I'll stick a link in here later, but NPR was reporting this AM about how the governor in Florida ordered the vegetable-lady to be fed instead of being allowed to die. So a legislator passes a specific law for this person, and doctors stick tubes in her to keep her "alive"- without a thought in her head. Then they quote her parents as saying "It's a miracle!".
Huh?
A miracle might have been if she'd sat up in her bed, pointed to her head like Ray Bolger and said "E=MC squared!", then proceeded to do a little jig.
This whole thing reminded me of Vic Chesnutt's poignant ode to the Sunshine State:
Florida
Florida, Florida, the redneck riviera
Florida, Florida, there's no more pathetic place in America
yes a man must make unpopular decisions, surely from time to time
and a man can only stand what a man can stand
it's a wobbly volatile line
Florida, Florida, the water table is fucked
Florida, Florida, there's no more perfect place to give it all up
a man must take his life in his own hands
hit those nails on the head
and i respect a man who goes to where he wants to be
even if he wants to be dead
Florida, Florida, its a tropical paradise
Florida, Florida, theres no more perfect place to retire from life