Terri's Day and nation's independence protects life culture

Renew America ^ | May 29, 2006 | Kevin Fobbs

[KevinNuPac]

Terri's Day and nation's independence protects life culture

Kevin Fobbs May 29, 2006

America's Culture of Life is truly the legacy of one woman whose death forever changed our nation because of actions that were not in her hands but in those of her husband and his lawyers. Yet for millions of Americans we will forever link our own celebration of our nation's independence to the courage of the Schindler family to go forward past the tragedy, past the personal sorrow, past the searing anguish to help America draw a distinct line in the sand, to issue a clarion call to America.

Our 4th of July is coming... Our Culture of Life Independence Day is on its way. Our month of Independence is a message that March 31st (Terri's Day) will signal, that July 4th will signal... and that the month of July will signal to defend the Culture of Life before we lose it forever.

When we talked with our family members or even our neighbors or our friends we may have spent but a moment reflecting upon why we are even gathered on a Memorial Day afternoon. Do we think about the sacrifice of our soldiers and of their families? Do we think about the long goodbyes which are never long enough... as the military families send their loved ones to war, to battle, to stand firm for our freedoms... for our life... for our nation and its values of faith?

How does Terri Schiavo and her legacy tie into this? Terri's legacy and Terri's Day is a representation of a right to live, and freedom to have the liberty to not have it compromised away, devalued by inconvenience, or litigated away by judges who celebrate a culture of death that would rob life from the womb, steal life from a hospital or hospice bed, and destroy and shatter a family's love for a daughter, a sister and aunt who was given a gift from God, but had it separated from her as easily as an ant would have its life take by an uncaring shoe... extinguished forever.

The families who send their loved ones off to war have to wonder as well, does America value their sacrifice? The families of the military have to wonder just where does its society draw the line on its values? A soldier who is in battle in Iraq or Afghanistan has to wonder if a Florida judge can take away the life of an innocent, what is the measure of his life? Would a judge in America suddenly decide that if he were injured, if he had to sacrifice a limb that the protesters outside his hospital bed would have more rights than he would or his family? Would this soldier have to wonder that if he or his fellow soldier were killed in battle, that upon their return that the protesters who would stand outside of his funeral... have more rights to be protected than the rights his family would have to a military burial with honor?

You see, the Culture of Life is about Terri Schiavo, because Americans now have to examine the life of our culture itself. We have to wonder if we as a nation of Christians and of a nation of faith and of a nation of compassion would allow for a state to murder an innocent woman and strip her family of their loved one then as a nation would we allow America to have other symbols of life, of our nation to be peeled away as well, all in open sight and in plain view of a dispassionate nation?

What does our American Culture mean if we allow millions of illegal aliens to literally browbeat us into submission by demanding that because they have stolen across our borders, demanded and received protection from local law enforcement in numerous cities throughout the U. S., obtained free or reduced educational opportunities by state public colleges that our own children could not qualify to receive the same financial aid assistance for. Are we that defenseless to let illegals strip our state coffers of housing assistance for loans and mortgages when tens of thousands in almost every state in America have legal citizens who are homeless, impoverished, or working poor or middle class Americans who need similar assistance but cannot receive it. And they are legal! They are citizens! They are Americans.

What is so wrong about our nation when we are so ready to compromise our freedoms, our culture's life, the life of an innocent and the taking of any life is the taking of our own children's life and their child's. And with each successive generation the nation and its life, its values, its traditions, and its language will disappear because we as Americans were too preoccupied — too narrow — to see that an illegal alien was taking your child's education, that a crusading death culture judge was preparing a bed, a room, a legal precedent to take your child, grandchild or sister or parent.

That is why I have stayed my course to defend the Culture of Life and to ask my fellow Americans to begin to understand that as Terri Schiavo's life was slowly ebbing from her body and as her mother Mary, father Bob, sister Suzanne, and brother Bobby waited in the Florida early morning air on March 31st, 2005, America was having part of its soul ebb away as well.

What will it take to spark an interest, a concern, and a passion for protecting one's own life? Some may say that it would take a clear and present danger — like tanks rolling down your neighborhood street or another 9/11 that strikes at the heart of America. Do we have the convenience to wait? Do we wait until a state legislature in Maine or California or Delaware or Ohio or Illinois decides that your mother's decision to live is determined by a hospital "bean counter" who decides that your mother's life is not based upon a "Will To Live" but an ability to pay her bill? What about a baby, not born, but already set for murder in the womb — not because the mother is pro-life or pro-death but because "the law" says the unborn baby's life is expendable because the baby's genes are determined to be part of a class or a group or a race or of an ethnicity which pre-programs the child, un-born, to death?

America is being murdered in small pieces. It is seeing its values, its life, its culture disemboweled with the finesse of a skilled surgeon. And it is America's poll takers and its legislators and its uncaring, disinterested, and uninvolved who are handling the scalpel. Take the scalpel away. Contact www.Terrisfight.org to join the Foundation's battle to educate America about the right to live. Go to Terri's Day on www.kevinfobbs.com to learn about new updates on Terri's Day and the event to celebrate the Culture of life.

So on Independence Day and Independence month of July will we have any Americans who will sign up and join the Culture of Life movement in their community? Even if it is to sign a pledge, hand out a flyer, become aware of legislators and judicial candidates who have agreed to stand firm for the Culture of Life — a crusade that is based not only upon the life of Terri Schiavo's legacy but equally crucial based also upon the legacy of the right to live, to defend our culture and the life of its values.

Terri's Day is not the end of a national movement but the beginning of a national contract with itself to stand for a future that our nation can guarantee for its children and for a culture that will insure life. The right to live will be Terri's legacy — our legacy... one nation under God. Join us in your homes, on your family picnics, out camping and celebrating July 14th and 15th ... Our American Culture of Life belongs to each and every one of us... We must protect it. Let's celebrate together.

Kevin Fobbs is President of National Urban Policy Action Council (NuPac), a non-partisan civic and citizen-action organization that focuses on taking the politics out of policy to secure urban America's future one neighborhood, one city, and one person at a time. View NuPac on the web at www.nupac.info. Kevin Fobbs is a regular contributing columnist for the Detroit News. He is also the host of The Kevin Fobbs Show: go to: ,www.kevinfobbs.com. To contact him go to: kevin@kevinfobbs.com.

© Copyright 2006 by Kevin Fobbs http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fobbs/060529

[8mmMauser]

I am updating my bag of tricks.

[T'wit]

Isn't that lovely news! A prayer and a cheer from all of us fanatical rabid right wingnut Terri-bots! (You have to present your best credentials to get through to Heaven on the first call :-) )

[T'wit]

>> I am updating my bag of tricks.

If that means attending a bioethics course at UPenn, don't even THINK about it.

[8mmMauser]

God bless Mrs. Vo and family. Our prayers will be for them and her today.

[floriduh voter]

There were approximately THIRTY organizations who filed briefs in defense of Terri's life.

[floriduh voter]

Well, then there's medicaid fraud in Florida. They're hooked up with the rest of the death care system. It's an entire system to bump people off. That's why the Dept. of Health tried to revoke Carla Iyer's nursing license because they want to make sure no other nurse ever tries to save another Terri by telling the truth.

Carla is fighting back against a system that you just simply wouldn't believe.

Cheryl Ford/Dr. Craddick's book Our Fight For Terri evidences the levels of corruption and the violations therein just in Terri's case.

Florida stands for fraud, fraud, fraud.

[floriduh voter]

If conservatives believe Crist's fraudulent commercials, the ACLU, moveon.org, George Soros and right to die folks will run the state. Crist doesn't want to really work anyway.

Crist failed to investigate Terri's Civil Rights. Now he wants to be the evil governor masquerading as a conservative republican. Real republicans DO NOT HELP MURDER PEOPLE. Crist is a RINO.

[verity]

"evidences the levels of corruption and the violations therein just in Terri's case."

Is there any indication that the feds are going to open an investigation?

[floriduh voter]

The USDOJ opened an investigation but they withheld same until after Terri was dead. They had a conflict of interest when she was living because the USDOJ cancelled her rescue the day after Easter. Our AG Gonzalez called it off.

This is why I'm lvg the GOP after the September primary. Learning that the US Coast Guard was going to fly Terri to an undisclosed location after a weekend of long talks and that they cancelled it the day it was to take place was all I needed to know.

Even the feds abandoned her. There was still time the day after Easter. That was the second actual rescue in progress that was cancelled. The first was cancelled very early after the withdrawal of fluids and nutrition. I heard about the first one the exact time they turned around. Jeb Bush should have come down to Hospice Woodside to see how closely the media, vigilers and the leaders of Terri's Fight were in proximity. Nothing passed us by. Jeb's legacy contains Terri's death. It is unfortunate for Jeb that he didn't stand up to Judge Greer. If Jeb was told to stand down, it is unfortunate for the GOP which is full of RINOS at this time.

It was most unfortunate for Terri and her parents, et al.

I heard of the feds abandoning Terri a month after she had died.

I'm going to tell the truth here at FR.

I am the accidental tourist of the Terri Schiavo story, the bystander who ended up knowing exactly what happened. I'll lv it to others to write their books.

I'm just a freeper.

This post is worth copying, 8mmmauser and "all" noting it for future reference and for dissemination as it explains why Terri is no longer with us.

"Freedom's just another word for nothing else/left to lose." Janis Joplin

[floriduh voter]

Remember returning to Congress on Easter weekend? The de novo hearing vote was a dog and pony show while behind the curtain they were cancelling the real rescue by the US Coast Guard, Homeland Security. (Mark Reynolds, Pilot).

If the Congress cancelled the real rescue because they thought they could trust Judge Whittemore (friend of strip club king Joe Redner(Fla atheist & ACLU member) to actually do a de novo hearing. WERE THEY BEYOND STUPID.

Nonetheless, they could have thrown Judge Whittemore off the federal case because he was non-compliant but they didn't. The feds are still on the hook for Terri's death. They let renegade judges continue the suffering of Terri Schindler schiavo-means "slave".

[floriduh voter]

Judiciary Committee Member Dave Simmons (R) Orlando said that he wanted to Impeach Judge Greer. He said it fairly recently.

I wonder if it's enough to impeach Greer that he refused State Auditor Melton's request to audit Pinellas-Pasco County's guardianship accountings. Seems to me that's an impeachable offense. Greer is hiding so many things. How can they let a criminal sit on the bench? Somebody should have stopped him before Terri was murdered.

[floriduh voter]

NEW ORLEANS EUTHANASIA CHARGES: Doctor and nurses charged with second degree murder for using morphine to exterminate patients pre-Katrina in NOLA. This may be at Terri's topix-net as well as other news sources, like say at www.drudgereport.com or www.worldnetdaily.com.

I suppose that Ron Panzer will cover this too at the hospice patients alliance.

[floriduh voter]

I'm gonna look up the Judicial Canons and Florida Statutes because if a state auditor makes a request, a judge better have a good reason to refuse the auditor to audit guardianship accountings.

"I wonder if it's enough to impeach Greer that he refused State Auditor Melton's request to audit Pinellas-Pasco County's guardianship accountings. Seems to me that's an impeachable offense."

[floriduh voter]

Louisiana's AG says "people playing God". Three arrested.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_on_re_us/katrina_hospital_deaths_19

[floriduh voter]

Here's a thread on a message board that's about JODI. They are bashing away in here. She called the Schindlers "pond scum" in Mikey's book. They had some choice responses at this board to that comment.

http://www.topix.net/forum/news/terri-schiavo/T2K7MQ04NLTAAHHQ1

[floriduh voter]

Medicare may cut payments to doctors. Dr. Dave Weldon is protecting Florida's seniors. Dr. Dave is on Tom Gallagher's Policy Team.

Tom Gallagher for Governor of Florida www.tg2006.com (Gallagher's gaining momentum - the polls are just as unbelievable as they were when the question was about Terri's right to live.)

[TheSarce]

Ping to post #1312...

[8mmMauser]

Where there is smoke: Carrie K. Hutchens in the Dakota Voice puts to words what we suspect...

I do love how these people claim that the others start name calling when they have no proof, and like-wise claiming they are innocent of doing such a thing, when I know better. I read their name calling comments. Are they trying to say that we are all on drugs or delusional and they are the only sane kid on the forum? I do wonder.

I read some comments today that are alleged to be on a forum. Comments that are saying that the autopsy report says Terri Schiavo was brain dead at the time the feeding tube was removed. Excuse me, but the autopsy does not say that. Doesn't matter. By presenting a falsehood as truth, they are (or appear to be) attempting to gain support through deceit. After all, brain dead is an absolute and the body is being kept alive "solely" by machines. (If this were the case for Terri, she would have passed the minute the feeding tube was removed.) I think I can be pretty sure there aren't many people who would insist on keeping life support going on a person proven to be brain dead. That's the point. Give the audience the lie that will convince them.

Forget the Discussion Points--Distract, Distract, Distract

8mm

(this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to May 17.)



Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.

[8mmMauser]

ProLifeBlogs...

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From NewsMax:

American Medical Association President Dr. William G. Plested said Monday that medical professionals should not participate in executions of prisoners.

"The American Medical Association is troubled by continuous refusal of many state courts and legislatures to acknowledge the ethical obligations of physicians, which strictly prohibit physician involvement in a legally authorized execution," he said in a statement. "The AMA's policy is clear and unambiguous - requiring physicians to participate in executions violates their oath to protect lives and erodes public confidence in the medical profession.

"A physician is a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so. The use of a physician's clinical skill and judgment for purposes other than promoting an individual's health and welfare undermines a basic ethical foundation of medicine - first, do no harm."

Danny Carlton comments:

Funny, they don't seem to have a problem with the wholesale slaughter of millions of unborn children, nor the protracted, doctor-assisted torture and murder of Terri Schiavo. They are only concerned about the execution of criminals who've received more judication than anyone else in the world and have still been ruled worthy of death.

more here

Assisting Execution

8mm

[T'wit]

Ping to #1320 (-22, 24). That's just such a lift to hear some good news for a change.

When we first looked at the story (April?), it was really touch and go and not hopeful at all. But Mrs. Vo is still with us, bless her heart. May she get better every day.