[Eva]

Good post!

[Snoopers-868th]

Very good post. Thanks.

[Vigilanteman]

One of them is a former Federal judge impeached for bribery and malfesance.

[politeia]

These elected officials supported the removal of Terri's feeding tube and we are seemingly out of options to get a court to order it reinstated. There is another option for Terri to get nutrition however which is to take food and water by mouth. I wonder if these people also support Judge Greer"s denial of a request by her parents that she be given water and food by mouth? This order is clearly illegal because it crosses over into active equhanasia. Has Florida enacted such enabling legislation? No judge or guardian has the power to deny a person nourishment by natural means and it does not take an attorney to figure this out. I defy anyone to find legal authorization, even in Florida law, for this order.

As is stated in another thread on an article by a doctor (William Anderson) in the Weekly Standard titled "Terri's Last Chance" there is no medical, legal or moral reason to not attempt a trial of natural drinking. He argues all the outcomes of such a trial, even if it results in a quicker death, are better than refusing to allow her to attempt to take food and water on her own. Only Greer's order stops this and such an order is not within the power of a court to make.

Jeb and George Bush should blast Judge Greer out of the water on this illegal order and immediately give her water by mouth. They should march in to the hospice with federal and state health officials and simply give her water. Who is going to stop them? Why obey an obviously invalid order? Greer is only getting away with this order by default because there has been so much focus on the feeding tube that this option of feeding Terri has been ignored. We don't know if Terri could accept enough nutrition to stay alive but every human being has the right to try to take a drink of water and this is what her parents want to do! If it works, this could allow time to dismiss Greer for violating her human rights by his order and overturn the guardian decision. At the very least it will demonstrate that we will not stand by idly while a judge commits murder from the bench. He may be able to order her feeding tube removed but by gum he cannot be allowed to stop her family from giving her water by mouth!

[silent_jonny]

Baldwin, Tammy, Wisconsin, 2nd (D)

Berkley, Shelley, Nevada, 1st (D)

Bishop, Timothy, New York, 1st (D)

Butterfield, G.K., North Carolina, 1st (D)

Capuano, Michael, Massachusetts, 8th (D)

Cardin, Benjamin, Maryland, 3rd (D)

Carnahan, Russ, Missouri, 3rd (D)

Carson, Julia, Indiana, 7th (D)

Clay Jr., William, Missouri, 1st (D)

Cleaver, Emanuel, Missouri, 5th (D)

Clyburn, James, South Carolina, 6th (D)

Conyers Jr., John, Michigan, 14th (D)

Davis, Jim, Florida, 11th (D)

Dicks, Norman, Washington, 6th (D)

Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14th (D)

Evans, Lane, Illinois, 17th (D)

Frank, Barney, Massachusetts, 4th (D)

Gutierrez, Luis, Illinois, 4th (D)

Hastings, Alcee, Florida, 23rd (D)

Holt, Rush, New Jersey, 12th (D)

Hoyer, Steny H., Maryland, 5th (D)

Israel, Steve, New York, 2nd (D)

Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, 9th (D)

Kennedy, Patrick, Rhode Island, 1st (D)

Larson, John B., t Connecticut, 1s (D)

Levin, Sander, Michigan, 12th (D)

Lewis, John, Georgia, 5th (D)

Matsui, Doris O., California, 5th (D)

McDermott, Jim, Washington, 7th (D)

McKinney, Cynthia, Georgia, 4th (D)

Moran, Jim, Virginia, 8th (D)

Miller, Brad, North Carolina, 13th (D)

Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th (D)

Nadler, Jerrold, New York, 8th (D)

Olver, John, Massachusetts, 1st (D)

Pallone Jr., Frank, New Jersey, 6th (D)

Pascrell Jr., Bill, New Jersey, 8th (D)

Payne, Donald M., New Jersey, 10th (D)

Price, David, North Carolina, 4th (D)

Rothman, Steve, New Jersey, 9th (D)

Schwartz, Allyson, Pennsylvania, 13th (D)

Schiff, Adam, California, 29th (D)

Scott, Robert, Virginia, 3rd (D)

Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5th (D)

Strickland, Ted, Ohio, 6th (D)

Thompson, Bennie, Mississippi, 2nd (D)

Visclosky, Peter, Indiana, 1st (D)

Vel‡zquez, Nydia, New York, 12th (D)

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Florida, 20th (D)

Watt, Mel, North Carolina, 12th (D)

Weiner, Anthony, New York, 9th (D)

Wexler, Robert, Florida, 19th (D)

Wu, David, Oregon, 1st (R)

Brown-Waite, Virginia, Florida, 5th (R)

Castle, Michael, Delaware, At Large (R)

Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15th (R)

Reichert, David, Washington, 8th (R)

Shays, Christopher, Connecticut, 4th

[econ_grad]

To be fair, you should also post the 9 Republicans in FL who voted to have her killed. It is after all a FL issue and they could have changed everything for her and should bear the full responsibility.

[politeia]

These elected officials supported the removal of Terri's feeding tube and we are seemingly out of options to get a court to order it reinstated. There is another option for Terri to get nutrition however which is to take food and water by mouth. I wonder if these people also support Judge Greer"s denial of a request by her parents that she be given water and food by mouth? This order is clearly illegal because it crosses over into active euthanasia. Has Florida enacted such enabling legislation? No judge or guardian has the power to deny a person nourishment by natural means and it does not take an attorney to figure this out. I defy anyone to find legal authorization, even in Florida law, for this order.

As is stated in another thread on an article by a doctor (William Anderson) in the Weekly Standard titled "Terri's Last Chance" there is no medical, legal or moral reason to not attempt a trial of natural drinking. He argues all the outcomes of such a trial, even if it results in a quicker death, are better than refusing to allow her to attempt to take food and water on her own. Only Greer's order stops this and such an order is not within the power of a court to make.

Jeb and George Bush should blast Judge Greer out of the water on this illegal order and immediately give her water by mouth. They should march in to the hospice with federal and state health officials and simply give her water. Who is going to stop them? Why obey an obviously invalid order? Greer is only getting away with this order by default because there has been so much focus on the feeding tube that this option of feeding Terri has been ignored. We don't know if Terri could accept enough nutrition to stay alive but every human being has the right to try to take a drink of water and this is what her parents want to do! If it works, this could allow time to dismiss Greer for violating her human rights by his order and overturn the guardian decision. At the very least it will demonstrate that we will not stand by idly while a judge commits murder from the bench. He may be able to order her feeding tube removed but by gum he cannot be allowed to stop her family from giving her water by mouth!

[Eva]

I find it remarkable that the criticism of these congressmen is coming from Canadians who are so proud of their socialized medicine, which is thought of as a triage system.

[bannie]

Not surprised to see a Kennedy in there...Aren't women disposable to them?

Further, I understand that (D) stands for "Death," but there were several (R)'s there, too.

[Marysecretary]

Why does it not surprise me that the majority were democrats??? The party of death? I was dismayed to see Republicans on the list but that's life. Or in this case, death.

[Brian Allen]

Evil bastards.

[Skooz]

Wel, I won't be needing this anymore.............

[grassboots.org]

Here is a new number to call at the Governor Bush Office to encourage him to "err on the side of life":

1-850-487-1111

Be nice and thank him for what he has done so far. I believe that some of what was said about the Florida Republican senators before they had even voted (by RT) may have forced them into the wrong vote.

[SeaBiscuit]

Thanks for the post. Rats photos now on file.