Terri's Day challenges the nation to unify

Renew America ^ | March 13, 2006 | Kevin Fobbs

[cyn]

thanks for the pings to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1630307/posts?page=1,77

Need help in NJ with Dr. Kevorkian clones
Posted on 05/11/2006 12:57:25 AM EDT by Simplemines
// I'm in desperate need of some advice and some help. //

As you've asked, what further help / support can we offer Simplemines in NJ? I wish I could take her a sandwich & drink... as it is, prayers are with her and that she would soon find herself surrounded by help.

[BykrBayb]

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"The law school is designed to help journalists, who are trying to provide accurate information to the public, but who may not have a legal background," said John T. Nockleby, Professor of Law and Director of the Loyola Law School's Civil Justice Program. "The goal is to enhance their understanding of the judicial branch."

The curriculum will focus on constitutional structure, criminal law, and civil law.

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ABOTA (http://www.abota.org ) is a national organization of more than 6,200 lawyers dedicated to the preservation of the 7th Amendment right to trial by jury.

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This is a joke, right?

[T'wit]

>> This is a joke, right?

Only to sane minds.

I didn't notice that Terri Schiavo was given a trial by jury in Greer's court, did you? Greer made all the decisions himself. He was judge, jury and executioner. What he's doing at a conference about the law is hard to imagine.

[Wampus SC]

"Melanie Childers asks how in the name of God this can go on. So do we."

Easy question. It can't go on in the name of God, and it doesn't. It can go on in the name of Satan or Mammon, and it does.

[8mmMauser]

This ought to be interesting, from North Country Gazette, a bioethics parley coming up...

ALBANY---Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Wesley Smith, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, will be among the speakers at a two-day conference in Albany this summer at the Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical Center.

The conference, entitled "Bioethics & Politics: The Future of Bioethics in a Divided Democracy", will focus on how politics and ethics are intertwined in such topics as advanced directives, cloning and stem cell research.

Albany To Host Bioethics Parley

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(this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to May 1.)



Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.

[8mmMauser]

Jeb Bush article featured in many news outlets today.

TALLAHASSEE - Every second, a digital clock on Gov. Jeb Bush's desk counts down to the moment in January that his term ends, a reminder that one of the most powerful figures in American politics is about to step off the public stage.

On one afternoon this month - with 241 days, three hours and 20 minutes to go - the fading term was on the minds of some important supporters as well. A group of Christian activists had gathered near Bush's office to commemorate the National Day of Prayer. "Four more years," one worshipper called out as Bush prepared to address the group. "Don't I wish," replied the master of ceremonies, a local Christian organizer. A murmur of approval rose from the crowd.

Jeb Bush pauses at the next political step

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[8mmMauser]

Martin Anderson update...

Miami Herald has a full article on the matter including links to videos and timeline.

The person who initiated the coverup was Cruel, Sgt. David Cruel.

On the morning of Jan. 5, Bay County sheriff's Sgt. David Cruel called 911 to report a medical emergency at a boot camp for juvenile delinquents.

''We need an ambulance over here immediately, please,'' Cruel said. ``We got an offender that we just entered this morning. Looks like he's passed out.

What Cruel didn't say: At least seven of his co-workers had spent more than half an hour manhandling 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson. They punched and kneed him, dragged him around and shoved ammonia capsules in his nose. When they were through, he lay on the ground, dying.

• Video | Boot camp beating (edited version)
• Video | Boot camp beating (full unedited version)
• Read letter from Jeb Bush to McKeithen
• Read Sheriff McKeithen's response to Bush
• Press release | Boot camp offender receives medical care
• Press release | Juvenile offender passes away in Pensacola
• Timeline of Boot Camp incident
• Versions of what happened

Hidden truth of youth's death at camp

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[Lesforlife]

Organ (Donations?)

Family stops hospital from taking boy off life support


Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The family of a 14-year-old who was shot in the neck has received a restraining order preventing the University of Kansas Hospital from taking the boy off of life support.

Michael Todd of Kansas City was shot Tuesday at a Blue Springs apartment. Police said a witness told them that the gun might have gone off accidentally.

"Our doctors have determined him to be brain dead," hospital spokesman Dennis McCulloch said on Friday.

But Michael's family argues that the hospital wants to remove the boy from life support because it wants to use his organs for a donor program.

"It's so quick," said Odette Cole, Todd's aunt. "He's 14 years old. ... You're acting like you're in a grocery store for body parts."

Though McCulloch could not discuss the case specifically, he said a family would be required to authorize any organ donations.

"I can tell you generically that under federal regulations all deaths or imminent deaths are required to be reported to the organ bank," he said. "Beyond that is between the organ bank and a family whether a donation is made."

Michael's family filed for the restraining order in Wyandotte County District Court. McCulloch said the hospital planned to respond to the injunction Monday.

McCulloch couldn't provide more information on the boy's injuries because of privacy laws. But he said that generally when a patient is declared brain dead, only hospital equipment is keeping the person's heart and lungs functioning.

"A declaration of brain death usually results in the beginning steps of ending treatment," he said. "We work very closely with the families in those situations, as it is a very difficult time for them."

Cole said her nephew's 15th birthday is May 31. He attended J.A. Rogers Middle School.




© 2006 AP Wire and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.kansas.com

[8mmMauser]

This comes from my own state of Maine...

A case is in parallel to the plight of Haleigh Poutre.

Maine's highest court is considering a case that asks if the state has the right to make an end-of-life decision for a child in foster care, or whether that right remains with the child's parents.

On Monday, attorneys presented their arguments before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Nationwide, only a handful of courts have addressed the issue.

The case revolves around an 8-month-old boy referred to in court documents as Matthew W., who suffered irreversible brain damage when he was 6 weeks old. His father, Matthew L. Williams, 22, of Bangor has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly causing his son's injuries.

If convicted, Williams faces up to 10 years in prison. If the child dies, Williams could be charged with manslaughter.

Four days after the baby was injured in September, District Court Judge Jessie Gunther granted a do-not-resuscitate order to DHHS when she gave the agency custody of Matthew W.

Court weighing state's rights in end-of-life case

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[T'wit]

So far I'm getting an error message -- in both Netscape and IE -- on both video links. ("Requested file not found." etc.)

[8mmMauser]

I wonder how often this happens and not only misses the news, but is accepted by uninformed family as inevitable. First the victim is pronounced "brain dead', then organ harvest time and they (try to) convince the family it is noble when all they wanted in the first place is the parts.

Thankfully, the parents responded. They won that round now will have to keep vigilant, I imagine, to ensure he gets proper care and proves them wrong on the "brain dead" label.

Poor kid's birthday is same as my wife's.

[T'wit]

>> The boot camp's nurse, Kristin Schmidt, expressed few concerns about Martin's treatment by guards [when interviewed by a doctor]

As the video showed, she had "few concerns" watching the boy get beaten to a pulp by so-called law enforcement officers. She had no objection to the sadistic brutality and did not intervene. She was as guilty as the others because she could have stopped the beating.

Now we know your name, Kristin Schmidt. What we don't know is what happened to your heart and soul.

[8mmMauser]

Seems to be realaudio file, but I can't open it either, don't have realaudio. Guess I should have tried those video files first.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I don't know what kind of a relationship they have. I would assume it is cordial and familial. So the only other explanation for Bush's kiss-of-political-death endorsement is ignorance. He just doesn't know how unpopular he is right now – and what long coattails of disenchantment he wears.

No sh*t. This guy owns stock in ignorance. Maybe arrogance is a better word? Anyone who lives in America these days is smacked upside the head with the results of his asskissing Vincente Fox.

I'm going to have to go back through this thread. Andrea passed away? Anyway, Happy Mothers Day, and big hugs!

[T'wit]

>> but is accepted by uninformed family as inevitable

It happened in my own (extended) family a year or so ago. The victim was still breathing unaided -- ergo, not brain dead -- but the family didn't want to hear it and I had no say in the matter. She was duly carved up for organs.

[T'wit]

I do have Real audio; still doesn't work.

[8mmMauser]

You have no problems conveying your sentiments!

Warm regards on this Mother's Day.

[8mmMauser]

Simplemines Fight update...

FReepers and Terri fighters are rallying to help and prayers for Simplemines' husband. Ping again to her thread:

Need help in NJ with Dr. Kevorkian clones

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[T'wit]

>> a case that asks if the state has the right to make an end-of-life decision for a child in foster care, or whether that right remains with the child's parents.

We may confidently expect all of Michael Schiavo's supporters to argue forcefully against any government role in an end-of-life decision, to side with the child's family, and to sermonize about privacy rights.

/Sarcasm

[T'wit]

>> "He's got incredible experience, unqualified conservative credentials and he brings Florida. It's the trifecta."

Depending on how you read "incredible" and "unqualified."