Dear Governor Bush: The future is watching

Dear Governor Bush:

History is being made in your State at this very moment. When the history books get written, how do you want to be remembered?

Do you want to be remembered as the patriotic governor who defended Terri's rights as an American and as a human being? This morning, I read the news and learned that Terri is being denied the right to practice her religion -- Michael Schiavo AND THE POLICE prevented her from receiving Holy Communion from her priest. How much longer before someone else tries to take away your First Amendment rights to freedom of religous expression?

Do you want to be remembered as the brave governor who stood up for the rights of the disabled and saved a helpless, innocent woman from a horrible death by starvation? If Terri Schiavo were a criminal on death row, she would not be executed by starvation. If she were a stray dog in the pound, she would not be starved to death. If Florida won't starve murderers, and won't starve pets, why will it starve its disabled citizens?

There was a point in history where the evil plans of the Nazis could have been foiled -- a point when, if enough lawmakers, doctors, and other citizens had said NO, the mass killing of the disabled would have been prevented. There would have been no Dachau, no Auschwitz.

For that was how it began in Nazi Germany. Before the first train car rolled away to the death camps, the Nazis were euthanizing the weak and disabled -- the "useless eaters."

We are at a similar point now. A few judges in your State have made outrageous decisions that effectively tell Terri to shut up and die already. Not dying fast enough? No food, no water, no wasting time with rehab. Shut up and die!

This is not the time for "playing it safe." This is the time for patriotism. Act now, Governor. Defend the defenseless. Defend our Constitution. Help stop our nation from repeating the crimes of the Nazis.

Do you want to be remembered as the governor who stood by principles and did what was right? Or as the governor who stood by while evil attacked our country?

You do have options, Governor! The media has reported that several lawyers have submitted outlines of actions you could take. You could arrest Michael Schiavo for contempt of court, for failing to spend Terri's trust money on rehabilitation as ordered. You could close down the hospice for fraud and criminal neglect. You could impeach Judge Greer. You could send in the National Guard.

Be brave, Governor. Take action, and be remembered as the Governor who did the right thing.

Sincerely yours,

Peony Moss, RN