My Only Terri Schiavo-Related Post: My Cheap Attempt to Capitalize on a Tragic Story

I am breaking a promise I made to myself for the cheapest reason possible - to get more hits to this blog.

The promise: That I would refrain from commenting at all about the Terri Schiavo throughout the duration of the case. In general, I was hoping to reduce the amount of politics on the blog, in favor for lighter fare and amusing personal anecdotes.

The change of heart: A friend of mine suggested that discussing recent events would help to increase the profile of this blog, which while not perfect, I believe to be mildly amusing.

So now what? I see that Terri Schiavo isn't even on the NY Times front page any more. Am I too late? Is it not a current story any more? A check of CNN.com says it sure is! Here I am to reap the web hits benefits!!

Four things I found fairly amusing amidst all the hoopla and sadness surrounding this case:

1) That her husband is planning on having her cremated, against the wishes of her parents, who would prefer that she have a burial. He really hates them, doesn't he? These people really hate each other, don't they? I guess it's been a lot of years of pain and anger. There's probably a good lesson that could be learned from this.

2) Not only that the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades exist, but that they had "representatives" at the hospice where Terri Schiavo is being kept.

3) That someone who was "right to life" offered a bounty on key figures in the case. In fact, it's generally odd that supporters of the Schindlers had been attempting to feed Terri, while doctors said she was unable to swallow (hence, why she required a feeding tube). Not a good idea to give solid food or liquids to a person who can't swallow.

4) Is it just me, or are they only "renegade judges" when they rule against Republicans? Maybe they're "renegade" when they rule against anyone, but I've been trying to web search for a liberal blog that comments that "renegade judges" got President Bush elected in 2000 and I've come up empty so far. Please post a link to such a site if you find one.

Back to the relatively apolitical regular programming...