June 14, 2005 by s.z.

Putting the Lie to "Rest in Peace" And speaking of Randall Terry (see below), how goes Mark Furhman's book about the murder of Terri Schavo? Well, per Newsmax, it will be out at the end of the month, and you can already reserve your copy.  And it sounds great! We all watched Terri Schiavo die. No, thanks to Michael Schiavo's efforts to allow his wife to retain a small shred of dignity, we didn't.  We just got to watch endless hours of cable news hosts talking about her death, nuts outside her hospice holding vigils and protests about her death, and the President rushing to D.C. in his pajamas to sign a bill about prolonging her death-in-life. Now former LAPD homicide detective and New York Times bestselling author Mark Furhman investigates to find out what really happened. Investigates via supposition, speculation, innuendo, gossip, and slander. Later this month, Furhman's newest book, Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death, will be released. It will prove the controversy over Terry Schiavo's death is far from over. It will prove that Furhman really hopes to continue the controversy about her death, despite the fact that the poor woman is dead, her husband deserves some peace, and almost every sane person in this country is sick of hearing about this. With the complete cooperation of Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, as well as their medical and legal advisers, he conducts exclusive interviews with forensics experts and crucial witnesses, including friends, family members, and caregivers. Yes, he will interview the same parents, siblings, advisers, experts, friends, and nurses you've seen and enjoyed on "Hannity and OtherGuy," "Scarborough Country Bear Jamboree," and the various other "Imperiled White Woman" cable TV programs.  What do you think they will say??? With Silent Witness, Fuhrman goes beyond the legal aspects of the case and delves into the broader, human background of Terri Schiavo's short, sad life. Because there's a lot more scope for "creativity" if you delve into the "human background" rather than stick to the legal stuf, and the facts.  And from what NewsMax claims about the book, it seems that it will show that Michael was abusive to Terri, and tried to kill her one night -- but he didn't quite finish her off, and so got some evil scientist-types to claim that she was in a PV state so he could legally kill her, and enjoy her millions while living it up with his concubine. There. I just saved you $29.95. Mark Fuhrman is a retired LAPD detective.  A disgraced, racist LAPD detective who now writes crappy, lurid, exploitative books for Regnery. Anyway, any bets as to how long it will be until somebody (maybe John Edward) comes out with Terri's version of her story? 5:48:43 AM

The Kinder, Gentler Hateful Extremist And speaking of Michael Marcavage (see below), what's up with Randall Terry this week? Well, it appears that he's getting humanizing profiles written about him in the St. Augustine Record.  Here, let's read some of it: Randall Terry could have used better PR. If he had gotten it, the anti-abortion activist says, the public's perception of him may not have been locked in on a one-dimensional image for the past 17 years. That image tends toward an updated version of John Brown, whose portrait in the Topeka, Kan., statehouse shows a wild-eyed man spurring on the whirlwind, his arms stretched wide, his flowing beard blown to the side, a Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other. Terry says he's not that high-strung. And, he insists, there's more to him than has met the public eye. He likes "Monty Python," Dave Chappelle and the occasional risque story. He's addicted to "Saturday Night Live." Now, don't you like him better already? (But don't you feel a little less fond of Monty Python, Chappelle, SNL, and occasional risque stories?) Terry, 46, plays classical, jazz and boogie-woogie tunes on the 1896 Steinway D piano in the entrance to his Ponte Vedra Beach home. [...] His fingers flying across all 88 keys, Terry probably could have held his own in a "Dueling Pianos" exchange with Jerry Lee Lewis. Well, he does have that whole child bride thing going on .... Photo: Randall Terry plays the Steinway piano in the entryway to his home while his wife Andrea Terry and two of their sons listen.  [Note: the disowned gay son, the Muslim daughter, and the "unwed mother" daughter were not invited to join this photo op.] And he's fun, too, and often enjoys playing practical jokes on people, like the time he mailed that aborted fetus to Bill Clinton! And he's no stranger to practical jokes. The scene for one of Terry's riskier belly-slappers was set recently, just after he announced a possible run against District 8 Sen. Jim King of Jacksonville in the 2006 primary. King had turned his back on conservative principles and "betrayed Terri Schiavo," Terry said at his announcements in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. King and eight other Republicans had helped block a bill in the Legislature aimed at keeping Schiavo alive. Local "Republican royalty" were invited to the Terry home after the announcement to hear his stand on the issues and, not incidentally, leave some campaign contributions behind. Terry chose that occasion to put a fake cockroach under one of his guests' dinner napkins. Before she wrote the check. A big smile crosses Terry's face as he considers the shock and waves of laughter that accompanied his audacious stunt. Ha ha ha!  That was a good one.  A fake cockroach under the dinner napkin!  I bet he also put fake dog poop on her chair, fake vomit in her purse, and a real aborted fetus on her plate.  You'd vote for him now, wouldn't you? "I love to joke. That's just who I am. I intend to bring humor to the campaign." It hasn't always been that way. Activities and speeches by the founder of Operation Rescue more commonly led to anger, scorn and a lot of arrests. From about 1987 to 1994, more than 70,000 Operation Rescue followers were arrested for their protests. Terry can only say he was arrested more than 40 times. He had to agree in 1998 to a permanent injunction against future action against abortion clinics following an out-of-court settlement with the National Organization for Women (NOW). As a result of the judgment, he lost the equity in his 7,000-square-foot home and declared he was close to $2 million in debt when he filed for bankruptcy that year. [...] The "kindness of the Christian community" bailed him out. "That's why we're in this house," he says. "(Former U.S. Ambassador) Alan Keyes sent out a letter to thousands and thousands of pro-lifers that said, in essence, 'We cannot let one of our heroes be destroyed by the pro-abortion movement. We must restore what the enemy took.' " Well, they didn't know they were buying Randall a new, $432,000 house, they thought they were helping him to pay legal bills, or continue to harass Planned Parenthood, or something -- but I guess in Terry's mind, the distinctions don't really matter.  (And we do know that Alan Keyes has a habit of emailing pro-lifers with appeals for donations, as long as he gets a cut of the cash.) Anyway, Randall goes on to say that he's really a nice, decent guy who is often quoted out of context. ... And as for that really vile stuff, well, he was young then, and anyway, it's obvious that he was joking!  (You know, like Ann Coulter.) Several prominent quotes, he says, were taken out of context and have "haunted" him since they were first reported."Let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good," Terry was quoted in The News Sentinel of Fort Wayne, Ind., following a 1993 speech. "What happened was, I was too intense," he says. "When I speak publicly, and I get too intense ... I'll step back. Do something for comic relief. "'Let the hate wash over you. ... Hate is good.' If you were there, you could hear people laughing. It's obviously a joke. And all his jokes about how he prayed for the death of abortion doctors, and thought they should be executed, left the crowd rolling in the aisles.  But what about that State Senate campaign?  Well, he's still playing coy about whether he is actually running or not, but says that if he did, it would be on the issues, which are foreign policy (which would be especially relevent to a position in the Florida State Senate), lower taxes, school vouchers, and dead Terri Schiavos.  But since people are giving him money, and really seem to like him (per him), it sounds like he's definitely going to run for something. He is pleased with the reception he's gotten so far from "Republican royalty," Terry says. Some of that reaction, he says, comes from people getting go know him up close and personal. And some of it, he says, has come from him being a more likable person. "Yeah," he says after a thoughtful pause. "I have softened over time. Age does that to you. You make a few mistakes, and you think, 'Hmmm. Maybe I'm not quite as smart as I thought I was.' "I've become more merciful than I was. The more I have embraced the moral absolutes of Heaven, the more it has freed me to be more merciful to myself and others." Um, right.  Remember his mercy to Michael Schiavo?  Remember how Randall sent out press releases calling Michael a monster, implying that Michael tried to kill Terri, and urging everyone to come to Florida and demonstrate outside Michael's house? Yeah, that's the kind of mercy that I hope Randall shows himself. 5:19:34 AM

We Told You You'd Hear More About Him Remember Michael Marcavage?  He's the young man who sued Temple U. for committing him to a mental institution just for being a Christian (although it turned out the school just had him evaluated because he was emotionally out of control and they feared he might be suicidal).  Yes, he's the professional anti-gay activist (he believes the government should put homosexuals to death) who claimed he was arrested for just preaching the gospel, but whom police said he was arrested for disturbing a lawful gay event by using a bullhorn to shout "Sodomists repent, you're going to hell," and for disobeying police orders, etc.  Anyway, he's back.  Here's part of a Worldnetdaily item about his most recent martydom while evangelizing to the homosexual community. A group of Christian protesters claims a "militant homosexual mob" threatened them with physical violence at Philadelphia's Gay Pride parade, a city-funded event that included simulated sex acts on some of the floats. Repent America, a local organization that saw four of its members acquitted of criminal charges after a similar confrontation last fall, says one float at the parade Sunday featured women, partially dressed in tight leather, bending over with their buttocks exposed and being spanked with hands, whips, and other objects. "It is absolutely astounding that this type of illegal behavior is being permitted by city officials and despicable that the police refused to arrest those engaged in the lewd behavior, even after we pointed out the obvious to them," said Repent America's director, Michael Marcavage. Spanking is a "simulated sex act"?  Man, that makes Pastor Lancaster's "The Loving Art of Spanking" seem even creepier than it did before. And if being partially dressed in tight leather is illegal, then here are just a few women who should be jailed for life:                 Marcavage says he plans to provide video footage of Sunday's "illegal behavior" to Philadelphia Mayor John Street and the City Council, demanding "that they answer for their funding of these types of events, and for the police's refusal to enforce the law." Normally, you would have to pay up to $49.95 for these kinds of videos, but young Marcavage is giving them away free to government officials!  Hey, maybe it's not too late for you to join the Philly City Council. Repent America says that during the event Sunday, members of its group were "surrounded, obstructed and continuously harrased by a militant mob of homosexuals as they attempted to minister from the Word of God." You recall how Jesus ministered the World of God to the woman caught in adultery.  Yeah, he yelled, "Slut, you're going to hell" through a bullhorn at her for several hours. Interestingly enough, although the WorldNetDaily account appears to be taken directly from Marcavage's account at his site, it doesn't include this part: "We are thankful to the Philadelphia police for their protection from this violent group of people. However, the police allowed this disorderly group to harass, threaten, and obstruct our message throughout the day, and at times, even the police refused to allow us to move freely and to hand-out Gospel literature," Marcavage stated. "Although we are thankful for the police presence, the police have an ongoing practice of interfering with our evangelistic work by refusing to allow us to stand in certain public areas, standing in front of us, instructing people not to speak to us, interrupting our discussions, and allowing others to harass, threaten, and obstruct our message, and thereby have significally damaged our ability to effectively minister the Gospel," Marcavage concluded. Repent America has pending federal litigation which may provide a resolution to some of these ongoing problems. It sounds like Michael is suing the government for not allowing him to disrupt public events, for stopping him from creating riots, and for preventing him from getting the crap beat out of him like he so greatly desires.  Anyway, despite being menaced by mob of militant homosexuals at the parade in Philadelphia, Michael is planning to disrupt ("evangelize") a parade in NYC on June 26th.  Sure, he will probably create lots of bad feelings, anger, and confusion, and maybe he'll even get arrested again -- but it will all be worth it, because of all the souls he saves by carrying a sign that says "God HAtes You, and yelling at people through a bullhorn about how they're going to hell. 4:17:29 AM

A Sneak Preview of Ann Coulter's Next Column So, Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all counts.  Here, with what it all means, are a few posts (out of hundreds) from Lucianne.com: Posted by: Vox.,  6/13/2005 5:54:57 PM more fuel to the fire.. it will help consume the Demo-Communist party.. EVERYONE now identifies the Left with Hollywood.. and i think more AMERICANS will now HATE Hollywood and the Demo party... keep it up.. Posted by: LadyV., 6/13/2005 7:12:04 PM The bad thing about getting a verdict (any verdict) in ths case was that Drudge knocked (no pun intended) Hitlery off the headline so that it no longer announces that Bill Raped Hillary to get Chelsea. Posted by: Steve,  6/14/2005 2:04:01 AM Whatever - the Left wants to mainstream pedophilia, just like it wants to mainstream gayness and transexualism, and this is one small step in that direction 2:41:10 AM