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I finally got through to Delay's aide just now. I directed them to read the Tampa Tribune article today. The Florida Legislature and Governor Bush are putting the Schiavo type legislation on the back burner and if they try to get it up for a vote again, JIM KING stated in today's paper that he will fight it.

They are trying to sweep a murder under the rug and not interested in saving future Terri's imo.

We MUST go over their heads to the feds. (rhymes). DEMAND A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. SOS FROM FLORIDA!

Pastor William Rice of Calvary Baptist Church to Judge Greer, "You must know that in all likelihood it is this case [Terri's case] which will define your career and this case that you will remember in the waning days of life. I hope you can find a way to side with the angels and become an answer to the prayers of thousands."

Rice continued: "Morality and truth must serve as our guide. Terri Schiavo is not on life support. She is not dying. Good evidence exists to suggest that she is responsive. All she receives is food and water, the same as you and me. Are we to conclude that she is less than human because she cannot feed herself? Can a month-old child feed himself? Is an elderly patient stricken with some debilitating disease and unable to feed herself suddenly less human? Do we now use an IQ test to determine if someone possesses the right to live? Isn't that God's choice? Only God can give life, and only He should take it away."

Greer opted to leave his church – and, presumably, his weak faith.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43522

Actually, not. Government's number one job is to protect our rights. In both of these examples, government was doing just the opposite. In Elian's case they were depriving him of his right to liberty. And in Terri's case they deprived her of all rights, including the right to life. The government should not have seized Elian and they should not have killed Terri. Just my opinion.

350 posted on 04/04/2005 9:45:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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Well, I wish either of the Bush's had stepped up and said that this law is wrong and must be rewritten. It is wrong to order the death of an innocent and helpless person and this must be stopped.
I think an executive decision in this case holds just as much water as a judicial opinion. The branches have equal powers and both (or all three including the legislative branch) are entrusted with defending the constitution and our rights. The very worst thing that would've happened is Terri may have been permitted to live long enough to allow the legislators to try to get it right. And, of course, if the people thought the executive abused his power then he might be subject to impeachment. That's the way the founders set up the system.

425 posted on 04/04/2005 10:14:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To err on the side of life means that life is the default rather than death. It means the same thing as choosing life. The government should defend the right to life above all else. Can't have liberty without life. Can't have any rights at all without life.

494 posted on 04/04/2005 10:32:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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I finally got through to Delay's aide just now.

I have encouraged Delay to investigate the corruption surrounding the hospice including Medicare fraud, suggesting they read TheEmpireJournal.com which has done the spadework.

Do you have a link to the Tampa Tribune article? I'll fax that--or pithy sections of the article fitable to a single page.

The New York Times has announced Tom Delay is responsible for tooth decay, and the two shootings of judges, not to mention global warming.

Yet it missed that little business of Stalin starving tens of millions.

A clear sign Delay is on the right track and warrants our support.