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Commentary - Schiavo Figures Don't Add Up
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When one takes a look at Michael Schiavo and statements that he makes, a lot of things don't add up.
Over the years, he's told a lot of different stories about what he claims happened the night of Feb. 25, 1990, when his wife, Terri Schindler Schiavo, inexplicably collapsed, suffering brain damage from a deprivation of oxygen.
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Op-Ed - Two Years And Not Much Change By Pamela F. Hennessy
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Today marks the two year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo.
I don't imagine I'll ever forget that morning, receiving a phone call from Bobby Schindler to tell me he and his younger sister were just escorted out of Terri's room. Thinking back, that might have been the first time I actually heard him crying.
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Commentary - Death Does Not Have The Last Word
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Two years ago today, shortly after 9 a.m., Terri Schindler Schiavo died as a result of the long, painful and barbaric process of the court-ordered execution by starvation when her estranged husband Michael Schiavo removed her feeding tube which provided her nutrition and hydration.
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Commentary - Malice Aforethought: The Death Of Terri Schiavo By June Maxam
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In 1931, British author Anthony Berkeley Cox, writing under the pseudonym of Francis Iles, penned a murder mystery novel titled "Malice Aforethought".
The novel related the story of a physician who slowly poisoned his domineering wife to death so he could be with the woman that he loved. It is a classic tale of infatuation, revenge and murder. The work was groundbreaking in that it was the first in the genre to reveal the murderer's identity at the beginning and allow the reader to see the workings of a criminal mind.
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Commentary - Schiavo Brother Denounces St. Petersburg Bishop Lynch
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As the second anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death from dehydration on March 31, 2005, approaches, her brother, Bobby Schindler has released a letter written to Bishop Robert Lynch of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Schiavo's TerriPAC Dodging Requests For Campaign Finance Data By June Maxam
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The letters seeking additional information about campaign finance activity issued by the Federal Election Commission issue stern warnings, stating that there will be no extensions granted and that there will be no additional notices.
"Failure to provide an adequate response by (the response due date) may result in an audit of the committee", is boldly declared in the three letters issued on Feb. 16.
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Commentary = Media Bias In Schiavo Case Continues
By June Maxam
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When the St. Petersburg Times published an article on March 10, entitled "An exit of her choosing: unafraid and in control", it compared the death of octogenarian Adelaide R. Snyder to that of Terri Schiavo, the woman who was court ordered to die by removal of all hydration and sustenance because her husband said that's what she would have wanted.
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Politicians Like Romney Abdicate Role As Public Servants By Bobby Schindler
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Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently stated, "My view was a case like this would normally be left in the hands of a court."
Romney was referring to the attempt by Congress to help save the life of my sister, Terri Schiavo. He mistakenly assumed passing the buck on this issue would gain him political capital. He could not be more wrong, morally or politically.
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Brownback Picks Up Bobby Schindler Endorsement
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ALEXANDRIA, VA---Kansas Senator and Republican conservative Sam Brownback's presidential bid received an endorsement Tuesday from Bobby Schindler, brother of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo who died two years ago this month in Florida from starvation and dehydration after a court mandated the removal of her feeding tube at the behest of her estranged husband.
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Schiavo Sister: Every Human Life Has Equal Moral Value
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KENNEWICK, WASH---Suzanne Vitadamo, sister of Terri Schindler Schiavo, spoke about her family's struggle to care for her disabled sister in Kennewick on Saturday as one of the featured speakers at the 3rd Annual It's About Life Conference sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council.
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Exclusive Commentary - Schiavo Case: Cover-Up Continues By June Maxam
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'Tis the season of awards.
First there were the Golden Globe awards in January.
Then the Grammys and last week, the Academy Awards.
Now it's time for the North Country Gazette's annual Golden Broom award, given to the public entity which best uses creativity and ingenuity to sweep wrongdoing under the rug, promoting a culture of deception, corruption and distrust.
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Commentary - Three Strikes Warrant Schiavo FEC Audit
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Dumb and dumber.
That's Michael Schiavo and his brother, Brian.
They just can't seem to comprehend the rather simple language contained in the forms for the Federal Election Commission for campaign finance disclosure of Schiavo's political action committee, TerriPAC such as carrying the ending balance of one quarter forward as the starting balance on the next quarter.
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Commentary - Kiddie Porn and Schiavo Case---ACLU Hypocrisy
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ARLINGTON, VA---Apparently the American Civil Liberties Union, or at least one of its former executives, believes that First Amendment rights and other constitutional guarantees should include the right to possess child pornography.
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Commentary - George Felos: Ethics and Spiritual Practice By June Maxam
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It was 17 years ago this week that Terri Schindler Schiavo mysteriously collapsed, certainly forever changing the course of her life as well as that of vulnerable adults throughout the United States.
Right-to-die proponent George Felos used the Schiavo case to promote his own ideological agenda while being compensated by monies that were to have been used for therapy and the rehabilitation of the ward of his client. |
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Op-Ed - The Media Continues To Get It Wrong By Bobby Schindler
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Time magazine published an article on Jan. 19, by Stephen Pinker entitled "The Mystery of Consciousness," on the science and implications of consciousness. Bobby Schindler, brother of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo has written a response. It follows. |
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Pope: Compassion Doesn't Justify Euthanasia
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Humanity cannot legitimize euthanasia or be "fooled" into justifying it "under the guise of human compassion", Pope Benedict said Sunday, speaking on the Italian Catholic Church's Day for Life. |
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Commentary - Clear and Convincing Blueprint For Murder By June Maxam
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What do Scooter Libby and Michael Schiavo have in common?
A bad memory.
Thing is, Libby may be acquitted because of his bad memory.
A disabled woman died a premature death because of Schiavo's convenient memory---hardly the clear and convincing standard needed for a death edict.
Former White House aide Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice but the Government's case is built on a bunch of witnesses with bad memories.
Libby's defense is "With so much going on with national security, I don't remember who I told what when. I wasn't lying to you in the grand jury, I just don't remember".
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Op-Ed - If Only My Sister Were A Convicted Murderer By Bobby Schindler
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As the mainstream media editorialize outgoing Florida Governor Jeb Bush, I can't help but compare their opposition to the 34-minute execution of convicted killer Angel Diaz with their support of the 14-day execution of my sister, Terri Schiavo.... |
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Ethics Hearing Set For Schiavo Judge Bailiff, Ex-Sheriff Rice
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PINELLAS COUNTY---Former Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice, two officers of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department including one who acts as a bailiff in the court of probate court Judge George W. Greer, and an assistant public defender in the Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender's office are the subjects of a probable cause hearing being conducted Friday, Jan. 26, by Florida's Commission on Ethics in Tallahassee. |
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Bob Schindler Home
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA---Hospitalized for nearly six weeks after suffering several mild strokes in mid-December , Robert Schindler Sr., father of Terri Schindler Schiavo, has returned home. |
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Commentary - Media Bias In Schiavo Case Extends To Google
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Google is at it again.
What?
Censorship.
For over a year, Google has been systematically censoring articles published at The North Country Gazette news site related to the Schiavo case, particularly articles critical of Judge George Greer and Michael Schiavo. |
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Commentary - George Felos, Judge Greer, Dr. Bambakidis: A Schiavo Triangle
Part I: By June Maxam
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The Cleveland Clinic is in the news.
The Humane Society of the United States has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Congress to take action in response to the recent surgery demonstration performed on a live dog for a sales presentation at the Cleveland Clinic, a Cincinnati-based animal rights group has asked for a federal investigation into where the Cleveland Clinic gets it research dogs, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending an inspector to the facility to investigate. |
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Commentary - Schiavo Nursing License Subject Of Review
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What goes around, comes around.
Even for Michael Schiavo.
When a former caregiver of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo was under fire by the Florida Board of Health last August, threatened with having her nursing license revoked for allegedly disclosing confidential information about the disabled woman on CNN, Michael Schiavo was quick to condemn, saying that Carla Sauer Iyer had violated her oath and "is getting what she deserves".
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Bobby Schindler Speaker For Upcoming Pro-Life Events
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Members of the Schindler family will be in attendance for the March for Life, the annual pro-life rally, to be held in Washington, DC on the 34th anniversary of the decision in the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Judge On The Road Again
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DALLAS---What does Pinellas County Probate Court Judge George W. Greer know about the jury system?
How did the civil jury system have any impact on the Terri Schindler Schiavo case?
George Greer is on the road again, this time appearing as a speaker at next month's National Jury Summit to be hosted by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) on Feb. 8-9 in Las Vegas.
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COMMENTARY - Campaign Finance Questions Plague TerriPAC, Schiavo
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Michael Schiavo has some 'splaining to do.
Even he and his brother Brian Schiavo have to follow the rules, regulations and law at the Federal Elections Commission.
And things just don't add up.
The Federal Elections Commissions wants some answers in regard to the financial disclosure filings of TerriPAC, Schiavo's political action committee, but so far, although FEC imposed a deadline of Jan. 2, according to the FEC website, the Schiavos haven't favored the federal agency with a response.
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Bob Schindler Stable, Begins Rehab
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA---Robert Schindler Sr., father of the late Terri Schindler-Schiavo, has been transferred to a rehabilitation center is now undergoing therapy after suffering several mild strokes.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Claims Warrant Forensic Accountant
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Another day, another lie.
Too many times Michael Schiavo has tried to explain away his conflicting stories regarding important issues concerning the incapacitating brain injury incurred by his wife by saving he has a bad memory.
In some circles, it's called self-decit; in others, it's a symptom of being a pathological liar.
The noun self-deceit has but one meaning: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it.
Figures won't lie but liars will figure and in the Schiavo case, there's little doubt that figures, monetary figures and greed, is what the case was really all about. Michael Schiavo just didn't figure it would take so long to kill his wife.
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Schiavo Memorial Planned
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Contributions are still being received for a national memorial to the life and legacy of Terri Schindler Schiavo.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Attorney Advances "Dispute Resolution" Service
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Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes Constance d'Angelis.
Or McCaughey.
Or Felos.
Or whatever name she's using at the moment.
The one thing that remains constant is her attempted exploitation of Terri Schindler Schiavo.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Tangled Web Entangles JQC
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Six of the 15 members are judges.
Three have connections to Pinellas County.
Two members have direct ties to the Sixth Judicial Court and Judge George W. Greer.
One member is a judge on the 2nd District Court of Appeals, the court which upheld every Greer decision in the Terri Schindler Schiavo case.
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TerriPAC Files Amended FEC Reports
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Two amended reports have been filed with the Federal Election Commission by TerriPAC, the political action committee of which Florida nurse Michael Schiavo bills himself as chairman.
On Dec. 1, the FEC had sent three letters to Brian Schiavo, Michael's brother, who is listed as the treasurer for the PAC which was formed in December 2005 with the purpose of "holding politicians accountable", especially Republicans who had tried to save the life of Schiavo's brain injured wife, Terri Schindler Schiavo.
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COMMENTARY - The Twilight Zone
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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call "The Twilight Zone".
Florida has crossed over into the Twilight Zone.
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Bob Schindler Hospitalized
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA---Robert Schindler Sr., father of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo, has been hospitalized after suffering a mild stroke this past weekend, The North Country Gazette has learned. He is resting comfortably and is expected to make a complete recovery.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo: "Terri Belongs To Me!"
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Slavery was abolished at the end of the Civil War.
But Michael Schiavo still perceives women as property.
In at least two public forums this year, the hulking 6 foot 6 inch, 250 pound guardian of Terri Schindler Schiavo abusively and possessively claimed that she was his property.
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EDITORIAL - Judicial Impunity
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The invincible man is a comics superhero.
The shield around Pinellas County probate court George W. Greer is seemingly invincible.
But he's no superhero.
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COMMENTARY - Bush, Pinellas Judge, DCF In Constitutional Showdown By June Maxam
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PINELLAS COUNTY---There's another constitutional showdown looming in Florida's Pinellas County between county judges in the Sixth Judicial Circuit and Gov. Jeb Bush.
Tempers are flaring with the judges claiming total autonomy under the guise of judicial independence.
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Dog Groomer Faces Animal Cruelty Counts
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CLEARWATER, FLA---When Michael Schiavo, a nursing supervisor at the Pinellas County Jail, decided to cause the death of his wife by denying her food and water for 13 days, the Pinellas County Court and Judge George W. Greer sanctioned it and railed against all attempts to save the disabled woman's life.
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COMMENTARY - The George Greer Protection Society
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To envelop or surround protectively, to insulate.
That's the definition of cocoon according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Pinellas County Court Judge George W. Greer's in a cocoon.
So who's protecting him, insulating him from accountability?
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Queens Man Gets 16 Months For Animal Cruelty
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QUEENS---A 20-year-old Queens man will be spending the next 16 months in prison for failing to provide nourishment and care to his four pitbulls. As a result of his actions, one of the pitbulls was found dead in his residence.
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Op-Ed - Words, Only Words
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"You think I don't even mean a single word I say".
That's a line from the hit song "Words" by the Bee Gees.
There's a lot of people that don't believe a word that Michael Schiavo says.
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EXCLUSIVE - New Schiavo Document Gives Cause For Independent Autopsy Review By June Maxam
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A new document has surfaced in the Terri Schiavo case which casts even greater doubts on the veracity of Michael Schiavo and gives cause for an independent forensic pathologist to review the videotapes and specimens said to exist of the Schiavo autopsy.
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COMMENTARY - Coming Soon? Schiavo's Sequel, "If I Did It?"
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Narcissism
Opportunism
Selfishness
Greed
Arrogance
Insensitivity
These character traits seem to be shared by O.J. Simpson and Michael Schiavo.
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Schiavo Says Terri His To Do With What He Wanted
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DENVER--- " She was mine to do with what I wanted to do with, she was married to me and therefore her parents had lost all rights to her. Do you get that?"
Yet another person has come forward to relate a rant and display of temper by Michael Schiavo, the Florida man who has interjected himself into national politics because he believes that he was wronged by efforts made by Congress, the President and the Vatican as well as others to save the life of his disabled wife, ordered to die by the judicial decree of Pinellas County Probate Court Judge George W. Greer.
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Bobby Schindler Honored For Humanitarian Work
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MANHATTAN---Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo and executive director of the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, was one of two honorees feted at the Tenth Annual Awards Celebration held earlier this month by Good Counsel Inc. in Manhattan.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo's Self-Serving Hearsay
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Why does it seem that whenever and wherever there's a controversy involving Michael Schiavo, his version of events come into question?
And why does it always seem to center around self-serving hearsay?
Can it be that Michael Schiavo is the only one telling the truth and everyone else is wrong?
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When The Uninformed Become The Unscrupulous By Pamela F. Hennessy
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On November 7, 2006, a writer for The Daily Princetonian by the name of Christopher Moses produced a rather scathing opinion piece that bemoaned pro-life activity in politics.
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Davis Refunds Money TerriPAC After Complaint Lodged With FEC
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Jim Davis, defeated Democratic candidate for Florida governor, has refunded a $500 campaign contribution to TerriPAC, the political action committee chaired by Michael Schiavo which had endorsed Davis.
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COMMENTARY - Kiss of Death
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Michael Schiavo likely won't become special advisor to the Florida's new Governor.
He won't be on the transition team as he no doubt envisioned in his ego-driven agenda.
His delusions of grandeur have been dashed by the voters.
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Political Commercial Of Schiavo Judge Issue For FEC Again
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Shhhhhh.
Don't tell anyone.
It's confidential.
An issue concerning the political advertising of Schiavo death judge George W. Greer of the Sixth Judicial Circuit is on the agenda for the Nov. 14 session of the Florida Elections Commission in Tallahassee.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Inaccuracies
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On Oct. 30, the Telegraph, (www.telegraph.co.uk) published an article written by Michael Sheldon which was titled "Her Soul Had Gone, Her Body Was Ready", attempting to glamorize Michael Schiavo and support his "woe is me" attitude that he has championed for the past year and a half since the death of his brain damaged wife, Terri Schindler Schiavo last March, a death which he had sought through the courts since 1998.
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COMMENTARY - Bobby Schindler Corrects Michael Schiavo Inaccuracies
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On Oct. 30, the Telegraph, (www.telegraph.co.uk) published an article written by Michael Sheldon which was titled "Her Soul Had Gone, Her Body Was Ready", attempting to glamorize Michael Schiavo and support his "woe is me" attitude that he has championed for the past year and a half since the death of his brain damaged wife, Terri Schindler Schiavo last March, a death which he had sought through the courts since 1998.
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Parliament Of Canada Hears Bobby Schindler Oppose Euthanasia
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CLEARWATER---Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schindler Schiavo, the brain damaged woman who died last year after a court ordered the removal of her feeding tube at the behest of her husband, joined palliative care expert Dr. Margaret Cottle last week in Ottawa, in a presentation before the Parliament of Canada urging members of Parliament to support programs that offer quality assistance of the disabled and their families and to oppose legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo and Crist: Strange Bedfellows, Consummate Liars
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There are a lot of issues, serious issues in Florida's gubernatorial campaign.
The Schiavo case shouldn't be one of them except if the question is why the state of Florida fails to protect its disabled and vulnerable.
Michael Schiavo is calling Charlie Crist a liar----Schiavo, a consummate liar himself. That's like the pot calling the kettle black.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo and Michael J. Fox: America's Loss of Compassion
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How did we lose compassion in America?
What's wrong with people like Michael Schiavo and Rush Limbaugh?
Why are the disabled in America being targeted with such disdain and ignorance?
What happened to disabled rights in America and to those who advocate for and support disability rights and human rights?
Why are the disabled and handicapped being exploited for political purposes?
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Awesome Commentary
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Following the publication of the NCG commentary regarding Michael Schiavo's attempted ambush of Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, NCG received numerous emails, interestingly enough, all favorable. Here's a sampling. We have withheld the last names of the writers.
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EDITORIAL - Cowardly Schiavo Stalking Congresswoman Musgrave
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"Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself".
More and more people are seeing the side of Michael Schiavo which Terri Schiavo knew, that her parents and siblings knew as well as Terri's close friends and work partners.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo, TerriPAC May Face FEC Audit, Civil Penalties © By June Maxam
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TerriPAC, which was supposedly formed to "hold politicians accountable", seems to have a huge accountability itself along with its chairman, Michael Schiavo.
The headlines say that Jim Davis is gaining name recognition in his campaign against Attorney General Charlie Crist for Florida Governor.
But what the headlines of the Florida media are quiet about are the alleged campaign violations of one of Davis' most boisterous supporters, Michael Schiavo and his political action committee, TerriPAC.
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COMMENTARY - Schiavo Tangled Web Continues In Crist Campaign, But Legally? By June Maxam
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Wouldn't you think that Charlie Crist as Florida's Attorney General would be familiar with the law, particularly campaign finance law considering the $17.6 million that he has in his war chest in his campaign for Governor?
Wouldn't you think that Anthony S. Battaglia Sr. as the founder and shareholder of one of the oldest law firms in West Central Florida and former member of the Republican National Committee would be aware of Florida's campaign laws?
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COMMENTARY - Catholic Bishops Send Conflicting Message On Respecting Life
By June Maxam
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Today, Oct. 15, is St. Theresa's feast day.
Three years ago, on Oct. 15, 2003, the feeding tube of Theresa Marie Schiavo was removed for the second time by order of Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer. Six days later, the Florida Legislature passed Terri's Law and Gov. Jeb Bush signed it into law, ordering the reinsertion of the tube.
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COMMENTARY - The Wrongful Death Of Terri Schindler Schiavo By June Maxam
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There's something wrong in Florida.
No, we're not talking about the Mark Foley e-mail sex scandal involving the House page program or if House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republican leaders knew and did nothing.
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| Schiavo Memorial "Compassion" Unveiled
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A national memorial to the life and legacy of Terri Schindler Schiavo was unveiled Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington. The magnificent sculpture, entitled "Compassion", commissioned by Stephen G. Peroutka, chairman of the National Pro-Life Action center and created by artist Ron Berry, represents the compassion Terri Schindler Schiavo received during her last moments.
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| EDITORIAL - Government Can Illegally Wiretap, But Pirro Can't Think About It?
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The public is a fickle bunch.
While Michael Schiavo and his supporters cry that government has no business in private family affairs, government has planked their fat butts square in the middle of a martial dispute between Jeanine Pirro and her wandering husband, Al.
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| Op-Ed - Don't Count Jeanine Pirro Out
By Tom Chandler
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Jeanine Pirro is the most popular Republican running for state office because she is the closest candidate to Rudy Giuliani we have running. And most people admire Rudy because we need more of his toughness and resolve in our leaders, law and policy makers that they may preserve all we entrust them to preserve for our heirs and us.
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| COMMENTARY - Political Payback-- Attorney In Schiavo Case Named Judge By Bush
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The Terri Schiavo case has come full circle.
Payback time.
Pamela A.M. Campbell, the attorney who allegedly committed the fatal error in the Terri Schiavo case which served as the basis for the denial of all future appeals and set the stage for the unprecedented death of a disabled person by judicial order, has been named to the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court by Gov. Jeb Bush where she will now sit alongside Judge George W. Greer, Schiavo executioner; Mark Shames, Schindler betrayer and John Lenderman, brother of Martha Lenderman, George Felos compadré and fellow hospice board member.
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COMMENTARY - The Odd Couple: Michael Schiavo and The Hatch Act By June Maxam
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Where'd Lord Voldemort go?
You know, Michael Schiavo, the Lord Voldemort of politics.
Prior to the Sept. 5 primary in Florida, Schiavo was traveling all over the country, campaigning for candidates, as if anyone really cared who Michael Schiavo endorsed.
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COMMENTARY - Broken Vows, Broken Promises
By June Maxam
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Eighteen months ago this week, the feeding tube of Terri Schindler Schiavo was withdrawn for the last time.
Thirteen days later, she died.
Tragically, during the past 18 months and in particular the past two months, there have been astounding medical revelations and discoveries about the cognitiveness and recovery/improvement of brain damaged individuals using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRIs) as well as findings concerning new medical treatment involving the use of the drug ambien, also known as zolpidem. These findings have dramatic implications for life-and-death decisions concerning patients who have been diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state.
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| COMMENTARY - Misplaced Humanity
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This spring, following reports that the drug zolpidem can temporarily revive people in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) to the point where they are able to speak, the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation called for a moratorium of all potential ordinary care removal for persons diagnosed in a PVS condition.
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EXCLUSIVE -
Prohibited Political Activity Assured Schiavo Case Outcome By June Maxam
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Had George W. Greer been defeated in August, 2004 in his bid for reelection to a judgeship in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Pinellas County, Terri Schindler Schiavo might be alive today.
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| Nurse Rebuts Columnist's Diagnosis of Terri Schiavo
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Syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman's opinion entitled "More shades of gray amid, life, death" which appeared Sept. 15 in The Seattle Times attacked the recent British study concerning a 23-year-old woman who had been diagnosed in a persistent vegetative state.
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| Campaign For Political Probe In Schiavo Case Launched
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A concerted effort is underway in Florida to petition Gov. Jeb Bush to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged unlawful political activity occurring during the 2004 election of Pinellas County Court judge George W. Greer.
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Goodbye, Beloved By Pamela Hennessy
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Mary Schindler is a woman whose shoes I wouldn't want to walk in.
After years of trying to block the murder of her own child, she had to witness the grisly death of her daughter over the course of nearly two weeks. Mary's daughter, Terri Schiavo, was dehydrated to death because of two reasons: she was classified by the circuit courts as a person in a persistent vegetative state and her husband (who was her guardian) was the person largely in control of her destiny. He wanted it done and, by God, it was.
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COMMENTARY - Where There's Life, There's Hope----A Premature Death By June Maxam
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A new British study suggests that Terri Schindler Schiavo, said to be in a persistent vegetative state, may have been aware of everything going on around her.
The results of the testing done by using MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) which can detect different types of mental activity by measuring blood flow to various parts of the brain suggest PVS patients can hear, understand and have a cognitive awareness.
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| Study Indicates PVS Patients Aware, Can Communicate
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For the first time, scientists have been able to show that patients who have been diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state are actually aware of their environment and can communicate.
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Deputy Paid For Schiavo Judge's Political Ad; Probe Warranted By June Maxam
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When does a television commercial become a political advertisement---when it's filmed or when it's aired in an attempt to influence voters to cast their ballot for a candidate?
That question as it applies to the 2004 political campaign of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas County will be answered at the next meeting of the Florida Elections Committee to be held Nov. 14-15.
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| EXCLUSIVE - Setting The Schiavo Record Straight
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Tuesday, Sept. 5 is Primary Day in the state of Florida and one of the most contentious races is for the Senate seat representing Florida District 8 in northeastern Florida.
That race pits incumbent senator James E. King, former Senate president, against anti-abortionist Randall Terry. In that there is no Democratic candidate, it's nearly assured that whoever wins the Primary Tuesday will capture the Senate seat.
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COMMENTARY - Shameful Schiavo Solicitation
By June Maxam
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William Greene and RightMarch.org are at it again.
So's Randall Terry.
Randall Terry has engaged in one of the most vile, despicable, dishonest acts imaginable.
And according to knowledgeable sources, he's not even man enough to accept responsibility for his actions, blaming it on William Greene.
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| EDITORIAL - Schiavo Profiling?
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You've heard of racial profiling?
Is the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office engaging in the practice of Schiavo profiling and just plain police harassment?
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| COMMENTARY - Crist's Doctor Supporter Labels Terri Schiavo "Bag of Lettuce"
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An anonymous letter, published by the Internet publication World Net Daily which purports to be from a doctor associated with a Miami hospital, has set off a firestorm of controversy with a statement that brain disabled Terri Schiavo had cognition of a "bag of lettuce".
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| Schiavo Judge And The Florida Elections Commissions
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On Aug. 17, Florida resident Paul Timmerman drove for seven hours to Tallahassee to attend a probable cause hearing conducted by the Florida Elections Commission in regard to Timmerman's complaint against Pinellas County Court judge George W. Greer for alleged violations of campaign finance and election law for a televised political commercial aired on Pinellas County televisions stations during August 2004.
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COMMENTARY - Unclean Hands Of Michael Schiavo
By June Maxam
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"I had to remind people that what this government did to me, they can do to you", Michael Schiavo says as he continues to seek revenge against those politicians who he perceives did him wrong in trying to save the live of his disabled wife.
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COMMENTARY - Jim Davis, Social Darwinism and Schiavo
By June Maxam
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It's unclear why the San Jose Mercury News in California is endorsing a Florida gubernatorial candidate, especially one who has the second worst voting record in Congress since running for Governor.
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EDITORIAL - The Forked Tongue Of Charlie Crist By June Maxam
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Some call it doublespeak.
Others call it speaking with a forked tongue.
Charlie Crist is doing both.
Florida Attorney General Crist and the state's chief financial officer, Tom Gallagher, engaged in a debate this past week and have another scheduled for Monday, Aug. 28.
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| COMMENTARY - Michael Schiavo, The Lord Voldemort Of Politics
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You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Neither can Michael Schiavo.
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| The Teflon Judge
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Mafia mob boss John Gotti was known as the Teflon Don.
Is George W. Greer of Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit the Teflon judge?
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COMMENTARY - None So Blind
By June Maxam
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There's a proverb that there are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
Self-deceit.
That would seem to be applicable to Michael Schiavo fans as well as Schiavo himself. What kind of person openly and eagerly supports and applauds a man who killed his wife in the most public execution ever conducted in America, an icon of judicially sanctioned death, a man whose legacy is being the cause for the first person ever put to death by court order in our United States because she was being disabled and unable to speak for herself?
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| Schiavo Attorney Felos On Talk Circuit
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Death will be the main course.
Euthanasia attorney George Felos, the Dunedin, Fla. Attorney for Michael Schiavo in his decade-long quest to end the life of his disabled wife, will be the keynote speaker in Toronto, Canada, on Sept. 7 before the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
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| Newspaper Headed To Court For Employee's E-Mail Messages
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ARIZONA---Phoenix Newspapers Inc. is headed to the state's highest court in its effort to obtain copies of private e-mail messages written by government employees and sent from publicly owned computers.
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Schiavo Hospice CEO Determined to Corner The Death Market
By June Maxam
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"We've got to corner the market", Mary Labyak, executive director of The Hospice of Florida Suncoast told hospice employees at one of her monthly meetings.
She was talking about the death market.
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| Beverly Owes $20 Million For False Claims
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Beverly Enterprises, Inc. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations that its former wholly owned subsidiary, MK Medical, violated the civil False Claims Act.
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Florida DOH To Revisit License Issue of Schiavo Nurse
By June Maxam
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LAKELAND, FLA---Florida's Board of Nursing will revisit their decision made earlier this year to revoke the nursing license of Carla Sauer-Iyer, a registered nurse and former caretaker of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo during 1995 and 1996.
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Schiavo Judge's Campaign Under FEC Review This Week
By June Maxam
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Bernie McCabe, state attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Pasco and Pinellas Counties in Florida.
Former Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice, currently representing District 54 in Florida's House of Representatives, now ex-Attorney General candidate, soon to vacate elected office.
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer of Pinellas County.
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EXCLUSIVE - Deadly Pattern Of Abuse Permeates Schiavo Case
By June Maxam
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The administrator of the Sabal Palms Nursing Home in Largo, Florida, said he was belligerent and caused fear of bodily injury to the staff members and residents of the facility.
Noted psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman said that in her professional opinion he fit the profile of a wife abuser.
They were talking about Michael Schiavo.
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Schiavo Judge Signs False Order By June Maxam
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Terri Schiavo died at 9:05 a.m. on March 31, 2005.
Michael Schiavo didn't waste any time in claiming her estate.
But Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court judge George W. Greer kills people with the stroke of a pen.
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Schiavo Tangled Web Of Deception Runs Deep By June Maxam
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Terri Schiavo died at 9:05 a.m. on March 31, 2005.
Michael Schiavo didn't waste any time in claiming her estate.
But Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court judge George W. Greer kills people with the stroke of a pen.
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| A Political Nursery Rhyme
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Who killed Cock Robin?
"I," said the sparrow,
"with my little bow and arrow."
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EXCLUSIVE - Schiavo Judge's Political Ad Headed To Probable Cause Hearing By June Maxam
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Smoke and mirrors.
Is the Florida Elections Commission attempting to hoodwink the public, using illusionary tactics to try and make the public believe that they are earnestly pursuing complaints against Sixth Circuit Court judge George W. Greer's alleged campaign violations when actually it is their intent to mark them unfounded and dump them?
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| COMMENTARY - "Fighting For Dear Life" Debuts, The Untold Story Of Terri Schiavo
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The State of Florida has strict penalties for starving pets.
How then could a Florida judge using Florida law permit----in fact, order, Terri Schiavo to be starved to death, to become the first victim of a civil death order by a judge in the history of America?
It's the question we, as a nation, ought to ask, David C. Gibbs III and Bob DeMoss say in their new book, "Fighting For Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means For All Of Us".
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| Op-Ed - Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die By Robert Schindler Sr.
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As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri's death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.
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COMMENTARY - When A Mother Loves By Pamela F. Hennessy
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Linda Evans Shepherd is a nationally-booked speaker, the author of some 20 books and the host of a daily radio program. She is also the mother of a profoundly disabled, 20-year old daughter by the name of Laura. To hear Shepherd talk about her daughter is to hear a mother beam with unconditional love and devotion to her child.
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| COMMENTARY - Schiavo Death Benefits----Where's The Money?
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Has Michael Schiavo collected death benefits on the life insurance policy that Prudential Insurance Company had issued to Terri Schiavo as one of their employees?
Or was there a viatical settlement years ago in the case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the brain damaged Florida woman who died on March 31 by court order from injuries suffered in a suspicious incident at her home 15 years earlier?
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EXCLUSIVE - Schiavo Judge's Wife Contributes To Jim King's Senate Campaign By June Maxam
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Follow the money.
The fate of Terri Schindler-Schiavo was ironically decided over a meal of fried chicken and salad in a Tallahassee restaurant when former Senate President James E. King Jr. and eight other Republicans of the Florida Senate met and resolved not to support legislation being introduced by Sen. Daniel Webster to help save the 41-year-old disabled woman from her death by court-ordered starvation and dehydration, the death penalty verdict rendered by Pinellas County probate court judge George Greer.
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| From Schiavo Case To Judgeship?
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PINELLAS COUNTY---Two attorneys with connections to the Terri Schiavo case are among the 26 applicants seeking appointment to one of two vacant circuit judge positions in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Pinellas and Pasco Counties.
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| Op-Ed - Schiavo Again Campaigning Against Honoring Life
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Michael Schiavo put himself first in the issue of disability rights and decided that his incapacitated wife had to die.
Now he's putting himself first again, ahead of the Democratic party, the party to which he claims to belong.
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| It's Not About Ability, It's About Love
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When Linda Evans Shepherd's 18-year-old daughter was 18 months old, she was ejected from their car during a violent car crash. While Laura was still hospitalized, 27 health care professionals concurred that Laura was in a persistent vegetative state and that there was no hope for recovery. Their opinion was wrong.
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COMMENTARY - Another Reward For Schiavo Judge? By June Maxam
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Looks like Judge George Greer is the recipient of another award of sorts.
Pinellas County has become known throughout the country as the home of judicial tyranny in the persona of probate court Judge Greer, death judge in the Terri Schiavo case.
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