[mrnoodle]

You guys fire too fast. Wait till you can see the whites of their eyes -- now she's gone an run off into the woods. :hafucking

So, once the hysteria of who's killing who and why wears off (give it a week post-mortem), what's the bigger picture? Will we have another look at euthanasia laws? A hard look at Congress' jurisdiction in matters relating to the courts? An even harder look at judges who try to create legislation through their decisions? Or is it just another flavor-of-the-hour drama that will be quickly disappear under the next big show?

There's a lot of focus on kids lately. I predict the next brouhaha will be about kids. We haven't had a Susan Smith in awhile, at least not on the national level. There was a guy who cooked his baby in the microwave a few months back. Don't know if it got national play or not. Come on, media, we hunger for the next act... [/cynicism]