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Terri Schiavo requested to testify. ( Good news! )
Drudge Report | 03/18/05 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 03/17/2005 9:58:21 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Pennsylvania
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To: Salvation



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.



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!



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!




801 posted on 03/18/2005 9:28:32 AM PST by Future Useless Eater (FreedomLoving_Engineer)
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To: Hildy
If she was brain dead, she wouldn't smile, follow a balloon, respond to voices, blink her eyes...all in motor responces to stimulus. Not neuro/motor reactions.

these are controlled responces to the stimuli...

Not brain dead. She may not be able to talk, but she sure can smile..

There are plenty of deaf people who can't hear, and plenty of mutes who can not talk...what would you do with them?

How about visiting your local home that caters to the elderly and metally handicapped that are in similar states. Shall we go ahead and pull thier tubes too?

802 posted on 03/18/2005 9:28:35 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: Zavien Doombringer
Just like we all have compassion for the trolls and thier views on these threads

Just so we're straight on this, are you calling ME a troll?

803 posted on 03/18/2005 9:29:00 AM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Hildy
TERRI CAN'T TALK.....YOU CAN ONLY BE RECORDED IF YOU CAN TALK. SHE IS BRAIN DEAD.

Nor can she swallow. They have tried this by giving her pudding. She began to choke. And it's been FIFTEEN YEARS! No change! After 8 yrs. of therapy!! Give it up already.

She reminds me with the motor skills of a 6 week old baby.

Since she can't feel PAIN, then removing the feeding tube, she won't feel hunger pain.

(Freepers can flame me all they want. I'll just leave.)

804 posted on 03/18/2005 9:29:14 AM PST by the Deejay
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To: Hildy
nobody here cares about the facts!

My fellow freepers are forgiven, since I sometimes post comments without reading the articles. Just like Laz :-)

What I found disturbing was a FoxNews clip showing Senate Majority Leader Frist saying that Terri has never had a brain scan. I think that Frist is being misled in this case, and he will have to eat his words after the upcoming hearing shows how many brain scans has Terri had.

805 posted on 03/18/2005 9:29:36 AM PST by george wythe
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To: Rutles4Ever
Absence of speech does not imply death of the brain.

Absolutely, I agree with you. However, the Doctors and the zillions of tests Terri has taken CONFIRMS death of brain. I'll ignore the wolves comment.

806 posted on 03/18/2005 9:29:45 AM PST by Hildy
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To: ClancyJ

Then move to a country where you are "protected" by the state. Government cannot solve all of society's ills. Expecting them to do so is fruitless.


807 posted on 03/18/2005 9:30:12 AM PST by ContraryMary
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To: kimmie7
This situation is, for the most part and with the current laws, avoidable.

Well, there are many here on these threads who aren't willing to abide by the "current" laws.

808 posted on 03/18/2005 9:30:14 AM PST by Howlin (Free the Eason Jordan Tape!!!)
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To: Zavien Doombringer

Zavien, as I've been researching this case, I can tell you this much: the "facts" that "everybody knows" are not the actual facts on the ground. Sorry, I'm not with you on this one.


809 posted on 03/18/2005 9:30:17 AM PST by Poohbah ("Hee Haw" was supposed to be a television show, not a political movement.)
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To: MeekOneGOP

"Are the folks that are out defending serial killers from the death penalty weighing in on this issue to save Terri?"

Heck of a question!


810 posted on 03/18/2005 9:30:35 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (I hope my [hello?] watermarks aren't too [yaa-aah!] distracting.)
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To: the Deejay

Where do you get that she has been given therapy?


811 posted on 03/18/2005 9:30:37 AM PST by conservativebabe
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To: Hildy

I watched an entire program on tv
about Terri's case from the day
it all happened....Never changed
my mind.


812 posted on 03/18/2005 9:31:47 AM PST by the Deejay
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To: george wythe
Then divorce your wife before you get another.

We do not know the wishes. Terri is not a vegetable.

And you are wrong, Michael is in control of this game...

813 posted on 03/18/2005 9:32:22 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: the Deejay

"(Freepers can flame me all they want. I'll just leave.)"

After such poorly thought out remarks, you really ought to.


814 posted on 03/18/2005 9:32:25 AM PST by zook
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To: the Deejay

Well that is good news!

We will try and remember the "feels no pain" for when you are in that situation.


815 posted on 03/18/2005 9:32:27 AM PST by ClancyJ (Sometimes we're a think tank, and sometimes we're just a tank ! - SlowBoat 407)
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To: Poohbah
Well, I wasn't looking for "cover"...

We may never know either way

816 posted on 03/18/2005 9:33:26 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: Isara

I'm glad that Rush has the same thinking as I have about this case.


817 posted on 03/18/2005 9:33:57 AM PST by Isara
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To: Rutles4Ever
You can't prove these were her wishes.

That's your opinion.

When family members disagree on these issues, they have the option to settle the dispute in court. The courts have spoken, and the Schindlers have lost.

Since the Schindlers testified that they will never respect Terri's wishes, they will continue this saga ad infinitum. Even if Terri had a written directive, the Schindlers testified that they will never respect Terri's wishes to be disconnected from the feeding tube.

818 posted on 03/18/2005 9:34:00 AM PST by george wythe
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To: ContraryMary

I don't intend to sit quietly by while government gains the right to "off" those it deems unneeded, too costly, too deformed.

People who wish government to obtain that power are fools.


819 posted on 03/18/2005 9:34:19 AM PST by ClancyJ (Sometimes we're a think tank, and sometimes we're just a tank ! - SlowBoat 407)
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To: Hildy; mware

And I'm sure you would have no problem with the teacher showing videos on stem cell research or right to death as practiced in Holland...yeah...

Good for you teacher!!! It's time for teachers to start using the same tactics the Left wing machine has used and attack them using their own tricks. (I do it all the time)


820 posted on 03/18/2005 9:34:27 AM PST by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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