[Robert Drobot]

So you need to be motivated?

Florida will not allow Terri to receive her death bed religious rites..... Terri Schiavo denied Last Rites

May Jeb be made to rid his office of a million of the packages. I have a mailing list of over 6,000 addresses of like minded men and women I've gathered since 1982, when I first plugged in my first computer. I've spent Friday, Saturday and likely most of today sending them the message at the top of this tread. Of course, some have changed their url's, but an overwhelming number are getting through.

Seems like a package of jello will be more receptive than a threat, but it carries the same message : Change the way your running this country. We're watching you, and we don't like the way you're doing business in our name.

[Robert Drobot]

This thread ( JOIN THE TERRI JELLO BRIGADE!!! -- DAY FIVE ) is a continuation of the JOIN THE TERRI JELLO BRIGADE!!! -- DAY FOUR

[ChemistCat]

Uh huh. THis is really going to help the good guys in government--getting lots and lots of powder mailed to them, jamming up the mailrooms. Hello, do you remember anthrax?

This is a problem that must be fixed at the legislative level. If there are laws that say that this may not be done, then the governors would have power to act when the court exceeds its moral and legal authority. The problem here is not that Jeb Bush doesn't know the right thing to do. The problem is that he cannot act because every level of court that has seen this has either ruled to support Greer's ruling or has refused to hear it. He has no legal remedy at hand. Sending him jello isn't going to change it. It'll make life harder for the people who have to sort the wheat from the chaff in the mailroom.

Save your ninety-nine cents...or better yet, spend it on stamps and send letters to your legislative representatives at the state and federal letter. If you don't know that your state forbids withholding nutrition and water from non-terminal patients, then you are certainly wasting your time and tax dollars when you mail a box of jello.

Jello wouldn't save Terri now. Legislation to forbid this kind of murder will save the next person to be in this position. (And there are probably dozens across the country whose names we do not know. My husband's grandmother was one of them--killed by having her IV turned off because she wasn't dying fast enough to suit the nursing home staff.)

[Salvation]

BTTT again!

[Clinging Bitterly]

It's a shame what's going on there. I looked at a couple of the videos, and she doesn't seem to be what I'd call comatose. I know that the comatose will sometimes display reflexive actions, sometimes even following movement with their eyes, but I see something more here. I see emotion, and I think she remains a feeling, self aware person.

She is more what I would call chronically infirm, or what another society once described with the horrible term "useless eater".

A few years ago, when my mother in law was suffering terminal cancer, she instructed us beforehand not to provide artificial nutrition when she could no longer eat or drink on her own. But that was a decision she was able to make on her own, in a better time.

A very long time ago, some of our neighbors who car pooled to work were involvd in a serious rollover crash. One of the men suffered permanent brain damage and persisted for years in a state of consiousness similar to what it looks like Terri is in. The only difference was he did regain the ability to be fed by mouth, but someone had to feed him, he could not eat on his own. Otherwise, he was paralyzed and unable to speak, but he could be strapped to a chair and taken places, and was quite often brought to our church and other events around town. He could interact, you could tell him a joke and he would smile, and so on, and he seemed to appreciate being alive (though it was impossible for him to directly answer the question).

His wife did divorce him after a few years, and I guess I can understand that, she needed a husband that could do most the things husbands usually do, but she never did totally abandon him, and certainly wouldn't have supported witholding the care which kept him alive, even though his death would have brought her financial benefits she could not receive while he remained alive.

So Terri is in a bad spot, she, as our old neighbor, didn't predirect the level of care she wanted to receive if she bacame seriously incapacitated, so she is at the mercy of whatever is decided by her legal guardian, currently her spouse. He could wash his hands of her, so to speak, by just divorcing her and letting her next of kin take over, and most probably wouldn't fault him for doing that. But there is gain to be had from her death, and he seems to be motivated by that. I can't think of another reason he'd be pushing for this change in her care that will cause her death. If that's the issue here, shame on him.

Dave in Eugene

[pawdoggie]

Tell you what, instead of waiting for Jeb to assault the hospital, why don't you form a posse of like minded individuals and do it yourself? Scared of a few guards at the door? Take some firepower with you. Against the law? Well, you don't seem to have a problem with asking Jeb Bush to violate a court order. Go for it, get Terri out of the pronto!

[shezza]

Well, if it's legislationyou want, here's your opportunity. If y'all can take a few minutes out of your FReepin' time, please visit http://12dollars.net/terri/ and compose an email to all the Florida legislators about the upcoming "Terri's Bill" presentation today. One click of a button, and your email goes to all the lawmakers. The legislation for "Terri's Bill" is supposed to be introduced shortly after lunch today. Thanks for your time. (It only takes a few minutes, I promise!)

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Why aren't you sending these items to the Hospice? What a waste, IMO.

[Robert Drobot]

A day to day thread has been established. Please go to : JOIN THE TERRI SCHINDLER-SHIAVRO JELLO BRIGADE!!! -- DAY SIX

[trustandobey]

I suggest the battle cry be "REMEMBER CALIFORNIA"

LETS ROLL!

[GHCubana]

Jello or some sugar water could save Terry's brain from further damage. Terry wasn't in a comma before but if they don't provide what her brain needs she will be in a real comma, soon.