TERRI SCHIAVO DAILY MARCH 2005 PART 3, PLEASE STICK WITH US, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE...

various ^ | 3/21/05 | various

[Ohioan from Florida]

Continuation of Terri Schiavo daily March threads. Due to overwhelming participation we reached over 5000 posts in three days time!

[nicmarlo]

Well first, you'd have to hire FELOS, to get to SENATOR KING, to get the law changed to ALLOW FOR DEATH BY STRANGULATION, while the patient is in a HOSPITAL UNABLE TO SPEAK OR TALK.

Because, right now, DEATH BY STRANGULATION IS A FELONY.

At the time Terri could talk, DEATH BY WITHHOLDING FOOD AND WATER, VIA A TUBE, WAS A FELONY.

Michael Schiavo hired Felos when Terri couldn't speak her wishes, got the LAW CHANGED so HE COULD WITHHOLD FOOD AND WATER FROM TERRI SO HE COULD KILL HER.

[bjs1779]

This is just totally off point but I have to make it. Many years ago I was working at a nursing home. I told my husband I couldn't take it anymore. Just leave me where I fall and roll a wheel chair over me. I suppose since I once said something if I ever got in Terri's condition, they would have to do that.

I know! I remember my wife once told me she "couldn't live without me"! And that's the truth Judge.

[DJ MacWoW]

We're past 5,000 posts again

[pollywog]

I'm convinced the depth of concern I'm feeling is actually the Holy Spirit's.

I am, as well. The last time I was in such earnest prayer was concerning another "judicial" matter going on in Florida in 2000.

Anyone remember the anquish in prayer before the election in 2004?? The church came together in agonizing prayer and fasting and I believe that God intervened and George Bush won.

[SeasideSparrow]

I wish some of you would run for public office and boot out some of the nutjobs we have in there now.

We need more good conservatives running for office!!!

True conservatives.....

[Abby4116]

So...if when she was around 20 Terri had allegedly said to her alleged husband and his family "if i get in a vegetative state, please kill me by strangeling me to death" those wishes would be carried out by a state court? Seems to me that is what they are saying when they accept hearsay evidence allegedly said when someone was still young and immmature as fact. They are saying the hearsay testimony is as good as a legal written document...so why would anyone need that anymore, all they have to do is lie and have close family members back them up. Outrageous!

Heard tonight that when HER good friend tried to show in court that she DID NOT want to die, it was thrown out because court forgot that Karen Ann Quinlan lived for ten years after her life support was removed.

[nicmarlo]

WHAT ABOUT THE SUICIDALLY DEPRESSED? Their husband's could say they killed their wives because their wives told them they didn't want to live anymore.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Amen!

[Halls]

When was this filed and where?

[pollywog]

I wish some of you would run for public office and boot out some of the nutjobs we have in there now.

Well SeasideSparrow, I have often wished I had gone into politics. My cousin and his son did, however. He was a fine State Senator for California for a long time. His son now is a State Assemblyman. Conservative and honorable!!!

[nicmarlo]

I know alot of people were in prayer (of course, I was), but I was calm and at peace. I was not during 2000. I was awakened by night to pray.....for weeks. And I am a solid deep sleeper.

[SeasideSparrow]

Better yet....anyone who wants to become a lawyer and then a judge....even better.

One problem we've got though is this: During elections we're supposed to vote for these nutcase judges, but we are not "allowed" to know where they stand on issues like abortion, euthanasia, etc.

THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Already ready for a new thread?

[supercat]

Here's the ACLJ Amicus Brief:

As it reads after applying Rule of Terri #2

AMICUS BRIEF OF CONGRESSMAN DAVE WELDON, THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE, AND LIBERTY COUNSEL IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ARGUMENT

This is not a “right to die” case. Rather, this case is about efforts to protect a vulnerable, disabled young woman from harm at the hands of those with manifest conflicts of interests.

This case has a long and complex history. The overriding question here, however, is whether to restore the status quo -- food and fluids for Terri Schiavo -- so that she will not die before the various important questions at issue can be duly sorted out.

I. Life-threatening situation

Terri Schiavo’s life is in imminent jeopardy. Her death will irreparably prejudice the proceedings herein. An injunction can always be reversed. But this Court has no power to resurrect the dead. Cruzan v. Director, Mo. Dep’t of Health, 497 U.S. 261, 283 (1990) (“An erroneous decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment . . . is not susceptible of correction”).

To delay is to sentence Terri to an inhumane death. If she were a cat or a dog, her death by starvation and dehydration would not be tolerated. If she were a convicted felon, her death by starvation and dehydration would not be tolerated. Cf. State ex rel. White v. Narick, 170 W. Va. 195, 292 S.E.2d 54 (1982) (convict has no right to starve to death, even voluntarily); People ex rel. Ill. Dep’t of Corrections v. Millard, 335 Ill. App. 3d 1066, 1070, 782 N.E.2d 966, 969 (2003) (same) (citing cases).

That she is a gravely mentally disabled woman should not place her beyond basic human decency.

[Pegita]

And all God's children said, Amen ...

[SeasideSparrow]

That's fantastic, Pollywog!!!!!

That's what we need more of, isn't it. ;o)

[supercat]

At the time Terri could talk, DEATH BY WITHHOLDING FOOD AND WATER, VIA A TUBE, WAS A FELONY.

Even today, death by withholding food and water by mouth still is a felony.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Amen!

[nicmarlo]

Yes, all God's children say Amen!

[AmericaUnited]

WHAT ABOUT THE SUICIDALLY DEPRESSED? Their husband's could say they killed their wives because their wives told them they didn't want to live anymore.

Now that's an idea... I'll fly out to San Fran, marry Felos in absentia, then fly down to Tampa, then choke the living crap out of him, remember he wanted to die, then have Greer whitewash the whole deal.