Oh Where, Oh Where have the Liberals Gone?...Oh where, oh where can they be?

On my way to Naperville last night I was able to tune in to Hannity on the radio. On it Terri Schiavo's brother related how earlier yesterday, one of Terri Schiavo's female attorneys was visiting with Terri and the family. The attorney reportedly looked Terri in the eye, saying, (paraphrased) "Terri, all you have to do to end this is say, "I want to live!" According to reports, Terri said, in a loud voice, "I waaaaaaaaaaaaaant! Waaaaaaaaant!" The police, who were standing outside the room, came in and removed the attorney. Now, this wasn't just on Hannity. On ABC's top of the hour news (around 3am CST) they had the same report. Thing is, I can't find it anywhere on the net this morning.

One thing I did notice last night during my travels, that the top-of-the-hour newscasts predictably had many pro-death soundbites from Michael Schiavo and his attorney, and very few from the Schindler's attorneys or spokespeople. ABC News went so far as to say that they expect Terri Schiavo to experience a peaceful death. As I have stated here, death by dehydration, especially when one is able to feel pain and the body is not shutting down due to cancer, etc., is anything but peaceful. Consider this:

"A conscious [cognitively disabled] person would feel it just as you or I would. They will go into seizures. Their skin cracks, their tongue cracks, their lips crack. They may have nosebleeds because of the drying of the mucus membranes, and heaving and vomiting might ensue because of the drying out of the stomach lining. They feel the pangs of hunger and thirst. Imagine going one day without a glass of water! Death by dehydration takes ten to fourteen days. It is an extremely agonizing death."

Getting around to the topic of this post, where are all the liberals in this matter? Where are all the liberals who went apoplectic about Abu Ghraib? As recently as March 15, Jeff Jacoby wrote this op ed in The Boston Globe entitled Where's the Outrage on Torture? in which Jacoby outlines the alleged abuses of war prisoners in Afghanistan, Gitmo and Iraq.

A question for Mr. Jacoby and all the other strangely silent liberal voices on the Schiavo matter: Where's the outrage on torture? Where are all these people? :

Ohio Horse Trainer Charged With Cruelty for Starving Horses

An Ohio horse trainer was hired to transport two horses to New Jersey, and upon their arrival, the guardians found them to be so severely emaciated that they were half their normal weights. Their ribs, spines, and hip bones were clearly visible. After PETA put pressure on authorities, the trainer was charged charged with cruelty for nearly starving the animals to death.
Read more about how you can help horses in need:
http://www.helpinganimals.com/angel-horsepack.html.

Terri, in her deprivation, will suffer every bit as much as those horses. Worse, Terri will die. What is the difference? Terri is a human being.

Apparently, unless you're a terrorist hell bent on murdering Americans, or unless you are an animal, you are not worthy of life. Torture means nothing. Leave it to the liberals, "the champions of the common man" to leave the most vulnerable among us, whether it's Schiavo or an unborn child, wanting for our very lives.