Sounds like Death Cult Town, USA.
Posted on 03/31/2005 10:43:08 PM PST by churchillbuff
Every time a rock is lifted in the Terri Schiavo tragedy, another conflict of interest comes slithering out.
The conflict-of-interest potential in the right-to-die connections among current figures involved in the case are only outdone by the Woodside Hospice board of director’s conflict of interest reality.
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There’s the death-is-beautiful, right-to-die activist Michael Schiavo attorney George Felos.
Don’t make eye contact with Felos, who claims he can ascertain a person’s desire to die by "looking into their eyes" and letting their spirits speak directly to him.
A jumped-up volunteer at Woodside Hospice, Felos became chairman of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, which runs Woodside, and only came off the board about a year after Michael Schiavo placed his estranged wife there.
Then there’s Dr. Ronald Cranford, handpicked by Michael Schiavo to examine Terri and on whose say-so Terri was categorized in "persistent vegetative state". Cranford is the MD who officially ordered Terri’s feeding tube removed on March 18. A neurologist, Cranford testifies in cases such as Terri’s around the country, always pumping the dehydration and starvation side. He was 1992’s featured speaker for the pro-euthanasia Hemlock Society, which was renamed The Choice in Dying Society. (WorldNetDaily).
Cranford nicknamed himself, "Dr. Humane Death".
A bioethicist, and a pioneer in euthanasia and right-to-die issues, Dr. Humane Death is a fully-fledged member of The Choice in Dying Society.
At least Cranford is not a board member of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
Mary Labyak, CEO of Woodside Hospice has direct ties to the Euthanasia Society of America and Hemlock for Hospice, described by Hyscience.com as "an organization that seeks to accelerate the dying process."
Everett Rice, former Pinellas County Sheriff (1988-204) endorsed Judge George Greer for reelection in campaign ads. Rice, a former board member for the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, hired Michael Schiavo while Schiavo’s guardianship proceedings were being heard in the courtroom of his longtime friend, Judge George Greer.
Senator Jim King, who originally upheld the passage of "Terri’s Law", was a board member of Woodside.
Then there’s Gus Michael Bilirikis, Florida State representative 1998-2000 and between 2001-2003, who was on the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast board of directors.
As a county commissioner, Judge Greer was a working colleague of Barbara Sheen Todd (county commissioner) for eight consecutive years. Sheen Todd is also on the board of the hospice where Terri lingers.
Judge Greer’s fellow judge, Judge John Lenderman is the brother of Martha Lenderman, on the same board.
The mainline media has not reported on the myriad conflicts of interest connected to the Terri Schiavo tragedy, although any one interested can read about them on the Internet.
I hope that this stirs up anough interest to keep this on the front burner till the issue is sorted out rightfully...to honor Terri, and the many others like her.
Hey, Freepers...there's a beautiful song dedicated to Terri at this site:
http://www.karaklein.com/home.php
Enjoy!
"Apparently, this hospice has been audited in the past for medicaid fraud, something like 14 million dollars worth. And, supposedly a number of people go into that place when they aren't terminal with 6 months to live."
Patients like Terri? Can anyone explain why Terri was in a Hospice for 5 years in the first place?
And why does a Probate Court judge allowed to make life or death decisions?
I don't think he has jursidiction. Someone should examine that.
I wouldn't say heavily. It was $250.
And for a lawyer, $250 is chump change.
I heard one guy today say that a Zogby poll is going to come out tomorrow that will go completely against these polls.
Also Dobson on the Hannity show tonight read the question that was used in the ABC poll,it was such a web of false premises.
Colmes tried to interrupt Dobson saying this is the Fox poll... Dobsob said whatever they are all using misinformation and he kept on reading.
Colmes is totally insane, you would think that tonight,of all nights, he could muster some sense of decency .
Yep...I'm familiar with that. I'm a paralegal. :)
Thanks for the response. Like I said, I didn't remember where I heard it or the exact details, just wanted clarification.
Colmes got slapped down good tonight. He deserves it.
Slyfox wrote: Apparently, this hospice has been audited in the past for medicaid fraud, something like 14 million dollars worth. And, supposedly a number of people go into that place when they aren't terminal with 6 months to live."""
I sure hope this hedious unjustice doesn't get sweept under a ton of rugs. I'm sure other Hospice's should be investigated all across the country, as well.
Hopefully people will STOP using Hospice's. They are NOT the loving place, they have been portrayed to be. I wonder how many people have been shoved out thru death's door, sooner than would be considered natural.
I'm so sickened by the BS talk by Felos, about Terri having a natural and peaceful death. Starvation and thirst will never be peaceful or beautiful. It's torture, period.
tessalu wrote: MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and ABC all ran polls and did not state all of the true facts in this case. They have willfully mislead the public, I believe. They were trying to create polls and that are slanted, and not just report the news. I will never trust them again to tell the truth, since I have seen this."""""
Great points!!
I realized what spinning LIARS the MSM were, in October of 2003, when Terri spent 7 days of agonizing, hedious thirst and starvation.
The polls were totally meant to skew the results and make American's think what Michael Schiavo did, was right and appropriate.
It was and will always be nothing but MURDER!!
John Lenin wrote: Colmes got slapped down good tonight. He deserves it."""
Colmes needs a trip out to the woodshed by God himself. I never realized how heartless and cold blooded Colmes is before now. He was always a jerk, in the past, but his behavior during Terri's horrible ordeal, has been beyond words.
Colmes loves to say he is a Liberal, in the sense of caring about people. Well, he has no compassion for the sick or down trodden, therefore Colmes is no liberal. He treated Terri's family terrible, with no regard to the pain they were going through. Even I, who can hardly stand him, was embarassed by his lack of any caring.
Does anyone know if Colmes married a younger woman? If so, will she one day, remove his feeding tube and inherit his money? hmmmm.. interesting questions for Colmes..
Also, I'm extremely disappointed by FOX NEWS this past few weeks. They have had several bio-ethics people on their programs, who have totally LIED about Terri's condition. Lied about her pain and also her diagnosis, of PVS.
I've written Fox several emails telling them exactly how I feel about their UNFAIR AND BIASED COVERAGE OF TERRI'S CASE. I've never heard back from the cowards. Oh well, I guess they've lost me as a viewer. I doubt they care.
The Pope might be dying according to CNN. They showed an old video of him receiving a cup of water. I wish Terri would have been given a cup of water. Those who tried to give her water, were arrested in this country, I love so much. What happened to our country? There's no answer to explain it.
Because, Felos had been looking for a 'Jane Roe' to highlight his cause. After he had successfully lobbied for and got the Florida legislature to pass a law making euthanasia a closer reality, and after he had paid off Judge Greer through campaign donations, he was ready to bend the hospice rules a bit which say that a patient must be terminal and have only 6 months to live.
All according to his plan.
It is easy to place the blame on the media when the real culprits are those who refuse to think for themselves.
Herr Schizo probably thinks he will be able to get on with his life. But, that will not happen. He is going to be reminded by everyone he meets that he was the guy who wanted his wife dead and got away with it.
I doubt that your answer to my question is correct. In fact, in my opinion, you are wrong.
Good grief. What does your answer have to do with the tragedy we are discussing? No answer is required.
It all ties in to the breakdown of the nuclear family, morals and values. Too bad you don't see it.
Sounds like Death Cult Town, USA.
"MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and ABC all ran polls and did not state all of the true facts in this case. They have willfully mislead the public, I believe. They were trying to create polls and that are slanted, and not just report the news.
I will never trust them again to tell the truth, since I have seen this."
"Misleading" is too tepid to describe what is happening here..I cannot think of words to describe these entities..Last evening I was in a health club and the CBS evening news came on..About 10 people were standing around, watching the news..Everyone's mouth dropped open as distortion after distortion and half-truth's were spoken by almost every reporter on there. The hatred against the Schindler's dripped from the T.V. Only a woman was half-way fair.. and because I never watch CBS (now I know why), I cannot remember her name..Their version of the evening news was just another version of the forgery they are so famous for.
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