Find out the TRUTH about Terris Fight for life

Amazon.com:Review ^ | April 22, 2006 | Debra M. Ferguson

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I purchased this book last year, and found it to be one of the best references for facts in Terri Schiavo's case. Reading this book is like sitting down with Cheryl and Jan, and listening/watching them present the actual evidence and truth about so many things that the mainstream "pro euthanasia" media has refused to tell. You will see the actual hospital documents, police reports, and so much more.

I will warn you though, that once you learn about the judicial misconduct, FL laws broken, the details of Michaels malpractice case,(money was paid under the claim that Terri had a heart attack brought on by potassium imbalance that was undetected. The autopsy confirmed this assumption was bogus, and that Terri never had a heart attack brought on by anything. The news however, is consistently reporting to this day that the autopsy confirmed the heart attack! There is a lot more about the autopsy that has never been reported. The geniuses reported that the autopsy proves Terri was not strangled, however, it only proves that 15 years later, there is no sign of soft tissue damage - nor would there be if someone was strangled that long ago!) Reporters should be charged with a misleading the public charge for purposely reporting assumptions as truth. And why is it that all the TV stations do not disclose that Terris records were SEALED by Judge Greer?

No one reports on the bone scan that indicated a tremendous force hit her, as well as the multiple fractures and other damage. ****HBO Autopsy Dr. Himself, Mr Baden, had commented on the bone scan before Terris death, and suggested there may have been foul play.*** There is so much corruption involved in Terris case, Pro death judges making their political position the law, instead of obeying the law and keeping their opinions out of it! Greer sealed her case, so why isnt any anchors asking about that? Why were Michaels prescribed anti depressant bottles witnessed by the police the night of the "Incident" taken as evidence? Why were Terris friends and family not questioned regarding Michaels attitude, or any marital problems? The first report on what happened at the Schiavo residence, was titled a homicide. Why was it changed? What happened to the woodwards and Bernsteins in our country? Now each network or cable news feeds off the other, like vultures. They report the same story over and over, from reuters or the like, and rarely ever investigate it themselves. Newspapers follow suit. If someone investigated the five different interviews that Schiavo has given to the media and police reports, Michael Schiavo might very well be behind bars, in the cell next to Scott Peterson.

There is actually v ery little difference between the two, the more you learn about what may very well have happened that night to Terry. Yet strangely, Matt Lauer and Larry King, and all the other news media does not bring up these questions, or question Michael why in the 7 years after Terris "incident" did he never ever tell a soul about Terris wishes that for seven years he supposedly denied? No media outlet reported on the testimony that Schiavo told other people that he had no idea what Terri would have wanted, as they had never spoken of something like that happening in any context. The only time Michael did come out with this revelation was after he asked his girlfriend to marry him, and all of a sudden there was a rush to get rid of Terri and whooops, there it is, a million dollar inheritance!

If someone is in a position to gain something from another persons death, they should not be the guardian of that person. PERIOD. For all the sappy journalists that report that Michael became a nurse to take care of Terry, the truth is that he did not really "care" for Terry. He bossed around nurses, on a Schiavo power trip but he didnt take care of Terri. Did anyone report on the testimony of nurses that said that Terri would be visibly shaken after his visits, and afraid, crying, etc? Did they report that there were nurses that made entries in Terris medical file about things Michael said or did, or how Terri responded, and Michael would see to it that they were removed?

I could go on and on! If you care about the truth, learn more about this case, not just what you hear your TV anchor saying. We all owe that to Terri, because at the very least, what happened to her will affect all of the laws regarding other disabled people like her.

Of course the "Pro Death" movement hates this book, which is why I see some entries in the reviews desperately trying to persuade others to pass it up. They dont want you to see it, which is why you need to see it. Cheryl, who is by the way, a registered nurse gave up her life on the West coast as a consultant to the Schindlers during the fight for Terris life. She was on the inside, aware of all of the facts regarding Terris injuries, her marriage, the inconsistent interviews, Testimonies regarding the night of Terris "incident", and so much more. Ford and Craddock do the legwork in reading all of the court documents, and bring out the parts that others left buried. Cheryl also led thousands of Terris supporters, that grew once the videos were released. Here michael and Judge Greer were talking of Terri as if she were in a coma, as if she were sleeping and not responsive at all. Greer and Schiavo were furious that the videos were released to the public. That now there was proof that Terri was aware, and did respond to family, dr's questions, and requests, could track things with her eyes. Another fallacy of the autopsy was that Terri could not see. False. It was stated that to be sure that Terri could or could not see, a doctor would have to do just what the videos did. They would have to examine her and see how much she was able to see - and any moron could tell that Terri could see to some extent after recognizing family, and following baloons and lights she was requested to follow. The fight4terri group worked 24/7 through internet emails, faxes, phone calls, letters, protests, to reach those with the power to save Terris life.

Anyone upset about the facts in this book, is really angry that the truth is coming out in it. when the truth comes out, the advocates for people like Terri have their agendas pushed back once again. If people like Terri and others with Alzheimers and brain damage, chronic disease, etc are looked at as liabilities within the health system rather than human beings who still have worth, who still have hope, and who still have a right to live with simple food and water. Terri, was not on any machines as was reported on many programs, she was not weak, my Lord, she lasted 14 days without one drop of water. Many of us who are healthy would not last one quarter of that time.

Without this book, you will be missing a great deal of the story on Terris life, the autopsy, as well as what really happened before, during, and after Terri was injured. The book is well written and what really went on in Terri's life will keep you glued to the pages. I am purchasing additional books for lawmakers in hopes of changing our country's guardianship laws. I would encourage everyone who reads it to do the same, if you want to stop seeing other innocent people like Terri sentenced to death. There are many more than Terri, every day, who die silently, with no one to speak for them. The hospice agenda of starving patients has gone out of control. Terri and others like her, are dying painful, horrible deaths, in rooms far away from Katie Courick, Matt Lauer or Larry King. They are dying with nurses and doctors standing by, ignoring the oath they took not to harm their patients. These are people who never agreed to such torture, and pain. People being starved, guilty of being disabled, and needing someone to bring the food and water to their mouth, to a straw or to a longer straw going into the stomach if their swallowing is affected. there is no difference. The Judge in Terris case (Greer) didnt mandate that she only have the tube taken out, he mandated that even if Terri could eat or drink sustenance by mouth, it would not be offered to her, by his decree. He made sure that police would be there to see that no one allowed Terri to even attempt to eat or drink on her own, regardless of testimony from numerous nurses that she could and did indeed eat on their shifts, jello, pudding and other soft or liquid foods. Instead, given that testimony from multiple sources, Greer made sure that no tests would be done on Terri to confirm whether or not she could eat by mouth! He mandated that Terri do nothing less than DIE. We dont starve murderers, it would be too cruel a death. However, for those with disabilities who can not speak, they are the ones who are forced to suffer that fate, by a Judge who never ever went to see Terri once in all the years that her case was in the courts. Bottom line, we need laws that insure food and water be given to any person without a clear written and signed directive. We need to make sure that men who move on and take another family do not get to decide whether hat happens to the woman they left behind. Every womens group that turned a deaf ear to Terri, should be totally ashamed. ACLU as well. The same Judge that was appointed to watch over Terris medical funds to make sure they were there for her, should not have been able to allow her husband to take them, and buy an expensive lawyer that he could not afford on his own with her medical care money! You will see the judicial misconduct in this case and it will make you scream! If the world knew what was in this book before Terri died, she would be alive right now! My gratitude to Ford and Craddock for such an excellent and much needed book.

Mrs. Debra Ferguson Disability Rights Advocate, SC

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Good marketing ploy.

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Emilio Gonzales...

This came out minutes ago:

Today's hearing was originally set for April 19th, but the court-appointed lawyer for 18-month-old Emilio Gonzales needed more time and information on the case. Officials at Children's Hospital of Austin say the boy is suffering from a disease that will ultimately kill him, and they say there's nothing more to do for him. The baby's mother is fighting the decision to remove her son from life support, saying it's up to God,not doctors to decide when her son dies.

A judge could decide whether a young boy lives or dies

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Reference Emilio above...

A judge will reschedule the next court date for a critically ill baby who has been kept alive by life support.

Tuesday's temporary injunction hearing for 17-month-old Emilio Gonzales was postponed because three key witnesses will not be able to attend.

A scheduling conference will be held Tuesday morning instead.

Emilio Gonzales' court date rescheduled

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Haleigh Poutre, Rebecca Riley aftermath and Patrick changes...

Governor Deval Patrick, in his latest effort to reshape his administration, has informed all commissioners and agency leaders appointed by his Republican predecessors that they must reapply for their jobs and will be notified by June 1 if they can remain in their positions.

~Snip~

Among those notified was Harry Spence, commissioner of the Department of Social Services, who has faced criticism for the death of children in DSS care, including 4-year-old Rebecca Riley, and for the case of Haleigh Poutre, who was beaten into a coma in 2005. The agency was accused of trying to prematurely remove the 11-year-old from life support.

Since suffering a series of embarrassing gaffes in his first two months in office, Patrick has made several personnel announce ments, aimed at surrounding himself with a more seasoned inner circle and getting his administration on a new track. Just three months into his tenure, he replaced his chief of staff, a political novice, with Doug Rubin, who helped devise Patrick's come-from-behind victory last year.

Patrick asks holdovers to reapply... GOP appointees to hear by June 1

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From World Net Daily...

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Hello, I'm Ronald Reagan. No, I'm Ronald Reagan. Me too! Me too! And so in the Reagan Library the Republican debates begin. Will the real Ronald Reagan please stand up?

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.....................................Giuliani's not even close to Ronald Reagan, a pro-lifer who actually liked the Christians in the Republican Party. When Giuliani was asked if we belong in the party, he said that "large groups" were "always nice," and quickly moved on to something else. I think "individuals" are "always nice," but let me quickly move on to vote for someone else. Then he hid behind the courts saying they should have proceeded unchecked in starving Terri Schiavo to death. All this coming from a guy who couldn't think of a single weakness he had – maybe they should have asked his ex-wives. No, we're a "large group" who won't be voting for you Mr. Giuliani: please sit down.

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.....................................And what about Terri Schiavo, who Romney agreed should be starved to death? She was a Catholic, too. As Ronald Reagan said, "Facts are stubborn things." Sit down, Mr. Romney. I don't care whom you've paid to say nice things about you; you're disqualified.

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.......................................McCain then said, "in retrospect" the judicial activism that starved Terri Schiavo to death was something that should have gone unchecked. Translation: "A disabled woman was denied even a drop of water and I'm sorry I tried to do anything about it." If they treated prisoners of war as badly as they treated Schiavo, John McCain wouldn't be here. Sit down, Mr. McCain, without even bringing up your campaign-finance "reform" gag rule, you're disqualified.~Snip~

Liberal moderator Chris Matthews, in a "surely no one actually believes the first verse of the Bible" tone, asked, "I'm curious. Is there anybody on the stage that does not believe in evolution?" While the news reported three, after a round of calls, the forth, Duncan Hunter (not Ron Paul), was among those who stood for Creation:

• Brownback
• Tancredo
• Huckabee
• Hunter

How about this? Let's have a debate with the men still standing. Let's do it on Fox, and let's substitute Chris Mathews with anybody else at all.

Will the real Ronald Reagan please stand up?

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Wheeee...

Because the state Department of Children and Families had refused - month after month - to move mentally ill inmates out of jail and into hospitals, Pinellas County Circuit Judge Crockett Farnell in November charged then-DCF Secretary Lucy Hadi with contempt, fined her $80,000 and threatened her with jail. Jeb Bush called it "a judicial temper tantrum," but just after taking office, Gov. Crist correctly made sure that the Legislature cleared the backlog with nearly $17 million for 373 treatment beds.

For making the state do its duty, Judge Farnell on Friday received a judicial independence award - named for the judge in the Terri Schiavo case - from the Clearwater Bar Association. According to The St. Petersburg Times, Judge Farnell gloated: "All I've got to say is, eat your heart out, Jeb Bush."

Override new contracts for state prison facilities

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Bobby Schindler writes on the debates...

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I sat in confusion last Thursday evening while watching the GOP Presidential debate. All but one of the candidates proudly expressed their pro-life positions, and then just a short time later, in response to a question on the Terri Schiavo case, some of them stated that the courts should decide whether or not it was acceptable for an innocent disabled woman to be starved and dehydrated to death.

Wait a second, wasn't it the courts that made it legal to kill unborn children? How can one be against the courts permitting the deliberate killing of the unborn, but find it perfectly okay for the courts to purposely starve and dehydrate an innocent disabled woman to death?

As far as I'm concerned, you can't call yourself pro-life and be against one and for the other. This is why I was more than a little surprised by the responses the frontrunners and even a few of the second tier candidates gave. Their answers clearly reflected the ongoing influence of the mainstream media and its tendency to report only biased polls regarding my sister's circumstances.

I believe that the question was a set-up by moderator Chris Matthews to highlight this confusion and division in the GOP ranks on the issue of euthanasia.

Remember this is the same Chris Matthews that so heartlessly said the following about my father during an interview with Don Imus at the time that my sister was being dehydrated to death, "The parents... the father seems to be having, I hate to say this, a good time."

Clearly, Mr. Matthews is not only intolerant towards the rights of people like Terri to live, but he is also lacking in a basic tenet of human decency which dictates that we not attack people in the midst of their suffering.

Regardless of Matthew's negative intentions, however, imagine for a second if all the Republican candidates were unified and emphatic in stating how troubling it is that a nation which once protected our disabled citizens is now starving and dehydrating to death the most vulnerable among us.

However, many candidates, as well as the majority of the American people, don't realize the true nature of what was at stake in Terri's case, let alone the larger issue. Contrary to what the mainstream media would have you believe, Terri's situation was not just a pro-life matter but also a disability rights issue. It was not about someone's "right-to-die", nor was it an "end-of-life" issue as was so often reported. Terri was a healthy young woman with a profound brain injury. She was not dying, she did not suffer from any "killer" disease, she was alert and interacted with her friends and family, and she was deliberately and cruelly starved to death.

Moreover, Terri's case was not "hijacked" by the religious right as has so often been claimed by the secular press. There were 30 disability rights groups supporting my sister in her struggle for life. Ironically, at the time Terri's case was receiving the most media attention, there were more disability organizations that were publicly speaking out in support of Terri's life than pro-life organizations. I can guarantee you never heard that on the evening news.

Last Thursday's debate gave candidates an opportunity to show their support of and speak directly to the disability rights community. This community has been trying to get the government to do more to protect the disabled, pleading for help on their behalf long before my sister's case made national and international headlines. In fact, if government would have been listening to the disabled community, Terri's case wouldn't have required Congressional involvement in the first place.

Sadly, some candidates played right into the hands of the partisan moderator, hemming and hawing about how this "was an issue better left to the courts". Can't you just imagine the thrill that gave Matthews?

My sister's case was arguably one of the most egregious violations of an American citizen's basic human rights in our nation's history. The way it stands now, heinous criminals on death row have more protection and are treated with more dignity than people like Terri. Congress saw this and intervened to protect her.

Rather than suffer the ire of a hostile media and a largely uneducated public, they should be commended for stepping in to protect the life of one of their most vulnerable constituents. Not only was it was appropriate for Congress to try and help Terri, but it is what they are morally obligated to do in such cases.

And despite Terri's death, it is my hope that all of our politicians will realize that this is one of the most significant issues facing our nation today, and pledge their unwavering commitment to do everything in their power to protect all innocent disabled persons from being cruelly starved and dehydrated to death.

While it is too late for Terri, tens of thousands of other "Terris" are still among us.

Since When Does Pro-Life Mean Killing the Disabled?

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Poor Emilio, living at the temporary sufferance of grown-ups who kill little boys.

Why is this being decided at law? Why are the courts and judges and lawyers instrumental? Wasn't this whole right-to-die thing about "family decisions" and death with "dignity"? In Terri Schiavo's case, Judge Greer resolutely, year after year, refused to let her family have anything to say. He put her to death himself.

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Shift at Coral Ridge Ministries...

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SCHIAVO CASE

The center helped rally Christian activists during the Terri Schiavo controversy, gathered thousands of signatures for a statewide referendum on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and sent 196,422 signatures to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to uphold the ban on what is known as partial-birth abortion, which they did last month.

Advancing a conservative Christian agenda remains central to the ministry's mission, but the organization will deliver its message through its media channels rather than lobbying, said John Aman, a spokesman for Coral Ridge Ministries, which had $38 million in revenue in 2005.

''It is a shift in means but not ends,'' he said. ``It's going back to doing what we're best at, which is creating media.''

Religious right at political crossroads... Coral Ridge Ministries' decision to disband its political arm has raised questions about how the conservative Christian movement will define its national agenda in the coming years.

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Why is this being decided at law? Why are the courts and judges and lawyers instrumental? Wasn't this whole right-to-die thing about "family decisions" and death with "dignity"? In Terri Schiavo's case, Judge Greer resolutely, year after year, refused to let her family have anything to say. He put her to death himself.

Note my #186, for further irony.

For making the state do its duty, Judge Farnell on Friday received a judicial independence award - named for the judge in the Terri Schiavo case - from the Clearwater Bar Association. According to The St. Petersburg Times, Judge Farnell gloated: "All I've got to say is, eat your heart out, Jeb Bush."

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Liberals do have a way with words. Murdering an innocent, helpless disabled woman = “judicial independence.” Then they give an award for it, starting with the murderer.

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From Life News...

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Last month, leading Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani appeared to support the efforts members of Congress made two years ago to help Terri Schiavo's parents fight for their daughter's right to live. But, during last week's presidential debate, it seems as if he changed his position.

During the April campaign stop, Giuliani told people in Florida that he supported the state government's efforts to save Terri Schiavo's life.

"I thought it was appropriate to make every effort to give her a chance to stay alive," he said.

Yet, in Thursday's debate, Giuliani appeared to suggest that the controversy surrounding Terri's right to life should have stayed in the courts.

"The family was in dispute. That's what we have courts for. And the better place to decide that in a much more, I think in a much fairer and even in a deeper way, is in front of a court, " he said during the first Republican debate.

Rudy Giuliani Appears to Flip-Flop on Supporting Terri Schiavo's Family

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>> Judge Farnell gloated: "All I've got to say is, eat your heart out, Jeb Bush."

The Aztec high priests used to sacrifice virgins by cutting out their beating hearts. So far as I know, the Aztecs did not eat the hearts. Only lawyers sink that low.

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it's up to God,not doctors to decide when her son dies

Exactly. Whatever happened to "do no harm"?

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P.S. If you’re going to get sacrificed for being a virgin, I’d guess that it was popular among very young Aztecs to fool around early and often.

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Wagglebee has a thread on Bobby Schindler article...

Bobby Schindler: GOP Prez Debate: Since When Does Pro-Life Mean Killing Disabled People?

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>> Whatever happened to "do no harm"?

Liberalism.

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Rudy Giulianai's ability to come down on both sides of the issue reminds us that mealy-mouthed politicians have no core values and will say anything in pursuit of power.

At the debate he argued in effect that the decision ought to be taken away from the family and settled by the courts. That is, he advocates handing private decisions over to lawyers. This particular decision had to do with killing an innocent disabled woman, which is murder -- to anyone but a lawyer. You do need a lawyer to rig up a case that it's suicide.

That's the rule. If you want to do something evil, immoral and illegal, call a lawyer. Also, be prepared to spend the victim's entire fortune to murder the victim. Lawyers do not come cheap.

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>> Whatever happened to "do no harm"?

Liberalism.

Ahh, the liberal parsing of words... All is relative. It is now, "do not a whole lot of harm".

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>> It is now, "do not a whole lot of harm".

You are MUCH too kind to liberals! If you peer deeply into their evil philosophy, you will find their marching orders to do all the harm they can. They attack 1) God, 2) Creation and 3) His creatures. Other than that, they slack off a little. Even liberals find it hard to find anything beyond creation to carp about.

A few may attack parallel universes that they imagine, imagining that they don't like the parallel universes that they imagine. Liberals don't really like anything, you know. They take satisfaction in some things (swindles and sadism come to mind) but don't really like anything.