No Sense of Decency--At Long Last, No Sense of Decency

Unbelievable--that's all I can say about this:

Employing an "extraordinary congressional" maneuver, House Republican leadership early Friday made a last-ditch effort to keep doctors from removing Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Schiavo is scheduled to have her feeding tube removed at 1 p.m. today, under court order.

"Later this morning, we will issue a subpoena, which will require hospice administrators and attending physicians to preserve nutrition and hydration for Terri Schiavo to allow Congress to fully understand the procedures and practices that are currently keeping her alive," a statement from the House Republican leadership said.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis released that statement. Subpoena details were not immediately clear and no one has revealed whom it targets.

There's more in today's New York Times:

Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee and the Senate majority leader, issued a statement saying that the woman, Terry Schiavo, and her husband, Michael, were being invited to testify in a Congressional inquiry into the matter later this month.

The statement pointed out that Federal law protects witnesses called before Congress "from anyone who may obstruct or impede a witness's attendance or testimony."

Terry Schiavo is not in a position to testify about anything. This is a farce.

Here's my proposal: Let Michael Schiavo determine what's in his wife's best interests since he is her legal guardian. Take Bill Frist and call him before a judge on charges of cruelty to animals. Tom DeLay should continue to prepare his legal defense--because with all the smoke surrounding him, there's bound to be fire somewhere. And Dennis Hastert is simply a fat hog imbecile of a human being.

This has gone on quite long enough.