Cal Thomas, Congress, and the whole sickening thing

I'm sure glad I visited Pandagon and saw a comment from Justin at Approximately Perfect. That led me to this hilariously frightening editorial by Cal Thomas in Jewish World Review. Terri Schiavo (who cannot think or talk) is now a "symbol" on par with Rosa Parks. Oh god, I hope Parks crawls all over Thomas the way she got up in OutKast's face.

How quickly we forget that the original Schiavo case was one of medical malpractice because doctors failed to diagnose the bulimia that caused Schiavo's potassium balance that led to her heart attack. When the doctors screwed up Terri Schiavo's life, you didn't hear Republicans screaming for justice. No, they were busy trying to put caps on medical malpractice cases.

And speaking of treating bulimia nervosa, Congress has yet to pass the new mental health parity law that was supposed to be put in place after the extension of the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act (which wasn't too hot to begin with) expired. Your Congresspeople are too busy to see that you get treatment for mental disorders. But if you have a heart attack because of one and lapse into a coma, they will prop you up with an American flag.