U.S. Congress VS Michael Schiavo

Few people babbling on this topic KNOW much about it. I don't KNOW much about it either, but I used to wonder why her husband couldn't get a divorce and turn Terri's care over to her parents who obviously wanted it. Then he turned down $1,000,000 if he would do just that. Whoah! There's something else going on here, methinks.

Now I mentally put myself or my wife on that slab - we, by the way, are quite happy together, very much in love and anticipating many years in that delightful state. Both of us KNOW that neither would want to live absent movement, communication and the stimulus that is life.

You try laying in bed staring at the ceiling, and I mean doing absolutely nothing else, for 24 hours. No talking. No reading. No eating. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Not too bad. Okay, now keep it up for 72 hours. Starting to go crazy yet? Now imagine doing that for 87,600 hours - one long minute at a time. You'd darn sure want someone who loves you to put an end to that torture.

I KNOW I would. I could only hope that the person fighting for me would have the fortitude and perseverance to withstand the immense social, political and economic pressures that have been placed on Michael Schiavo.

I also KNOW this is not the business of a Congress, President or federal court system defined by the United States Constitution.

Ted Dunlap