Still Waiting

Dakota Voice ^ | 1/29/2007 | Carrie K. Hutchens

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I don't know about anyone else, but I am still waiting for Michael Schiavo to make a correction on his blog about what "actually" took place in Colorado when he went there (to the debate) to supposedly ask Congresswoman Musgrave one question and she and her staff supposedly tried to have him removed. He called it, "My unreal night in Colorado - with radio link" (Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 08:05:14 PM PST). I'll say (from what I read) that it was his "unreal night".

As I said before in "Standing up and Admitting a Mistake: Not Schiavo's Style?",  if four uniformed officers were around my seat, I would have some idea of what was going on. I certainly wouldn't be sitting in "duh mode" to only be told later of what took place right there around me, as Michael suggests he was. If Michael's account is realistic -- his response and reaction is not. Nor is his response appropriate now that he has "learned" what he was "allegedly told" is not what took place. One would think if he can't get the words out that he was mistaken, he could at least have removed the inaccurate entry from his blog.

He has done neither.

I'm also still waiting to read about, "Also, maybe tomorrow I'll post about my election-eve rally with Bill Clinton in Florida." (A real election impact by Michael Schiavo, Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 10:40:34 AM PST).  Indeed, I would love to read that story by Michael, since I read it was not possible. Not if he was implying it was the Bill Clinton that is the former President of the United States. Will be interesting to see what he says about that if he ever does.

If Michael couldn't get it straight what happened at the Musgrave debate or even if he spent election-eve with former President Bill Clinton -- do you suppose he might have gotten Terri Schiavo's wishes mixed-up as well? (He does claim to have a bad memory from what I read.) Makes one wonder. At least makes me wonder. Whatever...

I'm still waiting for the corrections if not the explanations!

 

Carrie Hutchens is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is active in fighting against the death culture movement and the injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.

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Ping to wagglebee thread on the dropping numbers of teen abortions...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new study finds that pro-life laws such as parental notification or consent reduced the abortion rate on teenage girls by more than 50 percent. Dr. Michael New says that parental involvement laws passed in the 1990s resulted in a "dramatic decrease in the incidence of abortion among minors."

In 1985, 13.5 abortions were performed on minors for every 1,000 girls between the ages of 13 and 17. By 1999, the abortion rate for minors had fallen by over 50 percent to 6.5 per 1,000 teen­age girls ages 13 to 17

Study: Pro-Life Legislation Cut Abortions on Teen Girls by 50 Percent

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Another wagglebee thread on abortion, this one on the impact on blacks.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life advocate in the black community says abortion diminishes the worth and value of African-Americans in the same way slavery and a lack of civil rights did before. Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union, hopes Americans will learn more about this travesty during Black History Month.

"Throughout the month of February, we take the time ... one month out of the year to remember the tragedies and celebrate the triumphs of African Americans in history," Gardner explained.

"We celebrate the fact that we are a strong race that survived the many horrors and inhumane treatment when we were an enslaved people -- presumed by many to be less than human," she said in a statement provided to LifeNews.com.

Black Leader Says Abortion Continues to Diminish African-Americans

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>> What a great effort the lefties make to soften murder to the point it is spreadable...

Which, in a left-handed way they never thought of, is a proof of God.

C.S. Lewis made the point at the very beginning of MERE CHRISTIANITY. Namely, we are all haunted by the same moral code. Any culture, any age, anywhere on earth. Whenever we get into a dispute, we appeal to this one moral code to show that we were in the right. We ALWAYS rationalize our acts to conform to the code. Of course, nobody ever does live up to God's law, but -- like Cain -- we all try to make it look as if we'd acted lawfully. We can't help it.

The Left probably thinks it is putting one over on the rest of us when it uses ridiculous euphemisms to try to conceal the evil they do. That right-to-die lady in Missouri who called murder a "decision." The right-to-die fellow who unfailingly called murder "treatment" or "a change in the course of treatment."

The leftists are trying to fool themselves. They may succeed for a few days or a few years. In the long run, they cannot escape the truth.

[T'wit]

>> Black Leader Says Abortion Continues to Diminish African-Americans

The lady is spot on, of course. What could demean the black community more than welfare culture, fatherless homes, street life and self-genocide? So tell me. Why does any self-respecting African-American ever vote Democrat?

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C.S. Lewis made the point at the very beginning of MERE CHRISTIANITY. Namely, we are all haunted by the same moral code. Any culture, any age, anywhere on earth. Whenever we get into a dispute, we appeal to this one moral code to show that we were in the right. We ALWAYS rationalize our acts to conform to the code. Of course, nobody ever does live up to God's law, but -- like Cain -- we all try to make it look as if we'd acted lawfully. We can't help it.

I have been rereading a lot of C.S. Lewis lately and it is amazing how clearly he understood fifty years ago the grave threat that moral relativism/secular humanism posed.

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>> ...to soften murder to the point it is spreadable...

A pretty turn of phrase!

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Tagline practice :-)

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This was the crusading lawyer who engineered Nancy Cruzan's death. I think he just obliquely confessed to murder.

Ring, Ring. "I knew Nancy, but you don't know me".

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From the Frontline transscript:

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Mr. COLBY: We have to establish somehow that this is in the best interest of Nancy. You do that by looking at statement she made in her life. If she made clear statement that she wouldn't want these kinds of things, then that's strong evidence to the court. You do that by looking to the substituted judgment of loved ones and people close to her, say to them, "You knew Nancy. You know what she was like. She's not able to tell us now what she would have wanted. What do you think she would have wanted?"

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Wow!

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>> Mr. COLBY: We have to establish somehow that this is in the best interest of Nancy.

No, sir, that is playing God. That is substituting your judgment for hers, and when you put her to death, it is homicide.

The whole basis for Nancy's liberty or privacy rights to refuse medical treatment, going back to Griswold, is INFORMED CONSENT. She could not give you that, but everyone knows that she would NOT consent to this torturous death by dehydration and starvation. Nobody would. You put her through eleven days of hell, Mr. Colby, and you killed her.

Now you have the gall to talk about HER "best interest."

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>> You do that by looking to the substituted judgment [see? it's not her wish, it is her executioners' wish] of loved ones and people close to her...

So, we conclude that Michael Schiavo, his brother Scott Schiavo and his sister-in-law Joan Schiavo were Terri's "loved ones," for they are the ones who substituted their judgment for her wish and her right to live. Yeah, sure, and they showed how much "love" they had by putting her to death by torture. The fact that Michael hated Terri, had a potentially huge financial interest in her death, and wanted her out of the way so he could marry another woman, didn't count for a thing.

We equally conclude that, in the eyes of Judge George Greer, Terri's mother, father, brother, sister, best friends and priest were not "loved ones" or "close to her." That's why he tossed out the testimony from all of them.

Your right-to-die trade is utterly corrupt, Mr. Colby.

[BykrBayb]

What a great effort the lefties make to soften murder to the point it is spreadable...

If the only way to spread it is with a pitchfork, I don't want it.

[BykrBayb]

I saw a couple familiar names there, promoting racist eugenics, while denying the existence of either racism or eugenics. *sigh*

[T'wit]

Did you see that link in #52? I braved it and got a quick blast of undiluted Naziism. (I was perusing the last chapter to see the conclusions... yikes!). Sanger had weird friends. That would seem to include all the weird baby killers floating around even now. Eugenics is ever popular among the folks who think they are gods.

[BykrBayb]

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Makes His Radio Debut With Ask the Governor on 96.9 FM

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hosted his first “Ask the Governor” call in program today on 96.9 FM TALK WTKK. Governor Patrick appeared in studio along with Eagan and Braude from 1pm – 2pm. “Ask the Governor” was born out of Governor Patrick’s desire to speak directly to the citizens of Massachusetts.

“We ran a campaign, talked about on your show, asking people who checked out to check back in,” said Governor Patrick. “It was a strategy to win. Having asked all those people to check in, we need to keep faith with them; continue to have a way to talk directly to me; for me to hear their ideas, get their advice – this is one way.”

The subject of the Department of Social Services once again missing signs of a problem in the death of four year old Rebecca Riley as they did with Haleigh Poutre was brought up.

When asked, if the head of DSS, Harry Spence, be fired along with additional social workers, Governor Patrick said “Secretary Bigby and I, and her team, are going to look at very closely, and fast, because frankly there are a whole series of recommendations that followed the Haleigh Poutre case and I want to see how many of them in fact have been implemented.”

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Their front page looked racist to me, but when I clicked on a link to read more, it crashed my browser. I'm probably happier with that result anyway.

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The heat is on following Haleigh Poutre's case. So at least that much can be credited to looking into other cases. What I would like to see is more focus on why the DSS tried to croak Haleigh, rather than how their mob was managed.

This showed up this morning in our Maine rag.

BOSTON (AP) - The Department of Social Services commissioner on Thursday defended how his agency handled the case of a 4-year-old girl who died of a prescription drug overdose, saying the child "didn't fall through the cracks."

Rebecca Riley was found dead at her Hull home Dec. 13. Her parents, Michael Riley, 34, and Carolyn Riley, 32, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of first-degree murder.

"The department completed its inquiry ... did not drop that inquiry, but completed that inquiry with assurances from medical experts that the care was appropriate and sufficient," Spence said. "This child didn't fall through the cracks."

Mass. social services agency under fire

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More on poor Rebecca Riley...

"Our interpretation of their explanation was that there was a reluctance to engage in second-guessing of fellow professionals," Spence told the Globe.

Their refusals underscore the difficulty DSS generally faces trying to find physicians willing to provide an independent medical opinion, Spence said.

The agency had been working to establish a panel of medical specialists following the controversy over Haleigh Poutre, now 12, who was beaten into a coma in 2005 and from whom DSS almost prematurely withdrew life support.

DSS seeking medical experts... Spence defends how agency handled girl, 4

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Brooklyn Railing agains Reason...

All I wanted to know about Grand Theft Auto and its connection to the liberal mind, is right here in one gulp. Funny, they single out our vigil for Terri as an example...

While liberals seem clueless, both the far left and right seem to understand better how to cultivate the image of rebellion. From the suave, pipe-smoking, masked Subcomandante Marcos issuing magical missives from the jungles of southern Mexico, to the revelry of the street protestors against the buttoned-down bureaucratic World Trade Organization, to the singing, praying “warriors for life” camped out in front of Terri Schiavo’s hospital—like Grand Theft Auto, these forms of political expression articulate a popular dream of sticking it to the Man, with a certain style.

Play the Game: Grand Theft Desire

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Being a guy, I am not sure what this Morris Sheppard is saying. Maybe it is about bad hair days at the salon, I dunno...

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Real feminists

how can one not wince at the idea of the country's most prominent feminists turning on the country's first viable female presidential candidate only to find themselves eating their words if she wins the primary?

Not much to worry about there. FIrst, Clinton is far from a sure thing and second, there is a long history of folks getting behind candidates they criticized during a primary. The one who is currently "eating her words" is Hillary, as regards her pro war stances and votes of the past four years. Actually, it's very empowering and feminist to look past a candidate's gender and talk about his/her stands on the issues.

Given Hillary's positions on the war, her pandering towards a flag burning amendment, her stand on the Schiavo matter, her two faced talk regarding choice, her constant finger-in-the-wind political blathering and a host of other issues, if the Senator from New York was a man and not named Clinton no one would be taking this candidacy seriously. Michelman, Fonda and Steinham, iconic and brave feminists all, deserve lots of credit for understanding this.

-- Morris Sheppard

Real feminists

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