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No I don't think its okay. I personally do not think judge Greer should even be a judge, but the people of his district elected him. We are now faced with a renegade judge who is being supported by both the state and federal courts as well as the Sheriff's office and it would appear many of his district's officials that all at least according to the empire journal articles are as corrupt as he is. I believe every life is worth saving, and while Terri might have gotten a day or two reprieve from some fluid through and IV, many other innocent people could have been killed or injured. Jeb and DCF had a call to make, and they chose to err on the side of caution to make sure there were not more lives lost in addition to Terri. I pray that Terri will be saved, but I believe God led Jeb to proceed cautiously, so that others innocent people would not be hurt or killed in the confrontation.

So you think it's okay that a small-time regional judge can command police now, with greater authority then the governor?

I don't live in Florida so I can't even claim to know enough about Jeb Bush to speculate about what he might have been thinking, but I will tell you what I would have been thinking: "Are you ready to ask a state police officer to GIVE HIS LIFE or TAKE THE LIFE of another officer in this situation?"

Take Terri Schiavo out of the equation, and this is a huge disaster that can change the fabric of our government.

In November 2000, we learned that Florida is a pretty lawless place when it wants to be. If it were up to the courts there, they would have done what was done in Washington state this past winter, and recounted votes until the Democrat won. The only thing that stopped them from making Al Gore the President is the SCOTUS. Well, the Supremes are MIA in the Schiavo situation. Jeb is out there by his lonesome.

In a worst-case scenario, if bullets started flying in a hospice on Jeb's order, the Schiavo tragedy would be a footnote to a legendary American political scandal, the first such one of the twenty-first century. Forget Felos' invoking the name of George Wallace when talking about Jeb Bush; we're talking Kent State, Little Rock, Selma-like proportions, Nick. And images on video and film that scream "someone went off half-cocked and let this happen" forever. Every Republican who supported Jeb's attempts leading up to a bloody intrastate police incident would be ruined. The Democrats would have beatified anyone injured or killed. 'The GOP wanted to save the life of a brain-damaged woman, and ended up killing (fill in the blank).' Imagine that. It might have destroyed the party. Think about it.

To answer your question, NO, it's not OK. You are right about this being a disaster, but sending cops to point guns at other cops would have made things worse. There is a time to address these weighty issues and this is NOT that moment. Good generals don't plan Pyrrhic victories.