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President Bush Signs Schiavo Bill
3/21/05

Posted on 03/20/2005 10:27:51 PM PST by paltz

As Per Fox News


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; billsigning; bush43; parentsrights; schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; terrislaw
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To: flaglady47

Kindly provide the factual basis for your assertion. Single word naysaying is rather childish.


341 posted on 03/21/2005 12:02:44 AM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Al Simmons
A private bill is a bill that provides relief or a benefit for an individual. As opposed to a public bill that affects the public at large. Lots of private bills get passed and they're usually non-controversial.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
342 posted on 03/21/2005 12:04:13 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Awestruck
I just wonder what all the local jerks are gonna say if she begins to talk again and reveals that A) she did NOT want to die, and B)Michael did something to put her in this state...

Selective amnesia will run rampant. It will be like the MSM and Kerry suddenly discovering their 'support' for Reagan at his funeral after decades of trashing the man.

343 posted on 03/21/2005 12:04:52 AM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Zivasmate

LOL! I get lost easily!


344 posted on 03/21/2005 12:06:13 AM PST by GloriaJane ("How Many Babies Are Crying In Heaven Tonight" http://music.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: Williams

Seen this??? Read last paragraph, last sentence. Thoughts?

LIFE AND DEATH TUG OF WAR
Terri's death wish or Michael's?
Schiavo contradicts himself in Larry King interview

Posted: March 20, 2005
8:41 p.m. Eastern






© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Michael Schiavo gave contradictory stories about whether disconnecting his estranged wife from feeding tubes was his wish or her wish in a Larry King interview on CNN.

Asked why he has persisted in his decade-long effort to end his wife's life despite the wishes of Terri Schiavo's parents and others who love her, Schiavo said: "Because this is what Terri wanted. This is her wish."

"I won't give it up," he said. "Terri is my life. I'm going to carry out her wishes to the very end. This is what she wanted. It's not about the Schindlers. It's not about me, not about Congress. It's about Terri."

Schiavo has been living with another woman for the last 10 years and is raising two children with her.

Under mysterious and still unexplained circumstances, Terri Schiavo lost consciousness and blood flow to her brain for a period of time some 15 years ago. Her parents suspect foul play.

While she remains conscious, she is unable to speak. The family says she has been denied treatments that could help her regain the ability to eat and speak.

Shortly after saying his determination to end Terri's life was about her wishes, Schiavo changed his story in the King interview. Asked if he understood her family's feelings, he said: "Yes, I do. But this is not about them, it's about Terri. And I've also said that in court. We didn't know what Terri wanted, but this is what we want. ..."

The interview aired Friday.


345 posted on 03/21/2005 12:06:24 AM PST by AnimalLover ( ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?)))
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To: paltz

I just heard on news (station carrying Art Bell locally in Atlanta) that a Fed. judge is waiting up to get notice and is going to have ambulance remove Terri from hospice to hospital as soon as he gets it. Hope that is correct info!


346 posted on 03/21/2005 12:06:33 AM PST by whadizit (A)
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To: k2blader
That should be USC not USSC. Sorry, it's late - been a long and difficult weekend of calling, e-mailing, posting, convincing. The job of presenting what the MSM has failed to is staggering.

Even people in my own VERY conservative, confessional church were unaware that Terri is no vegetable! Terri is more than worth it though, and so are every one of us.

347 posted on 03/21/2005 12:06:59 AM PST by Lexinom (You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.)
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To: flaglady47

I think you're worrying too much about the federal judges. Please see post #280. Terri will get a fair hearing in federal court.


348 posted on 03/21/2005 12:07:35 AM PST by defenderSD (Suddenly the raven on Scalia's shoulder stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven...."Nevergore.")
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To: familyop; ndt
No, you're not the only one [uncomfortable with the idea of a law written for one person].

What's wrong with it? It happens all the time. Indeed, Senator John F. Kerry himself was the sponsor of S.423 in the 99th Congress which applied to one person and one person only:

S. 423

BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, That, notwithstanding section 212(a)(23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Kil Joon Yu Callahan may be issued a visa and admitted to the United States for permanent residence if she is found to be otherwise admissible under the provisions of the Act.

Sec. 2. The foregoing exemption shall apply only to grounds for exclusion of which the Department of State or Department of Justice had knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act.


In fact, it is how you get your grievances redressed. It is your right. Petition your Congressman noting your grievance and if needed he will write a law for you to redress the matter.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

349 posted on 03/21/2005 12:08:31 AM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: AnimalLover

Thank God the news is spreading....


350 posted on 03/21/2005 12:08:35 AM PST by Awestruck (It's About LIFE, Stupid.)
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To: goldstategop
You know, I wondered about the voice vs. roll call vote too. It seemed obvious the bill would pass.

All I could come with was a delaying tactic(ghoulish) or to impress a constituency(self serving).

351 posted on 03/21/2005 12:09:52 AM PST by smoothsailing (Eagles Up !!)
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To: Aliska

"I don't like it to be seen as an exclusively religious matter."

I may not be as educated as you are, and, in fact, I don't think I am. But, if you read between the lines some of the comments made by the army of the culture of death, you'll find out that it is them that are making this a religious matter. At times they're so blatantly to the point as to make declarative statemets that are hard to later refute or deny. There is a religious war going on in our beloved country that our forefathers build from the wilderness, and the ultimate intent is the derision, denigration, and dilution, of our Christian way of life and replacing it with a third world alien culture that speaks a different language or languages, that imports different values and that it is often loyal to a different country.

The signs as to where we're are headed are all too clear and written on every American wall for all to see, but only if they open their eyes to it.

Sorry for being slightly off topic.


352 posted on 03/21/2005 12:10:30 AM PST by mjtobias (Michael et al. aren't trying to starve Terri because she's dying, but because she isn't. - supercat)
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To: dts32041; ChicagoHebrew

Bill of Attainder-Definition: A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial.

Whom is this bill meant to punish without a trial? The only part of this definition that has anything to do with this case is that it addresses a particular person. That's nothing new. I suspect many of us are disappointed in the House bill not being agreed to by the Senate, but time is of the essence and we'll have to take what we can get and pray that the next step will be what's best for Terri.


353 posted on 03/21/2005 12:11:52 AM PST by skr (May God bless those in harm's way and confound those who would do the harming)
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To: defenderSD

"I think you're worrying too much about the federal judges. Please see post #280. Terri will get a fair hearing in federal court."

You may be right. But ultimately, I think the end result is going to be the same, because the law passed by Congress tonite is unconstitutional, and will be shot down. Plus the federal courts are going to backup the FL state courts. They will not rule against all of the decisions on many court levels that have been made in the past. At some point the Federal Courts will affirm the decisions of the FL courts, and then we will once again go through the whole deathwatch process. What's to say.


354 posted on 03/21/2005 12:11:56 AM PST by flaglady47 (O)
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To: Lexinom

As I said earlier, I believe people who want to see teri die are simply comparing her situation to some personal experience of their own (like having an elderly relative w/ alzheimers), and they feel a certain kind of guilt, but do not realize that each case is very different from one another. I had 2 relatives who were dying of alzheimers and the day they each died was a relief to the family, b/c we knew that was all they had left in them. However, we made sure they were as comfortable as possible in their final days, and even now I know the difference between their situations and Teri's.


355 posted on 03/21/2005 12:13:29 AM PST by paltz
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To: goldstategop
Why the Democrats insisted on a roll call vote is one of those things we'll never understand.

Exodus 14.

356 posted on 03/21/2005 12:14:15 AM PST by supercat ("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
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To: paltz

StraightUpWithSherri is on the scene.

Terri will be taken to the hospital. I'm posting for Sherri who is on the site, and I'm tired!

Check the link:
http://straightupwsherri.blogspot.com/

Thanks!


357 posted on 03/21/2005 12:14:39 AM PST by Sarah D.
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To: ChicagoHebrew
"It's a law that applies to one person, and one person only..."

No, it's a law that applies to two people, Terri's parents. It gives either or both of them the right to be heard in a federal court on the issue at hand.

...And by the way, the Constitution gives *infinite* authority to Congress upon what matters federal courts may hear.

358 posted on 03/21/2005 12:14:40 AM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Bush_Democrat

Don't mind Flaglady..she's just mad that Terri isn't dead yet.


359 posted on 03/21/2005 12:16:29 AM PST by Awestruck (It's About LIFE, Stupid.)
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To: Southack

"...And by the way, the Constitution gives *infinite* authority to Congress upon what matters federal courts may hear."

Could you be more specific as to which part of the Constitution does this? Article #, for example? There's a bunch of people I could shut up very quickly if you could provide this for me.

Qwinn


360 posted on 03/21/2005 12:17:14 AM PST by Qwinn
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