We still on for Dec??? I plan to come I hope! We need to keep Terri's memory going for ages to come. I hope that she won't be forgotten. I also hope that Fuhrman's book makes it to number #1. Than maybe a few will realize that Americans do care about what happend to her and want justice!
Yes, we need justice for Terri, and we need to protect all of the other "Terris" out there.
If Hillary Clinton becomes president, she will do ANYTHING to reduce medical costs.
Laws to protect the disabled have to be passed soon, to protect the innocent and vulnerable.
I may be wrong but is Florida under seige?
A couple of pretty good hurricanes so far and then
today:
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/24/Northpinellas/Lightning_injures_fou.shtml
Lightning injures four on Clearwater Beach
Two of the people were critically hurt and were taken to Morton Plant Hospital.
By CHRIS TISCH, Times Staff Writer
Published July 24, 2005
Terri won't be forgotten. She was murdered after many attempts.
It doesn't look like that's going to happen. After debuting at #8 on the New York Times (Nonfiction) Bestsellers list, Fuhrman's book fell to #13 last week, and fell again to #17 this week (which took it off the official NYT bestsellers list, which only includes the 15 highest sellers). As I write this, the book has an Amazon sales rank of #3,057, and a Barnes & Noble sales rank of #2,297 (Barnes & Noble has also discounted the book deeply, in both its stores and online, as of this week--the B&N store near me has it in the discount bin (the last step before remaindered) at $9.99.).
This just isn't the book that's going to make that sort of impact. Perhaps Diana Lynne's book (which is scheduled to be published in September, and will be available through Amazon) will do better, although the timing (6 months after Terri's death) does not favor it. Unfortunately, because Cheryl Ford's book is being vanity-published, and won't be in bookstores or available via online booksellers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, the chances of its having any sort of impact (or even selling well enough for Cheryl and Jan to recoup their investment, assuming it ever comes out at all) is unlikely.
Although the rumor has been floated that Michael Schiavo was "shopping" a book to publishers, I've seen no evidence thusfar that he's found a buyer. And while that certainly wouldn't be the story version that I'd be interested in reading, I think that the apparent reluctance of the publishing industry to take an option on Michael Schiavo's book speaks volumes (no pun intended) about the perceived interest (on the part of publishers, among the public) in the topic of Terri Schiavo. If Diana Lynne wasn't publishing through a company partnered with WorldNewsDaily, I doubt that she could find a publisher, either.
The number of current news stories (via Google, last 30 days) that even contain the name "Schiavo" has fallen to less than 1,500, and most of those articles have nothing to do with Terri Schiavo as a person, or her story, but rather with speculation regarding the political effects of the case on the fortunes of politicians, or living wills seminar announcements (or they're articles written under Christine Schiavo's byline, or mentioning the accomplishments of a soccer player whose last name is "Schiavo," movie references to "Million Dollar Baby" or "The Island," or references to Nastel executive Monia Schiavo). Just in the last month, the "Schiavo" Google news article count has gone from more than 5,000 to less than 1,500 (it was more than 250,000 on April 1). While it was expected that the subject of Terri Schiavo would not sustain itself at its peak of April 1, less than 1,500 is the basic equivalent to "no interest" (even Madonna has almost 6,000 news articles in the Google news archive of the last 30 days, and Madonna hasn't done anything interesting in 5 years).
The reality is that, while there are certainly people who sincerely care about Terri Schiavo and her story, and the Schindlers--and won't forget her or them--the wave of public interest in her story is over. With all law enforcement investigations into her case effectively closed, and all likely state and federal legislative effects considered and done (and only two states ended up passing--incredibly minor--bills related to or "inspired by" the Schiavo case), and only "political fallout" (either way, of course) on the horizon, Terri Schiavo has gone to the same place that is now occupied by Nancy Cruzan and Hugh Finn...relative obscurity. In my opinion, though, that's what Terri Schiavo would have chosen for herself.