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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:17 AM
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Her brain was PROFOUNDLY atrophied. (Terri Schiavo)
Edited on Wed Jun-15-05 10:39 AM by Bunny
She was blind. No evidence of direct skull or brain trauma seen. Her brain weighed approx. one-half of what a normal brain would weigh. No signs of abuse whatsoever. She was absolutely unable to take food or liquid by mouth in any level consistent with life. She was in worse shape physiologically than Karen Ann Quinlan was. Michael's attorney to hold press conference at 2:30 Eastern.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:19 AM
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1. She was dead for years...
..in other words and she was NOT abused by her husband.

'nuff said.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:19 AM
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2. Yep, that's it in a nutshell.
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:48 AM
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27. the GOP wasted $$$$$$$$ on "propaganda" for THIS..... total BS
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:20 AM
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3. Who?
:)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:21 AM
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5. Terry Schiavo!
This means another * scandal is about to break...
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:25 AM
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37. I don't think this has anything with Bush
I think it's just Mr. Schavio himself. I'm sure Bush will use it to his advantage though with the media.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:21 AM
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4. Who?
Terri Schiavo?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:22 AM
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6. I'm not sure who you are talking about but I suspect ......
...it's the current crop of Republicans. :)

Yes..I know it's Terry..:)
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SW FL Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:23 AM
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7. Why am I not surprised?
If only her parents and their supporters would let this be the end of the discussion.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:27 AM
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39. They won't
They'll keep pumping up their merchandise and selling their mailing list to rightwing "pro-life" groups.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:25 AM
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8. Link? LBN?
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:26 AM
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12. I'm watching it on TV, here's a link from Yahoo.
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newportdadde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:25 AM
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9. She was Blind?
But but that isn't possible, remember how her eyes followed her parents around the room and talked to them :sarcasm:
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:31 AM
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16. I heard she was talking
To the Medical Examiner during the autopsy.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:10 AM
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32. LOL...best line on DU in quite awhile
nicely played. :-)
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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:45 AM
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43. Don't forget the balloon
she followed around the room as well.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:26 AM
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10. Hey, did FrankenFrist perform a "remote viewing" autopsy, too??
Does he agree or disagree with these findings? :evilgrin:
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Barak And Roll Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:26 AM
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11. Waiting...
I'll be waiting for the Cult of Life to apologize to Micheal Schivo.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:29 AM
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13. From the sound of the crickets
it's a hot topic. :evilgrin:
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:32 AM
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17. Welcome to DU, Barak And Roll!!
About that apology...how long do you suppose it takes for hell to freeze over? That's about when the nuts would even consider it. :hi:
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Barak And Roll Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:26 AM
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38. Hell freezing over...
I'm guessing it will come a few weeks after the Cubs sweep the World Series. Go Cubbies!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:29 AM
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14. Wait till they see Shrub's brain. Its been atrophied since birth.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:30 AM
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15. Coroners are all Demoncraps.
They better watch themselves... :insert smiley wearing white hood:
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:41 AM
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24. Damn Activist Coroners!
We need to pass laws to get them thrown out!
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:33 AM
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18. Damn activist coroners NT
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:44 AM
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25. Good one
LOL
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:33 AM
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19. Totally brain dead.... I bet she voted Republican
I'm sure the way the Florida vote went she must have voted at least once. Will we hear a peep out of any Republican Congressman over this? I think not....
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:35 AM
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20. Paging Tom DeLay! Paging Senator Frist!
:shrug:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:35 AM
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21. She was blind? That means she wasn't
smiling at her family when they walked in. She couldn't see them and her brain couldn't process ANYTHING. She wasn't responding to them when they were trying to interact, feed, talk, ect....it was all just reflex. AND she CERTAINLY wasn't trying to TALK to them like they said she was!

This make the religious right REALLY look like the idiots we all know they are.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:37 AM
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22. But what about all those mylar balloons?
:crazy:
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:39 AM
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23. My 11 year old would spank me, but MY first thought upon hearing this
is Duh!!
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:47 AM
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26. Her brain was the size of
a cable news reporters.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:09 AM
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31. LOL!
:thumbsup:
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:12 AM
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34. LOLOL
Oh man, the comedy on this thread is terrific!
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 10:49 AM
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28. Thank God she was incapable of understanding what the fundies
were doing to her.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:05 AM
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29. Michael should sue all the networks who made up crap about him
FOX, MSRNC, Limbaugh should all be sued for slander they did about him. I cant recall how many freepers believed he was abusing her.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:12 AM
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33. they ALL did
Remember the roachman challenging Michael Schiavo's manhood? That scum of the earth should B the FIRST 2 apologize - live - on camera, during prime time. Everyone else can line up behind him.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:19 AM
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35. I can't believe the DUers who thought the same. n/t
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:28 AM
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40. Agreed. Notice none of them are here talking about this?
I'm waiting for THEIR apologizes. It's one thing to be against taking someone off of life support, and another to accuse Michael Schiavo of murder, attempted murder, abuse etc. ALL of it out of whole cloth.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 06:55 PM
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45. To be fair, though, a lot of DUers looked at the facts
and changed their minds in a hurry.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:37 AM
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42. They should be called out for an apology
and then the spankings!

:spank:

RL
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 12:18 PM
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44. Let me warm up my paddle... hehehehehehhe....... n/t
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:06 AM
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30. Waiting patiently for apologies from Jeb & Shrub, Delay & Frist, and
that stoooooopid beeyotch who plays on "Everybody Loves Raymond".
May peace be with you, Michael Schiavo..and rest in peace,
(finally!)Terri.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:33 AM
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41. Yup! They all stuck their noses in where they didn't belong.
There are people in this type of situation that die every day in this country. The only difference between them and Terri Schiavo is there aren't any TV cameras around for the GOP hypocrites to mugg for.

Michael Schiavo made the decision for his spouse as was his right. He was right all along and the religious butt-in-ski's and political opportunists should be ashamed of themselves.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:23 AM
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36. Goes to show you
that damn all the facts and science and life. Instead of letting her go on and not suffer they wanted to keep her a live to appeal to their fundie base. These people are sick bastards. And Mr. Schavio got threats from people in Florida and I remember reading family members of his up in Pennslyvania were getting threats too! I wish Mr. Schavio could sue all those rightwing assholes from Bill Frist to Randall Terry.
I remember reading a month or so ago there were still protestors at the hospice. Are they still there? I wonder what Mr. Schavio is going to say. That girl's parents should be ashamed of themselves. They didn't give a damn he was her HUSBAND and loved her and was her next of kin. Where was saving the sanctity of marriage then huh?
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