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

Renew America ^ | May 29, 2006 | Kevin Fobbs

[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

[T'wit]

That's quite a story! It's especially good to hear about these specialists volunteering their (otherwise expensive) time and expertise to help this child. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he makes a complete recovery. This is one area where medicine is making important advances in both diagnosis and treatment.

[T'wit]

The Nazis were more manly specimens than their sorry cousins here. Nevertheless, ideological thugs have to be taken seriously. There is no slavery like ideology. They will be the willing accomplices of tomorrow's Auschwitz.

[T'wit]

Excellent reporting by Diana Lynne. Loaded with facts and figures, and well written into the bargain.

Let me recommend also the past articles linked below this one, and -- her book: "Terri's Story: The Court-Ordered Death of an American Woman." I bought a copy and can tell you, it's fine professional work. She presents facts and both sides of the argument carefully, with no ranting, though of course in her comments she sides with Terri herself and makes no bones about that. It's so thorough that you automatically learn a lot about the case.

[8mmMauser]

I have her book as well, excellent reading.

[amdgmary]

Attorney David Gibbs wrote a book entitled, "Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What it Means for All of Us."

Endorsements:

"Regardless of where you stand on the life and death of Terri Schindler Schiavo, the story of both the legal and human struggle she represents remains one to which we should all listen." --Nancy A. Grace, Host of CNN-Headline News' Nancy Grace show and Court TV's Nancy Grace's Closing Argument

"As a quadriplegic, I thank God for courageous advocates like my friend David Gibbs who hold fast to life values no matter how severe the circumstances. In Fighting for Dear Life David presents thoughtful arguments and practical advice that will help the reader forge an honorable path through the legal, medical, and moral complexities of life. I highly recommend this excellent book." --Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center

"Americans are indebted to David Gibbs for bringing to light a wealth of insider information never reported on the Terri Schaivo case. His expert legal and eye-witness account is unmatched. A must read." --Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.com

You may order the book at Bethany House or at Amazon.com

[floriduh voter]

Terri's murder means DON'T VOTE FOR CHARLIE CRIST AND FOR BILL MCCOLLUM. They both said they'd kill her again if they had the chance. I've heard them both in a debate format express that. (they both swear up and down they are for a culture of life).

They are going to allow anyone and everyone to be killed in Florida. We are way beyond the slippery slope in Florida.

[verity]

"They are going to allow anyone and everyone to be killed in Florida."

Will this affect the price of real estate?

[Dante3]

bttt

[floriduh voter]

Glad you asked about real estate. When someone is deemed incapacitated, they DO TAKE THEIR REAL PROPERTY, THEY BUY IT FOR THEMSELVES FOR REAL CHEAP, THEN THEY RE-SELL IT AND MAKE A MINT. After that, they go through the jewelry and other assets in this so called trust. So, they do take the real property before they murder the poor ward of the state. (Auditor Melton wrote a report about how Pinellas County robs and kills wards of the state. There are good guardians but there are really bad guardians who know how to game the system. The guardianship assn. of Fla. awarded Michael Schiavo guardian of the year and he KILLED HIS WARD!!! They like the kill for the most part.

Pinellas-Pasco is full of euthanazi, death worshipping robbers.

How is this possible? Because the guardians get a Court Order which allows for the robbery. Many times, a second court order is not necessary to kill the ward.

Wake up Amerika. Florida is imitating ww 2 germany in more ways than you know.

[floriduh voter]

Is Jebbie getting a guilty conscience???? Probably not. He doesn't want Carla's right to do discovery to uncover all the dirty little secrets that many people already know thanks to the internet.

Jeb is also trying to give Charlie Crist cover while he tries to run for governor by fooling the people. Crist lied about Terri. I'm sure he's lied many times. Crist lied about Terri while she was still alive. HIS FINGERPRINTS ARE STILL ON THE MISSING FILE.

Carla can subpoena that missing file and it's all over for the entire gang who killed Terri. The DCF file was spiked because there was a valid investigation, "founded" but for GREER, Terri had to be murdered. Crist = Greer. Greer = Crist. We would have a culture of death governor in Crist. He's not pro-life. Crist is a manchurian candidate who wants to try on the emperor's clothes, that's all. He cannot lead Florida!!!!!

[floriduh voter]

"They were part of a lynch mob that tortured a helpless woman to death. They have innocent blood on their hands."

Worth repeating. They all have innocent blood on their hands. Millions of people tried to help Terri because we saw a crime in progress.

Terri was murdered in spite of it all.

[floriduh voter]

I think they want to destroy Carla because she did say that Terri ate jello and ice cream. That being the case, the lynch mob who murdered Terri should it ever be found out through corroborating witnesses that Terri could actually eat some foods, there is no statute of limitations on murder. EVEN BY A JUDGE who had the ability to order new tests before MURDERING HER. A judge is supposed to be fair, not set a course and stick with it. "The law of the case is that she will die." Judge George Greer

"I don't want anyone feedin' that girl." Judge George Greer

How is Judge Greer different than Kim Jong Il in North Korea who starves people? The difference is that the U.S. is not a dictatorship and Greer is not supposed to be a dictator. Greer had some powerful reasons for murdering Terri. It will come out someday.

www.judgegeorgegreer.com

[floriduh voter]

Angie is a brave woman to accompany mikey and the murderers.

[floriduh voter]

religious right nonsense! Murder is against the law for everyone. Terri was murdered. It wasn't religious or non-religious. It was an act of barbarism and violence. When there's a crime scene do the detectives stand there and say "this death is against the religious right." No, they do not. They start taking pictures of the crime scene and begin to look for suspects.

MURDER IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION. IT IS A CRIME!

[floriduh voter]

The kicker is that when the victim has died at the hands of the state and beneficiaries ask about The Last Will and Testament, they learn that they were robbed too.

Seniors living alone in Florida are especially vulnerable. Their relatives don't realize what is happening to their senior here until it's too late. Robbed, drugged, starved/dehydrated to death.

Then the relatives realize that we aren't making this stuff up. The lucky ones escape with their loved ones before the drugs are administered which make the victim appear to be failing. They aren't really failing but it makes it easier to get their money and to kill them if they are drugged and all alone.

Parts of Florida are very bad places for seniors or the infirmed to end up alone. However, you don't have to be alone. Terri wasn't alone. They murdered her and have innocent blood on their hands.

[BykrBayb]

Terri's Daily threads have traditionally been for those who support Free Republic's stand on the right to life. Those who oppose the right to life are free to spread their propaganda on other threads. I wouldn't expect to find their anti-military counterparts in the Canteen. I wouldn't expect to see them on a Saddle Club thread, advocating the bludgeoning of race horses. Would you please ask them to keep their blood lust off the Terri threads?

[verity]

"Would you please ask them to keep their blood lust off the Terri threads?"

What are you babbling about?

[BykrBayb]

This is the Terri's Daily Thread. It is a gathering place for FReepers who support the right to life. It is where we coordinate activism on behalf of vulnerable people. It is where we celebrate life, and try to prevent murder. We've had some successes, and some failures. We have some ongoing situations that we try to keep up to date on. We do this in memory of Terri Schiavo.

There is a thread for people who share your views. Many who posted to it have been banned for their liberal posts, but the thread is there if you wish to express your opinions. MANIFESTO OF THE WPPFF/WILD TURKEYS/COALITION OF THE SANE

[verity]

Floriduh voter was patient enough to explain about the financial malfeasance and you are screaming something about blood lust.

You really need to calm down.