Terri Schiavo's Family Celebrates Her 40th Birthday, Hundreds Send Cards

LifeNews.com ^ | December 3, 2003 | Steven Ertelt

[Lauren BaRecall]

Michael wants to kill her, and it obviously isn't with kindness.

There are legal standards, such as having a yearly plan for therapy, etc., but the courts have allowed him to leave them unfulfilled. Michael isn't the only cruel one in the bunch. Greer, et al, should be thrown off the bench.

Talk about the sins that cry to heaven to be avenged....

[Lauren BaRecall]

Yes, you're right about her Constitutional rights.

Greer, et al, are allowing this. They are enabling Michael to do this to Terri. Given their pro euthanasia agenda, what's their excuse for allowing the First Amendment rights violations? I'd really love to know.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Birthday party pics are up on Terri's website!

Hey, I wonder whose table that is in the background?

[Theodore R.]

Yes, he killed her cats, and where is PETA? No where to be found, as all the socialist/liberal organizations to my knowledge march in lockstep with Schiavo-Felos.

[Theodore R.]

Why do you think the Pinellas voters continue to ratify the selections of Greer, Baird, and so many other liberal judges of both parties? Is it just a matter of "name recognition" or is it ignorance of or support for these liberal (even if Republican)judges' agenda?

[Theodore R.]

I've been puzzling over legal guardianship. It evidently confers absolute power. Terri is a slave without any rights. In this incident, he takes away her first-amendment religious rights. Similarly, he won't let her have flowers, he bars visitors, he won't let her sit up, he won't let her go outside, he stole all her therapy money, he denies her needed medical treatment, he sticks her away in a back room, he has tried several times to deny her even her basic right -- life (fifth, fourteenth amendments). And, he denied her the Communion host when she received last rites.


Absolutely! And yet this Wolfson thing says that Michael R. Schiavo is an "outstanding husband." Shakespeare could have never devised such horrors!

[Dante3]

Michael should be reported to PETA.

[Dante3]

Wolfson obiously is not neutral. How could he possibly label Michael, surely the husband from hell, an OUTSTANDING husband?

[T'wit]

> this Wolfson thing says that Michael R. Schiavo is an "outstanding husband."

If Wolfson is married, he might try asking his wife what she thinks about Michael intentionally refusing Terri treatment for a urinary tract infection.

I'll bet he won't have to go on to questions two, about stealing Terri's wedding rings, and question three, shacking up with Jodi but refusing to divorce Terri because he wants to kill her for her estate.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I think some voters buy into the liberal agenda, some vote for the incumbent, and some vote for the Republican label.

I've seen for some time that liberals have been joining the Republican Party, under the description of "moderate." Or "social liberal, fiscal conservative." This is a very dangerous development, especially for the pro-life movement. I've already heard true Republicans being marginalized by the labels "right wingers," "far right," or "radical right," by the RINOs who are infiltrating the party.

Take a look at the CA recall election. The vast majority of voters wanted the Ultra Liberal Davis out. Ok, who to vote for? The media was captivated by Arnold S., and convinced the public that Tom McClintock didn't have a prayer. As Rush always says, the litmus test was abortion. Many pro-life people voted for Arnold, because they were desperate to get rid of Davis, and getting some of what you want is better than getting none of what you want. (An Aunt and Uncle of mine were among those voters, by the way.)

Sure enough, McClintock lost, but his candidacy was of extreme importance, not only because he kept his word to stay in the race, he also was a man who truly represented his party, and gave pro-lifers a voice, and the opportunity to vote their consciences. By his presence on the ballot, he stood for the integrity of the party, which was a great and noble thing for him to do.

I can easily see some people voting for Greer because he's "tough on crime" or whatever, and he's a Republican, and we'll get more from him than we would from his Democrat challenger.

In the same vein, there is significant talk that Rudy Giuliani is going to challenge Ms. Witch for her Senate seat in 2006. I remember that in his first Mayoral run, he was pro-life, and he lost to Dinkins. Rudy defeated Dinkins, the second time around, and it was the new, improved, pro abortion Rudy who was sworn into office. In other words, he sold out.

I found out recently, through the Sean Hannity show, that Rudy is pro partial birth abortion. Now who would I vote for? This is a *real* dilemma.

The more that voters accept pro abortion/pro euthanasia RINOs, the less choice we'll have. That scares me.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Where can I find a source other than Terri's website?

If there is one, I'll email it to PETA.

[Lauren BaRecall]

If Wolfson is married, he might try asking his wife what she thinks about Michael intentionally refusing Terri treatment for a urinary tract infection.

This deserves a prize! :oD

(applause)

[phenn]

Bad news, kids. The press seems to be taking a very negative slant this weekend and is churning out quite a few "yay for death" articles and opinion pieces that are inaccurate and false. I suspect (though I could be wrong) that End of Life Choices has indeed launched their Florida campaign and this has something to do with that. If I'm right about that, there is probably more of this "death is cool" nonsense to be shoved down everyone's throats very soon.

The public arena has been pretty important in Terri's case. For years, press and media and misreported her condition. They've practically sided with those who want inconvenient people hurried out the door. They've overlooked (time and time again I might add) some pretty monumental irregularities in the court proceedings and, perhaps most inhumane, have totally ignored evidence that Terri maintains a far greater level of awareness and ability than her guardian and his lawyer would like the world to believe.

You decide for yourself if they are attempting to protect the court or furthering the Hemlock Society's agenda. I would assess that it's a bit of both.

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Miami Herald - Public Backs the Right to Die
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/7433131.htm
>>Gov. Bush acted to keep Schiavo alive after thousands of e-mails and phone calls engineered by antiabortion activists, who view the case as a legal foothold in their quest to undo the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.<<
BY LESLEY CLARK AND PETER WALLSTEN
lclark@herald.com
Feedback page: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/contact_us/feedback_np1/

Herald Tribune - A persistent state On Terri Schiavo's birthday, 'enmity between the parties'
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031207/OPINION/312070825/1030
>>No such miracle happened; they rarely do for people in a "persistent vegetative state" -- Schiavo's diagnosed condition since she suffered cardiac arrest in 1990. Despite therapy, she cannot even swallow food or water; a feeding tube sustains her. <<
No Author given
Letters to the editor: http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?CATEGORY=OPINION04

Jacksonville.com - Schiavo case makes King revisit past (Older article)
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110203/woo_13937081.shtml
>>It will be his last year as Senate president. And he clearly wants to protect the legislation he sponsored years ago, the legislation that remains very personal.<<
Author: mark.woods@jacksonville.com.
(Mr. King's email addy is king.james.web@flsenate.gov)

Bradenton.com - Gephardt says he opposed Bush's involvement in Schiavo matter
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/7431485.htm
>>"I don't think that legislatures and governors ought to be inserting themselves in these questions," the Missouri congressman told reporters. "I think the court has a made a ruling in this case and it's a matter that courts ought to decide."<<
Associated Press
(Mr. Gephardt's headquarters - info@dickgephardt2004.com)

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[phenn]

Yikes! More uninformed press:
http://tampatrib.com/News/columns/MGAA30QNWND.html

[Dante3]

I saw that Michael killed Terri's cats mentioned in #64. Perhaps that poster knows other sources.

[Dante3]

I checked on google.com. Apparently Michael Schiavo told Larry King that he had Terri's cats put to sleep.

[Theodore R.]

Greer because he's "tough on crime" or whatever,

No, George W. Greer is a "civil court" judge: he handles no criminal cases. Yet he treats a disabled Medicaid patient that he has never seen far, far worse than a common criminal. Pretty soon, the people of FL must say what they stand for? If they stand for George W. Greer, they are indeed a hopeless electorate.

[Theodore R.]

Another thing: people still rarely mention that Michael R. Schiavo, a popular Pinellas Co. resident, has already starved to death his mother and father!!!! Are people in that part of FL just totally clueless? This was not that part of FL where some could not use "butterfly" ballots.

[Lauren BaRecall]

That's an iffy thing then, whether or not PETA would get involved. Michael dispatched the cats, albeit in a "humane way."

Thanks for checking, and I'll let it roll around in my brain for awhile.

[Lauren BaRecall]

That's why I added "or whatever." Ok, how about "honest, fair, no nonsense!" LOL! You know, the kind of stuff that goes into all the political literature.

If they stand for George W. Greer, they are indeed a hopeless electorate.

Sometimes that's the case. There are voters who are not fully informed, or ones who just don't get it.

There are so many people who are retiring down in FL, that it's not really a big surprise that this state has become a hotbed for the euthanasia issue. There's the "Hemlock People" who want to take advantage of the situation. And then there are the utilitarians who welcome the retirees $$$ to build up the state economy, and then want them to die "because the old folks cost us too much money to keep alive."

Do the Seniors down there realize this? I'll take a wild guess and say that the majority doesn't.

I think the saddest thing of all are the Seniors who are willing to be pulled off a feeding tube, because they don't want to be a burden to "the kids." Well, in my mind, the parents are OWED BIG TIME, after having made all those diaper changes, to say the least.