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“Schiavo Lawyers Challenge 'Terri's Law'
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By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The husband of a severely brain-damaged woman on Wednesday challenged the legality of a hastily passed state law empowering Gov. Jeb Bush to keep her alive.


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In a court filing, attorneys for Michael Schiavo contended that the law violates Terri Schiavo's right to privacy and the separation of power provisions of the Florida Constitution.


The statute, dubbed "Terri's Law" by Florida lawmakers, gave Bush the authority to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted Oct. 21.


Michael Schiavo has been battling in court for years to carry out what he says is his wife's wish to not be kept alive artificially.


His in-laws, Bob and Mary Schindler, have fought him, saying their daughter had no such wishes and is not in a permanent vegetative state, as a probate judge has declared. They say she is responsive and could improve with therapy.


Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped. The legal battle over her fate is one of the nation's longest and most contentious right-to-die cases.


She went without food and water for six days under a court order which allowed her husband to withdraw the tube. But within hours of the Legislature's action last week, the tube was reinserted.


Florida courts have repeatedly affirmed Michael Schiavo's legal right to remove his wife's feeding tube. The state Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case; the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) also refused to hear it.


President Bush (news - web sites) said Tuesday that Gov. Bush, his younger brother, did the right thing in ordering the feeding tube reinserted.



What do you think they should do?


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“Crazy Mike - Clearwater is in the Tampa Bay area, so this story has been the central focus of all the news lately. My work has been covering it non-stop like everyone else. Very controversial issue, needless to say. Lot's of fingerpointing going on by both sides. It's just downright uuuuuuugly.”

“I think that the husband should keep up the good fight and he'll eventually win after the Bush boys are gone!”

“First off I do believe in the sanctity of life but...

Let her die. It was a mistake to restart her heart the first time.”

“how could she possibly want to be lying in a bed, effectively half-dead, for 13 years? it it was me i would hope my family would let me go. i'm sure they would.”

“I'm really divided on this one, personally. If she had left a living will, then I'd say pull the tube and let her die. I see the parent's point; they believe that there's still something going on upstairs, and don't want their daughter to die when they don't want her to.

Of course, the husband wants to move on with his life, who wouldn't? But his is the only testimony that she didn't want heroic measures taken, and he has significant other factors influencing his decision, that is, a girlfriend who's already had one of his kids, with another on the way. Of course, if all he wanted was to move on with his life, he could divorce her, turn over guardianship to her parents, and move on. But then he'd lose all that pretty money, wouldn't he? I don't think he can be trusted as the only source of her wishes.

In the absence of knowing her will beyond the shadow of a doubt, I say let her live. I wouldn't want to live that way, but no one else can speak for her, and if the parents are willing for her to stay that way, then let her. Michael Schiavo should divorce her, give up the cash, and move on.

But that's just my opinion.”

“C'mon Artex spill.
Waddayathink?”

“If you don't want to end up that way, sign a living will now.”

“artex peeks his head back into the doorway

HPM - I'm going to keep my my journalism hat on this one and not give an opinion. I've tried to distance myself emotionally as much as possible for this story in the interest of being as nonbiased when I do work on this story. :-)

artex's head disapears from the doorway, and the sound of fading footsteps is heard”

“edit: remove "as" before nonbiased.

Sorry folks, I usually only copyedit my writing at work, not on TT. Plus, I'm exhauseted. :-)”

“Have another beer, dude...it's been a long day for me too...”

“I think its very sad.


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“I signed a living will just in case to prevent this type of a mess. It's something to think about to avoid a burden on your family.”

“If the husband wants people to believe he's not motivated by the money, he should give up it. If he did that, I'd believe him.

Personally, I've read too much about him saying things like "Is the b!tch dead yet?" to believe that he doesn't want the money. Her family is saying that she was abused by him, and that's why she's the way she is today. Not sure if I buy that either.”

“Richb that is a good idea.

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“There is no money. He spent it on treatments for her and fighting over it with his inlaws.”

“Feed her...starve her...feed her...starve her... Her husband wants her to die...her birthfamily wants her to live... They say she's braindead but she does show some sort of alertness, albeit not to our unimpacted standards...

Sucks to be her!”

“I was at Panera's for lunch (turning into a pretty regular hang out for me. Today I was sitting at a small table in front of the fireplace and there was a gentleman sitting at the table next to me reading the paper. He had a his computer out and had finished eatting. I had seen him in there before.

I was packing up and getting ready to leave when he says "sure is different weather from a couple of weeks ago?" I agreed and continued to put my things away. "I remember we were sitting on the patio and you had a yellow top on." That totally freaked me out!!! Not that he remembered seeing me because I'm in there quite a bit but that he remembered what I had on.

He has recently relocated here (like everyone else!) from CA. We chatted a bit and he shook my hand and we parted.

Is it odd that he knew what I had on? Guys...would you remember something like that????”

“If I wanted to make an impression and let you know i was interested then I would.”

“Sounds like a compliment to me.”

“Just friendly banter with a hint of interest. Are you interested in him at all?”

“OH no...no interest. Just found it very curious. I wonder how those man minds work. What I usually take as innocent usually has underlying meaning!”

“When I saw you, you were wearing a beautiful smile, just like now. That is what mades you so attractive!
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“Only slighty creepy? VBG”

“NS...when you saw me??? Am I missing something???”

“This guys opinion: 3 possibilities that come to mind first two could both be true.

1) Creepiness to varying degrees - with some mix of obsession/perversion (might be less creepy if he is socially isolated due to a very recent move).
2) Healthy romantic/sexual interest.
3) He's gay and identifies.


Personally its very rare that I remember what a woman was wearing the day before, maybe if it was a first date, the first time I noticed them, or they wore something really special or unusual. I think #1 is most likely, the odds on #2 go up if it was the first time he saw you. Also if he is very lonely and isolated from relocating, it might make #2 more possible. #3 is the least likely IMHO.”

“Next time you see him, chat with him about the weather and nonchalantly mention, "This is my husband/boyfriend's favorite kind of weather" or something like that You remain friendly without having to reject him.”

“Dunno, are your top nice?”

“Is it just me, or is this thread full of grammatical errors?”

“I was kinda embarassed when I reread my original post but yall should know i'm just a southern gurl that can't read or rite!”

“Hmm. Now that I reread your initial post, you did say that you noticed him being there before.... ;-)

If it was Ped's third possibility, maybe he wanted to borrow the yellow top?”

“I had noticed him...yeah...but not what he was wearing!!! I did notice that he was balding and had one of those pony tails...you know like that is thin and looped in the back.”

“
I first saw you on Phil's Photo Page. I'm not sure ir it was the above picture or not.

I was merely trying to illustrate how easy it can be to use some nice words. "Yellow" could have been a lucky guess. On the other hand, we can never forget you in your "yellow" Waldies!
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“those shoes hurt my eyes!”

“i thought stove was still in the hospital

;-)”

“"One of these days ..."

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“who are you sending to the moon?”

“Dang Crash, you done went and brought bonecrusher out.”

“
Scoopy --> Sturmbrunger --> CB --> Alice?

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“I'll make sure I wear them whenever I see you Tilt!!

Hey...NS ...thanks for the compliment!!! I was just teasing you.”

“I'll be sure to bring the Extra Dark Shades... and the spares!

Better wait 'til the weather warms up some. They look Well Ventillated... er, a little drafty.”

“I tried on a pair of Crocs last night and had to giggle I had these before they were 'cool'! Not just drafty!”

“I couldn't resist...I went back for lunch yesterday and he was there. We spoke and he commented on my 'pink' top. Said it looked nice on me...he told me he used to be in the 'rags' business (clothing) hence the reason he notices clothes!

I think it is the lonely guy scenerio. He seems harmless.”