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The Bizarre Motivation behind Michael Schiavo's Right-to-Die Lawyer George "Killer" Felos (repost)
Free Republic ^ | 10/24/03

Posted on 03/25/2005 5:30:48 PM PST by Libloather

The Bizarre Motivation behind Michael Schiavo's Right-to-Die Lawyer George "Killer" Felos
Catholic Citizen.org ^ | 10.24.03

Posted on 10/24/2003 12:47:20 PM PDT by Coleus

TORA! TORA! TORA! The Bizarre Motivation behind Michael Schiavo's Right-to-Die Lawyer George "Killer" Felos

Thrilled to Death: Euthanasia proponent George Felos is Michael Schiavo's lawyer

CLEARWATER, October 23, 2003 - The motivation behind Michael Schiavo's dire quest to end the life of his severely disabled wife is not certain. He has a child and another on the way with another woman but a divorce would suffice in that case. However, there is the suggestion that he has life insurance money pending on her death - a suggestion which he has refused to comment on.

Moreover Terri's parents suspect he was to blame for his wife's condition and see that as the reason he has requested her body be cremated. His claim is that Terri told him she did not want to be given extraordinary medical treatment to be kept alive. However, the motivation behind Michael Schiavo's lawyer George Felos, in fighting the case is ideological.

Felos has been described as "a right-to-die activist, new-age guru lawyer with a messed up personal history." Felos has authored a book called "Litigation as Spiritual Practice" published by Blue Dolphin Publishing. The ad for the book calls him "a nationally recognized expert in right-to-die cases." It notes "He is best known for the landmark case that helped establish an individual's constitutional right to refuse or have withdrawn unwanted medical treatment, Guardianship of Browning, and the current case of a vegetative young woman, Terri Schiavo."

Right-to-Die activists play on the term "medical treatment" suggesting that it includes being given food and water. They suggest that patients who are not otherwise dying but are unable to ingest food by mouth should be allowed to refuse (or have withheld) food and water and thus die by starvation. Pro-life leaders in Holland have warned that a case along those very lines opened the door to euthanasia in the Netherlands.

A special on Felos published in the St. Petersburg Times in 2001 revealed that Felos, has taken on about 10 right-to-die cases in the last decade. The in depth interview with Felos notes he is into meditation, yoga, and inviting friends over to chant, "I am that I am. I am that I am." Of his beliefs he told the paper, "I believe that Christ was God incarnate and was resurrected. But, by the same token, I believe that there were other incarnations of God as well."

He relates that in one case similar to Terri's he stared into the woman's eyes and while she could not speak he claims his spiritual side heard her soul cry out "Why am I still here?"

The paper also reported that he was in the final stages of a divorce from his second wife.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bizarre; die; felos; george; killer; lawyer; michael; motivation; right; schiavo; terri; terrihysteria; terrischiavo
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He relates that in one case similar to Terri's he stared into the woman's eyes and while she could not speak he claims his spiritual side heard her soul cry out "Why am I still here?"

He may need to chat with John Edwards...

1 posted on 03/25/2005 5:30:49 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

"He may need to chat with John Edwards..."


Which one? One talks to the dead and the other makes them walk.


2 posted on 03/25/2005 5:35:05 PM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: Liz; ALOHA RONNIE; RonDog; Mudboy Slim; MurryMom; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Grig; ...
However, there is the suggestion that he has life insurance money pending on her death - a suggestion which he has refused to comment on.

Check this out...

3 posted on 03/25/2005 5:35:24 PM PST by Libloather (Start Hillary's recount now - just to get it out of the way...)
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To: Libloather
he stared into the woman's eyes and while she could not speak he claims his spiritual side heard her soul cry out "Why am I still here?"

Damn! That's what I keep 'hearing' Felos's spirit crying out when I stare into his eyes. Quick! Get me before Greer pronto so I can get a death pronouncement!

4 posted on 03/25/2005 5:36:24 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: Libloather
Are you a target for euthanasia? (must read!)

National Right to Life – What is a Will to Live and Why You Need to Sign One

5 posted on 03/25/2005 5:40:40 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Will work for cool tag line.)
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To: Libloather

Hugh Hewitt said that one of the things that Michael Schiavo sued for was related to caring for his wife for as much as 60 years. I didn't catch the exact legal term for it but it's just more of the same.


6 posted on 03/25/2005 5:40:44 PM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: AmericaUnited

Not only assisting the euthanasia industry, Felos is also doing his bit for the growing "Attorneys Are Trash" movement. A double threat.


7 posted on 03/25/2005 5:40:59 PM PST by JennysCool (Terri may not be a persistent vegetable, but Michael is most certainly a persistent animal.)
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To: Libloather
Felos is the most sickening character in this evil saga. Why does he hate poor Terri so much?

He looks like a homosexual.

8 posted on 03/25/2005 5:42:45 PM PST by Joseph22 (Jesus please save us)
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To: Libloather

Judgenfuhrer Greer: "What part of 'I-can-have-any-of-you-killed-at-will' don't you understand?
Now bend and kneel before Zod."

HEALTHFUL DRINKS AND WARM MEALS SINCE THE ORDER-TO-MURDER-AN-INVALID BY JUDGE GREER
Murderer-At-Will Judge Greer 34
......................... Terri Shiavo 0
.......................... Lee Malvo 25
.......................... Scott Peterson 24

9 posted on 03/25/2005 5:43:09 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Libloather
Has the ring of someone led be fallen spirits.
10 posted on 03/25/2005 5:46:24 PM PST by unspun (unspun.info | What do you think of myconservativeprecinct.com?)
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11 posted on 03/25/2005 5:46:50 PM PST by unspun (unspun.info | What do you think of myconservativeprecinct.com?)
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To: Joseph22

Felos doesn't hate Terri.

Not in the usual, "I hate you," sense, that is.

Felos hates life, itself.

Terri was an opportunity.

Felos, however cannot fathom her lasting this long, with or without any feedtub.

Felos, you see, cannot fathom why God is in charge.

But Felos hates that He is in charge.

A


12 posted on 03/25/2005 5:48:10 PM PST by freecopper01
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To: Diogenesis
I have really lost my respect for the judicary and the politicans. I think that people have the right to die, but Terri did not have any known request, except for the alleged killer polygamist Michael Schiavo, Polygamist Michael has two families and that is a crime in Utah.
This is a most depressing event to me.
13 posted on 03/25/2005 5:58:28 PM PST by lindy (Jim in Idaho)
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To: freecopper01
Florida Campaign Contributions
Enter 2004 General Election on drop down menu
Enter "Felos" at bottom on the Contributor section in the Last name field
Follow the Money
14 posted on 03/25/2005 6:04:28 PM PST by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: freecopper01
Florida Campaign Contributions
Enter 2004 General Election on drop down menu
Enter "Felos" at bottom on the Contributor section in the Last name field
Follow the Money
15 posted on 03/25/2005 6:04:29 PM PST by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: Libloather
I have to believe that there is some property right that accrues to Michael as the husband of his dead wife. Is there a will, insurance, some property held jointly or is it simply the rights to the book that will surely follow?

I simply don't understand the roar to kill her. The only saving grace is that many of these people will say with a straight face that the next mass murderer scheduled for execution should be saved. And, we'll be able to laugh at them.

16 posted on 03/25/2005 6:09:56 PM PST by Tacis ( SEAL THE FRIGGEN BORDER!!!)
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To: Tacis

Reasons:

MS Possible assault/possible attempted murder charges
Remember no one knows FOR SURE what happened that night

Felos Pro-euthanasia movemnet

Greer Making History / pro-euthanasia movement

Sheriff's Dept If MS is ANY characterization of the staff
in that city where he works..questions, questions,
questions....

Dems Plain Old-Fashioned hatred of Christians and those
who, while not Christians, are conservatives and
believe in the traditional way of living

Hospitals Way to clear out the 'deadwood' and make more
money on their beds.

Research Organizations Plenty of new material on how
things can affect (not effect) the nation

PP Keeping abortion - need to keep people thinking
of fetuses as things, so the need to make anything
that can, get killed / If babies can be shown to
live outside the womb at earlier development age,
it would really cramp their style. / So they
cannot have ANYONE be any type of an 'existence
miracle.'

Medical Schools
Don't kid yourself. Plenty of the bodies of the
'useless, don't hurt them by keeping them alive'
relatives will want to make their decisions appear
to be 'for the good of...'and donate the body of
the recently deceased to Medical Schools.

Some of these said Medical schools will sell the
body or body parts to medical research companies,
despite it being against the law.

That's a start.


17 posted on 03/25/2005 6:21:14 PM PST by freecopper01
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To: Libloather
Hospice of the Florida $uncoast: willing to kill Terri Schiavo: victim of abuse and neglect! Choosing to use backdoor legalization of euthanasia to make hospice a place to kill the vulnerable the Nazi agenda of euthanasia is alive at Hospice of the Florida Suncoast! ...a hospice that was convicted by the US Justice Dept. of bilking Medicare to the tune of many millions of dollars and did it under the watch of C.E.O. Mary Labyak and Chairman of the Board (at the time) George Felos (Michael Schiavo's right-to-kill agenda attorney) "The board of directors has known for the past few years that Terri is not terminal. They know that hospice is not supposed to kill patients. This board of directors knows that hospice is supposed to care for the dying as long as they live, and is not supposed to kill the vulnerable! They also know that board members could intervene directly to stop the hospice from participating in the conspiracy to kill Terri Schiavo. The board of directors has not acted to stop this perversion of all that hospice stands for! Each and every member of the board of directors has NOT acted to protect the hospice from being mis-used as a tool to kill. If any member of the board of directors truly felt strongly about this, he or she could have demanded a vote on the issue and demanded that the hospice not participate in this horrible crime against a vulnerable disabled woman." "If the board of directors voted against any particular board member who objected to the conspirary to kill Terri, that board member could have resigned in protest. Yet, the board members have not resigned. They choose to stay, knowing the hospice is actively working with the guardian, Michael Schiavo, who is hell-bent on killing Terri Schiavo, using the money awarded to Terri for her care, in order to pay attorney's fees (to former, and soon to return, board member George Felos) to legally be able to kill her." Source: Hospice is for Caring ... or is it for Killing?
18 posted on 03/25/2005 6:24:18 PM PST by fight_truth_decay (.)
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To: Libloather

19 posted on 03/25/2005 6:28:04 PM PST by historyb
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To: Tacis

I think the hospice where Terri is staying gets paid something like $900 a day for a patient which is why they are supposed to die within six months.If Terri has been there for four years they were paid almost $1.5 million dollars for her stay there.I don't think her gross husband paid a dime of that money either.


20 posted on 03/25/2005 7:25:07 PM PST by rdcorso (In America Criminals Have More Rights Than The Disabled.What A Disgrace)
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