[thouworm]

An explosive review of the facts of this case.

[meandog]

Oh how I hate DEMOCR

[Rightly Biased]

Thanks I needed this for some that say "let her die" because all they hear is abcnbcbscnnmsnbcnytimes, and those sources are soooo credible.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"Under Florida law, a feeding tube is considered a life-support device on par with a respirator."

This statement jumped out at me, since I had just yesterday real this article on the perversion of the terminology in the euthanasia issue by its advocates.........

http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/fctwww.htm

a short snip:

Euthanasia proponents have learned a lot about public relations in the six decades since the Euthanasia Society of America made that first attempt to gain legislative approval for mercy killing. One lesson they have heeded is that all social engineering is preceded by verbal engineering. If words or their meaning can be changed, the quest to change hearts and minds will be achieved.


Today when mercy killing is discussed, it is couched in euphemisms -- words of gentleness or the language of rights. Titles of euthanasia advocacy groups contain words like "compassion," "choice," and "dignity." Even the Euthanasia Society of American has undergone name changes to present a more positive image. (In l976 the Euthanasia Society of America changed its name to the Society for the Right to Die and, in l991, it became known as Choice in Dying.)

[Bigh4u2]

Very interesting read on the timeline of Terri's 'injury'.

[capt. norm]

This is entire story is starting to sound like something one would expect from Alfred Hitchcock or Edgar Allen Poe.

[Snake65]

Schindler family attorney Barbara Weller similarly reported the severely brain-injured woman cried and yelled out that she wants to live after being told her life-sustaining feeding tube was about to be removed by court order.

Weller essentially told Terri Schiavo, "You had better say you want to live or they will kill you. Just say you want to live."

Terri Schiavo responded with a drawn out, "IIIIII," then screamed out "waaaaaaaa" so loudly that a police officer stationed outside the room came in. The officer then ordered Weller removed from the room, according to prominent pro-life activist Randall Terry.

The event was witnessed by Vitadamo and her husband, Michael.

Wow. Gov. Bush needs to send in the National Guard.

[Neville72]

This whole story tears at my soul. I have a 15 year old nephew who suffered severe brain damage at age 4 after falling into a pond, drowning and then being resuscitated 11 years ago. He has been on a feeding tube ever since and has very limited responsiveness much as Terri shows. the big difference in my nephews case relative to Terri's situation is that he's been lovingly and relentlessly cared for by my sister and the home nurses she's hired.

Just in the last six months he was started on some ground breaking hyperbaric therapy in which the patient is pressurized for 1 hour periods of time and given almost 100% pure oxygen. Since he's started this new therapy, (done by a docter in Jacksonville, FL by the way)he's begun to laugh at the appropriate time when watching videos, is trying to ennunciate words, smiles and giggles when my sister tickles him, moves his arms and shows other physical activity that has been totally absent for 11 long years.The physician treating my nephew tells my sister that she's very hopefully given my nephew's progress that he'll get to a point where the feeding tube can be removed and he'll be able to lead a more normal life.

Who's to say that Terri couldn't show these same improvements if her murderous husband had simply allowed the current and cutting edge therapies to be tried on Terri.
I ache for this poor woman.

[Eccl 10:2]

ping

[WorkingClassFilth]

CONTACT JEB BUSH HERE:

E-mail: jeb.bush@myflorida.com

Telephone: 850/488-4441

Fax: 850/487-0801

[lifelongsoldier]

"Felos dismisses the allegations and innuendo of scandal as desperate "delay tactics" mounted by the Schindlers and insists his client is acting out of love and respect for his wife's desire to "die with dignity." "Who in God's name would subject themselves to what he has gone through for any other reason?" he said. "He always deeply loved her." Any man with a weak sense of morality, and a strong desire to control others. His usual prey would be women because he sees them as weaker than himself and easier to control. After reading the affidavits of the nurses who have come forward I see a pattern of abuse. If Terri suffered from bulimia, I would suspect that her treatment by Michael was a contributing factor. Now he cannot give up control of her life or he loses even more self-respect and further weakens his estimation of himself.

[agrace]

Check out THIS story from WND - Schiavo judge's other 'right-to-die' case

[FBD]

very comprehensive review, from start to now.
You might want to ping others and bookmark this one....

[ex-girlfriend]-"Cindy Shook gave a deposition to the Schindlers in April 2001, in which she stated that when she asked Michael Schiavo about treatment for Terri he responded, "How the hell should I know?We never spoke about this. My God, I was only 25 years old. How the hell should I know? We were young. We never spoke of this."

[MeekOneGOP]

Pinging my General Interest and Florida lists here.

The whole Terri Schiavo story

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MamaLucci]

This lawyer is totally "jumping the shark", IMHO. He is coming off as totally insensitive to the plight of Terri and her family.

[thouworm]

Judge Bork on Fox News. There has not been an adequate investigation of the facts.

[SkyPilot]

When they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" ). Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Mark 5: 38-43

[TChris]

I liked the related Ann Coulter commentary so much, I plagiarized part of it for my tagline! :-)

[newsgatherer]

background bump

[FBD]

Ping to this article, for a very good overview of the case
Also, I thought you might like to see this info:

RE: Terry Schiavo bone scan showing trauma:

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"On May 6th, 1990, two months after the mysterious incident that left Terri Schindler Schiavo severely mentally disabled, Dr. Hamilton, an Orthopedic Surgeon, examined her. A year later Terri was demonstrating painful reactions to physical therapy treatment, so on March 5, 1991, the Mediplex therapist director ordered a bone scan.

This bone scan revealed a healed broken right femur bone and healed bone fractures in Terri Schindler Schiavo’s ribs, pelvis, spine and ankle.

Dr. W. Campbell Walker concluded that Terri has a history of trauma and presumed that the other multiple areas of abnormal activity also relate to previous trauma."

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A photocopied image of that document can be viewed here:
NOTE, you probably will have to copy and paste it to your browser to get it to open:

http://www.terrisfight.org/images/bonescan.jpg

[thouworm]

Hyscience blog refernce today to well-respected CSI MEDBLOGS:

FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF CT BRAINS TURNS UP NEW ASTOUNDING EVIDENCE: How did Terri sustain her second injury?

And also see National call for Action: to Florida & Washington

http://hyscience.typepad.com/hyscience/