HOLY COMMUNION DENIED TO DYING CATHOLIC:
The Latest Outrage Against Terri Schindler-Schiavo
According to the latest news update on the Schindler family's web site, Terri's so-called "husband" Michael Schiavo has refused to allow his dying Catholic wife to fully receive the last rites from her priest:
...Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski, who has been Terri’s spiritual provider for over 3 years, was told he may not administer to her the sacrament of Holy Communion. Monsignor was informed by police at Hospice that he would be arrested if he tried to administer the Catholic woman the sacrament.
In a statement to the press, Michael Schiavo’s attorney, George Felos stated that the reason for this was that he didn’t want “anyone to do something that would cause Terri distress”.
Really now.
How a dying Catholic woman would be "distressed" by receiving a Catholic sacrament from her Catholic priest, the non-Catholic Felos doesn't bother to say. After all, for years both Felos and Schiavo have been telling the courts and the press that Terri was in a "permanent vegetative state" and oblivious to her surroundings. How then could she get "distressed" by any external stimuli?
Moreover, how does Herr Felos know Terri would be "distressed" by her priest administering the viaticum or anything else?
Oh, wait a minute. We forget that Herr Felos has the ability to communicate with Terri telepathically. Or so he claims (cf., our Oct. 16 and 17 entries on Felos titled, respectively, "MICHAEL SCHIAVO'S NEO-NAZI* NEW AGE LAWYER" and "MORE ON MICHAEL SCHIAVO’S LOONEY LAWYER" below.)
Nevertheless, Herr Felos, what about the possibility of causing Terri distress by starving her to death???
As Bugs Bunny would say, "Nyaaah. What a maroon."
"Any questioning of the moral ideas that prevail ...is received with the utmost hostility.
To attempt such an enterprise is to disturb the peace"
--H. L. Mencken
Saturday, October 18, 2003
Friday, October 17, 2003
ON THE FLORIDA COURT'S EUTHANASIA ORDER:
A Catholic Bishop Speaks Out Loud and Clear....
...unlike the Catholic Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida:
"If you establish and apply the principle that you can kill 'unproductive' fellow human beings then woe betide us all when we become old and frail!
"If one is allowed to kill the unproductive people then woe betide the invalids who have used up, sacrificed and lost their health and strength in the productive process.
"If one is allowed forcibly to remove one's unproductive fellow human beings then woe betide loyal soldiers who return to the homeland seriously disabled, as cripples, as invalids.
"If it is once accepted that people have the right to kill 'unproductive' fellow humans--and even if initially it only affects the poor defenseless mentally ill--then as a matter of principle murder is permitted for all unproductive people, in other words for the incurably sick, the people who have become invalids through labor and war, for us all when we become old, frail and therefore unproductive.
"Then, it is only necessary for some secret edict to order that the method developed for the mentally ill should be extended to other 'unproductive' people, that it should be applied to those suffering from incurable lung disease, to the elderly who are frail or invalids, to the severely disabled soldiers.
"Then none of our lives will be safe any more. Some commission can put us on the list of the 'unproductive,' who in their opinion have become worthless life. And no police force will protect us and no court will investigate our murder and give the murderer the punishment he deserves.
"Who will be able to trust his doctor any more?
"He may report his patient as 'unproductive' and receive instructions to kill him. It is impossible to imagine the degree of moral depravity, of general mistrust that would then spread even through families if this dreadful doctrine is tolerated, accepted and followed.
"Woe to mankind, woe to our German nation if God's Holy Commandment 'Thou shalt not kill,' which God proclaimed on Mount Sinai amidst thunder and lightning, which God our Creator inscribed in the conscience of mankind from the very beginning, is not only broken, but if this transgression is actually tolerated and permitted to go unpunished."
--Cardinal Clemens von Galen,
Archbishop of Munster, Germany
August 3, 1941
A Catholic Bishop Speaks Out Loud and Clear....
...unlike the Catholic Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida:
"If you establish and apply the principle that you can kill 'unproductive' fellow human beings then woe betide us all when we become old and frail!
"If one is allowed to kill the unproductive people then woe betide the invalids who have used up, sacrificed and lost their health and strength in the productive process.
"If one is allowed forcibly to remove one's unproductive fellow human beings then woe betide loyal soldiers who return to the homeland seriously disabled, as cripples, as invalids.
"If it is once accepted that people have the right to kill 'unproductive' fellow humans--and even if initially it only affects the poor defenseless mentally ill--then as a matter of principle murder is permitted for all unproductive people, in other words for the incurably sick, the people who have become invalids through labor and war, for us all when we become old, frail and therefore unproductive.
"Then, it is only necessary for some secret edict to order that the method developed for the mentally ill should be extended to other 'unproductive' people, that it should be applied to those suffering from incurable lung disease, to the elderly who are frail or invalids, to the severely disabled soldiers.
"Then none of our lives will be safe any more. Some commission can put us on the list of the 'unproductive,' who in their opinion have become worthless life. And no police force will protect us and no court will investigate our murder and give the murderer the punishment he deserves.
"Who will be able to trust his doctor any more?
"He may report his patient as 'unproductive' and receive instructions to kill him. It is impossible to imagine the degree of moral depravity, of general mistrust that would then spread even through families if this dreadful doctrine is tolerated, accepted and followed.
"Woe to mankind, woe to our German nation if God's Holy Commandment 'Thou shalt not kill,' which God proclaimed on Mount Sinai amidst thunder and lightning, which God our Creator inscribed in the conscience of mankind from the very beginning, is not only broken, but if this transgression is actually tolerated and permitted to go unpunished."
--Cardinal Clemens von Galen,
Archbishop of Munster, Germany
August 3, 1941
MORE ON MICHAEL SCHIAVO’S LOONEY LAWYER:
New Age Pro-Death Activist George Felos Thinks He’s Psychic…
…among other things, according to this message board discussion among several pro-Terri advocates.
For example:
[Post 1]: On pages 181-182 of his book (Litigation As Spiritual Practice), Felos claims that merely by visualizing a plane crash during a flight he was taking back to Florida, he caused the plane to begin to crash and that God spoke to him at that moment to warn him,
"’Be careful what you think. You are more powerful than you realize'.....I was startled, humbled, and blessed by God's admonishment."
[Post 2]: Felos is the real "tin-foil-hat" nut job and people who can see the forest for the trees recognize that.
[Post 3]: …Right-to-diers who make the news, like Nancy Cruzan's father and George Felos, talk about releasing the person/soul from their body….
[Post 4]: IMO, Melone got her info on Cruzan from an email to her.
Perhaps Felos used his telepathic powers to give Melone some pointers.
[Post 5]: Too bad he can't recall and edit all those books in which he reveals his wacky thinking patterns. If his acolytes edit enough books with black magic markers, they might be able to undo some of the harm his own words caused his reputation.
It's apparent that Felos thinks he is on a "higher plane" than the rest of us. I hope Floridians have learned enough about him to know they should distance themselves from him.
[Post 6]: …George Felos, the new age lawyer, student of reincarnation, (If "Felos" means cat, does he get 9 lives?) who wants to '"free us" from our bodily chains.
[Post 7]: Isn't it strange that Felos says that the unconscious Mrs. Browning could communicate with him, but he insists that Terri can't communicate with her own family whom she's known for almost 40 years?
And last but not least:
[Post 8]: Curios.
One the one hand, it's considered a sign of insanity for someone to think they are just one person like Napoleon.
On the other hand, the opinion of someone like Felos, who thinks he is "all," is taken seriously by an American judge who has jurisdiction over the lives of incapacitated people.
BTW, does anyone know if Felos has said he can use his telepathic powers to contact the spirits of dead? He says he communicated, mind-to-mind, with that elderly lady who wanted to be "free of her body."
Of course, if he believes in re-incarnation, he has to locate the new incarnation of the previously-dead person, before he can communicate with them.
It seems the patients are running the madhouse known as the Florida court system.
An article on Felos' New Age "spirituality" and how it influences his law practice can be found HERE at the St. Petersburg Times web site. This article notes the following about a case Felos litigated in 1988:
...the case of Estelle Browning ...gained him a reputation as the person to see when you want to let someone die. Browning, of Dunedin, had written a living will in 1985, saying she did not want to be kept alive by artificial means if she ever became ill. A year later, she had a stroke. But the nursing home refused to stop feeding her because she was not technically brain dead. Her cousin and former roommate, Doris Herbert, asked Felos to take the case.
He wanted to see Browning for himself. She could not speak, but Felos says his spiritual side picked up on something. He says her soul cried out to his soul and asked, "Why am I still here?"
Browning died in 1989 of natural causes while the case was still unresolved, but the suit has had a lasting effect on the law. In 1990, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a living will can allow caregivers to withhold food and water from an incapacitated person, even when death is not imminent.
It seems the patients are running the madhouse known as the Florida court system.
New Age Pro-Death Activist George Felos Thinks He’s Psychic…
…among other things, according to this message board discussion among several pro-Terri advocates.
For example:
[Post 1]: On pages 181-182 of his book (Litigation As Spiritual Practice), Felos claims that merely by visualizing a plane crash during a flight he was taking back to Florida, he caused the plane to begin to crash and that God spoke to him at that moment to warn him,
"’Be careful what you think. You are more powerful than you realize'.....I was startled, humbled, and blessed by God's admonishment."
[Post 2]: Felos is the real "tin-foil-hat" nut job and people who can see the forest for the trees recognize that.
[Post 3]: …Right-to-diers who make the news, like Nancy Cruzan's father and George Felos, talk about releasing the person/soul from their body….
[Post 4]: IMO, Melone got her info on Cruzan from an email to her.
Perhaps Felos used his telepathic powers to give Melone some pointers.
[Post 5]: Too bad he can't recall and edit all those books in which he reveals his wacky thinking patterns. If his acolytes edit enough books with black magic markers, they might be able to undo some of the harm his own words caused his reputation.
It's apparent that Felos thinks he is on a "higher plane" than the rest of us. I hope Floridians have learned enough about him to know they should distance themselves from him.
[Post 6]: …George Felos, the new age lawyer, student of reincarnation, (If "Felos" means cat, does he get 9 lives?) who wants to '"free us" from our bodily chains.
[Post 7]: Isn't it strange that Felos says that the unconscious Mrs. Browning could communicate with him, but he insists that Terri can't communicate with her own family whom she's known for almost 40 years?
And last but not least:
[Post 8]: Curios.
One the one hand, it's considered a sign of insanity for someone to think they are just one person like Napoleon.
On the other hand, the opinion of someone like Felos, who thinks he is "all," is taken seriously by an American judge who has jurisdiction over the lives of incapacitated people.
BTW, does anyone know if Felos has said he can use his telepathic powers to contact the spirits of dead? He says he communicated, mind-to-mind, with that elderly lady who wanted to be "free of her body."
Of course, if he believes in re-incarnation, he has to locate the new incarnation of the previously-dead person, before he can communicate with them.
It seems the patients are running the madhouse known as the Florida court system.
An article on Felos' New Age "spirituality" and how it influences his law practice can be found HERE at the St. Petersburg Times web site. This article notes the following about a case Felos litigated in 1988:
...the case of Estelle Browning ...gained him a reputation as the person to see when you want to let someone die. Browning, of Dunedin, had written a living will in 1985, saying she did not want to be kept alive by artificial means if she ever became ill. A year later, she had a stroke. But the nursing home refused to stop feeding her because she was not technically brain dead. Her cousin and former roommate, Doris Herbert, asked Felos to take the case.
He wanted to see Browning for himself. She could not speak, but Felos says his spiritual side picked up on something. He says her soul cried out to his soul and asked, "Why am I still here?"
Browning died in 1989 of natural causes while the case was still unresolved, but the suit has had a lasting effect on the law. In 1990, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a living will can allow caregivers to withhold food and water from an incapacitated person, even when death is not imminent.
It seems the patients are running the madhouse known as the Florida court system.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, POPE JOHN PAUL II:
After Twenty-Five Years, He's Still Going and Refuses to Give Up...
...despite suffering from advanced Parkinson's Disease and other serious ailments.
Truly amazing.
Columnist Maggie Gallagher has a wonderful piece reflecting on John Paul's remarkable 25 years in the Chair of Peter. Also, the Vatican's own web site has special links celebrating Pope John Paul II's anniversary, including one for the Catholic faithful and other admirers to email their greetings to him.
Incidentally, the word through the Catholic e-grapevine is that the Holy Father has been trying to intervene on behalf of Terry Schindler-Schiavo. We pray that Judge Greer will heed the Pope's pleas to spare her after he rejected Gov. Jeb Bush's.
After Twenty-Five Years, He's Still Going and Refuses to Give Up...
...despite suffering from advanced Parkinson's Disease and other serious ailments.
Truly amazing.
Columnist Maggie Gallagher has a wonderful piece reflecting on John Paul's remarkable 25 years in the Chair of Peter. Also, the Vatican's own web site has special links celebrating Pope John Paul II's anniversary, including one for the Catholic faithful and other admirers to email their greetings to him.
Incidentally, the word through the Catholic e-grapevine is that the Holy Father has been trying to intervene on behalf of Terry Schindler-Schiavo. We pray that Judge Greer will heed the Pope's pleas to spare her after he rejected Gov. Jeb Bush's.
"WHEN IS THE BITCH GONNA DIE?":
Michael Schiavo on His Wife Terri's Condition in 1995-96...
...according to an article quoting the sworn testimony of Carla Sauer Iyer, "a registered nurse who was employed at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center in Largo, Fla., from April 1995 to July 1996, while Terri Schiavo was a patient there."
In addition to this heartfelt expression of love and loyalty to his wife, Schiavo also asked on other occassions, "When is she going to die?" and "Has she died yet?" Notes the article, "Others at Palm Garden also testified similarly in sworn affidavits. All swore that Terri had spoken to them frequently and backed Iyer's recollections."
A complete photocopy of Nurse Iyers' Affidavit can be read in full HERE
The same article notes that according to attorney Wesley J. Smith, Schiavo "realiz[ed] back in the early 1990s he would inherit $750,000 if Terri died, and began to refuse medical treatment such as antibiotics for infections and so forth. In 1998, when Terri didn't die he filed a request with Judge Greer to be allowed to remove her feeding tube, and that’s how this whole business started."
Sure sounds like Litigation As Homicide to us. With "spouses" like that, and greedy shysters all too eager to "help" them (for the right price, of course), who needs the Mafia?
Michael Schiavo on His Wife Terri's Condition in 1995-96...
...according to an article quoting the sworn testimony of Carla Sauer Iyer, "a registered nurse who was employed at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center in Largo, Fla., from April 1995 to July 1996, while Terri Schiavo was a patient there."
In addition to this heartfelt expression of love and loyalty to his wife, Schiavo also asked on other occassions, "When is she going to die?" and "Has she died yet?" Notes the article, "Others at Palm Garden also testified similarly in sworn affidavits. All swore that Terri had spoken to them frequently and backed Iyer's recollections."
A complete photocopy of Nurse Iyers' Affidavit can be read in full HERE
The same article notes that according to attorney Wesley J. Smith, Schiavo "realiz[ed] back in the early 1990s he would inherit $750,000 if Terri died, and began to refuse medical treatment such as antibiotics for infections and so forth. In 1998, when Terri didn't die he filed a request with Judge Greer to be allowed to remove her feeding tube, and that’s how this whole business started."
Sure sounds like Litigation As Homicide to us. With "spouses" like that, and greedy shysters all too eager to "help" them (for the right price, of course), who needs the Mafia?
MICHAEL SCHIAVO'S NEO-NAZI* NEW AGE LAWYER:
Is Terri Schindler-Schiavo a Test Case for Culture of Death Activist George Felos?
It seems that George Felos, the Florida lawyer spearheading the drive to kill Terri via judicial fiat, is a nationally known "right-to-die" activist and New Age pagan intent upon establishing legalized euthanasia in his state as well as all over the USA, his repeated denials of such intentions notwithstanding. (Actions speak louder than rhetoric, Herr Felos.)
The evidence? A book Felos wrote last year titled Litigation As Spiritual Practice
According to the publisher's blurb on this book --described as "the excitement and drama of the courtroom, and the ecstasy and anguish of spiritual evolution in a combative environment"-- Felos "became the legal advocate of Estelle Browning's right-to-die and in the process plumbed the depths of death and dying and spearheaded a social revolution to enable death with dignity in the state of Florida. Felos uses this case and Fellouzis vs. United States of America --a decade-long tax battle sending him to Hong Kong's back alleys in search of antique jades and ivories-- as framework to interweave the story of his law practice and spiritual unfoldment."
Apparently what is meant by "spiritual unfoldment" is discovering the "right" of neo-Nazi* Culture of Death New Agers to do away with "useless eaters."
Sieg Heil, Herr Felos.
*(EDITOR'S NOTE: By "neo-Nazi" we mean, of course, not that an individual or group so named is necessarily Neo-Nazi in any formal sense, but rather that such has adopted any attitude or theory which is identifiably Nazi in origin. In this case, i.e., the philosophical relationship between euthanasia and the so-called "right-to-die," please see the article Euthanasia in the Third Reich: Lessons for Today?, first published in Volume 18:1 of Ethics & Medicine.)
Is Terri Schindler-Schiavo a Test Case for Culture of Death Activist George Felos?
It seems that George Felos, the Florida lawyer spearheading the drive to kill Terri via judicial fiat, is a nationally known "right-to-die" activist and New Age pagan intent upon establishing legalized euthanasia in his state as well as all over the USA, his repeated denials of such intentions notwithstanding. (Actions speak louder than rhetoric, Herr Felos.)
The evidence? A book Felos wrote last year titled Litigation As Spiritual Practice
According to the publisher's blurb on this book --described as "the excitement and drama of the courtroom, and the ecstasy and anguish of spiritual evolution in a combative environment"-- Felos "became the legal advocate of Estelle Browning's right-to-die and in the process plumbed the depths of death and dying and spearheaded a social revolution to enable death with dignity in the state of Florida. Felos uses this case and Fellouzis vs. United States of America --a decade-long tax battle sending him to Hong Kong's back alleys in search of antique jades and ivories-- as framework to interweave the story of his law practice and spiritual unfoldment."
Apparently what is meant by "spiritual unfoldment" is discovering the "right" of neo-Nazi* Culture of Death New Agers to do away with "useless eaters."
Sieg Heil, Herr Felos.
*(EDITOR'S NOTE: By "neo-Nazi" we mean, of course, not that an individual or group so named is necessarily Neo-Nazi in any formal sense, but rather that such has adopted any attitude or theory which is identifiably Nazi in origin. In this case, i.e., the philosophical relationship between euthanasia and the so-called "right-to-die," please see the article Euthanasia in the Third Reich: Lessons for Today?, first published in Volume 18:1 of Ethics & Medicine.)
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
TERRI IS NOT IN A COMA:
The Video Evidence Can Be Seen HERE
These video clips show Terri Schindler-Schiavo responding directly to various kinds of stimuli, including the following via the above link:
--"During an examination, Terri shows CLEAR annoyance with being tickled with a cotton swab."
--"Terri is seen lying quietly until her mother is in view. Terri's eyebrows pop up, she smiles broadly at her mother and she vocalizes when her mother asks her how she is feeling."
--"During an examination, Terri is asked to track a balloon with her eyes. She does and the Dr. SAYS 'You see that, don't you!' During his testimony, however, he called Terri 'totally unresponsive'."
--"Terri is shown reacting to her mother's affection with a glowing smile."
Comatose??? "Vegetative state"??? The evidence says "NO!"
The Video Evidence Can Be Seen HERE
These video clips show Terri Schindler-Schiavo responding directly to various kinds of stimuli, including the following via the above link:
--"During an examination, Terri shows CLEAR annoyance with being tickled with a cotton swab."
--"Terri is seen lying quietly until her mother is in view. Terri's eyebrows pop up, she smiles broadly at her mother and she vocalizes when her mother asks her how she is feeling."
--"During an examination, Terri is asked to track a balloon with her eyes. She does and the Dr. SAYS 'You see that, don't you!' During his testimony, however, he called Terri 'totally unresponsive'."
--"Terri is shown reacting to her mother's affection with a glowing smile."
Comatose??? "Vegetative state"??? The evidence says "NO!"
THE TERRI SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO SMOKING GUN VIDEOS:
Secretly-Made Videotapes Disprove "Persistent Vegetative State" Claim
Yesterday the parents of allegedly comatose Florida patient Terri Schindler-Schiavo, who is scheduled for a court-ordered slow execution by starvation and dehydration today at 2PM, released to the news media videotapes which clearly show Terri fully awake and breathing on her own, and not in a coma as her philandering husband (who stands to earn a cool mil $ upon her death) has been claiming for years.
Moreover, Terri's parents have told reporters that when told earlier this year of her impending execution, Terri "bolt[ed] upright and [tried] to get out of her chair."
The court's reaction to this breaking evidence was to immediately rescind its order, right?
Wrong!
In fact, not only is the court going through with its execution order, the court has threatened Terri's father, Robert Schindler, who covertly made the tapes, with arrest and prosecution if he does not immediately turn over all copies to the court.
Truly, we live in what Pope John Paul II has labeled "the Culture of Death."
Secretly-Made Videotapes Disprove "Persistent Vegetative State" Claim
Yesterday the parents of allegedly comatose Florida patient Terri Schindler-Schiavo, who is scheduled for a court-ordered slow execution by starvation and dehydration today at 2PM, released to the news media videotapes which clearly show Terri fully awake and breathing on her own, and not in a coma as her philandering husband (who stands to earn a cool mil $ upon her death) has been claiming for years.
Moreover, Terri's parents have told reporters that when told earlier this year of her impending execution, Terri "bolt[ed] upright and [tried] to get out of her chair."
The court's reaction to this breaking evidence was to immediately rescind its order, right?
Wrong!
In fact, not only is the court going through with its execution order, the court has threatened Terri's father, Robert Schindler, who covertly made the tapes, with arrest and prosecution if he does not immediately turn over all copies to the court.
Truly, we live in what Pope John Paul II has labeled "the Culture of Death."
THE NEW NEO-STALINISTS:
Or, How to Promote Tolerance for Yourself by Persecuting Others
It seems that the gay and lesbian community of a certain city in La-La-Land (aka California) is up in arms because one Jeff Culbreath, a devout Catholic fellow who owns a small printing business, refused to accept a job printing business cards promoting a gay and lesbian organization. Culbreath told his would-be client that he objected to taking part in the promotion a "lifestyle" which, according to the dictates of his faith and conscience, is immoral.
Rather than simply tell the fellow, "OK, then, we'll take our business elsewhere," as any reasonable adult would do, his would-be client and her komrades decided to try make his life a living Hell by pummeling him with hate e-mails, crank phone calls, and a campaign to shut down his business for being a "bigot."
In other words, it's "okay" for gays and lesbians to follow their consciences by practicing their "lifestyles," but it's not "okay" for non-gays and non-lesbians --especially if they're practicing, believing Christians-- to follow their consciences by refusing to engage in promoting those lifestyles.
Harvey Milk, meet Joe Stalin.
Or, How to Promote Tolerance for Yourself by Persecuting Others
It seems that the gay and lesbian community of a certain city in La-La-Land (aka California) is up in arms because one Jeff Culbreath, a devout Catholic fellow who owns a small printing business, refused to accept a job printing business cards promoting a gay and lesbian organization. Culbreath told his would-be client that he objected to taking part in the promotion a "lifestyle" which, according to the dictates of his faith and conscience, is immoral.
Rather than simply tell the fellow, "OK, then, we'll take our business elsewhere," as any reasonable adult would do, his would-be client and her komrades decided to try make his life a living Hell by pummeling him with hate e-mails, crank phone calls, and a campaign to shut down his business for being a "bigot."
In other words, it's "okay" for gays and lesbians to follow their consciences by practicing their "lifestyles," but it's not "okay" for non-gays and non-lesbians --especially if they're practicing, believing Christians-- to follow their consciences by refusing to engage in promoting those lifestyles.
Harvey Milk, meet Joe Stalin.
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