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Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die
Human Events ^ | July 31, 2006 | Robert Schindler Sr.

Posted on 07/31/2006 4:58:07 PM PDT by Quiet Man Jr.

Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die

by Robert Schindler, Sr. Posted Jul 31, 2006

As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri’s death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.

Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist let my daughter die. He had it within his authority to save her life, but he turned a blind eye to her suffering. Even worse, he worked to ensure her death.

Terri lived in a neurologically compromised state for reasons that are still unknown, and my family wanted nothing more than permission to care for Terri for the span of her natural life. We were denied.

My daughter tenaciously fought for her life for more than 13 days after being deprived of the most basic, natural and constant need that we all share—the need for nourishment—food and water. Terri was not on a respirator, nor terminally ill. She was not dying, nor succumbing to a dreadful disease. She was disabled. She was dependent on others, but still very much a life, a woman, and a person.

Over the course of several years, our family, our lawyers, and our friends pleaded for help from local, county, and state police and regulatory agencies with constitutional and statutory authority to investigate the many sworn statements of extreme abuse and neglect suffered by our daughter.

Hoping to save my daughter’s life, our family sought the help of Attorney General Charlie Crist. Not only did Charlie Crist refuse our family lawful access to the assets of his office, but he violated his oath of office by actively cooperated with those in positions of political and judicial authority whom denied us legal access to the police and regulatory systems meant to protect the weak. Multiple sworn agents from responsible police and regulatory agencies who found probable cause to investigate allegations of abuse in Terri's judicial and physical care, were ordered to shut down those probes. This heavy-handedness made us powerless.

Information of direct interest to Attorney General Charlie Crist's office was directly delivered to his personal hands, and he refused to properly execute the duties of his office. And it was with deliberate decision that he failed to attend a scheduled Tallahassee meeting with our family. On another occasion, we approached each other by chance. Upon recognizing me, Charlie Crist abruptly stopped and walked away.

That callous action encapsulates Charlie Crist. He walked away from a man whose daughter’s fate he controlled. At that moment, he turned his back on Terri. And he turned his back on the most fundamental duties of his office.

It is quite clear that Charlie Crist, to this day, has demonstrated no public affection for the cause of life, or Christianity, or any set of core values. He has been posturing to become governor for decades. With each voting audience he has crafted a message based on the expediency of the moment.

To add insult to injury, at a recent banquet, our alleged pro-life candidate for the Governor of Florida said the following about Judge George Greer and other judges involved in the death of my daughter, "You are heroes to all of us, and your defense of the judiciary and what is right is beyond admirable."

Through his actions, Charlie Crist has demonstrated that he has no regard for our most vulnerable citizens, the high duties of public office, or life itself. Charlie Crist’s celebration of the merciless judges who condemned Terri to death speaks to his true character.

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Copyright © 2006 HUMAN EVENTS. All Rights Reserved.


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To: jonrick46
>> I discourage anyone thinking of retiring in Florida, to avoid that state for your life.

You are exactly right. Florida now has laws in place to give seniors an early exit from life and to raid their estates. State Senate leader Jim King calls this his "legacy" legislation. The main legacy will be to kill Florida's extremely lucrative retirement industry as fast as seniors find out they can legally be bumped off and robbed if they move to Florida.

581 posted on 08/14/2006 5:16:10 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: floriduh voter

Thanks. Here's a page of contact info for him. http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov2utility&sid=Agov2&U=gov_contact_us


582 posted on 08/14/2006 5:19:05 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: T'wit

From the website: www.operationsaveamerica.org

This is a photo of Joshua Heldreth (10), learning to stand for Jesus. Scott Heldreth cried when he saw his son arrested. Ordinarily those would be tears of sorrow for a father watching his son being handcuffed. But Scott's tears were tears of joy because Joshua, in attempting to bring water to Terri Schiavo, had taken to heart the mandate in Matthew 25:35-36. “I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in.“

--Thought I would fill in the blanks and make the correction for the obvious error in you post.


583 posted on 08/14/2006 5:23:22 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: T'wit

Heydrich's boys being consoled by Hitler and Himmler.

It's time to readjust our thinking, it was "for the children"

584 posted on 08/14/2006 5:29:47 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: T'wit

Thank you for nailing the source of the rot in this state of Florida. It makes me wonder why so many people in Florida sit like bump on a log and not see this moral outrage running on corruption and greed.

It must be the orange juice.


585 posted on 08/14/2006 5:30:49 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: BykrBayb

Have you seen this?

08/08/2006

Haleigh Poutre's stepfather pleads innocent to assault charges
[video]



SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The stepfather of a brain-injured Westfield girl remains free on $5,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges that he assaulted the 12-year-old.

Jason Strickland answered today to six assault and battery charges in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield. Prosecutors say he's responsible for the abuse that led to Haleigh Poutre's hospitalization with severe brain injuries last September.

Strickland's lawyer declined to comment on the case.

Haleigh is now in state custody at a Boston rehabilitation hospital. Her biological mother and grandmother were in court today for Strickland's arraignment.

Sandy Sudyka, Haleigh's grandmother, says seeing Strickland free on bond makes her (quote) "blood pressure want to rise."

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


586 posted on 08/14/2006 5:34:34 PM PDT by Lesforlife ("For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb . . ." Psalm 139:13)
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To: Lesforlife

Yeah, I saw that. He's running around loose, and his victim might get the death penalty. Sick!


587 posted on 08/14/2006 5:38:52 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

Sources say Haleigh Poutre is beginning to talk
By Amanda Raus
Video High
Sandy Sudyka isn't allowed to see her granddaughter Haleigh Poutre. She isn't allowed to tell the 12-year-old how much she loves her, or how proud she is of Haleigh's accomplishments.
Last week, the Department of Social Services told Sudyka and Haleigh's biological mom, Allison Avrett, that their visits to the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston were canceled until further notice.
"We tell her when we leave, we'll be back in two weeks. You know we'll always come back, and now we can't," says Sudyka. Although she can't comment on Haleigh's condition, Sudyka can say the little girl seems responsive to both them and the mention of other family members.
"When you talk about them, her eyes light up. She gets a big smile." Sources say Haleigh is making tremendous improvements. She's even beginning to talk and make bigger movements.
Whether there's a connection between those strides and family visits, one can only speculate. But Sudyka says she thinks her and Avrett have a positive effect, "I think so, I really do." And if she can't visit Haleigh in Boston, Sudyka says she'll fight for custody.
Story Created: Aug 8, 2006 at 6:12 PM EST


588 posted on 08/14/2006 5:54:44 PM PDT by Lesforlife ("For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb . . ." Psalm 139:13)
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To: Lesforlife

I hope someone in Haleigh's family does get custody of her. DSS has intended her harm from the very start. They've shown no indication that they intend to change that position.


589 posted on 08/14/2006 6:00:21 PM PDT by BykrBayb ("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
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To: Lesforlife
Last week, the Department of Social Services told Sudyka and Haleigh's biological mom, Allison Avrett, that their visits to the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston were canceled until further notice.

Sort of sounds like Michael Schiavo and Debbie Bushnell doesn't it?

590 posted on 08/14/2006 6:13:22 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: jonrick46
>> --Thought I would fill in the blanks and make the correction for the obvious error in you post.

I knew what the photo was, and Joshua's gift brought tears to my eyes, too.

I used the photo as a little joke. It was labeled "fantasy." Check 8mmMauser's reaction right below it :-)

Mother Teresa put the mandate in St. Matthew into these words, which I posted earlier in this thread: "At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.’"

591 posted on 08/14/2006 6:50:43 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779
>> Sort of sounds like Michael Schiavo and Debbie Bushnell doesn't it?

Oh, c'mon, the DSS can't be THAT bad.

592 posted on 08/14/2006 6:56:35 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: Lesforlife

A crummy $5,000 bail? He's free? And the DSS stomps the girl's real mother and grandmother, who didn't do anything wrong? Massachusetts is an insane asylum.


593 posted on 08/14/2006 7:01:23 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit

BTTT


594 posted on 08/14/2006 7:15:56 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: T'wit

I get it! Cindy Sheehan, the Left's Ditch Witch of the Dead might need that drink of water in that Hell she is putting herself now and in the hearafter.


595 posted on 08/14/2006 7:37:12 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: bjs1779
" Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) was second in importance to Heinrich Himmler in the Nazi SS organization. Nicknamed "The Blond Beast" by the Nazis, and "Hangman Heydrich" by others, Heydrich had insatiable greed for power and was a cold, calculating manipulator without human compassion who was the leading planner of Hitler's Final Solution in which the Nazis attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe."

Reinhard Heydrich. Mahmud Ahmadinejad. Kim Jong Il. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. George Greer is a small fry in comparison, but just as drunk with power as any of them, and just as evil.

596 posted on 08/15/2006 1:13:33 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779
Another SS project, no doubt with Heydrich's supervision. George Felos would have been a rising star working in a place like this. The late Ron Cranston would have been hired in an instant. Mikey could have been a nurse.

Hadamar -- spiritual home of the Death Cult and its trolls

597 posted on 08/15/2006 1:23:00 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: BykrBayb

Still nothing new on Haleigh Poutre this morning. Still watching.


598 posted on 08/15/2006 3:25:57 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; Abby4116; Alissa; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; ...
Strange bedfellows indeed, and reported in Time...

For the Alliance Defense Fund, whose lawyers represent the Turtons, it's pretty clearly the promotion of Christian causes. The organization was created in 1994 largely to counterbalance the ACLU in court, and it has since successfully defended the Boy Scout ban on gay scoutmasters, helped stop San Francisco from instituting gay marriage, and backed efforts to keep Terri Schiavo alive. Now it's on the same side as the ACLU, which makes local ADF counsel in the Turton case very uncomfortable. "I almost see it as a conflict," said Demetrios Stratis of the ACLU's role in the case. "They're just throwing a bone to Christians, if you will, so they can say they support everyone."

When God is in the Lyrics

8mm


599 posted on 08/15/2006 3:36:23 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All
Circling the wagons...

The elite left wing liberal activist judges wax eloquent when perceiving their imperial authority questioned.

Death threats are now a part of the job for judges whose decisions run counter to the right’s cultural, religious and political agenda.

U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, who ruled last December (in Kitzmiller v. Dover School District) against the teaching of “intelligent design” in public schools, needed federal marshals to protect him and his family after he issued his landmark decision. So did his colleague in Florida, U.S. District Court Judge James Whittemore, when he refused to intervene to prevent the removal of Terry Schiavo’s feeding tube. In Chicago last year, Judge Joan H. Lefkow’s husband and mother were murdered by a disgruntled medical malpractice litigant but police originally went down the wrong investigative path because a white supremacist had already been convicted of conspiring to murder the judge.

The Activist Judge Myth

8mm

600 posted on 08/15/2006 3:44:43 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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