Death Cruises: Money overboard.
Posted on 05/03/2007 3:17:03 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Exactly. God decides, not some committee.
$$$$$$$ Another O'Day, another dollar for wealthy, connected, homicidal judiciary who have sociopathic/narcissistic tendencies.
Felos never said Terri’s money was all spent. He always said it was “gone” as in in an undisclosed location IMO. The artful dodger can’t find any new clients for his death practice and those death cruises must not have been a big hit w/vacationers.
Pls see my post to lesforlife. Sandra Day is going to defend Greer on her own web site. I hope she has a message board...
If Jim Greer is related to George Greer, Florida’s GOP is already a joke.
Well, yeah, privately robbing trusts.
Death Cruises: Money overboard.
Ah hah, you picked up on it! I was going to allude to it but forgot.
Godspeed to Emilio and prayers for his family
WATCH FOX NEWS SUNDAY REPEAT later today. SANDRA DAY O’ CONNOR WAS ON IT. I wonder if she mentioned TERRI or GREER. Interview will probably be on Fox’s web site shortly under Chris Wallace, Fox News Sunday.
Rest in the arms of God, Baby Emilio. May your Mommy take comfort in the knowledge that you do.
bttt
“The natural progression of Emilio’s disease overcame him, and he died of natural causes in his mother’s arms. And God took him, not man,” said Jerri Ward, Catarina Gonzales’ attorney...............................”
Prayers for all.
At least he died of natural causes, because of his mother’s love.
“calling it right-to-die even in the Washington Times...”
It won’t be the first time the Washington Times had it wrong, and FoxNews is worse.
“I had no problem with the state getting involved because it’s one of their citizens. But I wasn’t sure how the federal government had a role in all that.”
While I still like Huckabee better than the three front runners, I’m disappointed with him for not being sure if the fed. govt. should have a role in saving Terri.
Isn’t the government’s first job to protect it’s people?
Catarina and her attorney, Jerri Ward, fought valiantly for
what really matters in this life!
May the good Lord comfort them thru the love and kindness
of others during this very trying time.
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Emilio Gonzales didn't even live 19 months, but his struggle probably will be remembered for years to come.
The poignant case of the toddler who died Saturday evening after spending his last five months on life support at Children's Hospital of Austin will continue to be debated by medical professionals, lawmakers, medical ethicists, theologians and others concerned with end-of-life care, lawyers familiar with the case said.
~Snip~
At issue in the case was a basic question that struck a nerve with people around the world: Should doctors have the right to stop treating a patient against a family's wishes?
Under Texas' 1999 Advance Directives Act, doctors have that authority. But many Texans might not have known that until they heard about Emilio, said Jerri Ward, the lead lawyer for Emilio's mother, Catarina Gonzales of Lockhart.
Gonzales wanted every effort made to keep Emilio alive, but doctors urged that the terminally ill child be allowed to die in dignity and peace.
~Snip~
As right-to-life organizations, which oppose abortion and euthanasia, and disability rights groups got involved, Emilio became a cause célèbre.
The organizations' members sent hundreds of e-mails to Gov. Rick Perry and petitioned him to "save Emilio."
"I think his story has educated thousands of Texans about this law, which is pretty much about a stealth law," Ward said. "Most people were unaware that their choices could be overridden in a way that could hasten their death."
The law allows doctors to stop treating a patient whose ongoing care they deem to be medically futile and gives families 10 days to find another doctor or facility willing to treat their loved one.
Gonzales couldn't find a hospital to take her son, whose care was being paid for by two governmental programs, Medicare and Medicaid.
~Snip~
Under current law, families have two days to prepare for an ethics committee review of the doctor's decision to stop treatment. The proposed law would change that to seven days. And the time allotted for a transfer would be extended from 10 days to 21.
Other states are watching how Texas resolves this issue, and Emilio's case could indirectly affect what other legislatures do, Hooser said.
He said that legal scholars are preparing to cite the case in new articles and that Emilio's name has already been invoked by those arguing both sides of the issue.
~Snip~
The next day, he worsened. By Saturday, his heart was racing, and Gonzales said she knew he was dying.
"They said he had an infection," she said, adding that he did not receive antibiotics until 6 p.m. Saturday.
8mm
From this, in USA Today, we are supposed to believe that all across America, most of us wanted an innocent to be killed. Perhaps USA Today wishes us to believe we are all like the mullahs in Iran who would stone to death an innocent girl, a rape victim. Perhaps if we held the dems and the entire world of libs to this comparison, it would bear true.
•Overwhelming majorities disapproved when President Bush and Congress intervened in the 2005 Terri Schiavo right-to-die case to try to prolong the brain-damaged woman's life, a cause pushed by conservative Christians such as then-congressman Tom DeLay. Galen calls the incident "a pivot point. When was the last time anything even remotely like that attracted the attention of the Republican Party?"
GOP's commitment on social issues tested
8mm
Former Tallahassee attorney Ken Connor, chairman of the Center for a Just Society in Washington, is a veteran anti-abortion activist who ran for governor as a Republican in 1994. He also represented ex-Gov. Jeb Bush in the state's efforts to prevent disconnection of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
At the Family Policy Council banquet, where he was presented an award for decades of legal and political service, Connor said many Republicans are skeptical of conservative promises by Giuliani, Romney and McCain. He said ex-Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee "would become an instant first-tier candidate" if he seeks the White House.
"So far, there hasn't been a candidate for social conservatives to coalesce around," said Connor. "Social conservatives are just as conflicted over the war, social conservatives are just as affected by the economy. But they will not surrender their beliefs."
GOP leaders confident that people's core beliefs will keep them faithful to the party
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