This is about the Schiavo case. I've said the Schindlers and their spokespeople are repugnant because they have lied and misrepresented the circumstances surrounding Terri Schiavo's death. I should be clear. I'm not on anyone's side in this matter.  This is a personal family decision that should never be relegated to the status of circus. What is going on with Terri Schiavo is a full fledged, 3 ring, Barnum and Bailey extravaganza. It is being fed by the media, the Shindlers, Brother Paul O'Donnell, Rev Pat Mahoney, Dr James Dobson, Randall Terry, and of all people, Jesse Jackson

Here's my case:

Palm Sunday morning a spokesperson for the Schindler family appeared on the Fox Morning Show. He told a story about how Terri Schiavo had looked at her father and said, "I WAAAAAAAA. He said she became distracted by noise outside the room and couldn't complete her thought. He said what she was trying to say was, "I WAAAAAAAAnt to live." The interviewer questioned that. The interviewer asked how the family knew she wasn't trying to say, "I WAAAAAAAAnt to die." The spokesperson immediately changed the subject by saying what she was trying to say wasn't the point. The point, according to him, was that she spoke. Therefore, she's congnitive.

A week later, according to papers filed with the court, Terri Schiavo's attorney had this experience with Terri in which her attorney was shaking Terri telling her she had to say, "I want to live." According to the affidavit, Terri became agitated, started to cry, and she said, "I WAAAAAAA." Which got translated into, "I WAAAAAAAnt to live." This time no one thought to ask what if the very opposite was what Terri had in mind. This time the Schindlers and their Camp used this story repeatedly to "show" that Terri has expressed the desire to live.  In the sworn statement presented to the court, there was no mention of Terri's exclamation of Palm Sunday. There was no mention that this was the second time Terri "expressed" such a desire. That first incident has never been mentioned again. Why not? And isn't it odd that two such similar events occurred within a week of each other, and only the one with her lawyer gets wide spread attention. But the incident with her father is dropped.

Common sense prevails. Terri Schiavo has a flat EKG. There is no brain activity., She is not capable of cognitive thought. Her family has played tapes of Terri's "conversation". It's gutteral noise and that's all it is. It's consistent with what someone in Terri's condition would do. It is inconsistent with the definition of expressing one's wishes.

There's been another spin added to this circus, and it comes directly from the Schindlers. Terri Schiavo is not being murdered, she is not being starved to death. Her wishes as she told them to her husband are being carried out. Treatment has been refused according to her wishes. It seems to me if people are going to acknowledge that we can refuse treatment they ought to find out what that means. It means withholding of nutritition and hydration. It means nothing is done to prolong life. Now if the wingers want to call that starvation and murder, then the rest of us should also be made aware that this is normal procedure in hospices all over this country. Further, it is not the torturous punishment the Schindlers are depicting. To experience the pain and torture the Schindlers swear their daughter is going through, she would have to be cognitive. She is not.  She is going through what one who denies treatment experiences. If that's problematic for people so that they need to assign harsher language to the process, then perhaps they may not want to consider it for themselves. And it would be a blessing if the Schindlers would stop trying to scare people.

Another fact: The Schindlers say 30 doctors claim Terri Schiavo was misdiagnosed, 30 doctors who did not personally examine Terri Schiavo.

Fact: The Schindlers say Michael Schiavo is refusing to allow Terri Schiavo Communion. What they fail to mention is that it has been litigated exactly how many times Terri Schiavo may have Communion when she is at the end of her life. Last Rites have been included in the legal document stating what may and may not happen. The Schindlers know this. They also know that by trying to get a priest into Terri's room daily they are violating a court ordered agreement. They are deliberately twisting the facts to suit their purposes which seem to be to cast Michael Schiavo in the worst possible light. What kind of ogre denies his wife Holy Communion? What kind of repugnant exploitative parents use yet another ploy to push their own agenda?

That would be the same parents who sent Brother Paul O'Donnell to snidely promise no more media interviews because the Schindlers just couldn't bear it any longer. 5 Minutes later Bobby Schindler was with Rita Cosby. An hour later his sister was with Geraldo Rivera. 48 hours later Papa Schindler "broke his media silence". Now we can't shut any of them up. So much for no more interviews.

Randall Terry, Brother Paul O'Donnell, and Rev Pat Mahoney make up the Three Muskateers of repugnance. Those three men will stoop to any level of distortion in talking about Terri Schiavo's case. They have concocted a conspiracy which includes the police and the Hospice workers; this conspiracy revolves around killing Terri Schiavo. The police and the Hospice workers are likened to the German people who did nothing while their neighbors got carted away to death camps. The police are likened to Nazis who were "just doing their jobs" when they killed all those Jews. If this isn't repugnant, then what is it?

Fact: it has been reported by the media that since Sunday Terri Schiavo has not urinated. That's significant to her condition. According to her father and Randall Terry, not only has Terri urinated today, but she is still talking, still responding, still aware. This is not medically possible. And either a person urinates or they don't. They cannot manage both.The Schindler credibility is so tattered and torn, it only makes sense to believe anyone but them.

Fact: Video tapes of Terri Schiavo in her Hospice room are being offered for sale in order to raise money to pay the Schindler medical bills. How despicable does someone have to be to do something like this. Look to the Schindlers. They've also gone on record to agree with media ghouls who see no reason why Terri should not be photographed, if only for a few minutes, right now so we can see for ourselves what she looks like. You know, if it needs to be explained to someone why that notion goes beyond ghoulish, that is one hopeless moron.

This is just part of the information that pours like filth from the Schindler camp on a daily basis. Their camp refuses to acknowledge that all of this has been through the courts many times. Michael Schiavo has followed the rulings of the court.

And now, in a last ditch desperate attempt to finish their tantrum, here comes Jesse Jackson. Another liar joins the group. Jesse says he may be able to broker a deal with the Florida Senate to save Terri. I want to know why Jesse went for such a puny goal. Why stop with the Senate? Why not go straight to the top and broker a deal with God? I mean if we're going to do this, then let's not mess around. After all, how many chances does God get to be in on "deal brokering" when it pertains to human lives?

There's more examples, but this is enough.

I rest my case.