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""ABC's doctor read from the last page. The "new" doctor was in the room for 90 minutes, during that time Terri did not exhibit any sounds, no eye movement, no recognition -- nothing.""

---- Ahem, since when are we supposed to take Peter Jennings as Gospel? ABC is aggressively lobbying for Terri to die.

Here is Thursday's LA Times, which actually quotes the neurologist's report. He's a Mayo Clinic neurologist, no hick. And he says Terry looked him in the eye. And made various noises. -- And lifted eyebrows, even laughed. Read and learn:

March 24, 2005 A SECOND OPINION Doctor Says Examination Changed His Mind A neurologist contends Schiavo could be in a 'minimally conscious state.' But critics cite his conservative Christian background. ....In his affidavit, Cheshire wrote that he came into the case believing that it was "ethically permissible" to withdraw Schiavo's feeding tube. But during his evaluation, he began to notice what he interpreted as faint signs of consciousness. For example, he wrote, "her facial expression brightens and she smiles in response to the voice of familiar persons such as her parents." When piano music is playing, "she lifts her eyebrows, smiles, and even laughs." During Cheshire's visit to her bedside, she turned her head to look directly at his face, then held his gaze for about 30 seconds, he wrote. Schiavo cannot speak, but Cheshire wrote that he discerned differences in her monosyllabic utterances, cooing at some points or making guttural sounds when annoyed. These vocalizations could well be signs of "emotional thought within her brain," he wrote.