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Terri's Day and nation's independence protects life culture
Renew America ^ | May 29, 2006 | Kevin Fobbs

Posted on 05/30/2006 11:14:37 AM PDT by KevinNuPac

Terri's Day and nation's independence protects life culture

Kevin Fobbs May 29, 2006

America's Culture of Life is truly the legacy of one woman whose death forever changed our nation because of actions that were not in her hands but in those of her husband and his lawyers. Yet for millions of Americans we will forever link our own celebration of our nation's independence to the courage of the Schindler family to go forward past the tragedy, past the personal sorrow, past the searing anguish to help America draw a distinct line in the sand, to issue a clarion call to America.

Our 4th of July is coming... Our Culture of Life Independence Day is on its way. Our month of Independence is a message that March 31st (Terri's Day) will signal, that July 4th will signal... and that the month of July will signal to defend the Culture of Life before we lose it forever.

When we talked with our family members or even our neighbors or our friends we may have spent but a moment reflecting upon why we are even gathered on a Memorial Day afternoon. Do we think about the sacrifice of our soldiers and of their families? Do we think about the long goodbyes which are never long enough... as the military families send their loved ones to war, to battle, to stand firm for our freedoms... for our life... for our nation and its values of faith?

How does Terri Schiavo and her legacy tie into this? Terri's legacy and Terri's Day is a representation of a right to live, and freedom to have the liberty to not have it compromised away, devalued by inconvenience, or litigated away by judges who celebrate a culture of death that would rob life from the womb, steal life from a hospital or hospice bed, and destroy and shatter a family's love for a daughter, a sister and aunt who was given a gift from God, but had it separated from her as easily as an ant would have its life take by an uncaring shoe... extinguished forever.

The families who send their loved ones off to war have to wonder as well, does America value their sacrifice? The families of the military have to wonder just where does its society draw the line on its values? A soldier who is in battle in Iraq or Afghanistan has to wonder if a Florida judge can take away the life of an innocent, what is the measure of his life? Would a judge in America suddenly decide that if he were injured, if he had to sacrifice a limb that the protesters outside his hospital bed would have more rights than he would or his family? Would this soldier have to wonder that if he or his fellow soldier were killed in battle, that upon their return that the protesters who would stand outside of his funeral... have more rights to be protected than the rights his family would have to a military burial with honor?

You see, the Culture of Life is about Terri Schiavo, because Americans now have to examine the life of our culture itself. We have to wonder if we as a nation of Christians and of a nation of faith and of a nation of compassion would allow for a state to murder an innocent woman and strip her family of their loved one then as a nation would we allow America to have other symbols of life, of our nation to be peeled away as well, all in open sight and in plain view of a dispassionate nation?

What does our American Culture mean if we allow millions of illegal aliens to literally browbeat us into submission by demanding that because they have stolen across our borders, demanded and received protection from local law enforcement in numerous cities throughout the U. S., obtained free or reduced educational opportunities by state public colleges that our own children could not qualify to receive the same financial aid assistance for. Are we that defenseless to let illegals strip our state coffers of housing assistance for loans and mortgages when tens of thousands in almost every state in America have legal citizens who are homeless, impoverished, or working poor or middle class Americans who need similar assistance but cannot receive it. And they are legal! They are citizens! They are Americans.

What is so wrong about our nation when we are so ready to compromise our freedoms, our culture's life, the life of an innocent and the taking of any life is the taking of our own children's life and their child's. And with each successive generation the nation and its life, its values, its traditions, and its language will disappear because we as Americans were too preoccupied — too narrow — to see that an illegal alien was taking your child's education, that a crusading death culture judge was preparing a bed, a room, a legal precedent to take your child, grandchild or sister or parent.

That is why I have stayed my course to defend the Culture of Life and to ask my fellow Americans to begin to understand that as Terri Schiavo's life was slowly ebbing from her body and as her mother Mary, father Bob, sister Suzanne, and brother Bobby waited in the Florida early morning air on March 31st, 2005, America was having part of its soul ebb away as well.

What will it take to spark an interest, a concern, and a passion for protecting one's own life? Some may say that it would take a clear and present danger — like tanks rolling down your neighborhood street or another 9/11 that strikes at the heart of America. Do we have the convenience to wait? Do we wait until a state legislature in Maine or California or Delaware or Ohio or Illinois decides that your mother's decision to live is determined by a hospital "bean counter" who decides that your mother's life is not based upon a "Will To Live" but an ability to pay her bill? What about a baby, not born, but already set for murder in the womb — not because the mother is pro-life or pro-death but because "the law" says the unborn baby's life is expendable because the baby's genes are determined to be part of a class or a group or a race or of an ethnicity which pre-programs the child, un-born, to death?

America is being murdered in small pieces. It is seeing its values, its life, its culture disemboweled with the finesse of a skilled surgeon. And it is America's poll takers and its legislators and its uncaring, disinterested, and uninvolved who are handling the scalpel. Take the scalpel away. Contact www.Terrisfight.org to join the Foundation's battle to educate America about the right to live. Go to Terri's Day on www.kevinfobbs.com to learn about new updates on Terri's Day and the event to celebrate the Culture of life.

So on Independence Day and Independence month of July will we have any Americans who will sign up and join the Culture of Life movement in their community? Even if it is to sign a pledge, hand out a flyer, become aware of legislators and judicial candidates who have agreed to stand firm for the Culture of Life — a crusade that is based not only upon the life of Terri Schiavo's legacy but equally crucial based also upon the legacy of the right to live, to defend our culture and the life of its values.

Terri's Day is not the end of a national movement but the beginning of a national contract with itself to stand for a future that our nation can guarantee for its children and for a culture that will insure life. The right to live will be Terri's legacy — our legacy... one nation under God. Join us in your homes, on your family picnics, out camping and celebrating July 14th and 15th ... Our American Culture of Life belongs to each and every one of us... We must protect it. Let's celebrate together.

Kevin Fobbs is President of National Urban Policy Action Council (NuPac), a non-partisan civic and citizen-action organization that focuses on taking the politics out of policy to secure urban America's future one neighborhood, one city, and one person at a time. View NuPac on the web at www.nupac.info. Kevin Fobbs is a regular contributing columnist for the Detroit News. He is also the host of The Kevin Fobbs Show: go to: ,www.kevinfobbs.com. To contact him go to: kevin@kevinfobbs.com.

© Copyright 2006 by Kevin Fobbs http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fobbs/060529


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To: KevinNuPac; 8mmMauser; All
Here's some cheery news:

State: Dismiss complaint against Terri Schiavo's former nurse

>> Bush sided with the nurse Thursday.

>> "The governor feels the actions taken against Sauer-Iyer are not justified and hopes that the complaint will be reconsidered and dismissed. She did not disclose any information which was not already public," Bush spokesman Russell Schweiss wrote in an e-mail to the St. Petersburg Times.

Other than that, the story reeks of AP/SPTimes venom, repeating every stupid allegation against Carla.

1,241 posted on 07/14/2006 5:52:26 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: floriduh voter

See #1241.


1,242 posted on 07/14/2006 5:53:55 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit

Sean Hannity challenged Michael Schiavo to come on to his show on Fox and debate him last night! No way in the world will Schiavo do that cause he'd get creamed, but that would be something!


1,243 posted on 07/14/2006 6:55:20 AM PDT by Halls (One Proud Texas Momma!!)
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To: T'wit
Hope your breakfast is digested by now!

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Michael Schiavo, her widower, said Thursday that Bush is trying to protect someone he used.

"This is America. The governor is entitled to be wrong again," he said.

"What Carla did is wrong, and what the governor is doing to protect her is wrong. Why does he want to help people who lie?"

Schiavo

1,244 posted on 07/14/2006 7:23:56 AM PDT by bjs1779
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To: Halls
Didn't hear that :-)

Michael fits the classic bully profile. He was controlling and manipulative with Terri, and mean to her. Cindy Shook said the same, that he stalked her and was "incredibily mean."

Bullies are cowards. They are very "brave" when they are beating up someone half their size (Terri), but they run from a real fight. It was a bunch of yellow cowards -- Felos, Greer, Cranford at the top of the list -- who helped Michael put a helpless disabled woman to death. REAL MEN don't beat up women. REAL MEN play by manly rules and do not take advantage of superior size or strength. REAL MEN help a fallen opponent to his feet. They do not kick and beat a foe who's down, much less a crippled woman.

It's wussy, sissy, cowardly creeps like Michael Schiavo who run from an honest debate. Sorry, Sean. He's fleeing so fast he's already in the next county.

1,245 posted on 07/14/2006 7:30:12 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779
>> Hope your breakfast is digested by now!

Hahahaha!

>> Michael Schiavo, her widower...

O.J. Simpson, Nicole's widower, enters his white Bronco in the Police Car Precision Dance Team.


1,246 posted on 07/14/2006 7:39:57 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779
>> Why does he want to help people who lie?

Generally -- and I'll bet we all find this so -- it is people who are themselves twisting and distorting the truth who accuse others of lying. There are many polite ways to differ, but for liars, what they don't agree with is always a "lie."

99% of the time we are talking about a mistake or a miscommunication or a simply disagreement, and you can say any of those things without offense. For instance, "I'm sorry, I cannot agree with you about - - - - -, and here is why." But the liars always call you a liar.

They are projecting themselves, of course.

1,247 posted on 07/14/2006 7:48:58 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit
Oops, "a simply" got flipped. It was a mistake, not a lie :-) SB "a simple" or "simply a."
1,248 posted on 07/14/2006 7:54:03 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779

I followed the link you provided and read the letter from Ron Panzer. He provided Carla's address at the bottom of the letter so supporters could help with her legal expenses.

I know that FR frowns on trying to get donations for some of these causes but I'm wondering if we could find out how much Carla needs and if we can get updates from her to tell us whats currently happening with the case.

This may be our only chance to get those records opened and blow this open for the public to see. I live about 15 miles from the town she lives in and it's known to be a strawberry farming area.
I hope she doesn't lose her R.N. license for sticking her neck out and I intend to donate but it would be good to get updates from someone who stays in contact with her.
Is anyone on this tread that's a personal friend of hers?
Maybe FV....


1,249 posted on 07/14/2006 10:23:42 AM PDT by pickyourpoison (" Laus Deo ")
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To: KevinNuPac; 8mmMauser; BykrBayb; floriduh voter; bjs1779; All
261 stories today in Google News, most of the about Michael Schiavo supporting Death Cult Democrats and shooting off his incessant mouth. Easily the best one is by JM.

Last I heard, Michael was a government employee in Florida. He certainly gets a lot of time off for political campaigning. I'm surprised that Florida does not have the equivalent of the The Hatch Act, which generally forbids political campaigning by federal employees.

1,250 posted on 07/15/2006 5:42:18 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit

Michael's own words convict him.


1,251 posted on 07/15/2006 3:57:52 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: T'wit
He certainly gets a lot of time off for political campaigning

That is odd alright. For all practical purposes, I have not seen anything that tells me his job is not a fake. A store front operation if you will.

1,252 posted on 07/15/2006 4:31:25 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: bjs1779
>> I have not seen anything that tells me his job is not a fake. A store front operation if you will.

Nor have I. Not many prison nurses flit off to Las Vegas on their honeymoon on a private jet, with ten close relatives or friends. (Whatchya bet Scott and Joan went along all expenses paid?)

1,253 posted on 07/15/2006 4:45:08 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: bjs1779
Something else that we ought to keep out in the open a little more... Namely, Michael got a $600,000 award ($650,000?) for loss of consortium. Never mind that the lawsuit was a fraud, and never mind that he didn't lose any consortium. He had a LOT of money to hire his death lawyers. Why didn't he spend that on lawyers instead of stealing Terri's money? Because the whole thing was about getting money for Michael.

So Michael, crook that he is, filed a petition with Judge Greer (who knew Michael had money), and asked him in effect to embezzle Terri's trust fund. (Embezzlement is defined as fraudulent appropriation of funds or property held in trust.) The jury awarded the funds for Terri's care and therapy (and for nothing else), but Michael petitioned the court to misappropriate it on his own behalf to hire a couple of sharks, Felos and Bushnell. Felos, crook that he is, delivered the embezzlement petition to Greer, in person as I recall, and thereafter made hundreds of thousands of dollars ransacking Terri's therapy trust fund. Judge Greer, crook that he is, ordered the embezzlement without blinking.

Relatedly, when the trollery say that the money was all in a trust fund and Michael never spent a dime of it, they practice deception. Most of it was spent on Michael's behalf and at his request.

1,254 posted on 07/15/2006 5:24:16 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit
Relatedly, when the trollery say that the money was all in a trust fund and Michael never spent a dime of it, they practice deception. Most of it was spent on Michael's behalf and at his request.

How can someone spend money that was meant to help someone and then use that very same money to kill them?

1,255 posted on 07/15/2006 5:40:31 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: bjs1779
>> How can someone spend money that was meant to help someone and then use that very same money to kill them?

Sounds crazy but it's been done.

1,256 posted on 07/15/2006 9:56:52 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; Abby4116; Alissa; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; ...
Commentary on Jeb Bush decision...

Jeb, who doesn't normally get involved in hearings that determine whether nurses should lose their licenses, has stepped in to help nurse Sauer-Iyer, who was on Jeb's side in that intense public controversy about Schiavo.

I was on the other side. I think it was a mercy for all concerned when Terri Schiavo's body was allowed to die last year, after so many years of existence in what had been repeatedly diagnosed as a persistent vegetative state with no chance of recovery.

Governor weighs in to help Terri Schiavo's nurse

8mm


1,257 posted on 07/16/2006 3:53:03 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; wagglebee
Ping to a thread by wagglebee on Jeb Bush stepping in...

Governor Jeb Bush Sides With Terri Schiavo Nurse in State Complaint

8mm

1,258 posted on 07/16/2006 3:56:55 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; Lesforlife
Being pro-life activists, we see lambs being lead to the slaughter on a daily basis. In the Colorado pro-life community Lamb can also be spelled Lamm. Unfortunately the second Lamm is the enemy of the first, because it was Dick Lamm the state legislator who, in 1967, authored the first law to legalized abortion for rape and incest. He has gone on to become “Duty to Die” Lamm explaining the elderly should kill themselves, “…and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life." Dick Lamm will turn 71 later this year.

Dick Lamm is not the only Lamm who is a danger to the innocent. Dick’s sister-in-law Peggy Lamm has tried and failed several times to pass assisted suicide laws in the Colorado State House and now she is seeking a U.S. house seat. So with a family so obsessed with killing innocent people; who could they invite as a speaker for Peggy Lamm's political fundraiser? Scott Peterson? O.J. Simpson?

The keynote speaker this Thursday in Denver was Michael Schiavo. The most infamous spousal abuser in America.

Like Lambs to the Slaughter

8mm

1,259 posted on 07/16/2006 4:05:04 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam Tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: KevinNuPac; 8mmMauser; bjs1779; BykrBayb; All
Similar to stories we've seen, but with this update:

>> On Thursday, the Florida Department of Health asked the Board of Nursing to dismiss its complaint against Sauer-Iyer.

>> The nursing board had originally proposed a one-sided deal by which Sauer-Iyer would relinquish her nursing license and pay nearly $1,700 in administrative fees. Her attorney responded by requesting an administrative hearing on the matter and no date has yet been set for it.

NewsMax: Jeb Bush Backs Terri Schiavo Nurse

And here of course we have Michael being sick into a microphone: "This is America" he told the AP [who else?]. "The governor is entitled to be wrong again. What Carla did is wrong, and what the governor is doing to protect her is wrong. Why does he want to help people who lie?"

As the pajama warriors picked up last night, Michael walked into a trap. To wit: if Carla lied about Terri, she did not reveal anything about the patient. She did not "break confidentiality" as charged. She could only reveal details about the patient by telling the truth.

And that is what she is charged with by the Nursing Board: telling the truth. They call it an ethics violation!

It was Michael who lied -- about Carla.

1,260 posted on 07/16/2006 4:06:10 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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