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Danger Zone - (Haleigh Poutre)
National Review ^ | February 01, 2006 | Wesley J, Smith

Posted on 02/01/2006 7:29:10 AM PST by Ohioan from Florida

In the court (and courts) of life and death, a little 11-year-old Massachusetts girl named Haleigh Poutre could be the next Terri Schiavo. For those who have not heard the tragic story, Haleigh was beaten nearly to death last September, allegedly by her adoptive mother and stepfather. The beating left her unconscious and barely clinging to life.

Within a week or so of the beating, her doctors had written her off. They apparently told Haleigh's court-appointed guardian, Harry Spence, that she was "virtually brain dead." Even though he had never visited her, Spence quickly went to court seeking permission to remove her respirator and feeding tube. The court agreed, a decision affirmed recently by the supreme court of Massachusetts.

And so, no doubt with the best of intentions, a little girl who had already suffered so much was stripped by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of even the chance to fight to stay alive. If she didn't stop breathing when the respirator was removed, which doctors expected, she would slowly dehydrate to death.

Close Call

Then came the unexpected:

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: childabuse; dehydratnfla; dontfeedtrolls; euthanasia; flstarvestate; gallagher4guv; haileypoutre; haleighpoutre; justicevseuthanasia; massachusetts; starvnfla; stopflmurders; tedstith; terridailies; terridailiesfeb; terrischiavo; terrischindler; wesleyjsmith
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To: T'wit; bjs1779

Youse guys are gonna keep pummelin' me, aren't ya? I shore hoap yur pour spellin and grammer don't rub off on mi. I mite just bioethick mysef.


1,281 posted on 02/20/2006 9:17:42 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: BykrBayb
>> ...when she backs up, she beebs.

I like it when you flash your beebs at me.

1,282 posted on 02/20/2006 10:21:44 PM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: Ohioan from Florida

Didn't neither pummel you. I be busy writing Jim King so fat jokes.


1,283 posted on 02/20/2006 10:24:47 PM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: All
Came across this photo from the recent Right to Life March by Jewels of the Jungle. Terri is remembered. Bobby Schindler spoke to the gathering.

Many more photos by Jewels here

1,284 posted on 02/21/2006 4:39:23 AM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; Abby4116; Alissa; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; ...
''Haleigh Poutre is evidence that the department is able to make clear distinctions when there's a need," Spence said. ''We're continuing to place kids in residential in every area office of the state."

DSS plans a shift in children's placement

8mm


1,285 posted on 02/21/2006 5:02:48 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All
He’s headed to Boston University on March 31, the first year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo for a conference on the case, an internationally renowned case of judicial homicide.

To Honor Schiavo Judge On Anniversary Of Terri's Death

The judges and the lawyers in the Pinellas County legal system are busy patting themselves on the back and giving each other awards----and benefiting handsomely from guardianships and estates.

EDITORIAL - Good Ole Boys In Pinellas County

8mm

1,286 posted on 02/21/2006 5:07:52 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser
>> "There has been a learning in the child-welfare world that residential [treatment] is a very huge problem because it holds the kid, but the kid becomes a lost soul," DSS Commissioner Harry Spence said in an interview.

Last to learn, aren't they?

"Residential" evidently = live-in day care, 24 hours a day. Just what the femiNazis ordered! Kiddy prison! No mom, no dad, just social workers. For anyone who isn't a la-la liberal, a greater formula for disaster is hard to imagine.

Nevertheless, Spence is smarter than Hillary. It doesn't take a village or a bureau to raise a child. It takes loving, moral-minded parents.

1,287 posted on 02/21/2006 6:15:29 AM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: 8mmMauser
The goings-on at Boston University grieve me. Once upon a time I knew (slightly) and worked (a bit) with John Silber, then president of BU. I remember him being so full of fight, so enthused about bucking the liberal trends in academia. He's long since retired and added "Emeritus" to his title, but I'll bet it grieves him too to see the likes of Barney Frank leading a liberal self-appreciation frenzy like this.

And to give an award to Greer for flouting the rules of civilized and moral behavior -- ! A great university is reduced to whooping it up for barbarism. God save us all.

1,288 posted on 02/21/2006 6:35:09 AM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: steelcurtain

Oh good grief. How much time have you spent on other threads? I browsed through a Canteen thread because they had a recipe contest. First it was bumped to 666, then to 1000. Nothing sinister. Many threads go over 1000 posts.

I'm sure you realize that there has been a lot of strife on this forum due to Terri Schiavo threads. Some of the comments were horrible. We tend to get our backs up when someone pops in and it seems like flaming is about to commence. There is a wealth of information here, and what is happening now, will affect all of us in one way or another, down the road.

All we can do is keep Haleigh and others in our prayers, and keep them visible. Thank you for keeping her in your prayers.


1,289 posted on 02/21/2006 7:23:21 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: amdgmary

Barney Frank, George Greer, and Ronald Cranford at a Catholic college. People wonder why I wouldn't send my kids to a Catholic school...even though Mom and Dad offered to pay.


1,290 posted on 02/21/2006 7:28:03 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: floriduh voter

God, guardian angels, and the Blessed Virgin need to work overtime in Florida. I thought CA was bad.


1,291 posted on 02/21/2006 7:29:31 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: BykrBayb

These days, I would have to wonder too. Keeping him on life support to harvest his organs...okay. However I'm not feeling too much trust in the organ industry these days.

Poor baby : (


1,292 posted on 02/21/2006 7:42:11 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: 8mmMauser

What do you think about their "plan"? I don't think it's a good idea. Nothing prepares even the best foster family for some of these kids. When one of them goes on a rampage, or commits suicide, what will they do then?

It's too bad old fashioned orphanages can't be brought back. More of a boarding school model for children whose needs aren't as critical as the more psychologically damaged kids. Of course with all the predators running loose, it would be hard to staff. The world has truly gone to hell....


1,293 posted on 02/21/2006 8:00:22 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
www.tbo.com jumps to The Tampa Tribune. There's a commentary by Daniel Ruth about 14 year old Anderson's beating until dead while the nursed watched like a referee in a wrestling match. (It's too bad the people who wanted Terri to die are mad that Anderson is dead). Anyway, the nurse waited twenty minutes after the beating before she called for an ambulance. IMO, after realizing how severely they battered the child, they let Anderson die. He was murdered imo and that includes by the nurse.

Anderson would have been a witness to the beating. He had to go.

The next time anyone says that Terri's freepers were prone to conspiracy theories, know this.

We were telling the truth and there's been another murder in Florida. The M.E. thought the sickle cell report would cover it all up. It's a good thing that someone grabbed the surveillance tape before it could be destroyed by Crist's law enforcement who beat the kid and let him lie there dying - a witness to their brutality.

Crickets chirp while Candidate for Gov Crist says nothing about his Sheriffs' employees and the nurse. Crist is also responsible for this child's death. His campaign is over. These were his employees who battered this child to death.

1,294 posted on 02/21/2006 8:28:33 AM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: Ohioan from Florida

good morning.


1,295 posted on 02/21/2006 8:30:48 AM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: Ohioan from Florida

seriesly. speling is overeated.


1,296 posted on 02/21/2006 8:31:30 AM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: T'wit

luv your Jim King fat jokes. You read Pearls Before Swine? You sound like one of thee crocodiles who live by the pigs.


1,297 posted on 02/21/2006 8:32:55 AM PST by floriduh voter (http://www.conservative-spirit.org Tom Gallagher for Fla Guv www.tg2006.com)
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To: 8mmMauser; floriduh voter; amdgmary; All

This is from the editorial at NCG. Does anyone know who each of these men are who are pictured? There's six men and five names listed. Specifically, the second man reminds me of a younger version of Felos. Does anyone know if that's him or am I just making this up? Also, why the color on the right?

1,298 posted on 02/21/2006 8:45:10 AM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: floriduh voter
>> seriesly. speling is overeated.

I had a bad spell of overeating myself, and it shows.

1,299 posted on 02/21/2006 8:57:32 AM PST by T'wit (Liberals called our Vietnam troops baby killers. They've since sponsored 45 million abortions.)
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To: T'wit

Is that how you learned all those fat jokes?


1,300 posted on 02/21/2006 9:37:34 AM PST by BykrBayb (Impeach Judge Greer - In memory of Terri <strike>Schiavo</strike> Schindler - www.terrisfight.org)
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