COLLEGES ACROSS AMERICA are calling for EVERYONE to WAKE UP!
Wed Mar 2, 2005 21:21
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COLLEGES ACROSS AMERICA are calling for EVERYONE to WAKE UP!
This is an awesome investigative article by an excellent school in Texas. The Texas Aggies of Texas A & M University. They are calling for everyone to go to Terri's side in civil disobedience to interfere non-violently if the Governor cannot get his people and law enforcement to take orders, that he has the power to effect.
Florida man should not be allowed to deny rights to sick wife
By Joshua Dwyer
Most marriage vows don't include murder. Love and honor in sickness and health, yes. Starve to death, not usually.
It is a shame that one must use a qualifier, but the case of a Florida man who wants his wife to die from lack of food and water defies the most basic notion of marriage. The ineptitude of judges in Florida only compounds this travesty of justice.
On Friday, a court order expired that prohibited Michael Schiavo from depriving his disabled wife, Terri, of food and water until she dies. Terri is not able to feed herself, so she relies on a tube to be connected to her stomach during mealtimes to provide her with nourishment.
Terri does not require any other means of life support. She is not in a coma, and for years, she has been able to breathe on her own. Videos of her at www.terrisfight.org depict a woman who can open her eyes, move her head, smile and even laugh. All of her organs work properly, despite the fact that she has received minimal medical care and no rehabilitation while her husband - acting as her legal guardian - has sought to end her life for the past few years.
Michael has multiple conflicting interests regarding his wife's care and should be immediately removed as Terri's legal guardian. If the judicial system fails to protect the innocent woman, and the state of Florida won't step in to defend her inalienable rights, only one option remains to prevent a terrible injustice from staining America. Citizens must adopt non-violent means of civil disobedience to ward off attempts against her life.
Ironically, 15 years before the day she might have been sentenced to death, Terri was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at home. Doctors were unable to determine a cause, but Terri's brain was damaged due to a lack of oxygen. Since then, she's fought for her life, often against her husband.
Michael maintains that it is his wife's wish for him to remove the feeding tube, saying there is no hope for her recovery. He says that if Terri is dying, she has the right to die peacefully and without pain. But she is not dying, and she is not in pain. There is also significant evidence that shows that Terri is not in a persistent vegetative state, and several doctors who contend and are willing to assist in her rehabilitation.
But the fact is Michael gave up on his wife years ago. According to CNN, he openly admits to fathering at least one child with his current girlfriend, and there are numerous reports that he has had other girlfriends, all while maintaining his legally married status. Obviously, he has no real intention of acting in Terri\'s best interest, or he would not have betrayed her in such a way.
After pleading before a medical malpractice jury that he would take care of his wife for as long as she lived in fulfillment of his marriage vows, Michael was awarded money to pay for Terri's medical care and rehabilitation. He has since spent most of it on attorney's fees and court costs in attempts to end her life.
Wesley Smith, attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, wrote that both Michael Schiavo and the judge presiding over Terri's case, George Greer, have failed to comply with Florida state laws regarding the actions of a legal guardian. Michael has repeatedly ignored the requirement to file a plan for her care and the judge has allowed him to remain as Terri's guardian despite the legal mandate. "This means Michael has no legal authority over her," Smith said.
Starving Terri to death could be very painful for her based on her current level of brain activity, according to Dr. Marc Siegel of New York University Medical School. Dr. Siegel also sees a problem with the proposed action.
"In a terminal situation, it's certainly reasonable for a physician to treat suffering first, even if it accelerates dying. But it is not reasonable to withhold creature comfort (including food)," Dr. Siegel writes.
The path to dehumanizing entire groups of people begins when a single innocent person is denied the right to live.
Once an individual is denied the rights of life, the door to refusing those same rights to entire subgroups opens, even if just a crack. That is why what happens to a woman 1,000 miles away should matter to the students at Texas A&M and the rest of America.
If there was ever a case for civil disobedience, ladies and gentleman, this is it. Terri has fought to live for this long, it is time she had some help. You may never again have the opportunity to do something so great with such little effort. For a woman unable to, stand and be counted; speak and be heard.
Take Action NOW
CALL, EMAIL or FAX
GOV. Jeb Bush
Please contact Governor Jeb Bush and encourage him to take all necessary steps to save the life of Terri Schiavo. You may reach him at:
Governor Jeb Bush
(850) 488-4441
Fax 850-487-0801
jeb.bush@myflorida.com
========================
Tonight I emailed all the below Florida official's at approx 4:30 am.
I want you all to know that out of all the ones you see below, only one answered me with a personal email. Only one. All the others did send an auto response. Because she did this and stated what she did in her email to me, I am forwarding it to you, I think it would be a good idea for those of you who have the time, to email her and ask her to keep "your recommendations in mind as well."
Her letter to me, is at the very bottom of this forward, this is a list of who I sent a short, but to the point email too, on my beliefs as to why the Florida State Representives's should pass a new bill that would save Terri's life, it can and should be done!
God bless you ,Lisa Please continue reading..........
Audrey.Gibson@myfloridahouse.gov
Audrey Gibson
State Representative
SEE BELOW PAST THE ADDRESS'S below the disclaimer for her personal email and unless you have a bulk mail permit, DO NOT email all of these address at once. If you are on AOL and you do not have a bulk mail permit, you can only send 20 emails at a time, every 20 minutes, or there is a good chance you will be tosed. It will take you 24 hours to be back online again.
Today when I wake up, I intend to fax and call every single one of our leaders below, this will take time. I will be off line most of the day. I have to set up some plans with Carol, owner of the links page, her sister Jane, Tammy our learder of the message board we have now reopened, Suegram and Baddteddy, all of which have not stopped in the effort to save Terri. I owe them all so much, thank you all!
AND PLEASE REMEMBER, none of this is possible without ALL of you, the readers, the ones who have not stopped fighting to keep Terri alive. YOU ARE Terri's HOPE! God bless you, Lisa
jeb@jeb.org, jeb.bush@myflorida.com, Kudlow-Cramer@CNBC.com, RLynch0527@aol.com, Global_Rumblings@topica.com, chawes@baynews9.com, mdeeson@tampabays10.com, bobrien@wusf.org, oreilly@foxnews.com, Squawk@CNBC.com, wvcy-tv@vcyamerica.org, hannity@foxnews.com, rush@eibnet.com, ruddyc@newsmax.com, jfarah@worldnetdaily.com, dsaunders@sfchronicle.com, dsommer@tampatrib.com, editor.letters@heraldtribune.com, editor@envoymagazine.com, dklement@bradentonherald.com, tribletters@tampatrib.com, colmes@foxnews.com, genesis@genesisrp.com, Radioqop@aol.com, CfRA@coralridge.org, wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov, drawdy.ann.so9@flsenate.gov, fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov, giordano.gregory@flsenate.gov, dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov, lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov, miller.leslie.web@flsenate.gov, siplin.gary.web@flsenate.gov, smith.rod.web@flsenate.gov, alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov, aronberg.dave.web@flsenate.gov, bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov, carlton.lisa.web@flsenate.gov, constantine.lee.web@flsenate.gov, cowin.ana.web@flsenate.gov, jones.dennis.web@flsenate.gov, crist.voctor.web@flsenate.gov, lee.tom.web@flsenate.gov, posey.bill.web@flsenate.gov, fernanr@eog.state.fl.us, raquel.rodriguez@myflorida.com, calamac@eog.state.fl.us, bob.marshall@trincomm.org, speaker@myfloridahouse.gov, sharron.brown@myfloridahouse.gov, peterman.frank@myfloridahouse.com, farkas.frank@myfloridahouse.com, flores.anitere@myfloridahouse.com, waters.leslie@myfloridahouse.com, diana.caridad@myfloridahouse.com, berfield.kim@myfloridahouse.com, detert.nancy@myfloridahouse.com, clarke.donna@myfloridahouse.com, galvano.bill@myfloridahouse.com, homan.ed@myfloridahouse.com, joyner.arthenia@myfloridahouse.com, justice.charlie@myfloridahouse.com, legg.john@myfloridahouse.com, machek.richard@myfloridahouse.com, mahon.mark@myfloridahouse.com, mayfield.stan@myfloridahouse.com, kravitz.dick@myfloridahouse.com, kreegel.paige@myfloridahouse.com, kyle.bruce@myfloridahouse.com, mealor.david@myfloridahouse.com, murzin.dave@myfloridahouse.com, needelman.mitch@myfloridahouse.com, negron.joe@myfloridahouse.com, patterson.pat@myfloridahouse.com, poppell.ralph@myfloridahouse.com, porth.ari@myfloridahouse.com, reagan.ron@myfloridahouse.com, rivera.david@myfloridahouse.com, robaina.julio@myfloridahouse.com, roberson.yolly@myfloridahouse.com, rubio.marco@myfloridahouse.com, sands.franklin@myfloridahouse.com, sansom.ray@myfloridahouse.com, sobel.eleanor@myfloridahouse.com, sorensen.ken@myfloridahouse.com, stansel.dwight@myfloridahouse.com, stargel.john@myfloridahouse.com, taylor.priscilla@myfloridahouse.gov, vana.shelley@myfloridahouse.com, williams.trudi@myfloridahouse.com, zapata.juan@myfloridahouse.com, domino.carl@myfloridahouse.com, culp.faye@myfloridahouse.com, evers.greg@myfloridahouse.com, fields.terry@myfloridahouse.com, garcia.rene@myfloridahouse.com, gardiner.andy@myfloridahouse.com, gibson.audrey@myfloridahouse.com, gibson.hugh@myfloridahouse.com, goldstein.susan@myfloridahouse.com, greenstein.ron@myfloridahouse.com, harrell.gayle@myfloridahouse.com, hasner.adam@myfloridahouse.com, hukill.dorothy@myfloridahouse.com, johnson.randy@myfloridahouse.com, jordan.stan@myfloridahouse.com, cretul.larry@myfloridahouse.com, davis.mike@myfloridahouse.com, davis.don@myfloridahouse.com, cannon.dean@myfloridahouse.com, carroll.jennifer@myfloridahouse.com, bucher.susan@myfloridahouse.com, brutus.phillip@myfloridahouse.com, benson.anna@myfloridahouse.com, brandenburg.mary@myfloridahouse.com, bean.aaron@myfloridahouse.com, barreiro.gustavo@myfloridahouse.com, ausley.loranne@myfloridahouse.com, attkisson.frank@myfloridahouse.com, arza.rafael@myfloridahouse.com, antone.bruce@myfloridahouse.com, altman.thad@myfloridahouse.com, allen.bob@myfloridahouse.com, adams.sandra@myfloridahouse.com, simmons.david@myfloridahouse.com, planas.juan-carlos@myfloridahouse.com, ambler.kevin@myfloridahouse.com, baxley.dennis@myfloridahouse.com, brummer.frederick@myfloridahouse.com, gelber.dan@myfloridahouse.com, grant.michael@myfloridahouse.com, kottkamp.jeff@myfloridahouse.com, mcinvale.sheri@myfloridahouse.com, pickens.joe@myfloridahouse.com, richardson.curtis@myfloridahouse.com, ross.dennis@myfloridahouse.com, seiler.jack@myfloridahouse.com, stephen.hogge@myfloridahouse.gov, david.delapaz@myfloridahouse.gov
This is an awesome investigative article by an excellent school in Texas. The Texas Aggies of Texas A & M University. They are calling for everyone to go to Terri's side in civil disobedience to interfere non-violently if the Governor cannot get his people and law enforcement to take orders, that he has the power to effect.
Florida man should not be allowed to deny rights to sick wife
By Joshua Dwyer
Most marriage vows don't include murder. Love and honor in sickness and health, yes. Starve to death, not usually.
It is a shame that one must use a qualifier, but the case of a Florida man who wants his wife to die from lack of food and water defies the most basic notion of marriage. The ineptitude of judges in Florida only compounds this travesty of justice.
On Friday, a court order expired that prohibited Michael Schiavo from depriving his disabled wife, Terri, of food and water until she dies. Terri is not able to feed herself, so she relies on a tube to be connected to her stomach during mealtimes to provide her with nourishment.
Terri does not require any other means of life support. She is not in a coma, and for years, she has been able to breathe on her own. Videos of her at www.terrisfight.org depict a woman who can open her eyes, move her head, smile and even laugh. All of her organs work properly, despite the fact that she has received minimal medical care and no rehabilitation while her husband - acting as her legal guardian - has sought to end her life for the past few years.
Michael has multiple conflicting interests regarding his wife's care and should be immediately removed as Terri's legal guardian. If the judicial system fails to protect the innocent woman, and the state of Florida won't step in to defend her inalienable rights, only one option remains to prevent a terrible injustice from staining America. Citizens must adopt non-violent means of civil disobedience to ward off attempts against her life.
Ironically, 15 years before the day she might have been sentenced to death, Terri was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at home. Doctors were unable to determine a cause, but Terri's brain was damaged due to a lack of oxygen. Since then, she's fought for her life, often against her husband.
Michael maintains that it is his wife's wish for him to remove the feeding tube, saying there is no hope for her recovery. He says that if Terri is dying, she has the right to die peacefully and without pain. But she is not dying, and she is not in pain. There is also significant evidence that shows that Terri is not in a persistent vegetative state, and several doctors who contend and are willing to assist in her rehabilitation.
But the fact is Michael gave up on his wife years ago. According to CNN, he openly admits to fathering at least one child with his current girlfriend, and there are numerous reports that he has had other girlfriends, all while maintaining his legally married status. Obviously, he has no real intention of acting in Terri\'s best interest, or he would not have betrayed her in such a way.
After pleading before a medical malpractice jury that he would take care of his wife for as long as she lived in fulfillment of his marriage vows, Michael was awarded money to pay for Terri's medical care and rehabilitation. He has since spent most of it on attorney's fees and court costs in attempts to end her life.
Wesley Smith, attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, wrote that both Michael Schiavo and the judge presiding over Terri's case, George Greer, have failed to comply with Florida state laws regarding the actions of a legal guardian. Michael has repeatedly ignored the requirement to file a plan for her care and the judge has allowed him to remain as Terri's guardian despite the legal mandate. "This means Michael has no legal authority over her," Smith said.
Starving Terri to death could be very painful for her based on her current level of brain activity, according to Dr. Marc Siegel of New York University Medical School. Dr. Siegel also sees a problem with the proposed action.
"In a terminal situation, it's certainly reasonable for a physician to treat suffering first, even if it accelerates dying. But it is not reasonable to withhold creature comfort (including food)," Dr. Siegel writes.
The path to dehumanizing entire groups of people begins when a single innocent person is denied the right to live.
Once an individual is denied the rights of life, the door to refusing those same rights to entire subgroups opens, even if just a crack. That is why what happens to a woman 1,000 miles away should matter to the students at Texas A&M and the rest of America.
If there was ever a case for civil disobedience, ladies and gentleman, this is it. Terri has fought to live for this long, it is time she had some help. You may never again have the opportunity to do something so great with such little effort. For a woman unable to, stand and be counted; speak and be heard.
Take Action NOW
CALL, EMAIL or FAX
GOV. Jeb Bush
Please contact Governor Jeb Bush and encourage him to take all necessary steps to save the life of Terri Schiavo. You may reach him at:
Governor Jeb Bush
(850) 488-4441
Fax 850-487-0801
jeb.bush@myflorida.com
========================
Tonight I emailed all the below Florida official's at approx 4:30 am.
I want you all to know that out of all the ones you see below, only one answered me with a personal email. Only one. All the others did send an auto response. Because she did this and stated what she did in her email to me, I am forwarding it to you, I think it would be a good idea for those of you who have the time, to email her and ask her to keep "your recommendations in mind as well."
Her letter to me, is at the very bottom of this forward, this is a list of who I sent a short, but to the point email too, on my beliefs as to why the Florida State Representives's should pass a new bill that would save Terri's life, it can and should be done!
God bless you ,Lisa Please continue reading..........
Audrey.Gibson@myfloridahouse.gov
Audrey Gibson
State Representative
SEE BELOW PAST THE ADDRESS'S below the disclaimer for her personal email and unless you have a bulk mail permit, DO NOT email all of these address at once. If you are on AOL and you do not have a bulk mail permit, you can only send 20 emails at a time, every 20 minutes, or there is a good chance you will be tosed. It will take you 24 hours to be back online again.
Today when I wake up, I intend to fax and call every single one of our leaders below, this will take time. I will be off line most of the day. I have to set up some plans with Carol, owner of the links page, her sister Jane, Tammy our learder of the message board we have now reopened, Suegram and Baddteddy, all of which have not stopped in the effort to save Terri. I owe them all so much, thank you all!
AND PLEASE REMEMBER, none of this is possible without ALL of you, the readers, the ones who have not stopped fighting to keep Terri alive. YOU ARE Terri's HOPE! God bless you, Lisa
jeb@jeb.org, jeb.bush@myflorida.com, Kudlow-Cramer@CNBC.com, RLynch0527@aol.com, Global_Rumblings@topica.com, chawes@baynews9.com, mdeeson@tampabays10.com, bobrien@wusf.org, oreilly@foxnews.com, Squawk@CNBC.com, wvcy-tv@vcyamerica.org, hannity@foxnews.com, rush@eibnet.com, ruddyc@newsmax.com, jfarah@worldnetdaily.com, dsaunders@sfchronicle.com, dsommer@tampatrib.com, editor.letters@heraldtribune.com, editor@envoymagazine.com, dklement@bradentonherald.com, tribletters@tampatrib.com, colmes@foxnews.com, genesis@genesisrp.com, Radioqop@aol.com, CfRA@coralridge.org, wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov, drawdy.ann.so9@flsenate.gov, fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov, giordano.gregory@flsenate.gov, dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov, lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov, miller.leslie.web@flsenate.gov, siplin.gary.web@flsenate.gov, smith.rod.web@flsenate.gov, alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov, aronberg.dave.web@flsenate.gov, bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov, carlton.lisa.web@flsenate.gov, constantine.lee.web@flsenate.gov, cowin.ana.web@flsenate.gov, jones.dennis.web@flsenate.gov, crist.voctor.web@flsenate.gov, lee.tom.web@flsenate.gov, posey.bill.web@flsenate.gov, fernanr@eog.state.fl.us, raquel.rodriguez@myflorida.com, calamac@eog.state.fl.us, bob.marshall@trincomm.org, speaker@myfloridahouse.gov, sharron.brown@myfloridahouse.gov, peterman.frank@myfloridahouse.com, farkas.frank@myfloridahouse.com, flores.anitere@myfloridahouse.com, waters.leslie@myfloridahouse.com, diana.caridad@myfloridahouse.com, berfield.kim@myfloridahouse.com, detert.nancy@myfloridahouse.com, clarke.donna@myfloridahouse.com, galvano.bill@myfloridahouse.com, homan.ed@myfloridahouse.com, joyner.arthenia@myfloridahouse.com, justice.charlie@myfloridahouse.com, legg.john@myfloridahouse.com, machek.richard@myfloridahouse.com, mahon.mark@myfloridahouse.com, mayfield.stan@myfloridahouse.com, kravitz.dick@myfloridahouse.com, kreegel.paige@myfloridahouse.com, kyle.bruce@myfloridahouse.com, mealor.david@myfloridahouse.com, murzin.dave@myfloridahouse.com, needelman.mitch@myfloridahouse.com, negron.joe@myfloridahouse.com, patterson.pat@myfloridahouse.com, poppell.ralph@myfloridahouse.com, porth.ari@myfloridahouse.com, reagan.ron@myfloridahouse.com, rivera.david@myfloridahouse.com, robaina.julio@myfloridahouse.com, roberson.yolly@myfloridahouse.com, rubio.marco@myfloridahouse.com, sands.franklin@myfloridahouse.com, sansom.ray@myfloridahouse.com, sobel.eleanor@myfloridahouse.com, sorensen.ken@myfloridahouse.com, stansel.dwight@myfloridahouse.com, stargel.john@myfloridahouse.com, taylor.priscilla@myfloridahouse.gov, vana.shelley@myfloridahouse.com, williams.trudi@myfloridahouse.com, zapata.juan@myfloridahouse.com, domino.carl@myfloridahouse.com, culp.faye@myfloridahouse.com, evers.greg@myfloridahouse.com, fields.terry@myfloridahouse.com, garcia.rene@myfloridahouse.com, gardiner.andy@myfloridahouse.com, gibson.audrey@myfloridahouse.com, gibson.hugh@myfloridahouse.com, goldstein.susan@myfloridahouse.com, greenstein.ron@myfloridahouse.com, harrell.gayle@myfloridahouse.com, hasner.adam@myfloridahouse.com, hukill.dorothy@myfloridahouse.com, johnson.randy@myfloridahouse.com, jordan.stan@myfloridahouse.com, cretul.larry@myfloridahouse.com, davis.mike@myfloridahouse.com, davis.don@myfloridahouse.com, cannon.dean@myfloridahouse.com, carroll.jennifer@myfloridahouse.com, bucher.susan@myfloridahouse.com, brutus.phillip@myfloridahouse.com, benson.anna@myfloridahouse.com, brandenburg.mary@myfloridahouse.com, bean.aaron@myfloridahouse.com, barreiro.gustavo@myfloridahouse.com, ausley.loranne@myfloridahouse.com, attkisson.frank@myfloridahouse.com, arza.rafael@myfloridahouse.com, antone.bruce@myfloridahouse.com, altman.thad@myfloridahouse.com, allen.bob@myfloridahouse.com, adams.sandra@myfloridahouse.com, simmons.david@myfloridahouse.com, planas.juan-carlos@myfloridahouse.com, ambler.kevin@myfloridahouse.com, baxley.dennis@myfloridahouse.com, brummer.frederick@myfloridahouse.com, gelber.dan@myfloridahouse.com, grant.michael@myfloridahouse.com, kottkamp.jeff@myfloridahouse.com, mcinvale.sheri@myfloridahouse.com, pickens.joe@myfloridahouse.com, richardson.curtis@myfloridahouse.com, ross.dennis@myfloridahouse.com, seiler.jack@myfloridahouse.com, stephen.hogge@myfloridahouse.gov, david.delapaz@myfloridahouse.gov
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