The "happy go lucky" New Age Harbingers of Death . . . (attorneys for
Michael Schiavo, Deborah Bushnell and George Felos)
. . . and the misery they cause. (sister and brother of Terri Schiavo)
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| Michael Schiavo's death lawyer George Felos ---- New Age nut case |
| 2005-03-27 |
| New Age nut case Exceprts from his book: "As a spiritual aspirant for close to twenty-five years with definite monastic tendencies, my friends don't understand how I survive within the aggressive and often highly negative energies of the courtroom." (x) "The urge behind this book is to encourage and impel you to utilize your life's endeavor, whatever it may be, to its highest purpose — to move from making a living from your work, to having your work make you more alive." (xi) In the acknowledgments section, Felos notes that he has drawn from a wide range of spiritual teachers and teachings, with particular acknowledgment to the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Throughout the book, Felos cites Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Native American and other spiritual traditions from which he draws his views. _____________ Chapter 22, "Collective Consciousness and the Fear of Death," has an extensive discussion of the hospice movement which Felos is deeply involved in, noting, "The force that created today's Hospice also propels the right-to-die movement. We sense that keeping one alive against his wishes—artificially perpetuating the body once the spirit is ready to depart—is a defilement of life's final rite of passage. It appeared so obvious to me that the ability to die with dignity, as that term is defined by each individual, is an essential personal right." (223) Concerning the Florida Supreme Court's affirmation of his position in the Browning case (Mrs. Browning actually died while still being fed and before the case was argued before the Court): "A profound satisfaction welled up. I believed I had made a difference. The result of my efforts would touch many lives, now and in the future. I felt proud to be an attorney and was grateful to God for this extraordinary opportunity. I still am." (251) Concerning his involvement in a income tax case in Federal Tax Court (which he ultimately won), Felos writes about his feelings while doing yoga on the eve of the trial: "I felt like an empty vessel, a vehicle through which Spirit does its own work. I felt deep gratitude for being endowed with the abilities that allow this work to be done through me. In a sense I lost, at least for that moment, a personal agenda. I became an agent and God was the principal. All I needed to do was permit the work to come through me." (268) |
| Posted by:sea cruise |
| #13 //heavy sarcasm on// I donât see what everybody is so upset about. The money M.Schiavo won from the medmal cases went to real good uses, and itâs all gone now, Iâm sure (see link re myths about Terri, MYTH: Terri's Medical Trust fund has been used to care for her). In fact, with the approval of the lovely Judge George Greer, accounting for the expenses paid from Terriâs 1.2 Million Dollar medical trust fund (from a jury award in 1992), M.Schiavo in his November 1993 Petition alleges the 1993 guardianship asset balance as $761,507.50 following these expenses: Atty Gwyneth Stanley_$10,668.05 Atty Deborah Bushnell$65,607.00 Atty Steve Nilson$7,404.95 Atty Pacarek$1,500.00 Atty Richard Pearse (GAL)$4,511.95 Atty George Felos__$397,249.99 1st Union/South Trust Bank__$55,459.85 Michael Schiavo_$10,929.95 _Total $545,852.34 IâM SURE THE OTHER $761,507.50 HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT OVER THE LAST TWELVE YEARS IN SIMILARLY GOOD WAYS. So whatâs everybody so upset about? //heavy sarcasm OFF// Re Bushnell & Felos: âItâs 98% of the attorneys who give the other 2% of us a bad name.â |
| Posted by: cingold 2005-03-27 12:55:30 PM |
| #12 A few links to chew on: Atheist and Agnostic Pro-Life League Being Pro-life: An Atheist's View An especially good one: "God the Abortionist" part 1 and part 2 >"As I noted in an earlier Rave, to the religious left abortion is not a question of life or death: it's a matter of 'expressing your spirituality.' The religious right is, for the most part, more properly focused on the threshold question of the personhood of the fetus." Of course, as noted earlier on Rantburg, that notorious right-wing Bible-thumper Ralph Nader has also weighed in to save Terri Schiavo. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-27 12:49:47 PM |
| #11 The "happy go lucky" New Age Harbingers of Death . . . (attorneys for Michael Schiavo, Deborah Bushnell and George Felos) . . . and the misery they cause. (sister and brother of Terri Schiavo) |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-03-27 12:25:17 PM |
| #10 One result of this will be a significant evolution of the Right-to-Life movement. There will be broader issues, a more diverse constituency, and perhaps a new militancy. There have always been non-religious elements within this movement, but the media have done a good job of concealing this and presenting all right-to-life agitation as an attempt to inject religion into public policy. In fact, as the complicity of the New Age and other cults, notably Scientology, in the death lobby becomes more evident, it would appear to be the other way around. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-27 12:24:03 PM |
| #9 but.. but ...Two visions of Terri Schiavo emerged Saturday: Her husband's attorney, George Felos, said he had "never seen such a look of beauty and peace upon her." Schiavo's father, Robert Schindler, whose family has compared her complexion to that of a concentration camp victim, said "she is fighting like hell to stay alive." Felos and Greer will burn for this, as will Schiavo |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-27 11:59:09 AM |
| #8 Doesn't morphine suppress respiration by deeply relaxing the muscles? Helping the death process along a little????? |
| Posted by: anon 2005-03-27 11:41:13 AM |
| #7 One more thing: the staff at the hospice began giving Terri Schiavo morphine today. Hmmm. Wonder why that is. Guess they has some extra and didn't know what to do with it. Couldn't throw it away, couldn't save it for later. Probably just gave it to her to prove that injections don't hurt her because she's "not feeling any pain." |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-03-27 11:15:10 AM |
| #6 And we better stop them. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-03-27 10:55:27 AM |
| #5 Thanks Korora, and great point AC: "the power of life and death is the holy grail for power-seeking elitists." So very true. I remember an early poster (25 years ago) from the pro-abortion movement, in which they had a representation of a aborted infant inside a chalice of blood--boldly illustrating their "sacrament" of death. They started with preborn infants, and are now moving up the ladder. I am scandalized. If Terri is an avowed Roman Catholic, why isn't the State protecting her religious rights? It's important for Roman Catholics to receive Communion on their Easter Sunday. What's the harm? Of course, what's the harm in letting her live? It is incredibly disturbing to me that the State is, essentially, favoring one religion (cloaked though it may be) over another. Even today, Terri tried to communicate to her mother (to say goodbye? to ask for help? to say she loved her mother? ). And the State is still refusing to acknowledge that her disability is NOT and SHOULD NEVER BE a reason to discontinue her life. see link The corruption, judicial excess, anti-intellectualism, and mean-spiritedness surrounding this case has done a lot to discourage my faith in this country. In comparison, several hundred Australians are RIOTING over Moslem refugee detainees. I guess we just should have gone over to the Florida hospice center and started rioting. I've said this before, but I'll say it again: Make no mistake, the new ager deconstructionists are a vicious, dangerous lot. Convinced of their own moral, intellectual, and religious superiority, they, literally will stop at nothing to further their agenda. They think that those who disagree with them "don't deserve to live," and though their grab for power won't change everything overnight, they will continue their endeavors in the social and political spheres, unless conservatives, constitutionalists, and true humanists stop them. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-03-27 10:53:25 AM |
| #4 References in my comment above pertain to C.S. Lewis's book That Hideous Strength, which is SF describing a Satanic cult. |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-03-27 10:27:54 AM |
| #3 The power of life and death is the holy grail for power-seeking elitists. The right to die movement offers this to its adherents on a massive scale, essentially a diffusion, a gift, of this power throughout society, to millions who could not have achieved it otherwise. Imagine the bossy nurse, the controlling teacher, the arrogant lawyer, the neurotic believer, all in a position to pass a death sentence on essentially their own word. It is a nightmare come to life and noone will be safe. As with Robespierre and the guillotine, we will eventually see this movement devouring its own. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-27 9:59:16 AM |
| #2 Why am I not surprised. "New Age" is an umbrella term for a bewildering variety of beliefs that collectively constitute the state religion of the media culture. It enshrines commercial media values of physicality, narcissism, emotionalism, power-seeking, and elite status. It is spirituality for the soul-dead. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-03-27 9:53:34 AM |
| #1 Believes that we have the right to say some lives aren't worth living? Yes he does. Believes tht we have a duty to take those lives? Yes he does. Knowingly pays homage to the evil Macrobes? Yes he does. Obsessed with enforcing acceptance of the evils of the age? Yes he is. A Belburian, plain and simple. Wither, Frost, and Straik would be proud. |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-03-27 9:49:46 AM |