Every now and then, my hero, Jon Stewart says… I’ve got nothin’.

That’s sort of where I am. That being said, I do have this thought: Apparently the Weasel recently said something like “Should someone who is not in a coma, not on life support, and not terminally ill have their feeding tube removed?” Hmmm? Well, perhaps not, if they exhibit some brain activity. You and I, if we couldn’t’ swallow and were completely paralyzed, would meet that definition. The difference between you and I and Theresa Schiavo (and perhaps Dubya) is that we’re not brain dead. Our cerebral cortex hasn’t been replaced with spinal fluid. One more specious argument from the lunatic right - it makes me tired.

Dubya wants to cut Medicare because it’s too expensive. Just who is supposed to keep the bodies of the brain dead alive? Perhaps the religious right would like to set up some sort of foundation to care for these folks - kind of like the “perpetual care” that your grave gets in the cemetery except way, way more expensive. That shouldn’t bother them. Hell, they’re going to get “Raptured” any time now, so they won’t have to pay for long. What’s not to like?