[Jeff Head]

Very, very well said.

God bless you...and God bless, defend and protect Terri.

[SkyPilot]

Smerconish has behaved terribly the last few weeks. He is so pro-homosexual I am wondering if he is thinking of hanging out in bath houses.

Moreover, he seems cowtow to the most liberal politicians and judges in Philadelphia. I suspect he is planning a political run for something soon, and wants to be "loved" by all sides.

[NavyCaptain]

Well said!

[Williams]

You wrote: "announce that you support blowing off Terry Schiavo's head with a shotgun."

I fully support Terry Schiavo's right to life, but this is a childish, inflammatory and nonsensical vanity.

[Tribune7]

Every person I ever met or heard speak called a "bio-ethicist" was anything but ethical,

Bio-ethicists are those who want a national religion with themselves as the holy priests.

[wjersey]

I turned off Smerconish and instead turn on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" on WNPT 990.

[purpleland]

Excellent! TorahTrue Humanism!

[Melas]

I'll guarantee you that you lost him at, "Michael Jerk-onish". He didn't read anything beyond that, and can you really blame him?

[bvw]

My hat tips to you! Fine letter.

[jonrick46]

We must use all of our might to right this injustice. When it involves radio talk show hosts, we need to light the fire under those who have become lazy and would allow neglect and expediency become the status quo rather than engage in the hard work needed to protect the sick and infirmed. We must oppose government when it fails to protect us from those who would threaten our life when we are in our most vulnerable condition.

This is a battle for the future which will determine the ethical treatment of human beings as determined by the extent forces succeed in the erosion of the value of human life. This battle will be lost if we allow public opinion from such moral degenerates as Michael Smerconish to dominate the cultural discourse. When those such as him advocate for what used to pass for murder, they are opening the door for such moral decay that the taking of a life for some imagined justification may become commonplace and legal. What I fear are relatives pressuring poor souls to a early death for expediency sake; especially when such pressures are being aggravated by increased health care costs that have been affected by temporary economic forces.

When the Baby Boom Generation makes its way through the dying years, the moral decisions that are made will determine the dignity we will place on human life in the future. The Terri Schiavo case is a litmus test to see if the forces of moral ethics can stand up to the legal challenges of the culture of death. We are beginning to wake up to the fact that the culture of death is becoming entrenched. The alarm bells are sounding. We will need to be weeded out of the culture through expensive court action and support of right to life candidates if people are to be safe in their hospital beds from the barbaric bargaining of human life on the auction block of expediency.

Finally, one most important action that everyone can do daily: We can pray to our Creator that all people will be given the dignity that life made in God's image deserves.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Terri ping! If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!

[MarMema]

Good Job!!! Thanks for your letter.

[Saundra Duffy]

I hope he doesn't use your letter for toilet paper. But at least you got your thoughts posted here for thousands of people to read. Thanks for doing it.

[TAdams8591]

Michael is the guy who has bragged about his friendship with Arlen Spector ad nauseum and had him as a guest on his program many times. Spector took a group of people to Cuba. Michael was one of them. When Michael returned, he bragged about having smoked a cigar with Fidel Castro, oblivious to the sensibilities of conservatives in his listening audience which is a mistake (either doing it or bragging about it) no TRUE conservative would ever make.

There are a host of other issues large and small, for which conservatives could take him to task.

Most recently Smerkonish supported Lynne Abraham and the ridiculous charges she filed against the protestors from REPENT AMERICA.

And now this. He sides with Michael Schiavo and the court without knowing and understanding the facts of the case.

Smerconish is another intellectual LIGHTWEIGHT who doesn't belong where he is. Michael Smerkonish is solely about promoting Michael Smerkonish and nothing more.

Your letter is excellent. Far better than anything Michael has ever written. Thank you for taking the time to write it and for defending Terri to a SMALL TIME KNOW NOTHING talk show host who I stopped listening to long ago.

[Lauren BaRecall]

When did Rush Limbaugh ever mention Terri? I stopped listening to him because he never mentioned her. He was too involved with his own case. I may be wrong, but I had gotten the definite impression that Rush didn't want to antagonize the ACLU, which has taken his part, AND defends Michael Schiavo.

Rush seemed very surprised that the ACLU would side with him, because he's a conservative, and has continually criticized them, after all. But I knew that the real issue is this so-called "right to privacy." That's what Limbaugh's case and Terri's have in common.

The anti-Christian ACLU would defend Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, if the case had anything to do with the "right to privacy."

[tutstar]

Very good!

[FR_addict]

Excellent Letter!

[T'wit]

>> Terry Schiavo's husband loved her and had her best interests in mind

This would be the same husband who took his wife's wedding and engagement rings off her finger and had them made into new jewelry for himself.

A real lover, this guy. Jodi, you're next.

[pickyourpoison]

Maybe Smerconish should read up on Hugh Finn and see what happened to him. Hugh was also a part of the media. None of us are immune from this and if Terri dies this way it can happen to us, our children, grandchildren, etc.