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Freepers call to action re. Terri Schindler-Schiavo. Make a complaint against Judge Greer:
Various ^ | August 28, 2003

Posted on 08/28/2003 5:20:42 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

Freepers, we may be able to help Terri:


I made some phone calls today and have the ULTIMATE PHONE CALL for registering a Complaint against Judge Greer. I can't reveal my sources but this is the phone number for a few pay grades above J. Greer.

Call the: Judicial Qualifications Commission at

#1-850-488-1581. I am complaining to them tomorrow that J. Greer isn't God, that he's been in the husband's corner since Day One, he doesn't care a wit about Terri's parents or her husband's attempt at medical neglect, and I'd like to know if Greer can be recalled or impeached.

HE SHOULD HAVE OR COULD HAVE HONORED GOV. BUSH'S REQUEST TO ASSIGN A GUARDIAN AD LITEM to represent Terri's interest instead of once again, taking the side of the husband. Judge Greer is from the Sixth Circuit Court, Pinellas County.

Oh, and ping everybody you can think of.

72 posted on 08/27/2003 5:06 PM EDT by floriduh voter


From summer:

"..do a separate thread asking people to call this phone number FV provided. This could get a guardian appointed if the judge is tossed off the case for BIAS."


Background:

8 Jeb Bush intervenes for Schindler-Schiavo -   WND | 8/26

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has asked a judge to delay setting a date for removal of a feeding tube sustaining the life of a brain-disabled woman, Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

In a letter, Bush asked Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George W. Greer yesterday to keep her alive until a court-appointed guardian can "independently investigate the circumstances of this case and provide the court with an unbiased view that considers the best interests of Mrs. Schiavo."


8 From JEB to FR: Full text of Gov Bush's letter to Judge Greer re: Terri Schiavo. Email from Gov Bush to summer, for FR | 8/27

 ----- Original Message -----
From: [Governor Bush's office]
To: [summer's email]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:06 AM
Subject: Letter regarding Terri Schiavo

> August 26, 2003

> The Honorable George W. Greer
> Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit
> 315 Court Street, Room 484
> Clearwater, Florida 33756

Dear Judge Greer:

> I appreciate the challenging legal and ethical issues before you in the case > of Terri Schiavo. As I have expressed over the course of the past several > weeks, our system of government has committed these decisions to the > judicial branch, and we must respect that process. Consistent with this > principle, I normally would not address a letter to a judge in a pending > legal proceeding. However, my office has received over 27,000 emails > reflecting understandable concern for the well being of Terri Schiavo. > Given that there is no procedural avenue available for these views to be > expressed to you in the normal course of the proceedings, I feel compelled > to write in the hopes that you will give serious consideration to > re-appointment of a guardian ad litem for Mrs. Schiavo before permitting the > removal of her feeding tube or other actions calculated to end her life.

> This case represents the disturbing result of a severe family disagreement > in extremely trying circumstances. Emotions are high, accusations abound, > and at the heart of this public and private maelstrom is a young woman > incapable of speaking for herself.

> I am disturbed by new rumors about the guardian's actions related to the > current care of Mrs. Schiavo. It has come to my attention that Mrs. Schiavo > has contracted a life threatening illness, and that she may be denied > appropriate treatment. If true, this indicates a decision by her caregivers > to initiate an "exit protocol" that may include withholding treatment from > Mrs. Schiavo until her death, which would render this Court's ultimate > decision moot. While the issue of Mrs. Schiavo's care is still before the > Court, I urge you to ensure that no act of omission or commission be allowed > to adversely affect Mrs. Schiavo's health before the September 11th hearing > you have set. No one involved should be permitted to circumvent due process > or the Court's authority in order to achieve personal objectives in this > case.

> Even discounting these rumors, there are a number of factual disputes > regarding Mrs. Schiavo's medical condition, past and current care and > therapy, and her prognosis. Given the contradictory positions of her > guardian and other family members, I respectfully ask that you re-appoint a > qualified guardian ad litem to independently investigate the circumstances > of this case, and provide the Court an unbiased view that considers only the > best interests of Mrs. Schiavo.

> It is a fine balance between Mrs. Schiavo's right to privacy and her right > to life, both of which are co-equal in our Constitution. To err on one side > is to prolong her existence, perhaps against her wishes, and continue the > debate. To err on the other is an irrevocable act that affords no > remediation. I respectfully ask that you give Mrs. Schiavo's family the > opportunity to present any new evidence as to her wishes. Evidence as to > her wishes should be reweighed as often as necessary to take into account > the effect of any new evidence, that is, to determine whether "clear and > convincing evidence" still exists that Mrs. Schiavo would now choose > withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures. While this process may delay the > surrogate's exercise of Mrs. Schiavo's privacy rights, it is necessary to > avoid denying her right to life. I urge you to err on the side of > conservative judgment to ensure that all facts can be uncovered and > considered before her life is terminated.

> I appreciate your compassion for Mrs. Schiavo's plight, and that of the > family members locked in dispute in these tragic circumstances. In light of > the ongoing contention related to so many issues in this case, I hope you > will consider appointing a guardian ad litem to ensure that the ultimate > decision is based on facts presented clearly, unclouded and uncolored by > personal interests of litigants.

> Sincerely,

> Jeb Bush

> cc: Patricia Fields Anderson, Esq.
> George J. Felos, Esq.


(WND article excerpts, cont.:) "On Friday, the Florida Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case, clearing the way for a Sept. 11 hearing in which Greer would set a date for removal of the feeding tube.

Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler of Gulf Port, Fla., have been locked in a decade-long legal battle with their son-in-law over the care and custody of their daughter, who suffered massive brain damage when she collapsed at her home 13 years ago under unexplained circumstances at the age of 26.

***The bitter dispute over Terri's lack of care became a major euthanasia battle five years ago when her husband Michael Schiavo petitioned the court for permission to have her feeding tube removed, claiming she is in a persistent vegetative state and would not want to be kept alive "artificially." The Schindlers and a number of doctors and therapists believe she could be rehabilitated, but the courts have consistently sided with Schiavo and his lawyer, right-to-die advocate George Felos.

~~~~

The article is on CNSNews.com.

Florida Judge Rejects Governor's Bid to Help Terri Schiavo
By Jeff Johnson
CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief
August 27, 2003

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Florida Circuit Judge George Greer Tuesday rejected a plea from Governor Jeb Bush to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of Terri Schindler Schiavo, a 39-year-old disabled woman who suffered a brain injury in 1990 under questionable circumstances. Bush had intervened Monday after receiving 27,000 email messages asking for his help on Terri's behalf.

"I read [Gov. Bush's letter] because it came from the governor and I respect his position," Greer told the Tampa Tribune. "Beyond that, it is going in the file."

As CNSNews.com previously reported, Bush wrote Greer Monday asking him not to remove the disabled woman's feeding tube until a new guardian ad litem could "independently investigate" her condition. In the letter, Bush referenced the "fine balance between Mrs. Schiavo's right to privacy and her right to life," which Bush noted are co-equal under the Constitution.

"To err on one side is to prolong her existence, perhaps against her wishes and to continue the debate," Bush wrote. "To err on the other is an irrevocable act that affords no remediation."

But Greer told the Associated Press that he no longer has a choice in the matter.

"Frankly, I think I'm operating under a mandate from the 2nd District Court of Appeals," Greer said, "and frankly I don't think I can stray from that mandate."

In that same interview, however, the judge contradicted his own assessment of the limitation on his authority by stating that he was "not inclined" to appoint a guardian ad litem.

Michael Schiavo called Gov. Bush's intervention on behalf of Terri "crazy."

"The governor has deliberately twisted the facts in this case in an apparent effort to kowtow to his right-to-life political supporters," Schiavo told Tampa Tribune reporter David Sommer. "This has nothing to do with him. He should stay out of it."

Schiavo - who, for five years, has been seeking judicial approval to end his wife's life by denying her nutrition and hydration - also accused Terri's parents of manipulating their Catholic faith to keep their daughter alive.

"I believe in God and so did (?) Terri," Schiavo said, speaking of his still living wife in the past tense, "but they are out to push it on people... suddenly they are on a religious kick."

Judge refuses motion for hearing to set 'death date'

Greer also denied a motion Tuesday to hold an immediate hearing to set a date for the removal of Terri's nutrition and hydration tube. The hearing will be held, as previously announced, on Sept. 11. At that hearing, Greer will also rule on whether Schiavo may legally prohibit Terri's priest from visiting her.

Schiavo's attorney, George Felos, had also petitioned the court Monday to prohibit doctors from caring for Terri's current fever, labored breathing, vomiting, diarrhea and a "substantial infection."

"Given the imminence of the ward's death, further treatment (other than comfort care) for the ward's infection and other medical problems is unnecessary, unwarranted, inappropriate and futile," Felos said in an emergency motion, adding that Terri, "should be put back in hospice and receive comfort care and die in a peaceful setting."

Greer denied that motion, as well.

55 posted on 08/27/2003 5:29 PM EDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)


Michael Schiavo is using "privacy" as an excuse for denying Terri every contact from the outside world, even flowers. "One sign of the case's nastiness is the Schindlers' complaint that Schiavo limits their visits with their daughter. They also say he has refused to allow doctors to examine her, refused her antibiotics and needed dental work, refused to replace a broken wheelchair so she could be taken outdoors and refused the delivery of flowers from a friend to her room on her birthday."

"Her teeth are fine; she doesn't eat," Michael Schiavo said. "Why take her to a gynecologist? She was supposed to die months ago. I don't want her room filled with flowers from strangers or right-to-life activists. Even though she is vegetative she has a right to privacy."

17 posted on 08/27/2003 10:14 AM EDT by I still care

***

I thought Gov Bush very eloquently made his case here, in this part:

To err on one side is to prolong her existence, perhaps against her wishes, and continue the debate. To err on the other is an irrevocable act that affords no remediation.

18 posted on 08/27/2003 10:14 AM EDT by summer


***

..this judge is going to look really bad if this part is ignored by the judge:

Even discounting these rumors, there are a number of factual disputes > regarding Mrs. Schiavo's medical condition, past and current care and > therapy, and her prognosis. Given the contradictory positions of her > guardian and other family members

21 posted on 08/27/2003 10:17 AM EDT by summer

***

HE SHOULD HAVE OR COULD HAVE HONORED GOV. BUSH'S REQUEST TO ASSIGN A GUARDIAN AD LITEM to represent Terri's interest instead of once again, taking the side of the husband. Judge Greer is from the Sixth Circuit Court, Pinellas County.

That is one thing that floors me .. This Judge should have long ago appointed an independent Guardian Ad Litem and not left her husband as her sole guardian .. especially since there are questions about her husband with abuse and the fractured bones that were reveled in xrays of Terry.

Everything I have read .. this Judge seems hell bent on having her killed

73 posted on 08/28/2003 2:45 AM EDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)

***

I know that Mr. Schiavo has tried to ban Terri's mother and family and priest from seeing her.

But, I don't know how a court could prevent doctors from ordering therapy, speach therapy (which is often actually swallowing therapy) and most especially oral nutrition.

27 posted on 08/26/2003 7:34 PM EDT by hocndoc (Choice is the # 1 killer in the US)

***

Judge Greer has been with the husband since day one. A guardian ad litem would have been fair for Terri and her parents. Her parents love her but they are treated as the enemy. I'm ashamed this is happening in Pinellas County.

31 posted on 08/26/2003 7:41 PM EDT by floriduh voter


Judge Greer will not appoint a guardian ad litem. I have phone numbers from the phone book for the Clearwater Courthouse and all the guardianship phone numbers. He husband held a presser today and was very flippant about Jeb's letter and called the emailers a "bunch of right to lifers."

Hubby is looking a little nervous but with a pal like Judge Greer who is no Judge Moore, Terri has until the September 11 hearing to decide the date her starvation begins.

Here are the phone numbers: courthouse - 727-464-3000, guardianship numbers: 727-582-7563, 727-582-7771, and 727-464-8700. We can at least call as friends of Terri and voice our concerns.

25 posted on 08/26/2003 7:34 PM EDT by floriduh voter


Freepers, please call the Juducial Qualification Commission regarding Judge Greer:  1-850-488-1581.

***

Contact friends, thank those have been fighting on Terri's behalf, including Glenn Beck, Lars Larson, CNS News.com, WND, and Bill O'Reilly.

*** Terri Schindler Schiavo's website - background and news updates: www.terrisfight.org ***

8 Terri Schiavo's website Media Contacts

Governor Jeb Bush (R)
Office of The Governor
Florida Capitol Building, PL-05
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
(850) 488-7146
(850) 488-4441
jeb.bush@myflorida.com

The Honorable(?) George W. Greer
6th Judicial Circuit
315 Court Street, Room 484
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-3933
ggreer@co.pinellas.fl.us

Attorney General Charlie Crist
Office of Attorney General
State of Florida
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
(850) 487-1963
Fax: (850) 487-2564
ag@oag.state.fl.us



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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Could this be a potential Greer zoning scandal

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, Oct 7, 1998

As Florida Lawmakers Partied, Flimsy Mobile Homes Boomed. John Kennedy. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1998 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 6--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--On a dirt road at the edge of town, Florida lawmakers used to meet for steaks, drinks and less savory activities, courtesy of one of the state's most powerful lobbies -- the mobile-home industry.

[snip]During the peak party years at the trailers -- 1961 to 1978 -- more than 350,000 new mobile homes rolled onto Florida lots, and the way was paved for another 350,000 in the 1980s. These were giant waves in a rising tide that would change the face of the state and leave a legacy still visible today. Mobile homes became a crucial part of Florida's housing inventory, but most were built and installed with far less government safety scrutiny than other homes.

[snip]What about the insurance industry? Its fear of further financial losses helped prod Chiles and the Legislature to craft tougher building-code legislation for conventional homes. But the insurance industry shows no similar interest in mobile-home safety.

"Unfortunately, economics are a large part of it," said Ray Blacklidge, a senior vice president with the Jerger Co. Inc., one of the state's largest mobile-home insurers.

Insurers do face claims when a storm rips through a mobile-home park. But losses are relatively small. It may take as many as 10 ruined mobile homes to amount to the same loss for insurers that the destruction of a single, $250,000 site-built home represents.

And, Blacklidge said, "it takes a whole lot of mobile homes to be destroyed to come up with a $1 million loss."


721 posted on 09/02/2003 8:15:46 AM PDT by syriacus (Is Terri suffering from severe depression, on top of the insult to her brain?)
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To: dixiegrrl
Hospice and city/county officials are interchangeable like Lego blocks. There are appearances of impropriety therein. Who's protecting whom? Looks like cronyism to me.
722 posted on 09/02/2003 8:17:34 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: floriduh voter
Just got off the phone with Lazarra's JA. They are NOT logging calls. She told me I was "wasting your time" -- I told her that I apologized for taking her time and that I would take up my cause in other directions. She was about halfway polite. Apparrantly they're getting a lot of calls, she got real quiet when I stated my purpose for calling.
723 posted on 09/02/2003 8:19:11 AM PDT by kimmie7 (God still moves mountains -- and the mountain of the day is in Florida!!! Pray for Terri.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
The Supreme Court of Florida's recent Denial actually called Dr. Hammesfahr a "quack" by insinuation. They insulted all of Terri's doctors and derided their credentials. A google search under Terri Schiavo Fla Supreme Court Decision (I think) produces the entire decision. Their tone throughout was get rid of her because we're sick of this case. It's quite Orwellian.
724 posted on 09/02/2003 8:22:04 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: floriduh voter
It seems like they are all protecting each other. Here is another link between to of the board members Hospice foundation adds six new board members

* * *

The Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast has elected six new members to its board of trustees. They are William "Bill" Carnes, general manager of Countryside Mall and an active member of Palm Harbor United Methodist Church; Pinellas County Administrator Fred Marquis; attorney and elder-law activist Bruce McManus; Tech Data Corp. senior vice president Joseph Trepani; Belleair activist Janice Warhurst; and community activist Kathy Wilder.
Both Bill Carnes and Fred Marquis go to the same church ! Do you remember name of the church that Felos had a seminar or talked at?
725 posted on 09/02/2003 8:22:30 AM PDT by dixiegrrl
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
The Catholic Church, as stated in the Catechism #2277, is against euthanasia:

"Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable." Catholic Catechism.

In violation of his marriage vows, Mr. Schiavo is living with another woman with whom he has fathered a child. Should one still refer to such a person as a member of Terri's "family" entitled to make the best life and death decisions on her behalf?

726 posted on 09/02/2003 8:25:33 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...where even the mosquitoes use bug spray.)
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To: kimmie7
What do you make of Judge Greer, and numerous city and county officials who serve or in the past, served on Hospice's Board? They're interchangeable and I'd hardly describe all their activities as a public service. They are pushing an agenda whether they realize it or not. This is not just about Terri.

It's an attempt to divine someone's last wishes if they can't communicate what their wishes are. It's written in the Florida Statutes, very poorly written. To sum up, "anything goes."

727 posted on 09/02/2003 8:29:14 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: floriduh voter; All
What is so unbelievable in our society today, is that if you are a judge in a U.S. court who extracurricularly participates in "Right-to-Die"-type organizations, you are allowed to climb the ladder.

But, if you are a judge who takes part in anything remotely affiliated with "Right-to-LIFE"-type groups or movements, you're first labeled an extremist, then you'll be filibustered by the Democrats, and told to "take a seat over there" 'till the cows come home.
728 posted on 09/02/2003 8:34:35 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...where even the mosquitoes use bug spray.)
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To: dixiegrrl
The people you identified as Hospice directors, etc. are clearly noted to be "activists". This can only mean one thing - pro-euthanasia activists. Worth noting their names. If this gets hairy, we can post their phone numbers or find their email addresses and freep them.

I can't recall what church Felos spoke at. He's definitely not in cahootz with Lutherans. Lutherans believe God is caring and loving.

729 posted on 09/02/2003 8:36:01 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: floriduh voter; kimmie7
Hey do you know where Michael got his nursing degree? I haven't been able to find it. Check out this site http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ResourceCenter/Projects_Partnerships/Past/CommunityBasedNursing/Projects/StPetersburg.htm
Another board member of the hospice is a proffessor of nursing at a community college! And guess who one of the community partners is for this program.... Yep The Hospice!
730 posted on 09/02/2003 8:38:02 AM PDT by dixiegrrl
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To: floriduh voter
I found out it is the Palm Harbor Unity Church. I am glad I don't mind worms, because this can is getting bigger and fatter worms every time I look. I was Methodist until my preacher was talking about letting gay's in and other things I don't approve of. I am now looking for new church.
731 posted on 09/02/2003 8:41:52 AM PDT by dixiegrrl
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To: dixiegrrl
Her name is Mary Jean Etten. Forgot to add that on my post.
732 posted on 09/02/2003 8:43:53 AM PDT by dixiegrrl
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To: Robert Drobot
Thanx, RD! Perhaps I'm not keeping up well ... how long has this been posted at the link? I could have been sending the link addy instead of the entire file to the media contacts I've alerted with it! File was too large for el Rushbo's e-carrier; now I can forward the link to Rush.
733 posted on 09/02/2003 8:47:37 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: dixiegrrl
Must be nice to get multiple paychecks and perks. Moonlighting at colleges or in public office.

The more Hospice patients means bigger and better paydays for the top tier of Hospice and it's a not for profit org. (Look at what the United Way top tier did.)

When employees catch on at Hospice or try to make suggestions to improve the Hospice program, they lose their jobs.

Here's a sick thought. Eventually, they're going to run out of seniors because the baby boomers are a healthy lot. To keep the profit margin up, they can continue to operate because of really bad Florida Statutes.

Anyone who is a guardian of a person can divine their wishes when they get tired of the chronically ill person and have them killed with the seal of approval of the Florida Statutes!

734 posted on 09/02/2003 8:50:27 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: dixiegrrl
Back later, y'all. :)

Bumping again

BUMPING THE INFO:::

Freepers, please call the Judicial Qualification Commission regarding Judge Greer: 1-850-488-1581.

***

Contact friends, thank those have been fighting on Terri's behalf, including Glenn Beck, Lars Larson, CNS News.com, WND, and Bill O'Reilly.

*** Terri Schindler Schiavo's website - background and news updates: www.terrisfight.org ***

8 Terri Schiavo's website Media Contacts

Governor Jeb Bush (R)
Office of The Governor
Florida Capitol Building, PL-05
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
(850) 488-7146
(850) 488-4441
jeb.bush@myflorida.com

The Honorable(?) George W. Greer
6th Judicial Circuit
315 Court Street, Room 484
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-3933
ggreer@co.pinellas.fl.us

Attorney General Charlie Crist
Office of Attorney General
State of Florida
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
(850) 487-1963
Fax: (850) 487-2564
ag@oag.state.fl.us
735 posted on 09/02/2003 8:50:35 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (...where even the mosquitoes use bug spray.)
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To: floriduh voter
Mary Jean Etten is also an author of two books. Checked amazon.com and this is what they list Physical Change & Aging: A Guide for the Helping Professions
by Sue V. Saxon, (Mary wrote this with her)

Psychosocial Rehabilitative Programs for Older Adults
by Sue V. Saxon, Mary Jean Etten
736 posted on 09/02/2003 8:54:01 AM PDT by dixiegrrl
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
What is being sanctioned in the State of Florida to terminate Terri Schiavo's life makes Hanging Chad look like an innocent bystander.

The Fla. legislature needs to revisit the Florida Statutes that address "when and who?" The Fla. Supreme Court (no surprise) interpreted the F.S. meaning on this subject is "sick person loses".

737 posted on 09/02/2003 8:55:59 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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To: floriduh voter
Here's a sick thought. Eventually, they're going to run out of seniors because the baby boomers are a healthy lot. To keep the profit margin up, they can continue to operate because of really bad Florida Statutes.

Yes. They will try to refine the definition of a patient who is in need of Hospice care.

Not Dead Yet has pointed out in a brief that Greer has wrongly accepted the idea that the patient needs to reproduce her actions in order to prove she is not in a PVS. Florida Law and Federal law did not have that requirement.

This not only transgresses Florida's legal definition but also brings a new and ominous level of subjectivity into the process of determining "persistent vegetative state." The trial court's new standard would lead to inconsistent and overly broad determinations of what is or is not a "permanent vegetative state" and potentially subject thousands of people with severe cognitive disabilities to third-party enforcement of their "right" to die.

738 posted on 09/02/2003 9:05:35 AM PDT by syriacus (Is Terri suffering from severe depression, on top of the insult to her brain?)
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To: MHGinTN
I posted that to my webspace just yesterday. If there is anything else regarding Terri you want posted there, let me know and i can put it up. Freepmail me and I'll give you the email address to send it to.
739 posted on 09/02/2003 9:08:25 AM PDT by honeygrl
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To: kimmie7
I know. We are calling to make ourselves known. We have no control over what happens in the courtroom but suffice it to say when she's alone with Judge Lazzara, she will have to tell him in confidence that she received a lot of phone calls today.

One of our goals as you know, is to rattle lots of cages in a polite way so that we aren't labeled as wackos. We aren't wasting "our time." We are making folks answer the phone and listen to us.

This is just part of our ongoing effort and we've been told similar stuff by other bureaucrats. Did it stop us? Nope.

This isn't a rant directed at you kimmie, just a rallying cry for all freepers to email and call. Main numbers are at the top of this thread. Subsequent numbers are also available here. FV

740 posted on 09/02/2003 9:09:20 AM PDT by floriduh voter (TO JOIN TERRI PING LIST CONTACT kimmie7)
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