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FREE REPUBLIC'S PATRIOTIC TABLE AT TERRI SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO'S 40th BIRTHDAY
FREE REPUBLIC'S TABLE
Conservative-Spirit.Org
| December 5, 2003
| floriduh voter
Posted on 12/05/2003 10:50:39 AM PST by floriduh voter
I arrived at Hospice Woodside Wednesday afternoon at about 4:15 p.m. I waited for a deluxe table to accommodate the lovely floral arrangement for the Schindler Family from freeper gwb and gop man, also on behalf of talk radio in Savannah, Ga and floriduh voter.
The flowers arrived before gwb and gop man and I drove them to Hospice Woodside with other decorations for Free Republic's table #8.
Freepers, the theme for our table went back to the founding fathers. Printed artwork from Dover Publications was of lady liberty standing side by side with an eagle, a town crier crying "Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Terri's forty!", and another eagle with a banner with "Protection" on it.
In addition, the donation cup on Free Republic's table consisted of a flag, a small gavel taped onto it and hanging on by a twist tie, my Daniel Webster beanie baby. Daniel just happened to be carrying a cloth book entited "LAW". Daniel Webster made some cash for the Foundation.
I brought a large crystal drum of the fife and drum variety filled with peppermints and butter rum candies.
I brought my Photo Album that documented October 13th. In addition, thanks to another freeper, I printed out a 17 page list of all the threads that were posted for Terri at Free Republic through November 18, 2003. I put Free Republic's Logo in a stand up picture frame and also wore my name tag from the Friva Conference held in Las Vegas in August of 2001.
There were also pewter battery-type candles on our table by the floral arrangement of white roses, iris's, stattis, baby's breath, day lilies, etc. All of the above came together on a long table that I held out for.
Please bookmark this thread and hopefully, when other freepers in attendance and myself get our film developed, we could put our jpegs in one location. Please excuse all the "I"s but this is my account from a freeper's perspective. Unfortunately, Buffy the chicken was not in attendance. If you'd like to see her picture again, let me know.
Nancy aka floriduh voter
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Free Republic highlight for me: Almost as quickly as the Free Republic table was set up, a forum broke out on the right side of the table. I had to ask the A & E cameraman to move over so that I could take a picture of OUR TABLE. Then A & E asked me to flip through the book that showed all the threads. He also filmed the flowers and semi-participated in the forum on the right. Other media was there but not with any satellite trucks.
We didn't need them. Everyone had a wonderful time as if it was a special reunion, and the lawn that always looks like hay thanks to Terri's supporters, was once again, a very special place.
Thanks everyone, for your unwavering support for Terri and the Schindler family.
This milestone celebration was for you too.
To: pc93; cyn; phenn; Drk4The1; GWB and GOP Man; Orlando; msmagoo; JulieRNR21; MarMema; ...
Please ping your friends. I don't have a Terri ping list of my own.
BY THE WAY, The FR Birthday Card for Terri is so huge that it's still being signed!!! Please contact msmagoo re: submitting your screen name.
The collage of Terri's friends from around the world is turning into multiple collages!
Visit terrisfight.org for other updates.
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posted on
12/05/2003 10:57:23 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: sweetliberty; Robert Drobot; Theodore R.; FreepinforTerri; PrepareToLeave; NYer; nickcarraway; ...
ping
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posted on
12/05/2003 10:58:41 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: floriduh voter
Thanks everyone, for your unwavering support for Terri I support Terri. I support her right to death with dignity. I support her right to die without undue interference from the church, state, courts or family members. Yes, I support Terri's right to go to a better place. Let her go.
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posted on
12/05/2003 10:59:40 AM PST
by
Wheee The People
(If this post doesn't make any sense, then it also doubles as a bump.)
To: Wheee The People; Admin Moderator
It was requested that I do this report for freepers who indeed helped terrisfight.org. but they could not be at Hospice Woodside on December 3rd.
If you want to chat, go to chat. That would be a better place for you. This thread is about life, not about FORCED EXIT.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:10:50 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: Pegita; dandelion; dixiegrrl; Calpernia
Ping re: freeper table at Terri's Birthday.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:12:02 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: Wheee The People
I support that right for you.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:15:02 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: floriduh voter; luv2lurkhere; Budge; summer; Coleus; amom; ruoflaw; submarine; cpforlife.org; ...
Thank you for your detailed description of the flowers and table arrangement! Look forward to the "jpg's".
TERRI SCHIAVO PING! let me know if you want on/off this ping list
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:17:07 AM PST
by
NYer
(Keep CHRIST in Christmas!)
To: Wheee The People
Wheee The People <----I'm in no mood for Trolls.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:17:14 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: Wheee The People
You dont mean "let her go' you mean "let her be murdered".You evidentally dont know what is going on, do you?
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:17:23 AM PST
by
lilypad
To: Wheee The People
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1029010/posts?page=12#12
bears repeating:
"The statute robs patients of their right to refuse unwanted - by whom? the loving hubby? Terri can't speak. The only people who say Terri wants to die are those who stand to benefit from her death - medical treatment," the court filings said.
"... When the state so egregiously tramples upon the fundamental rights of its citizens, as in this case, its use of nice sounding explanations such as 'added protection,' has an Orwellian ring."
What is 'Orwellian' is the idea that there is a 'fundamental right' to be starved to death, but no right to live.
...and supporters led by her devoutly Catholic parents have declared Sunday as Terri Schindler day. Catholic congregations nationwide are being encouraged prayers for her...
This news report is framing the issue as if the only ones who advocate for Terri Schiavo's life are doing so because of religious dogma. I count myself amongst those who are against abortion, euthanasia etc. because it is a human rights issue.
Felos frames the issue as if interlopers are interfering with Terri Schiavo's privacy. In fact, we are fighting the idea that a Judge should have the power to decide if a human being is worthy of life based upon expense and convenience.
Trolls who post on these threads saying 'she's a veggie, let her die in peace' never address that aspect. Most of the time they have a truly sad story about a relative who died a lingering death and don't want such a thing for anyone else. Then they say that those of us who advocate erring on the side of life are basing our opinions on emotion.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:19:59 AM PST
by
walford
(Dogmatism swings both ways)
To: floriduh voter
THANK YOU!
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:22:31 AM PST
by
msmagoo
To: All
Listen, just because someone has a different opinion, doesn't constitute abuse. I see no posting violations, and we are not babysitters for threads. If you all continue to ping us and hit abuse, on non-violations of the posting guidelines, we will have to pull start pulling these threads. Refute the arguement on the thread, not on the abuse reports or by pinging the mods to every post.
To: floriduh voter; All
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:25:12 AM PST
by
walford
(Dogmatism swings both ways)
To: NYer
You're welcome. I'm a little late. Someone called me to find out if I was okay because I hadn't done a report yet. I've been kinda busy.
A & E is putting something together and Terri's birthday party was for some finishing touches on their program. I have no idea what program.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:25:32 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: Admin Moderator
Okey dokey.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:26:25 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: sweetliberty; All; Calpernia; pc93; MeeknMing
Please do Troll Alerts instead of hitting the abuse button. We don't want Terri banned from Free Republic.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:30:11 AM PST
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org freeper site)
To: floriduh voter
I rather like my
Troll alert. It is rather refreshing burning the troller to a crisp.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:36:34 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: Admin Moderator
"...just because someone has a different opinion, doesn't constitute abuse..."
With all due respect, the poster in question doesn't have a difference in opinion, theres something else going on here.
The poster in question is aware that this is a sensitive issue and is hoping to inflame passions and divert the discussion into another direction by jumping into a discussion thread and offering a contrary opinion showing no demonstrable understanding of the issue.
The poster is making it necessary to once again go over facts and details that have already been explicated ad nauseum in earlier threads months ago. Such behavior not only contributes nothing to the general understanding of the issue, it is calculated to be deliberately disruptive.
If the poster is able to succeed in convincing a FR Moderator to pull a thread because he/she/it caused someone else to become so angry that they did something they shouldnt well, that would be a dream come true. As it is, the poster is probably rubbing its hand with glee at all the attention and disruption caused so far
I dont think that Admin Moderators should be called in to deal with such creatures, either, by the way. I have posted a link in [#14] to a bit of advice I found on the proper response to such posts.
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:44:47 AM PST
by
walford
(Dogmatism swings both ways)
To: floriduh voter; Calpernia
Any Trolls show up, just use some of this. Works every time ...
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posted on
12/05/2003 11:51:24 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(George Soros "MINOB": http://richard.meek.home.comcast.net/SorosRatsA.JPG)
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