TERRI SCHINDLER SCHIAVO JANUARY 2005 Dailies: News Digest, Restating the Obvious & Thank Yous...

The Terri Schindler Schiavo Daily Threads are created month to month as we watch local and national news regarding Terri and her family.

Since Terri's supporters are in every time zone, you may see something FIRST. Please share news with us that you don't see here already. Now, why would you want to do that? Terri's Daily Thread for September/October of 2004 was viewed over 15,000 times. Terri's November Daily Thread was viewed over 6,000 times. December's thread is over 3,000 views.

More and more good folks are finding out about Terri and that judicial tyranny would take her life, but for lots and lots of prayer and non-stop lobbying of relatives, friends, clergy, our leaders, the media, a passerby, a cashier - ANYONE who you feel comfortable chatting with.

Folks always want to know how can this be in America or on earth for that matter? Unfortunately, this is really happening to an innocent woman who just celebrated her 41st birthday. She's not the only one but she's the one with devoted parents and siblings who knows what's in Terri's heart. Terri has a strong will to live. That's apparent. It's been 14 years.

Besides, feeding tubes have been around practically since the Civil War. They are not high tech devices. Terri is "not hooked up to machines". Her feeding tube is the diameter of a piece of spaghetti.

Talkin' about Terri is the best way to lobby for her. It is a salespitch to save her life and subsequently, many lives. If you've never sold anything in your life, START NOW. START WITH TERRI.

See Terri's flash movies if you need more information. You can see for yourself that's she's interactive and follows the doctor's instructions.

NOTE: Terri's December Dailies are noted as a source above. There are lots of important links at the very top of that thread. If you missed Terri's Celebration of Life, you can click on it from there.

FRIENDS, THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY TERRI'S ENEMY. I disavow this freak's remarks as TO THEIR CONSPIRATORIAL NATURE completely but we must see their warped thoughts. NOTICE HE FAILS TO MENTION THAT TERRI SCHINDLER IS A HUMAN BEING.

The Terri Schiavo case: Following the money

By Jon B. Eisenberg

Jon B. Eisenberg is an attorney who practices in Oakland, California and is an adjunct professor at University of California Hastings College of the Law. His specialty is civil appeals, on which he publishes a widely-used California treatise. His work mostly involves commercial and liability disputes, but his occasional forays into pro bono work lead him to cases like Terri Schiavo litigation, where he filed a amicus curiae brief in the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of 55 bioethicists and a disability rights organization opposing Governor Bush.

Have you ever wondered who is paying the lawyers and activists trying to keep Terri Schiavo's feeding tube attached? The trail of money leads to a $2 billion consortium of ultraconservative Foundations with close ties to Governor Jeb Bush.

The Florida Supreme Court will soon decide whether Governor Bush violated the Florida Constitution when he squelched a court order for removal of artificial nutrition and hydration from Terri Schiavo, whom the courts have determined is in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) with no hope of recovery, I am a California attorney who filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of 55 bioethicists and a disability rights organization opposing the Governor's action.

A few weeks ago, on the day before oral argument in the Florida Supreme Court, I participated in a public debate on the Schiavo case at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Among the other participants were four lawyers supporting Governor Bush's position: Pat Anderson, the attorney for Terri's parents, Mary and Robert Schindler; Diane Coleman, who heads a group of disability rights organizations that filed a "friend of the court" brief supporting the governor; and Wesley Smith and Rita Marker, two behind-the-scenes pro-life activists whose specialty is opposing surrogate removal of life-support from comatose and PVS patients.

On my flight home the next day, while contemplating the evident fact that these four attorneys have somehow made full-time jobs out of their causes, I found myself thinking: "Somebodymust be paying these people."

It turns out to be a very interesting group of somebodies. Internet research reveals that funding behind all four attorneys; the lawyers representing Governor Bush before the Florida Supreme Court; the groups that filed two "friend of the court" briefs in his support; and two new lawyers for the Schindlers, can be traced to members of the Philanthropy Roundtable. The Philanthropy Roundtable is a collection of foundations that have funded rightwing causes ranging from ultraconservative mainstays like abolition of Social Security and religious social engineering to fringe-group anti-tax crusades and United Nation conspiracy theories. Its members' founders include scions of America's wealthiest families, including Richard Mellon Scaife (heir to the Mellon industrial, oil and banking fortune), Harry Bradley (electronics), Joseph Coors (beers), and the Smith Richardson family (pharmaceutical products).

The chart accompanying this article shows a dizzying web of funding connections between six of the Philanthropy Roundtable's richest members and ten organizations behind the Schindlers, their lawyers and supporters, and the lawyers representing Governor Bush before the Florida Supreme Court.

Here are just a few examples: Pat Anderson works with the Alliance Defense Fund, which received $142,000 from Philanthropy Roundtable members that include the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation and the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation. Wesley Smith works with the Discovery Institute, which received $175,000 from the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation. Diane Coleman's "friend of the court" brief is signed by the World Institute on Disability and the National Organization on Disability, which are funded by the Scaife Family Foundations, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, and the JM Foundation.

The other "friend of the court" brief supporting Governor Bush was filed by the Family Research Council, which was formerly headed by Bush lawyer Kenneth Connor and which received $215,000 from the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation. Rita Marker's organization, the International Task Force on Euthanasia, received $110,390 from the Randolph Foundation, an affiliate of the Smith Richardson family. Bush lawyer Robert Destro has tries to the Council on Economic and Policy Education, which is funded by the Randolph and JM Foundations.

The two new Schindler lawyers, Deborah Berliner and Brett Wood, are affiliated with Judicial Watch, Inc., which received $7,069,500 from the Scaife and DeVos foundations. And in the thick of this is Governor Jeb Bush, a former director of the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation is a creation of Joseph Coors and one of the most prominent member of the Philanthropy Roundtable. The Heritage Foundation has been funded to the tune of $47 million by, among others - you guessed it - the Bradley, Scaife, DeVos and JM foundations.

That's a lot of money. No wonder they're been able to keep the Schiavo litigation going for 11 years.

During the Watergate scandal, investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein werefamously advised to "follow the money." In the Schiavo case, the money - all of it - leads to members of the Philanthropy Roundtable and Governor Jeb Bush.

FV SAYS: This is one of those BLOODLUSTING DEATH ATTORNEYS who think they know all and know best. AND, THEY HATE JEB BUSH TOO, ya notice?

Folks, it takes a lot of money to fight those who want to KILL TERRI. THIS GUY IS A FRIEND OF GEORGE FELOS, BET ON THAT...

This LEFT WING FREAK from Oakland, CA says that some of Terri's support network have conspiracy theories about the United Nations.

WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC. There's a thread right now about a petition in New Hampshire to throw the UN out of the United States.

FINALLY, I CANNOT EVEN FATHOM THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CHANGING HANDS TO FINANCE THE TORTURE AND ABUSE OF TERRI SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO. MILLIONS. And, it all starts here with Judge Greer.

Daily prayer for this mother's child at 11 a.m. continues ...

Heavenly Father, we return to praise You that You are the shelter in our storm ... that You give us sustenance when we are weak ... that You know our every fear. "When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee." Psalm 56:3 ...

We are fearful, O Lord, for the voices of hell have again been raised on all sides as they seek the life of this wounded woman. Those in highest judicial authority will soon render a decision that will confirm Your Sovereignty, or hand Your authority over to man. Your teaching is that in Your hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job 12:10.

We beseech You, Merciful Father, that the Holy Spirit would descend mightily upon all those who seek an end to Terri's life ... reveal to them the horror of the plans of their hearts ... make known to them the dreadful consequences of equating themselves with You and Your Authority ... may they repent, lest they fall into the hands of a Righteous God. Save this beloved child, O Lord, for the sake of Your Son, Jesus.

Ground us again in faith, Sovereign God, for You have sustained this mother's child these many years. Sustain her again unto the time when the chains that bind her are broken ... vindicate the love of mother and father and sister and brother ... restore her to the love and care of her family, we pray. Drown out the media who all but proclaim her dead ... raise up Your children to petition You for her life, for surely this is a spiritual struggle, waged in the heavenlies, but seen on earth. Sweep away the merchants of death, for they are cunning and deceitful, full of vicious hate. Let them no longer come near the innocent, the disabled, the infirm, the less than perfect. Pierce their stony hearts, that they might know that are more pitiful than those whose lives they would end.

Strengthen each anew, O God, for the battle intensifies. Bring forth that one Judge, Merciful Father, who becomes weary and grants justice because the petitioner would not quit. Give to Terri untold number of petitioners who will not quit, for "the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16. To You be all Glory, now and forevermore, Amen ...

Merciful Master, I join my voice with Your child Pegita in Prayer, and with all who Love Your daughter Terri. You are our Strength and our Hope, Loving Lord, and we Look Expectantly to You for our Help, as our sister's enemies are again Closing in on her.

O God our King, our minds cannot understand the Strange and Depraved Hatred Your enemies have toward this one, sweet girl; we only know it Originates from the father of lies, from he who was a Murderer from the Beginning. We Beseech You, Great King, to Send the Fear of the Lord of Hosts into the heart of every person desiring our Terri's death, Your Blessed Spirit Convicting them of the Evil of their Satanic Intentions. Open their eyes, O Sovereign Master, that they may Tremble at what they have Planned for Your child, and in Repentance, Turn from their Wicked Designs.

We Plead for Your Sovereign Spirit to Raise Up an Army of Intercessors, those who will Bombard the Heavens on our Terri's Behalf. Save her, my King, from the Ravening Wolves who Seek her Destruction, Returning her to the Arms of her Mother and her Family who Love her.

Hear us, our Savior, and Surround Your precious child with Your Angels, that the Wicked Ones touch her not. Strengthen us, Great King, for this Battle between Light and Darkness, as we Pray in Your Name, and for Your Glory, amen.

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