The Clearwater Bar Association: Cozy with Scientology
Mike Faehner, who was president-elect of the Clearwater Bar Association in 2001, endorsed the Johnson Blakely Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns PA. firm:
"In the legal community, they have a good reputation," said Mike Faehner, president-elect of the Clearwater Bar Association. "They do quite a bit of legal educational outreach. They're a solid law firm."
(Quote source: Clearwater firm breaks from standing tradition)
This firm brings in a lot of money by litigating for the "Church" of Scientology:
Their clients include parents involved in a baby swap, a woman who was not allowed to dress after she was arrested for skinny-dipping, the controversial Church of Scientology and developers who have changed the landscape of Clearwater.
(Quote source: Clearwater firm breaks from standing tradition) [bold emphasis added]
Here is an old picture of Judge Greer with attorneys who have litigated for Scientology. Wally Pope is one of them:
Left to right: Chief Judge David A. Demers, Tim Johnson, Probate Judge George Greer, John Blakely, Bruce Bokor, and then Wally Pope. Wally Pope was (at times) listed as Scientology's lead counsel in various parts of the Lisa McPherson-related cases. Blakely and Bokor are or were both partners in the law firm Johnson, Pope, Bokor,
Ruppel, & Burns, which often represents Scientology.
It is probable that Scientology attorneys are on the board and/or are officers of the Clearwater Bar Association! Mike Faehner said:
Many Johnson Blakely lawyers have been board members or officers in the association. The firm also sponsors bar activities, he said.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Clearwater Bar Association is on cozy terms with the "Church" of Scientology. They choose to have their monthly meetings at the Fort Harrison Hotel—Scientology headquarters. (See: Res Ipsa Loquitur) The Clearwater bar gladly endorses firms that litigate for Scientology. They even chose a Scientology attorney to present an award to Judge Greer for "passing the test" in the way he handled the Terri Schiavo case.
Scientology For Euthanasia; Florida Law Against it
Wally Pope represented the "Church" of Scientology in the wrongful death suit filed by the Estate of Lisa McPherson. He fought to enable Scientology to completely get away with dehydrating Lisa McPherson to death. They did not succeed. They settled with the Lisa McPherson Trust!
Judge Greer's rulings have enabled Michael Schiavo (working on behalf of the Scientology agenda) to almost get away with dehydrating Terri Schiavo to death. The only reason this did not happen is because many Americans—once they saw the videos of Terri that Mr. Schindler bravely released to the media—made it known they would not stand for such evil in our society.
It is time to take a stand against this barbarism once again. Disabled citizens of the United States of America (including Terri Schindler Schiavo of Clearwater, Florida) must not be denied therapy and even life itself due to L. Ron Hubbard's disgust over the fact that a decent society takes care of its own:
Society, the bulk of which is bent upon survival, fails or refuses to recognize death or the urge of organisms toward it. Society passes laws against murder and suicide. Society provides hospitals. Society carries such people [the disabled] on its back. And society will not hear of euthanasia or "mercy killing." (Self Analysis by L. Ron Hubbard; pg. 28)
May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified as his people "hear his voice" concerning this matter and follow him.
Gary and Lisa Ruby
link to: Judge In Schiavo Case Failed To Legally Qualify For Office; Discharge Mandated
Petition to impeach Judge Greer --Judge Greer has violated Florida statutes and the Judicial Code of Ethics in order to go along with Scientology ethics.
http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scientology_doctrine_remove_disabled_from_society.html
: Doublespeak is "language deliberately constructed to
: disguise or distort its actual meaning, often resulting in
: a communication bypass. Such language is associated with
: governmental, military, and corporate
: institutions."(1)
: The purpose of this article is to decode Judge Greer and
: Attorney Gibbs' death order doublespeak and translate it
: into straight language.
: Many of us are becoming aware that the elderly and
: incapacitated are being quietly eliminated in hospitals,
: nursing homes, and hospices via the removal of their
: feeding tubes. Some are being denied regular food and water
: as well. This is being done "quietly" because
: withholding naturally ingested food and water is against
: the law in all 50 states. Presently no judge in the United
: States of America can cite any statute that renders him the
: authority to order the death of a person who is not a
: death-row inmate. Furthermore, there is no Florida law that
: states that an incapacitated person may be denied regular
: food and water. To the contrary, the Florida statutes
: prohibit such an act.
: Judge George W. Greer is well aware of that and has never
: issued a court order to withhold regular food and water...
: until now.
: Let us look at Judge Greer's apparently legal court orders to
: remove Terri's nutrition and hydration tube and then we
: will compare them to his current illegal court order.
: In this "death order doublespeak" expose' we are
: going to document Judge Greer's progression towards
: euthanasia by noting the changes in the wording of his
: court orders. We will also identify the doublespeak that is
: being used to hide this fact.
: Judge Greer has issued several court orders for the removal of
: Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The few that I have been able
: to locate on the internet are cited below.
: Let us first look at a letter Michael Schiavo's attorney wrote
: to Judge Shames regarding the removal of Terri's
: "medical treatment."
: May 6, 1997:Letter from Deborah Bushnell to Judge Shames: The
: guardian is aware that the issue of withdrawal or refusal
: of medical treatment for the ward is a difficult issue in
: this case and that the ward's parents will need to be
: involved.
: (Quote source: Letter from Attorney Bushnell to Judge Shames)
: Deborah Bushnell's letter was written in regard to the removal
: of Terri's "medical treatment." At the time this
: letter was written, feeding tubes were not medical
: treatment in the state of Florida.
: George Felos, attorney for Michael Schaivo, filed a petition
: on May 11, 1998 to discontinue Terri's artificial life
: support. This petition was filed eleven months before
: feeding tubes were legally defined as medical treatment.
: Death Order Doublespeak: Years of Preparation
: This is an excerpt from Judge Greer's Feb. 11, 2000 original
: order to remove Terri's feeding tube: "to proceed with
: the discontinuance of said artificial life support for
: Theresa Marie Schiavo."
: (Motion to allow Natural Feeding)
: The phrase used in the first court order was "artificial
: life support."
: Next we'll look at Judge Greer's November 22, 2002 court
: order: FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Michael Schiavo,
: as Guardian of the Person of Theresa Marie Schiavo, shall
: withdraw or cause to be withdrawn the artificial
: life-support (hydration and nutrition tube) from Theresa
: Marie Schiavo at 3:00 p.m. on January 3, 2003.
: (Nov. 22, 2002 order to remove hydration and nutrition tube)
: The phrase in parentheses, "hydration and nutrition
: tube," was used to define artificial life-support. The
: general public was slowly being indoctrinated to the idea
: that artificial life-support now includes the simple
: feeding tube.
: Next we will look at an excerpt from Judge Greer's September
: 17, 2003 court order: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the
: Guardian, Michael Schiavo, shall cause the removal of the
: nutrition and hydration tube from the Ward, Theresa Marie
: Schiavo, at 2:00 p.m. on the 15th day of October, 2003.
: (Sept.17,2003 order to remove nutrition and hydration tube)
: In the September 17, 2003 court order, the nutrition and
: hydration tube was not defined as "artificial
: life-support." The phrase "nutrition and
: hydration tube" stood alone.
: It took years of media doublespeak and "court-ordered
: starvation" headlines to condition the public to
: believe that a judge has the authority to order the
: withholding of all forms of nourishment from a human being
: in the United States of America. Judge Greer finally did
: what the media and Terri's Law paved the way for him to do:
: He ordered the removal of Terri's nutrition and hydration:
: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that absent a stay from the appellate
: courts, the guardian, Michael Schiavo, shall cause the
: removal of nutrition and hydration, from the Ward, THERESA
: SCHIAVO, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2005.
: (Feb. 25, 2005 order to remove nutrition and hydration)
: Judge Greer does not have the authority to defy the Florida
: statutes and issue a legally valid order to remove Terri's
: regular food and water, which is included in the phrase,
: "nutrition and hydration." However, if the
: general public—especially the citizens of Clearwater,
: Florida—treats this order as though it was legal and
: carries it out, then not only will Terri die as a result of
: an illegal court order, but case law (law based on judicial
: precedent rather than statutes) would be established by
: this precedent.
: Death Order Doublespeak Collusion: Feb. 25th Court Order is
: Being Treated as a Reaffirmation of the Oct. 11th Court
: Order!
: After Judge Greer issued his February 25th order to remove any
: and all forms of nutrition from Terri Schiavo, David C.
: Gibbs, attorney for the Schindlers, filed a petition asking
: Judge Greer for permission to feed Terri by natural means.
: The wording of the February 25, 2005 order excludes any
: type of nutrition or hydration, but a careful reading of
: Gibbs' petition suggests that he was either unaware of this
: obvious fact or he was pretending to be unaware of it.
: In his Emergency Expedited Motion For Permission to Provide
: Theresa Schiavo With Food and Water by Natural Means
: petition, Mr. Gibbs asked the Court "to give them
: permission to attempt to provide the Ward, THERESA SCHIAVO
: ("Terri"), with food and water by natural
: means." Asking Judge Greer for permission to feed
: Terri naturally is sending the message that Greer's illegal
: court order is valid. Asking Greer for permission to obey
: the Florida statutes is sending the message that Judge
: Greer's court order is more authoritative than the laws of
: the state of Florida.
: Mr. Gibbs supported his request to feed Terri naturally by
: first citing Greer's February 11, 2000 original court
: order: On February 11 this Court's Order authorized
: Petitioner to "proceed with the discontinuance of said
: artificial life support for Theresa Marie Schiavo."
: (Quote source: Motion to allow Natural Feeding)
: Next he cited Judge Greer's February 25, 2005 order: On
: February 25, 2005, this Court ordered the guardian, Michael
: Schaivo, to "cause the removal of nutrition and
: hydration from the Ward, THERESA SCHIAVO at 1:00 p.m. on
: Friday, March 18, 2005."
: (Motion to allow Natural Feeding)
: Attorney Gibbs did not mention the fact that the word
: "tube" is missing from Greer's February 25th
: order. The word, "tube" is the difference between
: medically assisted feeding (legally classified as
: artificial life support) and the natural manner of feeding,
: a right that is protected by the Florida statutes.
: It was good that Mr. Gibbs pointed out that there are
: "members of Terri's nuclear family, as well as least
: one registered nurse," who "are willing to
: provide Terri with food and water by natural means."
: He reminded Judge Greer that Terri is perfectly capable of
: swallowing her saliva as well as the water used when her
: teeth were brushed.
: Attorney Gibbs went on: Permitting Terri to ingest in food and
: water in the natural manner will not violate the Court's
: 2000 Order that "artificial life support" be
: discontinued.
: (Motion to allow Natural Feeding)
: David Gibbs rightly stated that feeding Terri would not
: violate Greer's original court order. What Gibbs failed to
: say is that feeding Terri by natural means would violate
: Greer's February 25th order. It is what Gibbs did not say
: that reinforced Greer's dehydration doubletalk.
: Gibbs kept citing the original court order because that order
: is supposed to be carried out on March 18th—the original
: court order to remove her artificial life-support. But
: Gibbs' reference of the 2000 order is doubletalk because
: the original court order was not restated on February 25th,
: nor was it paraphrased. The original order was replaced
: with a new order on February 25th! Attorney Gibbs did not
: see fit to mention this in his petition and has not
: announced this critical change, which is not even remotely
: connected to "Terri's wishes" to the press.
: Attorney Gibbs' implication that Terri is under Greer's
: original order notwithstanding, the fact remains that Terri
: Schiavo is no longer under the order to remove her feeding
: and hydration tube. She is under Judge Greer's amended
: order to remove all forms of nutrition and hydration. This
: order is not only not Terri's wish, it is provably illegal.
: All forms of nutrition and hydration do not come under the
: category of life support. When you eat a meal with your
: family, are you on life support? You are supporting your
: life, but you are not receiving "medical
: treatment" which is what the court determined that
: Terri did not want. When your family gathers around the
: table to partake of a meal together you are receiving
: nutrition and hydration, which is food and water in
: general. Artificial life support as it conforms to the
: Florida statutes in Terri's case is medically assisted
: nutrition and hydration, which is delivered
: http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/greer_doublespeak.html
