Still Waiting

Dakota Voice ^ | 1/29/2007 | Carrie K. Hutchens

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I don't know about anyone else, but I am still waiting for Michael Schiavo to make a correction on his blog about what "actually" took place in Colorado when he went there (to the debate) to supposedly ask Congresswoman Musgrave one question and she and her staff supposedly tried to have him removed. He called it, "My unreal night in Colorado - with radio link" (Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 08:05:14 PM PST). I'll say (from what I read) that it was his "unreal night".

As I said before in "Standing up and Admitting a Mistake: Not Schiavo's Style?",  if four uniformed officers were around my seat, I would have some idea of what was going on. I certainly wouldn't be sitting in "duh mode" to only be told later of what took place right there around me, as Michael suggests he was. If Michael's account is realistic -- his response and reaction is not. Nor is his response appropriate now that he has "learned" what he was "allegedly told" is not what took place. One would think if he can't get the words out that he was mistaken, he could at least have removed the inaccurate entry from his blog.

He has done neither.

I'm also still waiting to read about, "Also, maybe tomorrow I'll post about my election-eve rally with Bill Clinton in Florida." (A real election impact by Michael Schiavo, Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 10:40:34 AM PST).  Indeed, I would love to read that story by Michael, since I read it was not possible. Not if he was implying it was the Bill Clinton that is the former President of the United States. Will be interesting to see what he says about that if he ever does.

If Michael couldn't get it straight what happened at the Musgrave debate or even if he spent election-eve with former President Bill Clinton -- do you suppose he might have gotten Terri Schiavo's wishes mixed-up as well? (He does claim to have a bad memory from what I read.) Makes one wonder. At least makes me wonder. Whatever...

I'm still waiting for the corrections if not the explanations!

 

Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.

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>> Yes, to both posts ;-)

Did you get a massive slowdown on the 'Net, or was that my cable company? I just kept punching buttons and muttering mild oaths and hoping something would happen... Obviously I clicked once too often, but I couldn't even see the double post afterward.

Grumble.

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>> the boob tube

So that's what it's all about -- boobs watching boobs!

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I think the problem was caused by sowing mild oaths.

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TV is dangerous, is a booby trap.

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Those wacky media types!

Interesting how those at St. Pete Times recall events...

They zero in on a juggler at the vigil for Terri, and remember it as a symbol of media circus. But who created that circus atmosphere??

The juggler was hired to be there and was on the edge of what was happening, by himself except for media taping him. At the same time, the protesters on behalf of Mikey, extra noisy and capturing the view of the cameras were also, like the juggler, PAID to be there to demonstrate. Otherwise, the atmosphere would have been very peaceful, reverent, made up of ordinary decent citizens from across America. That wasn't the story the media wanted. So they shaped it into a circus. If south Florida is a circus scene, it is fabricated as well to be so.

Miami humorist Dave Barry attributes all the strangeness - O.J. Simpson, Elian Gonzalez, Versace's broad-daylight South Beach killing - to a South Florida Giant Underground Weirdness Magnet.

"It's buried here somewhere," he wrote in his weekly column that ran Friday. "It has to be. How else can you explain why so many major freak-show news stories either happen, or end up, in South Florida?"

It's not just South Florida, pal. Don't forget Terri Schiavo's dying days in Pinellas Park that were marked by a full-blown media frenzy, including a juggler, outside her hospice.

If it gets headlines around the world, it probably happened in Florida.

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Elanore loves John, In this clift hanger, she loves him with all her maybe might.

At least she recognizes what the ersatz conservative soothsayers miss, the influence still held by us religious extremists who believe in justice and decency.

Jeb’s ambition, his intellect and his tenacity have not dimmed. Combine these personal characteristics with his ability to raise money and you’ve got a potent political force, says S.V. Dáte, the Tallahassee bureau chief for the Palm Beach Post and author of “Jeb: America’s Next Bush.” The book is not particularly flattering. Dáte says Bush governed with the openness and transparency of the Politburo; that his tax cuts went to the top 4.7 percent of Floridians and that he created the lowest number of jobs of any governor since 1970. Despite that record, polls show a consistent high regard for him, especially among social conservatives who remember his tireless efforts to sustain Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman whose survival in a vegetative state—in the face of her husband’s efforts to end life supports because of the grim prognosis—became a cause célèbre for the religious right.

The Christian Right’s Dream Candidate... His name is Jeb Bush, and unfortunately for them, he seems serious about not running.

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Hillary, the choice of pro-choice. Could it be that Adolph-like glint in her eye?

Thread by wagglebee.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- One of the top pro-abortion groups, which is also the wealthiest political action committee in the country, has endorsed pro-abortion New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in her bid for the Democratic nomination for president.

Emily's List only supports pro-abortion women for political office and it endorsed Clinton even though all of the other Democratic presidential candidates back abortion as well.

Top Pro-Abortion Group Endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for President

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Expiration dates on us...

Thread by wagglebee.

OTTAWA, February 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The director of Canada’s Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF), warns that those campaigning for the “right to die” could be leading the country towards an established obligation for elderly and vulnerable people to commit suicide.

In an interview with Zenit Catholic news agency, Michèle Boulva said that the doctrine of total personal autonomy “threatens the common good of society because it has consequences not only for the person who chooses to die, but for the whole society.”

“Our perception of the value and dignity of every human life would change. As a consumer product, human life would lose its value as its ‘expiration date’ approaches.”

Euthanasia Advocates Deny Meaning in Suffering Says COLF Director

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>> I think the problem was caused by sowing mild oaths.

Egads! If you say sow.

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>> That wasn't the story the media wanted. So they shaped it into a circus.

But of course. News is manufactured. It's street theater. Here's a routine example: one scrofulous rock thrower wearing a Che Guevara tee shirt. On his own, he will have no effect. The rock won't hit anything and nobody will see it anyway. But his real job is theatrics -- he is the model for these photographers who are manufacturing a hate message for their agencies. It's a sure thing that the photographers put him up to it in the first place. Why else would at least 12 of them be congregated here?

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>> Signs are growing in those countries whose medical systems are publicly funded that euthanasia is increasingly being promoted as a method of cost reduction.

One can't say it often enough. It is the logic of SOCIALIST medicine to kill off the elderly, the weak, the high-cost cases. Patients with above-average costs are (correctly) seen to be hogging scarce medical resources.

However, when we pay our own bills (out of pocket or with insurance), there can be no legitimate objection to the medical care we order.

The moral of the story is, if you wish to stay alive in your golden retirement years, fight socialized medicine!

Relatedly, when Michael Schiavo decided to murder his wife, he had to take the socialist route and go to court. If he had done it privately, he would have faced murder charges. But if you grease the right palms, the court will give you a waiver and you can not only kill your wife but make it look as if you are the good guy! You can tell everyone you're just carrying out HER wishes, and bleeped if they won't believe you.

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>> The sick, [Michèle Boulva] said, “who ask for death, do not always do so because of their suffering. For many it is a cry for help against loneliness [and] before the sentiment of feeling that they are a burden for others.

>> ... “The response to their cry [should be] an attentive presence full of human warmth and love. They need care [and] to be heard; [they need] the affection of their loved ones and of the caring staff [in order to] endure their suffering with dignity.”

Thought-provoking insights!

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Hey, listen, Anna Nicole is important. I didn't use to think so, mainly because I had no idea who she was. I still don't.

Don't feel bad, either did I. The only interest I picked up on this is whether the judge is willing to let her decompose in the morgue or not. "Her body belongs to me" is what I think he said...

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Barf Alert! And if you have the courage to click the link, there's also a video, with footage of this tramp.

Jane Fonda in Naples^(FL)for fundraiser

Actress Jane Fonda says her two life missions, activism and social change, are the reasons behind her visit to Naples for a Planned Parenthood fundraiser where she was met with both support and hostility.

She's not shy about speaking out. Whether it be for women's rights or war-time dissent, Fonda is known as much for her activism as she is for her acting - both of which she traces back to the films of her father.

"One after another where he played a character that fought for those less fortunate - where he fought for freedom and equality," said Fonda.

Some argue Fonda is far from embodying those qualities.

"Would everybody have forgiven Hitler if he apologized?" asked Vietnam Veteran Jay Jones.

Veterans haven't yet forgotten about her Vietnam comments. But 34 years later, Fonda once again spoke out against war - this time it was about Iraq.

She says she's used to being met with protesters.

"It makes me sad for them - the protesters because, I know who I am. I know why I do what I do and I know why I have done what I did. I know that there has never been anything in my heart other than caring for my country," said Fonda.

Fonda believes much of her opposition is misdirected anger.

"They've been lied to and put into harm's way because of a lie. But it wasn't my lie. It isn't now and wasn't then," said Fonda.

She says she works under the radar with both veterans and active servicemen. But she puts her work with women's rights at the forefront.

Fonda's passionate work with Planned Parenthood and teen pregnancy prevention can carry controversy as well.

"If we don't allow women to reach their full humanity - legally, socially, economically, and within their homes, we're not going to be able to create sustainable development and we're not going to be able to do anything about poverty," said Fonda.

But there are some who say Fonda's done enough.

"The only thing she should be an authority on is how to commit treason to a country," said Jones.

Fonda will be in town through Saturday where she'll appear at a private brunch in Naples.

I always find it odd (to say the least) that we actually have people on FR promoting Hanoi Jane's world-view. She capitalizes on her father's good name, and uses it to denigrate everything he held dear. I've seen other raving liberals follow that lead. It's sickening.

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It was not Anna Nicole who piqued my interest. It was the unnerving performance of a Florida Probate Judge playing fast and loose with the law and anything sacred to judicial procedure, all the time Anna Nicole was cooling her heels in the fridge.

How could I not mentally photoshop Judge Greer into that picture, and now I am having bad dreams. I need to watch a sleazy horror film to clear my mind.

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Jane Fonda ranks near the top right along with Jimmuh Carter as the two traitors in America most deserving of the highest penalties. History, unless rewritten, will be unkind to these evil entities to the point of shock to decent readers.

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Just when I thought nothing sprouting from south Florida could surprise me anymore, just when I imagined the comparison of the malicious Judge Greer to wacky Judge Larry, this comes by to send me reeling again...

Warning, some may find this disturbing!

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That's what you need when the story is careening all over the public highway. You need steadiness, often from a judge.

At the center of the Schiavo case was a little-known Pinellas County probate judge named George Greer. A deeply religious man, he endured a shunning by his church and threats from people who claimed to be acting in God's name. The case tore him up, friends said, because of what was at stake. In public, though, Judge Greer never let his emotions or his personal beliefs get the better of him. He ruled on the law.

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Asking for dignity, then crying

Judge Greer used stoicism. Judge Harper used humor. Each dealt capably in his own way with a trial that could have gotten out of hand. In the Anna Nicole Smith case, that didn't happen.

Presiding was Broward County Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin. Word is that he hoped to parlay the exposure into his own "judge" TV show, as if there aren't already enough of those. The judge sure looked as though he were auditioning. "Don't test me," he said to one lawyer. "I've been tested by the best." Early on, he claimed "control" over Ms. Smith's remains. Shades of Al Haig after Ronald Reagan was shot.

Judge Seidlin, though, saved his worst for Thursday, when he announced his ruling. "This is not a happy moment," he said to open his bizarre performance. "I hope we're dignified," he said, before crying four times. After placing Ms. Smith's remains under control of the child's guardian, the judge said, "I hope to God you guys give the kid the right shot." This was after he speculated about Mr. Stern's motivations.

Judge Seidlin should have brought order. He did just the opposite. Even HCD Research released poll results showing that 68 percent of Americans found the judge's behavior inappropriate. So, there goes the TV show. Maybe.

A lurid story meets an odd Broward judge

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As repugnant as it may be, certainly to myself, to compare poor innocent Terri to a being like Anna Nicole, I realised it would be inevitable to the press. Here they are extolling the benefits of the disaster, sinking into one of the more disproved of mantras, that Terri was on life support, that starving and dehydrating a healthy woman was removal of life support.

Anna Nicole Smith might wind up doing for general estate planning what Terri Schiavo did for living wills: Raising awareness.

Nobody relishes the idea of making arrangements for handling things at death. No wonder more than half of Americans lack even a simple will, according to some estimates, and it's anyone's guess how many of those documents are up-to-date.

Schiavo made headlines two years ago when she was taken off life support and died without having made any written instructions for the possibility. Had she drafted a living will, a document that spells out one's wishes about life support, it could have avoided much anguish, cost, legal wrangling and publicity.

Anna Nicole puts planning in focus

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Just what we need, more bioethickers...

But Abdool's role is one that's becoming more important as our medical technologies improve. Bioethicists deal with questions like whether stem cell research is ethical and just how much of our growing arsenal of medical treatments should be administered to a patient.

Although it's a job that may seem obscure to many of us, the issues he deals with are big ones for society to grapple with, often commanding headlines. The most recent example involves sextuplets born to a Jehovah's Witness couple in British Columbia. The bioethical discussion was fierce after the government seized three of the newborns for blood transfusions -- something that violates the tenants of their parents' religion.

There is also the case of Terri Schiavo, dominating headlines in March 2005. Schiavo had been in a persistent vegetative state for years. A battle between her husband, who wanted her feeding tube removed, and her parents, who wanted her to live on, erupted, involving decisions by U.S. legislatures and courts, and plenty of airtime.

The fact these issues command so much of our attention points to how important, and complex Abdool's job is. Bioethicists fit into growing concerns about pandemic illnesses, too, helping to figure out just how to allocate limited resources.

A doctor's job is stressful enough without the responsibility of making such decisions. And often, these ethical decisions are ones doctors simply aren't equipped to make. Like a doctor, Abdool makes life and death decisions regularly. Like a doctor, he often makes them within minutes. And not unlike a doctor, Abdool, the city's only bioethicist, is on call 24/7.

Bioethicist plays necessary role

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