Posted on 07/06/2005 10:50:06 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Several bloggers have drawn attention to a strange lead in a Washington Post story about the Terri Schiavo autopsy results. The June 16 Post story by David Brown said that "Terri Schiavo died of the effects of a profound and prolonged lack of oxygen to her brain on a day in 1990, but what caused that event isn't known and may never be, the physician who performed her autopsy said…"
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
The auditors name is Robert Melton, if you google "10 dirty guardianship tricks" you'll come up with it right away.
It's been a while since I visited the justiceforfloridaseniors site, they've added a lot and I need to read more there when I have some free time.
Here are just 10 of the "dirty tricks," as outlined by Pinellas County Internal Auditor Robert W. Melton:
1) Guardian creation of a trust: Remove all oversight by the court as a provision of the trust agreement; guardian becomes trustee; provide that the trustee can do whatever they want at their sole discretion.
2) Sell real estate at lowball price: Use "lowball" valuations as a benchmark; don't list property with Realtors; sell to a land trust, where nobody knows the beneficiary; watch property resold a few months later for a huge increase.
3) Maximize your (or your crony's) profit from investments: Hire money manager for "financial expertise" and let the manager select an investment broker; invest in volatile stocks and trade frequently to generate commissions; if you run up a large gain, don't selectively liquidate over time to pay the taxes but hold a "fire sale" to raise funds all in one day.
4) Undervalue beginning inventory: Have a used-furniture "friend" value a house full of antiques for $3,000; "forget" to put some of the more expensive items on the inventory; "forget" to include a $40,000 certificate of deposit.
5) Pay yourself first: Make payment of guardian and attorney fees the highest priority; disregard mortgage payments and let ward's home go into foreclosure; squirrel away money in the attorney's escrow account for possible future expenses.
6) Maintain guardianship at all costs: Keep family members uninformed; if family members try to become guardian, accuse them of stealing; use the ward's assets for legal fights to retain guardianship.
7) Improper financial reporting: Bury asset-management and brokerage fees as aggregate capital losses "due to market fluctuations"; don't classify disbursements separately; file incomplete or incorrect safe-deposit box inventories.
8) Forced incompetency: Visit assisted-living facilities and establish employee contacts; obtain voluntary limited financial guardianship; if there is money in the estate, do paperwork to force an evaluation of competency; get control over everything and the ward loses all rights.
9) Pay your attorney well: Let attorney bill full rate to shop for a computer and set it up for the ward; let attorneys bill their full rate, even if work is done by a paralegal or assistant.
10) Forget to file federal tax returns: Ensure there is a refund; wait till the ward dies; get check without oversight.
http://www.justiceforfloridaseniors.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=2
First, an identifiable reason. Second, these sorts of things can happen suddenly, even in otherwise healthy young people. It is rare, but not all that uncommon.
There was a thread last night where a woman posted about her teenage son who died of a spontaneous cardiac arrest due to an electrolyte imbalance. It happens.
Help is on the way...!!
"In response to the denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and fluids. The organization is issuing a “Model Starvation and Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act.”
“Far from being an isolated instance, the attempted starvation and dehydration of Terri Schindler-Schiavo is typical of the denial of food and fluids in less publicized cases taking place daily in nursing homes and hospitals across America,” said Burke J. Balch, J.D., director of the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics, affiliated with the National Right to Life Committee.
“For years, people who never asked to die have been quietly starved without much public attention, based on state laws and court opinions that permit third parties to make deadly decisions with little or no scrutiny or accountability,” Balch said. “The outcry over the Schindler-Schiavo case has awakened millions of Americans to the inhumanity of this practice. Now we must act to reverse this trend, and restore a presumption against starvation and dehydration.”
The proposed model law, drafted to be easily adaptable for each state, is written to be constitutional under the governing precedents of the United States Supreme Court. It would create a presumption that those incapable of making health care decisions would wish to get food and fluids so long as their provision is medically possible, would not itself hasten death, and can be digested or absorbed so as to sustain life.
The presumption would not apply if the person has specifically authorized withholding or withdrawal in an applicable legal document (advance directive). To comply with governing court precedent, the presumption would also not apply if there is clear and convincing evidence the person gave express and informed consent to rejection of food and fluids. The bill carefully defines “express and informed consent” to ensure that casual or uninformed statements cannot be used to meet the “clear and convincing” evidence test.
“We must not let the horror and outrage over the attempted starvation and dehydration of Terri Schindler-Schiavo dwindle and die away before we have acted to secure protection for the thousands facing s similar fate,” said NRLC Executive Director David N. O’Steen, Ph.D.
I overheard one of the NBC reporters in front of the hospice, right after doing a standup, say the same thing about MS's and Felos' veracity....or should I say, lack thereof. He didn't know anyone was listening...but I was only about ten feet away.
I thought you weren't interested. I'll have to think about it. If I go the whole route, and out you on the public forum, I might get suspended. What's a girl to do?
And you seem to be forgetting that the Constitution was written by Christians and that Judaeo Christian principles guide every word in the document.
And Christian Conservatives believe in life, not death by dehydration. You seem to be missing the forest for the trees. Deliberately?
Why? To pressure Whittemore? Tom Delay is right that this was judicial tyranny. There was no random drawing for federal court. HINO's attorneys picked Whittemore in advance. HINO was never concerned that Terri would live. Why? Because he knew the fix was in.
On this thread, you have called out precisely one person, KDD. And then got on my case for agreeing with (his entire, not just one portion of) his post.
Meanwhile, insults from the pro-Schindler side fly continuously, with nary a comment from you.
cultists you say? there are plenty of death cultists around here.
All I can do is shake my head when you post stuff like this.
If we get a grand jury, Fuhrman's book will have been worth it. Someone is going to jail. It's only a matter of time.
It wouldn't be the first time.
What's a girl to do?
I'd suggest you make darn sure you know what you are talking about before you accuse me of "running AF sites".
I have used my right to refuse medical treatment to force my early release from the hospital to see my premature daughter (who was moved to a different facility). My brother and sister-in-law refused additional medical treatment in the hospital so that they could bring their severely impaired infant son home to give him a life, not just to sustain his life. I fully understand the importance of a person having control over whether they want or elect to receive medical care.
As an interesting note, both my preemie daughter and my now deceased nephew were tube fed, so I can also see the other side, as well.
I have never had an issue over whether Terri had a right to choose to refuse medical treatment. She did; that is unequivocable. I do, however, have a serious problem with the veracity of Michael's claims of Terri's expressed wishes, as they did not come to light until after the lawsuit was settled and a large financial sum was at stake. They were contrary to the purpose of the lawsuit, which was to secure funds for Terri's care for the rest of her life.
I also have a serious problem with this recollection being shared only by members of Michael's family (his sister and brother-in-law, I believe). It remained unspoken during the years of care prior to the lawsuit, when there was ample time to express them if Terri's progress was, as had been suggested by others, inconsequential.
Even if we disagree on what was the best course for Terri, I hope that you will agree that a reasonable person can look at the circumstances above and find them suspect. I would like to think that Michael's inlaws were being truthful in this regard, but we again return to the issue of timing. Why the long wait? I find it odd, and peculiar. Further, if we look impartially at the familial connection, they typically would not be considered disinterested persons. Conversely, the testimony of an impartial third party, such as a mutual friend or friends, would carry significant weight.
Almost everything that came afterwards, including debates about her cognitive abilities (or lack thereof), her care (or lack thereof), the processes of the court, etc., Michael's fitness as a spouse, were so much legal warfare.
As their testimony and Michael's utlimately speaks to the CORE issue of this case (Terri's expressed wishes), and directly contradicts Michael's previous actions regarding her expressed wishes, I would not have found in favor of removing Terri's tube (irregardless of her condition).
I hope this explains (without name calling, hyperbole, or hysterics) why some people who vehemently support a patient's rights were nonetheless fighting so diligently to stop the removal of Terri's tube.
FLORIDA IS THE STARVATION STATE. 1. Don't visit with a spouse, parent or child that you don't trust 2. Don't get in any accidents if you are alone 3. Don't spend too much time in Pinellas or Pasco County if you aren't well because Greer will take your dough, hand it to felosers and then they will send you to the aushchwitz hotel (hospice).
Like I said and will state here again for the record..I deplore insults made by anyone.
You do know where your abuse button is don't you?
The thrust of the suit was to provide compensation for Terri's care for the remainder of her life, in the hopes of restoring some level of functionality.
It seems that only a nominal portion of the funds were used for that purpose.
Who would wish that they would be starved and dehydrated to death? Nobody would wish that. If they put it in their living will, they may not even realize what they've done. Terri was murdered. That's why there are coverups in Pinellas County. There are more books to come.
the trolls are death cultists making fools of themselves. there's no way they could be conservatives, unless they are evil conservatives the DU warns about.
"Dailies" must be a misnomer. There hasn't been one yet today.
Worth what?
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