TERRI SCHIAVO DAILY MARCH 2005 PART 6- NO FOOD OR WATER IN THE 6TH-7TH DAYS - GOOD FRIDAY

various | 3-24-05

[STARWISE]

Judge George Greer ruled that the State of Florida has no right to take custody of Terri Schiavo, which ruling came hours after an appeal by Terri's parents to re-insert the feeding tube was refused by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, another hearing was scheduled tonight before US District Judge James D. Whittemore .. the same judge who previously heard and denied the request subsequent to the 'de novo' intention of the law past last weekend by the Congress and signed by President Bush, in an effort to confirm that no stone was left unturned before Terri would endure legally sanctioned dehydration until death.

[pollywog]

Amen.

[lula]

Revenge is HIS for sure.....bank on it.

[valleygal]

I believe that with you.

I have finally given in to the grief and my numbness is gone, now just tears.

[floriduh voter]

Michael's minions showed up en masse last night. HE PUT THEM ON THE VISITORS AND THEY WERE AT TERRI'S BEDSIDE HAVING A LITTLE OCCULT PARTY IMO. After they came out, they came over to where Terri's supporters were and they were mocking Terri, bragging that Michael let them in but worse than that, the guy who pushed his way next to me said "We've got you surrounded."

I went to a Pinellas Park PD to advise them of a developing situation and they told me to move on, get off of the sidewalk. THAT IS THEIR FREE SPEECH.

Most of the PPPD is as bad as Michael's minions. They have hate in their hearts for us and that's my PD. I won't call them when I'm in trouble. I'll fend for myself. I DON'T TRUST THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I'm a girl without a country but I still believe the words IN GOD WE TRUST.

[tutstar]

How will DCF have standing to ever again remove someone from abusive situation?

amdgmary posted a pic with the quote from Felos that basically DCF has no more authority than a person walking down the street. Can you tell me where to look for that quote Mary? I tried google but couldn't come up with the same wording.

No doubt, they will pick someone next. They better leave the blondes to do the hard thinking!


The new endangered species:

Disabled Americans

[Pegita]

Greer did not invent this law.

The state legislature did.

True, Knitting, but the Attorney from Hell was in there, consulting with the Legislature and preparing the way. Evil is very good at long-range planning.

[shezza]

Felos is stating the court ruled this torture/murder to be LEGAL.

Expanding the culture of death (Nat Hentoff, 2001). "At last, have we learned nothing from the Holocaust?"

[valleygal]

Amen

[floriduh voter]

Meekie, pls ping your Florida list to this jpeg.

[lula]

you wrote Greer must have something on Jeb.

Tin foil here, but didn't one of his daughters have some legal trouble?...(drugs)

[Pepper777]

THE FOLLOWING IS FROM CHERYL FORD~~~

MARCH 24, 2005
11:05 PM ET

WE JUST ARRIVED HOME FROM THE FEDERAL COURT HOUSE IN TAMPA. THE HEARING BEGAN AT 6 PM. SEVERAL OF US WERE THERE WAITING TO BE CALLED AS WITNESSES, SHOULD OUR TESTIMONY HAD BEEN NEEDED. WE WAITED FOR 2.5 HOURS BEFORE WE WERE TOLD THE JUDGE WAS NOT GOING TO HEAR WITNESSES IN THE CASE.

WE ARE ALL TIRED! HOWEVER, NOT NEARLY AS TIRED TERRI IS SINCE SHE HAS RECEIVED NO FOOD OR WATER FOR 6 LONG DAYS. TIME IS CRITICAL FOR TERRI AS SHE LAYS WITH NO BETTER TREATMENT THAN THOSE WHO SUFFERED TORTURE IN NAZI, GERMANY.

TODAY, MICHAEL SCHIAVO DENIED TERRI'S FAMILY VISITATION FOR 12 LONG HOURS. THIS MAN IS NOTHING LESS THAN SATAN IN ITS PUREST FORM. IT IS SO TRAGIC TERRI REMAINS HIS VICTIM. AS WELL, IT IS EQUALLY SHOCKING THAT HIS EVIL APPEARS TO REIGN OVER CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT, AND THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.

WE NOW WAIT UNTIL JUDGE WHITTEMORE AGAIN RENDERS HIS DECISION. EACH MINUTE THAT PASSES, TERRI LAYS SUFFERING FROM THE DISCOMFORT ASSOCIATED WITH STARVATION AND DEHYDRATION.

MY DAUGHTER TELEPHONED TONIGHT AND ASKED, "MOM, IF THEY TOOK HER FEEDING TUBE, WHY WON'T THEY AT LEAST ALLOW HER WATER OR NUTRITION BY MOUTH?" THE ONLY ANSWER I COULD COME UP WITH WAS......."IN FLORIDA THEY USE STARVATION AS A WAY TO KILL OFF THE DISABLED. IF THEY ALLOW HER FOOD AND WATER BY MOUTH AND IF SHE IS CAPABLE OF TAKING IT, THEN SHE WON'T DIE. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT TO DEPRIVE HER OF A FEEDING TUBE; THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR THEM TO KILL HER."

WE ARE CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR TERRI........AND ASK YOU NOT TO GIVE UP. TERRI IS PUTTING UP A GOOD FIGHT. SHE DEPENDS ON US TO HELP TO SAVE HER LIFE.

PLEASE KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.

THANK YOU,
CHERYL


www.fight4terri.blogspot.com

People who continue to support Michael Schiavo are either fools or not human beings.

[kenth]

Bless you FV. You've been there all along, surrounded by evil, with one coming up to you now to say so. But you've been encased in His light. That's why they're so angry with you. They can only mock. God will judge. Never forget that.

Indeed, in God we trust.

[Cheryllynn]

I'm a girl without a country but I still believe the words IN GOD WE TRUST.

Sadly, I think I'm heading that route too:(

[amdgmary]

TERRI'S BROTHER SAYS MOVIE "PASSION" CHANGED HIS LIFE

`Passion' Helped Brother Overcome Anger

Mar 25, 2005
By MICHELLE BEARDEN

TAMPA - The anger was eating him up.

For Bobby Schindler, it became almost unbearable; anger at the legal system, his Catholic church and his God. The grueling court battles and legal maneuverings to keep his sister, Terri Schiavo, alive was almost too much to bear for him and his family.

Then last year before Easter, something happened. Schindler went to see the controversial film ``The Passion of the Christ.'' He still tears up when he recalls that turning point.

``I can't begin to tell you the profound effect it had on me,'' says Schindler, 40, his voice breaking. ``After I walked out of there, I re-evaluated everything in my life.''

He went to church on that Good Friday and sat for a long time in prayer. That was the beginning of his journey on the road back to God.

Now, a year later, the Tampa Catholic High School mathematics and science teacher depends on the strength of his renewed faith to carry him in these emotional days. The clock is ticking for his sister, so sleep and food are luxuries he can't afford. The past week has been a blur, from a trip to Tallahassee to lobby politicians to a barrage of media interviews.

He hears the critics who wonder why the Schindlers just can't let Terri go. He doesn't care what they think.

``She's our family,'' he says. ``We're doing everything we can to get her back home with us. If you faced the same circumstances, you'd be doing the same thing.''

He never wanted to be thrust in the public arena and in the media glare. What he likes best is listening to Bruce Springsteen and teaching spinning classes at Harbour Island Athletic Club. In the teacher's lounge at school, he's known for his quick wit.

But much has changed in his life since his older sister suffered a heart attack 15 years ago at age 26 and fell into what doctors call a persistent vegetative state. He hates that term, calling it ``offensive.''

He says it was tough in the beginning to visit her. The siblings had always been close - 13 months apart - and he mourned for the Terri he had lost.

``To see her in that condition ... and realize she could possibly be like that the rest of her life, that wasn't easy,'' Schindler says. ``I've changed a lot. Today, I want nothing more than to take care of her.''

He says his sister is still beautiful to him. He remembers seeing a caption on the infamous video of his mother leaning close in to Terri, getting her to smile - ``The Face That Changed the Nation.'' He says if Terry does die, she has done a lot of good for a lot of people, getting them to talk about issues that needed to be raised.

His life is altered as well. Schindler says he will continue to advocate for the disabled. He knows many people are uncomfortable even looking at disabled people, saying ``it puts mortality at their own doorstep.''

``The way they deal with their fear is to say, `Let her go, let her die, because we don't want to see her in that condition','' he says. ``But that's wrong, We have to take care of them and show compassion. We don't let them starve to death.''

Schindler has read the evaluations and heard testimonies by doctors. Nothing will convince him Terri is not aware of her surroundings. Three years ago, he went to a Springsteen concert in Miami and got to shake his rock hero's hand. He returned home and excitedly recounted that moment to his sister.

He says Terri smiled at the news. And that didn't surprise him: She had given him his first Springsteen album.

``I know she hears me, and she knows what I'm saying to her,'' he says. ``She reacts all the time. It's not random, and it's not reflexive. And there's not a doctor in the world who can tell me otherwise.''

His best friend and fellow teacher, Mark Jacim, says the two talk a lot about their faith. He has watched his friend deal with the worst of circumstances yet avoid falling into self- pity.

``Instead of falling away from God and religion, he dives into it,'' Jacim says. ``And he helps me through my own problems, even though he's got enough of his own. I have nothing but admiration for Bobby.''

This summer, they're going to take a road trip out West. Two good friends, he says, single and on vacation, ``blowing off steam.'' He thinks it will be good for his buddy, no matter the outcome.

Schindler says he knows the outpouring of prayers from around the world have helped Terri and his family. Still, given the circumstances, he doesn't know whether he will feel joy this Easter. What he does know is when Terri's time to die comes, she will go to heaven.

And then, he says, it will be his time to forgive.

``I'll do what I have to do to get through this,'' he says. ``My relationship with God will only get stronger. I won't let anger take over my life.''

http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB7LUNWP6E.html

[Velveeta]

"Which lawsuit?"

This latest suit before Whittemore.

[shezza]

I'm a girl without a country but I still believe the words IN GOD WE TRUST.

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King (George) is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

[lula]

People who continue to support Michael have sold their soul to the devil. IMHO

[phenn]

Whittemore's Opinion in PDF format:
http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/al-arian/Opinions/Schiavo-v-Schiavo-2ndOrderDenyingTRO.pdf

[longtermmemmory]

That is a bit much.

The legislature and Jeb Bush have been invovlved in this case for years.

If there is any state where the law can change this is it.

Of course it will also help to elect another governor who will carry on the fight.

[floriduh voter]

I may not be 100%* accurate, word for word, but the gist of what MS said was that he did both of his parents this way and he wasn't stopping. Larry King Live