Saturday, March 26, 2005

PWR: Pamela's Weekend Recap: Judicial Murder "Rule of Law AKA JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS!"

It's that time again, opening a vein at the end of the week. The whole of my week has been Terri Schiavo. There is no way I cannot speak to her impending death by the state. So much has been said, so much hearsay from both sides -even Michael Schiavo's contention that Terri said she would want to die is hearsay......................my thoughts, Atlas
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Terri is dying, most likely Easter weekend. Inasmuch as the Left portrayed this as a legal issue, I assure you it is a moral issue. This is MURDER plain and simple. What does this say about us as a people when a mother is pleading and crying on national airwaves not to murder her daughter and we do it anyway.


Today I am ashamed to be an American.

And now we see just how far the perversion and absolute power the Krytocracy holds in America. IF THIS IS NOT A CALL TO ALL AMERICANS TO GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND CHANGE THE SYSTEM THEN THERE IS NO HOPE FOR US.

Imagine, the President of the United States, the House , the Senate, Governor Bush............the great powers in America could not stop the murder of one RIGHT TO DIE Advocate Judge.Michael Schiavo's Doctor, Lawyer and CLINTON FEDERAL APPOINTED Judge Whittemore are all RIGHT TO DIE ADVOCATES.

15 years of litigation, yes. Same judge YES!Unfuckingbelievable...yet another glaring conflict of interest everybody's comfortable with? The spotlight should be on the right to die advocates: Cranford, Felos and Greer (doctor, lawyer and judge!) Read the whole piece in WND (click)

"We are appalled that the Florida courts have not removed Mr. Schiavo as Terri’s guardian," says Nancy Pfotenhauer, president of the Independent Women’s Forum. "There is an inherent conflict between the interests of Mr. Schiavo, his live-in girlfriend, his children with this woman, and the needs of his wife. Given this conflict of interest, it shocks the conscience that Mr. Schiavo still controls whether Terri lives or dies."

"All organizations that claim to speak for women should be outraged at this injustice. Effectively, Terri is being sentenced to an early grave because her husband would prefer her death to a divorce," Pfotenhauer continued.
Michael Schiavo once tried to kill his wife Terri with insulin shots, according to a former caregiver for the brain-injured Florida woman.
The estranged husband -- who is living with another woman with whom he has two children -- "wants her to die; he doesn't want the truth to be known," said Carla Sauer Iyer in an interview this morning on the Fox News Channel program "Fox and Friends."
WorldNetDaily reported the registered nurse's testimony in 2003 when it was presented in a 24-page complaint filed in a federal lawsuit alleging Michael Schiavo had forbidden medical professionals to provide his wife with any therapy or rehabilitation and had attempted to hasten her death while she was a patient at the Pinellas Park, Fla., hospice she has lived in since 2000.

What we are seeing here is the old fashioned law being applied to the contemporary idea of "starter marriages", multiple marriages, and the breakdown of the American family. MARRIAGE AS AN ABSOLUTE -Bottom line is when these laws were written, marriage was a more sacred institution and husbands and wives, by and large, stayed together for life.

According to Terri's best friends (two of which were on Linda Vesta's daily show yesterday), Terri was most unhappy in the marriage. She was planning to leave, Michael was a control freak that monitored Terri's every move. She had to come straight home from work everyday. Michael would go ballistic (!) iF Terri was ever late. He would even check the odometer on the car to check for mileage to see if Terri went anywhere other than she was suppsoed to go. Invariably she and her friends would never take Terri's car, for fear of enraging Michael Schiavo. Insofar as the alleged abuse, her friend said she saw a good many black and blue marks but never thought anything of it so I will not speculate further. Yes this is all heresay but it speaks to a much larger break in the infrastructure of American Society. The continuous chipping away at the solemnity and sanctity of marriage by the left(Bill "I did not have sex with that woman" Clinton, same sex marriage, illegitimate children, single parent households, remember how Dan Quale was excoriated for suggesting that Murphy Brown was "celebrating" fatherless parenthood?, the sad results of the continuing culture war) have brought us to this disastrous fork in the road.
That being said, the bottom line is Michael Schiavo SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THIS DECISION. He does not have Terri's best interest at heart, not for one second. The marriage was broken. Terri was leaving this control freak and taking an apartment with her friend. Therein lies the problem. This man would not be Terri's husband had this happened one or two years later. Today, multiple marriages are commonplace, so the ramifications of implicit spousal authority are spectacular and terrifying as this case so painfully shows. This being the law of the land (the sanctity and purity of marriage), the courts have no choice. Truth be told, I would not want my husband making this decision.

In cases such as these where there is no living will and there are opposing family members, we must come down on the side of life. Most people things it's a horrible existance. Who died and made them G-d? I for one WOULD WANT TO LIVE. No one loves me enough to fight for me like that, what a love! That LOVE IS IN ITSELF something to live for. to me living in the bed sounds like heaven, how about that?


Look I don't want to sound preachy or high handed and I had read everything on this case and everybody thinks they have cornered the morality issue here. I think not. This is easy. This is murder. I am not in the least bit interested if Terri will "wake up" someday. Irrelevant! Who are we to judge the quality of her life or the measure of a mother's love? I do not believe for one second that Terri's mother would want to see her daughter lead a tortured life. She loves her, wants desperately to take care of here. Ma Schiavo said yesterday "She is my life".

If you've seen Terri's face when her mother is kissing her there's not much more proof you need. Such a love...............

Two other small tangential points, I never hear boo from the "right to die" activists concerning Sunny Von Bulow. This woman is as brain dead as a doornail, no noise, no opening the eyes, nothing! But that's ok and if you going to ask me 'who is to pay for Terri'? I will tell you right now DON'T GO THERE. The healthcare system is so corrupt and twisted by the political strong arming of special interest groups, it's enough to make you sick. Every illegal alien and their mother, cousin, brother, sister crosses our borders for free medical care. Don't believe me, look at all those Texas hospitals near the Mexican border, they are drowning in caring for the illegals. And everyone outside this country knows to come here on a tourist visa and get free medical everything from flu shots to open heart surgery (we all have witnessed these abuses). So if my tax money is going to pay for anything let it be Terri and if you dont like it....CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
The same murdering judge REJECTED THEIR LAST APPEAL BASED on the lawyer's testimony that Terri attempted to speak last friday and say I....................whaaaaaaaaa and then screamed out in frustration.And then there is the alleged political corruption in the Schiavo case. Criminal probes reportedly shut down despite investigators' concerns..................
in todays WND when Terri Schiavo enters what are thought to be her last hours of life, allegations of political corruption and obstruction of justice on the part of state officials raise questions as to whether the brain-injured woman's court-ordered death by starvation might serve to cover up crimes committed against her.

Criminal probes launched by two Florida agencies looking into allegations the incapacitated woman was abused, neglected and exploited were shut down, despite investigators' concerns.

>President Bush issued a statement saying that "in cases like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life."

G-d bless you President Bush, for trying to do the right thing and save her life as opposed to
"rule of law" aka 'JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS'.you took a great political hit for all the right reasons....TO SAVE A LIFE

Terri Schiavo: Cognitively Able

The following transcript was posted on Free Republic on 01/21/2004 7:08:56 PM PST by FL_engineer

From "Terri Big Eyes" video available at http://www.terrisfight.org

Terri starts out apparently asleep. A doctor wakes her to start his tests.

Doctor: Terri. Open your eyes up...

Terri: (Startled at hearing her name. She starts moving her mouth and fluttering her eyes, like a person who is just waking up)

Doctor: Open your eyes, Terri open your eyes

Terri: (slowly at first, Terri struggles to open her eyes, then turns toward the doctor, and opens her eyes a normal amount)

Doctor: There you go, good.

Terri: (then, either to show off (?) or wanting to perform well, she leans further forward toward the doctor, looks straight at him and opens her eyes as WIDE AS SHE CAN. Note the WRINKLES ACROSS HER FOREHEAD caused by her also RAISING HER EYEBROWS as high as possible )

Doctor: [now obviously impressed] GOOD!! GOOD JOB! GOOD JOB YOUNG LADY! Good Job. (Thanks to Melissa S. for alerting me to the pictures and commentary posted by FL engineer.)

Lisa's notes: Terri has been referred to as being cognitively disabled, and this is true. She suffered brain damage when something happened that caused the flow of oxygen to her brain to be cut off for a period of time. Since medical records rule out heart attack, cardiac arrest and potassium imbalance, it is likely that her oxygen supply was cut off when her neck was injured to the point of extreme rigidity.

Due to the fact that Terri has been illegally denied rehabilitation for over ten years, she is still cognitively and physically disabled.

Contrary to what you may have been led to believe, Terri definitely did not collapse due to a heart attack or cardiac arrest and she did not have a potassium imbalance. Dr. Hammesfahr and Robert Schindler (Terri's father) cleared up this damage-control-for-Michael-Schiavo rumor during an interview with Sean Hannity:

HAMMESFAHR: But the medical record clearly shows that there has never been a heart attack. Potassium causes damage by causing heart attacks, so we know the potassium is not an issue.

SCHINDLER: That comes from the evidence that there's medical evidence that she had a neck injury. And as the doctor said, she had no heart attack. And her ribs and parts of her body suffered fractures.

(Quotes source: Foul Play in Terri Schiavo Case?)

Dr. Hammesfahr revealed in an interview with Ron Panzer that Terri never had a heart attack or cardiac arrest:

Dr. Hammesfahr revealed that not only has Terri NEVER had a heart attack as widely reported in the major media, she also NEVER even had a cardiac arrest (her heart never stopped)! [she had arhythmias of the heart but not a "stopped heart."]

(Quote source: Ron Panzer's notes: Interview with Dr. Hammesfahr)

Terri was found face down with an extremely rigid neck. Her neck injuries indicate that she was strangled:

Dr. William Hammesfahr, Nobel prize nominee and neurologist, testified that Terri's neck injuries are consistent with only one type of injury: that of strangulation.

(Quote source: State-Funded Agency to Probe Claim of Spousal Abuse in Terri Schiavo Case)

The heart attack, cardiac arrest, and potassium imbalance rumors are meant to steer you away from the fact that Terri had a serious neck injury (indicative of strangulation) which is documented in her medical records.

A cognitively disabled person is below average in intellectual function. He or she often has difficulty reasoning, solving problems, and understanding and using language.

Cognitive means

Pertaining to the mental process of thought, including perception, reasoning, intuition and memory.

(Quote source: hyperdictionary.com)

To be cognitively disabled does not mean that a person has no mental process of thought and cannot perceive things, or reason, or remember anything at all. It means that these abilities are below average in the cognitively disabled person.

Terri Schindler Schiavo's responses to the doctor's instructions reveal that she is conscious and cognitive. Without therapy her cognition is below average, but she is cognitive. She does perceive and reason. She is intuitive and she has memory. Terri made a monumental effort to demonstrate her cognitive ability in response to the doctor's directions. She did this by purposely exaggerating her responses to make it clear to the doctor that she definitely understood his directions!

This action required perception, reasoning and intuition. At the time this video was taken, Terri was keenly aware that Michael and his accomplices were saying that she was practically dead already and working to achieve that end. Terri knew she needed to demonstrate that she was capable of processing information and carrying out instructions. And she achieved her goal.

If Terri had been receiving therapyjust like anyone else who has suffered a serious injuryshe would not be demonstrating her cognition by opening her eyes and leaning forward and opening them wider for emphasis. Instead, she would be opening her mouth and revealing the circumstances preceding her sudden collapse. Michael's refusal to prevent her from having any therapy serves to prevent such a disclosure.

Thus Terri languishes in a state of solitary confinement with no stimulation while Florida laws have broken daily for ten years to (1) keep her in a state of disability and (2) keep Michael from a criminal investigation.

Florida law clearly calls for Terri to be given rehabilitative therapy and for Michael to lose his guardianship status and be investigated. Governor Bush has the duty and the authority to see to it that the laws of the state of Florida are faithfully executed.

Please contact Governor Jeb Bush right away and urge him to require that Terri be given therapy (which has always been her legal right), to remove Michael as guardian, and order an investigation into the circumstances of her collapse.

Jeb.Bush@MyFlorida.com

Gary and Lisa Ruby

posted by AtlasShrugs.com at 3/26/2005 11:20:00 AM