Posted on 05/03/2007 3:17:03 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
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
During a recent fund-raiser for the Terry Schindler Schiavo Foundation at Rootstown's Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine, I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Raymond Bonnabeau, a St. Paul, Minn., cardio-thoracic surgeon and retired U.S. Army major general, speak to a group of community members about the importance of having advocates when facing medical treatment.
A surgeon for 48 years, Bonnabeau recalled that medical morality and ethics "shifted" with the first heart transplant in 1967. With that breakthrough, doctors "had to deal with patients who were going to be donors," losing their lives in the process, as well as the surviving family members.
Bonnabeau said he takes issue with the practice of hospitals calling their patients "clients" and "consumers:" "They're not there to buy a pair of shoes and a car!" he said.
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Newmark believes newspapers could learn a thing or two from crowd-sourcing, something Craigslist harnessed early on. Online newspapers would grow more compelling to readers if they were actually part of the press.
Bloomberg stressed that though controversial subjects, like the Terry Schiavo Story, which pitted one ideology against another, sell papers, publishers must realize it is also their duty to tell the public "what's going on."
Newspapers, Evolution is a Collaborative Effort
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>> The court-appointed guardian...
The guardian ad litem, instead of representing Emilio, says Emilio doesn't have any rights! Gee, thanks, pal. Jay Wolfson did that to Terri, then celebrated her death later, at a seminar, with the same George Greer and Michael Schiavo. It was like a meeting of Murder, Inc.
Pardon Me? A Congressional Pardon [Duncan Hunter]
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This is the Texas Futile Caregivers chapter of Greer’s Murder Inc.
>> Catarina said when doctors lower the amount of oxygen the life support machine generates, her son responds with voluntary breaths. She said in multiple court filings she believes Emilio's spontaneous breathing is a sign that he is not merely living on account of a machine.
Karen Ann Quinlan did not die when removed from the respirator.* (Which, btw, proves that she was not "brain dead.") Her parents had asked that she be removed from what we now call "extraordinary care." It was the doctors who objected, and when the time came, they took pains to wean Karen Ann off the respirator. She lived almost ten more years, breathing on her own. Interestingly, her father** angrily rejected a suggestion that she be starved/dehydrated to death. The feeding tube is her nutrition, he replied. Food and water are not "extraordinary" care in the eyes of everyday folks.
(*George Greer thought she did and used his own mistake in building his case to kill Terri.)
(** Nancy Cruzan's parents did dehydrate/starve her to death. A year or two later, her father committed suicide. Could anyone be surprised?)
Once upon a time, it was our national pride and joy to keep patients alive with respirators. We called them "iron lungs" and manufactured them by the thousands for victims of infantile paralysis -- polio. Many of these victims had no chance of recovery, yet they could live some sort of life in these huge, complicated machines. A few people are still in them.
Most prominent polio victim: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was wheelchair-bound all his life.
Perhaps, but there's that little bit in the Declaration about "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life...".
They must have gotten their interpretations from Judge Greer.
However, our core values do have something far more important to say about all this. If we want free trade and open borders, we first have to kill the welfare state. All of it! When immigrants come here for liberty and work instead of being moochers attracted to countless tax-paid benefits, we can welcome them in any number. The Statue of Liberty could lift her lamp again.
Interesting step, though, by Duncan Hunter. Dana Rohrabacher wanted the Prez. to pardon the agents, too. He pressed, but nobody listened, so far.
"Newspapers across the US reported drops in weekday and Sunday circulation of 2.1% and 3.1%, respectively, in the six-month period ending March 31, compared with the year-earlier period, writes the New York Times (via MarketingCharts)."
I stopped buying newspapers quite awhile ago. Who needs newspapers when we have THIS?
It sure is! That sort of thing reaches a lot of ears. I can't see anything wrong with it, constitutionally. It amounts to a congressional resolution. It's still the president's power to pardon that authenticates the measure.
Me too. I stopped watching television, too, a long time ago. Who needs that when we have THIS?
The liberals seem to analyze the cause of their decline as not being liberal enough. They fill the papers with ever more ideology. They fill TV with more and raunchier sex and violence and obscene language. Then they wonder why they are losing their audience. June Cleaver should wash their mouth out with soap.
Barbara Billingsley reminded me a bit of my Mom.
Have you been reading this and post #2?
OK, we can all agree that Harry Spence is not getting the job done. So what’s the next guy going to do better? The editorialist fusses that the DSS should have more medical teams in place to evaluate possible abuse victims. But that just piles up more information that a bureaucracy cannot handle. The problem is more fundamental: government is manifestly unsuited to raising children. DSS should be scrapped. The poor little children it is holding captive — including Haleigh Poutre — should be freed and spared further abuse. The whole works should be turned over to private agencies.
Your mom could speak jive? (An obscure reference to her hilarious cameo in the movie AIRPLANE :-) ) Kidding aside, that speaks well of your mom, and mine, who also had that sort of beauty and stately grace shown by June Cleaver.
Barbara Billingsley is still with us, God love her, as beautiful as ever.
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