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  TERRI SCHIAVO AND THE NEED FOR MANY ROY MOORES GrassTopsUSA By Don Feder            When it comes to a judiciary run amok, the other two branches of government are in a persistent vegetative state. By the time you read this, Terri Schiavo may already be dead. Her fate was sealed by an adulterous mate, a homicidal judiciary and conservative politicians who could pass for eunuchs. Whenever a judge – almost any judge, anywhere – issues an edict (however bizarre or detached from reality and the law), elected officials lose bladder control when contemplating the possibility of corrective action. In...

A Tale of Two Governors & Executive Powers: Gov. Blagojevich and Gov. Bush By Ruben Obregon On Friday Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojefich issued an excutive order which requires drug stores to dispense prescribed emergency contraceptives. "No hassles, no lecture, just fill the prescription," Blagojevich said. The emergency order, which remains in place, is an example of the discretionary authority which a Governor has. How come this minion of the culture of death had the courage and will to exercise his executive power and Gov. Bush didn’t? Why did Gov. Bush claim his hands were tied, when he had the power...