Posted on 10/19/2003 1:56:29 AM PDT by russesjunjee
I am posting this message from Pinellas Park Florida concerning a matter of utmost urgency. At this very moment the state of Florida is committing a crime against humanity. A young woman named Terri Shiavo is being starved to death in Hospice care by order of the Florida courts. Terri suffered massive injuries several years ago which left her in severe physical condition and in need of major therapy. However, her husband has seen to it that Terri had no therapy or medical treatment, making it clear that his only wishes were for Terri to just hurry up and die. (lots of life insurance money involved) When he saw that Terri was going to fight for her life he began proceedings to have her euthanized… The mainstream media has lied about this case from word one saying that Terri is in a comma or a persistent vegetative state when she is actually very responsive to the attention and instructions given to her by others. The media has also stated that Terri is on life support which she is not….The only way Terri is assisted is by a feeding tube. Her injuries have left her unable to chew or speak because she has been denied any type of rehabilitation. Terri’s husband is strongly suspected in this case. Nurses and countless others have filed affidavits with Florida’s legal system stating that Terri’s husband is extremely abusive toward her and that he tried to kill her by giving her injections of pure insulin while she lay in the hospital. Yet, no criminal investigation has ever been carried out in this matter….why? Because Terri’s husband received nearly one million dollars to pay for Terri’s rehabilitation, and it is strongly suspected that he owns the judge who is handling this case. On Wednesday Terri’s husband won his battle to have her murdered, and her feeding tube was removed from her body…She has had no food or liquids since 2 pm wed. I came to Florida to investigate this matter. I just couldn’t believe that this could happen in America. But its all true and a helpless Terri Shiavo lies dying a horrible death while her parents and loved ones are kept from her side by armed guards. I have been standing vigil with Terri’s family for the past two days and I must say that this is the most horrifying thing I have ever witnessed. We need your help to get Terri’s story out before its too late. She only has a couple of days left. Our group has been in contact with Jeb Bush, who has the power to take executive action and stop this atrocity from occurring in his state. Jeb is obviously more worried about his political career than he is the life of one of his constituents….Don’t let Florida hide Terri’s story any longer….Go to her web site www.terrisfight.org and get the facts. You will be alarmed at what you see. Please call president bush, Governor Bush, and any other government officials you can think of, but most of all help us to get the truth out. I have watched reporters from CNN, FOX, WGN, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC interview Terri’s family. They are filming and reporting the truth but it is never getting past the cutting room floor. Please call your local papers and radio stations….We must get the truth out or this woman will be dead very soon. No one in Florida’s courts or political system will even hear Teri’s case or her family’s cries for justice. I guess its just not good politics to try and do the right thing anymore. Please help…. everything you do can make a difference…If the state of Florida can get away with murdering a helpless woman then the rest of us are fair game………PLEASE HELP. This is REAL and it’s happening right now.
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Attorney Christopher A. Ferrara argues that Michael Schiavo has violated Terri's rights under federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, by withholding medical treatment and refusing to allow her to fed by mouth.
"(The Schindlers) are about to lose their daughter because no one wants to put a teaspoon of Jello to her mouth," Ferrara said. "It's insane."
Do something that will really tick 'em off!!! Let your pesky little envelope be one of many that will fill their offices with the dreaded packages of jello they dare not feed Terri. My family sent three envelopes addressed:
Give 'em a fit........but more importantly.........you're telling them.......
Change the way your running this country. We're watching you, and we don't like the way you're doing business in our name.
Related costs: Jello .99; Envelope 1.19, stamps 1.29
Maybe with lip service so he can kiss up to the pro life voters. BUT his words are meaningless. Think about it. If he gave a crap about Terri, he wouldn't rest until her life was protected and justice was served. Terri's husband and the Florida courts are in Satan's camp and it looks like they are going to be victorious . . . for now. But in the end, they will pay dearly for this outrage.
Um...this video is of a man telling her in a matter-of-fact, clinical voice, "Terri, open your eyes. Open your eyes..." (and she does, very wide) "Good job, young lady." She is explicitly following the instructions of a monotone male voice, not the cooing of her mother. Are you sure you watched the video very carefully?
I dunno. I can think of at least three cold-blooded killers who deserve such a death.
Not really. If a judge's stated reasoning is inconsistent with a law, an appellate court can address that.
If, however, a judge's stated reasoning includes findings of fact which are clearly contrary to the evidence, the most an appellate court (or the Supreme Court) can do is order a judge to "consider" evidence he did not examine the first time. If a judge's consideration of evidence merely involves saying "I noted XXXX and didn't consider it relevant", there's nothing any appellate court can do to challenge that.
Judge Greer has determined a number of "facts" which are just plain wrong. Most fundamental, he has found that there is no reason to believe there even might be a conflict of interest involving Michael and Terri. If there were any possibility of a conflict of interest, he would be required to appoint a guardian ad litem. Since he says that there is no reason to believe such a conflict might exist (after having allowed Felos to fire a guardian ad litem who claimed Felos' actions were contrary to Terri's interests!), his failure to appoint a guardian ad litem as legally required cannot be challenged.
State law may allow the feeding tube to be pulled, but it certainly does not allow oral sustenance to be denied.
I recall the last election when Florida was the stronghold of liberalism, when all manners of attack were being perpetrated against the President-elect and his family, namely Jeb Bush...PLEASE!!!Jeb Bush is doing his best, but it is the laws that are hampering him and all concerned...This is a tragic situation that is now occuring to a defenseless young lady by the name of Terri and her family....PLEASE BLAME THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED for just this type of situation.....May COMMON SENSE once again rule and again,my heartfelt prayers to the family of Terri Schiavo.
More's the pity.
Honestly, this woman is one in a hundred thousand..
How do you know she does not wish to die?
Making of her a focal point does her a disservice.
As does speaking on her behalf utilizing trailer-park phraseology.
Let the woman die.
Read a book.
How about demanding that she at least be offered oral sustenance? Denial of oral sustenance, when such denial would kills someone, is expressly forbidden. Of course, Greer's denial of oral sustenance is supposedly for the purpose of ensuring Terri doesn't get fluid in her lungs and develop pneumonia, but I think Jeb could clearly say that--regardless of what Judge Greer claims--that denial of oral sustenance in this case would have the effect of killing her.
I remember that look to, when my wife was being carried on a stretcher from my apartment to the ambulance.
Actually, it's better. A disabled adult, who according to an affidavit appears like she could be spoon-fed, is denied oral sustenance; her consequent reliance upon a feeding tube is thus grounds to kill her.
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