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I rarely post a vanity, but however the Schiavo case comes out, I would think it best that Pinellas County, Folrida, the mildewy backwater that has apparently encouraged this corruption for many years, be boycotted by clear-thinking Americans who do not wish their dollars be pipelined into a swamp such as this. Apparently, Pinellas voters enjoy corrupt public works projects (hospices among them), and corrupt county officials. In fact, Pinellas folks have apparently sanctioned them for years and years. Perhaps they are both amused and enriched by them. Well, no more. Pinellas County, Florida, right ought to be remembered throughout...

<p>Tonight it is, March 23, 2005, over five days since Theresa Marie Schiavo commenced her ordeal of purposeful and legally sanctioned dehydration and starvation. We await a decision from the three judge panel from Eleventh Judicial Circuit as to her fate, as her family struggles with seeing Terri's physical health deteriorate.</p>

So it has come to this, a true test to see if the American political system, judicial system and the American public as a whole have the ability to set aside emotion and activism in deference to the facts. So far the jury is out on this question. Just as it is out on the question of whether or not Terri Schiavo will live or die. Personally, I think we can do better, much better. I find it reprehensible that in an age when gathering facts has never been easier or more convenient, most among us prove delinquent in doing...

CLEARWATER - Many local Republicans shuddered last weekend when U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay accused a Pinellas judge of "murder" and "terrorism." Such labels, troubling in any context, are particularly grating when they involve two members of the same political party. "I was absolutely so disgusted with what he said," said County Commissioner Bob Stewart. Pinellas County Property Appraiser Jim Smith, a former state legislator and Republican state committeeman, called DeLay's remarks "a disgrace." Local Republicans had their own words for Judge George Greer, who, as presiding judge in the Terri Schiavo case, ordered the removal of her feeding...

The Terri Schiavo Case Judge Greer parts ways with his church on pastor's adviceBy Times StaffPublished March 22, 2005 CLEARWATER - Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer left his church last week after the pastor wrote him a letter suggesting "it might be easier for all of us" if he leave. Greer, whose orders on the Terri Schiavo case have brought him criticism, is a Southern Baptist who attended Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater.Though he had other unrelated problems with the church, Greer's attendance faltered after a Baptist publication the church supported criticized his decisions in the Schiavo case. He...

The court-ordered starvation death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo has begun. Thumbing his nose at congressional subpoenas designed to launch an investigation into the case that has captured worldwide attention, Circuit Court Judge George Greer ordered on Friday that Terri's sustenance and hydration tube be removed, claiming there is "no cogent reason" why Congress should intervene. "I don't think legislative agencies or bodies have business in the court's proceedings," Greer told attorneys during a conference call, according to a Florida television station. The decision came amidst a last-minute flurry of activity in the Florida Legislature and U.S. Congress to pass a measure...

You thought the modern DNC leadership just disrespected life in the womb… Now you have a chance to see these gutless wonders in real action as an innocent defenseless woman’s life hangs in the balance… Too bad Terri Schiavo isn’t a California seal, or a blue sperm whale… If she was, every tree hugging bleeding heart liberal in the country would be lining up as a human shield to protect her right to life including Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer and good old Uncle Teddy. As it is, they are silent because Terri is just a useless human being who has...

Washington, DC, Mar. 18 (UPI) -- Terri Schiavo has been sentenced to death -- a painful gruesome death. It is a death no human should have to endure, a death by starvation. Schiavo's not in North Korea, Syria or Iran; she's in Florida. Her crime -- she wound up in a persistent vegetative state and under the jurisdiction of Judge George Greer's court.

MIAMI For most of his career, Judge George Greer presided over mundane local disputes that drew little notice outside Pinellas County, Florida, or even his courtroom. People who know him say he considers himself a "compassionate conservative," a man whose religious faith is as dear to him as his reputation as a legal scholar. . Now, though, the placid Florida Circuit Court judge is at the center of one of the nation's most contentious civil cases, the battle over whether to withdraw the feeding tube of a critically brain-damaged woman, Terri Schiavo. The case has made Greer a target of...

I see this as a struggle between the elected branches of government and the judiciary.The Florida Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush did, in fact, attempt to intervene in the case a few years back, and the Florida Supreme Court ruled, among other things, that the governor had no such power.Yesterday, Florida Superior Court Judge Greer said the same thing about congressional authority.The state judge contends that the House had to convince him of the legitimacy of its subpoena to compel witnesses so it can conduct hearings.I've heard nothing from academia about this stunning assertion.As the courts continue to usurp the...

Imagine for a moment that you are a Circuit Court Judge. A terrified woman comes before your Court pleading for her life. She testifies, under oath, that her violent and demented husband raped her, set her clothes on fire and threatens to kill her. She needs your help and petitions your court for an Injunction for Protection. What would you do? Well, this is what a real Circuit Court Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida; by the name of Judge George W. Greer decided.He actually had this exact case come before his bench seven years ago, when...

America suffers from the rule of judges supplanting the rule of law and the will of the people. Men in black robes, rather than legislators, are making and repealing laws...

A note for those doing Terri Schiavo research. A bio of Judge Greer notes that "The Judge's parents both passed on in 1991." That seems just a little odd. Accident? Disease? Sheer coincidence? Were they in an assisted care facility, perhaps? If you have info, please pass it along.

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The judge in the Terri Schaivo case who reissued an order Friday that prompted Terri's feeding tube to be removed for a third time has withdrawn his membership in a local Baptist Church. 'Judge' Greer, William Rice, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Florida, confirmed the news to the Baptist Press news agency on Friday. David Gibbs, lead council for Bob and Mary Schindler, the parents of brain-damaged daughter Terry Schiavo, speaks to the media March 18th, 2005 about Terri's condition outside the Woodside Hospice where Terri lives. Rice said he received a letter...

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay pledged Friday to hold Florida state judge George Greer in contempt of Congress for ignoring a congressional subpoena for Terri Schiavo's testimony, saying, "No little judge sitting in a state district court in Florida is going to usurp the authority of Congress." "The Congress will pursue this, if we have to hold him in contempt of Congress," DeLay told radio host Sean Hannity. Pressed on whether he intended to hold Judge Greer in contempt, the top Republican told Hannity: "Absolutely, absolutely." "We will do everything to enforce the power and authority of the Congress and...

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          The Washington Post continues to bash pro-life interests.[1] The Post whitewashed Judge Greer’s judicial misconduct in a March 18, 2005 editorial. The Post reports that Judge Greer considered the case carefully before allowing Terri Schiavo’s  estranged husband to disconnect her from the feeding tube that is keeping her alive. I quote:  Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state whom the Florida courts, after careful consideration, decided would not want to live under such circumstances… There are two statements in this report that are questionable. First, arguably she is not in a persistent vegetative state.  The fact...

Col. Gritz has Arrived In Pinellas Park, Florida Press Release 16 March 2005 TRUE GRIT(Z) RIDES AGAIN: FILES CITIZEN’S ARREST IN SHIAVO CASE Former Green Beret Commander Bo Gritz is charging-in once again. The 66 year-old retired Army Lt. Colonel with his wife, Judy, drove straight through from their Southern Nevada home to Pinellas Park, Florida in their own effort to rescue Terri Schindler-Shiavo. In his typically unconventional fashion, Gritz is arresting Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer and Terri Schiavo’s estranged husband, Michael Schiavo, plus anyone else who would aid or abet in removing Terri’s feeding tube. Bo and Judy...