They’re going to take out a newspaper ad in Florida and need to raise $10,000.
If you have a few dollars, run over to blogsforterri and throw some money into the hat.
The paypal button is on the righthand side of blogsforterri
Darn. I overnighted my personal check to them this morning. Just means I’m going to have to send some additional via paypal tonight~!!!
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I had not used my paypal account in ages, and when I tried to donate to this cause I messed up bad….as I clicked the donate button I noticed that the bank account for the paypal account had not been updated. Too late. So I had to edit my account and will be passing along money to them as soon as I verify my account.
I feel stupid right now.
One more thing Cao from the AFA on this case, if you haven’t seen it:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/afa/242005a.asp
Petition on AFA:
http://www.afa.net/Petitions/TakeAction.asp?id=121
Well this one has the info and the link to the petition: http://www.afa.net/petitions/issuedetail.asp?id=121
No need to feel stupid, stuff happens. You’re on the right track, kender.
Thanks for the links, Leanne!!!!
Cao, I did the same thing! Overnighted my check to the tune of $13 and change, and now the Paypal button is up! Oh well, I clicked on that, too.
I am the executor for my cousin. If I were in similar situation, I would have a problem pulling the plug even it were against the written wishes of my cousin. I would let her live for another 5 years and re-evaluate then. It’s not a matter of quality of life or following through with the wishes of my cousin, it is more to do with the urgency of the situation. In the Schiavo case, there is no urgency. So I say, don’t pull the plug.
Link to facts:
I urge you all to read this page. It is written by a Florida lawyer who explains in detail the proceedings, as related to law. Very detailed and informative.
http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html
Is he a member of the ACLU or on the Suncoast board or have a history, like Felos, to be on the killing agenda?
What you’re doing there, OJ, is demonstrating how the judiciary leverages the penumbra of an emanation, and manipulates the facts of a case. Lies can be told simply by omitting facts….and there are things missing in the “facts” of this case.
Given the difficulty of diagnosing PVS, the high rate of error, the obvious bias of the doctor whose judgment forms the basis of the judge’s ruling that Terri is PVS, and the growing outcry from the neurological community, how is it that Judge Greer’s ruling has been sustained? The answer is that in our legal system, once a judge has ruled on a matter of fact, it is very difficult to revisit such a ruling. The lawyers’ rule of thumb is that trial courts hear and rule on questions of fact, and appellate courts rule on questions of law; it’s unusual for an appellate court to overturn a lower court’s ruling because of an issue of fact.
That’s why, at every turn in this case, the Schindlers have had to try to undo the faulty rulings of fact previously issued by Judge Greer. They’ve had to go back before Judge Greer himself and try to convince him that he was wrong, and should undo his own rulings. Judge Greer has proven unwilling to do so. The higher courts, unwilling to overturn a trial judge’s rulings of fact, have no interest in granting new hearings. Michael Schiavo and George Felos have no interest in revisiting Terri’s diagnosis, as that ruling provides the whole legal basis of their ability to end her life. Dr. Cranford has no interest in seeing his own diagnosis called into question. Dr. Bell lamented that at this point, “medical realities are no longer governing this case.” He added that it seemed to him that medical issues concerning the care of the patient had been subsumed by legal issues. In our courts, he added, “once a decision is made they don’t want additional information.”
The whole history of Terri’s case over the past few years can be summed up as the efforts of the Schindlers, and those who value Terri’s life, to try to introduce additional information before the courts and other authorities. Some of this information consists of facts and arguments that were ignored or dismissed without adequate consideration; some has been the result of advances in the diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries over the last five years. On the side of Michael Schiavo, George Felos, and Judge Greer, their efforts have consisted almost entirely in trying to prevent any new information from being presented or considered.
The legal system’s willful blindness to facts cannot succeed forever. The truth has a way of coming out. But will it do so in time to save Terri Schiavo? Dr. Morin said that “the law can find a way to do the right thing if it wants to.” The problem so far is that those who have the power to do the right thing seem to have no desire or inclination to do so.
Not only that, but this one judge, this one man, has been making this life or death decision. Terri hasn’t had her own legal representation, or expert witnesses, and this hasn’t been heard in front of a jury.