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 ...
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.
I like it when you flash your beebs at me.
Didn't neither pummel you. I be busy writing Jim King so fat jokes.
DSS plans a shift in children's placement
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
God, guardian angels, and the Blessed Virgin need to work overtime in Florida. I thought CA was bad.
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 : (
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....
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.
good morning.
seriesly. speling is overeated.
luv your Jim King fat jokes. You read Pearls Before Swine? You sound like one of thee crocodiles who live by the pigs.
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?
I had a bad spell of overeating myself, and it shows.
Is that how you learned all those fat jokes?
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