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"Put my tears in Your bottle. Are {they} not in Your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me. In God, {whose} word I praise, In the LORD, {whose} word I praise, In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?" (Ps. 56: 8b-11)
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The former PVS patient who was almost killed, but later recovered, Rus Cooper-Dowda, is being FIRED for speaking favorably of Terri outside of a work setting, and on her own time!
... a MUST read!
Then don't forget to freep our big guns at FoxNews!
The family attorney explained that the lower court judge used a scorecard for response that stacked the deck no matter how Terri responded. If she always responded -- it was just primitive brain stem activity. If she randomly responded -- it was not repetitive enough. If it wasn't as fast as the demander wanted -- then, hey, she was "too" disabled.
About this time the judge asked for an assurance that Terri could be restored by treatment before treatment was tried. He wanted to know the probability of function restoration for Terri the way people want guaranteed winning odds from their bookies before they bet any money on the Superbowl.
Ms. Anderson gently pointed out that medicine and life didn't work that way. She asked what harm there would be in a trial period of full therapies before deciding such therapies wouldn't work.
...you'll never believe the judges reply!...
-Michael Schiavo (teaching Terri she can NEVER DIVORCE him) minutes before her 'collapse' 
Hannity@foxnews.com - Hannity & Colmes - Sean Hannity 
Ontherecord@foxnews.com -On the Record with Greta - Greta Van Susteren 
Atlarge@foxnews.com - At Large with Geraldo Rivera 
Speakout@foxnews.com general FoxNews forum - Thank them for having the best Terri Schiavo coverage of any news channel! 
Oreilly@foxnews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Bill O'Reilly BUT BEWARE all freepers, THAT story is almost CERTAINLY a cruel HOAX designed to ridicule Terri and Dr.Hammesfahr!
| Uniform Case | Pinellas Case | Section | Case Type | Type |
| 522003CA008212XXCICI | 03008212CI | 020 | DECLARATORY | CI |
| Style: | SCHIAVO MICHAEL | |||
| vs. | BUSH JEB | |||
| Jury Trial | STIP | NOTH | Reason | Type Disp. |
| Y | ||||
| Filling Date | Appeal Date | Judg. Date | Reop Date | Docket Date |
| 10/21/03 | 11/14/03 | |||
| Case/Cat | ||||
| DECLARATORY JUDGMENT | ||||
| 10 Docket Entries, 12/04/03 to 12/02/03 |
| Pages | Date | P/D | Docket Entry | Ver |
| 12/04/03 | PLAINTIFF | MOTION TO STRIKE 120203 | F | |
| 12/04/03 | PLAINTIFF | MANAGEMENT CONF & MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER- | N | |
| 12/04/03 | PLAINTIFF | TRANSCRIPTION OF PROCEEDINGS HEARING ON ORDER SETTING CASE | N | |
| 12/03/03 | DEFENDANT | STIPULATION EXHIBIT 1/2 | F | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | BY JEB BUSH | F | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO PLTF | N | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | BY JEB BUSH | F | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | NOTICE OF SERVICE OF INTERROGATORIES TO PLTF | N | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | HOSPICE OF THE FLORIDA SUNCOAST 120103 | F | |
| 12/02/03 | DEFENDANT | NOTICE OF PRODUCTION OF NON-PARTY OF | N |
| NOTH | Notice of Hearing |
| STIP | Stipulation |
| Ver | Verified: F=Filed, N=Not Filed/Notice. There is no case file document associated with a notice. |
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ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI
ON ATHEISTIC COMMUNISM MARCH 19, 1937
Read # 27
By MITCH STACY
The Associated Press
12/29/2003, 11:36 a.m. ET
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) — The calm of Terri Schiavo's small room at a Pinellas County hospice belies the turmoil that has swirled around the severely brain-damaged woman this fall.
Left in what doctors call a "persistent vegetative state" when her heart stopped suddenly 13 years ago, the 40-year-old Schiavo has become the focal point of the nation's most high-profile and bitterly fought right-to-die case, garnering the attention of everyone from Florida lawmakers and Gov. Jeb Bush to Larry King and Oprah Winfrey.
The plight of her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to keep her alive mobilized thousands of right-to-life activists and prompted an unprecedented — and possibly unconstitutional — move by the Florida Legislature and Bush to intervene. The resulting legal challenge by her husband, Michael Schiavo, kicked off yet another round in the 5 1/2-year court battle, with no end in sight.
The fight has grown increasingly fierce and personal between the Schindlers and their son-in-law. Jay Wolfson, a lawyer and University of South Florida professor appointed by the court to investigate the case, recognized this in a report earlier this month, attributing it to the pressure under which both sides have come throughout the ordeal.
"The Schindlers and the Schiavos are normal, decent people who have found themselves within the construct of an exceptional circumstance which none of them, indeed, few reasonable and normal people could have imagined," he wrote.
Michael Schiavo has been battling the Schindlers in court for the right to remove the tube delivering water and nutrition to Terri's stomach. He convinced a circuit court judge in 2000 that she had once made statements expressing her desire to never be kept alive artificially.
Terri Schiavo, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., had no advance directives, and her parents dispute that she ever had any such end-of-life wishes. They also believe her condition could improve with therapy.
Doctors hired by Michael Schiavo and one appointed by the court have testified that Terri has no brain activity, even though her eyes are open when she's awake and she vocalizes with grunts and groans. Her parents believe she's still in there, and have produced their own doctors who say she could possibly be rehabilitated.
"We love her just the way she is," her brother, Bobby Schindler, said recently. "Isn't it good enough that a family just wants to take care of their loved one?"
Both sides have accused each other of being motivated by money, specifically the $1 million awarded to the Schiavos in a medical malpractice action that has been mostly exhausted paying for Terri's care and a lawyer to fight his case.
Florida courts have repeatedly affirmed Michael Schiavo's right to remove the feeding tube so Terri could die. As ordered by a judge, doctors disconnected it at the hospice Oct. 15, expecting that she would live another 10 days or so.
On the sixth day, as activists led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry demonstrated before TV cameras outside the hospice, Florida lawmakers stepped in. A narrowly constructed bill gave Bush the authority to order Terri's feeding tube reinserted, and the governor — who had been besieged by thousands of e-mails from conservatives urging him to do something — signed it by mid-afternoon.
An ambulance crew whisked her off and by evening she was being rehydrated intravenously at a hospital.
Michael Schiavo's attorney, George Felos, immediately attacked the state's action as politically motivated and unconstitutional. He charges the law violated Terri's right to privacy and separation-of-powers provisions of the Florida Constitution.
Circuit Judge W. Douglas Baird has said in open court that he considers the law unconstitutional. After a hearing Dec. 23, Baird said he is ready to rule on the constitutional question but will withhold a ruling until after an appeals court settles some procedural matters in the case, likely after the new year.
If Baird rules in Felos' favor, that will likely kick off another round of appeals in a case that attorneys predict will end up before the Florida Supreme Court.
Wolfson completed his report earlier this month, finding there is virtually no medical evidence that Terri will ever recover. However, he recommended tests to determine if she could be taught to swallow and eat on her own.
Terri Schiavo was 26 in 1990 when her heart stopped from doctors believe was a potassium imbalance, likely from her bulimia. Her heart was restarted, but her oxygen-deprived brain was left permanently damaged.
Michael Schiavo moved to have his wife's feeding tube pulled in 1998, saying she could not recover. In recent years he has gotten involved with another woman and fathered her child.
David Brand, CEO of the right-to-die group End of Life Choices, said the case has raised awareness of the importance of living wills.
"You look for silver linings in tragedies, and to the extent that dialogue has been raised and we've raised the bar in terms of conversation, that can only help," Brand said. "It brings into the forefront something that really has been in the shadows."
The Schindlers' attorney, Pat Anderson, said she's amazed at how people have responded to the family's plight. She's received thousands of e-mails from people around the world during the past few months.
"I've never seen such emotion and such a passionate response to a news story," she said.
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On the Net:
The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation:
http://www.terrisfight.org
This is from an email I received today:
ALL of Judge Baird's cases, INCLUDING the suit by Michael Schiavo v Gov Bush related to the Terri's Law, challenging its constitutionality, HAVE been transferred to Judge Nelly Khouzam. This information came directly from Judge Khouzam's assistant. Judge Khouzam is known to be a "by the book" tough, but fair judge.
For a little about Judge Khouzam see:
"Diminutive judge sits tall behind the gavel"
Northpinellas St Petersburg Times 12/29/2002
The court is NOT explaining why the judges were suddenly switched, except to say that "judges rotate from time to time." We believe it might have something to do with:
Local PINELLAS COUNTY COURT BAILIFFS AND COURT EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING BETS ON WHETHER TERRI WOULD DIE OR NOT!!!
It was widely reported that Judge Baird made reckless and prejudicial comments in support of Greer and Felos and against Jeb's lawyers way before he had heard the evidence from the Governor's attorneys.
In other words, Judge Baird's comments are the likely reason local Pinellas County employees were doing "inside betting" that the local Pinellas County Judges would back each other's poor and constitutionally illegal decisions against Terri's constitutional rights and thus overrule Jeb Bush and Terri's Law.
The 6th Circuit Judges are upset to have anyone tell them they are morally and legally wrong...... whether it's constitutionally illegal or not to murder Terri.
Conducting inside betting on the case is a severe violation of the code of conduct for court employees! Whether that is, or is not, the reason the judges have been switched, the very important change in judge can be extremely significant to what happens to Terri. We are hoping that Judge Khouzam will give the Gov a fair hearing in the case and allow the discovery he sought (which was denied by Baird). If Judge Khouzam allows some discovery as requested by Gov Bush, it could make all the difference!
You heard it here first!
Ron Panzer
President, Hospice Patients Alliance
http://www.hospicepatients.org
Once again, Ron Panzer will be hosting a special edition of Highway 2 Health Radio focusing on Terri Schindler-Schiavo. On Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 10.00pm ET, Mr. Panzer will be discussing Terri with world renowned neurologist, Dr. William Hammesfahr of Clearwater, Florida.
Dr. Hammesfahr evaluated Terri and gave testimony on his conclusions during the 2002 trial. He stated that not only is PVS an incorrect assessment of Terri's condition, but also that she can be greatly improved with new therapies. Dr. Hammesfahr specializes in a number of successful therapies and has offered to treat Terri, citing that she is an excellent candidate for rehabilitation.
Dr. William Hammesfahr was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1999 and has been called "the first physician to treat patients successfully to restore deficits caused by stroke" by Judge Susan Kirkland of the Florida Department of Health. His patient success rate is an amazing 80%.
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Listen Live Link (10.00pm ET) - http://www.warpradio.com/popTuner.asp?id=14108
Ron Panzer and the Hospice Patients' Alliance - http://www.hospicepatients.org/
Hammesfahr Neurological Institute - http://www.floridaneurologicalinstitute.com/