[Congressman Billybob]

I am not faulting merely the courts in this matter. I am also faulting the Schindlers' attorneys. THEY should have asked for separate counsel for Terri a decade ago. That that counsel could have filed for divorce in her name.

It remains that Judge Greer is an arrogant SOB for not reopening the evidence and ordering definitive brain function tests that are routine today but were not available ten years ago.

Billybob

[bagman]

Greer seems to be the key in this matter. I suspect that he made a bad ruling early and then was too proud to be able to admit that he had erred. Ms Shiavo paid the ultimate price for his pride.

Your commentary, as always, is cogent.

[Adder]

They were available in 2003 when the renewed fight to have the tube removed was started.
Greer refused to consider anything other than that Michael Schiavo was still married to Terri, legally.
I place a lot of blame on him for his blindness to any mitigating factors.

Re: Poker...luck has a lot to do with it, too. We have been playing for a couple months on Poker Stars [yes, as seen on TV] and thank goodness its free. We have days when the cards seem to fall like manna and others where you can't buy a pot.