JunkYardBlog references some interesting information regarding “conflicts” in the Schiavo case.

The first reference is to WriteWingBlog, who writes,

The Hapless Misadventures of the Pinellas County Court System keeps getting stinkier and stinkier and scarier and scarier. Michael Schiavo’s attorney George Felos took his case and then filed the petition to introduce HB 2131 in 1999. Then the law in Tallahassee gets changed. Then the Schiavo case gets heard. In that order.

In April 1999 – House Bill 2131 was introduced in the Florida legislature by the Florida Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care Committee to amend Section 765 (Civil Rights) of the Florida Statutes. The amendments to Section 765.101 were the legal definition of “life prolonging procedures” to add: “INCLUDING ARTIFICIALLY PROVIDED SUSTENENCE AND HYDRATION, WHICH SUSTAINS, RESTORES, OR SUPPLANTS A SPONTANEOUS VITAL FUNCTION”. It becomes law on October 1, 1999.

Who lobbied for changing the law to make food and water be defined as “artificial” life support in 1999?

HB 2131 GENERAL BILL by Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Argenziano; (CO-SPONSORS) Heyman; Sobel; Reddick; Fiorentino; Bilirakis; Littlefield; Kosmas; Bitner; Jacobs; Levine; Bloom.

David Allen contacted the Clerk of The Florida House and was informed that “Bilirakis” was Representative “Gus Michael Bilirakis” (terms 1998 – 2000 and 2001 – 2003).

Note that the hospice where Terri Schiavo has been held is operated by Suncoast Hospice. Rep. Gus Michael Bilirakis lists himself on the Suncoast Hospice Board of Directors – along with George Felos who filed the suit in the summer of 1998 to withdraw food and water form Terri Schiavo. Who else has also been on that Board?

The second reference is to Hyscience, who writes,

Judges are impartial, right? Not Judge George Greer, the judge that has ordered Terri Schiavo executed by starvation and dehydration, twice.

Our good ole boy judge has worked side by side as county commissioner with Barbara Sheen Todd (county commissioner) for eight years. Barbara Sheen Todd is on the board of, you guessed it, the hospice where Terri Schiavo is kept prisoner by her husband, Michael Schiavo, who lives with another woman that he has two children with.

Also, Judge Greer’s fellow judge, Judge John Lenderman is the brother of Martha Lenderman, also on the, you got it, the same hospice board.

Our fine judge accepted as the basis of his rulings, the questionable testimony of Michael Schiavo that Terri would wish to be killed, yet Michael never stated this until after he had received the 1.2 million dollar settlement during which time he portrayed himself as a loving husband that just wanted to bring his wife home and take care of her.

The judge also accepted as the basis of his rulings, the “opinion” of a third doctor who is the brother of a close associate of George Felos, Michael Schiavo’s right-to-kill attorney, and very significantly, former Chairman of, you got it again, the same hospice board, Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, which operates Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida.

Still have some hair left? Let’s see what we can do about that!

Mary Laybak, CEO of Woodside Hospice has direct ties to Euthanasia Society of America and Hemlock for Hospice, an organization that seeks to accelerate the dying process. Federal funds may not be used for these purposes.

The Hospice is a federally funded program designed for terminally ill and those whose death is eminent. Terri has been in Woodside Hospice illegally for three years under Medicaid payments, for free, courtesy of, yep, George Felos. Felos combined and conspired with Michael Schiavo to arrange for Terri’s “free” stay at Hospice Woodside as part of an “exit protocol” designed to advance Felos’ self-perceived messianic mission of “helping” incapacitated people to die by categorizing them as “terminal,” warehousing them, and depriving them of therapy and rehabilitation services.

US Dept of Health and Human Services is currently trying to collect $14.8 million from Florida Suncoast Hospice, owed to them since 1997. The squeaki-clean(not) Hospice is accused of patient brokering and several lawsuits filed by Attorney Jonathan Alpert are pending.

Of course, the best reference he makes in his post is to the affidavit from a registered nurse who provided comfort and care to Terri.

Terri’s medical condition was systematically distorted and misrepresented. When I worked with her, she was alert and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence, saying such things as “mommy,” and “help me.” “Help me” was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times. Terri would try to say the word “pain” when she was in discomfort, but it came out more like “pay.” She didn’t say the “n” sound very well. During her menses she would indicate her discomfort by saying “pay” and moving her arms toward her lower abdominal area. Other ways that she would indicate that she was in pain included pursing her lips, grimacing, thrashing in bed, curling her toes or moving her legs around. She would let you know when she had a bowel movement by flipping up the covers and pulling on her diaper.

Of course, people will be quick to call the nurse and her statement a “tool” for the President, Congress, and those who think we should make sure this is what Terri wanted before it is allowed. Truth is though, that affidavit was written in September of 2003, long before most of you even heard the name Terri Schiavo.

I have posted about Terri in the past, I have linked to terrisfight.org longer than most bloggers have been blogging and longer than most of my regular readers have even been on the internet. I am a strong supporter of those who wish NOT to be kept alive by artificial means, and I myself used to feel as they do.

All I want is for Terri to have HER day in court with truly independent counsel. Not her husband’s counsel, not Judge Greer acting as her independent counsel, but someone else, who will actually stand up for Terri, and tell it like it is.

1. There has been something abou There has been something about this whole Schiavo case that has been deeply disturbing to me from the very beginning. When I heard Mr. Felos on Saturday, speaking of Terri, say how “peaceful, quiet, and the most beautiful I’ve ever seen her”, I was disgusted. I was determined to find out more about him. Thus, I found your sight. I am not a conspiracy theorist, normally, but this information, can only lead to that conclusion. I also heard on Fox News, that Felos had made campaign contributions to Judge Greer. Why is the “mainstream” media not picking up on all of this. Do you really think no one cares. I feel so sorry for Terri and her family for what they have had to endure the past fifteen years, by her bastard “husband”. The sad fact is, there may be no justice for Terri on this earth, however the final Judge knows whats going on. “Vengence is mine”,sayith the Lord, “I will repay.”

   Comment by Debbie Morgan on Dec 3rd, 2006 @ 02:05

   
   

2. I wonder if the Schindlers kn I wonder if the Schindlers know all this. How convenient that judge greer got this case huh? I hope the Schindlers have some kind of legal action they can take against michael. I am betting he has money left from the law suit and I am betting he has a big insurance policy on Terri or why would the financial reports be sealed??

   Comment by Susan W. on Dec 3rd, 2006 @ 02:05

   
   

3. Schiavo attorney, Felos on Bo Schiavo attorney, Felos on Board of Hospice.

   The Schiavo case just keeps getting more bizarre.

   According to the Empire Journal, whose site was recently hacked (don’t you just love the Left?), it turns out that George Felos, Michael Schiavo’s attorney, was a nine year member of the Hospice…

   Comment by Myopic Zeal on Dec 3rd, 2006 @ 02:05

   
   

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