Posted on 04/03/2005 5:19:05 PM PDT by floriduh voter
IMO we need a way to measure who's following through. Documenting our calls will help in that regard.
WE NEED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR NOW! That's what I'm hearing from other Floridians, other folks in Pinellas County. Florida cannot and will not fix this major mess.
Yet many here have pointed out the Find Seven Things Out Of Place In This Picture:
1) Blinds never allowed open for Terri per Michael's order;
2) Water for flowers but not for Terri;
3) Chair for "guests" but Terri's parents and brother and sister expelled for dying moments;
4) Kleenex tissues--not used by Michael "Isn't That Bitch Dead Yet?" Schiavione;
5) Plastic angel--but flesh and blood priest seriously constrained;
6) Candle--obviously never used because Michael, Felos and Greer didn't have a clue;
7) The subtext: hospice requires doctor's signature attesting to six-month terminality of patient--absent in Terri's case.
I am proud of everyone's devotion to this on a spiritual as well as factual-tactical basis.
I cannot miss the import that the Pope in his waning strength spoke out in defense of Terri's life.
We will do all necessary to encourage such investigations as Delay's and to further insure that the rats who perpetrated this vile deed are disappointed in their profit, and stunned by the consequence of their exposure.
The wicked shall know no rest.
I tried every number I could think of in Tallahassee and they were all ringing off the hook. I think that they were fibbing to us in Tallahassee about calls they received and it wouldn't be the first time.
I'll add MOgirl to the Terri ping list!
You're welcome. We'll have Monthly Threads until justice is served.
And thank GOD he lived to do so. It was good of the Schindler's (it was Suzanne), to remember to thank him for speaking out on Terri's behalf.
I hope that you have Adobe. Here's the link to the Louisiana bill as is. I wish that I could persuade someone to introduce a bill with the three parts that I mentioned. If you don't have Adobe, you can Google "Human Dignity Act, Louisiana" and find an HTML version.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=291008
Terri ping to 120! If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!
I meant to 112! Sorry all!
Jeb was re-elected in 2002 for 4 years so in 1999 I think Jeb was Gov. Ck the math. Ck when Gov. Lawton Childs died. Jeb became governor the year right after Childs died in the gym at the mansion (he didn't like security to go to the gym with him - he had a heart attack). Buddy McKay WAS GOVERNOR for about 3 weeks before Jeb was inaugurated though.
Um, you mean 112?
I suppose we can have all the pictures we want now...of the empty bed.
You did well capturing this point. There's a world of difference between saying "I wouldn't want to live that way" as a vague hypothetical and saying "I want food removed" as clear instruction. If Greer ever presided over a murder trial and the victim were once heard to have used the expression "Just shoot me," I wonder whether Greer would rule that the killer was just following directions.
Bill
The insane mantra that they're NOT painless??
LOL! Are NOT painful.
Here's the final vote on the compromised version of Terri's bill in the US House:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll090.xml
The US Senate used a voice vote:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN00686:@@@X
Here's the co-sponsors that were supporting Terri's bill on one of the earlier versions:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN00653:@@@P
This may help us sort the good guys from the bad guys. It looks like the Senate would even put their votes on record.
Yeah, sometimes I can't think and type at the same time! = :-0
Mistake above:
It looks like the Senate members didn't put their votes on record.
For someone whose kidneys have shut down, removal of water is painless because the body won't dehydrate. Waste in the blood will accumulate to toxic levels, but adding water won't fix that and may cause problems of its own.
Similarly, if other organs shut down the body will stop being able to metabolize digested nutrients and consequently food intake is no longer needed to keep blood nutrient levels adequate. The lack of metabolism by-products to feed the rest of the body will be a problem, but adding non-metabolized food to the system won't fix that.
In other words, the removal of food and water can be painless, if the body has deteriorated to the point that it no longer consumes them. If the body has not deteriorated to that point, however, dehydration especially can be extremely painful. If the kidneys simply stopped working early on, it might not be quite so bad, but often the kidneys will continue to extract water even after the body's level of hydration has become critically and painfully low.
Just the first day, let alone the first several days, had to be painful. I cannot imagine hunger pains and thirst NOT being most uncomfortable and painful.
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