Terri Schiavo requested to testify. ( Good news! )

Drudge Report | 03/18/05 | Matt Drudge

[JeffMBattle]

Per front page of Drudge

**Exclusive Fri Mar 18 2005 00:50:07 ET** The Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) has requested Terri Schiavo to testify before his congressional committee, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. In so doing it triggers legal or statutory protections for the witness, among those protections is that nothing can be done to cause harm or death to this individual.

[ContraryMary]

Why doens't that common sense prevail here?

Some people just don't want to see the truth. Arguing with them is like batting your head against a wall. I find it scary that Congress can issue orders regarding me specifically. When this is all sorted out later -- but that will take time -- I'm confident Congress will be slapped down as they should be. So much for personal freedom and the rule of law.

[ClancyJ]

It is between the courts and governor when it sets a precedent for murder based on hearsay claims of what the victim wanted.

It is between the courts and governor when it will endanger all caught in a situation where they can be quickly determined expendable by a spouse, a hospital staff, a hospice, or any group wishing to commit murder and access the funds of the newly departed.

Try and look at the precedent that will be set in Florida and elsewhere if this holds. State sanctioned murder of someone not even on life support, not brain dead, just incapacitated.

Every person in a nursing home would be subject to murder, every deformed person, any spouse could be killed easily by a money-grubbing or bothered partner.

[nicmarlo]

Hi, Lainey!! Yes, it's been absolutely forever since we've talked. Hope all is well with you. This has become a fine day, so far. Continuing in prayers, of course. God bless you, Lainey, for your continued prayers.

[conservativebabe]

Bottom line is that Congress has a constitutional right to do this whether you like it or not. She may be being denied equal protection as the other courts have not reviewed this case. That is what they are asking for now.

Go pat yourself on the back, but this is legal and the right thing to do.

[Rutles4Ever]

Absence of speech does not imply death of the brain. If that's the case, everyone in a coma should be starved to death.

Were you raised by wolves?

[bonfire]

Oh give it a rest. Next time you don't agree with the majority...remind me to call you a "troll".

[Future Useless Eater]

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Electrical stimulation therapy restores swallowing ability. So why KILL her? Get her therapy Get her OFF 'the tube' Send her home with the Schindlers Let Michael marry his fiance.

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Judge Greer cited "news sources" that Sara Scantlin could BLINK her eyes on command "so she was not in PVS."

Father Pavone witnessed Terri's condition just one month ago [jump ahead to the 17 min mark] and he said:

• She was very responsive.
• She prayed with him, closed her eyes during the prayer, and opened them back up when done.
• Mister Schindler kissed her and she kissed him back!

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Documented Terri-vocabulary references
Words	Witness
"mommy" "momma" "help me"	nurse - Heidi Law, certified nurse assistant
"pai[n]"     (meaning 'pain'                 when she was in discomfort) 'Haaaiiiii'   (meaning Hi,                 in response to 'Hi Terri') 'mommy' 'help me'	Nurse - Carla Sauer Iyer, R.N. "'Help me' was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times."
"stop"   (in response to one medical                 procedure being done on her)	Terri's MediPlex records
"ugh-hugh" (meaning yes) "ugh-ugh" (meaning no) "yea" "No"	family members, and paralegal Tom Brodersen* 'yea' was a word she learned to speak in 2001.     *
After Judge Greer heard of Tom Brodersen secretly helping Terri learn to speak again, Greer removed Brodersen from the "approved visitor's list" permanently!

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[Hildy]

I've posted that website, I've quoted from that website so many times here. But I've learned on Free Republic that
"there are none so blind as those who will not see." Most people here refuse to acknowledge the facts of this case. And that just marginalizes their side.

[Altamira]

Dear Ohioan,

News of Terri and this whole awful situation was on the evening news in Barcelona, Spain. I heard it on the Radio Informacio Catalunya. The world is watching!

[Delphinium]

They're latecomers

And you have ben involved in this from the beginning?

[george wythe]

Why doesn't Michael Schiavo let the parents take care of her?

He is honoring his wife's wishes. If I were in the same situation, I hope my wife will fight as hard as Michael to honor my wishes.

Btw, if I remain in vegetative state for 15 years, my wife is free to become involved with another man.

Of course, this demonizing of Michael is completely irrelevant, since as the courts have repeated stated, nobody has the right to override Terri's wishes.

Even if Michael changed his mind and join the Schindler's side, he will be powerless to change the judicial outcome.

[eleni121]

"THEY" are not 'overly emotional" as you put it. They are responding to the sick and twisted ideology of pro death fanatics who seem to have had the sympathy of the media and certain governments to carry out DEATH ON DEMAND. Not to mention certain of their PRO DEATH supporters here.

[MeekOneGOP]

Well, if you want to kick me off of Freerepublic that's fine.

I'm not an Admin Moderator, so don't worry 'bout me kickin' anybody off.

I just want what I personally think would be best for this woman.

Starvation is a horrible way to die, I hear. Are the folks that are out defending serial killers from the death penalty weighing in on this issue to save Terri? You know, the Amnesty Int'l crowd, etc. that are always whining about injecting mass murderers with drugs that end their lives painlessly? (And don't anybody get me wrong, I am NOT for that regarding Terri. Just making a point about the LIBERAL LEFT).

Anyway, I'm not gonna waste any more of my time on you here.

[MizSterious]

I gave you my facts, you gave me yours. You don't like mine, and I don't like yours. Next question?

[Rutles4Ever]

You can't prove these were her wishes. Why? Because there's no documentation.

Do you not understand the precedent this sets?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"This issue should not be about opinions - it should be about facts."

As for the outcome, you bet. But I agree that opinions can fly everywhere on this, that intelligent people can feel quite justified on either side of this issue. It's amazingly complicated.

It's so easy to get tripped up on this that perhaps it would be best we not judge each other too harshly, even though so much can be revealed about a person from his/her conclusions. We are being tricked into baring our souls, here.

[eleni121]

You have no idea what is best for this woman...your opinion means not a twit given the fact that the woman is alive and is not awaiting a death sentence for a crime.

What has she done to deserve death?

[ClancyJ]

Personal freedom to "off" a bothersome mate?

Personal freedom to be killed based on a malicious adulterous husband suddenly deciding that he was tired of you? A mate who refuses to allow your parents to care for you - but instead wants you dead?

I'm afraid I fear such personal freedom.

I want protection from those who think my death would benefit them - the state, the medical officials, the relatives.

[Salvation]

Yes, this affords her an attorney, correct?

[MizSterious]

Yes, but which others? None of my research has turned up anyone except the husband.