Posted on 01/31/2005 9:14:49 PM PST by TAdams8591
*Michael, HAVE A HEART !!!!!For Valentines Day give Terri back to her MOM & DAD, The Schindlers!!!!!!!!*
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. January 2005 Daily Thread was a RECORD HIGH!!!!!!! 15, 103 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.
Visit: http://www.terrisfight.org
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.
AGAIN WE HAVE A NEW RECORD: 15,103 views on the tote board for the Terri Schindler Schiavo January Daily Thread!
The most significant event in Terri's case in January, was the Supreme's Courts refusal to hear Governor Jeb Bush's appeal, after the Florida State Legislature struck down Terri's Law. This once again places Terri's life in extreme jeopardy, though there are other issues regarding her case before the court.
Have you tried video.google.com ? A bit limited, but cool nonetheless.
What's the e-mail address?
There is an insert you can give out. Let me try to find it.
Bump.
No. That's a new one on me. I was reading some of the blogs floriduh voter was talking about. I'm in awe of these people, and of all of you.
Question: Have physicians conducted brain wave scans? How many, how often, and under what conditions - music, etc.? All I've seen is the one x-ray.
Thanx for trying. :)
I believe they have. I don't think any doctors have changed their opinions based upon them, though. The doctors who would call Terri PVS even if she punched them in the nose ("obvious reflex") say they show she's PVS, and the ones who say that PVS patients don't vocalize in response to familiar people's voices say they show she's clearly not PVS.
Thanx. I'll check back later.
Trying to remember back, isn't Greer Terri's surrogate?
btw, your clever post on Portia made me drag out my Complete Works of Shakespeare. But I haven't gotten around to reading Merchants of Venice yet.
A diagnosis of PVS is in a sense hard to prove; easy to disprove. There are certain things a scan of a non-PVS person would often show, and a scan of a PVS person would never show. The presence of such things would contradict a finding of PVS, even though their absense would not necessarily imply one.
I don't know how long the original unedited videos were, but unless one were shooting hundreds of hours of video time, I don't think the chance reactions from a PVS patient would appear as purposeful as what's shown on the video.
Trying to remember back, isn't Greer Terri's surrogate?
Michael is Terri's guardian, though Greer also claims to represent her interest notwithstanding that the statutes explicitly forbid a judge from playing such a role excetpt in cases where the ward is a relative.
btw, your clever post on Portia made me drag out my Complete Works of Shakespeare. But I haven't gotten around to reading Merchants of Venice yet.
Well, Act IV Scene 1.
Maybe it's advocate, not surrogate. Near the beginning, there was a man who overlooked Terri's interests but Michael?? dismissed him?
Thanks for your help.
A guardian ad litem, Richard Pearse.
Basically, the idea is that a guardian ad litem will oppose anything that a guardian wants to do that might conceivably go against the interests of the ward; the guardian must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his actions are in fact in the ward's best interest.
Unfortunately, guardians ad litem tend to harass good guardians (imposing considerable time and legal expense) while not acting as a terribly-effective check on bad ones. The difficulty is that while guardians ad litem are allowed access to a ward's private files, they are extremely limitted in their ability to interact with other people who might have interests related to the ward.
There are reasons for this; without such restrictions, there would be very little protection for a ward's privacy. Unfortunately, the restrictions put a barrier between those with the authority to look for 'fishiness', and those who would know what to look for.
Of course, since Judge Greer allowed Michael to unlawfully fire Terri's guardian ad litem because he was getting too nosy of his own initiative, that makes the guardian ad litem even less of a check on lawbreaking in this case.
Merchant of Venice is one of the few works of Shakespeare I have read in its entirety, but quite a while ago.
On Tuesday, February 22, 2005, the Courts have decided that Terri's feeding tube be removed for the THIRD time.
If you don't have time to call all of the numbers, at least call one number.
For any "newbees" to this thread, here are the numbers to call. Ask them to save Terri Schiavo.
jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Gov. Jeb Bush 850-488-4441
Governor's Legislative Affairs Office: 1-850-488-5000
FL Legislature Senate President Tom Lee: 1-850-487-5072
FL Legislature Speaker fo the House Allen Bense: 1-850-488-1450
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Tell Attorney General Charlie Crist to stop the double standards and don't let an innocent woman who WANTS TO LIVE die.
PHONE 850-414-3300
FAX 850-410-1630
Is there a surrogate for Terri?
As for the statutes: 765.103 Existing directives.--Any advance directive made prior to October 1, 1999, shall be given effect as executed, provided such directive was legally effective when written.
Oral directives are also mentioned in another section.
Have Michael, his brother and sister-in-law indicated what prompted Terri to say, "Don't let me live like that - on tubes"? Was it a particular case in the news, a movie or t.v. program?
Thank you.
I've probably read it too - a long time ago.
Just the fact that they are attempting to do this to Terri for a third time is CRUEL and UNUSUAL. Like trying to electricute or hang a criminal for the third time because the first and second attempts FAILED.
Have any Freepers analyzed the number of posts for Terri and against?
Seems like there might be some useful data in the search.
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