On Politics, Hypocrisy and the Bush Administration

Mary over at Pacific Views has the latest on the Bush administration's war against the wishes of Oregonians. Of course I'm talking about Oregons Doctor Assisted Suicide Law, passed by voters not once but twice. The DOD lost Ashcroft's crusade in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Rather than take it to the Supreme Court in an election year they have decided to keep it alive, but off the front page, by asking for a re-hearing in the Ninth. Mary sums it up well:

Okay, I get it.

Death with dignity is bad.

Executions of innocents or juveniles is okay as long as the person had their day in court even if their lawyer was totally incompetent or even if the evidence which might show that the person was not guilty is suppressed. (Too bad, too late.)

And wiping out families in Iraq with a misplaced bomb is understandable, because they probably knew a terrorist.

It is good to understand the the "right to life" is only due the people that the Bush adminstration believes are worthy. And it is clear that the most worthy in their eyes are those that haven't yet been born. No wonder those stem cells are so important.