Posted on 03/23/2005 10:10:29 PM PST by goldstategop
A woman is slowly starving to death in a Florida hospice.
She is under armed guard to ensure that no one offers her water to drink or food to eat.
This is all happening under court order.
Not a congressional act or the personal intervention of the president of the United States has been able to help her.
Is America broken?
How could this happen in this country, as the whole nation, the whole world, watches?
Oh, the lawyers have their excuses.
The high priests in black robes claim to have sympathy but say their hands are tied.
This is all happening because one obviously estranged husband is on a determined course to exterminate his wife with extreme prejudice.
Her friends can do nothing to stop the killing. Her loving family is doing everything in its power to stop it. Millions of Americans are left hopeless, helpless, by government machinations.
It's a crime. It's a sin. It's a grievous injustice that is bringing shame upon our country.
Enough is enough.
I know I speak for the vast majority of Americans when I say: Feed Terri Schiavo. Give her life-sustaining water. There is no excuse for this barbaric torture under the color of the law. This is an issue of basic morality. Let Terri live.
Americans do not want to be complicit in this murder.
I refuse to be silent.
I call on Gov. Jeb Bush to use his executive powers to stop this slow, torturous death. I call on President George W. Bush to use his executive powers to intervene for this U.S. citizen. I call on the Florida Legislature to rewrite its laws right now to prevent this atrocity against a fellow member of the human race. I call upon the Congress of the United States to make it explicitly clear to the authorities in Florida that the cold-blooded killing of Terri Schiavo will not be tolerated. I call on the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and protect the constitutional rights of this American.
America will be forever changed if Terri Schiavo is allowed to die.
There is no reason to believe this is her wish.
There is only the flimsiest of circumstantial evidence to believe that. And there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary – evidence never heard before by any judge. Motives are material in criminal trials. They should be examined in this civil case.
Why the rush to kill Terri Schiavo?
Why not re-examine the evidence?
Why not rewrite the laws if necessary?
The people of this country are crying out for justice. They are crying out for morality. Terri's plight is on the mind of every American today.
And let me add one more thing to my plea today – one more message to all Americans and people around the world watching this case.
There is something each of us can do.
And I believe it will have impact.
When you read these words today, take one minute of quiet time to pray for Terri Schiavo, to pray for our country, to pray for God's providence to be done.
I believe that is every bit as important to the appropriate disposition of this issue as anything that can be done by the courts, by elected officials, by the attorneys and by the activists on both sides of this life-and-death case.
Heavenly Father, have mercy on Terri Schiavo. Have mercy on this country. Your will be done.
Amen.
Yes, that's actually what I meant too. I thought Carla and the other 2 nurses were Terri's caretakers (months or years) "before"?
Back in the mid-late '90s, I believe.
Right. Okay...
Appreciate you giving a bit of the overseas perspective.
That is my job here ;-)
:-)
Frankly, that was one of my few smiles today...
:-(
Well, it's been something like 6 years that this has been going on without objection, right? I find that incredibly creepy and disturbing.
Yup.
and Shrillery et al are trying to usher us into hell at the speed of light.
And they think it's something to celebrate about!
Did you catch the OReilly segment about PlannedParentmurder[hood] coaching supposed 13 year olds how to get an abortion without obeying the law about statutory rape?
The list and beat goes on and on and on.
And folks think that the bright orange light at the bottom of the slide is a celebration.
Suicidal traitorous idiots.
I know of a 700-page complaint to DCF from four years ago that documented abuse.
The DCF investigator verified the truth of these charges, and then the whole thing was quashed from on high.
Wonder how many of them signed?
I've seen some of the German propoganda from the WWII era posted here over the last few days. One of the most stark American (government) posters of the time, shows several children cowering with the giant shadow of a swastika descending upon them.
The poster says "Don't Let It Touch Them", or something to that effect.
And then today, I saw kids in handcuffs.
Everyone of us should be crying out about this murder.
God said do not kill! Michael Schiavo, Geroge Felos, and Judge Greer, all say, it does not matter what God said, "we want Terri dead!"
It seems to me that evil is winning, and this really hurts.
I have loved my country, but evil is taking over by the evil Judges. Our country is becoming more like Hitler's Germany.
I just saw Susan Estritch on FNC grinning her putrid face off at the thought that Terri could starve to death at any moment... I think I am going to vomit.
Child of God...
We pray those judicial sinners...
Do not cause the hour of thy death...
Amen !!!
Wrong on several points.
> Legally, spouse has the right (right or wrong)
States generally have and Florida definitely has laws on the books for cases in which a disabled/elderly person's guardian has a conflict or has demonstrated unsuitability to be retained in such a position of responsibility. How wise or intelligent is it to allow a spouse who has attempted to murder their partner to continue serving as guardian?
> judges are simply following the law, not emotions.
If only this judge (Greer) had ruled according to Florida laws. He has ignored and violated an incredible number of Florida laws and Florida and U.S. Constitution citizen rights. His outrageously flagrant example and success at ordering the civil execution of a disabled woman bodes a future filled with skyrocketing tyranny from all judiciary levels. There is a wealth of too little reported information, facts and evidence that Greer is in full CYA mode. If Terri does not die, at some point his gross violations will be investigated. The situation stinks to high heaven. If Terri does die, he might skate.
Because of this poor excuse for a judge 10 year old children are now being arrested, and Florida's governor and the President of the United States are being swung by their political tails. The political structure of this country is now totally out of whack. Shades of the Martin Niemoller story. Everyone is at risk as a consequence of this extreme and outrageous example of judicial tyranny !!
Yes, God does hear the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man, but prayer is the call to action, not the end in itself. That's the point many miss. Farah is of course right, and the USA looks bad, claiming it is transporting democracy to the world yet dehydrating an openly innocent woman before the eyes of the world.
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