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Wesley J. Smith: I Stand in Solidarity With the Schindlers Against Sleazy Media Attack
First Things/Secondhand Smoke ^
| 5/1/10
| Wesley J. Smith
Posted on 05/02/2010 10:09:26 AM PDT by wagglebee
Michael Schiavo has threatened to sue Terri Schiavos family because they named their non profit after herthe Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation. (MS claims he owns the name. ) And, true to form, an ever compliant media fronted his cause with an unfair attack on the family. From the story:
Schiavos widower, Michael Schiavo, says the family should be ashamed of what they are doing. He adds if Terri ever knew this was happening shed be horrified. Michael Schiavo is talking about the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation. While Terri Schiavos brother Bobby says the organization is set up to help families in similar situations, Michael Schiavo says he doesnt believe it. Instead Schiavo says they are using their deceased sisters name to make money.
What Michael Schiavo believes is irrelevant and beside the point. Had the reporters wanted to find out the kind of help the foundation offers others, producers could have called me or a myriad of others active in this field, who are quite aware of the selfless giving and effort each surviving member of Terris family offers to others. Indeed, I have personal knowledge of case after case in which the Schindlers worked selflesslyand without financial compensation of any kindto assist family members save their cognitively disabled loved ones from suffering the same dehydration fate as Terri. The Lauren Richardson food and fluids dispute and the Andrea Clarke futile care case are just two that come to mind.
And as for profiteeringBobby Schindlers salary is $37,500 annually, and all speaking fees he receives go to the foundation. His sister Suzanne, makes less and is 14 months in arrears in receiving her compensation. It is also worth noting, that after receiving complaints, the IRS investigated the foundation and gave it a clean bill of health in 2008.
The hatred of this family is pathological and obsessive.
On a personal note: I know Bobby Schindler very well and consider him one of the most decent human beings I have ever met. His sister Suzanne is a peach, and mother Mary doesnt have a vindictive or nasty bone in her body. Father Bob gave everything he had to save his daughters life, and seeing her die slowly by intentional dehydration when the family was prepared to love and care for her the rest of her life, destroyed his health and eventually took his life. I stand wholeheartedly and unreservedly with the Schindler family and against the continual calumny mounted against them.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; moralabsolutes; prolife; terrischiavo
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The hatred of this family is pathological and obsessive. Because they represent the truth and they are exposing the culture of death for what it actually is.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:09:27 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: cgk; Coleus; cpforlife.org; narses; Salvation; 8mmMauser
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:09:52 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: BykrBayb; floriduh voter; Lesforlife
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:10:22 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: 185JHP; 230FMJ; Albion Wilde; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; An American In Dairyland; Antoninus; ...
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:10:47 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
They are also exposing Michael Schiavo.
If he wanted to ‘own’ Terri, then maybe he shouldn’t have remarried.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:12:42 AM PDT
by
BenKenobi
To: BenKenobi
Michael Schiavo is scum of the earth.Personally,I’m surprised that his family hasn’t disowned him.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:15:57 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: wagglebee
The mental sickness of that wife beater continues...
To: wagglebee
I spent a few days with Bobby, and I will concur that there is no more sincere, more selfless individual than he. His life is devoted to the cause of the foundation, without any consideration for profit. The thought would be repugnant to him.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:19:36 AM PDT
by
jobim
To: wagglebee
What's wrong with Michael, is the creep running out of money and suing for a payoff? Schiavo was Terri's legal name. I hope the Schindlers tell him to go pound sand!
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:25:11 AM PDT
by
lula
( If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?)
To: wagglebee
The hatred resembles the hatred of Sarah Palin. I supposed it’s because both choose to defend and love the life of a child who society deemed worthless.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:29:33 AM PDT
by
mockingbyrd
(Remember in November.)
To: wagglebee
Anyone who can put another human being to death has no right to speak out about injustice at all.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:34:38 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: wagglebee
The murdering bum MS should be water boarded.
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:37:29 AM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
To: All
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posted on
05/02/2010 10:37:37 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: BenKenobi
Michael Schiavo was already living with his second wife while Terri was still alive. He insisted on having Terri die rather than divorce her so he could keep the money he had been awarded in a lawsuit, ostensibly to take care of her.
The difference between Michael Schiavo and Scott Peterson is that MS had the help of judges and politicians in getting rid of the wife he found inconvenient to have around. MS is the darling of the liberal media while SP sits in prison.
To: All; wagglebee
Terri was and her family is practicing Catholics.
Catholic Open Hunting Season has been intense in 2010.
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:17:56 AM PDT
by
Global2010
(We have De Humanized our Society because we have De Christianize our society. Fr.Corapi)
To: wagglebee
And to Mr. Wesley Smith, so do I, oh SO DO I! FOREVER!!!
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:42:09 AM PDT
by
Republic
(Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
To: Verginius Rufus; BenKenobi
Michael Schiavo was already living with his second wife while Terri was still alive. He was not only living with her, they had children.
Look at Mikey Schiavo and Drew Peterson side-by-side, they look like relatives.
The also both have a striking resemblance to Stalin:
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:44:18 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Republic
And to Mr. Wesley Smith, so do I, oh SO DO I! FOREVER!!! Are you saying that you also hate the Schindler family?
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:46:39 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
Re-read the title. That post was supporting the Schindlers.
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:50:08 AM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(A racist is a conservative who is winning an argument with a liberal.-FReeper Freespirited)
To: wagglebee
Was the “on a personal note...”, the entire last paragraph of the article you posted, written by you, then, and NOT Wesley Smith?
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posted on
05/02/2010 11:50:39 AM PDT
by
Republic
(Stop the horrific liberals from spending ONE MORE DIME before they destroy our nation.)
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