There's no question that Terri Schiavo was murdered, with the help and support of liberal politicians and judges.
It wasn't just that a judge ordered her to die of thirst, a most painful form of death. It was also that her husband refused to allow her to have any treatment or proper medical supervision during the years she was in the hospice. She wasn't even allowed to have the blinds up or to have the nurses talk to her.
This poor, brave woman survived for years despite being condemned to what amounted to an isolation cell by her husband. Obviously there was someone in there who wanted to live, or she would have died much sooner of pure sensory deprivation.
Not to speak of the fact that her husband may well have put her into the hospital in the first place. And of the fact that he abandoned his wife for another woman, yet refused to hand over the guardianship to her parents, because he wanted to inherit her money, which he had fraudulently refused to spend on her health care.
Here we go. FR's weekly half hour of hate.
--There's no question that Terri Schiavo was murdered, with the help and support of liberal politicians and judges.
It wasn't just that a judge ordered her to die of thirst, a most painful form of death. It was also that her husband refused to allow her to have any treatment or proper medical supervision during the years she was in the hospice. She wasn't even allowed to have the blinds up or to have the nurses talk to her.
This poor, brave woman survived for years despite being condemned to what amounted to an isolation cell by her husband. Obviously there was someone in there who wanted to live, or she would have died much sooner of pure sensory deprivation.
Not to speak of the fact that her husband may well have put her into the hospital in the first place. And of the fact that he abandoned his wife for another woman, yet refused to hand over the guardianship to her parents, because he wanted to inherit her money, which he had fraudulently refused to spend on her health care--
1. Technically yes, Terri Schiavo was murdered with the help of liberal politicians and judges ... but:
Our sides hands are not enitrely clean, either. Let me explain why. I was lead to believe at the time of the Schiavo "crisis" (early 2005) that Terri was lucid and aware of her surroundings. Why did I believe this? Because "Dr." Frist told me so. He said, viewing tapes of Terri in bed, that with a good deal of therapy she'd be a functioning person; that she was looking at what was around her, etc. If the results of her autopsy are true, however, and I've heard no creditable disputation of the results, THIS WAS ALL HOGWASH ON FRIST'S PART. Less than half of Terri's brain remained, the rest of her cranium was filled with fluid. She was blind and no more aware of her surroundings than a potted plant, maybe less so. Now this was no excuse to kill Terri, especially as written instructions to eschew heroic measures approved by her did not exist. But Terri must have had no idea she was dying; she was incapable of feeling discomfort, let alone pain. I feel betrayed because I was quite enraged at the time; I sincerely wanted Gov. Bush (as gutless as any member of his family BTW) to have the hospice stormed and Terri "rescued." Such a rescue, even if successul, would have been for naught; all the therapy in the world wasn't bringing Terri back, she was nothing but a shell.
2. Terri didn't suffer sensory deprivation; she had no senses left to be deprived if the autopsy report is true.
3. I firmly believe that Michael somehow assaulted Terri somehow (there seemed to be no obvious sign of blunt trauma though) and that is what caused her brain damage; that is also why he waited so long to dial 911. Michael Schiavo, along with OJ, Robert Blake and (honorable mention) Claus von Bulow belong to the "I killed my wife and got away with it club." No doubt in my mind.
3. Yes he wanted Terri to die, and wouldn't relinquish custody to her parents, because he wanted to take her life insurance ASAP, no doubt there either.
4. There is a moral to this, and read carefully.
If you have children--daughters especially--make this point crystal clear:
You WILL NOT give your blessings or any support to their marriage, or even ATTEND THEIR WEDDING--unless and if only--they agree to sign a durable power of attorney stating that, in case they are incapacitated and unable to make their own medical decisions, that you, the PARENTS, not the spouse, will be the primary determiner of medical care. This cuts the spouse out of medical decisions as long as one parent is alive and lucid.
Laws making the spouse primarily responsible for the medical care and decisions of an incapacitated spouse were written back when parents didn't live as long as they do now, so the spouse would be the only one around to make decisions for the married child. Nowadays, parents live well into their 80s with sound minds, so there is no reason a mere spouse should usurp them. Spouses come and go, but a parent is a parent forever. After all, that nice young man your daughter brings home might be the next Richard Speck. How can you be sure? There are plenty of cases of a spouse having nefarious intent toward his/her mate; nefarious intent by a parent against an adult child is virtually unknown. Just something to keep in mind.