Posted on 06/05/2005 11:45:26 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Diane Coleman of Not Dead Yet is brilliant.
I do think the family should have the right to decide matters involving life support in a case where a person can not communicate and is terminal.
But they need to have consensus and it needs to include parents, children and spouses. And the spouse must not be living with another lover with whom they have children by at the time.
Just for starters...
I think their civil rights were also violated. They selected a fitting domain name: terrisfight. This is definitely a fight. The death lobby has so much dirty money.
Thank you for the ping!
You mean Soros isn't a tower of morality?
That being said there are situations where a parent, who loves their child, has explored all options to keep their child alive and has had to let go of the child and let them die.
The issue is that Terri was not dying and the parents were not allowed to get her the rehab which could have made a difference for her.
If people were so convinced that she would not have benefited from any rehab, why were they so against any investigation which could have validated their opinions of her level of functioning?
HOLY CRAP, are u kidding me??? WOW, this is the first move I have seen Jeb take and I mean a real move! To bad it is after the fact and now Terri is dead!
I don't know if I will hold my breath yet, but I'll hope anyway.
Hope he gets himself down to the redemption station and redeems himself real soon.
Someone is looking for a news item on Jeb's statement today so we can start a Jeb thread. I think he has regrets and as governor, he has ordered McCabe to launch an investigation. If McCabe stonewalls, maybe McCabe will get in hot water. Somebody is going to have to take the fall for this. The public is not satisfied with the handling of Terri's life and her death. We should never put up with corruption and judicial tyranny.
"Judicial tyranny is not a private matter." floriduh voter
bttt.
I agree! Time for Federal ban on starving and deydrating someone to death! I think it is time for this NOW!
8mm
by Phyllis Schlafly
Posted Mar 29, 2005
Florida Probate Judge George Greer has taken judicial supremacy to new abuses in ordering the starvation of an innocent woman against the will of her parents, her brother, her church, thousands of volunteers, and, as far as we know, herself. We wouldn't permit anyone to treat a dog this way.
Judge Greer not only ordered the cruel withholding of food and water from defenseless Terri Schiavo, he also set in motion the arrests of many Good Samaritans attempting to bring her sustenance. The television pictures of armed police barring people from attempting to take her food or water were shocking.
For seven years, this single judge has ruled like a dictator over Terri, determined to ensure her death. In 2001, he reportedly said from the bench, "The law of this case is that she will die."
Five times he was asked to recuse himself from the case, and five times he refused. He also denied requests, based on numerous affidavits, to allow a recent medical examination of Terri that would take advantage of improvements in medical technology.
Judge Greer's own pastor recently felt compelled to write, "It would seem the logical and, I would say, Biblical course" for Judge Greer to withdraw from the congregation, and he did.
Florida has term limits applying to its legislators and governor, but nothing to curb Judge Greer's obsession and power to terminate Terri's life. It is long overdue to pass term limits for how long a single judge can preside tyrannically over one case.
Those who insist that the government should stay out of the Schiavo case can direct their ire at Judge Greer, who has forced Terri to die of thirst. If the government stayed out of this case, then Terri would be receiving food and water from her parents and others.
Judge Greer advances the "right-to-die" cause of attorney George Felos, who publicly pretends that Terri's "death process" has been peaceful. But videotaping of Terri in her final days was forbidden, in order to conceal from the public how barbaric this process really is.
By fiat, Judge Greer declared that he had "clear and convincing" evidence that Terri would want to be starved to death rather than provided good medical care. That preposterous claim relies on assertions made by her husband's family after he hooked up with another woman, and many years after husband Michael testified to a jury that she needed a large award to provide for her life-long care.
According to Terri's brother, Michael told three different accounts of Terri's original collapse that caused her unusual condition at age 26, and that a bone scan showed broken bones indicating possible abuse. Yet Florida authorities have steadfastly refused to fully investigate, bring charges, or even act to preserve evidence.
Perhaps the movie Million Dollar Baby, so praised by the critics, was meant to prepare the public to accept euthanasia. But smart moviegoers evidently did not like its message and it did far worse at the box-office than is typical for a "best picture" winner.
Jack Kevorkian is serving a long prison sentence for assisting the death of a patient. Yet Judge Greer has perverted the judicial function just as surely as Kevorkian perverted the medical function.
Michigan had the good sense to prosecute Kevorkian. Where is the Florida prosecutor? Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist is busy campaigning to become the next governor of Florida.
In California, the Democratic Attorney General personally intervened in the Laci Peterson case to ensure that her killer was brought to justice. But even Scott Peterson benefited from a full jury trial before being sentenced to death, and he will still enjoy numerous appeals and years of delay. Terri Schiavo was ordered to die by one man who served as judge, jury and executioner.
This is judicial arrogance at its ugliest. The public should reject the myth that supremacist judges can override the governor, the legislature, Congress, the president, common sense, and even the right to life, and use armed police to protect judicial supremacy.
The Terri Schiavo case has blanketed the news for several weeks, but there are two usually noisy factions we haven't heard from.
Where are the feminists who are forever whining about abusive husbands? Why are they mute about a husband conniving with a lawyer and a judge to kill his wife?
There is also a thundering silence coming from the people who have been so confidently predicting miracle cures of brain and spinal cord damage by the use of stem cells. Can't Terri be fed for a few more months or years so she can try one of these promised cures?
As this drama played out over Easter weekend, we were reminded of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and putting politics above injustice. Pilate would have been popular in polls of his time, but history has rendered a different verdict.
Mrs. Schlafly is the author of the new book The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It (Spence Publishing Co).
Terri Schiavo’s Autopsy Report Leaves Unanswered Questions
The toll free number for US Congress is at the beginning of this thread. We need to keep reposting that number or better yet, have a graphic with it? 1-877-762- that's how it starts. I can't remember the last 4 digits.
I don't care who you support just think it is totally unfair to chastise Jeb each and every time you post. Makes me wonder what your real agenda is - to change the laws or get Jeb.
I understand where Jeb is coming from because he has the same values that W has and he has led that state well enough that he got another term.
All I ask is be fair to the man that was the one that passed a law to give Terri life until it was ruled unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court. Be fair to the man that said he would support a consitutional amendment to prevent withdrawing food and water - which was killed by the legislators.
Be fair to the man who is now calling for an investigation of Michael.
That is all I ask.
I would not even be surprised if Jeb did move back to Miami and possibly seek a senatorial position in Florida in order to bring about the changes he sees need to be made. Although I do believe that he is slated for far more influential positions of power as Cabinet Secretary, Vice President, or even maybe someday the head of Social Security Administration. Jeb has the knowledge and the concern for Americans that we need in government somewhere.
This man will help your cause more than any other available. So just respect him please. Otherwise, I just cannot be a part of this thread because I will not support tearing down Jeb Bush and I don't enjoy reading it post after post after post after post.
Please add me to the ping list and hopefully it will not lead to battles. I will just go on to other threads.
How very sad. See what a bag of worms we open when we allow man the option to kill. Each and every one of us could be in a similar spot someday.
May God be with the mother and help her.
ClancyJ, in fairness, FV was not attacking Jeb Bush, was pointing out with hopefulness that he is doing something about the situation, maybe redeeming himself.
8mm
They will be glad for prayers, I am sure.
You are on the big ping list already.
8mm
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