Terri Schiavo Vigil Report / Action

floriduh voter ^ | 10/16/03 | freeper reports

[cyn]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MY NOTE: TERRI has been without water for longer than we knew -- 72 hrs. Gov. Bush -- Please act now and have faith! Our prayers continue to all involved in this, especially ‘behind the scenes’.

We are told to continue calls & emails -- please pass this on to mailing lists and friends.

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Jeb.Bush@MyFlorida.com
fl_governor@eog.state.fl.us
phone -- 850 - 488 - 4441
FAX -- 850 - 922 - 4292

FL atty Gen. Charlie Crist email -- ag@oag.state.fl.us
PHONE -- 850 - 487 - 1963
FAX -- 850 - 487 - 2564

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477 posted on 10/16/2003 6:55 PM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org) To 433
To: sfRummygirl; kimmie7; Ragtime Cowgirl; pc93; Ethan_Allen; JulieRNR21

Hi, friends. It's 9:50 p.m. Thursday night. The 24/7 Vigils since Tuesday have had at least several people for every hour since it began. I just came to report that much is going on behind the scenes and we have even more people at Hospice this evening. I hope everyone caught Hannity & Colmes. If not, please watch the replay later tonight if you can.

GOP and GWB Man has been here 24/7 and I've almost done the same. I met the lady from Not Dead Yet Organization and other folks who have flown in from other parts of the country to show support for Terri.

The message for tonight is KEEP CALLING GOVERNOR BUSH. That is the message I'm requesting until you hear otherwise from the front line at the Hospice Vigil. Oh, and keep praying. We are all sunburn and getting tired but we are standing with the Schindlers and they are feeling stronger because we are there for them around the clock.

Can't give any updates. If you've been watching tv or listening to the radio, you already realize that the media has woken up. THERE ARE SATELLITE TRUCKS, new people every day from all over the country, roses presented to us by a local florist, free food and beverages, the kindness of strangers is in abundance. I'll report back tomorrow. I'm going back to remain all night long. This is the biggest freep I've ever been to. The lawn in front of Hospice looks like your living rooms. We have moved in and are standing tall. God Bless America. God Bless Florida. FV

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To: summer

Summer, please tell everyone to have hope. We are attending the vigils everyday, even as Terri has missed three feedings. People should continue to call the Governor and their legislators which is in their phone books. Thank you so much, FV (back to the front lines).

P.S. There are also alternate freeps at the courthouse in Clearwater FL. People can get that address from phenn. Bye, back to Terri.

478 posted on 10/16/2003 6:58 PM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org) To 472

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(SNIP) ‘Mr. Schindler said he was not worried about his daughter's dying just yet. The feeding tube was removed once before, for 60 hours, he said, and she suffered no consequences.

"If it was 10 minutes to 2 on Sunday afternoon," Mr. Schindler said, "I'd be very, very concerned. She's good for the next three to four days." ‘

532 posted on 10/16/2003 10:22 PM PDT by summer To 530 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To: All
484 posted on 10/16/2003 7:26 PM PDT by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word ...) To 478

floriduh's report that Terri has not had three feedings is cause for increased prayer ... that translates to 72 hours, 12 hours beyond the time the first tube was reinserted. Terri's Dad on Sean's radio program today was using 60 hours as a benchmark before the body begins to break down.

Heavenly Father, I pray that You will be the strength that Terri needs during these hours ... cause her to withstand physically the onslaught that has gripped her ... comfort her parents, for they have walked this way before, but are now beyond the original time ... they are into new territory ... keep them hopeful, even as we are hopeful ... may they be sustained by our continuing prayer on their behalf, and for their beloved daughter.

Send relief, I pray, dear Father ... bring this child back from the brink, for I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen ...

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401 posted on 10/16/2003 7:31 AM PDT by SwordofTruth --

Without human medical intervention – the feeding tube - God would allow her to die.

Without food you would die as well. Terri can swallow and *HAS* already ate some pudding. She does not need the feeding tube to live, she probably never did.

Her "husband" wants her dead so she can't tell the world he tried to kill her.

Without your parents feeding you when you were a baby, you would have also died without intervention from God almighty.

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To: All
549 posted on 10/16/2003 10:40 PM PDT by kenth 549

There is a difference between guardianship and ownership. A person who is under guardianship still enjoys basic rights that are to be protected either by the state or the nation. In this case, the overriding law is a very basic one. It is the basic right to life, unable to be broken even because of physical disability.

The courts are completely disregarding Terri's basic protected right to life as stated unequivocally in the Florida Constitution, and are bestowing ownership to her husband. To be a guardian is to protect your charge, not be hell-bent on killing them. Ownership on the other hand denotes property that one can do with as they please.

Sorry folks, I'm not addressing any person in particular here. It's just late and we've been appalled at this injustice to one who is defenseless. There are rights and wrongs, and this is wrong.

The courts have decided, on hearsay of one side, that this woman is disabled and therefore may be put to death. This is not even the supreme court, and the hearsay is tainted by interests other than those of the victim. One irregularity would be distressing, two, a cause for alarm, but the sheer number of factors actively working against Terri is unfathomable; from judges, lawyers and media with right-to-die agendas to husbands with financial, adulterous and criminal interests, to ignorance of the masses...

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Jeb Bush email -- Jeb.Bush@MyFlorida.com
fl_governor@eog.state.fl.us
phone -- 850 - 488 - 4441
FAX -- 850 - 922 - 4292

FL atty Gen. CHarlie Crist email -- ag@oag.state.fl.us
PHONE -- 850 - 487 - 1963
FAX -- 850 - 487 - 2564

IF YOU ARE CONVINCED AS I AM THAT THIS IS ABUSE -- THEN call the FL abuse hotline (info to follow)

[trustandobey]

I can't access it ..please fill me in

[NebraskaTrailrider]

From what I have read, he's going to have her cremated.

[JulieRNR21]

Phil Paleologos now giving out the JEB phone numbers & emails to write, discussion of Terri's case with Sarah Foster is coming up......listen here:

http://www.dinershow.com/

I'm listening on top right link

[strela]

For those that call this hotline without reasonable knowledge and perhaps first hand knowledge of the 'abuse'- you've really put them in a bad position.

I agree. And, 'I read about it on the Internet' is NOT "first hand" knowledge. And there are legal considerations as well - many regular posters to this and the other Schiavo threads have left themselves open to be sued for gross libel by an estate and/or an individual already proven to be litigious. Protesting what one considers to be an injustice is one thing - actively crossing the line and advocating violence is another.

I think it would be terribly irresponsible for anyone else to follow your lead on this.

More gold. But careful - you'll have the whole harpy contingent on FreeRepublic down on your neck for posting such "heresy."

[NebraskaTrailrider]

from what I've read all 6 lawyer firms Gov Bush consulted have stated he not only can intervien, he should immediately intervien.

[trustandobey]

I'm calling on everyone to send nonstop emails to Jeb. Today is the day.

[NebraskaTrailrider]

I'm also aware of my spelling. Thanks anyway.

[PeyersPatches]

I have been emailing but at this point I think it is a bit more urgent to call and fax - make them hear the urgency in our voices. I am home all day today and will be doing just that. I urge others to please do so as well.

[trustandobey]

I am unable to get through on the phone, and have a limited amount of time to spend. God help Terri!

[flutters]

ping

[Pegita]

+ Continued prayer for Terri ...

[PeyersPatches]

No problem. I'll call enough for both of us!

[ClintonBeGone]

More gold. But careful - you'll have the whole harpy contingent on FreeRepublic down on your neck for posting such "heresy."

Thanks for your comments. I just want people to proceed carefully. It could open themselves and even this website to legal liability. Plus, I think it takes away from the real effort here to try and keep someone alive. We all feel the passion and injustice of this case, but we have to comport ourselves in a responsible manner.

[I still care]

We need to keep challenging the press. It keeps describing Terri as "comatose" and "vegetative" - that's why the public isn't more involved.

In the Tampa Tribune the other day, it reported "Doctors say woman is in vegetative state", without mentioning that it was the HUSBAND's doctors that claimed this, while many other doctors have said she could be at least somewhat rehabilitated.

We need to be writing and calling the news media on the accuracy of these stories.

The stories are being written from the point of view that the parents are in denial about the state of their daughter.

By the way, I heard today Judge Greer is legally blind? Is that true? If so, how could he evaluate evidence properly? He won't view the videos. If so, he should be removed.

[wisconsinconservative]

Is there any current news on Terri? Keep us posted about what's going on down there!

[strela]

I just want people to proceed carefully. It could open themselves and even this website to legal liability. Plus, I think it takes away from the real effort here to try and keep someone alive. We all feel the passion and injustice of this case, but we have to comport ourselves in a responsible manner.

Applause. Well put, and I'm a little jealous that I'm not as eloquent as you. But I do SO enjoy ruffling feathers once in a while.

[wisconsinconservative]

ping

[diamond6]

What happened to the Emergency Letters from the Thomas Moore Society? One freeper said his undisclosed source said that Jeb had dismissed them.

That can't be true?

[Calpernia]

Thanks for the ping.

[MagnoliaMS]

There are more appropriate threads for you to ruffle feathers on than Terri's. This is no joking matter. Go have your fun someplace else.