Posted on 12/16/2005 6:22:20 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
It is frequently said that truth is stranger than fiction. In the case of Michael Schiavo, husband of the now deceased Terri Schiavo, this is precisely correct.
You may recall that during the years that Terri Schiavo suffered from a debilitating condition, Michael worked very hard to acquire legal permission to kill his wife by denying her the basic human right of receiving food and water. He argued that she would not want to be fed through a tube. His view was that she actually died 12 years earlier, and that the person in the hospital bed was not truly alive. Once he succeeded in achieving his goal, and his wife died, it became clear that Schiavo had designs on attaining as much public support and sympathy as possible. In fact, one might say that in the wake of Terri's death, Michael Schiavo was starving - for attention.
He received notoriety due to various awards that pro-death groups chose to give him. He made headlines when a woman in San Francisco was convicted of a crime for posting an internet death threat leveled at Schiavo. The threat read, "If she [Terri] dies, I will kill Michael Schiavo and the judge."
A reporter in Florida claimed that Michael Schiavo, who is a licensed health care provider, was being investigated by medical malpractice authorities due to some alleged misrepresentation on an employment application.
None of this satisfied Schiavo's thirst for recognition; it appeared to know no bounds. In fact, his ego-driven self-absorption has recently launched him into the political realm. He has just announced the formation of the Terri PAC, a political action committee founded to "restore personal freedoms and individual human rights." If you think this is a bit ridiculous, then you are sadly unaware of the immensity of the culture of death into which America is nearly fully immersed.
"Personal freedom" should be based on one's ability to exercise free will and choose between good and evil. This is not the definition currently applied in the United States, however. The majority of our citizenry, for instance, claim a "personal freedom" to murder the innocent preborn child at any point in his life. So it is no surprise that Michael Schiavo is turning to the political realm to make sure that spouses like himself can exercise another aspect of this twisted idea of personal freedom: the "right" to eliminate an inconvenient family member when illness or debilitation strikes.
Some would call that killing. Others would describe it as pure evil. We would hope that very few indeed would perceive it as true "personal freedom." Hope, yes; unfortunately, opinion polls would prove us wrong. The vast majority of Americans condone what Michael Schiavo did to his wife; they also condone taking the lives of preborn children through abortion. It's all about those "personal freedoms" that we Americans supposedly hold so dear.
There's also the sticky subject of "individual rights." Schiavo's announcement suggests that "individual rights" and "personal freedom" are the founding principles of his political action committee. The active component of his effort, however, is gathering support for candidates who support killing the weak and the vulnerable. What, pray tell, is actually at stake? Will anyone challenge Schiavo by inquiring precisely where we are to find the basic individual rights and personal freedoms of those targeted by his goals?
The preborn child is an individual who - according to the likes of Schiavo and most politicians - may not choose to exercise his own rights because he does not have a right to live. So too, according to Schiavo and his supporters, the ill, the severely disabled and the family members who are simply a "drain" have no rights at all, and they surely have no freedom - at least, no freedom from harm.
In Schiavo's view, efforts to save innocent lives are nothing more than political opportunism while those who fall prey to agendas such as his are merely being respected for their individual right to die. As he noted on his new organization's web site, "If our political leaders have taken no lessons from their shameless exploitation of Terri, and the public outcry against it, I have. I have taken my sadness, anger and worry and channeled them into a personal resolution: I will do everything in my power to keep another unsuspecting American family from re-living our private national nightmare."
Excuse me? How could Michael have forgotten the personal agony and the nearly debilitating toll the struggle to protect their daughter took on her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler? It occurs to me that the so-called national nightmare was started by an unloving husband who wished to be free to cavort and beget children with a new mate while denying his wife rehabilitation and care, leaving her to decay. And we are supposed to be thankful that Michael Schiavo is taking his case to the political arena?
C. S. Lewis once wrote, "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."
It is my firm conviction that Lewis' words apply totally to the Michael Schiavos of this world. The problem is, of course, that those who support his point of view (most Americans, it would appear) happen to be in a position to make Michael's version of truth become reality, enlarging that wicked comfort zone that will result in hell on earth for the victims. It's the American way.
Judie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League, the nation's largest Catholic pro-life educational grassroots organization. She is a recognized expert on the sanctity of human life and member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Mrs. Brown is the author of three books.
Always good to read your posts. See #20.
My best to you and yours, Owl.
Good try :-) Ceausescu; Nicolae and Elena. A beast to spell, and a beast in office. He and his wife met their end by a firing squad in the basement, still protesting. A videotape of the execution was made for the amusement and joy of the public.
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Powerful advice!
Hey, I was close : )
That guy was a real piece of work.
Yes, u were. You get bragging rights for being that close.
As an editor, I had to memorize the bleeping thing years ago, and I still check to see if I get it right :-)
They must be fraternal twins. The one on the left is MUCH cuter.
Which one would you rather having hiding in your attic?
The only thing I would add is maybe the testimony of the nurses, who came forward to describe the MS creature as saying things like,"When is that bitch gonna die?" "When she dies, I'm gonna be rich!", and maybe the testimony of the GF MS briefly had before he met his current concubine, who described MS stalking her after she wisely dumped him. No, I don't have links-but the testimony of the nurses is what put me on the Schindler's side. For nurses to come forward and risk their jobs by revealing what they'd seen at their place of employment speaks volumes IMO.
8mmmauser, do you have that link handy? Thanks, FV
Major question. He can will planes to crash with his mind. He said something very damning about the Holocaust.
www.amazon.com (George Felos - ck out his book). Don't buy it though.
To my surprise, I'm glad that this SCHIAVO-GATE is still making news, pings and bumps. Terri was not here for her 42nd birthday because of State Sponsored Murder.
Help pick biggest cover-ups of 2005
The story is in the top ten of stories now in a number of polls. So much for detractors who want the story to "MoveOn".
8mm
Thanks for the link. Millions know the truth and millions more will learn it. God Bless Terri and her blood relatives. www.terrisfight.org
... one might say that in the wake of Terri's death, Michael Schiavo was starving - for attention.He received notoriety due to various awards that pro-death groups chose to give him. He made headlines when a woman in San Francisco was convicted of a crime for posting an internet death threat leveled at Schiavo. The threat read, "If she [Terri] dies, I will kill Michael Schiavo and the judge."
A reporter in Florida claimed that Michael Schiavo, who is a licensed health care provider, was being investigated by medical malpractice authorities due to some alleged misrepresentation on an employment application.
None of this satisfied Schiavo's thirst for recognition; it appeared to know no bounds....
HUH? Other groups giving awards, a kook making death threats against him, and someone else launching an investigation against him is evidence that Michael Schiavo has been insatiably seeking media attention?
Why the hyperbole and distraction? Are the actual facts not really all that compelling?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577331044/qid=1108425945/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/002-8921973-8259242?n=283155
I've said all along that Scott Peterson is a saint by comparison.
me to! Terri could breath on her own. She was brutally murdered! Michael wouldn't even allow a drop of water on her tounge. My friends father is probably going to die today. He had a massive stroke and has been removed from all life support. He is in a Hospice and I was there and watched the care he was being given. He is not being fed but they are giving him water so he isn't dehydrating to death! I think that is so sick to not even allow a person who is dying sips of water. My friends father can't swallow as good as Terri could and they are still giving him cool water into his throat through a tube! I think it is sick to deny water to someone!!!!!!!!!
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