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Parents rally activists in final battle to keep daughter alive [Terri Schiavo]
Times online.co.uk ^ | 2/21/2005 | Jacqui Goddard

Posted on 02/20/2005 5:52:01 PM PST by bjs1779

...Mr Schiavo, who lives with a girlfriend by whom he has two children, plans to withdraw the gastric tube through which his wife is fed when a temporary court order barring him expires tomorrow. He insists that his wife once told him that she would not want to be kept alive should she ever suffer brain damage, although he recalled the conversation three years after her collapse and only after winning $1 million in medical negligence damages relating to her early care....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: schiavo; terri; terrischiavo
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To: msp2004; floriduh voter; phenn; cyn; FreepinforTerri; kimmie7; Pegita; windchime; tutstar; ...

Thanks, msp!

Terri ping! If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!


61 posted on 02/20/2005 8:48:40 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: reaganaut

I agree. The idea that this is mercy is heinous.


62 posted on 02/20/2005 8:50:59 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Ciexyz

Terri has supporters around the globe!


63 posted on 02/20/2005 8:53:25 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: supercat

Nice find!


64 posted on 02/20/2005 8:57:41 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Ohioan from Florida
I just caught part of that program on EWTN. I wonder if I can find a transcript somewhere. The Friar said that Terri's Dad kissed her on the cheek, and Terri returned the kiss!!!
65 posted on 02/20/2005 8:59:07 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: BykrBayb

I watched it, too! It was very good!


66 posted on 02/20/2005 9:05:01 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Ohioan from Florida
That is exactly the point, this ISN'T mercy, it's convenience. If it were my daughter, I'd probably be on my way to jail, pleading "the defense of others" to the judge.
67 posted on 02/20/2005 9:07:12 PM PST by reaganaut ("Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." - Not just pretty words.)
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To: California Patriot

You slight prayer.


68 posted on 02/20/2005 9:11:02 PM PST by Melas
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To: Ohioan from Florida

They have a link to the video of that episode on their site. I don't know how long you'll be able to access it. http://play.rbn.com/?url=ewtn/g2ewtn/g2demand/smil/rock.rm&proto=rtsp .

The part about Terri starts at about 17 minutes into the video.


69 posted on 02/20/2005 9:13:53 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: reaganaut
If it were my daughter, I'd probably be on my way to jail, pleading "the defense of others" to the judge.

If you are ever in that situation, insist on a jury trial. You're more likely to find two jurors who understand what it means to be a parent than a judge who does.

70 posted on 02/20/2005 9:13:55 PM PST by supercat (For Florida officials to be free of the Albatross, they should let it fly away.)
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To: BykrBayb; Ohioan from Florida

If Terri returned the kiss, this should be all over on mainstream media!!

Where's mainstream media with this?

EWTN has a website; maybe they have a transcript, if not now, tomorrow.


71 posted on 02/20/2005 9:14:51 PM PST by Sun (Visit www.theEmpireJournal.com * Pray for Terri. Pray to end abortion.)
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To: Sun

Let's all pray very hard for Terri tonight.


72 posted on 02/20/2005 9:16:33 PM PST by Sun (Visit www.theEmpireJournal.com * Pray for Terri. Pray to end abortion.)
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To: Goodgirlinred

Yes, Terri's family was kept in the dark (until ~ 2001) about a bone scan that was done in 1991. Apparently, according to the scan details, Terri "complained" during her physical therapy sessions. She was sent for a scan and it was discovered that she had broken bones all over her body: ribs, pelvic area, and femur among others. It makes one wonder why Terri really collapsed that Feb. night in 1990. Here's the link:

http://www.ginzell.net/terri_schiavo_bone_scan.html


73 posted on 02/20/2005 9:18:51 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: All

Terri phone number/e-mail/sign petition bump!

On POSSIBLY as early as Tuesday, February 22, 2005, the Courts might have Terri's feeding tube removed for the THIRD time.

For any "newbees" to this thread, here are the numbers to call. Ask them to save Terri Schiavo by NOT allowing her to starve to death.

If you don't have time to call all of the numbers, please at least call one number (or e-mail). Calling is better than sending an e-mail, but please at least do something.

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

Attorney General Charlie Crist:
PHONE 850-414-3300

FAX 850-410-1630
ag@oag.state.fl.us
From a post from Floriduh Voter about A.G. Charlie Crist: FLA AG Crist's staff said to a caller "Crist it the attorney for the STATE, not for individuals." Well, THEN HE BETTER QUIT HELPING THE PARAPLEGIC WHO GOT KICKED OFF A US AIRWAYS FLIGHT. Either you are working for the people or the state and the Fla AG HAS A CIVIL RIGHTS DEPT.
Sun says: It looks like A.G. Charlie Crist is playing politics by choosing which disabled person he wants to help, & which he does not. I guess he thinks that helping a paraplegic is more popular with Florida VOTERS.

ALSO, you can:
PLEASE SIGN PETITION FOR TERRI

Without 11th-hour help Terri Schindler-Schiavo will soon be
starved to death. Husband Michael Schiavo -- thanks to yet
another outrage by an activist judge -- again has a death
sentence from the Florida courts to execute this courageous woman by removing her feeding tube.

Your quick help is needed! Please go to ConservativePetitions.com to see what is at stake not only for Terri but for all Americans.

Here's the address:
http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=298


74 posted on 02/20/2005 9:20:25 PM PST by Sun (Visit www.theEmpireJournal.com * Pray for Terri. Pray to end abortion.)
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To: kenth

Oh, so many lines of postings spent on those people, who come to this situation late in the game, know nothing of the years' long facts of this case, and express that they wouldn't want to live like a vegetable ... as if they know. They wouldn't kill their dog like Terri's "deathmaster" wants to murder her. God Bless Terri and her family. Fight, Terri, fight on!


75 posted on 02/20/2005 9:20:53 PM PST by STARWISE (The UN -- sanctuary for thieves, liars, despots, protected criminals, mercenaries + phonies)
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To: Ohioan from Florida; floriduh voter

Do you know what plans there are for rallies, publicity, tv coverage for tomorrow and on the 22nd? Dear Lord, please save Terri.


76 posted on 02/20/2005 9:23:34 PM PST by STARWISE (The UN -- sanctuary for thieves, liars, despots, protected criminals, mercenaries + phonies)
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To: supercat
If you are ever in that situation, insist on a jury trial. You're more likely to find two jurors who understand what it means to be a parent than a judge who does.

actually, my husband is in his last semester of law school and want to do crimial prosecution. He said the same thing, a jury would be sympathetic to a situation like that.

77 posted on 02/20/2005 9:27:39 PM PST by reaganaut ("Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." - Not just pretty words.)
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To: kenth
It's real easy to say kill the disabled when you yourself are not.

IOW it's real easy to play God... which is ironic, really... if you observe the behavior and thought of the pro-aborts, the euthanasia crowd, and the killing-embryoes-as-a-hobby folks, you will find they do, indeed, think of themselves as little gods, though in not so many words. Their religion is "science" (double-quotes important here), whose dogmas they embrace with all the ferver of the most zealous religious fanatic.

78 posted on 02/20/2005 9:29:24 PM PST by Lexinom
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To: Goodgirlinred; All

Here's more of Terri's medical record documents. Notice at the bottom of page 2 that the doctor notes that Terri vocalizes in the prone position during physical therapy, and that she says "stop!" to the nurses. Back in 1990!!! That Terri might no longer do this is proof that Michael has neglected her care.

http://www.hospicepatients.org/terri-schiavo-exam-1990.pdf


79 posted on 02/20/2005 9:30:13 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Ohioan from Florida; Sun

I can get this video to play, and I can save a link to it, but I don't know how to save the actual video. Anybody here know how?


80 posted on 02/20/2005 9:31:10 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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