Rules urged on when to halt care in cardiac arrest
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- (this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to July 23.)
Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.
Posted on 07/31/2006 4:58:07 PM PDT by Quiet Man Jr.
Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die
by Robert Schindler, Sr. Posted Jul 31, 2006
As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri’s death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.
Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist let my daughter die. He had it within his authority to save her life, but he turned a blind eye to her suffering. Even worse, he worked to ensure her death.
Terri lived in a neurologically compromised state for reasons that are still unknown, and my family wanted nothing more than permission to care for Terri for the span of her natural life. We were denied.
My daughter tenaciously fought for her life for more than 13 days after being deprived of the most basic, natural and constant need that we all share—the need for nourishment—food and water. Terri was not on a respirator, nor terminally ill. She was not dying, nor succumbing to a dreadful disease. She was disabled. She was dependent on others, but still very much a life, a woman, and a person.
Over the course of several years, our family, our lawyers, and our friends pleaded for help from local, county, and state police and regulatory agencies with constitutional and statutory authority to investigate the many sworn statements of extreme abuse and neglect suffered by our daughter.
Hoping to save my daughter’s life, our family sought the help of Attorney General Charlie Crist. Not only did Charlie Crist refuse our family lawful access to the assets of his office, but he violated his oath of office by actively cooperated with those in positions of political and judicial authority whom denied us legal access to the police and regulatory systems meant to protect the weak. Multiple sworn agents from responsible police and regulatory agencies who found probable cause to investigate allegations of abuse in Terri's judicial and physical care, were ordered to shut down those probes. This heavy-handedness made us powerless.
Information of direct interest to Attorney General Charlie Crist's office was directly delivered to his personal hands, and he refused to properly execute the duties of his office. And it was with deliberate decision that he failed to attend a scheduled Tallahassee meeting with our family. On another occasion, we approached each other by chance. Upon recognizing me, Charlie Crist abruptly stopped and walked away.
That callous action encapsulates Charlie Crist. He walked away from a man whose daughter’s fate he controlled. At that moment, he turned his back on Terri. And he turned his back on the most fundamental duties of his office.
It is quite clear that Charlie Crist, to this day, has demonstrated no public affection for the cause of life, or Christianity, or any set of core values. He has been posturing to become governor for decades. With each voting audience he has crafted a message based on the expediency of the moment.
To add insult to injury, at a recent banquet, our alleged pro-life candidate for the Governor of Florida said the following about Judge George Greer and other judges involved in the death of my daughter, "You are heroes to all of us, and your defense of the judiciary and what is right is beyond admirable."
Through his actions, Charlie Crist has demonstrated that he has no regard for our most vulnerable citizens, the high duties of public office, or life itself. Charlie Crist’s celebration of the merciless judges who condemned Terri to death speaks to his true character.
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FL Governor, 2006 primary, discussion thread (vanity)
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Endorsing Tom Gallagher ..... a List to consider
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Adult stem cell research has already shown promise and results, while embryonic research has drawn a blank. But the latter is about killing human life, hence the emphasis.
The issue is still over humans deciding life and death, this case in infancy or later with disabled and aged.
British Scientists: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Cures "Years Away" If Ever
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Onward and upward for a conservative victory, Floridians!
Leni
Sweet. Thanks, MG.
Put floriduh voter down for Katherine H. and Tom G. too.
If a transcript becomes available, I'll get the link. It won't be at www.tbo.com though. Sorry for the confusion, no thanks to bay news 9.
Last year, Crist said he did not think a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage was needed because a state law is already on the books.
He praised the judges in the Schiavo case as heroes last year, and Stemberger is still talking about the dinner in Miami at which a smiling Crist posed for a photograph with Janet Reno.
Gallagher and Crist can't both be right
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This race for governor is no holds barred.
Skeletons in Crist's closet are coming out and he's running out of time to do damage control.
TOM GALLAGHER FOR GOVERNOR http://www.tg2006.com
BTTT
This is so unbelievable. I lost a child in a traffic accident so I understand the feeling of losing a child. Had something like this happened to him I would have gone insane. No one involved with his death would have been safe from my rage, not the spouse, doctor, nurses or this judge.
Here is the racial slur story re: Crist.
August 2, 2006
(813)288-8400
Right to Life Endorses Harris
Tampa, FL)--- Congresswoman Katherine Harris, the Republican candidate for United States Senate, has accepted the primary election endorsement of the Florida Right to Life Political Action Committee (FRTL). This endorsement was granted to Harris based on her strong commitment toward defending human life.
"Florida Right to Life would like to thank you for your commitment to the Pro-Life cause..." stated Carrie Eisnaugle, Chairman of the FRTL, in her letter to Congresswoman Harris. "This position reflects our appreciation for your stand for the rights of unborn children, the elderly, and the infirmed."
Representative Harris has voted in support of a number of important pro-life legislative initiatives such as the Partial Birth Abortion Act, the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. In addition, Harris has voted to protect Social Security, Medicare and has advanced numerous bills to assist veterans because she believes the U.S. must honor commitments that have been made to our seniors and those who have guarded our national security at great personal cost.
Congresswoman Harris commented, "I am grateful for the support of the FRTL, defending the sanctity of human life is an issue I will continue to champion while serving in the United States Senate."
Rules urged on when to halt care in cardiac arrest
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Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.
In one noteworthy incident, Michael Schiavo, husband of the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, made a campaign stop with Lamont in Hartford. He denounced Lieberman for siding with the Christian fundamentalists and supporting legislation which sought to block his decision to take his wife off life support last year after she had lived more than a decade in a persistent vegetative state.
Schiavo denounced Bush, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other congressional Republicans who were the prime sponsors of the bill, but included Lieberman as a key Democratic ally.
Democratic Party leaders rally behind pro-war Senator Lieberman
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Unborn Child a Parasite, a Tapeworm: Columnist
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A September 1979 issue of Pro Confesso, the student newspaper at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., used a photo of Crist in an article filled with ethnic stereotypes, describing Hispanics as "greaseballs" who came to America in a "Mexican tomato truck."
The unsigned article, under the headline "Read this and weep," shows a dark-haired, mustachioed Crist, renamed "Pablo Gomez." It was the same picture of Crist in that year's student yearbook.
Crist says he had no part in spoof
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Who do you think did a better job presenting their views in Tuesday's Republican Forum?
Charlie Crist : 28%
Tom Gallagher : 71%
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It makes one wonder who is really behind trying to take Carla's license away. I wonder if Eileen Sullivan knows anybody at Palm Gardens. Eileen Sullivan was the original complainant. Recall that Jeb Bush told DOH to drop the complaint against Carla.
Crist has a new radio ad wherein Crist says "I go after the worst of the worst." (look in the mirror Crist and make sure Greer, your hero, is standing right next to you.)
http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com/
CHARLIE CRIST LET TERRI SCHINDLER SCHIAVO DIE
I don't want a "not me" governor. He blew an opportunity to reach out to the Hispanic community. It's all about him, isn't it?
And he did finally drop Rev. Dozier from his Family team. That was another sticky wicket.
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