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"In short, give me a frigging break with your "states' rights" rhetoric."

In other words, you would have the Federal government forcefully overpower states in any situation where you, personally, disagree with the decision of the state? Just what exactly do you consider the term "states' rights" to mean? Let me take a shot at it...

States' Rights - misnomer - a set of privileges bestowed upon individual "states" by the Federal government contingent upon their agreement to act in accordance with the wishes of the Federal government.

That about cover it? Afraid that's directly contrary to the US Constitution, the wishes of the founders, and the best interests of the people of the United States of America. The system in Florida, in its current form, failed Terri Shiavo. To jump over onto the liberal side of the states' rights issue does no good for Terri and would actually be harmful for the 300 million of her fellow citizens. Working within the law to change the law in the state of Florida while preserving the sovereignty of the state of Florida is the right way to go about ensuring this doesn't happen happen again. The "at all costs" crowd is shortsighted, reckless, and downright dangerous. Thankfully they're in the minute minority, else we'd have all sorts of problems and possibly would have a bunch of people dead over this issue already.

That's a great advertisement for the culture of life - get people shooting at each other on the front steps of a hospice. I'm not saying you've personally advocated that, but others have called for the governor of Florida or President Bush to send in armed police to go up against the armed police guarding the hospice to enforce the judges' order. Truly a walking contradiction.

I happen to agree with Gov. Bush in not defying Judge Greer's decision. Courts make bad decisions all the time. There are plenty of squirrely judges seating on the bench, but under our system we have to abide by those decisions, even if we vehemently disagree. Passions are high because a corrupt judge, an attorney with conflict of interest issues, and a "husband" who would have no legal standing in any other court have agreed to violate the fundamental right of a person to life. All 300 million of us will suffer because of this.