Posted on 04/04/2005 4:34:38 AM PDT by goldstategop
NATIONWIDE
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
ping
"The murderer was Greer and Scientology and Pinellas County."
The point of the article is the cowardly manner in which the Republicans have allowed themselves to be snookered and hosed by the Democrat-controlled judiciary, to the point that they have accepted the leftist view that judges' legal opinions are sacrosanct. This has left the executive and legislative bodies hamstrung and impotent to deal with the out-of-control judges usurpations of freedom. Republican subservience to the judiciary has allowed the will of the people to be effectively stymied. And you can't find a better (or worse) poster boy for this executive failure than Jeb Bush!
"The urge to play God isn’t limited to this Pinellas Court pipsqueak."
C'mon people.
The whole thing has been a tragedy. A terrible tragedy, but we have to go back and study our Constitution here. The whole point of that great document is to balance the three three branches of government. Judges aren't supposed to do the will of the people, they are supposed to uphold the constitution first, and lesser law second. A judge may rule badly, but to talk about the judicial branch as Mullahs? What are you thinking? Do you care about this country and this government of ours or do you just want it like it is in the movies? For 15 years judges have looked at this case carefully. Democrats and Republicans. Do we stampede over States Rights because we don't like this case? Do we Ignore the sanctity of Marriage because we heard that the Husband might have conflicts of interest? This. is. a. tragedy. It happens every DAY in this country but there are no cameras to record it. If we wanted to save everyone (and I do)... we will find we do not have the money to do it. My heart goes out to baby Star, the little girl who was taken off life support recently...OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF HER ENTIRE FAMILY. They did not have health insurance. This tragedy is part of life. We must let Terri Schiavo go.
NOTICE FROM THE TERRI SCHINDLER FOUNDATION
April 2, 2005
The volunteers with the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation join today in mourning with the Schindler family over the loss of their beloved daughter and sister. We firmly believe that justice was not realized in Terri's case and that her death represents both a waste of precious, human life and a tragic failing of one of America's vulnerable citizens.
Throughout this ordeal, the volunteer of Terri's Foundation have served as a tremendous public service to others by raising awareness of her situation and the dangerous precedent it presents.
People from all walks of life have stood with the Schindler family in their efforts to protect Terri Schiavo from a forced death of dehydration and starvation. Many pledged their time, thousands contacted lawmakers and countless individuals kept her story alive across the internet and in communities throughout the world.
In spite of their efforts, many join us now in grief at the loss of a precious person who has been so miserably failed by the system that should have protected her.
In her honor, we must continue our efforts.
Accountability must be demanded of the Judiciary. It is thought by many that guardianship laws of Florida have long been overlooked by the circuit judge presiding over Terri's case. If so, this judge must be held accountable for his actions.
It is also thought that Terri's case presents a dangerous case law that could allow deprivation deaths to be forced upon disabled, elderly and chronically ill individuals more easily. It is time to reexamine the laws so that adequate protections for our vulnerable members of society can be enacted.
Terri's story is not one of a family feud. Rather, it is one of how our system has failed to protect the members of our communities who need protection the most. We must take it upon ourselves to help educate society about the struggles of profoundly disabled people so that their lives and liberties are valued and so they are not made the victim of extreme prejudice.
In the coming weeks, the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation will present a course of action that addresses these issues. We do not seek to interfere in the personal choices of the individual. Rather, we seek to protect those who can fall victim to the whims of others and the hands of judges.
Please be certain to check back soon for information and details of how you can help. If you would like to be updated via email, please contact us here. Note: Your email address will not be shared with any third party.
On behalf of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, we thank all those who dedicated their time, their prayers and their lives to protecting the life and liberty of Terri. Our job is far from done.
http://www.terrisfight.org/now.html
"What are you thinking?"
I guess we're thinking that judges are out of control.
You seem to think that everything is hunky-dory.
"Do we Ignore the sanctity of Marriage because we heard that the Husband might have conflicts of interest?"
Ummm...HE ignored the sanctity of his own marriage. So, YES, the courts need to make some changes when there's a "conflict of interest" with the guardian or a conflict of interest with the Judge and Drs, for that matter.
There's no comparison to the baby Star case and this.
And I'd like you to prove that Terri's situation "happens every DAY in this country". I think that's a line of bs.
Money? Are you trying to argue that Terri's parents didn't have enough to continue caring for her? So, if they could prove that they had enough money, would that change your mind?
And just where does the starvation/dehyration angle of this fit into your "reasoning"?
""in his omniscience, Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer has ruled that Terri was a non-person kept alive with a feeding tube, and that, if she could communicate, she’d say: “Oh, please kill me. How I long for the excruciating experience of being starved to death over two weeks.” "
To coin the phrase, let them all be "Schiavo'd".
Cruel and unusual punishment -- despicable as it may be, France has enough problems!
I'm sorry but I am not willing to "let Terry Schiavo go".
For too long we have looked the other way. If we continue down the path you suggest, soon someone like you will be telling us that we must be willing to "let America go."
Where do we draw the line? I say we must stop this trend of falling down all over ourselves because some Judge somewhere ruled something stupid. We all snicker -- but if we are not careful, the snicker is going to turn into a ROAR.
What seems bizarre to me is why the population -- and the government continue to leave its testicles in the hands of the lesser of the three branches of government.
Ping.
God bless these people, even in their grief they see clearly. They are saying that Terri did not die in vain.
What Terri Schindler Schiavo accomplished, is only beginning to unfold.
Are you aware that people in countries where euthanasia is practiced and accepted, think that what the court ORDERED is barbaric?
Don't you at least see that there's something wrong with ORDERING her not to receive food & water ?
Diogenesis is right.....This is "Not a tragedy. It is an atrocity."
You said it. This is only the beginning.
[*Nicholson voice*] The sheeple can't handle the truth.
Sad fact is, they want to be sheeple.
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