The Fireman Cometh (To)

You do the math. Fifteen years minus ten years equals five years. Please, any scholars reading this please double check my figures to make sure I am correct. Now we have Donald Herbert, the "brain damaged" firefighter from New York State, suddenly saying "I want to talk to my wife," stunning the nursing home staff where he has lived in silence for almost ten years.

What would have happened if he had "woke up" before Terri Schindler-Schiavo, being sentenced to death for not talking for fifteen years? Probably nothing since the "we have an inalienable constitutional right to kill and be killed" crowd has a legendary collective cold heart. Do we need mandatory sentencing for brain dead people who do not talk so that we are equally fair to everyone? How about you don't talk for five years and you are out of here? Between Schiavo and Herbert it would have saved a significant total of fifteen years of expensive nursing home care and attendance.

I need to go to the Audie Murphy V.A. Hospital to set up my living will. I have spent a significant amount of time hooked up to the intensive care unit. That is not an experience that I would recommend to anyone. My doctor told me that it was a miracle that I lived. I am sad to report that there are there are people who do not believe in God, miracles, or conservative principles. That being the case, if you believe in miracles, you better go get your living will.