Posted on 03/23/2005 8:15:17 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida
Day 5 going into Day 6 of no food or water for Terri.
Affidavit of William Polk Cheshire, Jr., M.D., M.A., F.A.A.N., who Examined Terri Schiavo on 3/23/05:
http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/Affidavit.pdf
Florida DCF files petition for intervention:
http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/Petition%20for%20Intervention%20in%20Schiavo%20Case.pdf
Gov. Bush Frustrated by Schiavo Roadblocks
March 24, 2005
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It's not often Gov. Jeb Bush is frustrated pursuing his goals. He was the first governor to start a statewide school voucher program. He got rid of civil service protections for tens of thousands of state workers. He pushed through billions of dollars in tax cuts. His goal of prolonging the life of Terri Schiavo is proving much harder.
"It is frustrating for people to think that I have power that I don't, and not be able to act," Bush told The Associated Press on Thursday. "I don't have embedded special powers. I wish I did in this particular case."
Bush canceled travel plans Thursday to monitor the case of Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman who has gone without food and water since a judge ordered her feeding tube removed March 18.
He was in constant contact with his legal office, ordered staffers to e-mail and call him with developments and demanded state laws be scoured for a way to reconnect Schiavo's feeding tube.
At his office, Bush waved an affidavit from neurologist William Cheshire that questions whether Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state. The emotion in his voice rose as he detailed how the affidavit stated Schiavo made a crying sound, grimaced and pressed her eyebrows together when a doctor said he was going to turn her over.
She "signals her anticipation of pain. Just like you would, or just like I would. Now is it perfect? Is she responding with the same eloquence that you would respond to? ... No. She's severely, profoundly disabled," Bush said.
The governor's court record is mixed. He succeeded in removing affirmative action guarantees from state hiring and university admission practices, but a law requiring doctors to notify parents if they perform an abortion on minor girls was thrown out.
Still, he's been persistent. After a court threw out a law requiring tougher sentences for three-time felons, the governor went back to the Legislature and fixed the problem. Currently, he and lawmakers are working on a plan to require parents be notified before their minor daughters get abortions.
In the Schiavo case, he's running out of legal avenues — but not hope.
"You know what I hope for first and foremost? That Mr. Schiavo would say, 'I'm going to let Terri be with her parents. I'm going to move on with my life. I've made my point,'" Bush said, referring to Schiavo's husband, Michael, who insists she would not want to be kept alive artificially. "That obviously doesn't appear to be happening."
"So secondly I pray for an openness by the people who are responsible for making these decisions so we can act and allow for her to stabilize."
He says the courts appear to have turned a deaf ear to his arguments.
"For this lockdown to occur without having the ability to have an open mind, and say, 'Well, maybe there are new facts on the table, maybe there are new technologies, maybe, just maybe, we should be cautious about this' ... is very troubling," Bush said.
In 2003, when the Legislature passed a law allowing Bush to order the feeding tube reinserted after it had been removed, critics accused him of political grandstanding as his brother, President Bush (news - web sites), sought re-election.
Justin Sayfie, Bush's former communications director, said they were wrong: "He's term-limited out. His brother is term-limited out."
"Most strategists or political operatives would say 'Don't touch this,'" said GOP political strategist Geoffrey Becker, noting polls show most people don't believe government should be involved in the case. "I firmly believe that this is his personal conviction, that he believes this is the right thing to do."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050325/ap_on_re_us/schiavo_jeb_bush_1
Jesus,
Divine Mercy
come to mankind
in an amazing act of love,
I trust in thee.
Jesus,
Heart of Mercy,
Pierced for us,
a fountain of healing
offered freely
to those who would seek it,
I trust in thee.
Jesus,
Mercy of God Incarnate,
Light against the darkness,
Shelter against the storm
Haven of the lost,
I trust in thee.
O Jesus, this night
hold in your precious hands
Terri Schiavo
her family
and those who love her,
Amen.
May the Lord soften his heart of stone.
Please Please for those who are giving up hope...
Please read this thread...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370289/posts#6
this pdf file goes along with it...
http://mullings.com/leader-03-25-05.pdf
Read Post #1 and Post #27
"To: Shire":
"This Friday, a very unusual thing happens. Good Friday also coincides with the Feast of the Innunciation of our Lord - the Incarnation of Jesus. I believe there is something so huge brewing that no one can comprehend what is coming. I think it would be wise to prepare well....physically and spiritually. We Catholics better get into those confession lines, tomorrow, while we still have an opportunity. For all those that think what is happening with our laws and courts is crazy, pick up a copy of "The Gospel of Life" by Pope John Paul II. Go to Chapter III sections 72 and 73. Read that and reflect a while. (or just go to www.ewtn.com) Take into account the pope's health situation as well. All of this going on at the same time is no coincidence."
There are other threads where very lively discussion and debate of this very case are taking place. So far, the posters on THIS particular thread have chosen to follow their hearts and pray.
The Truth offended the Pharisees, 2000 years ago. He offends them still, today. Prayers for the Schindlers. God comfort them. Prayers for Terri. God comfort her. God is on the Throne. God is in control. There is nothing that happens that He doesn't allow. He knows all, sees all. God is the ultimate Judge of all. He makes things done in secret, known. "Vengeance is Mine," sayeth the Lord. Lord, come quickly.
Good night and sleep well, fellow prayer warrior!
This report of the judge's behavior offends me. He is clearly stalling as he waits for report of the Mrs. Schiavo's demise.
They feel the judge will dismiss the motions. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Whittemore told the Schindlers that he will take his time to make a decision and that they should go home, get something to eat, and some rest.
Of course he will take his time. This has been obvious since his first tantrum.
Judge Whittemore is a jerk just like Greer.
That he is. That's been obvious with his dilatory ways.
My husband for some reason thinks I am a saint, and that I am doing this as a religious, not exactly duty, but a good work. He is a good man, and puts me on a pedestal, for some reason or other...I don't really feel I belong there!
Amen & Amen!
God's pretty neat, huh?
No, but some that have dropped in on this thread have accused us of being that. I don't think we are. I don't think I am.
Oh yea, I forgot too add, we're way too emotional.:)
I can kind of understand. I've been doing what I can to support Terri for a long time. Way before the last time her tube removed. I burned out on the Terri threads though and went to mostly lurker/FM because I kept letting myself get into arguments with trolls and disruptors. This thread peaceful though. (most of the time) Yeah, there is a lot of storming the gates but when something happens you will hear it here, usually from a freeper onsite. The others might be but I'm not really into debating right now.
I can kind of understand. I've been doing what I can to support Terri for a long time. Way before the last time her tube removed. I burned out on the Terri threads though and went to mostly lurker/FM because I kept letting myself get into arguments with trolls and disruptors. This thread peaceful though. (most of the time) Yeah, there is a lot of storming the gates but when something happens you will hear it here, usually from a freeper onsite. The others might be but I'm not really into debating right now.
I'm very sad. :(
Amen to that!
// Gov. Bush Frustrated by Schiavo Roadblocks //
that's not the half of how Terri's mom feels.
good night hug to you, and continued prayers.
"This report of the judge's behavior offends me. He is clearly stalling as he waits for report of the Mrs. Schiavo's demise. "
This bothers me only because the judge could have denied a rehearing and he didn't, in fact invited it, so i am kind of confused, but oh well, think the best, negativity gets you nowhere.
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 4:13-14
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