Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. has issued what some are calling a “stinging rebuke”…
Oh ya, liberals are salivating…Birchie is a conservative…WHO CARES??
Birch authored opinions upholding Alabama's right to ban the sale of sex toys and Florida's ability to prohibit adoptions by gay couples. Both rulings drew the ire of liberal activists…
….now he’s their new best friend…
Yet, in Wednesday's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny a rehearing to Schiavo's parents, Birch went out of his way to castigate Bush and congressional Republicans for acting "in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for governance of a free people - our Constitution."
Birch said he couldn't countenance Congress' attempt to "rob" federal courts of the discretion they're given in the Constitution. Noting that it had become popular among "some members of society, including some members of Congress," to denounce "activist judges," or those who substitute their personal opinions for constitutional imperatives, Birch said lawmakers embarked on their own form of unconstitutional activism….
No, Birchie…the activists are in the judiciary…
It is clear that all of you have been circling the wagons…unwilling to rule against a peer…even if that peer made a wrong decision…you just couldn’t bring yourselves to betray a "brother"?
Well, trust me when I say this is only the beginning…
Death advocates haven’t won a thing…the only thing they HAVE done is awaken and alert the rest of us Americans to their ulterior motives and sinister goals…
Living wills aren’t the answer…don’t fall for that repugnant mantra….
Respect for life…that is what this is all about…
So, Birchie…did you have a good time keeping the Schindler’s dangling for 15 hours while you crafted your pre-determined “opinion”?
That wasn’t an opinion…it was a clear message to the American people…Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. joined the rest of the judiciary that participated in flipping us off...plain and simple...
Judges apparently consider themselves to be divine…otherwise, why would they completely ignore the Congress when the only request was to give a woman due process??
This isn’t over…oh, no..no..no..no…..this is the beginning…believe me when I say it…
DR
3/31/2005
Michael Schiavo Denies Terri's Family to Be At Her Bedside When She Died
As if everything else wasn't bad enough...at the very end...
Michael Schiavo refused Terri's family's pleas to let them be with her when she finally died...
Michael Schiavo is a monster....
As I posted earlier from another author....
Be afraid...be very afraid...
The precedent has been set...the stage is set...and when you are slipping away at the hands of others...when your life has been determined to be "not worthy of life"...when you lay dying...perhaps your mind will go back to this day...perhaps...
...but it won't do you any good...
DR
Michael Schiavo refused Terri's family's pleas to let them be with her when she finally died...
Michael Schiavo is a monster....
As I posted earlier from another author....
Be afraid...be very afraid...
The precedent has been set...the stage is set...and when you are slipping away at the hands of others...when your life has been determined to be "not worthy of life"...when you lay dying...perhaps your mind will go back to this day...perhaps...
...but it won't do you any good...
DR
Portraits of MURDERERS
The JUDGE that wanted Terri Schiavo to die...
The LAWYER that wanted Terri Schiavo to die...
The HUSBAND that wanted Terri Schiavo to die
Murderers...every one of them...
Terri's blood is on all of your hands...
DR
DEAD! TERRI SCHIAVO LOST HER BATTLE FOR LIFE
Terri Schiavo - murdered by her husband...his creepy-right-to-murder-lawyer...his bought-and-paid-for-judge
Forced Dehydration and Starvation...All Because Michael Schiavo, George Felos and Judge George Greer Wanted Terri Schiavo to DIE
what have we become?
Barbara J. Stock an RN for over 23 years writes this:
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in blood transfusions. If the child of a Witness member is brought to the emergency room hemorrhaging and the parents refuse a transfusion for that child and that child will die without a blood transfusion, a judge will issue a decree making that child a temporary ward of the state. Every ER in America has a judge on speed dial for just that reason.
Why has Terri not been given the same protection under the law? Because the man appointed to be her guardian has decided he wants her to die. For reasons that simply cannot be explained, the legal system turned Terri's fate over to the two men who stood to benefit from her death. George Felos has benefited financially in the litigation involved in killing Terri. It has been reported that as much as $600,000 of Terri's money has been paid to George Felos and his staff. Judge Greer even allowed Terri's money to be spent by Felos to "deal with the media." Michael Schiavo reportedly spent most of the money that he was awarded on personal expenses, impressing a long string of girlfriends, and in his quest to kill his wife. He certainly didn't spend much of it on Terri. The taxpayers have been paying her bills for the last five years.
Judge Greer waved off all the sworn statements from people claiming that Michael Schiavo had told them he didn't know what to do with Terri because they had never talked about dying. Instead, the mantra has become, "This is what Terri wants." Greer ignored the bone scan riddled with healed fractures and numerous claims of spousal abuse. Greer just didn't care.
With that slogan in hand, those who support euthanasia had a poster child. "Terri wants to die" was what everyone heard. A lie repeated often enough will eventually be believed. In truth, no one knows what Terri wants. When she was finally asked what she wanted, the same judge that condemned her to death decided that her response was not "credible." He took nearly an entire day to issue a rejection he probably knew he would issue after five minutes. Did he hope she would die and save him the trouble? Why did Judge Greer never go sit by Terri's bed and observe the woman now dying because of his order?
People must understand the goal of those who support the euthanasia of human beings. They are not talking about the terminally ill. Those people have been allowed to leave this earthy plain without intervention for a long time. The "Right to Die" supporters want the legal right to "humanely kill" anyone disabled or infirm that is deemed a burden or that is "suffering" because of their condition. If Grandma is a little senile and no one has time to take care of her, just go to court, say that Grandma didn't want to live this way, and legally dispose of her. It will all be neat, tidy, clean, and legal. No muss, no fuss. Will Grandma be starved to death like Terri? Of course not, since in a year or two, that also will be deemed cruel. No, it will just be a quick lethal injection and a then off to the crematorium for Grandma. The slogan of "Right to Die" should be "Right to Murder." That would be the correct description.
Anyone who thinks this is outrageous and will never happen here needs to study history. In the early days of Nazi Germany, people were convinced that their handicapped children, elderly family members, and severely injured loved ones "would not want to live that way." These unfortunate souls should be humanely put to sleep so that they could be "reborn" in healthy bodies. People lined up, willingly, to have their own family members killed. So don't think it can't happen here: It is happening right now — in Florida. Terri is just the first step. After this, it will be much easier to dispose of the unwanted. There is now legal precedent.
The massive and false "this is what Terri's wants" and "starvation is a beautiful way to die" is in full swing and it is being believed. The reports were a lie that she can't feel pain because of her massive brain injury. Terri is now being given morphine to "ease her pain."
You should be afraid, very afraid. The day will come when euthanasia will no longer be voluntary, but it will be the law. When you are no longer a viable contributor to society, you will be judged a burden and that will be a death sentence. When your family decides they don't want to be bothered with you anymore, it's the end of the line. What and who — are we becoming?
For all of you that have tired of reading and hearing about Terri Schiavo I will say this to you: You will live to rue the day that you ignored the warnings...
If you are unable or unwilling to "deal with it" now...you will be FORCED to deal with it later...
You will one day look back on these times and finally understand what we have been saying to you...you will finally recognize the sinister motives of those that hide behind a facade of "promoting and preserving the rights" of the infirm, the disabled, the helpless...you will finally realize that these criminal acts, all in the name of 'it is her/his wishes', are just that - criminal...
...but, unfortunately for you...it will be too late...
DR
3/30/2005
Florida Judges On a Roll...After a FL Judge Denies a Couple Requesting an Order of Protection...David Edward Johnson Murders Them
Police say a gunman seeking revenge for drug charges snuck into the family's Florida home and opened fire; he then killed himself in his home later that day....
The couple apparently feared the suspect and tried to get a court-ordered injunction to keep him away from their family. However, a judge denied the request on account that there was not enough evidence to support the stalking charge... (sound familiar...??)
...The judge, in denying the case, said "no violence was alleged and it was hard to prove stalking with the allegations" presented, according to court papers....
"Looking back on it, I would have liked to have done it differently," Circuit Judge Richard Graham said. "But you review each case on a case-by-case basis."
Oh, ya...Judge...JUDGE!
WTF!!
These poor people tried to do it right...THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM...AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM FAILED THEM!!
Here is the transcript of the 911 call their 5-year old daughter placed after she found them:
OPERATOR: 911, what is your emergency?
CHILD:Um, hello.
OPERATOR: Hello. Is everything OK?
CHILD: My mommy and daddy
OPERATOR: Uh-huh.
CHILD: I think there is a bullet on the floor.
OPERATOR: And the what?
CHILD: And there is blood, coming out of my dad's mouth and he fell off the bed.
OPERATOR:t me get someone right over to you. Did you, did you go in your mommy and daddy's room?
CHILD: Uh-huh, and there is blood.
OPERATOR: All over the place?
CHILD: Not all over. There's blood on the plant and blood on the floor.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness and you have your little doggie with you?
CHILD: And three cats.
OPERATOR: And three cats too?
CHILD: Three cats and one dog.
OPERATOR: OK, are you the the only one there besides mommy and daddy?
CHILD: Well I said "Mommy" and "Daddy" and they didn't even answer.
OPERATOR: OK, OK, what I want you to do honey. I want you to stay on the phone with me. What is your name?
CHILD: (tells operator her name)
OPERATOR: Oh that is a very pretty name.
CHILD: (blocked out)
OPERATOR: Oh, I'm so sorry, that is a beautiful name. What is your doggie's name?
CHILD: Lizzah
OPERATOR: OK, and what made you wake up tonight?
CHILD: There was, I think I heard a gunshot.
OPERATOR: You heard a gun?
CHILD: Yes, and I see a bullet lying on the floor. I think it's a bullet.
OPERATOR: Really!
CHILD: Mmm-hmm
OPERATOR: Who has a gun in the house?
CHILD: I don't see a gun but I'm scared.
OPERATOR: Oh sweetheart! . . . I will not let anything happen to you.
CHILD: Can you send a deputy down here?
OPERATOR: I promise I will . . . and you're only 5 years old?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm
OPERATOR: You are so smart for 5 years old. Wow! . . . are you off from school this week?
CHILD: Um, no, I go to school next year.
OPERATOR: You do? Oh my gosh, you're not even in kindergarten yet?
CHILD: Nope.
OPERATOR: Oh, what's your doggie's name?
CHILD: Lizzah
OPERATOR: Lizzah, what kind of doggie is she?
CHILD: She's a lab.
OPERATOR: Oh my God, I love those. Those are so beautiful. Is she a black lab or is she a yellow lab?
CHILD: A black lab.
OPERATOR: Oh, you are so smart.
CHILD: With, um, brown eyes.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness, how old is she?
CHILD: She is like 3 years old, or, 2 years old, I don't really know.
OPERATOR: Wow! . . . You can remember for a really long time.
CHILD: Yup.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness. Was there anybody else in the house tonight besides you and mommy and daddy tonight? Like an uncle or anything?
CHILD: No, there's no robber in the house.
OPERATOR: OK, well I didn't think there would be a robber sweetheart. Did you have anybody staying over the night with you guys tonight?
CHILD: Nnn- nnn
OPERATOR: OK. So and the doors are all locked? And everything like that . . . Where are you in the house?
CHILD: Well, I was in my room sleeping till I heard a noise shot and it woke me up.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness. Uh, what part of the house are you in at now?
CHILD: I'm in the one, it's yellow, all yellow house, of green, green with it, a little bit of green, and a pink door.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness, that sounds really cool. Did you pick out the pink door?
CHILD: Um, no, my mom picked out the door.
OPERATOR: Look, I bet you that is beautiful. Does mommy and daddy have a car in the driveway?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm, two cars.
OPERATOR: Two cars? What kind of cars do they have?
CHILD: Umm, my mom has a Toyota
OPERATOR: What color is that Toyota?
CHILD: Umm
OPERATOR: Is it dark, or grey, or silver?
CHILD: It's um red.
OPERATOR: Red? OK, what kind of car does daddy have?
CHILD: He has a Jeep. It's black and . . .
OPERATOR: OK, listen to me (name). Is your phone the type that you can take with you and walk around?
CHILD: Um, this . . .
OPERATOR: There should be an officer at your front door. I need for you to take your phone with you and walk over to the door and open it for me, OK? And I will stay on the phone with you, OK?
CHILD: But um . . .
OPERATOR: I will not hang up.
CHILD: I'm naked.
OPERATOR: Oh, well do you want to grab a towel or something? I don't think the officer's going to care baby. We just want to make sure that mommy and daddy are OK, all right?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm.
OPERATOR: Grab a blanket or something. Stay on the phone with me, stay on the phone, alright?
CHILD: OK.
OPERATOR: My name is Donna, by the way. You are doing a wonderful job (blocked), wonderful job.
CHILD: And I know what to do for (incoherent)
OPERATOR: You did great!
CHILD: I knew
OPERATOR: You were wonderful, absolutely wonderful. You should be very proud of yourself.
CHILD: I'm to the door, I'm unlocking it.
OPERATOR: OK, you let me know when the officer talks to you. OK you go ahead (blocked), talk to the officer.
OFFICER: (background) You talking to the dispatcher? OK, tell her I'm here now and you can hang up.
OPERATOR: Bye sweetheart.
CHILD: Um, he's here.
OPERATOR: OK sweetheart, you be good, OK? Bye-bye.
Florida judges SUCK!
DR
The couple apparently feared the suspect and tried to get a court-ordered injunction to keep him away from their family. However, a judge denied the request on account that there was not enough evidence to support the stalking charge... (sound familiar...??)
...The judge, in denying the case, said "no violence was alleged and it was hard to prove stalking with the allegations" presented, according to court papers....
"Looking back on it, I would have liked to have done it differently," Circuit Judge Richard Graham said. "But you review each case on a case-by-case basis."
Oh, ya...Judge...JUDGE!
WTF!!
These poor people tried to do it right...THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM...AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM FAILED THEM!!
Here is the transcript of the 911 call their 5-year old daughter placed after she found them:
OPERATOR: 911, what is your emergency?
CHILD:Um, hello.
OPERATOR: Hello. Is everything OK?
CHILD: My mommy and daddy
OPERATOR: Uh-huh.
CHILD: I think there is a bullet on the floor.
OPERATOR: And the what?
CHILD: And there is blood, coming out of my dad's mouth and he fell off the bed.
OPERATOR:t me get someone right over to you. Did you, did you go in your mommy and daddy's room?
CHILD: Uh-huh, and there is blood.
OPERATOR: All over the place?
CHILD: Not all over. There's blood on the plant and blood on the floor.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness and you have your little doggie with you?
CHILD: And three cats.
OPERATOR: And three cats too?
CHILD: Three cats and one dog.
OPERATOR: OK, are you the the only one there besides mommy and daddy?
CHILD: Well I said "Mommy" and "Daddy" and they didn't even answer.
OPERATOR: OK, OK, what I want you to do honey. I want you to stay on the phone with me. What is your name?
CHILD: (tells operator her name)
OPERATOR: Oh that is a very pretty name.
CHILD: (blocked out)
OPERATOR: Oh, I'm so sorry, that is a beautiful name. What is your doggie's name?
CHILD: Lizzah
OPERATOR: OK, and what made you wake up tonight?
CHILD: There was, I think I heard a gunshot.
OPERATOR: You heard a gun?
CHILD: Yes, and I see a bullet lying on the floor. I think it's a bullet.
OPERATOR: Really!
CHILD: Mmm-hmm
OPERATOR: Who has a gun in the house?
CHILD: I don't see a gun but I'm scared.
OPERATOR: Oh sweetheart! . . . I will not let anything happen to you.
CHILD: Can you send a deputy down here?
OPERATOR: I promise I will . . . and you're only 5 years old?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm
OPERATOR: You are so smart for 5 years old. Wow! . . . are you off from school this week?
CHILD: Um, no, I go to school next year.
OPERATOR: You do? Oh my gosh, you're not even in kindergarten yet?
CHILD: Nope.
OPERATOR: Oh, what's your doggie's name?
CHILD: Lizzah
OPERATOR: Lizzah, what kind of doggie is she?
CHILD: She's a lab.
OPERATOR: Oh my God, I love those. Those are so beautiful. Is she a black lab or is she a yellow lab?
CHILD: A black lab.
OPERATOR: Oh, you are so smart.
CHILD: With, um, brown eyes.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness, how old is she?
CHILD: She is like 3 years old, or, 2 years old, I don't really know.
OPERATOR: Wow! . . . You can remember for a really long time.
CHILD: Yup.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness. Was there anybody else in the house tonight besides you and mommy and daddy tonight? Like an uncle or anything?
CHILD: No, there's no robber in the house.
OPERATOR: OK, well I didn't think there would be a robber sweetheart. Did you have anybody staying over the night with you guys tonight?
CHILD: Nnn- nnn
OPERATOR: OK. So and the doors are all locked? And everything like that . . . Where are you in the house?
CHILD: Well, I was in my room sleeping till I heard a noise shot and it woke me up.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness. Uh, what part of the house are you in at now?
CHILD: I'm in the one, it's yellow, all yellow house, of green, green with it, a little bit of green, and a pink door.
OPERATOR: Oh my goodness, that sounds really cool. Did you pick out the pink door?
CHILD: Um, no, my mom picked out the door.
OPERATOR: Look, I bet you that is beautiful. Does mommy and daddy have a car in the driveway?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm, two cars.
OPERATOR: Two cars? What kind of cars do they have?
CHILD: Umm, my mom has a Toyota
OPERATOR: What color is that Toyota?
CHILD: Umm
OPERATOR: Is it dark, or grey, or silver?
CHILD: It's um red.
OPERATOR: Red? OK, what kind of car does daddy have?
CHILD: He has a Jeep. It's black and . . .
OPERATOR: OK, listen to me (name). Is your phone the type that you can take with you and walk around?
CHILD: Um, this . . .
OPERATOR: There should be an officer at your front door. I need for you to take your phone with you and walk over to the door and open it for me, OK? And I will stay on the phone with you, OK?
CHILD: But um . . .
OPERATOR: I will not hang up.
CHILD: I'm naked.
OPERATOR: Oh, well do you want to grab a towel or something? I don't think the officer's going to care baby. We just want to make sure that mommy and daddy are OK, all right?
CHILD: Mmm-hmm.
OPERATOR: Grab a blanket or something. Stay on the phone with me, stay on the phone, alright?
CHILD: OK.
OPERATOR: My name is Donna, by the way. You are doing a wonderful job (blocked), wonderful job.
CHILD: And I know what to do for (incoherent)
OPERATOR: You did great!
CHILD: I knew
OPERATOR: You were wonderful, absolutely wonderful. You should be very proud of yourself.
CHILD: I'm to the door, I'm unlocking it.
OPERATOR: OK, you let me know when the officer talks to you. OK you go ahead (blocked), talk to the officer.
OFFICER: (background) You talking to the dispatcher? OK, tell her I'm here now and you can hang up.
OPERATOR: Bye sweetheart.
CHILD: Um, he's here.
OPERATOR: OK sweetheart, you be good, OK? Bye-bye.
Florida judges SUCK!
DR
The Liberals Are Gleeful...Terri Schiavo Is Dying...
I really do hate to say it...but this HAS become a partisan issue...
and the ones that have made it...are making it...partisan...are the LIBERALS.......
I cannot tell you how many times today, last night, last week...I have heard a liberal ranting on any show that is covering the "right-to-die" issue as they put it...
...and every time...EV-E-R-Y...SINGLE...TIME...what do they bring up???
- the 2000 election...
- President Bush...
- Congress...
They can barely speak without suppressing the smiles...
...this whole thing is sickening...
Liberals ARE HAPPY to see Terri Schiavo die...believe me, they are...she is expendable in their sick minds....and just sit back and watch...mark my words...they are gonna try to turn this whole thing around to their advantage...
...I have not heard ONE WORD out of any of the groups that rush screaming and throwing themselves in front of bulldozers when a logger wants to cut down a tree...
...and I could go on and on listing all of the groups...the CIVIL RIGHTS groups...that have maintained an eerie silence throughout this whole madness...
...liberals...the whole lot...are sick...
I know there are plenty of other players in this...but, my attention has been drawn time and time again to the SILENCE from the left...in the fight to save Terri Schiavo and allow her family to take care of her...
DR
and the ones that have made it...are making it...partisan...are the LIBERALS.......
I cannot tell you how many times today, last night, last week...I have heard a liberal ranting on any show that is covering the "right-to-die" issue as they put it...
...and every time...EV-E-R-Y...SINGLE...TIME...what do they bring up???
- the 2000 election...
- President Bush...
- Congress...
They can barely speak without suppressing the smiles...
...this whole thing is sickening...
Liberals ARE HAPPY to see Terri Schiavo die...believe me, they are...she is expendable in their sick minds....and just sit back and watch...mark my words...they are gonna try to turn this whole thing around to their advantage...
...I have not heard ONE WORD out of any of the groups that rush screaming and throwing themselves in front of bulldozers when a logger wants to cut down a tree...
...and I could go on and on listing all of the groups...the CIVIL RIGHTS groups...that have maintained an eerie silence throughout this whole madness...
...liberals...the whole lot...are sick...
I know there are plenty of other players in this...but, my attention has been drawn time and time again to the SILENCE from the left...in the fight to save Terri Schiavo and allow her family to take care of her...
DR
Twelve Days With No Food...No Water...And Terri Schiavo Is Still Alive...
...but her former husband, his death-culture-lawyer, his bought-and-paid-for judge - all of them would have us believe that Terri was at death's door...that it was "Terri's wish" to die...
HA!
Hang in there Terri...hopefully the powers that be will gain some clarity and sensibility about this travesty and do what they were supposed to do in the first place...
...HOPEFULLY there will be someone that has the power to save you will do just that...SAVE TERRI!
DR
HA!
Hang in there Terri...hopefully the powers that be will gain some clarity and sensibility about this travesty and do what they were supposed to do in the first place...
...HOPEFULLY there will be someone that has the power to save you will do just that...SAVE TERRI!
DR
3/29/2005
What Is Wrong With This Picture...?
...liberals have gotten off easy for some of the somersaulting arguments they have made on behalf of judicial independence and states' rights to justify their position that Terri Schiavo should not be saved. Many made the opposite arguments in the Elian Gonzalez case.
DR
DR
Why Was It Okay To Use Force...
...to remove a 6 year old boy from his uncle's
home and send him back to Cuba...
DR
3/28/2005
Terri Schiavo Was NOT Dying...UNTIL She Was Refused Nourishment
People need to understand that Terri Schiavo's unfortunate situation is not similar to the one they may have experienced with a relative that was at the end of life...
Terri Schiavo is disabled...severely disabled, yes...but disabled nonetheless and not dying...
There is an extreme difference between someone that is on life support and someone that simply is unable to feed themselves...
You must not confuse her situation with someone that is on life support...a machine does the breathing for them...and "pulling the plug" means that that person's body - unable to breathe for itself - will stop functioning entirely...
No...Terri Schiavo - who, by the way, is in her 11th day since being denied food and water...Terri Schiavo was on a feeding tube because her husband ordered it...maybe to make her look more like someone that is at the end of their life?
Michael Schiavo along with his attorney George Felos along with Judge George Greer have carefully planned Terri Schiavo's death...plain and simple...
Terri Schiavo's family, who wanted to take care of her - EVEN THOUGH MICHAEL SCHIAVO HAS SPENT ALL OF TERRI'S MONEY ON LITIGATION IN HIS PLAN TO HAVE HIS MURDER WISHES FOLLOWED...UNDER PROTECTION OF "THE LAW"...Terri's family only wanted to take care of her until her death...HER NATURAL DEATH...
Michael Schiavo could have divorced Terri...he could have walked away and given Terri back to her mother and father...they have been pleading for him to do just that...
...but...NO...Michael Schiavo has been hellbent on murdering Terri...perhaps to cover up his original attempt at murdering her...perhaps the real reason Terri is in the shape she is in today...
...AND...Michael Schiavo - along with his attorney George Felos and along with the blessings of Judge George Greer - already has ordered immediate cremation of Terri's body when the murder is finished...
I am convinced, by Michael Schiavo's actions, that he tried to murder his wife and when that attempt failed he probably thought she would die a lot sooner...and when she hung on...tenacious girl that she apparently is...when Terri hung on...Michael probably thought that somehow she would recover enough to tell the world what really happened to her...at the hands of her 'loving husband'....and that is the reason that he has so determinedly sought her murder by removing the only source of nutrition that he had made available to her...
There is a place called hell...and from what I have been taught...that place called hell is for the most egregious sinners...murder is a sin...no matter what or how you try to paint it...
Murdering anyone is a sin...but when that person is helpless, defenseless...I believe that it is a sin magnified...
If we are unable, in the end, to help Terri Schiavo...Michael Schiavo, along with his attorney George Felos and Judge George Greer, will have their day of reckoning...
The whole world is watching you, Michael Schiavo...you can try to paint this as "Terri's wishes"...but SHE knows what you are doing...
...and so do we...
DR
Terri Schiavo is disabled...severely disabled, yes...but disabled nonetheless and not dying...
There is an extreme difference between someone that is on life support and someone that simply is unable to feed themselves...
You must not confuse her situation with someone that is on life support...a machine does the breathing for them...and "pulling the plug" means that that person's body - unable to breathe for itself - will stop functioning entirely...
No...Terri Schiavo - who, by the way, is in her 11th day since being denied food and water...Terri Schiavo was on a feeding tube because her husband ordered it...maybe to make her look more like someone that is at the end of their life?
Michael Schiavo along with his attorney George Felos along with Judge George Greer have carefully planned Terri Schiavo's death...plain and simple...
Terri Schiavo's family, who wanted to take care of her - EVEN THOUGH MICHAEL SCHIAVO HAS SPENT ALL OF TERRI'S MONEY ON LITIGATION IN HIS PLAN TO HAVE HIS MURDER WISHES FOLLOWED...UNDER PROTECTION OF "THE LAW"...Terri's family only wanted to take care of her until her death...HER NATURAL DEATH...
Michael Schiavo could have divorced Terri...he could have walked away and given Terri back to her mother and father...they have been pleading for him to do just that...
...but...NO...Michael Schiavo has been hellbent on murdering Terri...perhaps to cover up his original attempt at murdering her...perhaps the real reason Terri is in the shape she is in today...
...AND...Michael Schiavo - along with his attorney George Felos and along with the blessings of Judge George Greer - already has ordered immediate cremation of Terri's body when the murder is finished...
I am convinced, by Michael Schiavo's actions, that he tried to murder his wife and when that attempt failed he probably thought she would die a lot sooner...and when she hung on...tenacious girl that she apparently is...when Terri hung on...Michael probably thought that somehow she would recover enough to tell the world what really happened to her...at the hands of her 'loving husband'....and that is the reason that he has so determinedly sought her murder by removing the only source of nutrition that he had made available to her...
There is a place called hell...and from what I have been taught...that place called hell is for the most egregious sinners...murder is a sin...no matter what or how you try to paint it...
Murdering anyone is a sin...but when that person is helpless, defenseless...I believe that it is a sin magnified...
If we are unable, in the end, to help Terri Schiavo...Michael Schiavo, along with his attorney George Felos and Judge George Greer, will have their day of reckoning...
The whole world is watching you, Michael Schiavo...you can try to paint this as "Terri's wishes"...but SHE knows what you are doing...
...and so do we...
DR
3/27/2005
Loving Husband? While His Wife Is Still Alive, Michael Schiavo Melted Down Her Wedding Rings to Have One Made For Himself
For his part, Michael Schiavo has not been a model husband...for that fact, he has not acted like a husband to Terri Schiavo for a long, long time...but you wouldn't come to that conclusion if you are listening to his attorney, George Felos:
“I think it's hard-hearted to say to somebody whose spouse has Alzheimer's, or whose spouse has had some catastrophic accident, that they are consigned to a life of loneliness and then can't form other relationships," Felos told the Witness newspaper. "That's a moral judgment and you know, I think people have different views on it.”
NO GEORGE! You are obviously trying to cloud the issues...the criticism is not that Michael Schiavo is "moving on" with his life...
We are just critical of the fact that he is the one still calling all of the shots for the disabled wife he "left behind"...
The Schindlers say that Michael's actions during the trial that has lasted over a decade are consistent with his desire to "move on" with his life:
* Michael has provided Terri with no therapy or rehabilitative treatment since 1991 and no tests since 1993.
* Terri's teeth have not been cleaned since 1995 and she had 5 teeth extracted in 2004 as a result.
* Terri has been prohibited by Michael from going outdoors since 2000. She is not allowed to have music or flowers and cards and holiday decorations are taken down soon after the Schindler family puts them up.
* Michael has routinely denied Terri's parents medical information, violating a court order and they were taken off approved visitor lists for a total of 8 months from 2001 through 2004.
* Michael has frequently prohibited a Catholic priest from visiting Terri and offering her a blessing or communion.
* Michael melted down Terri's wedding ring to have one made for himself and had her cats euthanized even though the Schindlers offered to care for them....
Why WOULD a "loving husband" melt down his wife's wedding ring while she is still alive??
DR
“I think it's hard-hearted to say to somebody whose spouse has Alzheimer's, or whose spouse has had some catastrophic accident, that they are consigned to a life of loneliness and then can't form other relationships," Felos told the Witness newspaper. "That's a moral judgment and you know, I think people have different views on it.”
NO GEORGE! You are obviously trying to cloud the issues...the criticism is not that Michael Schiavo is "moving on" with his life...
We are just critical of the fact that he is the one still calling all of the shots for the disabled wife he "left behind"...
The Schindlers say that Michael's actions during the trial that has lasted over a decade are consistent with his desire to "move on" with his life:
* Michael has provided Terri with no therapy or rehabilitative treatment since 1991 and no tests since 1993.
* Terri's teeth have not been cleaned since 1995 and she had 5 teeth extracted in 2004 as a result.
* Terri has been prohibited by Michael from going outdoors since 2000. She is not allowed to have music or flowers and cards and holiday decorations are taken down soon after the Schindler family puts them up.
* Michael has routinely denied Terri's parents medical information, violating a court order and they were taken off approved visitor lists for a total of 8 months from 2001 through 2004.
* Michael has frequently prohibited a Catholic priest from visiting Terri and offering her a blessing or communion.
* Michael melted down Terri's wedding ring to have one made for himself and had her cats euthanized even though the Schindlers offered to care for them....
Why WOULD a "loving husband" melt down his wife's wedding ring while she is still alive??
DR
Judge George Greer: Unremorseful to the End
Judge George Greer apparently is a man too full of self-pride to be able to admit it when he makes a mistake...
Judge George Greer had a chance just the other day to redeem himself when presented with new evidence that Terri Schiavo, when told her feeding tube was about to be removed again, tried to speak...granted, her words weren't perfectly formed...but it was clear to everyone around her that she was trying to say "I want to live!"...but Judge George Greer rejected the appeal because he couldn't bring himself to reverse his own decision to murder the woman...
This past week, he parted ways with his Southern Baptist church, which had advocated keeping Terri Schiavo alive, after his pastor suggested it would be better if he left.
"You must know that in all likelihood it is this case which will define your career and this case that you will remember in the waning days of life," Calvary Baptist Pastor William Rice wrote to Greer in a letter than later became public. "I hope you can find a way to side with the angels and become an answer to the prayers of thousands."
Nope...Judge Greer wouldn't budge...
Greer has been asked to step down from the case five times and has refused.
Attorney Pat Anderson, who had represented the Schindlers for three years of the court fight, filed three motions for recusal but said she could not get Greer to budge.
"A lawyer told me when I first got involved in this case that he (Greer) does not have a reverse on his transmission," Anderson said. "He apparently is too prideful to say 'I made a mistake. I made a mistake because I didn't have all the information and I am sorry I made a mistake.'"
It is one thing to have too much pride if you have had an argument with a friend...many people are like that...but, most of the time, someone's life is not hanging by a thread...
Judge George Greer, for all his pride and self-absorbed ways, has Terri Schiavo's blood on his hands...and for that....he will ultimately pay the ultimate price...
DR
Judge George Greer had a chance just the other day to redeem himself when presented with new evidence that Terri Schiavo, when told her feeding tube was about to be removed again, tried to speak...granted, her words weren't perfectly formed...but it was clear to everyone around her that she was trying to say "I want to live!"...but Judge George Greer rejected the appeal because he couldn't bring himself to reverse his own decision to murder the woman...
This past week, he parted ways with his Southern Baptist church, which had advocated keeping Terri Schiavo alive, after his pastor suggested it would be better if he left.
"You must know that in all likelihood it is this case which will define your career and this case that you will remember in the waning days of life," Calvary Baptist Pastor William Rice wrote to Greer in a letter than later became public. "I hope you can find a way to side with the angels and become an answer to the prayers of thousands."
Nope...Judge Greer wouldn't budge...
Greer has been asked to step down from the case five times and has refused.
Attorney Pat Anderson, who had represented the Schindlers for three years of the court fight, filed three motions for recusal but said she could not get Greer to budge.
"A lawyer told me when I first got involved in this case that he (Greer) does not have a reverse on his transmission," Anderson said. "He apparently is too prideful to say 'I made a mistake. I made a mistake because I didn't have all the information and I am sorry I made a mistake.'"
It is one thing to have too much pride if you have had an argument with a friend...many people are like that...but, most of the time, someone's life is not hanging by a thread...
Judge George Greer, for all his pride and self-absorbed ways, has Terri Schiavo's blood on his hands...and for that....he will ultimately pay the ultimate price...
DR
3/26/2005
We Will Be Measured By How We Defended The Weakest Among Us
An interesting phenomena has happened: liberals have abandoned both the family and human equality...and modern conservatism now defends them...
Eric Cohen has written a very thoughtful piece titled How Liberalism Failed Terri Schiavo
The human answer to our dependency is not living wills but loving surrogates. And for those who believe in human equality, this means treating even the profoundly disabled--people like Terri Schiavo, who are not dead and are not dying--as deserving of at least basic care, so long as the care itself is not the cause of additional suffering. Of course, this does not mean that keeping our loved ones alive is our only goal. But neither can we treat a person's life as a disease in need of a cure, or aim at death as a means of ending suffering--even if a loved one asks us to do so....
...In the end, the only alternative is a renewed understanding of both the family and human equality--two things ideological liberalism has now abandoned and modern conservatism now defends....
...marriage often demands heroism, and we can hardly condemn those who fall short of it. But we can surely fault those, like Michael Schiavo, who claim to speak in the name of loved ones they have abandoned, and insist that letting them die is what they desire or deserve.
To question whether Michael Schiavo has his wife's best interests at heart is not to make this case ethically or humanly easy. The decision to continue feeding a person in a profoundly incapacitated state is always wrenching. We must at least wonder whether ensuring years or decades with a feeding tube, with no self-control, and with virtually no possibility of improvement is not love but torture, not respect for life but forced degradation. We, too, must tremble when we demand that people like Terri be fed. But in the end, the obligation to feed should win out, because the living humanity of the disabled person is undeniably real.
On March 18, 2005, the day her feeding tube was removed, Terri Schiavo was not dead or dying. She was a profoundly disabled person in need of constant care. And despite the hopes of her parents, it was unlikely that her medical condition would improve, even with the best possible care administered by those with her best interests at heart. But even in her incapacitated state, Terri Schiavo was still a human being, a member of the Schindler family and the human family. As such, she was still worthy of protection and care, even if some of those closest to her wished to deny it.
Indeed...these are dark times when we are standing by and allowing a helpless, defenseless woman to be slowly starved to death...
DR
Eric Cohen has written a very thoughtful piece titled How Liberalism Failed Terri Schiavo
The human answer to our dependency is not living wills but loving surrogates. And for those who believe in human equality, this means treating even the profoundly disabled--people like Terri Schiavo, who are not dead and are not dying--as deserving of at least basic care, so long as the care itself is not the cause of additional suffering. Of course, this does not mean that keeping our loved ones alive is our only goal. But neither can we treat a person's life as a disease in need of a cure, or aim at death as a means of ending suffering--even if a loved one asks us to do so....
...In the end, the only alternative is a renewed understanding of both the family and human equality--two things ideological liberalism has now abandoned and modern conservatism now defends....
...marriage often demands heroism, and we can hardly condemn those who fall short of it. But we can surely fault those, like Michael Schiavo, who claim to speak in the name of loved ones they have abandoned, and insist that letting them die is what they desire or deserve.
To question whether Michael Schiavo has his wife's best interests at heart is not to make this case ethically or humanly easy. The decision to continue feeding a person in a profoundly incapacitated state is always wrenching. We must at least wonder whether ensuring years or decades with a feeding tube, with no self-control, and with virtually no possibility of improvement is not love but torture, not respect for life but forced degradation. We, too, must tremble when we demand that people like Terri be fed. But in the end, the obligation to feed should win out, because the living humanity of the disabled person is undeniably real.
On March 18, 2005, the day her feeding tube was removed, Terri Schiavo was not dead or dying. She was a profoundly disabled person in need of constant care. And despite the hopes of her parents, it was unlikely that her medical condition would improve, even with the best possible care administered by those with her best interests at heart. But even in her incapacitated state, Terri Schiavo was still a human being, a member of the Schindler family and the human family. As such, she was still worthy of protection and care, even if some of those closest to her wished to deny it.
Indeed...these are dark times when we are standing by and allowing a helpless, defenseless woman to be slowly starved to death...
DR
George Felos Is a Disgrace to the Legal Profession
Five years ago this month, Florida’s most vulnerable adult was transferred without court order and without the proper written certification to the Hospice of Florida Suncoast at Woodside in Pinellas County.
According to records obtained by The Empire Journal , it appears that not only is there indication of a scripted plan for premeditated murder but insurance fraud in the Terri Schiavo case.
In March, 2000, Michael Schiavo and his attorney, George Felos, secretively relocated Terri Schindler-Schiavo from the Palm Gardens Nursing Home to the hospice without court order and without notifying her parents.
George Felos also conveniently forgot to give notice to the court and her parents, Mary and Robert Schindler Sr. that he was chairman of the board of directors at the Hospice at the time and had been since at least Jan. 31, 1997 and perhaps earlier.
George Felos also forgot to tell the court that at the time that Terri Schiavo was unlawfully entered into the Hospice of Florida Suncoast Inc. that the federal government was actively trying to recover nearly $15 million paid to the corporation in a fraudulent Medicare payments because patients certified as terminally ill were not in fact terminally ill and ineligible to be admitted to the Hospice under Medicare....
According to records obtained by The Empire Journal , it appears that not only is there indication of a scripted plan for premeditated murder but insurance fraud in the Terri Schiavo case.
In March, 2000, Michael Schiavo and his attorney, George Felos, secretively relocated Terri Schindler-Schiavo from the Palm Gardens Nursing Home to the hospice without court order and without notifying her parents.
George Felos also conveniently forgot to give notice to the court and her parents, Mary and Robert Schindler Sr. that he was chairman of the board of directors at the Hospice at the time and had been since at least Jan. 31, 1997 and perhaps earlier.
George Felos also forgot to tell the court that at the time that Terri Schiavo was unlawfully entered into the Hospice of Florida Suncoast Inc. that the federal government was actively trying to recover nearly $15 million paid to the corporation in a fraudulent Medicare payments because patients certified as terminally ill were not in fact terminally ill and ineligible to be admitted to the Hospice under Medicare....
George Felos might be a lawyer...but he certainly is not living up to the Lawyer's Creed with his past actions nor his actions lately...
Felos dared counsel Terri Schiavo's family to spend time on "reflection"...WTF??
This man is a disgrace not only to the legal community but to humanity as well...
He calls himself a "right-to-die" advocate...his is a very sick mind...
He declared earlier "This case is over...Mrs. Schiavo's legal rights have been ruled on again and again and again. The courts have consistently found that she did not want to remain alive artificially. Her wishes should be carried out. And in that spirit, I hope that the parents do not keep pursing fruitless legal options to the end."
Just who does George Felos think he is??
He didn't know Terri Schiavo when she was able to speak for herself...how in the hell does he get off making these kinds of statements...and how in the hell does he think he is going to get away with it?
Oh, he might be crowing now because he thinks he "won"...but let me tell you...this man has a lot of 'splaining to do...
George Felos had better hope that he is able to leave this earth on his own terms...he certainly has made it his business to 'help' accelerate other's deaths...
...and, when it is HIS time to "go"...you and I won't want to be anywhere near him...because there is something that people call 'karma'...and eventually...he will get his...
DR
Michael Schiavo Plans to Cremate Terri
NewsMax is reporting that Michael Schiavo has taken steps that will prevent investigators from examining Terri Schiavo's body for evidence of abuse after she dies – a suspicion her family has repeatedly raised as her death grows more imminent.
Schiavo's attorney George Felos told the Washington Post on Friday that Terri will be cremated and buried in a plot owned by Michael's family in Pennsylvania.
Terri's parents had filed a request with the court to block the cremation plans, saying it would violate the religious beliefs of their daughter, who was a practicing a Catholic.
But as with every other motion filed in the case on behalf of Bob and Mary Schindler, the Florida courts have rejected the request.
A 1991 bone scan performed on Terri Schiavo showed unexplained injuries to her vertebrae and legs.
Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" on Thursday that a doctor has testified that she might have been strangled before she was found unconscious in her home in February 1990....
DR
Schiavo's attorney George Felos told the Washington Post on Friday that Terri will be cremated and buried in a plot owned by Michael's family in Pennsylvania.
Terri's parents had filed a request with the court to block the cremation plans, saying it would violate the religious beliefs of their daughter, who was a practicing a Catholic.
But as with every other motion filed in the case on behalf of Bob and Mary Schindler, the Florida courts have rejected the request.
A 1991 bone scan performed on Terri Schiavo showed unexplained injuries to her vertebrae and legs.
Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" on Thursday that a doctor has testified that she might have been strangled before she was found unconscious in her home in February 1990....
DR
Terri Schiavo Considered Indigent Because Her Husband Has Used Her Money in His Efforts to Have Her Murdered
Terri Schiavo has stayed for free at the Woodside Hospice - part of a not-for-profit hospice network - because she was considered indigent, said Deborah Bushnell, one of Michael Schiavo's attorneys.
-Terri Schiavo's medical costs - which Bushnell says are relatively small - have been paid for the past couple of years by the state's Medicaid program for needy people.
-Michael Schiavo got about $300,000 in the malpractice case, but Bushnell said she did not know how it was spent or if any is left....
Not only that...
George Felos, who was hired by Michael Schiavo around the time he began the effort to remove his wife's feeding tube in 1998, has been paid $358,434...
Blood money...it is all blood money...
DR
-Terri Schiavo's medical costs - which Bushnell says are relatively small - have been paid for the past couple of years by the state's Medicaid program for needy people.
-Michael Schiavo got about $300,000 in the malpractice case, but Bushnell said she did not know how it was spent or if any is left....
Not only that...
George Felos, who was hired by Michael Schiavo around the time he began the effort to remove his wife's feeding tube in 1998, has been paid $358,434...
Blood money...it is all blood money...
DR
I'm Thinking...
...that Michael Schiavo...George Felos...Judge George Greer...are all going to spend the rest of their days looking over their shoulder...
DR
DR
3/25/2005
Judge George Greer Has A Chance To Redeem Himself...
In a new motion in Circuit Court in Clearwater, the parents' lawyers said three witnesses -- including one of the lawyers -- heard Schiavo attempt to say ''I want to live'' on March 18, the day her feeding tube was removed....
In response to a question from lawyer Barbara Weller and ''in the presence of Suzanne Vitadamo and Suzanne's aunt, Mrs. Schiavo attempted to verbalize the sentence,'' the motion said. Vitadamo is Terri Schiavo's sister.
'She managed to articulate the first two vowel syllables, first articulating `AHHHHH' and then virtually screaming 'WAAAAAAA.' She became very agitated but could not complete the vocalization attempted.''
The lawyers said the report ``is significant with regard to the question of Mrs. Schiavo's end of life wishes.''
Lawyers for Schiavo's husband, Michael, said all of her utterances are involuntary, and they pleaded for an end to the litigation. Schiavo, on life support since 1990, should be allowed to die in peace, they said.
Circuit Judge George Greer said he would rule on the matter by noon Saturday....
First of all...Terri Schiavo is NOT on life support...she only lacks the ability to feed herself...
Let's just hope...pray...that Judge George Greer will recognize that perhaps...just maybe...this is an opportunity for him to 'save face'...and rule - with the new evidence - that Terri's feeding tube should be reinserted until we can have experts wade through all of the evidence...
...Judge Greer...don't let this end with Terri Schiavo's blood on your hands...
I am praying...
DR
In response to a question from lawyer Barbara Weller and ''in the presence of Suzanne Vitadamo and Suzanne's aunt, Mrs. Schiavo attempted to verbalize the sentence,'' the motion said. Vitadamo is Terri Schiavo's sister.
'She managed to articulate the first two vowel syllables, first articulating `AHHHHH' and then virtually screaming 'WAAAAAAA.' She became very agitated but could not complete the vocalization attempted.''
The lawyers said the report ``is significant with regard to the question of Mrs. Schiavo's end of life wishes.''
Lawyers for Schiavo's husband, Michael, said all of her utterances are involuntary, and they pleaded for an end to the litigation. Schiavo, on life support since 1990, should be allowed to die in peace, they said.
Circuit Judge George Greer said he would rule on the matter by noon Saturday....
First of all...Terri Schiavo is NOT on life support...she only lacks the ability to feed herself...
Let's just hope...pray...that Judge George Greer will recognize that perhaps...just maybe...this is an opportunity for him to 'save face'...and rule - with the new evidence - that Terri's feeding tube should be reinserted until we can have experts wade through all of the evidence...
...Judge Greer...don't let this end with Terri Schiavo's blood on your hands...
I am praying...
DR
It Is Time To Change the Laws...
I admit it...I have been wrapped up - emotionally and logically - watching the drama of Terri Schiavo unfold...
I don't know Michael Schiavo...but it seems that his priorities have changed with the change in his circumstances...and it is clear that it is not he that should be calling the shots for Terri...
Charles Krauthammer, in his eloquent way of speaking and writing, has actually said it best...
And while I may understand many things...this has really kicked my butt...
If Terri Schiavo dies from starvation...and it looks like her husband will be successful in murdering her...it still is beyond belief for me...but, the truth is, we all need to pay very close attention to the laws that exist in our states...and make sure that going forward...we get them changed...
As Krauthammer concludes: There is no good outcome to this case. Except perhaps if Florida and the other states were to amend their laws and resolve conflicts among loved ones differently -- by granting authority not necessarily to the spouse but to whatever first-degree relative (even if in the minority) chooses life and is committed to support it. Call it Terri's law. It would help prevent our having to choose in the future between travesty and tragedy....
DR
I don't know Michael Schiavo...but it seems that his priorities have changed with the change in his circumstances...and it is clear that it is not he that should be calling the shots for Terri...
Charles Krauthammer, in his eloquent way of speaking and writing, has actually said it best...
And while I may understand many things...this has really kicked my butt...
If Terri Schiavo dies from starvation...and it looks like her husband will be successful in murdering her...it still is beyond belief for me...but, the truth is, we all need to pay very close attention to the laws that exist in our states...and make sure that going forward...we get them changed...
As Krauthammer concludes: There is no good outcome to this case. Except perhaps if Florida and the other states were to amend their laws and resolve conflicts among loved ones differently -- by granting authority not necessarily to the spouse but to whatever first-degree relative (even if in the minority) chooses life and is committed to support it. Call it Terri's law. It would help prevent our having to choose in the future between travesty and tragedy....
DR
3/24/2005
WHO CARES if Terri Schiavo is Disabled...
...if her family wants to take care of her and make her comfortable for whatever number of days she has left on this earth...
...WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE WHAT CONDITION SHE IS IN???
...If Terri's husband doesn't want her anymore.....
...WHY DOESN'T HE JUST GIVE HER BACK TO HER FAMILY???
DR
...WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE WHAT CONDITION SHE IS IN???
...If Terri's husband doesn't want her anymore.....
...WHY DOESN'T HE JUST GIVE HER BACK TO HER FAMILY???
DR
This is NOT a Right to Die Case...It Is a RIGHT TO KILL Case
Michael Schiavo and his insane right-to-die-advocate attorney aren't advocating for Terri's "right to die".
They are making damned sure that they are successful in their right-to-kill an innocent woman...
DR
They are making damned sure that they are successful in their right-to-kill an innocent woman...
DR
Liberals Only Support the Rule of Law When It Suits Them
Many have criticized the actions of Congress as they attempted to protect the rights of Terri Schiavo...
But, for the most part, those arguments ring hollow...
It wasn't that long ago that we were reading about all of the gay couples that were getting "married" by judges and justices of the peace...IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE ON OUR BOOKS
Where were they then on the Rule of Law?
DR
But, for the most part, those arguments ring hollow...
It wasn't that long ago that we were reading about all of the gay couples that were getting "married" by judges and justices of the peace...IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE ON OUR BOOKS
Where were they then on the Rule of Law?
DR
Terri Schiavo Has Been Sentenced to Death Because She No Longer Is "Cute"
...and that is a fact.......
Think about it...
Most victims that the media pays a lot of attention to - AND GIVES THEIR SUPPORT TO - are cute...
Poor Terri...she can't be "cute" any more because her husband has locked her up...she has been suffering sensory deprivation...she has had no therapy...
There are rumors floating around about what role Terri's "husband" had that led to her landing in this state...
Perhaps those rumors are right...perhaps Terri's "husband" was trying to off her all those years ago...and Terri thwarted that effort as best she could...
Perhaps that is why Terri's "husband" is so determined to see to it that she dies...that she is cremated with no autopsy...
Why else would a person - who has a new 'mate'...who has children with that new 'mate'...why else would he refuse to turn this woman over to the family that only want to take care of her???
DR
Think about it...
Most victims that the media pays a lot of attention to - AND GIVES THEIR SUPPORT TO - are cute...
Poor Terri...she can't be "cute" any more because her husband has locked her up...she has been suffering sensory deprivation...she has had no therapy...
There are rumors floating around about what role Terri's "husband" had that led to her landing in this state...
Perhaps those rumors are right...perhaps Terri's "husband" was trying to off her all those years ago...and Terri thwarted that effort as best she could...
Perhaps that is why Terri's "husband" is so determined to see to it that she dies...that she is cremated with no autopsy...
Why else would a person - who has a new 'mate'...who has children with that new 'mate'...why else would he refuse to turn this woman over to the family that only want to take care of her???
DR
Dying of Dehydration Described as "Peaceful"
...Well, then...
...Let's just line up the former husband (if he is still alive)...the former-husband's-lawyer...the former-husband's-good-ole-buddy-judge-greer...the appeals courts lawyers...the "expert" witness "doctors"...
Let's line 'em all up...and remove all sources of water and food...
Lock 'em up...and throw the key away...
DR
...Let's just line up the former husband (if he is still alive)...the former-husband's-lawyer...the former-husband's-good-ole-buddy-judge-greer...the appeals courts lawyers...the "expert" witness "doctors"...
Let's line 'em all up...and remove all sources of water and food...
Lock 'em up...and throw the key away...
DR
Appeals Court Blocks Texas Execution of Murderer...Schiavo Judge Tells DCF, FDLE, Gov. Bush No Protective Custody
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday blocked the scheduled execution of convicted killer Steven Kenneth Staley, 42.
Staley was to have been put to death just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Texas death chamber in Huntsville for the 1989 shooting death of Fort Worth restaurant manager Bob Read.
document....Restaurant manager Bob Read, 35, volunteered as a hostage if the robbers would spare nearly three-dozen employees and customers held at gunpoint during the robbery.
Police say Read was fatally shot when he began to struggle as the three tried to force him into a car for a getaway as officers closed in....
AND YET! in Florida: The Pinellas County death judge who acted in contempt of Congress by defying a federal subpoena designed to save the life of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo issued an order Wednesday afternoon saying that anyone giving the disabled woman treatment that will save her life is breaking the law and will be held in contempt of court---including Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida’s Department of Children and Families, Florida’s Department of Law Enforcement and apparently, even President Bush.
“The law of this case is that she will die….I don’t want anyone trying to feed that girl”, Florida probate court judge George Greer thundered from the bench in 2001.
So! Convicted murderers get appeal after appeal after appeal...but an innocent, disabled woman gets starved to death.....Why? because she is an inconvenience?
Why is Terri Schiavo being put to death? What law has Terri broken??
DR
Hat tip: Bruce Jacobs, morning talk show host on KFYI
Staley was to have been put to death just after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Texas death chamber in Huntsville for the 1989 shooting death of Fort Worth restaurant manager Bob Read.
document....Restaurant manager Bob Read, 35, volunteered as a hostage if the robbers would spare nearly three-dozen employees and customers held at gunpoint during the robbery.
Police say Read was fatally shot when he began to struggle as the three tried to force him into a car for a getaway as officers closed in....
AND YET! in Florida: The Pinellas County death judge who acted in contempt of Congress by defying a federal subpoena designed to save the life of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo issued an order Wednesday afternoon saying that anyone giving the disabled woman treatment that will save her life is breaking the law and will be held in contempt of court---including Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Florida’s Department of Children and Families, Florida’s Department of Law Enforcement and apparently, even President Bush.
“The law of this case is that she will die….I don’t want anyone trying to feed that girl”, Florida probate court judge George Greer thundered from the bench in 2001.
So! Convicted murderers get appeal after appeal after appeal...but an innocent, disabled woman gets starved to death.....Why? because she is an inconvenience?
Why is Terri Schiavo being put to death? What law has Terri broken??
DR
Hat tip: Bruce Jacobs, morning talk show host on KFYI
3/23/2005
FREE TERRI
Michael Schiavo!
Sign Terri over to her family so they can care for her...and then you can move on with your new family...
Leave Terri and her family alone!
You don't want her - let those that love her take care of her!
DR
Sign Terri over to her family so they can care for her...and then you can move on with your new family...
Leave Terri and her family alone!
You don't want her - let those that love her take care of her!
DR
Michael Schiavo and Judge Greer Covering Their Dirty Deeds: Cremation Has Already Been Ordered For Terri Schiavo
MichNews reported on March 4th:
Terri Schiavo married the wrong man: Michael Schiavo.
Michael wants to starve Terri to death, inherit her estate and cremate her body.
George Greer wants Terri's starvation to start on March 18, 2005.
He's the judge!
And he already approved cremation for Terry.
Lunatic liberals rejoice at the thought of Terri being disposed of to delight Michael....
In Florida, if someone were starving a dog, that person would go to jail.......
......apparently, also in Florida, if your spouse doesn't want you anymore, they can try to kill you...and if that doesn't work and you end up brain damaged...that same spouse can take his case to the Florida courts...find a sympathetic Florida judge....and have that judge order your feeding tube removed...and have that same Florida judge order your body cremated...NO AUTOPSY...so that no evidence will ever be found...and a helpless, injured woman will be murdered...with the blessing of the courts...
Terri Schiavo married the wrong man: Michael Schiavo.
Michael wants to starve Terri to death, inherit her estate and cremate her body.
George Greer wants Terri's starvation to start on March 18, 2005.
He's the judge!
And he already approved cremation for Terry.
Lunatic liberals rejoice at the thought of Terri being disposed of to delight Michael....
In Florida, if someone were starving a dog, that person would go to jail.......
......apparently, also in Florida, if your spouse doesn't want you anymore, they can try to kill you...and if that doesn't work and you end up brain damaged...that same spouse can take his case to the Florida courts...find a sympathetic Florida judge....and have that judge order your feeding tube removed...and have that same Florida judge order your body cremated...NO AUTOPSY...so that no evidence will ever be found...and a helpless, injured woman will be murdered...with the blessing of the courts...
In Legislative vs. Judicial Showdown, Shameful Judges Sentence Schiavo to Death
If these judges are determined to allow a woman die in order to prove a point...people had better be lining up to get them removed from the bench...
"There is no denying the absolute tragedy that has befallen Mrs. Schiavo," the ruling said. "We all have our own family, our own loved ones, and our own children. However, we are called upon to make a collective, objective decision concerning a question of law."
I don't understand - what laws are on the book that support the murder of a spouse?????
In his dissent, Judge Charles R. Wilson said Schiavo's "imminent" death would end the case before it could be fully considered. "In fact, I fail to see any harm in reinserting the feeding tube," he wrote....
A HUGE WRONG is being done to an innocent, helpless woman...
I find myself returning to this issue...my disbelief growing by the minute...in fact, Hundred Percenter has dedicated his site to following this case...and I am going to do the same thing...
This might be an uncomfortable topic for some people...but it is a critical one...what is happening here is dark and dangerous...people had better start paying more attention and start making more noise about what is being done in the name of the "law"...
DR
"There is no denying the absolute tragedy that has befallen Mrs. Schiavo," the ruling said. "We all have our own family, our own loved ones, and our own children. However, we are called upon to make a collective, objective decision concerning a question of law."
I don't understand - what laws are on the book that support the murder of a spouse?????
In his dissent, Judge Charles R. Wilson said Schiavo's "imminent" death would end the case before it could be fully considered. "In fact, I fail to see any harm in reinserting the feeding tube," he wrote....
A HUGE WRONG is being done to an innocent, helpless woman...
I find myself returning to this issue...my disbelief growing by the minute...in fact, Hundred Percenter has dedicated his site to following this case...and I am going to do the same thing...
This might be an uncomfortable topic for some people...but it is a critical one...what is happening here is dark and dangerous...people had better start paying more attention and start making more noise about what is being done in the name of the "law"...
DR
The Terrorists Among Us: "Sleeper agent" pinpointed military bases for Al-Qaeda
A Muslim convert, who was accused of working in Australia as a "sleeper agent" for Al-Qaeda, was reportedly assigned the task of pinpointing military bases that could be attacked by the terrorist network.
The fact came to light during the first day of Jack Thomas's, the accused, committal hearing. The prosecution alleged that Thomas was trained at Al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, after which he returned to his home in suburban Melbourne to plot terror strikes, The News reported.
Thomas, however, has denied the charges of receiving financial support from al-Qaeda, providing the group with resources and support to carry out a terrorist attack and having a falsified passport, or being trained.
The former taxi driver, Thomas, at one time stayed in Al-Qaeda safe houses in neighbouring Pakistan and was asked by one operative to return home and work for the organisation from Melbourne....
During the hearing, being held behind closed doors, Thomas reportedly said he knew al-Qaida's'a objective was to use force to make America change its ways....
The court also heard Thomas told Australian police that one man's terrorist was another man's freedom fighter and that he was willing to work for Osama Bin Laden in Australia, although he had said he did not agree with Al Qaeda's methods....
hmmmm...so what part of airplanes full of innocent people flying into tall buildings do you think he misunderstood...?
DR
The fact came to light during the first day of Jack Thomas's, the accused, committal hearing. The prosecution alleged that Thomas was trained at Al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, after which he returned to his home in suburban Melbourne to plot terror strikes, The News reported.
Thomas, however, has denied the charges of receiving financial support from al-Qaeda, providing the group with resources and support to carry out a terrorist attack and having a falsified passport, or being trained.
The former taxi driver, Thomas, at one time stayed in Al-Qaeda safe houses in neighbouring Pakistan and was asked by one operative to return home and work for the organisation from Melbourne....
During the hearing, being held behind closed doors, Thomas reportedly said he knew al-Qaida's'a objective was to use force to make America change its ways....
The court also heard Thomas told Australian police that one man's terrorist was another man's freedom fighter and that he was willing to work for Osama Bin Laden in Australia, although he had said he did not agree with Al Qaeda's methods....
hmmmm...so what part of airplanes full of innocent people flying into tall buildings do you think he misunderstood...?
DR
3/22/2005
How Did We Get To This Place...?
Unfortunately...no matter which side of the fence you landed on on this one...the "fight" over who is eventually going to "control" Terri Schiavo's fate has been relegated to a power struggle between the branches of our government...
National Review Editors note: Whatever one thinks of the merits of that use of the subpoena power, it seems remarkably high-handed of Judge Greer to flout it. Congressional subpoenas have not heretofore been considered to be subject to the review of state courts — a point which was lost on all the commentators who confidently opined that it was the congressmen who were threatening the separation of powers....
...and I actually think it goes much deeper than that...
...how did we get to a place where - if a spouse is not able to take care of themselves...no matter how deteriotated their condition...it the mate decides that the spouse no longer meets their criteria of 'mate material'...that mate has the right to pull the plug...??...there are many more options...divorce being one of them...
There is a family - a seemingly very loving family - that is ready, willing, and able to take care of the disabled spouse...even if that spouse will never regain many of her faculties...they are willing to take responsibility for her...
...and it doesn't even appear as if that family is asking the former ( or almost former) husband to do anything other than to turn over responsibility for their daughter/sister...
...and, yet, we have people willing to come forward declaring that Terri Schiabo is not worthy to remain alive...
How dare they take that responsibilty?
How dare they assume that their 'opinion' is worth any more than yours...mine...Terri's mother's...?
What is it about the phony liberals?
They like to make a lot of noise about how they are "for" something...anything...name it...
...but when push comes to shove...when it is time to roll up your sleeves and do the work...the REAL work...like caring for a disabled or incompacitated person...
...Well, Then...time to clean out the residue...get that unpleasant, handicapped, incapacitated thing away from my field of vision...for - if it remains - it will undoubtedly remind *ME* of my immortality...
aha! perhaps we just struck a chord!
These are the very same people that are feverishly running around looking for the ever-elusive Fountain of Youth...trying to stave off the signs of the natural aging process...
...and, you know what I think?
I think...that because of their lack of faith...because of their lack of certainty of what will become of them after they 'cross over'...because they don't want to be held to the responsibilty that goes with living a life based on faith...that is why they are so anxious to remove anything and everything that reminds them that...inevitably...they are headed there right along with the rest of us...
That is the only conclusion I can arrive at with all of this...
I have been saying - to myself and to others - "I don't get it"...why are these people so anxious to kill this innocent woman?
Perhaps that is why...they are so uncertain and afraid of their own mortality...
But, that doesn't make it right...and it certainly should reinforce for all of us the need to resist and fight every one of their arguments...
Because, in the end...what happens to Terri Schiavo...will impact the world we live in tomorrow...
And I, for one, am hopeful that her suffering will not be for naught...
DR
National Review Editors note: Whatever one thinks of the merits of that use of the subpoena power, it seems remarkably high-handed of Judge Greer to flout it. Congressional subpoenas have not heretofore been considered to be subject to the review of state courts — a point which was lost on all the commentators who confidently opined that it was the congressmen who were threatening the separation of powers....
...and I actually think it goes much deeper than that...
...how did we get to a place where - if a spouse is not able to take care of themselves...no matter how deteriotated their condition...it the mate decides that the spouse no longer meets their criteria of 'mate material'...that mate has the right to pull the plug...??...there are many more options...divorce being one of them...
There is a family - a seemingly very loving family - that is ready, willing, and able to take care of the disabled spouse...even if that spouse will never regain many of her faculties...they are willing to take responsibility for her...
...and it doesn't even appear as if that family is asking the former ( or almost former) husband to do anything other than to turn over responsibility for their daughter/sister...
...and, yet, we have people willing to come forward declaring that Terri Schiabo is not worthy to remain alive...
How dare they take that responsibilty?
How dare they assume that their 'opinion' is worth any more than yours...mine...Terri's mother's...?
What is it about the phony liberals?
They like to make a lot of noise about how they are "for" something...anything...name it...
...but when push comes to shove...when it is time to roll up your sleeves and do the work...the REAL work...like caring for a disabled or incompacitated person...
...Well, Then...time to clean out the residue...get that unpleasant, handicapped, incapacitated thing away from my field of vision...for - if it remains - it will undoubtedly remind *ME* of my immortality...
aha! perhaps we just struck a chord!
These are the very same people that are feverishly running around looking for the ever-elusive Fountain of Youth...trying to stave off the signs of the natural aging process...
...and, you know what I think?
I think...that because of their lack of faith...because of their lack of certainty of what will become of them after they 'cross over'...because they don't want to be held to the responsibilty that goes with living a life based on faith...that is why they are so anxious to remove anything and everything that reminds them that...inevitably...they are headed there right along with the rest of us...
That is the only conclusion I can arrive at with all of this...
I have been saying - to myself and to others - "I don't get it"...why are these people so anxious to kill this innocent woman?
Perhaps that is why...they are so uncertain and afraid of their own mortality...
But, that doesn't make it right...and it certainly should reinforce for all of us the need to resist and fight every one of their arguments...
Because, in the end...what happens to Terri Schiavo...will impact the world we live in tomorrow...
And I, for one, am hopeful that her suffering will not be for naught...
DR
Michael Schiavo's Star Witness: Dr. Ronald Cranford Is No "Expert"...He Is A Systematic, Calculating Murderer...
--- When Minnesota policeman Sgt. David Mack was shot in the line of duty in 1979, Dr. Ronald Cranford diagnosed his patient as being in a "persistent vegetative state," never to regain "cognitive, sapient functioning." Dr. Cranford was ready to end his patient's life, but 20 months after the shooting, Sgt. Mack regained consciousness and nearly all of his mental ability....
---Dr. Ronald Cranford, a professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota who examined Schiavo in 2002, added: "The chances of her waking up or benefiting from treatment are zero."If you are in a room with Schiavo, her eyes do not track you, Cranford said....
---Doctors for Michael Schiavo have said that an MRI and PET are not necessary for Terri because PVS is primarily a “clinical” diagnosis, that is, one arrived at on the basis of examination of the patient, rather than by relying on tests. And the neurologists I have spoken to agree on the clinical nature of the diagnosis, while insisting that advanced tests nonetheless are a necessary part of it. But the star medical witness for Michael Schiavo, Dr. Ronald Cranford of the University of Minnesota, has repeatedly dismissed calls for MRI testing, and his opinion has prevailed.
Dr. Cranford was the principal medical witness brought in by Schiavo and Felos to support their position that Terri was PVS. Judge Greer was obviously impressed by Cranford’s résumé: Cranford travels throughout the country testifying in cases involving PVS and brain impairment. He is widely recognized by courts as an expert in these issues, and in some circles is considered “the” expert on PVS. His clinical judgment has carried the day in many cases, so it is relevant to examine the manner in which he arrived at his judgment in Terri’s case. But before that, one needs to know a little about Cranford’s background and perspective: Dr. Ronald Cranford is one of the most outspoken advocates of the “right to die” movement and of physician-assisted suicide in the U.S. today.
In published articles, including a 1997 op-ed in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star Tribune, he has advocated the starvation of Alzheimer’s patients. He has described PVS patients as indistinguishable from other forms of animal life. He has said that PVS patients and others with brain impairment lack personhood and should have no constitutional rights. Perusing the case literature and articles surrounding the “right to die” and PVS, one will see Dr. Cranford’s name surface again and again. In almost every case, he is the one claiming PVS, and advocating the cessation of nutrition and hydration.
In the cases of Paul Brophy, Nancy Jobes, Nancy Cruzan, and Christine Busalucci, Cranford was the doctor behind the efforts to end their lives. Each of these people was brain-damaged but not dying; nonetheless, he advocated death for all, by dehydration and starvation. Nancy Cruzan did not even require a feeding tube: She could be spoon-fed. But Cranford advocated denying even that, saying that even spoon-feeding constituted “medical treatment” that could be licitly withdrawn....
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The advocates...the supporters...of assisted suicide are on center stage right now...they are using the Terri Shiavo case to advance their cause...
Terri Schiavo may only be a poster child for fighting for the rights of the disabled...but the darker, seamier side of what is going on needs to be shown in all it's 'glory'...
These people have a sinister goal...and...if they are successful in killing Terri Schiavo....AS THE ENTIRE WORLD WATCHES...one can only imagine what the future holds...not to mention what is going on behind closed doors...
DR
---Dr. Ronald Cranford, a professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota who examined Schiavo in 2002, added: "The chances of her waking up or benefiting from treatment are zero."If you are in a room with Schiavo, her eyes do not track you, Cranford said....
---Doctors for Michael Schiavo have said that an MRI and PET are not necessary for Terri because PVS is primarily a “clinical” diagnosis, that is, one arrived at on the basis of examination of the patient, rather than by relying on tests. And the neurologists I have spoken to agree on the clinical nature of the diagnosis, while insisting that advanced tests nonetheless are a necessary part of it. But the star medical witness for Michael Schiavo, Dr. Ronald Cranford of the University of Minnesota, has repeatedly dismissed calls for MRI testing, and his opinion has prevailed.
Dr. Cranford was the principal medical witness brought in by Schiavo and Felos to support their position that Terri was PVS. Judge Greer was obviously impressed by Cranford’s résumé: Cranford travels throughout the country testifying in cases involving PVS and brain impairment. He is widely recognized by courts as an expert in these issues, and in some circles is considered “the” expert on PVS. His clinical judgment has carried the day in many cases, so it is relevant to examine the manner in which he arrived at his judgment in Terri’s case. But before that, one needs to know a little about Cranford’s background and perspective: Dr. Ronald Cranford is one of the most outspoken advocates of the “right to die” movement and of physician-assisted suicide in the U.S. today.
In published articles, including a 1997 op-ed in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star Tribune, he has advocated the starvation of Alzheimer’s patients. He has described PVS patients as indistinguishable from other forms of animal life. He has said that PVS patients and others with brain impairment lack personhood and should have no constitutional rights. Perusing the case literature and articles surrounding the “right to die” and PVS, one will see Dr. Cranford’s name surface again and again. In almost every case, he is the one claiming PVS, and advocating the cessation of nutrition and hydration.
In the cases of Paul Brophy, Nancy Jobes, Nancy Cruzan, and Christine Busalucci, Cranford was the doctor behind the efforts to end their lives. Each of these people was brain-damaged but not dying; nonetheless, he advocated death for all, by dehydration and starvation. Nancy Cruzan did not even require a feeding tube: She could be spoon-fed. But Cranford advocated denying even that, saying that even spoon-feeding constituted “medical treatment” that could be licitly withdrawn....
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The advocates...the supporters...of assisted suicide are on center stage right now...they are using the Terri Shiavo case to advance their cause...
Terri Schiavo may only be a poster child for fighting for the rights of the disabled...but the darker, seamier side of what is going on needs to be shown in all it's 'glory'...
These people have a sinister goal...and...if they are successful in killing Terri Schiavo....AS THE ENTIRE WORLD WATCHES...one can only imagine what the future holds...not to mention what is going on behind closed doors...
DR
The Important Matter Is NOT Whether Terri Schiavo Recovers...
.....her family only wants to care for until the time of her NATURAL death...
DR
AZ Guv Vetoes Budget Because It Doesn't Include Her Upcoming Election Year Gimmicks
AZ Governor Janet Napolitano late today vetoed most of the eight-point-two billion dollar budget package approved by the Republican-led Legislature.
The budget bills arrived in Napolitano's office shortly before 5 p-m, and spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer says Napolitano vetoed 16 of them and signed three others within 15 minutes.
Four other budget bills remain at the Legislature awaiting House action on changes made by the Senate.
The Legislature approved the budget Friday morning.
After working three months on the budget, AZ Senate President Ken Bennett, R-Prescott, and House Speaker Jim Weiers, R-Phoenix, delayed sending the package to Napolitano, hoping they could discuss possible disagreements with her Monday afternoon.
But after a brief private meeting in Napolitano's office, the two men said the governor refused to talk about specifics until after she received the bills. Later, Bennett and Weiers objected to Napolitano's immediate veto of a budget proposal that was crafted over three months.
"It's purely politics at this point," said Bennett. "She couldn't have read all of the bills and she couldn't have thoughtfully directed a veto message on each of the bills as is required by the (state) constitution."
Pure politics it is...this governor is smarmy and insincere...the only pet projects that apparently will get her nod of approval are going to be the ones that will help get her re-elected so that the Arizona citizens can have four more years of her vacuous "leadership"...
DR
The budget bills arrived in Napolitano's office shortly before 5 p-m, and spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer says Napolitano vetoed 16 of them and signed three others within 15 minutes.
Four other budget bills remain at the Legislature awaiting House action on changes made by the Senate.
The Legislature approved the budget Friday morning.
After working three months on the budget, AZ Senate President Ken Bennett, R-Prescott, and House Speaker Jim Weiers, R-Phoenix, delayed sending the package to Napolitano, hoping they could discuss possible disagreements with her Monday afternoon.
But after a brief private meeting in Napolitano's office, the two men said the governor refused to talk about specifics until after she received the bills. Later, Bennett and Weiers objected to Napolitano's immediate veto of a budget proposal that was crafted over three months.
"It's purely politics at this point," said Bennett. "She couldn't have read all of the bills and she couldn't have thoughtfully directed a veto message on each of the bills as is required by the (state) constitution."
Pure politics it is...this governor is smarmy and insincere...the only pet projects that apparently will get her nod of approval are going to be the ones that will help get her re-elected so that the Arizona citizens can have four more years of her vacuous "leadership"...
DR
3/21/2005
Whether or not you agree, this is how it looks from Iraq: "These two years have given us hope we never had."
From Iraq, on the 2nd anniversary of the War on Iraq, comes this from a 26 year-old Iraqi:
....you ask me, Husayn, was it worth it. What have you gotten? What has Iraq acheived? These are questions I get a lot.
To may outsiders, like those who protested last year, who will protest today. This was a fools errand, it brought nothing but death and destruction. I am sheltered in Iraq, but I know how the world feels, how people have come to either love or hate Bush, as though heis the emobdiement of this war. As though this war is part of Bush, they forget the over twenty million Iraqis, they forget the Middle Easterners, they forget the average person on the street, the average man with the average dream.
Ask him if it was worth it. Ask him what is different. Ask him if he would go through it again, go ahead ask him, ask me, many of you have.
Now I answer you, I answer you on behalf of myself, and my countrymen. I dont care what your news tells you, what your television and newspapers say, this is how we feel. Despite all that has happened. Despite all the hurt, the pain, blood, sweat and tears. These two years have given us hope we never had.
Before March 20, 2003, we were in a dungeon. We did not see the light. Saddam Hussain was crushing Iraq's spirit slowly, we longed for his end, but knew we could not challenge him, or his diabolical seed who would no doubt follow him and continue his generation of hell on Earth.
Since then, we now have hope. Hope is not a tangible thing, but it is something, it is more than being blinded by darkness, by being stuck in a mental pit without any future.
Hope has been the greatest product of the last two years. No doubt, many have died, many have died by accident or due to crimes. But their sacrifices are not, and will not be for nothing. I refuse to let it be, and my countrymen stand with me.
Our cities are smoking, our graveyards full, and terrorists in our midst. But we are not defeated. We are not down, we are not regretful. We are not going to surrender. For all that the two years have brought, the greatest thign they have given us is a future, and a view of the finish line.
Iraqis see the finish line, the finish line of freedom and democracy and a functioning nation. We can smell it, taste it, and like a sprinter, one who has broken his legs, but who has a heart full of passion, we will crawl there no matter what the cost. No matter what we must endure, we have realized what we can become, and that is the biggest result of the last two years.
Noone can take that from us. Not the terrorists, not those who want to question the good of the removal of Saddam, not those who want to reduce our glory for politics, none.
We have been brought from darkness to light. And not only has the future been made better for Iraq, but the martyrs of our nation, their blood is watering the roots of democracy across the world. We are watching our neighbors come closer to the light, and this only pushes us more, and makes us stronger in our burning desire to reach the finish line, to realize the dream that our people have had for so long.
No, we will not give up, and we will not say that the last two years were a waste. They for all their trouble have been momentus. They for us, have been a turning point in history. Whether or not you agree, this is how it looks from Iraq.
So now you know...
The protesters are not speaking for the people of Iraq...
DR
Hat tip: Cox & Forkum
....you ask me, Husayn, was it worth it. What have you gotten? What has Iraq acheived? These are questions I get a lot.
To may outsiders, like those who protested last year, who will protest today. This was a fools errand, it brought nothing but death and destruction. I am sheltered in Iraq, but I know how the world feels, how people have come to either love or hate Bush, as though heis the emobdiement of this war. As though this war is part of Bush, they forget the over twenty million Iraqis, they forget the Middle Easterners, they forget the average person on the street, the average man with the average dream.
Ask him if it was worth it. Ask him what is different. Ask him if he would go through it again, go ahead ask him, ask me, many of you have.
Now I answer you, I answer you on behalf of myself, and my countrymen. I dont care what your news tells you, what your television and newspapers say, this is how we feel. Despite all that has happened. Despite all the hurt, the pain, blood, sweat and tears. These two years have given us hope we never had.
Before March 20, 2003, we were in a dungeon. We did not see the light. Saddam Hussain was crushing Iraq's spirit slowly, we longed for his end, but knew we could not challenge him, or his diabolical seed who would no doubt follow him and continue his generation of hell on Earth.
Since then, we now have hope. Hope is not a tangible thing, but it is something, it is more than being blinded by darkness, by being stuck in a mental pit without any future.
Hope has been the greatest product of the last two years. No doubt, many have died, many have died by accident or due to crimes. But their sacrifices are not, and will not be for nothing. I refuse to let it be, and my countrymen stand with me.
Our cities are smoking, our graveyards full, and terrorists in our midst. But we are not defeated. We are not down, we are not regretful. We are not going to surrender. For all that the two years have brought, the greatest thign they have given us is a future, and a view of the finish line.
Iraqis see the finish line, the finish line of freedom and democracy and a functioning nation. We can smell it, taste it, and like a sprinter, one who has broken his legs, but who has a heart full of passion, we will crawl there no matter what the cost. No matter what we must endure, we have realized what we can become, and that is the biggest result of the last two years.
Noone can take that from us. Not the terrorists, not those who want to question the good of the removal of Saddam, not those who want to reduce our glory for politics, none.
We have been brought from darkness to light. And not only has the future been made better for Iraq, but the martyrs of our nation, their blood is watering the roots of democracy across the world. We are watching our neighbors come closer to the light, and this only pushes us more, and makes us stronger in our burning desire to reach the finish line, to realize the dream that our people have had for so long.
No, we will not give up, and we will not say that the last two years were a waste. They for all their trouble have been momentus. They for us, have been a turning point in history. Whether or not you agree, this is how it looks from Iraq.
So now you know...
The protesters are not speaking for the people of Iraq...
DR
Hat tip: Cox & Forkum
3/20/2005
Qatar hunts Qaeda link in theatre blast
Investigators are hunting for clues to any possible al Qaeda involvement in the suicide bomb attack by an Egyptian on a Qatar theatre that killed a Briton, the first such attack inthe U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.
The Egyptian man rammed an explosives-packed car into the one-storey theatre near a British schoolin the capital Doha, officials and witnesses said. A Qatar Interior Ministry official said on Sunday16 people were injured, mostly Arabs and Asians.
DR
The Egyptian man rammed an explosives-packed car into the one-storey theatre near a British schoolin the capital Doha, officials and witnesses said. A Qatar Interior Ministry official said on Sunday16 people were injured, mostly Arabs and Asians.
DR
A Visit to the C-Span Zoo...
....where are the liberals that are usually fighting for the rights of the disabled?
....where are the liberals that claim that they "fight for the underdog"?
....where are the liberals that live and die to see a case fought out in the courts?
....why, they are in Congress tonight...taking advantage of the rolling C-Span cameras...getting their 3 minutes of free campaign speech-making...
....and they are all gathering around...defending...NOT the defenseless, disabled woman...oh NO...
...why, they are defending the man that used to be Terri Schiavo's husband...the same husband that bragged one time on television that he had melted down Terri's wedding rings and had the gold made into jewelry for himself (was it that gold bracelet he was wearing earlier tonight on CNN?)
Ask yourself...exactly WHY are the liberals so anxious to kill Terri Schiavo off?
DR
....where are the liberals that claim that they "fight for the underdog"?
....where are the liberals that live and die to see a case fought out in the courts?
....why, they are in Congress tonight...taking advantage of the rolling C-Span cameras...getting their 3 minutes of free campaign speech-making...
....and they are all gathering around...defending...NOT the defenseless, disabled woman...oh NO...
...why, they are defending the man that used to be Terri Schiavo's husband...the same husband that bragged one time on television that he had melted down Terri's wedding rings and had the gold made into jewelry for himself (was it that gold bracelet he was wearing earlier tonight on CNN?)
Ask yourself...exactly WHY are the liberals so anxious to kill Terri Schiavo off?
DR
Iraqi's Are Taking Back Their Country: 7 al-Zarqawi insurgents found slain in retaliation for killing
When more than 80 bodies were found last week at four different places in Iraq, a fifth gruesome discovery attracted little notice:
In the violent city of Ramadi, a center of Sunni insurgent activity 60 miles west of Baghdad, the bodies of seven men were found lined up in an unfinished house on the western outskirts of town, according to eyewitnesses.
Unlike the corpses elsewhere, which were mostly Iraqi police and soldiers, the bodies in Ramadi apparently were foreigners, fighters working for Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.
Each of the seven had been shot in the head or torso. The bodies were secretly buried in a local cemetery, the witnesses said....
A notice from al-Zarqawi's group was posted on the gate outside a Ramadi mosque this week announcing the death of the seven men and calling their killers "blasphemers, far from the religion of God, who betrayed the mujaheddin after they trusted them." It vowed to find the killers, described as "followers of the occupiers," and behead them....
At the Dulaimi family compound this week in the Abu Marie neighborhood of Ramadi, Sulaiman's father, Hamad Dulaimi, 73, sat on a bench as a group of children played in the yard. The surrounding streets and rooftops were crowded with armed men.
"These are the children of Sulaiman, who was killed by those bastards," he said.
Sulaiman's wife joined him: "Now we can talk, because we got revenge," she said.
"If I didn't know that my son was innocent, I wouldn't have sent his cousins for revenge," the father said. "But for we Arabs, the matter of revenge is like honor. Both are the same for us."
As for al-Zarqawi's promise to retaliate, he said: "We got our revenge, and we have our precautions. Let them do as they like."
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In the violent city of Ramadi, a center of Sunni insurgent activity 60 miles west of Baghdad, the bodies of seven men were found lined up in an unfinished house on the western outskirts of town, according to eyewitnesses.
Unlike the corpses elsewhere, which were mostly Iraqi police and soldiers, the bodies in Ramadi apparently were foreigners, fighters working for Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.
Each of the seven had been shot in the head or torso. The bodies were secretly buried in a local cemetery, the witnesses said....
A notice from al-Zarqawi's group was posted on the gate outside a Ramadi mosque this week announcing the death of the seven men and calling their killers "blasphemers, far from the religion of God, who betrayed the mujaheddin after they trusted them." It vowed to find the killers, described as "followers of the occupiers," and behead them....
At the Dulaimi family compound this week in the Abu Marie neighborhood of Ramadi, Sulaiman's father, Hamad Dulaimi, 73, sat on a bench as a group of children played in the yard. The surrounding streets and rooftops were crowded with armed men.
"These are the children of Sulaiman, who was killed by those bastards," he said.
Sulaiman's wife joined him: "Now we can talk, because we got revenge," she said.
"If I didn't know that my son was innocent, I wouldn't have sent his cousins for revenge," the father said. "But for we Arabs, the matter of revenge is like honor. Both are the same for us."
As for al-Zarqawi's promise to retaliate, he said: "We got our revenge, and we have our precautions. Let them do as they like."
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Court sentences al-Zarqawi and collaborator to 15 years jail
Jordan’s military court sentenced wanted terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi to 15 years jail and a detained associate to three years behind bars on Sunday for the 2003 Jordanian Embassy attack in Baghdad that killed 18 people.
The court convicted al-Zarqawi, Iraq’s most wanted terrorist, and Al-Miqdad Mohammad al-Dabbas, 24, of conspiracy to attack the embassy.
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The court convicted al-Zarqawi, Iraq’s most wanted terrorist, and Al-Miqdad Mohammad al-Dabbas, 24, of conspiracy to attack the embassy.
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Nurse: Terri Can Eat Normally
A certified nursing assistant who cared for Terri Schiavo in 1997 filed a sworn affidavit in the case stating that she was able to feed Schiavo normally on multiple occasions - but that husband Michael Schiavo would only allow a feeding tube.
Heidi Law, a CNA at the Palm Gardens nursing home, testified:
"At least three times during any shift where I took care of Terri, I made sure to give Terri a wet washcloth filled with ice chips, to keep her mouth moistened. I personally saw her swallow the ice water and never saw her gag.
"[Another CNA] and I frequently put orange juice or apple juice in her washcloth to give her something nice to taste, which made her happy. On three or four occasions I personally fed Terri small mouthfuls of Jello, which she was able to swallow and enjoyed immensely."
Law testified that the only reason she didn't attempt to feed Ms. Schiavo more frequently was "because I was so afraid of being caught by Michael."
Editorializing on the case in light of Law's account, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette said Sunday: "It is one thing to withdraw a feeding tube; another entirely to withhold that day's meal tray."
Carla Sauer Iyer was a registered nurse at the same facility. In her own affidavit Iyer testified that Ms. Schiavo was capable of speech, explaining, "[Terri] spoke on a regular basis, saying such things as 'Mommy' and 'help me.'"
When she put a washcloth in Terri's hands to keep her fingers from curling together, Iyer said, "Michael saw it and made me take it out, saying that was therapy" that he had forbidden.
"Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri's death," the RN noted. "Michael would say 'When is she going to die?' 'Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch gonna die?'"
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Heidi Law, a CNA at the Palm Gardens nursing home, testified:
"At least three times during any shift where I took care of Terri, I made sure to give Terri a wet washcloth filled with ice chips, to keep her mouth moistened. I personally saw her swallow the ice water and never saw her gag.
"[Another CNA] and I frequently put orange juice or apple juice in her washcloth to give her something nice to taste, which made her happy. On three or four occasions I personally fed Terri small mouthfuls of Jello, which she was able to swallow and enjoyed immensely."
Law testified that the only reason she didn't attempt to feed Ms. Schiavo more frequently was "because I was so afraid of being caught by Michael."
Editorializing on the case in light of Law's account, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette said Sunday: "It is one thing to withdraw a feeding tube; another entirely to withhold that day's meal tray."
Carla Sauer Iyer was a registered nurse at the same facility. In her own affidavit Iyer testified that Ms. Schiavo was capable of speech, explaining, "[Terri] spoke on a regular basis, saying such things as 'Mommy' and 'help me.'"
When she put a washcloth in Terri's hands to keep her fingers from curling together, Iyer said, "Michael saw it and made me take it out, saying that was therapy" that he had forbidden.
"Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri's death," the RN noted. "Michael would say 'When is she going to die?' 'Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch gonna die?'"
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Att'y Urges Hillary to Help Starve Terri
The attorney for a Florida man who had his wife's feeding tube disconnected on Friday is calling on New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and her Democratic colleagues to help ensure that the woman's starvation continues until she dies.
Complaining about efforts by congressional Republicans to have Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, attorney George Felos told a press conference yesterday: "I want to say to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and Tom Harkin and the - Patrick Leahy and the Democratic senators: Don't do this to Terri Schiavo again."
"To have her feeding tube inserted by a subsequent act of Congress before she dies would be a horrific act upon her body," he claimed.
Felos praised Sen. Ron Wyden for blocking one version of a Senate bill crafted to save Ms. Schiavo's life, saying he made a "valiant effort."
But he urged voters to pressure Clinton and other Democrats to keep the starvation process going:
"I'm going to say again and again to the constituents of Kerry, Clinton, Leahy, Feinstein, Boxer: Terri Schiavo's life is in your hands. ... You write these senators, you call them."
Felos said Democrats who allowed a Senate vote on a milder version of legislation crafted to save Schiavo should be "ashamed."
"Wear your shame for what you did and atone for it, because to trample on [Terri's] rights again would be abhorrent," he railed.
The pro-euthansia attorney said it was "cruel and inhuman" not to starve Ms. Schiavo to death.
"It is cruel and inhuman to say to a patient who says I don't want to be artificially fed to remove her feeding tube, have her enter the death process and then start life support again."
Pledging to save Schiavo's life on Friday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay called Mr. Felos "the personification of evil."
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Complaining about efforts by congressional Republicans to have Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, attorney George Felos told a press conference yesterday: "I want to say to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and Tom Harkin and the - Patrick Leahy and the Democratic senators: Don't do this to Terri Schiavo again."
"To have her feeding tube inserted by a subsequent act of Congress before she dies would be a horrific act upon her body," he claimed.
Felos praised Sen. Ron Wyden for blocking one version of a Senate bill crafted to save Ms. Schiavo's life, saying he made a "valiant effort."
But he urged voters to pressure Clinton and other Democrats to keep the starvation process going:
"I'm going to say again and again to the constituents of Kerry, Clinton, Leahy, Feinstein, Boxer: Terri Schiavo's life is in your hands. ... You write these senators, you call them."
Felos said Democrats who allowed a Senate vote on a milder version of legislation crafted to save Schiavo should be "ashamed."
"Wear your shame for what you did and atone for it, because to trample on [Terri's] rights again would be abhorrent," he railed.
The pro-euthansia attorney said it was "cruel and inhuman" not to starve Ms. Schiavo to death.
"It is cruel and inhuman to say to a patient who says I don't want to be artificially fed to remove her feeding tube, have her enter the death process and then start life support again."
Pledging to save Schiavo's life on Friday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay called Mr. Felos "the personification of evil."
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George Felos - Making Terri Schiavo Pay For the "Sins" of His Ex-Wife?
From a January 2005 posting, we are given a little insight into the insanity of George Felos, the same attorney that was on television condemning lawmakers for getting involved, calling the move "the lowest type of political strong-arming," more befitting "Stalin's Politburo" than the U.S. Congress:
Who is George Felos? He is Michael Schiavo's attorney and has been a key proponent of putting Terri Schiavo to death. To say Felos is a diabolical servant of Satan is an understatement.
George Felos' book, "Litigation as Spiritual Practice" (Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2002) contains the following quotes.
About the Jews, George Felos wrote, "The Jewish people, long ago in their collective consciousness, agreed to play the role of the lamb whose slaughter was necessary to shock humanity into a new moral consciousness. Their sacrifice saved humanity at the brink of extinction and propelled us into a new age." (pg 240)
Felos further wrote, "If our minds can conceive of an uplifting Holocaust, can it be so diffucult to look another way at the slights and injuries and abuses we perceive were inflicted upon us?" (pg 240)
Describing the period he was separated from his ex-wife, "that weekend I experienced rage. Savage, unadulterated, and murderous rage." (pg 6)
Felos wrote about his ex-wife, "To her, I seemed unattractive, sexually unexciting, balding, boring, and just not enough fun to be with....she didn't need me anymore. For her, marriage to me inflicted a fate worse than death. She admitted that for the past year or so she had wished for my death, and whenever I flew hoped the plane would crash." (pg 7)
About his anger towards his ex-wife, "I was on fire, fueled by thoughts of bludgeoning and tearing her apart." (pg 23)
Describing the period he was recuperating from his divorce, "it consisted mostly of dreams of being tormented in some inferno." (pg 27)
"Mrs Browning, do you want to die? Do you want to die? - I nearly shouted as I continued to peer into her pools of strikingly beautiful but incognizant blue. It felt so eerie." (pg 63)
"Whatever your opinion about tube feeding, the hard fact was it now stood between Mrs. Browning and her death." (pg 64)
About Mrs. Estelle Browning "...I carried with me the resolute determination to sever the artificial cord that bound Estelle Browning to this earthly realm. Her agonized cry for release ran though my mind over and over again, and I felt our SPIRITUAL BOND." (pg 76)
While on a plane trip, Felos thought "I wonder what it would be like to die right now?" (pg 181)
Felos felt that God told him, "You are more powerful than you realize." (pg 182)
About the Estelle Browning case, "I still got a kick that evening seeing myself on the TV news, notwithstanding my frequently displayed countenance in the media of late."
"If I had to urinate, I didn't wait until the next commercial, I immediately got up and went. On the first urge to defecate, I left for the bathroom rather than making one more phone call." (pg 292)
"I can truly say my wife was enamored with me. I suppose power and success really are potent aphrodisiacs-as my spouse had made particularly evident our previous night at the Governor's Inn. " (pg 246)
This is the kind of person the Florida Supreme Court sided with when determining that Michael Schiavo had the "right" to kill Terri by starvation, over the pleas of Terri's parents, who have agreed to accept all financial responsibility for her future care if only their daughter were returned to them.
God is not mocked. If this proceeds, if Terri Schiavo is allowed to be murdered in cold blood, there will be hell to pay.
DR
Who is George Felos? He is Michael Schiavo's attorney and has been a key proponent of putting Terri Schiavo to death. To say Felos is a diabolical servant of Satan is an understatement.
George Felos' book, "Litigation as Spiritual Practice" (Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2002) contains the following quotes.
About the Jews, George Felos wrote, "The Jewish people, long ago in their collective consciousness, agreed to play the role of the lamb whose slaughter was necessary to shock humanity into a new moral consciousness. Their sacrifice saved humanity at the brink of extinction and propelled us into a new age." (pg 240)
Felos further wrote, "If our minds can conceive of an uplifting Holocaust, can it be so diffucult to look another way at the slights and injuries and abuses we perceive were inflicted upon us?" (pg 240)
Describing the period he was separated from his ex-wife, "that weekend I experienced rage. Savage, unadulterated, and murderous rage." (pg 6)
Felos wrote about his ex-wife, "To her, I seemed unattractive, sexually unexciting, balding, boring, and just not enough fun to be with....she didn't need me anymore. For her, marriage to me inflicted a fate worse than death. She admitted that for the past year or so she had wished for my death, and whenever I flew hoped the plane would crash." (pg 7)
About his anger towards his ex-wife, "I was on fire, fueled by thoughts of bludgeoning and tearing her apart." (pg 23)
Describing the period he was recuperating from his divorce, "it consisted mostly of dreams of being tormented in some inferno." (pg 27)
"Mrs Browning, do you want to die? Do you want to die? - I nearly shouted as I continued to peer into her pools of strikingly beautiful but incognizant blue. It felt so eerie." (pg 63)
"Whatever your opinion about tube feeding, the hard fact was it now stood between Mrs. Browning and her death." (pg 64)
About Mrs. Estelle Browning "...I carried with me the resolute determination to sever the artificial cord that bound Estelle Browning to this earthly realm. Her agonized cry for release ran though my mind over and over again, and I felt our SPIRITUAL BOND." (pg 76)
While on a plane trip, Felos thought "I wonder what it would be like to die right now?" (pg 181)
Felos felt that God told him, "You are more powerful than you realize." (pg 182)
About the Estelle Browning case, "I still got a kick that evening seeing myself on the TV news, notwithstanding my frequently displayed countenance in the media of late."
"If I had to urinate, I didn't wait until the next commercial, I immediately got up and went. On the first urge to defecate, I left for the bathroom rather than making one more phone call." (pg 292)
"I can truly say my wife was enamored with me. I suppose power and success really are potent aphrodisiacs-as my spouse had made particularly evident our previous night at the Governor's Inn. " (pg 246)
This is the kind of person the Florida Supreme Court sided with when determining that Michael Schiavo had the "right" to kill Terri by starvation, over the pleas of Terri's parents, who have agreed to accept all financial responsibility for her future care if only their daughter were returned to them.
God is not mocked. If this proceeds, if Terri Schiavo is allowed to be murdered in cold blood, there will be hell to pay.
DR
3/19/2005
Shades of Scott Peterson: Michael Schiavo...Terri Knows The Truth...That Is Why Michael Is Insistant On Following Through On Terri's Murder..
Terri Schiavo has not received meaningful therapy since 1991 on the orders of her estranged husband....
This is the third time Terri's husband has had the feeding tube removed...
In 1998, Terri's estranged husband petitioned the circuit courts of Pinellas County, Florida to end her life by removing her feeding tube. If her husband is successful, Terri will die of dehydration and starvation over the course of 10 to 14 days. While there are laws in place to protect her from such things, the courts have decided that her wish would be a death from dehydration and starvation as opposed to therapy and rehabilitation....
Terri receives food and water by way of a gastric feeding tube. There are many amongst us and in all walks of life who receive assisted nutrition and hydration....
Terri is not on life support...she is just unable to feed herself...
Discovered in November 2002: a 1991 bone scan image of Terri Schiavo showing a ‘history of trauma’....
A comprehensive Timeline and Archive of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case can be seen here...
Terri Schiavo's family is fighting for her life...literally...
We must help them...in what ever way we can...
I know that if it was your sister...your mother...whatever...you would be outraged that this has gone as far as it has...I know that if it was MY sister...I would be guns ablazin'...and NO ONE would be able to stop me from preventing proper medical attention to be given to this helpless victim...
The outcome of Terri Schiavo's situation will - eventually - impact ALL OF US...if you are concerned for the well being of all of your loved ones...living and yet-to-be-born...ACT NOW!
FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOUR OPINION BE HEARD!
DR
This is the third time Terri's husband has had the feeding tube removed...
In 1998, Terri's estranged husband petitioned the circuit courts of Pinellas County, Florida to end her life by removing her feeding tube. If her husband is successful, Terri will die of dehydration and starvation over the course of 10 to 14 days. While there are laws in place to protect her from such things, the courts have decided that her wish would be a death from dehydration and starvation as opposed to therapy and rehabilitation....
Terri receives food and water by way of a gastric feeding tube. There are many amongst us and in all walks of life who receive assisted nutrition and hydration....
Terri is not on life support...she is just unable to feed herself...
Discovered in November 2002: a 1991 bone scan image of Terri Schiavo showing a ‘history of trauma’....
A comprehensive Timeline and Archive of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case can be seen here...
Terri Schiavo's family is fighting for her life...literally...
We must help them...in what ever way we can...
I know that if it was your sister...your mother...whatever...you would be outraged that this has gone as far as it has...I know that if it was MY sister...I would be guns ablazin'...and NO ONE would be able to stop me from preventing proper medical attention to be given to this helpless victim...
The outcome of Terri Schiavo's situation will - eventually - impact ALL OF US...if you are concerned for the well being of all of your loved ones...living and yet-to-be-born...ACT NOW!
FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOUR OPINION BE HEARD!
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Terri Schiavo Is Not a Murderer...a Serial Killer...a Terrorist...a Rapist...Why, Then, Are People Trying To Kill Her??
On Friday, March 18, less than an hour after Sixth Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer defied subpoenas issued by a Congressional committee for Terri Schindler-Schiavo to appear as a federal witness in a Congressional investigation, attorneys for Terri’s parents, Mary and Bob Schindler, visited Terri to tell her that the death order was going to be executed and that she would die.
When asked by her parents and their attorneys if she wanted to live, Terri Schiavo made two conscious attempts to say “Yeah” and began to cry when told that her husband, Michael Schiavo, would be removing her feeding tube on orders of Judge Greer, which would result in her death by starvation....
Read the entire first hand last visit narrative by Barbara Weller who with David Gibbs III of the Gibbs Law Firm of Seminole, Fl., is representing the Schindler family in their efforts to save Terri’s life....
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When asked by her parents and their attorneys if she wanted to live, Terri Schiavo made two conscious attempts to say “Yeah” and began to cry when told that her husband, Michael Schiavo, would be removing her feeding tube on orders of Judge Greer, which would result in her death by starvation....
Read the entire first hand last visit narrative by Barbara Weller who with David Gibbs III of the Gibbs Law Firm of Seminole, Fl., is representing the Schindler family in their efforts to save Terri’s life....
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Starvation vs Underwear on Head
The left just continues to get more and more bizzare as time goes on...
We were subjected to hours...days...weeks...of seeing the same picture over and over again of a prisoner forced to wear women's underwear on his head...and the lefties were OUTRAGED!
Now, in Florida, an insane, egotistical judge...who is determined not to be outdone by Congress...ordered a woman's feeding tube to be removed...she will EVENTUALLY starve to death...a long, drawn out process from what I have been hearing...and the left is jumping to defend the judge...defend the 'husband' who is determined to murder his wife (guess his first attempt was unsuccessful, huh)...ignore the pleading family, parents...who only want to care for their daughter and send the 'husband' on his way...yet, the left is claiming "LET" her die...
WTF!
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We were subjected to hours...days...weeks...of seeing the same picture over and over again of a prisoner forced to wear women's underwear on his head...and the lefties were OUTRAGED!
Now, in Florida, an insane, egotistical judge...who is determined not to be outdone by Congress...ordered a woman's feeding tube to be removed...she will EVENTUALLY starve to death...a long, drawn out process from what I have been hearing...and the left is jumping to defend the judge...defend the 'husband' who is determined to murder his wife (guess his first attempt was unsuccessful, huh)...ignore the pleading family, parents...who only want to care for their daughter and send the 'husband' on his way...yet, the left is claiming "LET" her die...
WTF!
DR
3/18/2005
Why is Michael Schiavo So Anxious To Kill His Wife?
...we really should pay attention to the "husband" of this poor woman...what is he afraid of ?
Is Michael Schiavo afraid that Terri Schiavo will wake up some day and be able to tell the world what really happened to her?
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Is Michael Schiavo afraid that Terri Schiavo will wake up some day and be able to tell the world what really happened to her?
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Judge George Greer: Portrait of a Murderer
This is what a murderer looks like
James Atticus Bowden wrote a very moving piece at Chronwatch:
George Greer ordered the killing of Terry Schiavo to begin on March 18. Terry Schiavo will suffer a very painful starvation death. George Greer decides death. He denied six motions without access to hearing. Greer gets to kill Terry because he is a judge. And this judge’s bloody hands will make every official and citizen in Florida a Pontius Pilate.
Judge George Greer will kill Terry Schiavo as his exercise of ''choice.'' The law didn’t demand her death for a crime. A jury of her peers didn’t condemn her to capital punishment for committing a heinous wrong. A circuit judge finds her family’s pitiful appeal for her life tiresome. He orders her to die. Her life is inconvenient, perhaps incriminating for her husband, now that he has another woman and two kids. He won’t divorce her and give her parents custody as they beg for her life. They offered him all the insurance money, but Michael wants her dead. It’s his choice, adult abortion, and a pro-choice judge will oblige.
It doesn’t matter that Terry responds to people. It means nothing that no one else agrees that she wouldn’t want to live on life support. It’s less than nothing that she is Roman Catholic and Catholics from the Pope down plead for her life. It’s inconsequential that a woman suffering a greater disability recently woke up after 20 years. It’s worthless that studies indicate that persons in comas hear, feel, and know more than ever suspected.
Judge George Greer plays black-robed priest-king-god deciding life and death for a human being. Where is that power of choice in the U.S. Constitution or the Florida Code? Does Florida law say Pinellas County Circuit Judges settle traffic fines, domestic disputes, and “if a person is helpless, the judge can declare them worthless and end their life at the time of his choosing?”
Mr. George Greer will kill Terry Schiavo because no one will stop him. Judges built this power since Thomas Jefferson—who wrote the foundation document of the American Nation and understood its principles best—warned, “The opinion which gives the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their sphere, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.” So, it came true from the late 1940s until the U.S. Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution, just made it up, to create a culture of death as ''the law of the land'' in Roe v. Wade (1973).
No federal or state legislature, or executive, stood up to the bullying judiciary. The politicians elected by The People didn’t limit the jurisdiction of the courts, abolish the courts and fix them, or impeach them – as the Constitution gives them the right, and duty, to do. The appointed politicians on the bench, and they are political animals, became corrupted by power.
Judges ban the free exercise of Christianity from public places and cleanse the monuments to the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments with impunity. Judges play God if our rights are what judges say, not God-given. Who is going to stop them? Where are leaders who believe what Thomas Jefferson said, “A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature and not as a gift from their chief magistrate. The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but can not disjoin them?”
The People must lead when leaders fail. Especially, if Americans believe as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “There are two types of laws: just and unjust. One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” This includes unjust judges.
The test for just and unjust laws isn’t the fact that a priest-king for Human Secular Totalitarianism, called a judge, says so. Dr. King said, “A just law is a man-made law that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is code that is out of harmony with the moral law.”
Gov. Bush: Grant clemency. Have state troopers protect Terry Schiavo--endowed by her “Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Florida Legislature: Impeach George Greer.
Florida Citizens: Demand action or lose your liberty to Judicial Tyrants.
All of America: You’re next.
About the Writer: James Atticus Bowden has specialized in inter-disciplinary long range "futures" studies for over a decade. Employed by a Defense Department contractor, he is a retired United States Army Infantry Officer, and a 1972 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He earned graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and holds three elected Republican Party offices in Virginia. Contact at jatticus@aol.com.
Judge George Greer is a murderer that thinks he has a license to kill!
DR
Newsweek: LET Terri die
Now it is getting ridiculous...
Newsweek's headline "The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die" is a clear indicator of exactly where some people are today...
Terri's parents aren't asking her former husband to do anything other than let them take care of their daughter...
What is this world coming to anyway? Has everyone gone insane??
Pro death advocates everywhere you look...
Now I am hearing on the radio that some Florida stations are reporting that the feeding tube has already been removed...
If that is the case, we need a full investigation...
NO ONE on this planet is unaware of the conflict surrounding Terri Schiavo...least of all her physicians and nurses...
If Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has been pulled because some insane judge is on an ego trip...WE NEED TO KNOW WHY
DR
Newsweek's headline "The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die" is a clear indicator of exactly where some people are today...
Terri's parents aren't asking her former husband to do anything other than let them take care of their daughter...
What is this world coming to anyway? Has everyone gone insane??
Pro death advocates everywhere you look...
Now I am hearing on the radio that some Florida stations are reporting that the feeding tube has already been removed...
If that is the case, we need a full investigation...
NO ONE on this planet is unaware of the conflict surrounding Terri Schiavo...least of all her physicians and nurses...
If Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has been pulled because some insane judge is on an ego trip...WE NEED TO KNOW WHY
DR
Tenured Professor Fabricates Research To Secure Grants
The cesspool that is widening in the universe that is academia just took a turn for the worse...
...now, don't misunderstand me - I am not against ALL of academia...just the bad apples...and there are plenty of them it appears...
the latest? A former medical school professor was accused Thursday of fabricating research data on closely watched topics such as menopause, aging and hormone supplements to win millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government.
Prosecutors said Eric T. Poehlman, 49, a former tenured professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, would fabricate his research to make his proposals look more intriguing, in the hope that the government would be more likely to dole out grants to him....diverting millions of dollars from Public Health Service to support his research projects....he actually falsified and fabricated test results...Poehlman lied about the number of subjects he had tested...and changed the data about their physical characteristics and test results to create trends that did not occur in the research...
During the two-year investigation, Poehlman deleted electronic evidence of his falsifications, presented false testimony and documents and influenced other witnesses to provide false documents, the U.S. attorney's office said....Poehlman resigned from the medical school in 2001 and moved to Montreal, Canada to work as a researcher....
The thing that struck me most was that this creep was living high off the hog...falsifying data in order to maintain his lifestyle...and how many people were adversely impacted with his lies?
This is bad...very, very bad...for academia...for you...for me...makes me wonder how many others are out there waiting to be 'discovered'?
DR
...now, don't misunderstand me - I am not against ALL of academia...just the bad apples...and there are plenty of them it appears...
the latest? A former medical school professor was accused Thursday of fabricating research data on closely watched topics such as menopause, aging and hormone supplements to win millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government.
Prosecutors said Eric T. Poehlman, 49, a former tenured professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, would fabricate his research to make his proposals look more intriguing, in the hope that the government would be more likely to dole out grants to him....diverting millions of dollars from Public Health Service to support his research projects....he actually falsified and fabricated test results...Poehlman lied about the number of subjects he had tested...and changed the data about their physical characteristics and test results to create trends that did not occur in the research...
During the two-year investigation, Poehlman deleted electronic evidence of his falsifications, presented false testimony and documents and influenced other witnesses to provide false documents, the U.S. attorney's office said....Poehlman resigned from the medical school in 2001 and moved to Montreal, Canada to work as a researcher....
The thing that struck me most was that this creep was living high off the hog...falsifying data in order to maintain his lifestyle...and how many people were adversely impacted with his lies?
This is bad...very, very bad...for academia...for you...for me...makes me wonder how many others are out there waiting to be 'discovered'?
DR
3/17/2005
Gonna Start Me a Spit-Wad Revolution!
The gnashing of teeth and threats of rioting in the streets over at DU is almost too much to take in during one 'visit'...those moonbats are rabid...
The uproar is not limited to only DU, however...already the outcry can be heard 'round the world...
Polluting Paridise...
The oil under this wilderness will last the US six months. But soon the drilling will begin...
Bush Digs Dry Well in Alaska...
I'm not so sure the jury's in on this one...how does everyone know how much (or little) oil there is?
But the thing is, we have to do something to wean ourselves from dependence on oil from the Middle East...take some of the wind out of their sails if you know what I mean...
As for the 'revolution'...as one commenter noted over at Wizbang, what's funny is hearing the very people that support gun confiscation and hate all weapons are talking about revolution in the streets. What the hell are they going to fight with, spitwads? (Thanks, Zell)...
The uproar is not limited to only DU, however...already the outcry can be heard 'round the world...
Polluting Paridise...
The oil under this wilderness will last the US six months. But soon the drilling will begin...
Bush Digs Dry Well in Alaska...
I'm not so sure the jury's in on this one...how does everyone know how much (or little) oil there is?
But the thing is, we have to do something to wean ourselves from dependence on oil from the Middle East...take some of the wind out of their sails if you know what I mean...
As for the 'revolution'...as one commenter noted over at Wizbang, what's funny is hearing the very people that support gun confiscation and hate all weapons are talking about revolution in the streets. What the hell are they going to fight with, spitwads? (Thanks, Zell)...
Them libs do make such a noise everytime they get their panties in a wad...
DR
3/16/2005
Komrades! Come Together and Defend Castro!
"We urge the governments of the commission's member countries to not permit [the resolution] to be used to legitimize the anti-Cuban aggression of the administration of [President] Bush," the letter said....Washington maintains a four-decades-old trade embargo against the island, and trade and travel restrictions have been steadily tightened in recent years....and now it's Bush's 'agression'?
Here are some of the people (US citizens) that joined Ramsey Clark in signing the anti-U.S. letter to the U.N.:
Danny Glover: Founder of the pro-Castro Artists and Writers Committee for Normalization of Relations with Cuba; Film and television star; Supporter of the Communist dictatorship of Cuba, and the Maoist group Not In Our Name; "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been [the U.S.], whether it's been against Nicaragua, Vietnam or wherever."; Signatory to "The Conscience of the World," a public letter condemning the War in Iraq...
Howard Zinn: Now 82, Zinn might be best known for "A People's History of the United States" (1980). Or maybe his visit to Hanoi during the Vietnam War to take into his own hands the matter of prisoner-of-war exchanges....He became a political contrarian when he attended a Communist rally in Times Square during the early 20th century....A World War II bombardier, he organized shipyard workers, became an activist in the civil rights movement and preached nonviolent civil disobedience and a distrust of all authority....His activism at the all-female, primarily black Spelman College in Atlanta led to his dismissal. He joined the faculty of Boston University and resumed his activism with students, along the way writing plays that extol Emma Goldman and Karl Marx....All of the people who appear in "Zinn" champion him without reservation, including Daniel Berrigan, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Tom Hayden and former student Alice Walker....
Alice Walker??
oh, yea..yea..yea...SHE'S another signer...now we know why...
Leftist activist Saul Landau...
James Petras, who's listed at Rebellion.org with Naom Chomsky...
Author James Cockcroft writes in 2003 to Naom Chomsky, declaring "...the US government...spreads terrorism"...talks about the "Bush phase of US imperialism" and emphatically states that he has "... always CRITICALLY supported the Cuban Revolution and will continue to do so."
Novelist Russell Banks, who rubs elbows with Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover (see above)
James Early has long been a friend of Cuba...he is also the Director of Cultural Studies and Communication at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C...
Ann Sparanese, a member of the governing Council of the American Library Association, has been called "A U.S. Librarian Defends Castro"...
Margaret Randall, American born writer, photographer, and activist was born in New York in 1936, denounced her U.S. citizenship at some point; lived in Mexico City; lived in Cuba from 1969-1980; came back to the U.S. and was told to leave because of her overt support for communism; won her case; her biography states: "..resolution of her case enabled Randall to "come out" as a lesbian, which becomes evident in her writings and teaching.."
Jane Franklin: Though it is Jane Franklin who can more frequently be heard heaping praise on Cuba’s “established system of human rights,” and declaring its health and education systems “a model for the rest of the world,” the husband and wife team jointly insist that Cuba is the victim of U.S. terrorism...
....So you see, Ramsey Clark is in good company...he is among his friends...the supporters of communist dictators...
Don't tell me communism isn't alive and well...
DR
Here are some of the people (US citizens) that joined Ramsey Clark in signing the anti-U.S. letter to the U.N.:
Danny Glover: Founder of the pro-Castro Artists and Writers Committee for Normalization of Relations with Cuba; Film and television star; Supporter of the Communist dictatorship of Cuba, and the Maoist group Not In Our Name; "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been [the U.S.], whether it's been against Nicaragua, Vietnam or wherever."; Signatory to "The Conscience of the World," a public letter condemning the War in Iraq...
Howard Zinn: Now 82, Zinn might be best known for "A People's History of the United States" (1980). Or maybe his visit to Hanoi during the Vietnam War to take into his own hands the matter of prisoner-of-war exchanges....He became a political contrarian when he attended a Communist rally in Times Square during the early 20th century....A World War II bombardier, he organized shipyard workers, became an activist in the civil rights movement and preached nonviolent civil disobedience and a distrust of all authority....His activism at the all-female, primarily black Spelman College in Atlanta led to his dismissal. He joined the faculty of Boston University and resumed his activism with students, along the way writing plays that extol Emma Goldman and Karl Marx....All of the people who appear in "Zinn" champion him without reservation, including Daniel Berrigan, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Tom Hayden and former student Alice Walker....
Alice Walker??
oh, yea..yea..yea...SHE'S another signer...now we know why...
Leftist activist Saul Landau...
James Petras, who's listed at Rebellion.org with Naom Chomsky...
Author James Cockcroft writes in 2003 to Naom Chomsky, declaring "...the US government...spreads terrorism"...talks about the "Bush phase of US imperialism" and emphatically states that he has "... always CRITICALLY supported the Cuban Revolution and will continue to do so."
Novelist Russell Banks, who rubs elbows with Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover (see above)
James Early has long been a friend of Cuba...he is also the Director of Cultural Studies and Communication at the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C...
Ann Sparanese, a member of the governing Council of the American Library Association, has been called "A U.S. Librarian Defends Castro"...
Margaret Randall, American born writer, photographer, and activist was born in New York in 1936, denounced her U.S. citizenship at some point; lived in Mexico City; lived in Cuba from 1969-1980; came back to the U.S. and was told to leave because of her overt support for communism; won her case; her biography states: "..resolution of her case enabled Randall to "come out" as a lesbian, which becomes evident in her writings and teaching.."
Jane Franklin: Though it is Jane Franklin who can more frequently be heard heaping praise on Cuba’s “established system of human rights,” and declaring its health and education systems “a model for the rest of the world,” the husband and wife team jointly insist that Cuba is the victim of U.S. terrorism...
....So you see, Ramsey Clark is in good company...he is among his friends...the supporters of communist dictators...
Don't tell me communism isn't alive and well...
DR
Ramsey Clark Signs Anti-U.S./Pro-Cuba U.N. Letter
Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Alice Walker, and Ramsey Clark - all from the United States - have joined other communists and Marxists from around the world in signing a document supporting Cuba at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
They criticized the US government for trying to manipulate and focus on the human rights issue to justify strengthening their blockade and aggressive Cuban policy, in violation of international law...
Their position has been couched as the US violating international law? All the while ignoring the oppression that the Cuban people have had to suffer under Castro...but these guys are good, cigar-smoking buddies of Castro...
Ramsey Clark, a former US attorney general who became a tool for the extreme left wing (aka communists), is no stranger to his anti-U.S. sentiment. He wrote an extreme anti-everything-US-letter to Kofi Annan in January 2004.
This is shocking...disturbing...while the U.S. is fighting a war, trying to preserve the freedom of all citizens...a former US attorney general and other moonbats (ie: hollywood goofballs) are trying to undermine - in broad daylight - everything we stand for...working against their own country in order to gain approval of fellow commies worldwide...
DR
They criticized the US government for trying to manipulate and focus on the human rights issue to justify strengthening their blockade and aggressive Cuban policy, in violation of international law...
Their position has been couched as the US violating international law? All the while ignoring the oppression that the Cuban people have had to suffer under Castro...but these guys are good, cigar-smoking buddies of Castro...
Ramsey Clark, a former US attorney general who became a tool for the extreme left wing (aka communists), is no stranger to his anti-U.S. sentiment. He wrote an extreme anti-everything-US-letter to Kofi Annan in January 2004.
This is shocking...disturbing...while the U.S. is fighting a war, trying to preserve the freedom of all citizens...a former US attorney general and other moonbats (ie: hollywood goofballs) are trying to undermine - in broad daylight - everything we stand for...working against their own country in order to gain approval of fellow commies worldwide...
DR
3/14/2005
Guide for the Mexican Migrant Lays Out Illegal Aliens "Rights"
So, the Mexican government is still insisting that the Guide for the Mexican Migrant is only "helpful information" and does not support illegal immigration to the United States...
...and you *might* believe it...
...until some of the pages are translated for you...
si te detienen, tienes derechos! translates to: if they stop to you, you have rights!
Oh really?
Since when do illegal anythings have "rights"? Aren't these law breakers? How do they get "rights"??
Here are more of the "rights" translated in this "helpful guide"...
____________________________
your rights are:
knowledge of where you are
to request that they allow you to communicate with representatives of the Consulate of Mexico so that you receive support
not to declare or to sign documents, if they are in English, without access of a defense counsel or representative of the Mexican Consulate
To receive delicate medical attention if you are injured or of health
To be respected and to have a worthy treatment, without concerning your migratory quality
To that they transfer to you of safe form
To have water and food whenever you need
Not these forced to provide your migratory quality to the lengthy being
not to be struck or to be insulted
not to be incomunicado
If they take your things from you, it requests a comprobante so that you can demand them at the time of being released
If you experience any violation to these rights, it is important that you give the information to your lawyer or the representative of the Consulate of Mexico that visits to you; or, to the Delegation of the Secretary of Outer Relations in Mexican territory
If you want greater information and you live in Texas, the United States, or in City It rocks, Coahuila, it tunes "the Powerful one" in the 1570 of A.M.
__________________
Interesting, isn't it, what one person will call 'helpful information for survival' - I call 'laying out the parameters of how you can break the laws of a neighboring country'
DR
...and you *might* believe it...
...until some of the pages are translated for you...
si te detienen, tienes derechos! translates to: if they stop to you, you have rights!
Oh really?
Since when do illegal anythings have "rights"? Aren't these law breakers? How do they get "rights"??
Here are more of the "rights" translated in this "helpful guide"...
____________________________
your rights are:
knowledge of where you are
to request that they allow you to communicate with representatives of the Consulate of Mexico so that you receive support
not to declare or to sign documents, if they are in English, without access of a defense counsel or representative of the Mexican Consulate
To receive delicate medical attention if you are injured or of health
To be respected and to have a worthy treatment, without concerning your migratory quality
To that they transfer to you of safe form
To have water and food whenever you need
Not these forced to provide your migratory quality to the lengthy being
not to be struck or to be insulted
not to be incomunicado
If they take your things from you, it requests a comprobante so that you can demand them at the time of being released
If you experience any violation to these rights, it is important that you give the information to your lawyer or the representative of the Consulate of Mexico that visits to you; or, to the Delegation of the Secretary of Outer Relations in Mexican territory
If you want greater information and you live in Texas, the United States, or in City It rocks, Coahuila, it tunes "the Powerful one" in the 1570 of A.M.
__________________
Interesting, isn't it, what one person will call 'helpful information for survival' - I call 'laying out the parameters of how you can break the laws of a neighboring country'
DR
3/13/2005
If You Love Free Speech, Join the Coalition
Join the Online Coalition, whose motto is "from left to right, preserve our rights"
It is important to understand what is at stake here:
This from Captain Ed: A group of bloggers from across the political spectrum which intends on fighting any encroachment on our right to free and unfettered political debate. Today members of our group presented FEC chairman Scott Thomas with our concerns over the direction the FEC will take in regulating Internet speech, as regards the lawsuit brought by Shays-Meehan.
The transcript from Red State
As Mark Twain so aptly noted: No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
DR
It is important to understand what is at stake here:
This from Captain Ed: A group of bloggers from across the political spectrum which intends on fighting any encroachment on our right to free and unfettered political debate. Today members of our group presented FEC chairman Scott Thomas with our concerns over the direction the FEC will take in regulating Internet speech, as regards the lawsuit brought by Shays-Meehan.
The transcript from Red State
As Mark Twain so aptly noted: No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
DR
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