TERRI SCHINDLER SCHIAVO FEBRUARY DAILY THREAD 2005: TERRI IS OUR VALENTINE!

*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.

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.

Ok, I'm going to try this one time.... again.

There is more bad and incorrect information running around on this story than anything else I have seen in years.

Here is the real world legal situation. THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY OR EQUITY CASE, THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER.

This is first and foremost a case of who has the right to speak for Terri. Is it her husband or her parents? The law says it is her husband. Is he a hairball who is living with another woman, had a kid with her, etc? Yes, he is all that and worse. But that does not change the legal situation that he is able, under the law, to speak for her, TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHERS, including her parents. Her parents have tried to get the courts to set aside the husband's wishes and substitute theirs. There is little precedent to do that. He has spousal rights, period.

Secondly, this has been a PR disaster from Day One. All the claims of a horrible judge, unconstitutional decisions, claims of attempts at murder, huge conflicts of interest, have only served to anger the entire legal system and local residents.

The far-out "It's ok to murder abortionists" crowd and some guy from Lakeland who wants to act as Terri's lay lawyer and bring the matter before the UN are some of the more rational people involved. Others have waved pictures of aborted babies at first and second graders from a school near her nursing home. How is that expected to help Terri?

They brought in "psychic healers" (con men) from somewhere in the midwest. Their idea was tell tell Terri, via speakerphone, "Wake up, they're trying to kill you."

They introduced a videotape supposedly showing her somewhat visually tracking a balloon for about 30 seconds, but then, when the entire tape was shown, it showed her have no contact with anything for the entire 45 minutes of the tape, except the 30 seconds.

Sorry, the results speak for themselves. I do not demean the desire of these people to help Terri, but when public support was at 77% when this matter began and is now at 28%, someone is doing something very foolish.

For some "supporters" this has been all about face time on TV, not Terri's survival.

Besides a PR disaster, this has been a legal disaster. Her parents were outlawyered from day one. They were always going to lose on "law." The lawyers should have it an "equity" style matter from day one. Equity deals with the concept of, regardless of what the law says, what is right? I would have been arguing that we give death penalty sentences every benefit of the doubt. Why aren't we doing that in this case?

Please do not get me wrong, I am on Terri's side completely. It's just that as a lawyer and former network news reporter, I have seen the vast foolishness perpetrated in this case. .... and yes I have volunteered to help. On three separate occasions, "someone" from the team was going to call me back in 30 minutes. Callbacks? Zero.

Let this be a lesson for all of us. Dedication and belief are not enough. Terri's supporters are exceptionally dedicated. They are unquestionably correct on moral, ethical and equity grounds. Unfortunately, the actions of some of them have had the exact opposite effect of that which was desired.

If one disagrees with that statement, then ask yourself, why are we still losing. The answer isn't bad judges or anything like that. Losers say that in every case.

The answer is; something different must be done, and until it is, Terri will continue to slip away from us, physically and legally.

"Florida’s Evidence Code may soon be modified in such a way that hearsay testimony (of an incapacitated person’s oral declarations) from potentially conflicted guardians, beneficiaries or heirs at law could become admissible in a court of law. "

"I don't get it. The courts are doing it already. Heads I win, tails you lose?"

Court mandated euthanasia as state policy is in the cards. It's a CYA move for the judges, and a preemptive action to eliminate one grounds for appeal in the future.

NOTE TO TERRI'S FREEPERS: Need to find out any connections between whoever introduced/sponsored this and the Pinellas judges, Felos & Co., hospice, etc. Need to find out if Felos or associates are lobbying for this like with the feeding tube provision of 1999.

I think because Jim King is still in the Fla Senate, he's probably talked them into having a bill that is nothing more than a JUDGE SHIELD LAW SO THEY CAN SAY ANYTHING IS CLEAR AND CONVINCING WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS, even if their decisions lead to murder.

Jim King wanted a chiropractic school at a major Fla university but it was shot down. Maybe they are creating this bill for him because he's pouting about his chiropractic school defeat.

It's to give judges immunity from prosecution and scrutiny imo. I think maybe GREER may be pondering what going to jail might be like so they are writing laws so he'll never find out.

Jeb would have to sign such a bill. WHY DON'T FLORIDIANS EVER GET TO VOTE ON MEASURES THAT AFFECT LIFE AND DEATH? It's only fair. This euthanasia b.s. is using the back door to invade. The front door is taking it to the people.

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