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The right-to-life versus dying-with-dignity battle over Terri Schindler Schiavo exploded back into life on Monday, bursting back to life from the unlikely scene of a cemetery. "At the burial site of Terri Schiavo’s cremated remains, Michael Schiavo used a bronze grave marker to list Feb. 25, 1990 as the date his wife died," laments Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Washington-based Christian Democracy Coalition (CDC). "Feb. 25, 1990 is the date Terri Schindler Schiavo experienced a still unknown event that left her severely mentally disabled. Terri Schiavo actually died March 31, 2005, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube...

Terri Schiavo Judges Won't be Targeted, Senate Leader Frist Says by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told reporters on Tuesday that he's not interested in having the Senate go after judges who violated a federal law Congress passed mandating that Terri Schiavo's starvation death be stopped and allowing her parents to take their lawsuit to federal courts. "I believe we have a fair and independent judiciary today," he said, according to a Reuters report. Frist admitted the federal review of the case "was not as complete as we would like," but he...

MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Terri Schiavo's Dad Having "Good Time" by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor April 1, 2005 New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Chris Matthews, the host of the "Hardball" political talk show on MSNBC shocked listeners of the Don Imus radio show yesterday when he claimed Terri Schiavo's father Bob Schindler was having a "good time" as his daughter starved to death. Just hours before Terri Schiavo succumbed to a thirteen day starvation and dehydration death, Matthews made the comments. "There's nobody here who looks particularly compelling or attractive," Matthews told Imus on the his program. "The father seems to...

THE EMPEROR'S NEW ROBES March 30, 2005 On the bright side, after two weeks of TV coverage of the Terri Schiavo case, I think we have almost all liberals in America on record saying we can pull the plug on them. Of course, if my only means of entertainment were Air America radio, Barbra Streisand albums and reruns of "The West Wing," I too would be asking: "What kind of quality of life is this?" There are a few glaring exceptions. On the anti-killing side, to one extent or another, are: former Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis, former Gore lawyer David...

Lets see, first Michael Schiavo beats and strangles his wife Terri, leaves her lying unconscious on the floor until her family arrives to get her to the hospital. Then Michael Schiavo sues the hospital for $20 million because he needs the money to get his poor wife therapy. Then Michael Schiavo pockets the money, denies his wife the care he said she needed and finally, claims she really wants to die. Michael Schiavo killed his wife Terri's cat, melted down her wedding ring and then took up with his girlfriend and lives with her today with their children. Does this...

<p>There have been plenty of bone-headed decisions over the years by government officials and legislators playing doctor in controversial medical cases. But few lawmakers have acted as rashly, ineptly and dangerously with respect to the public as did the Florida state Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush when they passed a last-minute law intended to stop the death of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman who’s been in a coma for more than 13 years.</p>