Picture of the children arresting for trying to bring Terry [Schiavo] water (God Bless Them!)

US News ^ | 3/23/05

[areafiftyone]

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, standing upper right, prepares to arrest members of the Keys family as they were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo water Wednesday morning, March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The Keys family, of Burnet, Tex., kneeling, from left, Josie, 14, Gabriel, 10, Chris, the children's father, and Cameron 12, were all taken into custody. Galen Keys, upper left, the children's mother looks on, but was not arrested.The mother insists it was the children's idea: "I am proud of them," said the boys' mother Geilen Keys from Texas, who was not arrested. "They are very mature and they said 'we want to go and offer some water to Terri'."

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, second from left, handcuffs 14-year-old Josie Keys, left, while Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies place her father Chris in the back of a van after arresting members of the family for trespassing Wednesday morning March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The family members were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo a cup of water.

Gabriel Keys (foreground) is arrested by police officers for trespassing in Pinellas Park, Florida, March 23, 2005. The young protester attempted to take a glass of water into the Woodside Hospice for the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo. A federal judge rejected a request from the parents of Schiavo to order her feeding tube reinserted, dealing a blow to attempts by the U.S. Congress and the White House to prolong her life.

[Jackknife]

I thought I had seen it all......

[Semi Civil Servant]

From this angle, the boy in the plaid shirt looks like our late son when he was that age.

Despite the fact that our son was alert to the end, the medical ghouls told us repeatedly how to kill him. We just loved and took care of him until the end, like Terri's parents want to do.

What a country.

[Bob J]

"The same people deriding these paretns were the ones speaking admiration of the little girl who was standing at a political rally back in September who had her Bush/CHeney sign ripped to shreds.

No comment back then that her dad might be exploiting her for political purposes..."

Could you please support this comment with facts? I don't think you've got them.

[Cultural Jihad]

I'm surprised you aren't referring to the father or the children as me-ocrats as you do to anyone else who bucks authority (either legitimate or not).

These are not Me-ocrats. Far from it. These are people willing to personally be discomforted for the well-being of another they haven't even met. Me-ocrats are losers, while these people are winners.

[M. Espinola]

Tune in the Michael Savage radio show for some new, incredibly damming statements, concerning the 'husband' of Terri.

Will Mr. 'Husband' have an enjoyable Easter Sunday?

[Junior]

The part of the brain associated with risk taking doesn't mature till one is 25 or so. These kids don't have the social maturity to make a decision like this.

[TAdams8591]

I agree.

[Junior]

It's apparent you don't mind the abuse of children as long as it advances your particular cause.

[Junior]

Then I guess you think the children shipped out by their teachers to protest the war are "brave and thoughtful." It's abhorent when the liberals do it and it's just as abhorent when conservatives do it.

[TexKat]

Gov. Bush Seeks to Take Custody of Schiavo

By JILL BARTON, Associated Press Writer

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Terri Schiavo's parents saw their options vanish one by one Wednesday as a federal appeals court refused to reinsert her feeding tube and the Florida Legislature decided not to intervene in the epic struggle. Refusing to give up, Gov. Jeb Bush sought court permission to take custody of Schiavo.

The desperate flurry of activity came as President Bush suggested that Congress and the White House had done all they could to keep the severely brain-damaged woman alive.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Schiavo had gone five full days without food or water; doctors have said she could survive one to two weeks.

Supporters of Schiavo's parents grew increasingly dismayed, and 10 protesters were arrested outside her hospice for trying to bring her water.

"When I close my eyes at night, all I can see is Terri's face in front of me, dying, starving to death," Mary Schindler said outside the Pinellas Park hospice. "Please, someone out there, stop this cruelty. Stop the insanity. Please let my daughter live."

The Schindlers have vowed to take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to get involved previously.

Schiavo's tube was pulled Friday afternoon with a Florida judge's approval. By late Tuesday, her eyes were sunken and her skin, lips and tongue were parched, said Barbara Weller, an attorney for the Schindlers.

Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly from a chemical imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery.

Her parents argue that she could get better and that she would never have wanted to be cut off from food and water. Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, has argued that his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially, and a state judge has repeatedly ruled in his favor.

The battle played out on several fronts Wednesday.

A three-judge panel from the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the family early Wednesday, and hours later the full court refused to reconsider in a 10-2 vote.

Jeb Bush and the state's social services agency filed a petition in state court to take custody of Schiavo and, presumably, reconnect her feeding tube. It cites new allegations of neglect and challenges Schiavo's diagnosis as being in a persistent vegetative state. The request is based on the opinion of a neurologist working for the state who observed Schiavo at her bedside but did not conduct an examination of her.

The Florida Legislature also jumped back into the fray, but senators rejected a bill that would have prohibited patients like Schiavo from being denied food and water if they did not express their wishes in writing. The measure was rejected 21-18.

The Legislature stepped in before, in 2003, and Schiavo's feeding tube was reinserted. But "Terri's Law" was later struck down by the state Supreme Court as an unconstitutional attempt to interfere in the courts.

The Senate vote Wednesday came after a bitter debate, with Terri Schiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler, watching from the gallery above the floor. He covered his eyes with his hands and lowered his head during the debate.

"I'm here pleading for mercy. Have mercy on Theresa Marie Schiavo," said bill sponsor Sen. Dan Webster, a Republican.

But Senate Democratic Leader Les Miller warned: "By the time the ink is dry on the governor's signature, it will be declared unconstitutional, just like it was before."

A lawyer for Michael Schiavo said he was pleased by what happened in the appeals court. But he was bothered that the governor was attempting to intervene again.

"They have no more power than you or I or a person walking down the street to say we have the right to take Terri Schiavo," attorney George Felos said.

Meanwhile, President Bush suggested that he and Congress had done their best to help the parents prolong Schiavo's life, and the White House said it had no further legal options.

"I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch, ought to err on the side of life, which we have," the president said. "Now we'll watch the courts make their decisions."

Federal courts were given jurisdiction to review Schiavo's case after Republicans in Congress pushed through unprecedented emergency legislation over the weekend aimed at prolonging Schiavo's life. But federal courts at two levels rebuffed the family.

"There is no denying the absolute tragedy that has befallen Mrs. Schiavo," Judges Ed Carnes and Frank M. Hull said in the 2-1 decision by the 11th circuit panel. "We all have our own family, our own loved ones, and our own children. However, we are called upon to make a collective, objective decision."

Dissenting Judge Charles R. Wilson said Schiavo's "imminent" death would end the case before it could be fully considered. "I fail to see any harm in reinserting the feeding tube," he wrote.

[tutstar]

If you haven't read this yet, you must.

http://www.theempirejournal.com/56092_FDLE_agent_implicates_mccab.htm

EXCLUSIVE

FDLE Agent Implicates McCabe in Halting Schiavo Probe; New Evidence, Subpoena Could Save Terri

[daylate-dollarshort]

Actually we've done some better than 500/day. Most of the time we're in the 435 + range. We have a 250 gal. tank so we're usually in no hurry. Beats paying for water by the gallon in the islands.;^)

[SeaBiscuit]

Hopefully these kids may just grow up some day to be the kind of leaders that have the guts to stop the evil that has taken root in this country. God Bless them and their journey.

[Ann Archy]

Nazi, Germany in the making!! Those Officers must be VERY proud.

[Badray]

It's nice to know that some homeschooled children are being taught it's ok to break the law, sometimes.

It's sad to know that some will obey any law, even if it is immoral.

Sometimes, 'right' and 'moral' isn't what is legal. Those laws should be disobeyed lest they proliferate.

Did you forget that our nation was Founded by lawbreakers, smugglers, and traitors to the King?

[TAdams8591]

An executive order is NOT needed.

Congress should enforce the Subpoenas issued by the Health Committee and take Terri into protective custody.

[JLO]

Bump!

[withteeth]

I don't mind the kids' actions so much as the phony outrage here that 'cops are arresting children'. What are they supposed to do in a civil disobediance action, let them go dribble a cup of water on Terri's blouse?

As I said, phony outrage.

[SLB]

What a sad week for all of us. The week we commemorate Christ for giving His life on the cross for us and now our government stands by like eunuchs and lets this travesty happen.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Beats paying for water by the gallon in the islands.;^)

Well, at least YOU get to have water...