"If we are going to lose Terri Schiavo's life to the tyranny of judicial activism and political corruption (and although I hold out hope for a save just before midnight I have to be a realist), we owe it to her to make her life the catalyst for dramatic change in this country.
The absolute power of judicial activism is tyrannical and needs to be extinguished. Corruption can never be tolerated.
I was just listening to the radio and Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" came on. I felt dirty for the first time in my life as I listened. How can I be proud of what has become of our country, the beacon of light in the free world and a country founded by patriots willing to risk their lives for what was "right" not procedure and semantics. A woman lay dying at the hands of our judiciary because of procedure, judicial activism and political corruption.
If we are truly to be patriots - something I want to embrace the stone that rests over me for eternity - then we must dedicate ourselves to bring change, to combat the influences of inequity and coercion, to extinguish corruption and to stand in unison for what is right.
In the spirit of those who were brave enough to free this country from the 16th Century fist of European oppression, we must be willing to stand up for what is right in the face of opposition, armed this day with the power of the pen of the new media, we must use as weapons of right our words, thoughts and persuasive argument to affect change for the good of the country and for generations to come.
If we do not we dare not call ourselves patriots."
I agree with Frank. If all of us who have spent countless HOURS posting relevant articles here on Free Republic, and participating in thread discussions, just fall back into our normal, routine lives, after Terri's tragic, sacrificial-lamb death, then she really will have died in vain.
Wonderful post - thank you, Charlite.