Posted on 05/22/2004 7:07:30 AM PDT by floriduh voter
Believers in the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence:
Where is Terri's independence?
I'm talking about her independence to learn and to be free from her lonely room.
To kick off Terri's May-June 2004 Dailies, our first article is by Deroy Murdock of Scripps Howard News Service.
Let Terri Schiavo's Parents Restore Her Dignity. May 22, 2004
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Derry Murdock
There is speculation that Judge Greer wrote the anonymous email to Matt C. Matt C. is from Michael's camp to begin with and Greer really has no idea who's been communicating with Governor Bush and what those folks' backgrounds are and that indeed, we have reviewed the judicial canons and studied grounds for impeachment. The anonymous emailer is spinning that ignorant people hounded the Governor about Terri. Not exactly. Terri deserves to live which is a matter of right or wrong and she deserves rehabilitation and a guardian other than Michael Schiavo. I welcome impeachment proceedings if someone would actually investigate the "syndicate" here in Pinellas County. It's a conspiracy to kill an innocent woman. It's wide and it's deep. FV
Naturally, the nurse in the audience said that she sees this all the time, her point being Terri's not anything, a clear case of desensitization and dehumanization of people with feeding tubes. Seeing "it" all the time doesn't make Terri any less of a person.
Finally, a guy sitting next to his wife said, that nobody's life is "worthless" and he couldn't finish commenting that he'd do anything if something happened to his wife to help her. He almost broke down in tears. The after show indicated that hearts and minds were changed on Oprah's set. She has a huge audience.
Earlier, Oprah definitely showed plenty of Terri from birth all the way to showing her dad telling her a joke about her mother. Terri was laughing and when dad mentioned mom, Terri vocalized "mmm mmm mmm". Sounded like she wsa trying to say mom.
They can spin this all they want. If Matt C. is concerned, that's good. Maybe Terri will get some rights restored by the Florida Supremes or by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Brain dead or coma would mean that she is like a stone with no brain waves. She breathes on her own and she can swallow which makes the feeding tube "moot" if a therapist had the chance to work with Terri. If she can laugh, she still has a sense of humor... hardly brain dead. Her dad is entertaining at times.
Terri Schiavo Legal Battle Heads to Florida Supreme Court
http://www.lifenews.com/bio322.html
>>The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal approved a motion put forward by George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is Michael Schiavo's lawyer, asking the appeals court to let the Florida Supreme Court decide the case.
But attorneys for the governor say they want the case halted while the issue of whether Michael should have the authority to speak for Terri is resolved.<<
I truly can't believe the guy wrote that some of the allegations are amusing!
I guess it's really amusing that people can actually read the Florida Statutes and compare with Greer's rulings and figure out that he used Dr. Death's definition of PVS and not the one in the statutes.
So amusing to allow the Guardianship Statutes to be violated repeatedly for years.
How funny!
Thank God for folks with some horse sense. Greer keeps holding off ruling on that issue while stringing the Schindlers along. That in itself is emotional abuse. Ignoring the issue won't make it go away Judge Greer. Do the right thing Greer! Are you in too deep to switch horses now? Thank God for my pastor, he's not afraid to call a spade a spade! He's aware of some of Sen King's twofaced doings and 'called him' on it in church service. Too bad King wasn't there to hear it. Greer ought to be ashamed! While we're at it folks we've got some petitions that need some sigs!!! http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html http://www.petitiononline.com/RSJKFO59/petition.html Be part of the solution!!
There, that's better
http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/RSJKFO59/petition.html
This is odd. "Oprah" in my area did not show Terri.
That is odd. Maybe you should call the station.
Matt C. at abstract appeal just happened to be lvg for a business trip and therefore, couldn't reply to an email from someone challenging the anonymous emailer's notion that "it is sad" for Greer. GREER IS A SAD DISPLAY OF JUDICIAL TYRANNY. That's sad.
Seems like a lot of yada yada to me.
Obviously the dude is unaware of several of Greer's decisions and dotes on Greer's prestige. Guess they're all in love with each other.
Where in the world is everyone? The thread is treading water.
What happened to sweet liberty?
I remember being called a kook and an idiot on a daily basis which I think I've proven to be false in a definitive way.
If the Schindlers were available for comment, they'd have only kind things to say about floriduh voter.
So, the cliquey freepers can continue to think I'm a disgrace (lol) - I don't really care. I shall not name names but the clique stuff although not helpful is not going to stop major steps to help Terri if the Fla. Supremes are stupid. This is not the same court as in 2000. Jeb has two appointees who will not cave on this matter imo.
Here's an excerpt from a press release I recvd: the most recent developments, over the objections of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a Florida state appeals court has sent this case to the state's highest court. The Florida Supreme Court will hear the case filed by Terri Schiavo's estranged husband seeking to overturn a law Bush signed -- Terri's Law -- that saved her life.
The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal approved a motion put forward by George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is Michael Schiavo's lawyer, asking the appeals court to let the Florida Supreme Court decide the case. But attorneys for the governor say they want the case halted while the issue of whether Michael should have the authority to speak for Terri is resolved.
Governor Bush also said that Michael's interests may conflict with Terri's, implying it may be appropriate to appoint a new guardian on her behalf. But, Felos said the matter is so important that the state's high court should decide the case.
The appeals court agreed and, in granting Felos' request, denied the Bush team an opportunity to gather further information showing that Terri would not want to be killed.
The Florida Supreme Court can either take the case or tell the appeals court to hear it and issue a ruling before deciding to hear the lawsuit.
Last August, the Florida Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal filed by Terri's family of a local judge's order allowing Michael to remove Terri's feeding tube.
For more information and actions to take please refer to the following links:
http://www.terrisfight.org
http://www.cogforlife.org/schiavo.htm
http://heavenlyhands.net/terrislinks.html
http://www.prayforterri.net
Please ping your devoted listers if you have a Terri list. Thanks. I thought it was time to address the unfounded junk that was hurled at me. FV
Ping to 390s.
There are many national efforts going on. There's going to be a Terri's half birthday day. Her birthday was December 3rd so that would make today Terri's half-birhday. Further, more Terri rallys are scheduled all over the country.
Regional Center for Independent Living 1641 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610
http://www.rcil.org/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2004
For more information, contact C. Jean Penner, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, at 585-442-6470 v/tty, or 585-797-7260
Green Ribbon Ceremony at RCIL Will Celebrate the Life -- and Right to Live -- of Terri Schindler-Schiavo The Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL) will host an outdoor green ribbon ceremony on Friday, June 4, 2004, in honor of the controversial struggle to preserve Terri Schindler-Schiavo's right to live. The cermony will be held at RCIL, 1641 East Avenue in Rochester, at 12 noon, to commemorate Terri's half-birthday. It will be free and open to the public.
Those who attend will receive green tartan ribbons; part of a national campaign to raise awareness of this issue. The color green symbolizes life, while the tartan pattern symbolizes the diversity in human life, which includes -- and embraces -- disability. Additional ribbons will be available at RCIL for members of the community, free of charge; donations will be accepted by RCIL for the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation.
This national observance -- the Life Ribbon Campaign -- encourages community supporters to wear the ribbons until Terri comes home to her family.
In 1990, Terri Schindler-Schiavo collapsed in the home she shared with her husband, Michael Schiavo. The cause of her collapse is unknown to this day. Terri receives food and water by way of a gastric feeding tube; and a battle rages currently in Florida courts, in which her husband is demanding the removal of the feeding tube, while her parents are fighting for her right to live, and challenging his right to act as her guardian.
Terri originally fell into a coma but awakened from her comatose state weeks later. She was left in what medical professionals call a "locked in state" with limited abilities to communicate or move.
To this day, Terri remains disabled. Though she is responsive to stimuli, interacts with her environment and her loved ones and is capable of communicating in limited ways, she is a disabled and vulnerable adult -- requiring protection, therapy and the route to recovery. RCIL's ceremony to honor her life will acknowledge the reality in our society that disability is too frequently equated with a "better off dead" presumption; and that this has sobering implications for all Americans with disabilities.
"Despite any particular physical or mental impairments, life is our most precious gift," states Todd Eggert, Executive Director of RCIL, "and with this effort, RCIL is choosing to positively support Terri's right to life. Given that she is showing responsiveness and recognition of loved ones, how can anyone question that right?"
During the first months that followed Terri's mysterious collapse, she made progress. Medical practitioners noted her efforts to speak and her responsiveness. Terri, however, has not received meaningful therapy since 1991 on the orders of her husband. In 1998, Terri's husband made his initial petition to the circuit courts of Pinellas County, Florida to end her life by removing her feeding tube. If he had been successful, Terri would have died of dehydration and starvation over the course of 10 to 14 days. Terri's parents are fighting her husband, saying that her wish -- if she were able to speak -- would be for therapy and rehabilitation, rather than death from dehydration and starvation.
Fregards, FV
Terri laughs, she cries, she tries to talk..... she smiles.
I am truly ashamed that this Judge Greer is a republican, truly ashamed.
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