May she finally rest in peace. I'm praying for all on both sides of this issue.

God bless Terri Schiavo. She didn't deserve what happened to her, and her family deserved to be with her in her last hours.

God help me, I want to punch something into paste, I'm so sad and angry.

State-sanctioned Murder of its citizens.

What happens in 5 years when we find out that bio-technology could have saved her?

What happens when we find out that her husband had alterior motivies?

No bringing her back then.

Let the Grand Jury discovery begin.

Mike, we're coming after you.

Let the Grand Jury discovery begin.

Mike, we're coming after you.

Christ, let her rest in peace for 5 minutes before you get your goddamn lynch mob going.

"We're coming after you"

Who the f**k are you? You're not going after anything.

The poor woman has died. Just say a prayer for her today, and you can get back to your hatred and acrimony for Michael Schiavo tomorrow....

The politicans hope that we will forget. Most of us will, but the ones whom truly believed that this was wrong will not.

I had a indifferent opinion when some would hold out Jeb Bush as a potential candidate for either '08 or'12, but Jeb's lack of action has made me put him in the same category as McCain. That category is There is no-fucking-way I'm voting for this guy, ever.

God rest her soul.

Meanwhile, a few more hundred innocents died in Darfur at the hands of Arab jihadis...

And now, back to wall-to-wall Terri Schiavo coverage.

Since the disabled can now be legally "Off'd", the next segment of the population to suffer the same fate must be the elderly, eh?

Very sad story. Her struggle to stay alive over the past two weeks has been remarkable.

...or said another way..... Pre-birth abortions have been legalized, during-birth abortions have been legalized, and it now looks like after-birth abortions are now legal as well. No wonder the moonbats want to take away our guns. Heh.

What happens in 5 years when we find out that bio-technology could have saved her?

Wow, we're going to be able to grow brains? Cool!

What happens when we find out that her husband had alterior [sic] motivies?

Earth is here waiting for you when you want to rejoin us.

Actually she died YEARS ago...according to the State and the pro-starvation supporters.

The only thing that died today is a piece of meat....again, according to State and the pro-starvation supporters.

Wasn't Mike the person who trained in nursing care to take care of his wife? Wasn't his care so overwhelming, the hospital staff tried to stop his treatment? During the first 13 years, she never developed a bed sore. He is not a complete angel, but he is human. She has been dead for 15 years.
So the religious right-to-lifers want to go after him. What a joke! Even though that is what she wanted, what her legal guardian wanted and what dozens of court cases let stand. The family lost in court, repeatedly. Drop the whining.
Maybe now Cartman will get his Sony PSP player...

Here's a comment from another blog I thought hit the nail on the head:

"I have heard a few commentators say that at least the Terri Schaivo debacle has taught many Americans the importance of having a living will. It ought to have taught no such thing. This is not to say that having a living will is useless or ought to be rejected out of hand. It is to say that the lessons to be drawn from the Schiavo situation lead us in the other direction. Think of what is being done to Terri Schiavo in broad daylight, under the scrutiny of a multitude of cameras, against the pleas of her parents and family, with numerous protesters outside, and with no living will anywhere. If the all-important safeguards that everyone talks about were being honored in this case, Terri would still be receiving her food and water.

"So now imagine the same scenario behind closed doors, and the only thing between the patient and starvation is that piece of paper called a living will. Think about what the death-mongers are willing to do in public, and then run a thought experiment about what they would probably be willing to attempt when the public's attention is elsewhere."

from http://www.dougwils.com

Law enforcement, working with others, amassing documentation over a 3 year period.

working together, we are going to bring this slug to justice.

Terri won't rest until that is accomplished.

I doubt this thing is over. Get ready for a flurry of wrongful death lawsuits in civil court.

Christ, let her rest in peace for 5 minutes before you get your goddamn lynch mob going.

I couldn't agree more. We should be showing respect for the life ended, not howling for vengeance.

Besides, the best revenge is ensuring that bad laws and runaway courts can never be used in this manner again.

OregonMuse--very sound point. The living will was a document born out of a desire for patients who did not wish to be artificially sustained by technology. Now it's a tool to keep someone from being unduly "put down" because of the whims of agenda-driven activists, attorneys, and judges.

SPG, your short-sightedness is quite telling. If only your brand of thinking had prevailed, open heart surgery would still be a pipe-dream, because a hundred years ago, the notion of actually doing hands-on repair of the heart was just as unbelievable.

Laurence Simon--if you truly think this blog has been about "wall to wall Schiavo coverage," I sincerely hope you're not dependent upon a feeding tube.

No amount of human wrath directed towards Michael Schiavo, George Felos, or George Greer will accomplish anything for Terri. Neither can that fix the bigger problem. I sincerely hope that as the debate on this topic continues more attention will be focused on the abuses of power exercised by the judiciary, both on state and federal levels.

We've all seen today (and over the past few weeks), the current effects of the devaluation of human life that was firmly established by Roe v. Wade. We were warned. We didn't listen. It will get worse. Our generation will be reviewed in centuries to come as among the most barbaric in human history.

Thank God - may she rest finally in peace. It was 15 years in coming and would have happened if she had not been resuscited after all that time without oxygen. She is now with God and may he hold her in the palm of his hand.

Cindy

All the arguments that are going on with the families, my belief is Terri's mother is at the center of the problems. When I was 24 and my husband died, his family went through me first before any decision was made. I would have prefered that they took over but not only did they include me, they went through me before any decision was made. That's how it should be done. And I already told my family for years if they buried me, I would come back and haunt them until they dug me back up and cremated me. Cremation urns can be buried and a stone or ground plaque put on the ground so you have somewhere to go to visit. The Shiavo's should work with Terri's husband, not continue the fight.

~C

CollegePundit (and others) have let their anger cloud their brains. No one knew when the exact moment of death would come. Schiavo and the Schindlers were taking turns in Terri's room -- it was just as likely that one group or the other would be there when she died. (And if it had been the Schindlers instead, then CollegePundit would probably be calling Schiavo a "heartless bastard" for NOT being thre.)

I don't know that "Thank God" should ever be the response, when somebody passes away.

I can't even remotely find something in this to Thank God for, I just hope we learn from this, and I hope that we don't start declaring open season on the handicapped, since they often can't speak for themselves and the apparant rule of thumb now is what the non handicapped think of their quality of life.

Great, now they can fight over the corpse.

HEY LIBERALS: TERRI DIED; ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!?
Maybe the liberals - (like Glenn Reynolds) - aren't HAPPY, but I bet you they are RELIEVED. And I bet they'll ALL tell you, "it's because this is what Terri wanted."

YEAH SURE: it's what Terri wanted alright - AS ARBITRARILY DETERMINED BY A JUDGE!

And judges are not infallible. Not even the SCOTUS. Remember Dred Scot. And Japanese internment during WW2. And then - as far as state courts' infallibility goes: there's Claus Von Bulow and OJ.

Judges and courts are NOT infallible and the courts were NEVER intended to above the law.

Congress has specified, enumerated Constitutional authority over the federal courts. The Congress passed a Constitional law - (UNANIMOUSLY IN THE SENATE AND BY 75% IN THE HOUSE!) - which was signed by the president. This LAW ORDERED the federal courts to do a DE NOVO. A majority of the judges refused to do their duty. NOT ALL: a few Clinton appointed justices agreed that they MUST make a de novo review. AND LET ME REMIND YOU: years later, minority opinions (dissents) often turn out to be right. But the judges FAILED TO DO THEIR DUTY IN FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF THE CONSTITUTION. This is OUTRAGEOUS. DO THEY THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW!?
The majority of judges acted very badly. AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?! Well, the LIBERALS will tell you the judges acted well. AND IF THEY DIDN'T, THEN WHAT!? What do we do then!? How many judges - justices of the SCOTUS get voted out of office!? NONE. Which is to say: the judiciary is not as accountable as the Congress. Which proves that the judiciary is the branch of the federal government which we must be very VERY wary of.

So... now Terri is dead; she was starved to death - SLOWLY. If you did it to your pet, you'd get arrested. OH: BUT THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTED.
ARE YOU SURE!? HEY YOU LIBERALS OUT THERE: ARE YOU SURE!? 100% SURE!? And what if you are wrong. Then what is it that you just did to her!?

Terri was helpless and voiceless - like a fetus. Terri was aborted by her husband - who was given auhority by a judge. The liberals do not care for fetuses or for voiceless, brain-damaged people. YEAH: PEOPLE!

Oh... did I hear a liberal out there say that fetuses are not people!? Then - PRAY TELL ME - what are they!? What is conceived at conception if it not a life!? What is a mother expecting if it not a baby!? And what is a person in a PVS if not a person!?

May Terri Rest in Peace.

I pray that God soothes the Schindler's grief over time, and channels their anger in ways that makes our world a better place.

And I pray that Michael Schiavo receives a just end, too - THAT GOD JUDGE HIM JUSTLY. I know God will judge perfectly and justly. Not like how Greer judged Terri; Greer: who merely PLAYED God.

I don't know that "Thank God" should ever be the response, when somebody passes away

Just wait until you see a close family member in late-stage Alzheimers...or cancer. You'll sing a different tune then I think.

You know, death is an end to suffering sometimes...

"Just wait until you see a close family member in late-stage Alzheimers...or cancer. "

Well Terri Schiavo was in neither, and I don't see any reason to thank God in this case.

The Shiavo's should work with Terri's husband, not continue the fight.

Why should they work with him when he's not only planning to have her body cremated (something they apparently object to on religious reasons) but to have the remains buried in a Schiavo family burial plot somewhere in Pennsylvania?

Why should they attempt to work with him when from their viewpoint, he's succeeded in not only having their daughter murdered but is planning on denying them easy access to her final resting place?

This happens every hour of every day and no one seems to notice. What do you think happens to all the terminally ill individuals when the Doctor or attending staff member pulls the plug. This whole sad story has been taken way out of proportion.
Life goes on

Look at the anger. Wow.
I guess the dozens of judges, including supreme and appeal courts, looking at this case over the years were all liberal nut jobs.
FYI - it is a Christian religious belief that life starts when the sperm enters the egg, not a scientific or legal one. Do not mix your religious belief with US government law. Channel this anger into adopting an unwanted baby or volunteering at a local care center.

Funny how it took Bush a few hours to make public comments about this, when it took him over a week to say anything in public about the school shooting in Minn., where many innocent lives were lost. He also killed over a hundred people as governor of Texas because some judges and courts decided to. I guess those judges were all 100% correct and the dozens of judges in this case were all wrong.

On one hand I agree that today we simply need to put our politics aside and pray for Terri's family, but on the other, I DO believe that Michael is responsible for KILLING her, and needs to answer some tough questions. I'm not talking about "lynching" him, but I don't want to see him be allowed to continue dodging questions, simply because his lawyers are better than the Schindler's lawyers. But I am going to set aside politics on this issue for today, and I'll be back once I know more about where this is going.

This unfortunate case of Terri Schiavo has brought forth a great deal of compassion and caring from millions of people concerned about the well-being of one individual.

Death is a natural part of life; every person and every living creature will die some day. Some die after a long, productive, and satisfying life, and others are cut short before their time.

Every day on planet earth, 29,000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths are of preventable. Pneumonia kills millions every year, yet it can be cured with a dollar’s worth of antibiotics. Diarrheal dehydration kills over a million children every year, and most of these lives could be saved if the parents had access to a ten-cent packet of oral rehydration salts and knew the procedure for administering oral rehydration therapy. Tuberculosis kills over two million a year, and is curable with a course of drugs costing just $10.

I hope that the outpouring of compassion for Terri Schiavo will be channeled, or broadcast, to the millions of children in the world living and dying in poverty, whose lives are needlessly snuffed out for want of ten cents’ worth of oral rehydration salts, a dollar’s worth of antibiotics, or a two dollar mosquito net that prevents the spread of malaria during sleep.

finally the the vegetable died...
christ, a piece of boiled broccolli was more interesting...oh yeah, spare me your bullshit tears kevin