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Federal Judge rules for Terri

Update: I mispoke when I said “activist judges” - what I meant was ”Judicial Tyranny.” It’s okay - I’ve fixed it. (end of update)

The tube stays out, at least for now.

Judge James D. Whittemore of Federal District Court said Ms. Schiavo's case had been "exhaustively litigated" and that the 41-year-old woman's parents had not established a "substantial likelihood of success" at trial on the merits of their arguments.

Calls for Whittemore’s impeachment amid cries of “activist judges” ”Judicial Tyranny.” are sure to follow, because the right wing nutcases feel that any decision with which they disagree is criminal.

As the parents, financially backed and egged on by the religious right, appeal, an inconsistency is noted.

Though the families of many vegetative patients - male and female - have faced life-or-death decisions over the years, the plights of injured young women are more likely to engage the public and attract right-to-life advocates, says Steven Miles, a professor for the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota.

Quinlan, Cruzan, Schiavo: Right-to-lifers fight to “save” young white women, even against the wishes of their families and the women themselves - Florida courts have repeatedly found that Terri Schiavo would not have wanted to be kept alive in a vegetative state.

Yet there is no outrage, no call to picket or to impeach judges involved in the death of Baby Sun, who was allowed to die despite the objections of his mother. Using a Texas law signed by then governor George Bush, a law designed to save hospitals money, a law that protects the profits of corporations over the rights of families, Baby Sun’s hospital fought for and won the right to remove his life support.

It’s costing us money

Based on the words and actions of these religious zealots of the American Taliban, one must conclude that it’s okay to let brown people die, especially if they’re poor or from another country, because God only really cares about the white folks.

Doesn’t matter if they live or die