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As the old song puts it, "Don't know much about . . ." well, in this case, Marco Rubio. Like most other interested non-Floridians, I am following his Senate primary bid against Gov. Charlie Crist because of its ideological implications for the rest of the nation. Young, outspoken, and staunchly conservative, Rubio ostensibly represents the face of the post-1994 Republican Party — a party that has learned at long last (or so it is hoped) the enduring lesson: Know McCain, Know Pain. Departure from Declarationist principle has left us not only with an Obama administration and the constitutional violations it...

Gov. Jeb Bush will ask the Florida Supreme Court (news - web sites) to reconsider its 7-0 ruling against a law designed to keep a brain-damaged woman alive, a spokesman said Monday. Florida's high court ruled two weeks ago that Bush and state lawmakers overstepped their authority with the year-old law ordering that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted six days after her husband had it removed so she could die. Since a judge had heard evidence in the case and ruled for the husband, the law violated the fundamental doctrine of separation of powers in the Florida Constitution, the...

Michael Schiavo accused of contempt of court Family of disabled woman files motion of contempt in response to husband’s withholding of medical information Clearwater, FL February 24, 2004: Today, the parents of Terri Schindler-Schiavo filed a motion in the Sixth Judicial Circuit asking that the court hold Michael Schiavo in Contempt of Court for disobeying a 1996 court mandate that orders him to divulge changes in his wife’s medical condition to her parents. During the beginning of the week of February 16, Ms. Schiavo had experienced a bout of vomiting. Upon learning of her condition, her parents asked nursing staff...

The volunteers of TerrisFight.org have learned that supporters are planning a demonstration on the steps of the Criminal Court House in Clearwater, Florida to demand Pinellas County's State Attorney, Bernie McCabe, conduct a full investigation into charges of abuse against Terri Schindler-Schiavo by her guardian. If you would like to be a part of this effort, please join us in peaceful demonstration. 14250 49TH STREETCLEARWATER, FL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 TH& THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH 4:00 - 7:00 pm Map to Location   -   Signs to Bring   -   Why this demonstration is so important

Death by Dehydration: The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Case Michael Arnold Glueck and Robert J. Cihak Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003 The Terri Schindler-Schiavo case is not a "death with dignity" issue. So says Jane M. Orient, M.D., executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), who issued this statement in response to the emergency action of the Florida legislature to reinstate feeding and hydration of Terri Schindler-Schiavo: "Terri Schindler-Schiavo has won a temporary stay from execution by a method too cruel to be used for convicted criminals. And yet her husband's attorney is trying to spin it into a...

Daniel Rios is 24 years old, with wavy black hair, a thick mustache and a glassy stare that seems to look both at you and through you. One day almost four years ago, while he was taking a shower, a blood vessel ruptured in his brain, and he collapsed on the bathroom floor. After emergency surgery, he lay in a coma for three weeks. When he finally opened his eyes, he could not speak or move his body; his head simply lolled. In the months that followed, the doctors monitoring him at the Center for Head Injuries at the J.F.K....

URGENT - ACTION NEEDED AT ONCE While many have heard that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has been re-inserted, her life is in eminent danger. Michael Schiavo is still her legal guardian. The would-be murderer is responsible for guarding his own victim! In addition when Terri was moved from hospice, he immediately blocked visitation rights at the hospital for her parents, siblings and family priest - the only source of Terri's comfort, love and joy. An emergency motion ordered visitation restored for the family but it was not received in the attorney's offices until 5:15PM today. By the time the family...

-- Thanks to the executive order issued by Governor Jeb Bush, Terri Schiavo is receiving fluids and medical care at a local hospital to prepare for the reinsertion of the feeding tube that provides her with food and water. Staff at Morton Plant Hospital began rehydrating Terri intravenously according to Pat Anderson, lead attorney for Terri's family.As long as Terri did not have kidney failure, she should be able to return to the state of health she was in prior to the removal of the feeding tube, one pro-life doctor told LifeNews.com.Terri was taken by ambulance from the hospice where...

A matter of life and death Posted: October 20, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com By the time you read this, Terri Schindler-Schiavo could well be dead – the victim of a court-ordered starvation plan. If you get your news primarily from the New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN or FOX, you may not know who Terri Schindler-Schiavo is. The establishment press has treated her government-mandated torture-execution as if it had little news value. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, while speaking out on the case and offering a brief opposing the taking of Terri's life, now maintains his hands...

Will Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the brain-disabled woman who is being starved to death under a court order initiated by her husband, get a reprieve from Florida lawmakers? Terri responding to her mother in video clip available on terrisfight.org Florida's Speaker of the House, Johnnie Byrd, is expected to introduce ''Terri's Bill'' during a special session of the state legislature being held tomorrow in Tallahassee. The legislation would put an immediate moratorium on all dehydration and starvation deaths currently pending in Florida, according to a press release posted on the Schindler family's website, and confirmed for WorldNetDaily by the family's spokeswoman, Pamela...

Florida Woman Survived Husband's Strangulation Attack in 1990; Now the Courts, Government, Media, and Public enable Michael Schiavo to 'Finish Her Off' in 2003!MURDER in the Making - in the Sunshine State! - (Florida) The Pending Death of Theresa "Terri" Schindler-Schiavo, age 39 - Terri, a Likely Victim of Spousal Abuse, may finally be 'terminated' on Wednesday - (No Link Here, see end of article for active link.) "Terri was a sweet girl, very compassionate, caring, and loyal to her family." Later, Terri was married to Michael Schiavo. They were then in a troubled and combative marriage, and Terri was...

Why is Michael Schiavo walking about -scott free- in Flordia, while his wife Terri has languished for the past 13 years in nursing homes and hospice care with a severe spinal cord neck injury, that caused her to have a neurological disability? Dr. Hammesfhar testified that the spinal cord neck injury may have been the caused by strangulation. The Doctors said her disability was NOT the result of a heart attack - contrary to the initial assessment. Maybe others can present a better summary of the situation. Any news on the 24 hr vigil? Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 2 pm...