the film "Pretend you know what's going on" now on TV
Does everyone feel warm and fuzzy when they watch that 24 second (give or take) clip of Teri Schiavo? The tracking of the balloon, a few grunts here and there, and what looks kind of like a smile. Did you know that it took 10 hours of prep work, and another four and a half hours of filming in order to get that twenty-something second clip?
That's right folks, the parents, mostly the father, would keep waving the balloon in her face, while tapping her forehead, saying "look at the balloon Teri", over & over, for hour after hour, after hour, after hour. In fact, this went on for so long, and he got so upset, getting louder & louder to the point that the nurses had to ask Teri's father to please be quiet.
Finally, Teri would look at the balloon when it was shoved in her face. But understand, this simple act took hours of practice, then hours of filming, just to get those few seconds of what looks like awareness. But realize nothing could be further from the truth. The idea that the parents filmed that just to win over some people is bad enough, but the idea that those who watched the clips, were told how they were made, and still used them to win sympathy from the people, namely us. That’s exactly what Delay and the rest of the dirt in the legislation did in order to win some sympathy while ramming the bill through the Congress.