If the Supreme Court refused to take the case again (no surprise), our last hope is the Bushes. Pat Buchanan said BOTH of them have the power to rescue Terri, and Buchanan is a strict constitutionalist. I will repeat previous info here (corrected info):
----> A spark of hope. I could not get through to Governor Jeb Bush's #, so I called 1-850-488-5000 (Governor's Legislative Affairs Office) and said that Governor Bush has to put Terri in protective custody NOW. They said they agreed with me, and are working on it. I told them they better hurry up; this woman is going to die.
Please call the # (1-850-488-5000), AND Governor Jeb Bush, if you can get through, or send a FAX, and tell them to please expedite, a woman is dying. Pro-death Judge Greer ordered police throughout the state not to intervene. Bully!!
We have THREE judicial branches, and they are all equal; they should not let only ONE branch rule.
Here's an e-mail I justed received from RightMarch.com, and if anyone has a fax, that might be an easier way to get through to the Bushes. Fax # listed below. If you can't get through by phone, a fax is better than and e-mail, because papers will pile up.
So here's my info from RightMarch.com:
"This is OUTRAGEOUS. Governor Bush needs to step up to
the plate NOW, and exercise his constitutional and legal
authority NOW, before Terri dies. But he doesn't seem
to be willing to take that chance and do it... so we
thought we should help encourage him.
So once more, we need YOUR help.
We need EVERYONE READING THIS EMAIL to call Governor
Jeb Bush RIGHT AWAY, and ask him to do one simple thing:
"PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR LEGAL AUTHORITY, AND TAKE
TERRI SCHIAVO INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY RIGHT AWAY."
That's all we're asking you to do. Just call Gov. Bush
NOW and beg him to save Terri's life.
TAKE ACTION: PLEASE call Governor Jeb Bush's office NOW
at 850-488-4441 (or fax him at 850-487-0801), asking him
to exercise the executive powers he ALREADY HAS, and take
custody of Terri Schiavo to save her from being starved
to death.
We've already met one-on-one with Gov. Bush's General Counsel
lawyers, showing them point-by-point exactly why the Governor
DOES have those powers right NOW. On Thursday, we're also
bringing in Alan Keyes and Larry Klayman to try to meet with
the Governor and urge him to take Terri into protective
custody. Call Gov. Bush NOW and ask him to USE his legal
powers to save Terri's life. You can also e-mail him at
jeb@myflorida.com .
You can also call his brother, President George W. Bush, at
202-456-1414 (or fax him at 202-456-2461). Leave a message
for him that he AND his brother both have the authority to
use the police services at their disposal to take Terri into
protective custody, restore her food and hydration, and
arrest anyone who would interfere. You can also e-mail him
at president@whitehouse.gov .
For the sake of Terri's life, we CANNOT afford to wait while
the courts bicker over jurisdiction -- and we CANNOT let
little two-bit judges order the Executive branch to not do
their duty."
First report from Hospice:
We arrived about 12:30am on Thursday morning.
We were able to park very close to the vigil.
Perhaps 30 people were there.
We went around and met some of the people there. The police told us to move behind the barricade, which we did.
It felt surreal to be there after all this time.
I decided to talk to the police to find out what they were thinking, so half-joking and half-serious, I asked why don’t you guys go on a “sick out”. One of the police said they couldn’t. I said you could always quit. He said they couldn’t. I said what do you mean, you’re not in the military and his answer was they were “paramilitary”. I said something about what was happening to Terri. The other spoke up and said something about it was all part of the job. I talked about my son, my father, and my granddad all being in the military and hoped they would refuse an unjust order. Then a woman who was standing there started yelling at me about being stupid why should they quit their jobs and I had no right to talk to the police that way.
She said a lot more. I mentioned the nurse who quit, but she verbally attacked me again and said I had no right to ask them to quit, so I walked away.
Before I hear from others that agree with her that I had no right to ask the police to quit, I would like to say that a very similar thing happened to my husband and I, 20 years ago. He was working for a nuclear power plant during construction and implementation stage and discovered an unsafe procedure. The engineers indicated that he should keep quiet about it, that it wasn’t a big deal. He didn’t and refused to sign a letter that the power company was demanding all the employees sign. I supported him 100%. If he didn’t sign, he wouldn’t be able to work there anymore. Sometimes, you have to stand up for what is right. This is a decision that each of us makes in our lives at one point or another and I wasn’t trying to put the police down, just asking. We heard later that they did change the design of that system.
I was surprised at the vehemence of the woman. I finally figured out she was probably one of their wife's or something, even though she was standing over on Terri’s side, because that’s mainly who she was joking and talking with. My only other comment is, I wish she hadn’t interrupted so I could ask why he considered his job “paramilitary”.
We met some very nice people there, but I really did expect a larger crowd, since it is so close to Terri’s end.
One gentleman was describing what one of the newscasters had said and he said he was a Christian and never used a term like the one he yelled at the television. He whispered to my husband what the word is and it is one that we here all the time on television. I felt like I was with very gentle people, who wouldn’t harm a hair on anyone’s head.
We continued to talk politics with a few of the others there, and left about 1:30am to check into our motel.
We are staying at the Super 8 and they seem super nice and surprise they had high speed connection.
I now understand part of what floriduh voter and the rest of the freepers have been going through.
I’m going back soon.