Then they came for me and there was no one left.
Yeah…we’ve all heard that true story from the awesome days of the Nazis (National Socialists).
Well…it’s happening again. And what are you going to do about it.
By now, you should all have heard about Charlie Gard and his parents fight for his life.
It seems that Charlie had a rare mitochondrial disease. However, after the hospital determined what the issue was, they told the parents that the best thing they could do was let him die.
Well, they weren’t willing to give up that easily. So, they started looking around for alternatives. The parents discovered that there was some experimental treatments in the United States that might save Charlie’s life.
There was only one problem, the hospital and the exemplary healthcare system of the UK wasn’t willing to pay for it. In the meantime, the hospital was going to court to gain control over Charlie so that they could pull the plug on the machines that where hooked up to Charlie.
Sound anything like death panels?
Well, the parents were eventually able to raise through a crowdfund page $1.6 million in order to take Charlie to the US and pay for the experimental treatment. However, they were denied by the hospital and the court.
After 9 months of battling it out in the court, they finally got permission to have the lead physician in the US for the treatment to come to the UK and evaluate Charlie. The only problem was that the 9 month delay removed any chance that the treatment could help Charlie. Even the physician from the US, after 4 days of tests and evaluation, had to admit that it was too late.
The parents asked if they could at least take Charlie home for his last day(s). They were denied.
They then asked if they could at least spend time with Charlie in the hospital. The hospital denied it.
Yesterday (August 1st, 2017) Charlie died alone, without the loving arms of his parents, a victim of the death panels of socialized medicine (national single payer system) and its death panel.
Yesterday, a story broke of children being taken from their parents in Redmond, Oregon, because the state had decided that the parents were too stupid to take care of the children.
Nevermind that there is no direct evidence that the children were ever harmed or neglected.
It was instigated by Child Protective Service based on two anecdotal reports by parties who had every reason to shade the truth, without any further investigation.
The first was her father who was upset because she had the audacity to move in with the father of her children against his wishes.
The second was an ex-friend who’s only comment was that the father didn’t clean the baby’s bottom properly and forgot to feed the dog. You will notice that it is an ex-friend, so obviously there is some bad blood there. Again a reason to be suspicious of the report.
Based on those two pieces of anecdotal evidence, the State of Oregon’s Child Protective Service has determined that they own the children and the parents have no legal standing. Mind you, there seems from reports that there was never any further investigation to find evidence of neglect or abuse
Now, they are also ignoring the report by the “advocate” who has been in the house on a weekly basis for the last 14-15 months and has seen no signs of abuse, negligence or any other issues that would indicate that the parents were incapable of caring for the children.
I have listened to an interview of the mother…and she sounds more competent than most of the “intelligent” people which I hear interviewed on most news programs daily.
She has a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong…a strong love for her children and their welfare…and she’s willing to fight for them because what’s happening is NOT right.
Ohh…this is going through the local court with a court-appointed attorney. This is a small town where all the lawyers and judges know each other well. So, decisions are being made behind the scenes between friends because “they’re not going to understand the court proceedings anyway.”
She is currently looking for an attorney from outside the area because she knows that she isn’t getting the fair representation that’s she’s entitled to receive.
So, these are only two stories in the last couple of days. You could say that they are two canaries in the mine.
Where do we draw the line?
Do we say NO to the state now?
Or do we wait until they control everything?
Because you and I know that is their ultimate goal.
And then they came for me…and there was nobody left to help me defend myself.
UPDATE: Sherrene Hagenbach, fired Oregon CPS worker who is acting as their advocate, has started a GoFundMe page for Amy and Eric's legal expenses (https://www.gofundme.com/bringing-ziegler-boys-home).
Also, it seems that this week the boys weren't available for their visitation time. Strangely, this happens every time they get some press coverage according to Sherrene.
If there's anything more terrifying than this, I have no idea what it would be. As much as I hate reading about this, I'd hate even more that it was happening and I didn't know about it.
disgusting if true. Child Services rarely help those in need, and usually persecute families or single fathers with the cause of socialism and feminism
To answer your question as to whether it's true, just search Amy Fabrinni in your browser and check on her FB page...here's some link to get you started...
https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2017/07/amy-fabbrini-eric-ziegler-oregon-couple-lose-custody-children-low-iq/
https://www.facebook.com/amy.fabbrini.5
(hmmm...not too sure about this video...just pulled it from the search results but didn't review it before posting)
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/07/parents_with_intellectual_disa.html
Its a hard subject to discuss, but in relation to Charlie Guard, the experimental treatment available in the US, in the opinion of clinicians, would not have saved his life, nor would it have had any significant impact on his quality of life. At best the doctor able to administer the treatment would have gained some data.
GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) is one of the worlds leading children focussed hospitals, it is beyond belief that they would do anything except what is in the best interests of the patient.
If I were Charlies parents, I may have also fought this as hard as they did, because they have to hope beyond hope for a miracle, but the Courts found it was less harmful to let him die.
AFAIK these are the facts. I think we need to be careful about using such emotive and difficult situations to draw conclusions about wider society from.
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