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I like that Alan Keyes will bring attention to the Values Voters debate, but this troubled me from the link:

“Keyes told syndicated radio host Janet Parshall he’s “unmoved” by the lack of moral courage shown by the other candidates, among whom he sees no standout who articulates the “key kernel of truth that must, with courage, be presented to our people.”’

Guess Keyes never heard of Duncan Hunter:

Year after year, Duncan Hunter has tried to get legislation passed with the bill he authored, the personhood-at-conception bill that has over 100 co-sponsors, which would define personhood at the moment of conception, so, it would allow us to have a reversal of the effects of Roe v. Wade without a constitutional amendment.

Duncan Hunter had the “moral courage” to tell Chris Matthews that it was right for Congress to step in and help Terri Shiavo (even though he was not directly asked the question about Terri, Hunter made sure he got that in while answering a different question), has a PERFECT pro-life voting record, and attended the pro-life march in D.C.

Also, Duncan Hunter is THE MOST EFFECTIVE politician regarding borders, received and A+ rating from the NRA, has the best credentials for fighting the WOT, understands that Red China is becoming he superpower because of the trade imbalance, building their military with American dollars, took on the ACLU in fighting for the Mt. Soledad cross to stay, and much more - WHAT does Mr. Keyes want?

Keyes has always been one of my heroes, but he REALLY disappoints me this time.

[8mmMauser]

Tori Schmanski...

This is a post by jy22077 on the Fr. Pavone thread by wagglebee linked upthread.

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http://www.pray4tori.com/

Dear Supporters of Terri Schiavo,

Tori Schmanski is a very pretty 17 year girl. A couple of years ago, she was involved in a car accident which resulted in a near drowning in which she suffered an anoxic brain injury.

For over 2 years the family has given therapy and rehab and Tori has undergone stem cell therapy in China.

Tori is still greatly disabled and similar to Terri.

The web site the family has set has been quite popular and has numerous updates. The family has set up a healing campaign with tee shirts, candles, and other things urging to pray for Tori.

Tori’s case I feel is most significant in the fact that Tori has suffered an anoxic brain injury just like Terri did.

This is significant because TBI patients tend to fare better in recovery than anoxic brain injury patients.

That being said, how Tori recovers is much more accurate comparsion to Terri’s case.

The web site allows people to post comments about recent blog entries.

Those who were heavely involved in the effort to save the life of Terri Schiavo should contribute and post their feelings and words of encouragement to the family on the board.

The family needs all the support they can get which why they created this web site.

Some may remember Laura Laughlin. Laura Laughlin was another young beautiful girl who suffered a brain injury as result of a car accident.

She was quite disabled and based on the video footage on her web site seemed less responsive than Terri Schiavo.

The husband created a web site for her to gain support: http://www.lauralaughlin.com/

The web site gained a lot of attention and a remark was made that it was one of the most comprehensive web sites about a person with a brain injury.

Unfortunately, Laura Laughlin died earlier this year.

It is unknown on whether or not she was starved and dehydrated to death like Terri but there was talk before her death the husband was considering removing her feeding tube.

I don’t know if he did or not.

However, the husband has done good work recently with his foundation to research brain injuries: http://www.lauralaughlinl6.org/

The husband was not conflicted like Michael Schiavo was.

The Internet seems to becoming in essential and vital tool for people with brain injuries.

These web sites make it possible to solicate help both financially and medically for their disabled loved one.

Unfortunately, when Terri was injured, the Internet was only in its infancy.

Nevertheless, a web site could still have been set up to get medical and financial help for her condition.

Perhaps this might have been a good use of her guardianship fund to set up a web site in her name to improve her condition.

So take the time to study Tori’s web site and send encouraging or helpful comments or information to the Schmanski family.

They need all the help they can get.

There are several other web sites to chronicling the life and care of several of brain injured patients that need help too. Again, these people have suffered anoxic brain injury which is key.

http://www.getwellkathleen.us/index.htm

http://www.justiceformichael.com/

http://www.mackenzieroecker.org

God Bless you all,

James

10 posted on 09/15/2007 11:37:07 AM EDT by jy22077

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http://www.pray4tori.com/

Dear Supporters of Terri Schiavo,

Tori Schmanski is a very pretty 17 year girl. A couple of years ago, she was involved in a car accident which resulted in a near drowning in which she suffered an anoxic brain injury.

For over 2 years the family has given therapy and rehab and Tori has undergone stem cell therapy in China.

Tori is still greatly disabled and similar to Terri.

The web site the family has set has been quite popular and has numerous updates. The family has set up a healing campaign with tee shirts, candles, and other things urging to pray for Tori.

Tori’s case I feel is most significant in the fact that Tori has suffered an anoxic brain injury just like Terri did.

This is significant because TBI patients tend to fare better in recovery than anoxic brain injury patients.

That being said, how Tori recovers is much more accurate comparsion to Terri’s case.

The web site allows people to post comments about recent blog entries.

Those who were heavely involved in the effort to save the life of Terri Schiavo should contribute and post their feelings and words of encouragement to the family on the board.

The family needs all the support they can get which why they created this web site.

Some may remember Laura Laughlin. Laura Laughlin was another young beautiful girl who suffered a brain injury as result of a car accident.

She was quite disabled and based on the video footage on her web site seemed less responsive than Terri Schiavo.

The husband created a web site for her to gain support: http://www.lauralaughlin.com/

The web site gained a lot of attention and a remark was made that it was one of the most comprehensive web sites about a person with a brain injury.

Unfortunately, Laura Laughlin died earlier this year.

It is unknown on whether or not she was starved and dehydrated to death like Terri but there was talk before her death the husband was considering removing her feeding tube.

I don’t know if he did or not.

However, the husband has done good work recently with his foundation to research brain injuries: http://www.lauralaughlinl6.org/

The husband was not conflicted like Michael Schiavo was.

The Internet seems to becoming in essential and vital tool for people with brain injuries.

These web sites make it possible to solicate help both financially and medically for their disabled loved one.

Unfortunately, when Terri was injured, the Internet was only in its infancy.

Nevertheless, a web site could still have been set up to get medical and financial help for her condition.

Perhaps this might have been a good use of her guardianship fund to set up a web site in her name to improve her condition.

So take the time to study Tori’s web site and send encouraging or helpful comments or information to the Schmanski family.

They need all the help they can get.

There are several other web sites to chronicling the life and care of several of brain injured patients that need help too. Again, these people have suffered anoxic brain injury which is key.

http://www.getwellkathleen.us/index.htm

http://www.justiceformichael.com/

http://www.mackenzieroecker.org

God Bless you all,

James

[8mmMauser]

I hope you keep an open mind about whatever Alan Keyes may have intended. Recall, both Alan Keyes and Duncan Hunter emerged as true, close, insiders during the Reagan years and both of them were impassioned about Terri’s plight, just in keeping with their authentic values. They are not likely to be far apart and I would see them more as allies in the days to come, would be sadly surprised if they became truly adversarial. I am waiting for the Value Voters debate.