They're "courting" disaster for our country!

Here's a scathing op-ed piece from the Houston Chronicle:

Although Tom DeLay portrays a believable Third World dictator, it is time that he stopped trying to transform the United States into his own ideological fiefdom.

And it is time for him to stop sputtering ill-tempered threats, not only at the judiciary but also at the U.S. Constitution, which he repeatedly has sworn an oath to uphold.

The Terri Schiavo case was a tragedy, and I can't say with absolute certainty that the various judges who refused to further prolong her life made the right decision. But I do know that they knew more about the case and the legal issues involved than I did.

They also were better informed than DeLay, President Bush and the other political leaders in Washington who sanctimoniously tried to butt in at the last minute.