Hunger Strike for Schiavo (well at least they are dedicated)

[underpants]

Arianna Grumbine, 19, prays as she enters her ninth day of a hunger strike in Pinellas County, Florida on March 22, 2005. Grumbine is on a hunger strike regarding Terri Schivavo, the brain-damaged woman who's feeding tube was removed March 18, 2005 by a court order in a right to die case. REUTERS/Charles W. Luzier

She also appears to the the Communications Director for a Christian Pro-Life activist group
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1471/section/pro-life.activists.continue.to.rally.behind.terri.schiavo.before.deadline/1.htm
Arianna Grumbine, Communications Director for Survivors—another Christian, Pro-life activist group participating in today’s vigil and demonstration—commented, "Michael Schiavo is abusing his wife by denying her basic physical needs. He has not allowed Terri physical therapy, dental care, diagnostic testing or even the opportunity to see the light or enjoy fresh air.”

“He has betrayed his wife by having an adulterous affair for over ten years,” Grumbine added.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. What a complete freak.

God forbid the poor man move on after 15 years. What sanctimonious, self-righteous crap.

[goodboy]

4. unlike Guiliani, Limpballz, Gingerich, --men who take marriage seriously.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. No kidding.

The one sin that Jesus did speak against, divorce. What morans.

[roguevalley]

Rush Blimpass is now officially divorced.

[goodboy]

72. for the 3rd or 4th time I think....real family values man...

[goodboy]

2. I think she's skinny enough...(nt)

[Bluebear]

9. 'I, like, want to get into shape for Miss Azalea Queen anyhow....

so, um, I am doing a hunger strike for Terri. Yeah, that's it, for Terri!"

I'm sure the poor thing thinks she is doing the right thing, but at a tender 19 I can only imagine how she was raised.

[goodboy]

14. and uh...since I've like, never had a boyfriend, and Jesus is the only

man in my life, I feel like I can comment on marriage...and terry's husband is committing domestic violence right now...and Rush loves all his 4 wives, and rudy guiliani loves his wives, and

like...


:puke:

[snooper2]

35. Appears to be married at 19

see ring on finger...

[underpants]

44. Silver Ring Thing?

http://www.silverringthing.com/

Pay special attention to the the banner at the top of the page-DO you see what I see?

[Goldmund]

54. Would you eat a cookie that already had a bite taken out of it?

Freaks.

[MsTryska]

59. looks like a claddaugh ring to me.

I think is spelled that right - gaelic is tough.

[goodboy]

80. big spender....(nt)

[Bluebear]

Arianna Grumbine, a name right out of central casting!

[maveric]

27. She aint no Bobby Sands!

[Hand]

3. Looks more like she's getting ready to puke...

G-d knows I am... yep, hyar she come! :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Pretty ironic when you consider Schiavo got where she is from an

eating disorder.

[goodboy]

6. I was just gonna say that....damn you beat me!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. good point

[AllegroRondo]

17. Are they trying to become like her?

they are certainly on the way.

[underpants]

21. This would seem to be a great opportunity to discuss that disease

now wouldn't it?

Oh that's right-they don't want anyone to know how this all started You know there are some questions about what happened that night....

Of course W had a colonostomy (something like that) and did he record a PSA reminding men his age (his supporters) that they might not like it but they need to get a check up? Oh no that might imply weakness and the perpetual campaign just can't have THAT now can it?

[gollygee]

30. That was my first though too

Very ironic.

[TahitiNut]

48. Gee ... What Would Terri Do?

:eyes: Well, a feather is probably involved.

Please, oh hunger-strikers, stop drinking fluids, too! Be sure to refuse any treatment.

[goodboy]

74. eat....(nt)

[mondo joe]

8. I just hope they stick it out.

A few less of them will do the world a lot of good.

[greenbriar]

11. good

let her starve to death.

but since her brain is not spinal fluid, she will have pain unlike mrs schivo

[goodboy]

16. HAHAHAHA...............................(nt)

[It was not a pretzel]

28. yep

all fundies should be encouraged to join her.

[maveric]

12. A freeper/fundie on a hunger strike?? Yeah right!!

How much do you want to bet that she has been eating??

But otherwise its a great concept. I hope that they ALL go on terminal hunger strikes!

[Bluebear]

15. Chick-Fil-A's snuck in at 2 am when the camera's not rolling

[unhappycamper]

49. quick! get a webcam out there

[BOSSHOG]

13. Oh the Irony

A group of life valuing Christians dying of starvation protesting the removal of a feeding tube. I so truly enjoy a 19 year old weighing in on the rightness or wrongness of what someone else does. MS Grumbine is more living proof that youth is wasted on the young.

Any bets that MS Grumbine will not starve to death? In her honor, I think I'll eat a big ole Pizza tonight.

[bufffbison]

24. ha! i like that! - nt

[cynatnite]

18. If she was really so righteous, she'd not only quit eating...

she'd quit drinking vitamen rich liquids to make her point. You can't tell me that she's really on a hunger strike. Just because a person doesn't eat solid food for however long, doesn't make it a hunger strike.

:puke:

on edit: any medical staff want to weigh in on the picture? does she look dehydrated to you? If a rebup like frist can diagnose....;)

[goodboy]

75. nah.,..if she were serious, she'd quit breathing...(nm)

[guinivere]

19. I don't want to sound

like a hard bitch, but I never really give a rats ass about people on hunger strikes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

62. How About When IRA Prisoners Went On Hunger Strikes To Protest

Their Imprisonemnt and English occupation...


I can admire her sacrifice while questioning what's she's sacrificing for...

[guinivere]

66. Oh crap

I forgot about that. Somehow their hunger strike and this hunger strike ain't the same thing.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

68. Al Sharpton Also Went On A Hunger Strike To Protest Our Practice

Bombing In Vieques...

[brooklynite]

20. Correct me if I'm wrong...

She also appears to be the Communications Director for a Christian Pro-Life activist group

If she's serious (as opposed to posturing) then she's prepared to die as a consequence of her hunger strike. That would be suicide. Last time I checked, most churches frowned on that sort of thing...

[underpants]

25. Double post

sorry

[underpants]

26. When your whole argument is purely spin....

some people tend to get dizzy and lose their way.

19 and the Communications Director?

[WatchWhatISay]

22. Somebody call Frist and Delay. They need to reconvene Congress

And pass a bill to force a feeding tube down this girls throat.

[Viking12]

37. Frist will have to review the videotape first

then sacrifice a cat for guidance :evilgrin:

[Ilsa]

61. Nah, let's make it a PEG tube (into the gut) since she's

obviously neurologically impaired.

[Bouncy Ball]

23. What. A. Freak.

Not because she's on a hunger strike, let her fast all she wants. But because of what she said:

"Michael Schiavo is abusing his wife by denying her basic physical needs. He has not allowed Terri physical therapy, dental care, diagnostic testing or even the opportunity to see the light or enjoy fresh air.”

She is NOT being denied basic physical needs (except the feeding tube, NOW), he has worked on her behalf for her care ALL this time, and how is she going to enjoy fresh air??????

DELUSIONOID.

[underpants]

32. Dental care

This seems to be a big deal with the RW (insert own joke here). I heard a local RW radio idiot listing that as one of the great benefits prisoners get.

First, Dental Care is that great?
Second, Oh I am sure that Dentists are just lining up to help treat in prisons

:eyes:

[Bouncy Ball]

38. Yes, it's CRUCIAL

to receive good dental care WHEN 80% OF YOUR FUCKING BRAIN IS MISSING.

:eyes:

And I'd like to see this bitch's proof that Schiavo HASN'T received dental care.

Idiots. Fucking idiots every last one of them. I'm REALLY losing my patience with these assholes.

[underpants]

50. -

There is a very sick joke sitting there about eating but I will let that pass.

[Jacobin]

29. I think we should encourage all good fundies to do the same

In fact, I think we should send them all a pledge to stop eating and drinking altogether in solidarity with their hero and for at least another six months.

I applaud their stance and encourage them not to falter in their noble endeavor.

:-)

[Bouncy Ball]

33. Yes.

I applaud them, too. More fundies should go on realllly long hunger strikes.

(Of course, they'll sneak in some McCrap when no one's looking, as there's nothing honest about fundies or reich wingers at ALL.)

[katsy]

41. AWESOME!

I totally support their sacrifice.



:evilgrin:



I'll chip in for ankle bracelets so they won't get tempted by McCrap!

[underpants]

34. SEE! I knew that this could bring us all together

:evilgrin:

[RPM]

31. Good - I hope the protesters starve to death too.

I won't miss them.

[Goldmund]

42. They're freaks,

but what you just said sounds like a line from the Freeper Playbook.

[RPM]

46. i am so ashamed... you called me freeper

guess what - i am not about to go kill any of them, but if they all did themselves in, i wouldnt shed a tear.

:-)

[Goldmund]

51. I didn't call you a freeper

and I wouldn't shed a tear either, frankly -- if I shed a tear for every dead innocent I'd die of dehydration. I wasn't trying to preach or moralize. But "I wouldn't shed a tear" and "I hope they die" are two different things. One is passive and one is active. It doesn't make a difference, really, I hate verbal policing too so don't put too much weight to what I said, since I didn't intend it to be weighty. It just rubs me the wrong way to "hope" somebody starves to death who is merely a dumb freak.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

71. I Doubt Her Friends And Parents Will Let Her Starve To Death...

She is misguided for sure but folks mocking her are demonstrating their own immaturity...


She's a nineteen year old young woman.... How well formed can her views on these topics really be....

[Goldmund]

77. I don't think that her youth exhonorates the idiocy,

just like one's youth doesn't negate their smarts either. But I would say the same thing about a 50 year old idiot -- okay, he/she's a freak, but so I hope they die? No.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

82. Nineteen Isn't Fifty

While I agree that youth and wisdom are not mutually exclusive folks shouldn't expect a nineteen year old girl to have the intellectual maturity of an older person....


I don't want to see anybody starve to death... That's just ghoulish....

[Goldmund]

84. And nobody is --

-- nobody who's calling her an idiot is expecting any maturity or wisdom. Just an absence of insanity, that's all.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

86. She Obviously Has Fundamentalist Parents

and is just parroting their beliefs...


I feel bad for her...

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

94. From the Silver Ring Thing website (get a load of this!)

Jared Ott demonstrates how premariatal sex effects your relationships.

Yeah, Jared, like who'd what to f*ck you anyway?!


http://www.silverringthing.com/shs-article-01.html

<snip>

Sen Rick Santorum learns about SRT
By Dona S. Dreeland, Editor July 10, 2002, Sewickley Herald Star

He called them the "counter culture," these young teens of the suburbs, fresh scrubbed and dressed in the latest casual fashions. He encouraged them to be rebellious, just as he had told recent Geneva College graduates in his commencement address.

Sen. Rick Santorum visited participants of the Silver Ring Thing (SRT) program at Christ Church at Grove Farm last week and applauded their dedication to purity and sexual abstinence until marriage.

"It takes strength and courage to make a commitment when every cultural thing tells you just the opposite," said Santorum, to an audience of teens and parents.

SRT had gotten the senator's attention as a positive, alternative influence, just as he had explained in a letter of March 12, to Sen. Ernest Hollings, chair of the appropriations committee on commerce, justice and state. There he requested $1.75 million for an expansion of this local program into 75 cities in the next seven years.

<snip>

HOW 'BOUT THAT SOME OF THAT 1.75M for some healthcare you moran!???

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

36. AWESOME

Let all these fucking jackasses die. Then we get our country back.

[Goldmund]

39. She looks pretty good for somebody who hasn't eaten in 9 days, eh?

[Walt Starr]

40. She's lookin' a might too light in the midriff region there!

she'd better be careful or she could end up with a potassium defficiency, and we all know how dangerous that can be!

[HamstersFromHell]

43. Now, let's play "christian moral authority" and quote...

out of context and see what conclusion we can have.

"Michael Schiavo is abusing his wife by denying her basic physical needs."

Now, add to that: "He has betrayed his wife by having an adulterous affair for over ten years."

Ahh, I get it now, it's all about physical needs and he's "spreading his seed" with someone who isn't his wife!

Sounds like she could be advocating PVN (persistent vegetative necrophilia). In other words, you oughta be porking the animated corpse, Mike! /sarcasm

God, help protect me from your so-called followers.

Arianna, if you're gonna have your hunger strike, at least put tape over your mouth, so you can't pollute the parking lot with your verbal diarrhea.

[goodboy]

45. Oh God...please send me a pizza, with holy oil, and anchovies...

[roguevalley]

47. cool. likely she won't die and she'll have to have life support. in

about fifteen years, she can be the queen of MSM.

[Horse with no Name]

52. Yeah right

9 days on a hunger strike and still standing?
LOL.
Ummm, okay.
Only thing I can say is that she is eating enough communion wafers and grape juice to keep her in perfect health,lol.

[ohio_liberal]

69. I was wondering that

Can one even stand upright after 9 days into a hunger strike?

[unhappycamper]

53. maybe she can hum her way into a persistent vegetative state

[Goldmund]

55. She's already there

Just trying to get her body to catch up.

[bufffbison]

56. check this out! simple google on arianna grumbine

http://www.survivors.la/news4.html

We Want To Make It Really Tough

"Arianna Grumbine said that she is concerned about the effect emergency contraceptives have on young women such as herself. "As a 16-year-old high school student, I find it offensive that something many times more dangerous than birth control can be sold over the counter to me like aspirin. How would I or anyone my age be able to understand the possible consequences of this drug, especially if the pharmacist isn't telling me?"



this bitch is crazy!

[bufffbison]

57. Pro-Life Groups Protest Embryonic Stem Cell Research "Arianna Grumbine"

http://www.cnsnews.com/Nation/archive/200107/NAT20010713a.html

Pro-Life Groups Protest Embryonic Stem Cell Research

(CNSNews.com) - Two pro-life groups staged a sit-in outside the California office of the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, challenging President Bush to enforce an amendment banning embryonic stem cell research.

Survivors, a national pro-life youth organization, and the Washington, D.C.-based Christian Defense Coalition picketed the HHS office in Santa Ana, Calif., to warn the president and the GOP that it will lose pro-life and pro-family support in the midterm elections if President Bush decides to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

About 50 to 60 young people attended the protest which began at 11 a.m. Pacific Time, according to Arianna Grumbine, a Survivor spokesperson. When protestors arrived at the HHS office, the doors were locked in anticipation of the protest, she said.



You know... A food for thought. If Arianna Grumbine is an advocate for pro-life, and wants to be sure Terri Schiavo's physical needs were met.... wouldn't she want to support embryonic stem cell research? i mean, there are other ways of recieving these stem cells from other than abortion, and besides... already with thousands of embryonic stem cells frozen, scientists could actually crack a cure for Terri Schiavo and give her a second chance at life..... But apparently Arianna Grumbine is witholding that right away from Terri, a right to medical treatment and possibly cure..... Maybe we should attack Arianna on that issue!

[underpants]

67. Nah don't want to mix science with religion

unless it has been focus group approved and you can get a complete quack to carry the ball for you



News outlets ignored questions about doctor who claimed Schiavo can be helped
http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220002

[DinahMoeHum]

58. Sorry, Arianna, but you're not exactly "speaking truth to power"

by your action. Or your words.

Too many everyday people, regardless of political affiliation, look at you and your kind as the people in power, not the powerless.

We're sick of your victimization games.

:nopity:

[bufffbison]

60. i think i found some contacts to arianna grumbine

maybe we should call her up and tell her what we think!

[unhappycamper]

63. give her a buzz on 909.744.7283

I'm she'll sure appreciate it.

Info from link: www.earnedmedia.org/cdc0317.htm

[bufffbison]

65. its this Arianna Grumbine, 310-850-7026 cell

[goodboy]

78. voice mail: Arianna, this is jesus, eat something you skinny bitch

[bufffbison]

64. 'Million Dollar Baby Controversy' Arianna Grumbine Contact her here!

http://www.earnedmedia.org/sur0226.htm follow link to contact!

-snip

HOLLYWOOD, Ca., Feb 26 /Christian Wire Service/ -- A protest of the Oscar-nominated movie, Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood, is scheduled to begin at 2 pm at the corner of Highland and Hollywood. Over 40 Christians and concerned citizens of Southern California will stand together to give a voice to Terri Schindler Schiavo and all other disabled people of America.

Press Conference and Protest Details--

When: Sunday, February 27, starting with a Press Conference at 2 PM

Where: At the southeast corner of Highland and Hollywood, in Hollywood, Ca.

Who: Christians and concerned citizens of Southern California

Why: To give a voice to Terri Schindler Schiavo and all other disabled people of America

snip-

[Solly Mack]

70. the next issue of the Darwin Awards is when?

:evilgrin:

tick-tock tick-tock....better hurry

[against all enemies]

73. So a young woman stops eating to help a woman who is brain dead

from not eating. Brilliant!

[unhappycamper]

76. that about sums it up

[underpants]

79. BRILLIANT!

Oh I'm sorry was that in bad taste?

[unhappycamper]

81. you know, if someone here had some compassion for this twit

they would call the office & ask them to tell her the DU knows about it.

And we are ROFL! :freak:

[Radio-Active]

83. Oh my god..

I thought this article was a parody piece..

http://benquirer.blogspot.com/

wow.. people really are crazy.

[underpants]

85. M.U.S.H.R.O.O.M. L.O.V.E (Mascot?)

Missionaries Underneath Schiavo's Hospital Room Ordaining that Our Mascot Live On as a Vegetable Eternally

http://benquirer.blogspot.com/



Members of the new Florida organization, M.U.S.H.R.O.O.M. L.O.V.E. (Missionaries Underneath Schiavo's Hospital Room Ordaining that Our Mascot Live On as a Vegetable Eternally), are beginning the fourth night of their hunger strike outside Terri Schiavo's hospital room.

M.U.S.H.R.O.O.M. L.O.V.E is demanding that Schiavo's feeding tube be reinserted, or else they will also starve to death. Although Schiavo's body will suffer as much as any dying vegetable, today Schiavo's M.U.S.H.R.O.O.M. friends were groaning from sharp hunger pangs.

[unhappycamper]

87. this looks like a job for the hammer

[Horse with no Name]

88. LOL

"Look at me, I'm using a vegetable woman to distract Americans from the fact that thousands die every day as the result of my party's policies!" screamed an unidentified congressional staffer as he wiped his ass with the American flag. "Old Glory wipes four times softer than Charmin," he said.

In other news, reports of a glowing Terri Schiavo walking on water and turning hospital Jell-O into wine have been greatly exaggerated.

[glaeken777]

89. eh, i say lay off her

So she's going on a hunger strike in protest of the Schiavo mess. Bully for her. At least she's taking a stand. I admire the gusto, if not the wasted energy on an unwinnable and untenable position.

[unhappycamper]

90. there's just something about having this girl in the gene pool

that seems wrong.

Perhaps it's for the best if she is successful.

[Bluebear]

93. Now THAT is funny!

[Fleshdancer]

91. just great. now she's going to damage her brain and then Delay will

have to step in and we'll have to pass the Arianna bill in the middle of the night on a Sunday because...well, apparently it's our mission to save young women after they've damaged their bodies from not eating. Brilliant. :eyes:

[bufffbison]

92. ha!

:D

[cynatnite]

96. Geez, not 'Ari must live'. I couldn't take it

I'm about ready to plunge myself into the bottom of a bottle of Jack Daniels as it is. :beer:

[lonestarnot]

95. Malloy wants them to set themselves on fire like the Buddhist Monks in the

beginning of the Vietnam era. He promises to talk about them if the do on tomorrow nights show. LOL

[unhappycamper]

97. How's Arianna doing? Any brain damage yet? Has the gene pool been saved?

"yes" is a good answer.