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Patrick Buchanan: "The Execution of Terri Schiavo"
WND.com ^ | 04-04-05 | Buchanan, Patrick J.

Posted on 04/04/2005 5:51:26 AM PDT by Theodore R.

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To: hopespringseternal

> Then you have the judges. They have been fully infected with the disease of liberalism, which at its heart says, "We know what's best for you." That turns justice on its head and each case is no longer decided on law and facts, but by the need of each individual judge to feel powerful and important and to impress his peers.

Pretty well described -- and simply a recognition that we're no longer governed by consistent rules of law, but capricious and biased decisions from black-robed men.


61 posted on 04/05/2005 1:58:41 AM PDT by l.tecolote (doing what I can from California)
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To: Walkure

> A daring man, a man driven by the Holy Spirit, would have found some quasi-legal pretext,

Yeah, like any governor's power of pardon, which wouldn't have presented any real political risk for Jeb. That option wouldn't have broken any laws.
Jeb took an oath to uphold Florida's consitution, but by not pardoning and protecting Terri, Jeb actually violated his oath, Florida's constitution, and a number of Florida statutes as well.


62 posted on 04/05/2005 2:09:08 AM PDT by l.tecolote (doing what I can from California)
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To: l.tecolote
dismissed the reversible error motion with the explanation that it wouldn't have had a significant bearing on his decision -- so his decision would still have been as he initially ruled.

This is precisely what is wrong with the judge being both judge and jury. When Greer, acting as judge, makes a mistake, he responds subjectively, not objectively, as the jury in response to that mistake. An objective jury would likely find the mistake something that would have affected their decision. But when one becomes defensive in response to ackknowledgement of a mistake made as judge, he can't respond objectively as juror.
63 posted on 04/05/2005 6:32:31 AM PDT by AaronInCarolina
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To: Lori675
Terri's family wanted a lock of Terri's hair and some of Terri's ashes, but Michael said "No."

In the realm of the bizarre -- where all this is -- Michael denying the parents a lock of Terri's hair is just beyond my imagination.

The only reasonable explanation I have heard is that perhaps he was afraid they might use it for some kind of testing.

If it wasn't that, then it was simply cruel. One more assertion of his control over Terri's death. While he drives his new Mercedes and cohabitates with his GF.

64 posted on 04/05/2005 6:42:00 AM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: Walkure
A daring man, a man driven by the Holy Spirit, would have found some quasi-legal pretext, however threadbare, to raid that hospice, rescue Terri, reinsert the tube, and give her the rehab that would have made her a thinking functioning person.

I agree completely.

"This isn't happening on my watch" would have done nicely. That and a few hundred state troopers.

He could have done it.

What would have been really nice would be if he had Greer arrested at the same time. Led away in handcuffs.

He could have done that too. Greer acted illegally. If Greer had ordered that a dog be denied food and water, he could have been jailed.

65 posted on 04/05/2005 6:50:49 AM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: Lori675

> Terri's family wanted a lock of Terri's hair and some of > Terri's ashes, but Michael said "No."
>
> That SOB Greer probably was the judge who ruled this.

I just can't get over this.

Why do that?

What I have to say about this would surely get my posting priledges suspended again. They already have been once on this.


66 posted on 04/05/2005 7:04:23 AM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: l.tecolote
Jeb took an oath to uphold Florida's consitution, but by not pardoning and protecting Terri, Jeb actually violated his oath, Florida's constitution, and a number of Florida statutes as well.

Damn right.

Not many people realize that.

67 posted on 04/05/2005 7:07:13 AM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: Theodore R.

Thank you for posting this. Escellent article.


68 posted on 04/05/2005 9:02:24 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: cvq3842
Exactly. We must never forget those who had Terri put to death. And those in power who could have, but refused, to help her.

I hope the Schindlers, or someone, sues Michael Schiavo.

69 posted on 04/05/2005 9:05:03 AM PDT by Dante3
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I hope the Schindlers, or someone, sues Michael Schiavo.

They can't. MRS and George W. Greer are protected against suits by FL law in connection with Terri's extermination.

70 posted on 04/05/2005 11:18:28 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: Theodore R.
That is outrageous, considering that people are sued even if they are not guilty such as the Verni family whose daughter was severely injured by a drunken driver (the parents had failed to put her in a child car seat and were at least partially to blame also). Yet they sued, among others, the NFL. And they received a lot of money.
71 posted on 04/05/2005 11:41:27 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Theodore R.; pc93; Drk4The1; gww1210; phenn; Canadian Outrage

> They can't. MRS and George W. Greer are protected against suits by FL law in connection with Terri's extermination.

At present they can't. But there are so many elements of a massive corrupt conspiracy swirling around at least the evil triumvir who culminated this tragic event. theempirejournal.com obtained Florida documents demonstrating legitimate reason to question JINO Greer's de jure judicial status. On 3/18/05, the very evening Terri's feeding tube was removed, HINO rambled on the Larry King Live program and made two statements which completely contradicted his court position that he knew what Terri's wishes were about "artificial" means to sustain lives. HINO's inadvertent admission proves that the many affidavits from independent sources attesting to HINO's lack of knowledge [of Terri's wishes] were truthful. If drawn together and assembled for a compelling legally coherent action, it might still be possible to reverse Greer's judgment and civil execution order. IMHO, Terri was murdered and there's no statute of limitations for murder. And if, in a court of law, it cannot be denied that Greer has been illegally occupying the circuit judgeship position, he would lose judicial immunity.

My personal conviction is what I've stated here can be achieved. At a minimum, research and being able to pore through at least a good portion of legal documentation is necessary, starting with all documentation from HINO's original filing back in 1998. Kind of difficult since I'm in California, but not impossible. At lot of the documentation, but unfortunately not all, is available somewhere on the internet. I'd very much welcome anyone's assistance locating documentation -- particularly from the very beginning to at least 2002.

More than vindication for Terri is at stake here. Unless Greer's rulings can, at whatever point in time, be shown to be foundationless and overturned, every American is at potential risk for the same sad ending as was forced on innocent, disabled and legally-helpless Terri.


72 posted on 04/05/2005 4:59:52 PM PDT by l.tecolote (doing what I can from California)
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To: Theodore R.

Tell the Media to report the REAL Schiavo polls!

http://capwiz.com/sicminc/issues/alert/?alertid=7351686&type=ME

My account, etc. of Terri Schindler's Funeral Mass:

http://tekgnosis.typepad.com


73 posted on 04/06/2005 11:48:31 AM PDT by pc93 (http://www.blogsforterri.com)
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