note: the above is not a real ad..just an example of what you might see after Terri dies..but who knows..is there a market in this now especially in Florida?
Terri Schiavo Before dehydration
Posted on 05/02/2005 5:06:09 AM PDT by Quaker
NEW PORT RICHEY - Pinellas- Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer, who was thrust into the national spotlight and scrutinized by pro-life advocates during the Terri Schiavo case, was a consistent judge who followed the law, colleagues say.
His professionalism and integrity was punctuated by the way he handled the Schiavo case, said Alan Scott Miller, a New Port Richey lawyer and member of the West Pasco Bar Association.
As part of Law Week, which kicks off today, the association will award Greer, 63, its Special Justice Award.
``He's getting this award for all of his contributions on the bench, not just the Schiavo case,'' Miller said. ``It's like a lifetime achievement award for an actor.''
Greer will receive the award during a banquet Thursday at the Heritage Springs Golf and Country Club, 11345 Robert Trent Jones Parkway.
For years, Greer presided over the politically and emotionally charged Schiavo case, which ended when the 41- year-old woman died March 31, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed a third time on a court order.
Some doctors said Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state since suffering brain damage after her heart stopped in 1990.
Her husband, Michael, fought for years to have her feeding stopped, saying his wife didn't want to be kept alive by artificial means.
Her parents, hoping she would recover, fought him in court after court.
Eventually, Florida's governor and Legislature and then Congress took up the battle.
Supporters and detractors watched as Greer made rulings backing Terri Schiavo's purported wishes and received threats on his life.
``I don't think anyone could ever say his decisions were unlawful,'' said Joan Nelson Hook, president of the West Pasco Bar Association. ``They were very thoughtful. His decisions were meticulous.
``We admired his ability to sustain the pressure not to follow the law. ... I think that shows his character.''
Steve Doran, association president-elect, echoed Hook's thoughts on Greer's handling of the Schiavo case.
``His decisions in that unfortunate case withstood the test of every appellate court in the country,'' Doran said. ``Those who are criticizing him are not seeing the big picture.''
When the association voted this month on this year's recipient of the Special Justice Award, the result was almost unanimous for Greer.
``He's a man of integrity. He's followed the flow. He's done an excellent job on the bench,'' said Miller. ``That's why he's getting this award.''
In addition to Greer's award, the Law Week celebration offers events that allow the community to get a closer look at what the West Pasco Bar Association and the law profession are about, Hook said.
``It's an opportunity to interact with all levels of the community,'' she said.
``It's not just about battles; law is a way of life.''
Here are some events:
* Representatives of the association will be at Gulf View Square mall in Port Richey offering free legal advice from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
* All week, 22 lawyers will visit Pasco schools to discuss the law and this week's national theme, ``The American Jury: We the People in Action.''
* The 2nd District Court of Appeal will hold a special session at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the West Pasco Government Center, 7530 Little Road, in county commission chambers.
* Business suits, shoes and accessories will be collected at area law offices for Connections, a not-for-profit organization that helps people looking for jobs.
The following law offices are collecting men's and women's apparel:
The Law Offices of Attridge, Cohen & Lucas, 7136 Little Road, New Port Richey; The O'Conner Law Group, 9735 U.S. 19, Suite 2, Port Richey; Pejot Law, 11911 Pine Forest Drive, New Port Richey; and The Law Offices of Gay & Ehrhardt, 5318 Balsam St., New Port Richey.
Reporter Lisa A. Davis can be reached at (727) 815-1083.
Who's watching guardians?
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/10/TampaBay/Who_s_watching_guardi.shtml
Officials failed to carefully monitor guardianships set up for the elderly and infirm, leaving some of the Pinellas County's most vulnerable citizens at risk of being defrauded, an audit has found.
http://theresa-schindler.memory-of.com/about.aspx
Tell me again that this will all be forgotten, Fla Speaker Bense. This thread has over 7,000 views.
ping to greer award (ewe) update.
So this filthy murderer got a clock and standing ovation. I think Jesus said it best: He has his reward. The applause of people indifferent to human suffering and basic human rights, and the bright red blood stained hands of the man who sanctioned it. This scene will all be replayed for them one day before the throne of God...and may God be willing...let Terri be standing there beside the Lord in front of them as he replays it for them. We need to pray that the Greer finds the Lord before then and does, indeed, become a new creature, because it is a horrible thing to fall into the hands of a holy God.
Exactly. After reading through all these posts I wonder how many of these writers have a pulse.
They write like they are quoting straight from a law 101 textbook.
When will these "just the law" types realize that the laws are created by imperfect humans that have made mistakes and that is why we carry our umbrella (The US Constitution) which they so willingly ignore?
They keep accusing Terri supporters of being emotional, irrational and even insane..maybe because they have a mechanical, blunted view of life and a tendency toward lacking any human emotion. Who does that describe? Oh yea..a lawyer . You could also some throw in sociopaths and robots in on that definition.
Thank God the majority of Republicans are still real humans who can feel and reason as well as read law text books..
note: the above is not a real ad..just an example of what you might see after Terri dies..but who knows..is there a market in this now especially in Florida?
What a beautiful picture.
Great post, Earthdweller.
The latest is to send out end of life packages KNOWN A TOOL KITS. The do-it-yourself craze is going a bit too far when they start advertising "tool kits" for end of life.
I wish for once they would use it on themselves first, and leave innocent people alone and safe from those who would kill them.
It's great that word is getting out that there is steady opposition to Judge Greer and some pretty juicy quotes on the subject made it to India and other stops around the globe.
So fitting that they gave him a clock because he gave Terri an hourglass with only two weeks of sand in it.
"FV SAYS: The Congress and the Florida legislators were also getting complaint phone calls. I'm not surprised that Gov. Jeb Bush can't get his way any more at the Capital. He turned the ambulance around and everyone knows it. We don't know who told Jeb to stop the rescue but he did. Jeb can't win these days in any quarter."
Jeb Bush may as well carry around a sign saying: "I can't lead."
If we lived near there, my husband and I would have been two more demonstrators at the country club.
The country club was a retro type building, like the old Florida in white. We were in the distance and I didn't see Greer but I saw that his wife left early with a driver.
Where Greer ate rubber chicken with his coven.
They probably did pick that place on purpose.
If I did not live in New York State, I would have gotten as close as I could.
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