Could you do without food and water for three days?
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, U.S.A. IS EXECUTING TERRI SCHINDLER-SHIAVRO BY STARVATION
(See http://terrisfight.org)
Posted on 10/17/2003 5:54:18 AM PDT by Robert Drobot
Could you do without food and water for three days?
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, U.S.A. IS EXECUTING TERRI SCHINDLER-SHIAVRO BY STARVATION
(See http://terrisfight.org)
The entire establishment structure in Florida from the governor to the local sheriff, from newspapers and television to organized religion, have actively and passively supported this barbaric torture to end the life of a woman whose only 'fault' is she can not speak in her own behalf.
"....In Florida, these matters are entrusted to the system that our elected officials established to protect incapacitated adults....We must respect that system" -- Jeb Bush, Governor
A Florida sanctioned murder by starvation of a woman who has committed no crime has been ongoing for three days!!!
Terri is a Roman Catholic, and the pope receives notable attention when he stands in defense of murdering criminals. Terri is not a murdering criminal. Terri has committed no crime. Terri is a Roman Catholic.
"The litmus test is whether or not a person can bring a spoon to their mouth." "-- Attorney George Felos, August 2001, commenting on the standard that should apply in deciding to terminate life in nursing homes, rehab and daycare centers in America.
New Jersey lawyer Christopher A. Ferrara argues that Michael Schiavo has violated Terri's rights under federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, by withholding medical treatment and refusing to allow her to fed by mouth.
"our elected officials?" Who elected Judge Greer?
"The legal office has been talking to people trying to find some strategy where my office can intervene in a different fashion that will yield a different result," Bush said Thursday. "So far we have not found that option."So there you have it.
It is now confirmed. The cowardly scoundrel has simply dismissed the very advice he solicited.
What Bush is saying translates to, "No votes for me!"
PS: Received from a source I shall not disclose: "Terri is dying right now, has spiked a temp"
Governor Bush is doing his best to cover a blatantly corrupt system in Florida involving every major civic institution. There are no clean hands there. Surprised? Not at all.
Is Bush susceptible to pressure? Yes. Can America twist his arm? Yes. But, will it?
I'm reminded that America sat on its collective hands during the government's fifty-two day siege of American men women and children in Waco - eventually crushed by the heavy hardware provided by presidential candidate General Clark to the FBI. Consequently, my response to a question about America's resolve to stand up to horde of scum we've elected to public office can only be framed in a hopeful 'maybe'.
The type sold by the post office having a bubble wrap or Styrofoam lining, or whatever will accept a small box of jello.
He cannot order the feeding tube replaced.
Thanks for the info on Greer's election. I wondered when he was coming up for re-election. Do you think he'll run again?
In case you haven't been keeping up on current events, he hasn't been feeling too well himself lately. Its instructive that somebody who apparently knows that Terri Schiavo is a Roman Catholic DOESN'T know about the Pope's recent physical troubles.
It doesn't look to me that she is being tortured by her loved ones, JERK
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Execs have ignored court directives throughout US history. I remember seeing Southern governors standing in schoolhouse doorways opposing the US Supreme Court. All Jeb has to do is oppose a simple guardianship court to save a woman's life. The requirements of the FL legislature and the FL Supreme Court's directive that the default choice for a guardian to make in the abscence of the knowledge of the will of the incapacitated is for life, have not been met. Suppose W. would federalize the guard to oppose Jeb? Jeb's the cheif LEO in FL. He can ordeer the little LEOs to stand down and take the woman to safe facilities. Whose going to not love Jeb if he goes down there and takes a stand, the ghouls? Should Jeb be concerned judge greer and his band of ghouls have a stroke over it?
Well hell, you don't have to be governor to do that. You could do that.
What a joke.
It's instructive that an apologist for the pope would dare to stand and defend the indefensible. This Catholic issue in Florida has been raging for five years, with five local Roman Catholic bishops turning their collective backs on Terri.
And what has the defender of children murdering terrorists like PLO Arearfart, been doing with his time for the past five years besides setting himself up for self-indulgent photo opps, kissing the Koran and anything else that is anti-Catholic, while dispensing sainthoods and cardinal hats like their ballgame giveaways?
It is 'instructive' that JPII did take a moment recently to write Governor Bush to commute the death sentence of a convicted murderer. Poor Terri isn't a criminal. She's only a Roman Catholic. It is clear to me the pope has instructed Terri to kiss something other than his ring.
Historically, You're riding the wrong horse strela, and that is instructive.
ANN ARBOR, MI –Richard Thompson, responsible for the initial prosecutions of Jack Kevorkian, now Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, delivered two emergency letters to Florida Governor Jeb Bush Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, outlining the constitutional authority of the Governor to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo, including a factual basis for initiating a criminal investigation. The letters were prepared hours after a feeding tube was removed from Schiavo, depriving her of food and water, leaving her to starve to death unless immediate action is taken.
Recognizing the emotional and political issues involved, the two letters explain that the Florida Governor has authority under the Florida Constitution to intervene, and urged him to initiate a criminal investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement based on a growing list of facts which suggest criminal wrongdoing and a conflict of interest on the part of Terri Shiavo’s husband and guardian Michael Shiavo.
Joining Thompson in the letters were former federal prosecutors Edward White III and Robert Muise. White served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and Muise served as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Both now work under Thompson at the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, MI. Based on the extensive law enforcement experience of the attorneys involved, the letters set forth facts and steps upon which a formal criminal investigation should be initiated.
The letters assert that the facts of the case clearly establish probable cause to initiate a formal criminal investigation, and call on the Governor to direct the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to conduct a full investigation of the facts and circumstances of the case, including securing search warrants, interviewing witnesses and medical experts, and to take measures to prevent future harm to Ms. Schiavo pending the outcome of the investigation.
Thompson noted in the supplemental letter that he was responsible for the initial prosecutions of Jack Kevorkian, and that in at least one case of physician-assisted suicide, the wife was a victim of domestic violence, and her death was used as a cover-up for the husband’s wrongdoing.
In a statement Thursday morning, Thompson urged the Florida Governor to review the letters, and take immediate steps to intervene in the case. “It seems prudent under the circumstances that the presumption for life should prevail and a formal “time-out” should take place, allowing for a formal criminal investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and allow Terri’s parents to administer the necessary rehabilitation services to determine if Ms. Schiavo is able to ingest food on her own.” -- Former Prosecutor of Jack Kevorkian Delivers Emergency Letters To Governor Jeb Bush in Terri Schiavo Euthanasia Case
I expect the governor of the state of Death 'r Us to do nothing more and nothing less!!!
Do you really think the little LEOs are going to take shots at the governor, or start a fisticuffs with, his entourage and all the camera crews after he gives his heart wrenching speech about how he's there to save the woman's life?
Fine!!!
Send him an envelope of jello anyway......coat the envelope in ketchup!!!
Jeb wanted to play in the big leagues. Now he's there. He's the big cheese in FL. He's got the political clout and safety of his office that know one else has. Now he's been challenged to turn his lip service into action. He can do something outstanding, or just sit back and demonstate to the world he's just an empty suit.
I hope Bush choses to get involved.
It's all about Christianity mict42!!!
It would be a cold day in hell when a muslim would be made to die by starvation in America.
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| 2280 Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of. |
| 2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
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| 336 From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. "Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life." Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God. |
| 2367 Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God. "Married couples should regard it as their proper mission to transmit human life and to educate their children; they should realize that they are thereby cooperating with the love of God the Creator and are, in a certain sense, its interpreters. They will fulfill this duty with a sense of human and Christian responsibility." |
| 1524 In addition to the Anointing of the Sick, the Church offers those who are about to leave this life the Eucharist as viaticum. Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this moment of "passing over" to the Father, has a particular significance and importance. It is the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection, according to the words of the Lord: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." The sacrament of Christ once dead and now risen, the Eucharist is here the sacrament of passing over from death to life, from this world to the Father. |
| 2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation: "The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death." "The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights." |
| 2288 Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good. Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic education, employment, and social assistance. |
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| 1641 "By reason of their state in life and of their order, [Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of God." This grace proper to the sacrament of Matrimony is intended to perfect the couple's love and to strengthen their indissoluble unity. By this grace they "help one another to attain holiness in their married life and in welcoming and educating their children." |
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