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Jeb Bush Should Have Acted, Says Pat Buchanan Republican presidential candidate, author, pundit and political analyst Pat Buchanan thinks Florida Gov. Jeb Bush should have invoked his executive authority to save Terri Schiavo, even to the point of inviting a contempt-of-court citation. Buchanan, in an interview with top-10 radio host Don Imus, said Jeb's resolve would serve two purposes: One, it would demonstrate – agree or disagree – that he took seriously his oath of office, which calls on him to protect the lives of Florida citizens; and two, that he is prepared to use his authority to overturn an...

Mar 29, 2005 Schiavo Stand Won't Hurt GOP, Party Boss Says By WILLIAM MARCH wmarch@tampatrib.com TAMPA - In the face of polls indicating much of the nation doesn't agree with government interference in the Terri Schiavo case, national GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman said Monday that President Bush and most members of Congress acted on principle and not on the basis of politics. Mehlman said he believes the public will perceive the situation that way, and there won't be any political fallout from the controversy. ``I don't think people are going to blame the president or people that did what they...

Steve Barrett reporting that "The Reverend Jessie Jackson has accepted the family's invitation to join the demonstrators outside the hospice where Terri is dying." 1. Is this turning into way too much of a circus? 2. Want to bet the race-baiting poverty pimp invited himself?

I am looking for a source that explains why Judge Greer disallowed all of the evidence presented to contradict Micheal Schivo's claim about "Terri's wish". From what I gather, since no evidence was admitted to the contrary, Micheal Shivo's claim about "Terri's wish" was technically unchallenged. Judge Greer's own words would be nice.

Polls Determined Actions in Schiavo Case Al Rantel Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Little wonder that so many Americans are cynical of their elected officials in every position and branch of their government. The Terri Schiavo case has once again demonstrated how many of our political leaders are leaders in name only and that their first instinct is to follow the polls for political self-preservation. Right after the Congress and President Bush got involved in the Terri Schiavo case in Florida by passing a law aimed at getting a complete review in the federal court system, several polls were taken as...

After much hard work that has gone on for well over a year, it's been a week and 2 days since Terri has been without food and hydration. Many asking the question how we could have become such a callous society as to deny a helpless human the basic necessity of food and water. Terri's plight has brought to light many problems in the judicial system and opened our eyes to the fact that some laws need to be changed. The work will continue to protect helpless individuals from suffering the same injustice as Terri.

Please don't give up. Continue to call. Phone the following numbers and ask your family to also: Governor Jeb Bush: 850-480-7146 President George Bush: 202-456-1414 Congressman Tom Delay: 202-225-5951 Senator Bill Frist: 202-224-3344 Senator Rick Santorum: 202-224-6324 And please continue to pray!!! Terri SCHINDLER has NOT given up and neither should we!!!!!

Terri Schiavo: America's Death Wish by Fr. Michael Reilly Sunday, March 27, 2005 Perhaps one of the most disturbing elements of the Terri Schiavo case is the polling data that reveals most Americans favor the removal of her feeding tube and oppose the intervention of Congress. I cannot help but believe that many Americans support removing the feeding tube because they have done it to a loved one and they do not want their consciences pricked. Unfortunately, these poll numbers indicate that Schiavo is just one of perhaps millions in the United States who are put to death because they...

Murder on the Installment Plan: 15 Yrs to Kill Terri Schindler (/schiavo) = Collecting the Evidence & Developing the Case Against Michael Schiavo, George Felos, and Judge Greer, et al... To Start Collecting the Evidence, we can start with these:  Think Terry's Fight does not affect, or apply, to you? Think again. Got a recessive gene? Old parent or spouse? Handicapped child? At what point do they become "a useless Eater"-- like Terry?   All you geezers that moved to Florida for low taxes & mild weather? You're next...   Just as the Pope predicted, we have become a Cult of...

After Terri -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 28, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com As I write these words, Terri Schiavo is still clinging to life, disproving the specious and irrelevant claim that nearly 20 years ago she made a casual statement about not wanting to live "hooked up to machines." The claim is specious because it is nothing more than hearsay evidence from the man most determined – for whatever his motivations – to see her die. It is specious because it was consistently countered by many people who knew Terri better and longer than her husband, Michael Schiavo. It...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Death threats have been made against him for allowing Michael Schiavo to remove the feeding tube that has kept his 41-year-old wife alive for the past 15 years, and the Southern Baptist (search) church that Greer belonged to for years has asked him to leave the congregation. This past week, he parted ways with his Southern Baptist church, which had advocated keeping Terri Schiavo alive, after his pastor suggested it would be better if he left. "You must know that in all likelihood it is this case which will define your career and this case that you...

Clearwater, Florida - Judge George Greer admits there was an error in fact in the 2000 trial that established Terri Schiavo;s "right to die." When a family friend claimed a 19-year-old Terri was upset that right to die icon Karen Ann Quinlan's parents removed her from life support, the Judge discounted the testimony, reportedly because the Judge said Quinlan died in 1976. Quinlan was taken off life support in 1976, but died in 1985. A technical error, yes. But Wednesday afternoon, Judge Greer ruled it was not enough to affect the outcome of the 2000 lawsuit that held Terri would...

George Greer is a 63-year-old probate judge of the circuit that covers Pinellas and Pasco Counties west of Tampa Bay. He was born in Brooklyn in 1942, and his parents moved the family to Dunedin, FL in the Tampa Bay area just after World War II (St. Pete Times, 3/18/05) Greer attended Largo High School in Clearwater, FL, and was cited for hunting without a license in 1959, when he was eighteen, and for underage drinking in 1962. Greer attended junior college in St. Petersburg for two and one half years, and then went to Florida State University in 1962....

Scientology, The Clearwater Bar Association, and Judge Greer Judge George W. Greer presides over Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. He is known internationally for the Terri Schindler Schiavo guardianship case. Pat Anderson, former attorney for the Schindlers, characterized Judge Greer's unprecedented rulings as "The Rule of Terri's Case." The Clearwater Bar Association is delighted with Judge Greer's performance in this particular case. They presented the John U. Bird award to the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit judge on May 15, 2004. This prestigious award, which is the Clearwater bar's highest honor for a judge, was granted to Judge Greer for the way he...

<p>If you're a FReeper who really didn't care about Terri and now say it's all over for Terri and time to quit, - please go start your own FR thread to that effect and post there. Please, and Thank You.</p>

THE TERRI SCHIAVO CASE DeLay's Own Tragic Crossroads Family of the lawmaker involved in the Schiavo case decided in '88 to let his comatose father die. By Walter F. Roche Jr. and Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writers CANYON LAKE, Texas — A family tragedy that unfolded in a Texas hospital during the fall of 1988 was a private ordeal — without judges, emergency sessions of Congress or the debate raging outside Terri Schiavo's Florida hospice. The patient then was a 65-year-old drilling contractor, badly injured in a freak accident at his home. Among the family members keeping vigil at...

    Christian Communication    Network A Media Relations ServiceSince 19892020 Pennsylvania Ave. NWWashington, DC 20006(202) 546-0054     Search entire web Search this website   Gov. Bush Cancels Appearance at Good Friday Service for Fear of Facing Schiavo SupportersTo: National DeskContact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, 202-547-1735, 540-538-4741 cellTALLAHASSEE, Fl., March 25 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Governor Jeb Bush was scheduled to attend and participate in an outdoor Good Friday service at 12:30 pm, at Florida State University.  According to event organizers, the Governor canceled at the last minute.As part of this event Jeb Bush would have publicly...

March 25, 2005 COMMENTARY Why Schiavo's Parents Didn't Have a Case By Andrew Cohen, Andrew Cohen is CBS News' legal analyst. Terri Schiavo's parents did not lose their federal case because they didn't try hard enough. They didn't lose their case because everyone conspired against them. They didn't lose it because Congress ticked off the judiciary over the weekend with its over-the-top custom-made legislation. They didn't lose it for lack of money or because they failed to file a court paper on time. They didn't lose it because the laws are unfair or because bureaucrats sometimes can be arbitrary and...

Hours after a judge ordered that Terri Schiavo was not to be removed from her hospice, a team of state agents were en route to seize her and have her feeding tube reinserted -- but they stopped short when local police told them they would enforce the judge's order, The Herald has learned. Agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told police in Pinellas Park, the small town where Schiavo lies at Hospice Woodside, on Thursday that they were on the way to take her to a hospital to resume her feeding. For a brief period, local police, who...