7, March 2005 Terri Schiavo – a wakeup call for
Indo-Americans
Media attention on the fading life of
Terri Schiavo should be a wake-up call for many Indo-Americans who have not yet
prepared and signed a "Living Will" or "Health Care
Directive" to make their last wishes known to their loved ones. A number
of Web-based services, such as Legal-Zoom, makes it
relatively easy to create your own online documents. If Ms. Schiavo had
prepared such a document, she could have died with dignity and away from the
media spotlight.
Sadly, the Republicans are capitalizing on
the raw human emotions surrounding the tragedy of Terri
Schiavo's to advance their political agenda and pander to the religious right.
This is reminiscent of the exploitation of the
human tragedy of 9/11 to justify the disastrous, unlawful attack
on Iraq.
These intrusions in the private life of
Terri Schiavo are driven by ideological dogma and not humanitarian
concerns. These same lawmakers did not hesitate to
send 1500 plus US soldiers to their graves and thousands more condemned
to a life of pain from physical and psychological war injuries. Over 1,000,000
innocent Iraqi victims civilian have perished and many more continue to
languish in prisons or have been brutally treated or killed by sadistic prison
guards. It is cruelly ironic that the bio-ethics
committee that made the decision to withdraw Tern's feeding tube were following
the 'right-to-die' law Bush signed as Texas governor!
President Bush has now reversed his earlier
position to demonstrate his 'reverence to the preservation of life'
once again placing political expediency over principle, the hallmark of this
administration. Forgotten also, are the 152 inmates who were
executed during Bush's tenure as governor of Texas. The
following memo uncovered by ABC sent to Republican Senators - "The
pro-life base will be excited...this is a great
political issue...this is a tough issue for Democrats" - should dispel any
lingering doubts of the real agenda of Bush, DeLay, Frisk and others. It is
gratifying to see Bush's approval rating plummet as more and more Americans
witness the shameless policies of this Administration. Even the most ardent
Indo-Americans Republicans supporters are perplexed and outraged over the
recent announcement of the sale of F16 fighters to Pakistan, a plane capable of
carrying nuclear weapons. Pakistan is now being rewarded for selling
nuclear bomb making secrets to nations who have a disdain for the international
rule of law and democracy. Apparently, the financial health and profits of
Lockheed Marietta is more important than the security of India.
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