March 25, 2005

How to kill a woman in broad daylight
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

I sang at the funeral of a sister in the church today, an old and wise lady, full of years (she died at 81), who had suffered from many illnesses in the last five years, but died surrounded by the love of her family and friends, at home, knowing she was going Home and confident of her fate. She’d had to take medicines, many treatments, and yes, she’d been on oxygen, had to eat special food, and had to be cared for in many ways.

Death is something that comes to all of us. Every day the news is filled with reports of people dying, or being killed. Sometimes it is a person in the middle of committing violent aggression against someone, and while it is sad that a person has to die, it is far better that the aggressor be killed than their intended victim, whether it is a jewel thief attacking a courier, a drunk invading a home, a bunch of “freedom-fighter” thugs shooting up passers-by on an Iraqi street, or some kind of govgoon. But it is still not good, not the preferred way to deal with violence and aggression, and we must recognize that is the case. (Read the rest here)

The Ghosts of Nuremberg
By Michael Gaddy

Only a small percentage of Americans would still be able to remember, with any clarity, the trials in Nuremberg, Germany at the close of WWII. The civilized world, led by the United States, moved quickly to bring the criminals of WWII to trial. With America resorting to an aggressive war against Iraq, the ghosts of Nuremberg must surely be stirring about.

There was a time in this country when the Golden Rule actually had meaning. We were quick to criticize those who would attack another sovereign nation without provocation. We used to call those who were attacked and were fighting to defend their country from such aggression, freedom fighters, or at least rebels. Now that we are the aggressor nation, those labels have been changed to "insurgents, militants" or "dead-enders," but that was before God started dictating our foreign policy, using George W. Bush as his spokesperson. It sure changes things when "the big guy" is on your side. I really cannot see why Bush and company bothered with all those lies about WMDs and al-Qaeda connections. Perhaps the democrats would not accept divine intervention. (Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

How to kill a woman in broad daylight: Please circulate this article to others and encourage them to point out just what a sick bunch we have running government - it is time for a change. And please remember, the views expressed in this commentary are my own, and not necessarily those of TPoL, RRND, FND, or anyone else.

Schiavo parents lose appeal to US Supreme Court
CNN
"A lawyer for Mary and Bob Schindler -- who are fighting to have their daughter Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted -- filed an appeal late Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court, which in the past has refused to hear the case," and again refused it on Thursday morning. "The parents' appeal to the nation's highest court came hours after a federal court in Atlanta twice rejected appeals seeking reinsertion of the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. Meanwhile, Florida authorities filed a new request in state court to intervene, arguing that new information suggests Schiavo's condition might have been misdiagnosed." The state court also rejected all attempts.

Is it taking the law into your own hands to refuse to accept the outrageous decision of a dozen black-robed justices? Have we become so emasculated that we must have permission to let a woman have a drink of water, to save a helpless person's life from starvation and dehydration? Are we so calloused that we can let these monsters aid a man of questionable ethics and morality kill his wife in plain view of 300 million Americans?

I now better now how Octavian felt - seeing the Senate refuse to take responsibility, and having to do something to keep the country from going down the tubes immediately. If someone does take matters into their own hands, they will be seen as "overturning the rule of law" even if it is a corrupt system and needs to be overturned. (Read the rest of the commentary here)

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