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... will be judged by the law that sets us free. 13 For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgement. 14 My brothers ...
Terri deserved better from us all (Joe Scarborough)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6330851/ Starving Terri to death is inhumane and beneath us as a country.
It is called Judicial Tyranny
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Terri Schiavo Dies but Feud Continues
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who spent 15 years connected to a feeding tube in an epic legal and medical battle that went all the way to the White House and Congress, died Thursday, 13 days after the tube was removed. She was 41.
Schiavo died about 9 a.m. at the Pinellas Park hospice where she lay for years while her husband and her parents fought over her in what was easily the longest, most bitter - and most heavily litigated - right-to-die dispute in U.S. history.
Michael Schiavo was at his wife's bedside, cradling her, when she died a "calm, peaceful and gentle" death, a stuffed animal under her arm, and flowers arranged around the room, said his attorney, George Felos. Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, were not at the hospice at the time, he said.
"Mr. Schiavo's overriding concern here was to provide for Terri a peaceful death with dignity," Felos said. "This death was not for the siblings, and not for the spouse and not for the parents. This was for Terri."
The feud between the parents and their son-in-law continued even after her death: The Schindlers' advisers complained that Schiavo's brother and sister had been at her bedside a few minutes before the end came, but were not there at the moment of her death because Michael Schiavo would not let them in the room.
"And so his heartless cruelty continues until this very last moment," said the Rev. Frank Pavone, a Roman Catholic priest. He added: "This is not only a death, with all the sadness that brings, but this is a killing, and for that we not only grieve that Terri has passed but we grieve that our nation has allowed such an atrocity as this and we pray that it will never happen again."
Felos disputed the Schindler family's account. He said that Terri Schiavo's siblings had been asked to leave the room so that the hospice staff could examine her, and the brother started arguing with a law enforcement official. Michael Schiavo feared a "potentially explosive" situation and would not allow the brother in the room, because he wanted his wife's death to take place in a calm and peaceful surroundings, Felos said.
"She's got all of her dignity back. She's now in heaven, she's now with God, and she's walking with grace," Michael Schiavo's brother, Scott Schiavo, said at his Levittown, Pa., home.
House Republican Leader Tom DeLay condemned the judges who at both the state and federal level declined to order that Schiavo be kept alive artificially.
"I never thought I'd see the day when a U.S. judge stopped feeding a living American so that they took 14 days to die," he said.
Outside the hospice, a small group of activists sang hymns, raising their hands to the sky and closing their eyes. After the tube that supplied a nutrient solution was disconnected, protesters had streamed into Pinellas Park to keep vigil outside her hospice, with many arrested as they tried to bring her food and water.
Dawn Kozsey, 47, a musician who was among those outside Schiavo's hospice, wept. "Words cannot express the rage I feel," she said. "Is my heart broken for this? Yes."
Schiavo suffered severe brain damage in 1990 after her heart stopped because of a chemical imbalance that was believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. Court-appointed doctors ruled she was in a persistent vegetative state, with no real consciousness or chance of recovery.
She left no written instructions, but her husband argued that his wife told him long ago she would not want to be kept alive artificially. His in-laws disputed that, saying that would have gone against her Roman Catholic faith, and they contended she could get better with treatment. They said she laughed, cried, responded to them and tried to talk.
Over and over, Pinellas County Circuit Judge George W. Greer said that Michael Schiavo had convinced him that Terri Schiavo would not have wanted to be kept alive under such conditions. The feeding tube was removed with the judge's approval March 18 - the third time food and water were cut off during the seven-year legal battle.
Florida lawmakers, Congress, President Bush and his brother Gov. Jeb Bush tried to intervene on behalf of her parents, but state and federal courts at all levels repeatedly ruled in favor of her husband.
The case focused national attention on living wills, prompting perhaps thousands of Americans to discuss their end-of-life wishes with their loved ones and put their instructions in writing. The dispute also stirred a furious debate over the proper role of government in such life-and-death decisions. And it led to allegations that Republicans in Congress were pandering to the religious right and violating their own political principles of limited government and states' rights.
In Washington, the president said he was saddened by the death.
"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak," Bush said. "In cases where there are serious doubts and questions, the presumption should be in favor of life."
In Rome, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, head of the Vatican's office for sainthood, called the removal of the feeding tube "an attack against God."
An autopsy is planned, with both sides hoping it will shed more light on the extent of her brain injuries and whether she was abused by her husband, as the Schindlers have argued. In what was the source of yet another dispute between the husband and his in-laws, Michael Schiavo will get custody of the body and plans to have her cremated and bury the ashes in the Schiavo family plot in Pennsylvania.
A funeral Mass, sought by the Schindlers, was tentatively scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday.
Gov. Jeb Bush said that millions of people around the world will be "deeply grieved" by her death but that the debate over her fate could help others grapple with end-of-life issues.
"After an extraordinarily difficult and tragic journey, Terri Schiavo is at rest," he said. "I remain convinced, however, that Terri's death is a window through which we can see the many issues left unresolved in our families and in our society. For that, we can be thankful for all that the life of Terri Schiavo has taught us."
Although several right-to-die cases have been fought in the courts across the nation in recent years, none had been this public, drawn-out and bitter.
Six times, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene. As Schiavo's life ebbed away earlier this month, Congress rushed through a bill to allow the federal courts to take up the case. President Bush signed it March 21. But the federal courts refused to intervene.
Described by her family as a shy woman who loved animals, music and basketball, Terri Schindler grew up in Pennsylvania and battled a weight problem in her youth.
"And then when she lost all the weight, she really became quite beautiful on the outside as well. What was inside she allowed to shine out at that point," a friend, Diane Meyer, said in 2003.
She met Michael Schiavo - pronounced SHY-voh - at Bucks County Community College near Philadelphia in 1982. They wed two years later. After they moved to Florida, she worked in an insurance agency.
But recurring battles with weight led to the eating disorder that was blamed for her collapse at 26. Doctors said she suffered severe brain damage when her heart stopped beating because of a potassium imbalance. Her brain was deprived of oxygen for 10 minutes before she was revived, doctors estimated.
Because Terri Schiavo did not leave written wishes on her care, Florida law gave preference to Michael Schiavo over her parents. But the law also recognizes parents as having crucial opinions in the care of an incapacitated person.
A court-appointed physician testified her brain damage was so severe that there was no hope she would ever have any cognitive abilities.
Still, her parents, who visited her nearly every day, reported their daughter responded to their voices. Video showing the dark-haired woman appearing to interact with her family was televised nationally. But the court-appointed doctor said the noises and facial expressions were reflexes.
Both sides accused each other of being motivated by greed over a $1 million medical malpractice award from doctors who failed to diagnose the chemical imbalance.
However, that money, which Michael Schiavo received in 1993, has all but evaporated, spent on his wife's care and the court fight. Just $40,000 to $50,000 remained as of mid-March.
Michael Schiavo's lawyers suggested the Schindlers wanted to get some of the money. And the Schindlers questioned their son-in-law's sincerity, saying he never mentioned his wife's wishes until winning the malpractice case.
The parents tried to have Michael Schiavo removed as his wife's guardian because he lives with another woman and has two children with her. Michael Schiavo refused to divorce his wife, saying he feared the Schindlers would ignore her desire to die.
Schiavo lived in her brain-damaged state longer than two other young women whose cases brought right-to-die issues to the forefront of public attention.
Karen Quinlan lived for more than a decade in a vegetative state - brought on by alcohol and drugs in 1975 when she was 21; New Jersey courts let her parents take her off a respirator a year after her injury. Nancy Cruzan, who was 25 when a 1983 car crash placed her in a vegetative state, lived nearly eight years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that her parents could withdraw her feeding tube.
Schiavo's feeding tube was briefly removed in 2001. It was reinserted after two days when a court intervened. In October 2003, the tube was removed again, but Gov. Jeb Bush rushed Terri's Law through the Legislature, allowing the state to have the feeding tube reinserted after six days. The Florida Supreme Court later struck down the law as unconstitutional interference in the judicial system by the executive branch.
Nearly two weeks ago, the tube was removed for a third and final time.
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Associated Press reporters Allen Breed, Vickie Chachere, Mark Long, Mitch Stacy and Ron Word contributed to this story.
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Make Your Voice Heard
Missouri's Initiative Petition Process and the Fair Ballot Access Act
A guide to conducting a statewide petition drive
Prepared by the Office of the Missouri Secretary of State Revised: March 2003
The initiative petition process has enabled Missourians to have a substantial impact on state government since 1875. The best ideas in our state are not always generated in the halls of government. Often they come directly from Missourians. It is the duty of all public officials to encourage citizens to make their voice heard. As your Secretary of State I am pleased to publish this informative guide for your use should you decide to participate in an initiative petition drive.
Missouri is one of only 24 states that allows its citizens the opportunity to make changes in state laws and the Missouri Constitution through the petition process. It is fitting that we in the "Show-Me State" have this special privilege which has grown in popularity over the years.
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Our statutes contain many specific requirements. All of these requirements must be followed in order to get a measure on the ballot. This booklet was published in order to gather all the relevant laws together in one place for your convenience. If you have any questions regarding the steps or the initiative petition process, please feel free to contact our Elections Division at (573) 751-2301 or (800) 669-8683.
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Next School Board Meeting April 21, 2005 6:30 p.m.
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
Kangaroo Courts in Missouri
Richie Adams is a listener to the show (The Derry Brownfield Show), he case is detailed below...
BY DENISE HENDERSON VAUGHN
Quill Correspondent
Richard John Adams, 40, Branson, has filed a civil lawsuit against Judge John Hutcherson of Clay County who is hearing a criminal case in which Adams is the defendant. Adams is seeking $7 million, plus punitive damages.Adams, in talking with The Quill Tuesday, contends in the lawsuit that the judge has deprived him of his right to liberty, his right to an impartial judge, his rights to due process and a speedy trial, and his right to counsel. Adams said he does not have an attorney representing him in the case.At one time in the approximate two years the criminal case has been before the courts, Adams asked that "Jesus Christ'' be his co-counselor, a request the court denied.The case before Hutcherson involves two charges of tampering with a judicial officer. Adams' trial is set for April 4 at Camdenton. If found guilty, he could get up to seven years in prison on each charge. The charges came after prosecutors said Adams made inappropriate comments to Associate Circuit Judge John Jacobs of Ozark County during a Howell County traffic ticket case in July 2002, heard in Ozark County on a change of venue.Hutcherson is presiding over the case after being appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court. Missouri Assistant Attorney General Ted Bruce is serving as prosecutor."This is all because judges don't like to be put in check when they have done wrong," Adams told The Quill Tuesday.Adams said he "put Jacobs on notice" that he intended to sue Jacobs for violating his rights. He has been deprived of counsel, he added. Attorney Steve Privette, Willow Springs, withdrew from the case because Adams could not pay for his services. Adams said he wants counsel, and has sought but has not found a replacement. "Because the case involves a judge, they don't want to take it, because it might negatively affect their cases in the future," he said.Adams said he received an e-mail from Hutcherson informing him that he will not be allowed to ask questions of prospective jurors; rather, the judge will ask the questions. One proposed question, Adams said, asks jurors if they will hold it against him that he chooses to represent himself. "That's deceptive," he said. "I don't choose to represent myself. I want counsel."Because he has been unable to get counsel, and due to his lack of legal training, Adams said, he plans to bring stacks of law books into the courtroom to serve as reference while he represents himself. He acknowledges his efforts to refer to the books may slow down proceedings.He's filing motions asking to have the case dismissed, he said.Adam's case has been delayed repeatedly. "I have never asked for a continuance, since 2002," he said. A prosecutor or a judge was responsible for every delay, he said. "If this case was a slam-dunk, I would already be in prison. Why have there been three amended informations filed, a change of prosecutors, and so many different judges?"Hutcherson is the fourth judge to preside over the case since it left Jacobs' court. The judge saga began in February 2003 when Adams stood before 44th Circuit Judge John Moody in a hearing to take up pending motions. At that time, Moody scheduled a jury trial for March 19, 2003. A short time later Moody recused himself from the case.On March 19, 2003, Mo. Supreme Court-appointed Judge William Mauer was in the courtroom, but the trial was not held that day. Adams requested the date be changed to allow attorney Privette to join him in court. Mauer approved the request. Privette later asked to be taken off the case.On Nov. 10, 2003, before appointed Judge Daniel Darnold, Adams pleaded not guilty to the charges. Feb. 18, Darnold sat as judge for Adams' pretrial hearing. Darnold later removed himself from the case because he was appointed Vernon County presiding commissioner in Nevada, Mo., and while holding that office he could not preside over court cases. Posted 12:12 PM Link
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Friday, 25 March, 2005
Want to pay the United Nations 1 cent water tax?
The Derry Brownfield show reports that world wide water rights belong to the United Nations. Due to Terri Schiavo's feeding tube not being reinserted the United Nations must have ordered the United States of America not to give water to Terri Schiavo to save her life.
Ownership of water by the UN is control over all nations even the United States of America. In my opinion the glass of water you drink the United Nations says it owns it even the water in the roadside ditch.
If you value your life and freedom lessen to
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/asp/asx.asp?listen=854
or die like Terri Schiavo will if her feeding tube is not reinserted!
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Joint Statement from Congress 
Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
UPDATE: Monday, March 21, 2005
Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, arrived at federal district court in Tampa and filed a request for an emergency injunction to keep their daughter fed. The extraordinary political fight that consumed both chambers of Congress and prompted the president to rush back to the White House.
In other words MY side won to keep Terri alive while the death cult of Transhumanism lost this battle.
Close your eyes and imagine a Vampire. Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. But another kind of vampire like the Executive Director of the World Transhumanist Association . Dr. Hughes along with Doug Bailey, Anders Sandberg, Gustavo Alves, Max More, Holger Wagner, Natasha Vita More, Eugene Leitl, Berrie Staring, David Pearce, Bill Fantegrossi, Doug Baily Jr., den Otter, Ralf Fletcher, Kathryn Aegis, Tom Morrow, Alexander Chislenko, Lee Daniel Crocker, Darren Reynolds, Keith Elis, Thom Quinn, Mikhail Sverdlov, Arjen Kamphuis, Shane Spaulding, and Nick Bostrom.
"Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!"
~Pope John Paul II~
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There's a lot of bull shit on the ground to report. This post will be edit later. By the way think it's time to vote a recall on Bond and Talent? I DO!
Rev. Smith
http://talent.senate.gov/News/default.cfm
Agriculture Budget
To save money, the President proposed changing the 2002 farm bill by cutting the agriculture budget. However, the farm bill has saved the taxpayers $16 billion. Should agriculture bear the lion's share of budget cuts in order to reduce the federal deficit?
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SJ00004:
S.J.RES.4 Title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 2/14/2005) Cosponsors (11) Related Bills: H.J.RES.23 Latest Major Action: 3/3/2005 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 19.
There are 3 versions of Bill Number S.J.RES.4 for the 109th Congress1 . Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Introduced in Senate)[S.J.RES.4.IS]2 . Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Placed on Calendar in Senate)[S.J.RES.4.PCS]3 . Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate)[S.J.RES.4.ES]
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:1:./temp/~c109vIkzAl::
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Introduced in Senate)
SJ 4 IS
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 4
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 14, 2005
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. REID, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to the establishment of minimal risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (published at 70 Fed. Reg. 460 (2005)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c109vIkzAl::
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Placed on Calendar in Senate)
SJ 4 PCS
Calendar No. 25
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 4
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 14, 2005
Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. REID, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BURNS, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
March 2, 2005
Discharged pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) and placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to the establishment of minimal risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (published at 70 Fed. Reg. 460 (2005)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Calendar No. 25
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. Res. 4
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
March 2, 2005
Discharged pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) and placed on the calendar
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:3:./temp/~c109vIkzAl::
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate)
SJ 4 ES
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 4
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture relating to the establishment of minimal risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (published at 70 Fed. Reg. 460 (2005)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Passed the Senate March 3, 2005.
Attest:
Secretary.
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 4
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Agriculture under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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