Terri's Day challenges the nation to unify

Renew America ^ | March 13, 2006 | Kevin Fobbs

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The evil throughout the world is unbelievable. Your sad link reminded me of this link that another freeper posted (can't remember the user name right now):

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060323-114842-5680r.htm

China harvesting inmates' organs, journalist says

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Here is the vanishing people act of Charlie Crist...

Click "Watch it now" image and then click on the image at the top on right. See the support vanish....

Crist launches first tv commercial

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Baby Daniel's Fight update...

LifeNews has now picked up on the story of Baby Daniel. News has been sketchy but maybe the whole story will emerge.

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Dallas, TX (LifeNews.com) -- A Texas mother and her baby are the latest victims in an ongoing battle against a Texas law that allows medical facilities to tell the family of a patient that they have 10 days to find another medical center willing to treat the patient because their doctors think the case is hopeless.

That's what happened to two other families that were the focus of LifeNews.com reports and it's now happened to Dixie Belcher.

Doctors at Children's Medical Center Dallas say Belcher's son Daniel's case is "futile."

Daniel is nearly brain dead, can't breathe without a ventilator and can't eat without a feeding tube. The center's ethics board has ruled that continuing to care for Daniel is inappropriate and they're ready to take his life by removing him from life support.

But, Belcher tells the Dallas Morning News that she's not ready to give up on her 10-month old son.

"Something deep down inside is telling me not to unplug my [baby]," Belcher said. "I know it's going to take him quite a while to pull out of this, but I know he's my little fighter, and he's got to pull through. He's got to pull through."

Doctors say Daniel is showing no response to external stimuli but Belcher said she's asked her son to open his eyes and he opens them as wide as he can.

Belcher said the decision to take Daniel's life doesn't set well with her because she's been in the same situation before.

Texas Mother Fights Hospital's Attempt to Take Her Baby Off Life Support

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(this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to May 17.)



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

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Knowing the enemy...

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By Thomas E. Brewton May 30, 2006

Despite Dan Brown's disclaimers, his book and the movie version are attacks on Christianity. Liberalism's hopes for survival necessitate such unprovoked aggression.

Liberal intellectuals know that the survival of Christian truth is life-threatening to liberalism. Poland's Catholic-inspired revolt against Moscow is an ever-present reminder. In the United States, even with monopoly control of elementary and high schools, and our colleges, liberal-socialism ultimately cannot withstand rational scrutiny, because universal experience proves it to be ineffectual and corrosive nonsense.

Only by fabricating history and continuing to suppress teaching of American constitutional traditions can liberals hope to avoid joining the Soviet Union in history's dustbin.

This explains the crude attack in the May 23, 2006 post on The Daily Kos, one of the most popular liberal websites:

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Liberal Aggression and the Da Vinci Code

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Florida politics and Terri...

Crist, for example, told a Catholic priest in Pensacola that he'd be willing to sign a bill similar to the one in South Dakota that bans abortion with no exceptions. Later, he said he would make an exception in cases of rape and incest.

Gallagher went him one better by saying that he'd the sign such a bill even without such exceptions. When I asked Gallagher to explain why, he conceded that the privacy clause in Florida's Constitution makes the issue moot, but said he would always ''err on the side of life.'' That was also his answer for whether he'd intervene as Jeb Bush did in the Terri Schiavo case.

The governor's race begins

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Stunning...wish I would have been there.

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To all interested parties,


I want to share with you an awesome experience I recently had in the
Colorado House of Representatives. It is a humbling experience to look
back and realize that God used me to play a role in His divine
orchestration.

As I was leaving the House chambers for the weekend when our Democrat
Speaker of the House mentioned that the coming Monday would be the final
day of this year's General Assembly. He went on to state that there were
still numerous resolutions on the calendar which we would need to be
addressed prior to the summer adjournment. Interestingly, he specifically
mentioned that one of the resolutions we would be hearing was being
carried by the House Majority Leader Alice Madden, honoring the 90th
anniversary of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.


As a strong pro-life legislator I was disgusted by the idea that we would
pass a resolution honoring this 90 year legacy of genocide. I drove home
that night wondering what I could say that might pierce the darkness
during the debate on this heinous resolution.

On Saturday morning I took my eight-year-old son up to the mountains to
go white water rafting. The trip lasted all day. As we were driving home,
exhausted and hungry, I remembered that I had accepted an invitation to
attend a fundraising dinner that night for a local pro-life organization.
One of my most respected mentors had personally called me several weeks
earlier and asked me to attend, so I knew I'd have to clean up and head
over.

After our meal, the executive director of the organization introduced the
keynote speaker. I looked up and saw walking to the stage a handicapped
young lady being assisted to the microphone by a young man holding a
guitar.

Her name was Gianna Jessen.

Gianna said "Hello," welcomed everyone, and then sang three of the most
beautiful Christian songs that I have ever heard.

She then began to give her testimony. When her biological mother was 17
years old and 7 ½ months pregnant she went to a Planned Parenthood clinic
to have an abortion. As God would have it, the abortion failed and a
beautiful two-pound baby girl was brought into the world. Unfortunately,
she was born with cerebral palsy and the doctors thought that she would
never survive. The doctors were wrong.

Imagine the timing! A survivor of a Planned Parenthood abortion arrived
in town just days before the Colorado House of Representatives was to
celebrate Planned Parenthood's "wonderful" work.
As I listened to Gianna's amazing testimony the Lord inspired me to ask
her if she could stay in Denver until Monday morning so that I could
introduce her on the floor of the House and tell her story. Perhaps she
could even begin the final day's session by singing our country's
national anthem!


To my surprise she said she would seriously consider it. If she were to
agree, she wanted her accompanying guitar player to stay as well. A lady
standing in line behind me waiting to meet Gianna overheard our
conversation and said that she would be willing to pay for the
guitarist's room. Gianna then said that she would think about it.
As I was driving home from the banquet my cell phone rang. It was Gianna
and she immediately said, "I'm in, let's ruin this celebration." Praise
God!

When Monday morning came, I awoke at 6:00 to write my speech before
heading to the Capitol. As I wrote down the words I could sense God's
help and I knew that this was going to be a powerful moment for the
pro-life movement.


Following a committee hearing, I rushed into the House Chambers just as
the opening morning prayer was about to be given. Between the prayer and
the pledge of allegiance I wrote a quick note to the Speaker of the House
explaining that Gianna is an advocate for cerebral palsy. I took the note
to the Speaker and asked if I could have my friend open the last day of
session by singing the national anthem. Without any hesitation the
Speaker took the microphone and said, "Before we begin, Representative
Harvey has made available for us Gianna Jessen to sing the National
Anthem."

Gianna sang the most amazing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner that
you could possibly imagine. Every person in the entire chamber was
completely still, quiet, and in awe of this frail young lady's voice.
Due to her cerebral palsy, Gianna often loses her balance, and shortly
after starting to sing she grabbed my arm to stabilize herself, and I
could tell that she was shaking. Suddenly, midway through the song, she
forgot the words and began to hum and said, "Please forgive me I am so
nervous." She then immediately began singing again and every House member
and every guest throughout the chambers began to sing along with her to
give her encouragement and lift her up.
As I looked around the huge hall I listened to the unbelievable melody of
Gianna's voice being accompanied by a choir of over 100 voices. I had
chills running all over my body and I knew that I had just witnessed an
act of God.

As the song concluded the Speaker of the House explained that Gianna has
cerebral palsy and is an activist to bring awareness to the disease. "Let
us give her a hand not only for her performance today but also for her
advocacy work," he said. The chamber immediately exploded into
applause.she had them all in the palm of her hand.
The Speaker then called the House to order and we proceeded as usual to
allow members to make any announcements or introductions of guests. For
dramatic effect, I waited until I was the last person remaining before I
introduced Gianna.

As I waited for my turn, I nervously paced back and forth praying to God
that he would give me the peace, confidence and the courage necessary to
pull off what I knew would be one of the most dramatic and controversial
moments of my political career.

While I waited, a prominent reporter from one of the major Denver
newspapers walked over to Gianna and told her that her rendition captured
the spirit of the national anthem more powerfully than any she had ever
heard before.


Finally, I was the last person remaining, so I proceeded to the
microphone and began my speech:

"Members, I would like to introduce you to a new friend and hero of
mine-- her name is Gianna Jessen. She is visiting us today from
Nashville, Tennessee where she is an accomplished recording artist.
She has cerebral palsy and was raised in foster homes before being
adopted at the age of four.


She was born prematurely and weighed only two pounds at birth. She
remained in the hospital for almost three months. A doctor once said she
had a great will to live and that she fought for her life. Eventually she
was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care.
Because of her cerebral palsy her foster mother was told that it was
doubtful that she would ever crawl or walk. She could not sit up
independently. Through the prayers and dedication of her foster mother,
she eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. Shortly before her
fourth birthday she began to walk with leg braces and a walker.
She continued in physical therapy and after a total of four surgeries,
she was able to walk without assistance.

She still falls sometimes, but she says she has learned how to fall
gracefully after falling for 29 years.
Two years ago she walked into a local health club and said she wanted a
private trainer. At the time her legs could not lift 30 pounds. Today she
can leg press 200 pounds.
She became so physically fit that she began running marathons to raise
money and awareness for cerebral palsy. She just returned last week from
England where she ran in the London Marathon. It took her over 8 ½ hrs to
complete. They were taking down the course by the time she made it to the
finish line. But she made it none the less. With bloody feet and aching
joints she finished the race.

Members would you help me recognize a modern day hero.Gianna Jessen?
At this point the chamber exploded into applause which lasted for 15 to
20 seconds.Gianna had touched their souls.
Ironically, Alice Madden the Majority Leader and sponsor of the Planned
Parenthood Resolution walked over to Gianna and gave her a hug.
As the applause began to die down I raised my hand to be recognized one
more time.


"Mr. Speaker, members, if you would allow me just a few more moments I
would appreciate your time.

My name is Ted Harvey not Paul Harvey but please let me tell you the rest
of the story.

The cause of Gianna's cerebral palsy is not because of some biological
freak of nature, but rather the choice of her mother.
You see when her biological mother was 17 years old and 7 ½ months
pregnant she went to a Planned Parenthood clinic to seek a late term
abortion. The abortionist performed a saline abortion on this 17-year-old
girl. This procedure requires the injection of a high concentration of
saline into the mother's womb which the fetus is then bathed in and
swallows which results in the fetus being burned to death, inside and
out. Within 24 hrs the results are normally an induced still-born
abortion.

As Gianna can testify the procedure is not always 100% effective. Gianna
is an aborted late term fetus that was born alive. The high concentration
of saline in the womb for 24 hrs resulted in a lack of oxygen to her
brain and is the cause of her cerebral palsy.
Members, today we are going to recognize the 90th anniversary of Rocky
Mountain Planned Parenthood,"

BANG! The gavel came down.

Just as I was finishing the last sentence of my speech.The climax of the
morning.The Speaker of the House gaveled me down and said,
"Representative Harvey, I will allow you to continue your introduction
but not for the purposes of debating a measure now pending before the
House."

At which point I said,

"Mr. Speaker I understand, I just wanted to put a face to what we are
celebrating today".

Silence.Deafening silence.

I then walked back to my chair shaking like a leaf. The Democrats
wouldn't look at me.they were fuming. It was beautiful. I have been in
the legislature for five tough years and this made it all worthwhile.
The House Majority Leader wouldn't talk to me the rest of the day.
Was it because I introduced an abortion survivor, or was it because we
touched her soul? She could hug an inspirational cerebral palsy victim
and advocate, but was outraged when she discovered that the person she
hugged was also an abortion survivor.

The headline in the Denver Post the next day read Abortion Jab Earns
Rebuke. The Majority Leader is quoted as saying "I think it was amazingly
rude to use a human being as an example of his personal politics,"
Yes Representative Madden, Gianna Jessen is a human being. She was when
she was in her mother's womb and she was when she sang the National
Anthem on the Floor of the Colorado House of Representatives.
The paper went on to quote Gianna Jessen, stating she was glad Harvey
told her story.


"We need to discuss the humanity of it. I'm glad to be able to speak up
for children in the womb," she said. "If abortion is about women's
rights, where were my rights?"

Leslie Hanks, one of the matriarchs of the pro-life movement in Colorado,
was in the House Chamber that morning and told me that it was the single
greatest moment she had witnessed in the State Legislature in the 20
years that she'd been lobbying in the Capitol.


All I can say is, "Glory to God!" He orchestrated it all, every minute of
it, and I was so honored to have been chosen to play a part. May we all
continue to be filled with and to fight for the passion of our Lord Jesus
Christ!

In His service,
Ted Harvey
Assistant Minority Leader
Colorado House of Representatives
 

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Baby Daniel's fight is making it to the world wide news. Story is growing legs...

UPI story carried in the Washington Times:,

The mother of a 10-month-old boy is fighting the decision by Dallas' Children's Medical Center to turn off life support for Daniel Cullen II, a report said.

Mother fights to keep son on life support

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Scott's Fight update...

Schindlers visit!!

oday Scott and Pamela went to St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jacksonville to hear Bob and Mary Schindler speak about their work to spread awareness of the euthanasia issue in America. Their website states that "The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, Inc., (TSSF) is a non-profit group dedicated to ensuring the rights of disabled, elderly and vulnerable citizens against care rationing, euthanasia and medical killing." Scott's case was the very first one that they spoke out about after losing Terri and their statement to the media brought attention to the danger that Scott was in. Tonight was the first opportunity for the two families to meet face-to-face.

Scott's Fight

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'"I have concerns that Dixie may not be able to care for Daniel to maintain his multiple medical needs," wrote Sally Adams, a pediatric nurse practitioner at the hospital's low birth weight clinic. "I consider Daniel to [be] high risk for his multiple medical problems regardless of his home and social situation or his mother's problems."'

That's my concern. I'm not saying it's her fault that Daniel yanked his tube out initially. However, she seems to have a drug problem of some sort, and is taking care of her mom. The whole nicotine thing is BS, imo. What I'm wondering is if Mom abused drugs during her pregnancy. If a good foster care facility could be found, and Dixie could get liberal visitation, plus work on her own issues, maybe Daniel could survive.

There will come a time when they will remove the ventilator. I just hope they don't remove his food and water along with it.

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Ted Harvey has stones!!!!! This is the best thing I've read in quite a while. If I'm not mistaken, this young lady Gianna, is the one my mom told me about years ago.

Thanks so much for posting this, 8mm : )

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Wish I could have been there with a camera to capture the expressions!

;)

[TheSpottedOwl]

I was wondering how Scott was doing. Bless his mother and family. Thanks for the post! Mr. and Mrs. Schindler look a lot better these days.

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It was a joy to find the pictures and to see them all together. Even has a picture of Monsignor Malinowski who was with Terri every day at the end. He is a fine priest and a great person, whose role in Terri's life was powerful.

Each day at the vigil, he would emerge from the visit and bring us up to date on how she was doing. It is something I cannot ever forget.

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Wouldn't it be nice if someone had a cell phone camera? Their faces probably turned to stone!

[floriduh voter]

Isn't Crist's tv ad spooky? What a self centered ego maniac. Meanwhile, TOM GALLAGHER'S TEACHING COALITION ANNOUNCEMENT (I omitted the long list of names of teachers at the bottom of the announce)

GALLAGHER ANNOUNCES OVER 100 STATEWIDE

“TEACHERS FOR TOM” LEADERS

TALLAHASSEE – Tom Gallagher, Florida Chief Financial Officer and candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, today announced a statewide coalition of teachers, administrators and home-schoolers who have agreed to serve on his “Teachers for Tom” statewide leadership team.

“Jeb Bush turned Florida’s schools around and delivered historic education reforms because his leadership was based on principles, not public opinion polls or pundits,” said CFO Gallagher. “I fought alongside Governor Bush for better schools, better pay for our teachers, and better results for our students, and I’ll continue fighting to re-invent Florida’s high schools for success as Governor.”

Added Gallagher, “I want to make sure our high schools are preparing our kids for college, for jobs and for life as successful Florida citizens.”

Tom Gallagher is the only candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor who has announced a comprehensive education plan, and the only candidate who has demonstrated a commitment to Governor Bush’s education reforms, including expanding opportunity scholarships, modifying the class-size amendment to give districts greater flexibility, and increasing teacher pay.

Gallagher’s substantive campaign approach has also won him high praise from conservative standard-bearer Governor Jeb Bush. Last week Governor Bush applauded Tom Gallagher’s Reaching Higher education plan, "I read his proposal. I thought it was first rate, the policy paper," Bush said after reading the plan. "I was very impressed."

“Tom Gallagher has shown a long term commitment to create a world class education for Florida’s parents and children, said Representative Jon Stargel. “He is uniquely qualified to maintain Governor Jeb Bush’s education reforms.”

Tom Gallagher has a strong record of advocacy on behalf of Florida’s teachers, students, and parents. As a State Representative, Cabinet member, and Education Commissioner, Gallagher consistently supported teacher-competency testing, merit pay for teachers, and higher standards for student graduation. As Education Commissioner from 1999-2001, Tom Gallagher implemented Governor Bush’s A+ Plan for Education.

Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor Tom Gallagher has traveled through all 67 counties of Florida, and held 156 “Talk with Tom” town hall-style events to have a two-way conversation with Florida voters. Gallagher has announced five major policy proposals dealing with Family, Public Safety, Tort Reform, Economy and Education. His clear and conservative policy proposals to expand and improve upon the achievements of Jeb Bush have won him the endorsement of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D., former Republican Governor Bob Martinez, the three immediate past-chairs of the Republican Party of Florida Al Cardenas, Tom Slade, and Van Poole, 25 Republican legislators, 436 conservative community leaders, and more than 2250 grassroots volunteer leaders.

FV says: It's no secret that I'm no fan of Jeb Bush but I am supporting Tom Gallagher for Guv of Florida. I am posting this to show the team that Tom Gallagher has assembled, not to promote Jebbie. (by the way, Charlie Crist split with Jeb Bush and that's really serious because Crist's campaign mgr is a Sembler and they are very powerful friends of J. Greer and the Bush family.) I wonder if Jeb is realizing that he should have saved Terri???

For Crist and Jeb to have a split with Crist doing the splitting says that something's up imo. The Semblers are pulling Crist's puppet strings I guess and telling Crist to distance himself from Jeb.

That's rich.

I have some other developments that I can't post because they are too sensational. All I can say is everyone stay tuned to the Terri Dailies Threads because something big is up. FV

[floriduh voter]

Isn't it so ironic that we stood on the sidewalks in Pinellas County demanding that Terri be given her civil rights and that they wouldn't murder her? Now Crist comes along and uses vanishing women in his tv spot.

The moral of the story is: stay off of Pinellas sidewalks because you'll end up in jail, even if you're 10 years old.

The VANISHING WOMAN thanks to Charlie Crist is TERRI SCHINDLER schiavo. For him to put vanishing women in his tv spot says it all, doesn't it?

[floriduh voter]

I heard his mother doesn't have custody of Daniel due to neglect charges? I'm thinking that Texas will make stuff up to get custody of a child. Ya think?

[floriduh voter]

The Futile Law in Texas seems to be a prime example of a rush to judgment that ends life. "Where there's life, there's hope."

[floriduh voter]

CNN is going to have a BODY PARTS SPECIAL this coming Saturday and Sunday night. People are backing out of putting "donor" on their licenses. I watch CNN more than I used because I think Fox is overplaying their O' Reilly card. "Best of O' Reilly" for two days was ridiculous.

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The circle around Judge Greer is being broken. Counsel for the Judicial Qualifications Commission died unexpectedly of a heart attack this weekend.

No doubt this Tampa attorney was covering for Judge Greer for many, many, years. He was called "Mr. Ethics", only a bioethicist could luv.

http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB3IEQ1VNE.html