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New at The Empire Journal--Back From Tampa, Fl.

http://www.theempirejournal.com/408051_woman_charged_in_michael.htm

Woman Charged in Michael Schiavo Death Threat
A California woman is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill Michael Schiavo if Terri Schiavo died.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged Dera Marie Jones, 32, of San Francisco, for posting a message on the America Online (AOL) message board saying that “if she dies, I will kill Michael Schiavo and the judge This for real”.

http://www.theempirejournal.com/408053_mourners_gathered_to_cele.htm

Mourners Gathered To Celebrate Terri's Life

As the sun began to set, members of Terri Schindler-Schiavo’s family and friends filled the Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church Tuesday, April 6. As music echoed into the parking lot, tears flowed from over a thousand mourners. The area around the church was filled with media from all over, who did keep away from those who came to honor the life of Terri Schindler Schiavo.

http://www.theempirejournal.com/408055_sen_martinez_aide_resigns.htm

Sen. Martinez Aide Resigns Over Schiavo Memo

Florida Senator Mel Martinez, a Republican, has admitted that the unsigned memo circulated among Congress that called the Terri Schiavo case a “great political issue” was written by a senior member of his staff.

Although Martinez did not name the staff member, informed sources say that the author of the memo which said that the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was a “tough issue for Democrats” was attorney Brian Darling, 39, a former lobbyist. He has resigned his position

http://www.theempirejournal.com/408052_zogby_poll_shows_american.htm

Zogby Poll Shows Americans Favored Terri’s Survival
By The Empire Journal

According to polls published by the mainstream media, particularly one by ABC News, it was indicated that most Americans favored the removal of the nutrition and hydration of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the 41-year-old disabled woman who died of starvation and thirst March 31 in a court-ordered death in Florida.

ABC’s poll was criticized for being worded in a slanted fashion.

http://www.theempirejournal.com/408056_schiavo_priest_says_livin.htm

Schiavo Priest Says Living Wills, Autopsy Not The Answer

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life who gave the homily at the funeral Mass in Gulfport, Fl., for Terri Schiavo Tuesday evening, April 5, issued a statement Thursday that whatever the autopsy results for the disabled woman show “are irrelevant to the moral judgment that she was murdered”.

“The level of brain damage that she had can never justify what was done to her”, Pavone said. “Life does not lose its value and dignity when it is damaged

IMO, THE EMPIRE JOURNAL DESERVES A PULITZER PRIZE FOR THEIR COVERING OF TERRI SCHINDLER (Schiavo).

If you are in agreement, please contact the Pulitzer folks at these links:

http://www.pulitzer.org/EntryForms/entry_forms.html

http://www.pulitzer.org/index.html

www.theempirejournal.com (blew past the mainstream media and that's not all.) Please ping your lists to this post.

Thanks, FV

" Drawing up a living will is “both unnecessary and dangerous”, Pavone said in his statement. “We cannot make treatment decisions today for circumstances of tomorrow that we cannot predict. Whether a medical treatment is morally required depends on those circumstances and therefore cannot be determined in advance. It is always morally required, moreover, to provide food and water to a patient, because food and water, even when provided artificially, do not constitute medical treatment but rather humane care. We are not morally permitted to request starvation and dehydration”. "

Agreed. Living Wills are partly what got us into this mess to begin with.

There isn't a thing about this case that doesn't make me sick. God Bless and prayers for the Schindlers.