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. NEVER FORGET TERRI can breath unassisted. TERRI can eat food thru her mouth, food that MICHAEL has been stopping her from having for years. TERRI can SPEAK. TERRI is NOT the Living Dead. TERRI is capable of being re-hab'ed. TERRI rehabilitation that her "Husband" MICHAEL has been preventing for years as he continues to make babies with his lover. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette quotes one of TERRI's nurses saying in a Court Affidavid that: "TERRI spoke on a regular basis, sayng such things as 'Mommy' and 'help me.'" When she put a washcloth in TERRI's hand to keep her...

The Republicans seems to be pandering to the 'religious right.' -- and awfully late in the game. I will have to stay a little longer if they do actually do the right thing here in this Schiavo case. If they don't, I am gone. I understand that means political irrelevancy for a while, at least on a national level, but it's not as if the donations I have given to the Republican party have actually done anything anyway. I just posted this on another thread regarding the response to Terri VERBALLY pleading for her life: "She just started yelling, 'I...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal lawmakers reached an agreement on Saturday on a compromise bill to prolong the life of Terri Schiavo, a brain-dead Florida woman whose feeding tube has been removed, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said. "We are confident that this compromise addresses everyone's concerns," DeLay, a Texas Republican, said at a news conference. "We are confident it will ... restore nutrition and hydration to Miss Schiavo." Senate leaders earlier had reached a deal to push forward the legislation that would put Schiavo's case into federal court, a Democratic aide said. The agreement would allow the House of Representatives...

My mother felt compelled, a calling, to read about Palm Sunday in the Bible this morning. She found something that applies directly to today: They wanted to KILL A MAN WHO ROSE FROM THE DEAD right around Palm Sunday! What day is this? Palm Sunday! The desire to kill Lazarus is here: John 12 [9] Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. [10] But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also...

Just heard on Fox that U.S. Senate will convene today in emergency session regarding Terri Schiavo.

A note to the news media: Stop lying about Terri Schiavo!I have a message for the media: Stop, already! Just stop it!! Stop saying that Terri Schiavo is "a brain-dead woman being kept alive solely on life support." She is not. She's a disabled Florida woman, who is now being murdered by medical personnel who have removed her feeding tube. Aaarghh!!! Tell the truth! Stop saying this is about her right to die. Watch closely at the words coming out of this keyboard: T-E-L-L T-H-E T-R-U-T-H. Terri Schiavo is not at all comatose. She is not at all on...

Mother pleads for Terri Schiavo's life MITCH STACY Associated Press PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in Congress, Terri Schiavo's parents notified her hospice to prepare to have her feeding tube reinserted on Sunday, her third day without food or water. Congressional leaders from both parties hoped an agreement reached on a bill would allow the tube to be restored while federal courts review her case. The House and Senate were expected to take up the legislation by Sunday or early Monday. If passed, President Bush planned to sign it. SNIP But Mary Schindler pleaded...

THE RIGHT TO DIE I think that I am about the only radio talk show host in the nation that thinks that nature should be allowed to take its course and Terri Schiavo should be allowed to die. Expect an absolute media frenzy today as the time approaches for Schiavo's feeding tube to be removed. The demonstrators are already gathering outside of the nursing facility. Republicans in the congress are getting in on the act. Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee, says that he is going to issue a subpoena today...

Angered by the lastest political developments in Washington, Michael Schiavo said Saturday that it isn't just the governor who should visit his wife to learn about the case.'Come down, President Bush,' Schiavo said in a telephone interview. 'Come talk to me. Meet my wife. Talk to my wife and see if you get an answer. Ask her to lift her arm to shake your hand. She wont do it.' She won't, Shiavo said, because she can't.He made a similar offer last week to Florida Governor Jeb Bush saying lawmakers interfering in his wife's life know nothing about the case.So far,...

To believe Michael Schiavo, you must believe that all the following is part of a vast, elaborate conspiracy. Those who tend to treasure life also tend to treasure freedom. That's a conspiracy I would like to join. == "... despite numerous reports by nurses and others that she is a vital and responsive young woman of 41 who smiles at and recognizes her family..."http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42991 == Husband did not administer CPR.... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42991 == Death Troll senators using Terri as a bargaining chip! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1365320/posts?page=1 Terri to be Cremated on Husband's Orders "..they'd like the authorities to examine the circumstances of the...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Friday that subpoenas issued by Sen. Mike Enzi compelling Terri Schiavo to appear at a March 28 congressional hearing made it a crime to disconnect her feeding tube - and threatened anyone who interfered with her testimony with jail.In a statement issued by the majority leader's office, Frist said: "Federal criminal law protects witnesses called before official Congressional committee proceedings from anyone who may obstruct or impede a witness’ attendance or testimony." "More specifically," said the Senate's top Republican, "the law protects a witness from anyone who - by threats, force, or by any...

19 minutes ago U.S. National - AP By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - As a deal in Congress was worked out to have federal courts decide Terri Schiavo's fate, emotions swelled outside the brain-damaged woman's hospice room Saturday, with protesters arrested after they symbolically tried to smuggle in bread and water on her second day without a feeding tube. As supporters maintained a vigil outside the hospice, Schiavo's mother pleaded for the 41-year-old woman's life. "We laugh together, we cry together, we smile together, we talk together," Mary Schindler told reporters. "Please, please, please save my...

I never believed that I would live in a country that would, in effect, execute a brain-damaged woman who never hurt anyone in her life. The story of Terri Schiavo should outrage every decent American. While our soldiers valiantly fight and die across the sea so complete strangers can enjoy human rights, here at home an American woman who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago is being subjected to death by dehydration and starvation by order of a judge. Today, her feeding tube was removed. The humanity of every society is determined first and foremost by how it treats...

Behind the scenes, Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Mel Martinez enlisted conservatives' help to create a formidable lobbying force to keep Terri Schiavo alive. BY FRANK DAVIES, ERIKA BOLSTAD AND MARC CAPUTO ebolstad@herald.com Less than 24 hours before Terri Schiavo had her feeding tube removed, Gov. Jeb Bush knew the effort to keep her alive was slipping away. So the brother of the president -- and a prime mover of the 2003 legislation that prolonged Schiavo's life -- called Florida's newest U.S. senator, Mel Martinez, with an urgent plea. ''I'm not sure we can get it done here in Florida,''...

I see this as a struggle between the elected branches of government and the judiciary.The Florida Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush did, in fact, attempt to intervene in the case a few years back, and the Florida Supreme Court ruled, among other things, that the governor had no such power.Yesterday, Florida Superior Court Judge Greer said the same thing about congressional authority.The state judge contends that the House had to convince him of the legitimacy of its subpoena to compel witnesses so it can conduct hearings.I've heard nothing from academia about this stunning assertion.As the courts continue to usurp the...

Michael Schiavo is quoted as asking “When is that bitch gonna die?” by Terri's nurse, Carla Iyer in a deposition in September of 2003.

I never believed that I would live in a country that would, in effect, execute a brain-damaged woman who never hurt anyone in her life. The story of Terri Schiavo should outrage every decent American. While our soldiers valiantly fight and die across the sea so complete strangers can enjoy human rights, here at home an American woman who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago is being subjected to death by dehydration and starvation by order of a judge. Today, her feeding tube was removed. The humanity of every society is determined first and foremost by how it treats...

Most Common Questions and Answers If Terri hasn't recovered after all these years of therapy, why not let go?Terri hasn't had meaningful therapy since 1991, but many credible physicians say she can benefit from it.Why can't Terri just divorce?Terri's husband/guardian speaks for her. She cannot divorce without his permissionDoes Terri have an advanced directive or any wishes about her healthcare?Terri never signed any directive or living will and there is no evidence that she foresaw her present situation.Why do Terri's family fight to keep her alive? Shouldn't they let her husband decide?Terri's husband has started another family and probably has...

Right now on Jessica Lunsford. Later on Terri Schiavo. Earlier in the day, it was announced that the Schindlers AND Michael would be on -- no update on who exactly will be on. Interestingly, Michael was overcome with emotion on the Nancy Grace show -- had to go off camera -- because of seeing the coverage of the Lunsford case and that his wife was in the death process. Yeah. That's what Felos said in answer to Nancy's somewhat sarcastic wondering where he went, why wouldn't he answer questions.

The February 24, 2005, Visit Narrative by Attorney Barbara Weller I have visited Terri Schindler Schiavo several times since I first met her on the day before Christmas in 2004. Today was an especially poignant visit so I decided to again share it with all those who have been so concerned for her. Attorney David Gibbs III and I visited Terri to update her on the good things that were happening in the legal case. We believe that she comprehends at some level what is going on and that she may well have been aware of the fear and anguish...