Posted on 03/26/2005 9:31:27 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
March 26, 2005
President George W. Bush White House Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President, It now appears that Terri Schiavo has no champions. She will soon die. This is a win for the advocates of euthanasia and a loss for America. When we give up trying as a society we begin dying. The Europeans are a good example. Just two years ago the French couldn’t be bothered to halt their vacations to take care of their elderly parents who died by the tens of thousands in a heat wave. All they care about are their vacations, short work weeks, and pensions.
The Terri Schiavo saga is more than just a right to die cause for the terminally ill. When someone commits suicide, we feel saddened for this self-inflicted death but we do not fear for ourselves and loved ones. When we let the advocates of euthanasia carry on, they will inevitably seek greater numbers of the weak among us. Nursing homes will turn into hospices for which the likes of George Felos and Judge Greer can now only dream. Many of us will be at the mercy of state sanctioned mercy killing. Medicine will turn to eugenics rather than advancing cures and quality of life. This is the demon that is breaking loose in Florida and Oregon.
The most incredible sidebar to the Schiavo story is the stated goal of Michael Schiavo, George Felos, and Judge Greer to burn the material evidence. Terri will be cremated within one hour of her death. With all the firsthand accusations leveled at Michael Schiavo and George Felos by care workers who had direct contact with Terri, the indifference by Florida law enforcement officials in openly seeking the truth and settling public outrage is crushing. I am equally appalled that the medical establishment does not seek an autopsy to scientifically establish Terri’s diagnosis. Do they not care if the public sees the medical community as credible? With all the second and third opinions Americans seek, one would think they should. A truly impartial post mortem evaluation is necessary to keep our trust.
Putting the Terry Schiavo saga into context, it seems foolish to wage a war on the other side of the world while we decay within. If the Bushes kick the can of euthanasia down the road, not only will the Bush legacy be undistinguished, but also America will have made a great stride toward its demise as a great nation. When Lincoln was confronted with the end of the Union, he acted.
Sincerely,
Great letter.
Everyone who cares should contact all elected representatives.
If they will not act, we should run for office ourselves.
We must act.
I'm resigned to the fact that Terri Schiavo is gonna die, my hope is that we pass laws to make sure this never happens again, and I would like to see the legislation be named after Terri Schaivo.
I'm bummed out over this, I can't believe this could happen in this great country. My thoughts and prayers are with the Schindler's and of course Terri.
Nice Letter...but it would be better sent to someone who's opinion is different from your own. Mr. Bush is pro-life.
Governor Jeb Bush,
I weep as I type this final good bye email to you. I have fought long and hard for Terri Schiavo. It appears tonight that you have no intention whatsoever of risking your governorship to save her life. A sad day for sure in America.
We have lost our liberty, our land and our freedom. No longer will we trust those in authority. No longer will we be able to sing " God Bless America.". How can He bless us any more.
One of His own is being denied Holy Communion at this very hour. Her religious freedom has been trampled on by our government.Powerless, you sit by and watch. Powerless President Bush sits by and watches also.A freedom has been taken, our religous freedom.
We send our boys to foreign soil to give their precious lives to fight so that we might be free. Fight, may I ask for WHAT? This?? This land that sits back and watches a innocent disabled woman be starved to death?? We have already heard from many who have fought for our freedom that this will not go unnoticed. You , a Governor, unwilling to risk your postition to do what is right.Brave, you are not!! What a shame. You could have ordered the National Gaurd in there and did what Janet Reno and President Clinton did with Elian Gonzales. But no. You chose just to let a perverse and crooked judicial system mock and laugh at our entire nation. My tears cannot stop flowing. I will not be able again to sing " My Country Tis of Thee, Sweet land of Liberty" any more. How can I . I would see the face of Terri Schiavo and her parents pleading for mercy , only to find none.
We lost this battle on our own soil. We are a disgrace to the countries of the world after preaching freedom and liberty, and yet being hypocritcal with " I did all I can do for you Terri" " Sorry sweetie pie, you must die" . It is out of my control"..........
My heart is crushed. My hopes are dashed. We have turned a corner that unless God grants us a measure of mercy , we will never be the same. America , the America I knew and love , died tonight.
I am a long time Republican. I have a cousin that has just retired as a Republican senator. I have another cousin that is a Republican Assemblyman. This night, my husband and I are leaving the Republican party that we have loved, and joining up with the Constitution party. We will probably be losing for several elections, but we will at least be voting for the principles that we believe in.
May God Bless the Schindler family and God Help Terri. America let Terri down. She might as well have been in the old Iraq with Sadaam as leader.
Bobby has told those at the hospice now to go on home. Be with their families. Heartwrenching Mr. Governor. He can't be with HIS during these last hours. Michael has won, he will see Terri to her death and cremation. The case now will close. Michael, Attorney Felos, Judge Greer, Whittmore and all will dance their death dance now. Why not? they have won. They should.
The preamble used to say " We the people, in order to form a more perfect union...............no Mr. Governor. Not any more. It is " We the COURTS.....in order to control the destiny of this land"...........Sorry George Washington, Sorry Abraham Lincoln.You got it wrong. There is no more liberty. America died tonight.
amen
Beautiful letter. I too, am in Massachusetts but plan to move to the midwest within the year. I am heart broken over so much in this country. I thought the election would help but I can't help but think alot of this is directed at the Bushes. As Rush Limbaugh says, the liberals become much more dangerous when they are out of power.
Sad but true.
Excellent letters--the two together express the full range of emotions many of us feel right now.
A monstrous evil has been unleashed in our land. We let a county probate judge order the starvation death of a non terminal incapacitated woman in the face of evidence that this was not her wish.The same judge stared down a Governor of a state, who was too afraid to use his Constitutional given power to protect inalienable rights of a citizen.
The men buried at Concord and Lexington turn away in disgust.
As such, it represents the triumph of process and directed outcome over fairness and transparency. IMO A sad but predictable moment in the radical secularization of the American way of life.
That is a great letter! Very well written and right to the point.
And .. I agree - we need to keep the pressure on!!
People who blame Bush and the courts aren't thinking this through. And quit sendng hatemail to blogs who don't agree with you - conservatives are supposed to be better than that, and it makes Pro-lifers look like DU Moonbats.
From Powerline:
"This fact is of crucial importance -- and it's one often not fully appreciated by the media, who like to focus on the drama of cases going to the big, powerful appeals courts: Once a trial court enters a judgment into the record, that judgment's findings become THE FACTS of the case, and can only be overturned if the fact finder (in this case, the judge) acted capriciously (i.e., reached a conclusion that had essentially no basis in fact).
In this case, the trial judge simply chose to believe Michael Schiavo's version of the facts over the Schindlers'. Since there was evidence to support his conclusion (in the form of testimony from Michael Schiavo's siblings), it became nearly impossible for the Schindlers to overturn it. The judges who considered the case after the trial-level proceeding could make decisions only on narrow questions of law. They had no room to ask, "Hey, wait a minute, would she really want to die?" That "fact" had already been decided."
http://www.powerlineblog.com/
We are a Republic that respects the right for each State to have their own Constitution and enact their own laws, and have that States Executive to deal with matters of the State. As much as I think it's a travesty that Terri Schiavo is being put to death by an over reaching State Court, the fact remains the same that this was and still is a State matter.
I appreciate your passion on this issue, but I think we have to accept the fact that Terri Schiavo is being executed by the State of Florida and there isn't much Jeb or George can do for her now, My hope is that we enact legislation to make sure this will never happen again.
God Bless You my friend
Mike
"You could have ordered the National Gaurd in there and did what Janet Reno and President Clinton did with Elian Gonzales"
And had a shootout with police, brilliant idea. Using force to do an endrun around the rule of law? Please get off my team.
Your point is well taken and reinforces my opinion that process triumphed over morality in this instance. It also makes clear the absolute requirement for a de novo examination of this matter since the primary fact, Terri Sciavos's purported wishes, is subject to legitimate and reasonable attack. I believe such a reconsideration was contemplated in the act of Congress and the Executive but, unfortunately, the Judiciary failed to follow through and implement this stated will - And it was at both State and Federal levels of the Judiciary that this failure occurred.
Some of us happen to see this as a watershed event, one which changes our view of this country, perhaps forever.
Just because you don't see it that way, doesn't mean you have the best vision.
Terri's loss of a basic right is also a loss for the rest of us. It's not going to get any better here for a long time, because the culture of death has been at work for the last 25 years while we slept.
You may be one who would not want to live like Terri did for her last 15 years. However you need to seriously think about whether or not you want to die as she is dying.
If you are not concerned by a media and medical establishment saying that death from forced dessication is peaceful and painless, then carry on and good luck.
There were plenty of those in Germany who also missed what was coming.
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