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Posted on 03/20/2005 10:27:03 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida
Continuation of Terri Schiavo daily March threads. Due to overwhelming participation we reached over 5000 posts in three days time!
SeasideSparrow wrote: This is JUDICIAL TERRORISM!!!! """""
It sure is!!! Why in the blank, didn't that Judge tell them yesterday, instead of playing games with Terri's life.
The judge is just like GREER.
I'M SO DISGUSTED WITH OUT COURTS, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA.
I called the White House. They are not answering yet or did not for me. Where is JEB BUSH. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS.
I can't believe this decision... My mind and body have gone numb. I have tried so hard to believe that there was true justice in this country, but no more. This is more than a travesty.
As hard as it is to say, my FReeper FRiends, I think we've reached the end of the line. I realize there is the Atlanta appeal, and then maybe even the Supreme Court, but my gut feeling tells me that they, too, are going to fail Terri.
We've all tried doing everything we can possibly could... faxing, emailing, phoning---apparently we live in a country of a CORRUPT judicial system. How ironic... Scott Peterson is getting 3 meals a day and will live for at least another 20 years, and poor Terri is starving to death... for NO REASON. I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW I COULD SPIT NICKELS! THIS IS SO UNFAIR!!
I don't know what else we can do, and if you can tell me, please do! But in the meantime, I am just going to pray for Terri to have as peaceful a passing as possible. I was at my dad's bedside when he passed (yes, we had to decide to remove him from life support), and thankfully, he did not suffer... he had a morphine drip, and passed within 10 minutes after removing the life support. He had a very peaceful death, and I pray the same for our dear Terri. The only "positive" thing for Terri is that she will soon be "home" again, with our Lord...
I pray that the next court ruling will be in the Schindler's favor, but I am not feeling very good about that prospect.
I'm sorry for being so negative this morning, but I've lost all hope and faith in humanity, and I need to figure out what to do about it. I'm an optimist by nature, or USED to be; I don't think I'll ever feel that way again.
Tears and prayers for Terri... and prayers to God for a miracle!
It's the only hope we have. Gov. Bush and President Bush are not going to intervene, and neither is the Florida legislature.
SEND THIS AROUND TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN! THE PIECE WAS WRITTEN ON FEB. 26, BUT ITS MESSAGE STILL HOLDS TRUE! EVERYONE - CALL THE PRESIDENT ASKING HIM TO WRITE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43053
It's your turn, Mr. President
by David N. Bass
The battle to protect the life of Terri Schindler-Schiavo is down to the wire.
Yesterday, Circuit Court Judge George Greer granted a request by Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, to delay the removal of her feeding tube until mid-March. The three-week reprieve was heralded as an answer to prayer, especially given Greer's indifference toward Terri's life in the past. Lawyers for the Schindlers hope the circuit court judge will extend the stay indefinitely while they pursue further legal avenues.
Even as the determination came down, pro-life individuals and groups were mobilizing to help defend the life of this brain-disabled woman who has garnered more love and support over the last year than many healthy individuals could hope for in a lifetime. Life advocates are joining hands for 24-hour prayer vigils outside Terri's hospice in Pinellas County, Fla. Others are staging peaceful protests in front of Michael Schiavo's house, begging him to end his decade-long quest to snuff out the life of his estranged wife.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush affirmed on Wednesday that he will do everything within the bounds of state law to protect Terri's life, but added the caveat that there are "limits to what any particular person – irrespective of the title they currently hold – can do." Such limits do exist, of course, but so do further possibilities.
The same day, the Department of Children and Families Services submitted a request to Judge Greer asking for a 60-day stay in which to investigate abuse and neglect allegations against Michael Schiavo. Although Greer dismissed the petition, he conceded that the department is free to pursue an investigation on its own. The question is: Will there be enough time, given the three-week stay granted by Judge Greer, to conduct a thorough investigation before the judiciary again threatens to remove Terri's feeding tube?
In the Florida Legislature, a bill that would prohibit courts and other entities from "withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances" is currently being considered. Unlike "Terri's Law" passed by the Legislature in 2003, the new bill would apply to all disabled individuals who are reliant on feeding tubes. This would clear the legal hurdle erected by the Florida Supreme Court, which declared "Terri's Law" unconstitutional since it only applied to an isolated situation. But unless substantial action is taken soon, the bill will never be approved in time to save Terri's life.
Many are publicly demonstrating their support for this woman and her right to life; many are promising to step forward and take a stand for her. But will these efforts be enough?
The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida judiciary have collectively turned a blind eye to Terri's plight, trumping her constitutional right to life and due process under the law. Gov. Bush and many in the Florida Legislature rally around Terri in public, but how many will have the guts to potentially risk their political careers when push comes to shove? Protests and prayer vigils are critically important, but the individuals participating in them have no real power to intervene and stop this tragedy from occurring.
There is one man who does: the president of the United States.
Terri needs more than a temporary stay of execution from a circuit court judge. She needs the equivalent of a presidential pardon. President Bush has the power to issue an executive order saving Terri from the cruel judicial fist that is descending to destroy her life. The U.S. Constitution invests presidents with the power to grant reprieves and pardons to convicted criminals. How can we continue calling ourselves a fair-dealing nation if felons are allowed to go scot-free while an entirely innocent woman is sentenced to a slow starvation death?
President Bush often speaks about building a culture of life. He emphasizes the blessings brought about by shaping a society that welcomes and protects life in all of its stages. But if Terri Schiavo is starved to death, America's conscience will be blotted in a way that time will not erase. The culture of life is nothing more than a pipe dream when our judicial system grants more rights to squirrels and capital murderers than to the elderly and disabled. If this state-sanctioned murder takes place, a legal precedent will have been established that will inevitably lead to the outright legalization of euthanasia on demand. Quality of life will replace sanctity of life, and convenience will replace justice.
Mr. President, my generation does not want to inherit an America like that. We want an America that honors life, even if it is unborn; we want an America that cherishes each individual, even if they are old or disabled; we want an America in which Jesus Christ's command to love others as you love yourself is not political rhetoric, but is fused into the hearts and minds of its citizenry.
Mr. President, you have a duty. The life-honoring constituency that elected you in November is watching. We expect you to fulfill your sacred oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution, which grants all citizens, including Terri Schiavo, the right-to-life and due process under the law.
Individuals from every corner of America see Terri not as a vegetable or houseplant, but as a sister human being created in the image of God. They have stepped forward to defend the life of this precious human being.
It's now your turn, Mr. President.
I understand. The Supremes do not give me hope. That's just honesty on my part in saying how I feel about the Courts, all of them.
What's Balderdash?
And the White House number directly above, said disconnected.
I thought the law was for her to have an entirely (from day 1) new trial, not based on anything that has happened in the old case. And that since it would take time, her feeding tube would be reinserted. This just sounds like another appeal hearing on the old case.
What did I miss?
An old-fashioned term for a pile of ____. I was talking about what the judge is saying, not anything you said, I hope you know.
You missed nothing. The judge is the one who didn't get the picture.
This is indeed a very black day for us. As I have stated before, the angels are weeping from heaven. Not only am I sadden by the starvation of a human being simply because she is handicap but also for the many posters that feel this is duly right. Does having loving parents and family that want to take care of her mean anything to anyone anymore? Are we now heading into a society where we must hide our loves ones in the basement so they can not be put to death. My God, we send our young to battle to bring freedom to strangers and yet we can not save one handicap woman from being starved to death? Baby Boomers, we have reaped what we sow. May God have mercy on all of us.
Please give the number you say is disconnected so I can check on it. Thanks.
I think we all would! We are definitely at a critical point in history and I shudder to think if my children will someday say "Why didn't you do something to change things, how could they get away with murder?"
I want to cry but am trying not to so I can start calling the Florida RINO's.
Oh my word, by than it will be to late. Now is the time for Jeb to act! Protective Custody now!!
You didn't miss anything. Whittemore just disregarded the federal Terri's Law.
The Courts are ignoring the de novo, or new trial part, of the law. They don't consider it law, apparently, if they don't want to do it. After all, they are the Courts...the new gods.
Our only hope. Wasn't Rehnquist the one who wrote the dissent on Roe v Wade? I know this from personal experience. A man who has recently battled cancer has a soft heart and a new respect for life. Go, Rehnquist.
Just needed repeating.
Someone said our only hope is the Supreme Court.
NO.
That's the problem!
Everytime a court hears a case a liberal judge makes an UNconstitutional ruling!!!
They're usurping powers they are NOT granted by the Constitution.
Please stop looking to the judiciary! It's out-of-control. We need an executive and legislative branch willing to take action in counter-balancing the three branches of government.
The thing to do now is CONTACT THE PRESIDENT AND JEB BUSH!!
You can call the Florida congressmen too, but the legislative process is slow and for Terri, they may act too late.
ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN ACT IN TIME!!!!
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