 to move the case from state court to federal court. I guess Georgy doesn't believe the media either.

7.Brother Paul O'Donnell, a Franciscan monk who has been acting as a spiritual adviser to and spokesman for the Schindlers, stepped up pressure on Bush's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, calling on him Monday to "step in and take custody" of Terri Schiavo.Hey I like Monks! Again we stress that religion and moral beliefs are in no way influencing this case.

8."We're begging, governor: Do something today, now," O'Donnell said. "Don't join the culture of death and be writing this woman's obituary."Ok he didn't say murder..yet.

9.Speaking briefly to reporters Monday, Gov. Bush said, "My heart is broken about this." He said he is "respectful of the judiciaries decisions," but "from a personal perspective it just breaks my heart that we've not erred on the side of life." What personal perspective is Jeb talking about I wonder?

10.Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," David Gibbs, the Schindlers' attorney, said Terri Schiavo "is declining rapidly. We believe she has, at this point, passed where physically she would be able to recover. ... Terri has past the point of no return."
Just a few hours later, Terry -- founder of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue -- angrily rejected that, telling reporters Terri Schiavo was "not at death's door." He said Gibbs represents the family "in matters of court" but did not represent them "when he gave that report about Terri." Terry's statement here proves who is really the mouth piece for the family.Hmm interesting fact straight from a horses ass.

11.Terry harshly criticized the governor. "What kind of man sits in the governor's mansion that would let a woman starve like this, who is clinging to life and crying out to be saved?" Terry asked.Is this fuckin guy for real?Jeb did what his brother told him to do. This Terry guy gives pro-lifers a bad name, making them all seem like whacked out religious zealots spouting shit like "crying out to be saved". Is he a mind reader or did God drop him an email? Her parents really let this guy be their spokesperson and expect to be taken seriously?

12.Schiavo collapsed in 1990 from cardiac arrest related to an eating disorder. Court-appointed doctors in Florida have found that she is in a persistent vegetative state, despite arguments from her parents that she is not.Yup, wrote about that too.The PVS is debatable though all the court rulings have eventually agreed on this point.

12.Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski, aided by the chaplain of the hospice where Schiavo lay, said he "gave her the drop of precious blood on the tongue, so we know she received Christ."
Lets see, a Monsignor, a Reverend, a Monk and a Jack Ass named Terry. This is all coincidence. All these religious overtones are just a fluke. All the bible thumping and fiery sermons are just to help Terri. Its all about Terri. Its all about her getting better and nothing else. No politics, No religion just Terri. Those are the facts right?

Oh, here's another tidbit for ya:Authorities said Richard Alan Meywes of Fairview, North Carolina, offered $250,000 for the killing of Michael Schiavo and another $50,000 for the death of Circuit Court Judge George Greer, who ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed a week ago.
Did I get the facts wrong on that one too?

Screw you all and your holier than thou bullshit.

I'm done.

May Terri's soul rest in peace and forgive us all for using her tragedy to stand on our soap boxes and to further your agenda's.