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Tom Delay Fights to Save His Own Life
If there are Republicans questioning the choice of Tom Delay to spearhead the “save Terri Shiavo” campaign, I haven’t heard them. I haven’t heard them because there aren’t any. In typical take-one-for-the-team fashion, Republicans have thrown a political life-vest to the man closest to drowning: Tom Delay.
As Delay frantically tries to wipe the ethics pooh off his Texas boots, the life of Terri Schiavo has become the worst of all things: a much-needed political boost. Even as he pontificates about affirming life, and doing what’s right, the smell of hypocrisy hangs over him like a buzzing, blinking fluorescent fixture outside a sleazy hotel.
This family’s lingering tragedy has given Tom Delay an opportunity to reach out to his constituency – people whose belief in ‘life’ supersedes all other beliefs. Including democracy’s traditional practice that government has no place in private family decisions. This constituency is an important one in conservative circles, and Republicans are undoubtedly getting nervous about Mr. Delay’s ethical troubles. New questions arise daily as information comes to light. But just in the nick of time, Terri Schiavo provides a perfect political platform, and Tom Delay initiates self-resurrection. The media replays the desperately choreographed action.
And there can be no doubt that he’s in trouble. In Mr. Delay’s political life, there are not just questions, but layer upon layer of questions. There’s electoral monkey business, the redistricting power-grab, fundraising issues, greasy business associates, disregard for the law, and most disturbing to me personally, the growing belief among prominent Republicans that the American public no longer has the will to stand against the tide. Even as Republicans change Congressional ethics rules, and remove committee members that may take issue with Tom Delay’s actions. Not to worry. In the new America, to question the government is not patriotic.
For the Republican Party to allow Tom Delay to be their spokesperson on the Terri Schiavo issue, preaching on personal ethics and moral authority, is both laughable and tragic. If this works out well for Tom Delay, I can foresee a Ken Lay “Financial Responsibility” speaking tour.
But there are larger issues, too. Is this what Republicans mean by “smaller government?” Does the new Republican philosophy mean, “We’ll stay out of your life unless your belief system differs from ours?” Maybe so. And that’s where we start to become something other than America.
If there are still people who believe that patriotism means love of country, not love of your party or candidate - if there are still people who have not been completely cowed by the professional fear-mongering of the last 4 years – if there are still people who believe that the government is responsible TO US, and not the other way around – I strongly suggest that you stand up and let yourself be heard. Because the times, they are a changin’.
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Congress passed the Palm Sunday Compromise Bill. President Bush signed the bill at 1:11 a.m. What this does is effectively moved the Terri Schiavo case from the Florida courts to Federal courts. Bush and Congress made a similar move with tort reform.... Read More
His political career literally is on life support.
For those who are in despair about our country today, I want you to go to the link pasted below and read all the way to the end. It's well worth it!
Here's a quote from a fellow DCP'er that I've already shared this with on the DCP IRC:
**: thank you, dw. that is the most inspiring thing i have read in a very long time.
**: i say this as i sit here with tears streaming down my face.
**: this must be passed on to others. every word of it.
**: i'm going out this afternoon to purchase this book.
**: thank you again for that link. dw, that one act of yours has given me strength and motivation for another day. and day by day is the best way i can take it sometimes
And here's the best part. This link is the Introduction to the book that is the next selection in our Book Room discussion.
Introduction to You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train by Howard Zinn
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/dec94zinn.htm
Link to our Book Room forum entry:
http://www.democracycellproject.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=441
I expect to see you all there! Enjoy
Experts: Congress Shaky on Schiavo Actions
"It's of dubious legality," said Seth Kreimer, a constitutional law professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050318/ap_on_go_co/brain_damaged_legal&e=5
Here is a very interesting opinion of the legality and consequences of the decisions the government and the Supreme Court face regarding Terri Schiavo.
Please read it.
Trial By Legislation
by Andrew Cohen
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/20/opinion/courtwatch/main681785.shtml
Here's the link to the story of the "Republican Nine" who stood with the Democrats in the Florida House to save the Florida Death with Dignity Law this week.
As a Native Floridian, I'm grateful to know that there are some on the other side of the aisle who take their Christianity seriously, and who are actually able to resist the temptation of letting Jeb and George tell them what Jesus would do.
I might have to make use of that law someday myself, and I don't want a Republican political stunt to take that right away from me.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/20/Tampabay/Republican_Nine_stick.shtml
madame defarge- did you notice on that CBS link that the picture of Terry Schiavo was labelled as being Zacarias Moussaoui? Large Oops there.
http://www.afp.com/english/news/photos/050319234031.p0ec78ak.html
Artists get creative in the fight against Bush's War.
House just agreed to reconvene at 9PM to vote on the "Schiavo" bill. These people are sick. they will vote at midnight.
I have been trying my reps office all day and both of my senators. Nobody's answering their phones. Cowards.
Billmon gets it. http://billmon.org/archives/001756.html
thanks for the link spinnaker
so unsurprising
The Terri Schiavo Case
Schiavo: 'Come down, President Bush'
By WILLIAM R. LEVESQUE, Times Staff Writer
Published March 20, 2005
PINELLAS PARK - Angered by the latest political developments in Washington, Michael Schiavo said Saturday that it isn't just the Florida governor who should visit his wife to learn about the case.
Jeb Bush's brother, President Bush, should visit Terri Schiavo, too, he said.
"Come down, President Bush," Schiavo said in a telephone interview. "Come talk to me. Meet my wife. Talk to my wife and see if you get an answer. Ask her to lift her arm to shake your hand. She won't do it."
She won't, Schiavo said, because she can't.
He made a similar offer to the governor last week, saying lawmakers interferring in his wife's life know nothing about the case. So far, Gov. Bush hasn't responded to the offer.
President Bush has indicated he will sign any federal legislation to keep Terri Schiavo alive.
Weary after an emotional visit with his wife, Schiavo said he is astonished that politicians want to interfere in such a private matter.
"Instead of worrying about my wife, who was granted her wishes by the state courts the past seven years, they should worry about the pedophiles killing young girls," Schiavo said, referring to a local case. "Why doesn't Congress worry about people not having health insurance? Or the budget? Let's talk about all the children who don't have homes."
He said U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is leading a charge to extend Terri Schiavo's life, is a "little slithering snake" pandering for votes.
"To make comments that Terri would want to live, how do they know?" Schiavo said of the members of Congress who want to keep his wife alive.
"Have they ever met her?" Schiavo said. "What color are her eyes? What's her middle name? What's her favorite color? They don't have any clue who Terri is. They should all be ashamed of themselves."
Schiavo said he was going to stay at his wife's side through the entire ordeal and said he wouldn't back down in his fight to have her wishes carried out.
"Terri died 15 years ago," Schiavo said, referring to the collapse and cardiac arrest that doctors say virtually destroyed her brain. "It's time for her to be with the Lord like she wanted to be."
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Tampa Bay headlines
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/20/Tampabay/Schiavo___Come_down__.shtml
FOKS, IT'S TIME TO ACT. sINCE THIS BLOG IS NON-PARTISAN, LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR THAT THIS CALL TO ACTION IS FROM ME.
**********ACTION ALERT*********************
NO ONE IN CONGRESS IS ANSWERING THEIR PHONES.
WE MUST CONTACT THE MEDIA TO PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO BUTT OUT OF THE SCHIAVO CASE. THERE IS A REAL THREAT TO THE SEPARATION OF POWERS GOING ON, NOT TO MENTION CONGRESS MAKING MEDICAL DECISION AND PERSONAL DECISION AND THE DISGUSTING ASPECTS OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH PEOPLE LIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A FEW DAYS HERE.
THE PLAN: HERE IS A MEDIA LIST OF THE MAJORS AND THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONA THAT ARE WORKING THIS WEEKEND:
360@cnn.com, 48hours@cbsnews.com, 60II@cbsnews.com, am@cnn.com, Colmes@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com, crossfire@cnn.com, dateline@nbc.com, daybreak@cnn.com, earlyshow@cbs.com, evening@cbsnews.com, Foxreport@foxnews.com, insidepolitics@cnn.com, inthemoney@cnn.com, live@cnn.com, livefrom@cnn.com, newsnight@cnn.com, nightline@abcnews.com, nightly@nbc.com, rrhodes@airamericaradio.com, today@nbc.com, wam@cnn.com, wolf@cnn.com, world@msnbc.com, wsj.ltrs@wsj.com, www.nytimes.com, www.netaudr@abc.com
EMAIL ALL OF THEM PLEASE. TELL THEM FROM YOUR HEART WHAT YOU THINK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TELL THEM THEY NEED TO REPRESENT THE "OTHER" SIDE OF THIS STORY, THAT TOM DELAY IS SLANDERING MICHAEL SCHIAVO, THAT CONGRES IS BUTTING INTO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL LIVES, THAT YOU ARE DISGUSTED BY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK.
TIPS: KEEP IT SHORT. THREE SENTENCES PER PARAGRAPH, NO MORE THAN THREE PARAGRAPHS. NO ESSAYS, THEY DON'T READ THEM.
THE NEXT STEP IS I WILL BE POSTING A LIST OF THE BLOGS ON OUR SIDE TO GO AND POST THIS ACTION ALERT TO.
CONGRESS WON'T HEAR US, SO WE NEED TO PRESSURE THE MEDIA. NOW.
I WILL BE BACK WITH A LIST OF THE BLOGS IN A MOMENT. WHEN POST THE LIST, PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO TAKE AT LEAST FIVE-TEN BLOGS TO POST TO. COPY AND PASTE YOUR FIVE AND POST IT ON THIS BLOG SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK.
THANK YOU. LET'S GET GOING. TIME IS SHORT.
Posted by: dwahzon at March 20, 2005 04:25 PM
Thank's for that great link! I have always wanted to read that book, and now I finally will!
...reminds me of an Abraham Lincoln quote:
"We can see the past, though we may not claim to have directed it; and seeing it, in this case, we feel more hopeful and confident for the future."
DELAY spinning ...
"Time is not on Terri Schiavo's side," DeLay said. "The few remaining objecting House Democrats have so far cost Mrs.Schiavo two meals already today."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050320/ap_on_go_co/schiavo_congress
Here's the blog list. Just cut and paste the ones you are volunteering for and post it here on this blog, that way we won't overlap.
The List
Pandagon
Daily Kos
TBogg
First Draft
Talk Left
The Hamster
Matthew Yglesias
Roger Ailes
Sadly, No!
TAPPED
Gorenfeld
Ignatz
Max Speak
Altercation
Josh Marshall
Hullabaloo
Orcinus
Kicking Ass
Brad DeLong
Wolcott
Bob Harris
Daou Report
Cooped Up
SirotaBlog
Steve Gilliard
Ruminate This
From the Roots
Liquid List
Left Coaster
Unqualified Offerings
Tom Tomorrow
WampumBlog
The Lefty Directory
Majikthise
SullyWatch!
ATTAEFFINGTURK
Beautiful Horizons"
The Sideshow
Road to Surfdom
AmericaBlog
Adventus
Stakeholder
Echidne
Stinging Nettle
Today in Iraq
War Liberal
War and Piece
Oliver Willis
DC Media Girl
No More MNB
Throwing Things
Progressive Gold
Talent Show
Angry Bear
Elayne Riggs
Hoffmania
RoxPopuli
Matt Gunn
Take Back the Media
Electrolite
Making Light
Mikhaela
Xoverboard
Liberal Oasis
Across the River
Berube
Froomkin
Other Froomkin
Get More Ass
Today in Iraq
Peking Duck
Pansypoo
Democratic Veteran
Jack Balkin
alicublog
Skimble
Quark Soup
Demagogue
Margaret Cho
Dave Cullen
ArchPundit
Vaara
FaBlog
Alas, a Blog
American Errorist
Interesting Times
All About George
Suckful
Kieran Healy
Talking Dog
General J.C. Christian
Dohiyimir
Needle Nose
Not Geniuses
Crooked Timber
Nitpicker
RubberNun
GOTV
Blog for America
SlyBlog
The American Street
World O'Crap
Looking Glass
Public Health Press
Julian Sanchez
Gene Healy
Fafblog
Brian Flemming
Get Donkey
BusyBusyBusy
Annatopia
John Scalzi
South Knox Bubba
Chris Nelson
A Brooklyn Bridge
Ethel the Blog
Pacific Views
The Big Picture
Shakespeare's Sister
Bitch, Ph.D
Mad Kane
Uppity Negro
AgendaBender
Naked Writing
AintNoBadDude
Off the Kuff
Mouse Words
Terminus
Public Nuisance
UggaBugga
Nathan Newman
Demosthenes
WTF is it Now?
Blah3
Poor Man
A Skeptical Blog
Seeing the Forest
Bad Attitudes
Sisyphus Shrugged
Fanatical Apathy
Lean Left
Just One Minute
Light of Reason
skippy
Doxagora
Beyond Corporate
Martin Wisse
Dr. Limerick
Body and Soul
Seize the Fish
Scoobie Davis
If you can't find them or don't have them bookmarked, google is your friend, also, all of these blogs are livewired over on Atrios' blog. Here's the addy for that: you can just click over to there and the blog roll is on the left side of the page, halfway down:
http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/
I will take these:
Pandagon
Daily Kos
TBogg
First Draft
Talk Left
The Hamster
Matthew Yglesias
Roger Ailes
Sadly, No!
TAPPED
Gorenfeld
Ignatz
Max Speak
Altercation
Josh Marshall
Hullabaloo
Orcinus
Kicking Ass
Brad DeLong
Wolcott
Bob Harris
Daou Report
Cooped Up
Here's the text to post at other blogs:
**********ACTION ALERT*********************
NO ONE IN CONGRESS IS ANSWERING THEIR PHONES.
WE MUST CONTACT THE MEDIA TO PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO BUTT OUT OF THE SCHIAVO CASE. THERE IS A REAL THREAT TO THE SEPARATION OF POWERS GOING ON, NOT TO MENTION CONGRESS MAKING MEDICAL DECISION AND PERSONAL DECISION AND THE DISGUSTING ASPECTS OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH PEOPLE LIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A FEW DAYS HERE.
THE PLAN: HERE IS A MEDIA LIST OF THE MAJORS AND THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONA THAT ARE WORKING THIS WEEKEND:
360@cnn.com, 48hours@cbsnews.com, 60II@cbsnews.com, am@cnn.com, Colmes@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com, crossfire@cnn.com, dateline@nbc.com, daybreak@cnn.com, earlyshow@cbs.com, evening@cbsnews.com, Foxreport@foxnews.com, insidepolitics@cnn.com, inthemoney@cnn.com, live@cnn.com, livefrom@cnn.com, newsnight@cnn.com, nightline@abcnews.com, nightly@nbc.com, rrhodes@airamericaradio.com, today@nbc.com, wam@cnn.com, wolf@cnn.com, world@msnbc.com, wsj.ltrs@wsj.com, www.nytimes.com, www.netaudr@abc.com
EMAIL ALL OF THEM PLEASE. TELL THEM FROM YOUR HEART WHAT YOU THINK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TELL THEM THEY NEED TO REPRESENT THE "OTHER" SIDE OF THIS STORY, THAT TOM DELAY IS SLANDERING MICHAEL SCHIAVO, THAT CONGRES IS BUTTING INTO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL LIVES, THAT YOU ARE DISGUSTED BY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK.
TIPS: KEEP IT SHORT. THREE SENTENCES PER PARAGRAPH, NO MORE THAN THREE PARAGRAPHS. NO ESSAYS, THEY DON'T READ THEM.
CONGRESS WON'T HEAR US, SO WE NEED TO PRESSURE THE MEDIA. .
PLEASE DO IT NOW. WHAT ELSE YOU GONNA DO WHILE YOU WAIT FOR DEADWOOD, HUH?
Here's an edited version of the potential blog post with the all caps removed. Edit to what you're comfortable posting and go for it.
It's time for a blogswarm. No one in Congress is answering their phones.
We must contact the media to put pressure on Congress to butt out of the Schiavo case. There is a real threat to the separation of powers going on, not to mention Congress making medical decisions and person decisions and the disgusting aspects of playing politics with real peoples' lives.
The Plan: Here is a media list of the majors and the news organizations that are working this weekend:
360@cnn.com, 48hours@cbsnews.com, 60II@cbsnews.com, am@cnn.com, Colmes@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com, crossfire@cnn.com, dateline@nbc.com, daybreak@cnn.com, earlyshow@cbs.com, evening@cbsnews.com, Foxreport@foxnews.com, insidepolitics@cnn.com, inthemoney@cnn.com, live@cnn.com, livefrom@cnn.com, newsnight@cnn.com, nightline@abcnews.com, nightly@nbc.com, rrhodes@airamericaradio.com, today@nbc.com, wam@cnn.com, wolf@cnn.com, world@msnbc.com, wsj.ltrs@wsj.com, www.nytimes.com, www.netaudr@abc.com
Email all of them please. Tell them from your heart what you think of what's happening and tell them they need to represent the "other" side of this story, that Tom Delay is slandering Michael Schiavo, that Congress is butting into people's personal lives, that you are disgusted by what they are doing. Tell them what you think.
About 25 people yesterday in Phx at 24th and Camelback: Right in the heart of Repugville and maybe the most expensive real esate in Az...
We had a good time. I passed about 30 flyers out for various blogs and candidates.
A couple of bored cops near-by. I bought each one a Starbuchs to keep them happy.
Saw a must have t-shirt...
The 2nd Amendment is the origional Homeland Security.
Doxagora
Beyond Corporate
Martin Wisse
Dr. Limerick
Body and Soul
Seize the Fish
Scoobie Davis
Nashuaadvocate
bradblog
(I did)
I just finished a swarm of e-mails to the media links posted. It looks like you guys have the blogs pretty well covered. Hopefully their inboxes are piling up right about now.
I wrote to the media and then posted to those blogs above.
Here is my message..
Tell Congress to get out of the Terri Schiavo case. The woman has been brain-dead for fifteen years.
Her husband has signed the release. The doctors have signed the release. The courts have signed the release.
To have Tom DeLay involved is sickening as he is the most immoral of all the Republicans.
Tell him to quit using this poor women and abusing her husband for his own political gains.
Does this mean everyone now has access to all the medical care needed for any problem?
Or just those whom the Republicans can use for their own advantage?
Thank you?
The "?" was not sent...
Thank you to all who are participating.
I am going to continue on my bloglist:
SirotaBlog
Steve Gilliard
Ruminate This
From the Roots
Liquid List
Left Coaster
Unqualified Offerings
Tom Tomorrow
WampumBlog
The Lefty Directory
Majikthise
SullyWatch!
ATTAEFFINGTURK
Beautiful Horizons"
The Sideshow
Road to Surfdom
AmericaBlog
Adventus
Stakeholder
Echidne
Stinging Nettle
Today in Iraq
War Liberal
War and Piece
Oliver Willis
DC Media Girl
No More MNB
Here's the ones I've already done.
Included link to tutterfly's post: http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/03/giving_voice.html
The Left Coaster
The Lefty Directory http://newleftblogs.blogspot.com/
AttaTurk - Rising Hegemon http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/
John Aravois - AmericaBlog http://www.americablog.org/
Adventus http://rmadisonj.blogspot.com/
The Stakeholder http://blog.dccc.org/mt/
My letter sent to the list:
I am so ashamed to be an American today. The actions taken by our government to interfere with the life and death of Terri Schiavo and her husband, who by the sanctity of marriage is her guardian, are beyond belief. If this government – including the President and the Governor of Florida – was so damn concerned about Terri’s life, they would have accepted Mr. Schiavo’s invitation to come meet his wife and make a determination of her condition for themselves, since they feel they are obviously much more qualified to determine her medical condition than countless doctors and numerous advanced technological tests.
Let this woman complete her death that started 15 years ago with the dignity she deserves.
Sorry, small probalem with list above, this is the corrected version:
360@cnn.com, 48hours@cbsnews.com, 60II@cbsnews.com, am@cnn.com, Colmes@foxnews.com, comments@foxnews.com, crossfire@cnn.com, dateline@nbc.com, daybreak@cnn.com, earlyshow@cbs.com, evening@cbsnews.com, Foxreport@foxnews.com, insidepolitics@cnn.com, inthemoney@cnn.com, live@cnn.com, livefrom@cnn.com, newsnight@cnn.com, nightline@abcnews.com, nightly@nbc.com, rrhodes@airamericaradio.com, today@nbc.com, wam@cnn.com, wolf@cnn.com, world@msnbc.com, wsj.ltrs@wsj.com,netaudr@abc.com
This is the letter I sent: The subject was "shame"
Am I not allowed to die? I can't hear and though my eyes are open I can't see. Is the Congress more powerful than God? I shared my most profound thoughts with my husband, but now, despite his best intentions, my wishes are not being honored. Who are you? Why are you doing this to me and my family? Are politics worth the agony that you are causing? Have you no shame?
I sent email letters to all addresses above.
I'm going to be posting phone numbers for major media. Please start dialing now to let your voice be heard.
Here's a start:
NBC News -- Headquarters
Website: www.msnbc.com/news
Phone: (212) 664-4444
Fax: (201) 583-5453
Address: 30 Rockefeller Plz New York, NY 10112
CBS News -- Headquarters
Website: www.cbsnews.com
Phone: (212) 975-4321
Fax: (212) 975-1893
Address: 524 W 57th St New York, NY 10019
CNN News Group -- Headquarters
Website: www.cnn.com
Phone: (404) 827-1500
Fax: (404) 878-0891
Address: One CNN Center, PO Box 105366 Atlanta, GA 30348-
Fox News Channel -- Headquarters
Website: www.foxnews.com
Phone: (212) 301-3000
Fax: (212) 301-4229
Address: 1211 Ave of the Americas New York, NY 10036
Continued... newspapers
New York Times -- Headquarters
Website: www.nytimes.com
Phone: (212) 556-1234
Fax: (212) 556-3622
Address: 229 W 43rd St New York, NY 10036-3959
Boston Globe -- Headquarters
Website: www.boston.com/globe
Phone: (617) 929-2000
Arizona Daily Star -- Headquarters
Website: www.arizonarepublic.com
Phone: (602) 444-8000
Fax: (602) 444-8933
Address: 200 E Van Buren St Phoenix, AZ 85004-2238
Fax: (617) 929-2098
Address: 135 Morrissey Blvd Boston, MA 02125
Washington Post -- Headquarters
Website: www.washingtonpost.com
Phone: (202) 334-6000
Fax: (202) 334-5269
Address: 1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071-0070
Capital Outlook -- Headquarters
Website: www.capitaloutlook.com
Phone: (850) 681-1852
Fax: (850) 681-1093
Address: 602 N Adams St Tallahassee, FL 32301-
Florida Sentinel Bulletin -- Headquarters
Website: www.flsentinel.com
Phone: (813) 248-1921
Fax: (813) 248-4507
Address: 2207 E 21st Ave Tampa, FL 33605-
Miami Herald -- Headquarters
Website: www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald
Phone: (305) 350-2111
Fax: (305) 376-5287
Address: 1 Herald Plz Miami, FL 33132-1693
Miami New Times -- Headquarters
Website: www.miaminewtimes.com
Phone: (305) 576-8000
Fax: (305) 571-7677
Address: 2800 Biscayne Blvd Miami, FL 33137
Dallas Morning News -- Headquarters
Website: www.dallasnews.com
Phone: (214) 977-8222
Fax: (214) 977-8319
Address: 508 Young St Dallas, TX 75202-
Houston Chronicle -- Headquarters
Website: www.houstonchronicle.com
Phone: (713) 220-7171
Fax: (713) 362-6806
Address: 801 Texas Ave Houston, TX 77002
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- Headquarters
Website: www.jsonline.com
Phone: (414) 224-2000
Fax: (414) 224-2699
Address: 333 W State St Milwaukee, WI 53203-
Wisconsin State Journal -- Headquarters
Website: www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal
Phone: (608) 252-6120
Fax: (608) 252-6119
Address: 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd Madison, WI 53708-8058
Capital Times -- Headquarters
Website: www.madison.com/captimes
Phone: (608) 252-6400
Fax: (608) 252-6445
Address: 1901 Fish Hatchery Rd Madison, WI 53708
Arizona Daily Star -- Headquarters
Website: www.azstarnet.com
Phone: (520) 573-4511
Fax: (520) 573-4141
Address: 4850 S Park Ave Tucson, AZ 85714-
I sent email letters to all addresses above.
Ok, in the essence of brievity and time, here's a link where you can find newspapers, radio stations, tv stations, etc. by state. Please, please call anyone, write anyone you can.
http://newslink.org/
Great letters battlebob and madame. This case is so ridiculous. Michael Schiavo's comments are extremely truthful. The Repubs need to focus on the real issues facing our society and not using what's left of his wife as a poltical tool to score points with their rabid far right constituents. I saw some of the press conference held by the House Dems and I agree with what Florida congresswoman (Deborah Wasserman?) said. She told reporters that she doesn't believe Congress is qualified to determine the status of Schiavo and has no business being involved in this decision. She was like she doesn't have a medical background and is not comfortable being involved with this process. I agree with her 100 percent. And any doctor that comes in now and claims Ms. Schiavo's brain isn't pure liquid should be tossed out of the profession and a background check should be conducted on his political donation habits. Of course Frist is all up in this too and he's a doctor, but his opinion is worthless. He apparently thinks you can get HIV by shaking hands.
Honestly, I kinda hope Ms. Schiavo's tube feeding is reinstated soon. If it isn't, she could die on Easter Weekend and that would fire this base up to even scarier levels. They'll make this poor woman into the Second Coming, no doubt.
It was interesting listening to C-Span callers today. There were some Repubs calling in saying they did not like Congress being involved in this and one even wondered about how much of a weight her medical costs were on the system. Spoken like a true Republican. I agree with Linda E., the Florida Republican who said Ms. Schiavo has been kept to long from her Lord, was well said, however, and I'm thankfully no afterlife expert, she could already be with him for all we know.
I'm curious which federal judge will be assigned to this case. If he or she overturns the verdicts of all the Florida state courts and is out of step with the Supreme Court, which rightly chose not to hear this case, then I think a background check should be done on them as well to determine if they're Shrub Pioneers or DeLay Hot Tubbers.
just like they told McCarthy-
"Have you left no sense of decency????"
I carry my living will at all times & have done so since 1994. Seeing poor Terri on TV scared me to death. Now the very people I pay to make sure I have life, liberty & the pursuit to happiness are scaring me to death.