GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!!
Reasons to Boycott

And THANK YOU JOHN PISCIOTTA!!

Cookie crumbles: Girl Scout sex furor splits Texas town

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — Some families are boycotting Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos and other Girl Scout cookies. Troop 7527 is down to just two members after the other girls were withdrawn by their parents. And Brownie Troop 7087 is no more.
Why are folks in this conservative Texas town where President Bush has his ranch so mad at the Girl Scout organization?

Planned Parenthood and sex education.

The furor was started a few weeks ago by the leader of the anti-abortion group Pro-Life Waco, who sent out e-mails and ran ads on a Christian radio station urging people to boycott Girl Scout cookies because of the "cozy relationship" between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood.

Parents were upset to learn that the local Girl Scout organization had given a "woman of distinction award" last year to a Planned Parenthood executive. And they were disturbed to find out that the Girl Scout organization has been giving its endorsement for years to a Planned Parenthood sex-ed program in which girls and boys are given literature on homosexuality, masturbation and condoms.

"It's not that we're a bunch of activists. We're just a bunch of moms who care about their kids," said Lisa Aguilar, who took her 10-year-old daughter out of her eight-member Girl Scout troop. "For us, it's the morality. Where is Girl Scouts going?"

The two troops in Crawford, population 700, decided not to deliver the cookie orders that they had already taken.

But cookie sales have skyrocketed this year as many people bought cases just to show their support for the Girl Scouts, said Becky Parker, a troop leader who is the cookie distributor for Waco-area troops.

"People thought the boycott was ridiculous and was one man's extremist views," Parker said.

While the cookie boycott may have backfired, the furor prompted the parent leaders of the two Crawford troops to quit.

"You're telling these girls to raise their fingers up to pledge to honor God and country, and yet you're handing out materials saying homosexuality is OK," said Brownie leader Donna Coody, who disbanded her five-member troop.

Because of the uproar, the Bluebonnet Council of Girl Scouts, which oversees troops in the Waco area and 13 other counties, announced last week that it would not be affiliated with Planned Parenthood sex-education programs this year.

In an editorial in Friday's Waco Tribune-Herald, Pam Smallwood, the Planned Parenthood of Central Texas executive director who was honored by the Girl Scouts last year, complained that Girl Scouts had thereby demonstrated that "bullying tactics are more effective than an informed democracy."

The Waco-area Girl Scout organization has been putting its name and logo on brochures for the Planned Parenthood sex-education programs but said it does not contribute any money and does not send girls to attend.

Some 400 to 700 fifth- through ninth-graders attend the half-day Nobody's Fool conference in Waco each July. The program never mentions abortion, according to Planned Parenthood. The youngsters receive a book with chapters on homosexuality and masturbation, as well as illustrations of couples having sex, people examining their naked bodies and a boy putting on a condom.

Some Girl Scout mothers called it soft-core porn.

"It embarrassed me to look at it with my husband," said parent Shannon Donaldson.

Pro-Life Waco director John Pisciotta, an economics professor at Baylor, the world's largest Baptist university, said his call for a cookie boycott "was a way to bring attention to the issue and wasn't really about cookies."

The Girl Scouts national organization, which is based in New York and has 2.9 million girl members and 986,000 adult members, takes no position on sex education or abortion and has no national relationship with Planned Parenthood, according to the Bluebonnet Council.

The Crawford mothers are forming their own girls organization and will use a Christian-based curriculum. Beth Vivio, director of the Bluebonnett Council, declined to say if parents in any other troops had taken their daughters out.

Some parents decided to explain abortion to their girls. Others gave only a vague explanation about the uproar.

"Our girls have been through a lot these past three weeks," said Jennifer Smith, who quit as leader of Girl Scout Troop 7527 and removed her daughter. "After I told my 10-year-old daughter that they are supporting some things that are not morally right, she understood."

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THE PINNACLE OF GOD'S CREATION
Psalm 139: 13-17

13For Thou hast possessed my reins. Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.


14I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.


15My substance was not hid from Thee when I was made in secret, and intricately wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.


16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuity were fashioned, when as yet there were none of them.


17How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

MORE WOE TO THOSE WHO CALL GOOD EVIL AND EVIL GOOD STORIES!!

Go Brenda Go!!
This crazy story about Librarian Brenda, turning in a child porn perv hanging at her library should send chills down the spine of every good American.

Prayers Brenda doesn't become a victim of today's PC insanity!

Brenda deserves our love, support and whatever else we can do to help her through this ordeal of bucking the insane system.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY - yesterday

ANY WAY TO TREAT A VETERAN?

Orthodox Jew to remain on life support, trial next

This horrific morality tale being played out in Canada should be a wake up for us all!


Golubchuk's adult children argue that taking their father off of life support goes against their faith.



Neil Kravetsky is the lawyer representing the Golubchuk family.

Winnipeg's Grace Hospital where Samuel Golubchuk is being kept alive on life support.
CTV.ca News Staff

Updated: Wed. Feb. 13 2008 9:21 PM ET
The case of a family's fight to keep their 84-year-old father on life support against the wishes of a Winnipeg hospital will go to trial, after a judge ruled that doctors should not have "the final say."
In the meantime, Samuel Golubchuk, an Orthodox Jew, will remain on life support at Grace Hospital, connected to a feeding tube and ventilator.
"We are grateful for the decision the judge made -- not only for my father, but for all the elderly people and disabled people," son Percy Golubchuk told reporters.
Doctors at the facility have claimed that Golubchuk has minimal brain function and that his chances for recovery are slim.
But Golubchuk's adult children argue that taking their father off of life support goes against their faith. They say hastening their father's death is a sin under their Orthodox Jewish faith.
"Doctors don't know everything," said Percy Golubchuk. "God is the major doctor." (continued . . )

FEELING BLUE?

Need a boost to get your day going and heart focused
on Him?

I've been thinking and praying today about Lauren Richardson.
For the first time I found my way to the testimonial page on her web site.

Let your heart be blessed by the love, dedication and hope in these individual's stories of their disabled loved ones.

Take a moment to Praise the Lord for dear souls like these, who love in spite of the obstacles and persevere when the system tells them to give up.

These are the kinds of hearts that established America's hospitals, before they became money driven.

Lord, we pray for an outpouring of your love and healing upon Lauren and her family this day.




Touch the heart of the judge in this matter, that he will recognize the value of this beautiful young mom. Let Lauren understand the love and concern pouring forth on her behalf. Bring goodness where some mean for evil to prevail.

LORD, WE LOVE YOU AND PRAISE YOU for every day that you give us to proclaim your mighty name.

FAILURE TO ADMIT THAT LIFE IS SACRED
LEADS TO MENTAL ILLNESS

Royal College of Psychiatrists completely misses the big picture!

The recent suicide of 30 year old Emma Beck has London abuzz. After aborting her twins, this young mom couldn't live with the knowledge of what she did.

Setting arbitrary guidelines will never do.

Life begins at fertilization and "A person's a person,
no matter how small!"

PERSONHOOD NOW!

THANK YOU MONICA MIGLIORINO MILLER!!

Since the late 1980s, Miller has helped bury thousands of aborted babies.

"She said she marks the tombstones of the common graves with the words, "Holy Innocents of God," includes the date the remains of the unborn were recovered, and includes a verse from the Bible from the book of Jeremiah, The Lord says, 'A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.'"


This heartbreaking CNS News article about the vile, Michigan abortionist Alberto Hodari's abominable practice of treating babies, made in God's image, as garbage should be a wake up call to America.

Sadly, Mark Crutcher is correct!

"The only difference between Hodari and the typical abortion provider is that Hodari got caught," said Mark Crutcher, founder and president of Life Dynamics."

OBAMA'S PASTOR - PRO-ABORT AND PRO EUTHANASIA!!

Jill Stanek's blog recently
revealed that Senator Obama's "Spiritual Advisor" is associated with a sham religious organization, RCAR - Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

Lifetree.org added insult to injury yesterday with the revelation that the Wright reverend has also shown up around America hawking the end of life pro-death mantra:

"Barack Obama's minister for the past 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has been in the news this past week for his hate-filled rhetoric. His name, and his church, sounded familiar. Now I know why.

Back in 2004, as right-to-die group Partnership for Caring transitioned into "Last Acts Partnership," Rev. Wright's name was listed (on their website) as a member of the Board of Directors for Last Acts Partnership. Rev. Wright and a deacon from his church -- Rosalyn Priester -- participated in Richard Payne's "Last Miles" conference (funded by Soros's Project on Death, and by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). Payne's institute at Duke focuses on educating African-Americans on end-of-life issues, and the Institute is not exactly pro-life.

When Terri died, they were one of the first out of the box to host a conference to explain that her death was not euthanasia; it was merely an ugly family disagreement. The Institute perpetuates the myth that withholding/withdrawing is a good death. Wright's church has participated heavily in the Duke projects, in Last Acts, and in the RWJF faith-based programs. (http://www.iceol.duke.edu/resources/lastmiles/papers/11.html )

This is the culture of death, folks. Ironic that Wright berates the US for not respecting life, when he himself is promoting this stuff. And this has been Barack Obama's church home for two decades."

Could the vile hate speech emanating from Obama's pastor be the natural outcome of a heart filled with darkness?

YESENIA & JO SCOTT

YESENIA'S AMAZING DAY!!

When Yesenia rode to her appointment with death, at Denver's Planned Parenthood killing place today, she never knew she'd be approached by Jo Scott.

Jo spoke to her for 30 minutes about the humanity and dignity
of her baby and how God didn't want her to kill. Yesenia went
into the clinic but 30 minutes later she came out in tears.

I watched her collapse into Jo's loving arms and sob with the
realization of what she almost did.

She shared her ultrasound photos with us:




As you can see she will be having twins next fall. She decided for LIFE!! And we Praise God for all who were there today being voices for the voiceless.

Many Denver women killed today, but Yesenia will someday stand before the Lord and thank him for the double blessing He sent her.

The Silver Dollars are gifts from Jo to the women who keep their babies. As a precious metal they are symbols of how precious the moms and babies are in God's sight!

TIME TO FIND ANOTHER BANK!

I'm about to print this disturbing article to take
to my Denver Wachovia bank for what it's worth.

I banked for years with a Colorado entity called World Bank. Wachovia recently took them over and I had heard about their support for evil Planned Parenthood.

Thanks to Life Decisions International for keeping pro-life citizens apprised of who
and who not to do business with!


Bank of America, Wachovia Accused of Denying Gifts to Abortion Business


by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
March 13, 2008


Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life organization that monitors corporations that provide contributions to Planned Parenthood says Bank of America and Wachovia need to come clean about donations the companies have made to the nation's largest abortion business. Both corporations appear on Life Decisions International's boycott list.

LDI president Douglas Scott tells LifeNews.com that "Bank of America continues to play word games in an attempt to mislead consumers" and "Wachovia is not any better."

(continued . . .)

PROOF THAT LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER
Only in Boulder!

This insane story about a too pink poodle
shows how out of whack their reality level is in their city's rarefied air.

Boulder says no to pink poodle
By Mike McPhee
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 03/11/2008 10:22:03 AM MDT


Cici is naturally white, but her owner, Joy Douglas, dyes her to raise awareness of breast cancer. Some who saw Cici complained to the Humane Society, and Douglas got a ticket. (Special to The Denver Post )


"Even in Boulder, there are some things that just aren't cool.
Like coloring your poodle pink with beet juice to raise awareness of breast cancer.
Joy Douglas, owner of Zing Hair Salon at 1100 Spruce St., has received a $1,000 ticket from an animal-control officer for coloring her white poodle, Cici, pink by using organic beet juice.
"We do it to promote awareness of breast cancer," said Douglas, 30, who has owned the large hair salon for three years. "Cici is a conversation piece. Customers come in and ask why the dog is pink. So we tell them about breast-cancer awareness, about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and then we ask for a donation." ( continued . . .)

Now I have my problems with the Susan G Komen Foundation giving $$ to Planned Parenthood but come on, how is having a pink poodle hurting anyone?

I posted the following comments on the Denver Post comment area following the story.



Article Discussion: Boulder says no to pink poodle
by lesforlife on 6:51 am, Wed Mar 12

Is Boulder kidding? While the vile, late-term baby killer, abortionist, Hern
does his dirty work, Boulder is worried about whether a poodle is too pink?

Woe to those who call good evil and evil good!

THANK YOU CREATIVE MINORITY! MAD WORLD

Jill Stanek put this phenomenal Youtube
video on her blog and I thank her for
bringing it to light.

May the Good Lord use this for our
protection.

WERE IT NOT FOR THE MURDEROUS MICHAEL SCHIAVO
This is what Terri's family would have done

This Miami Herald story teaches us the true meaning of love!!

Oh that Governor Jeb Bush had had a spine, Terri's family
would have been doing the same thing - loving and caring
for her.



Posted on Fri, Mar. 07, 2008
Mom who cared for comatose daughter for 38 years dies

BY TERE FIGUERAS NEGRETE

She never broke her promise.
Kaye O'Bara, who pledged to never leave her then-teenage daughter's side as the girl slipped into a diabetic coma 38 years ago, died at her Miami Gardens home this week -- in the same room she shared with her child, Edwarda, since 1970.

O'Bara, 80, died in her sleep. She had suffered for years from a cardiac illness that dated back to a heart attack in the early 1980s, said her niece Pamela Burdgick.

''We thought she'd outlive us all. The woman was so strong,'' Burdgick said.

The story of O'Bara's steadfast devotion to her child, and her belief that Edwarda's life was not a burden but a blessing, inspired countless visitors who passed by the small one-story O'Bara home over the decades. Well-wishers traveled from as far away as Japan to take part in the annual celebration of Edwarda's birthday -- as did fellow Catholics and others who believed Kaye O'Bara had seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary and sought to pray at the bedside of her sleeping daughter.

Her story also inspired bestselling author Dr. Wayne Dyer to write the book ``A Promise Is A Promise: An Almost Unbelievable Story of a Mother's UnconditionalLove and What It Can Teach Us.''

(Story continues . . .)

HOW MANY BABIES FACE A WATERY GRAVE?

Colorado's focus on a 4-6 month prematurely delivered
baby boy, recently found in the sewers, raises an interesting
question. Just what exactly do abortionists do with the
pre-born babies they kill at a rate of nearly 4,000 every
day?

Years ago, the Mayfair Clinic was accused of putting them
in garbage disposals.

Former abortion providers, Carol Everett and Kathy Sparks
indicate putting babies in garbage disposals and flushing them into the sewers is/was rather routine.

The Mayfair Clinic, sadly graduated from this heinous practice to one which maximized their profit.

Yes folks, these tiny ones, made in God's image bring in big bucks when their dissected body parts
are sold.


So the question lingers.

Why all the fuss about a baby being found in Denver's waste water treatment facility,
when this is a routine practice by abortionists around the nation??

FETAL FOLLOW UP

Fetus found at wasterwater plant, police have suspect
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 03/03/2008 11:48:26 PM MST

COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—Police have a suspect in a case of a fetus found at a wastewater treatment plant that was likely flushed down a toilet.

Police did not say how they focused on a suspect after the fetus was found Sunday morning at the Metro Wastewater Reclamation plant, which treats 140-million gallons of water a day from a 300-square-mile area.
Commerce City police officer, Lanissa Blevens told Denver station KDVR-TV that based on size, the fetus was in the second trimester of gestation, somewhere between 4 to 6 months.

Blevens said the suspect could face charges of abuse of corpse, to possible concealment of death.

FROM THE DENVER POST COMMENT LINE:

Re: Article Discussion: Sewage workers find 'small fetus'
by donco6 on 9:13 pm, Mon Mar 03
ljeannie wrote:
What else you are supposed to do with a miscarried baby? This should not be news it is gross. It's along the lines of finding an absurdly huge turd.

AND MY REPLY:

lesforlife wrote:
The callous disregard for human life on this thread is chilling for
the future of our nation. This was a tiny baby created in God's image
whose mother may have accidentally or not so accidentally sent her
offspring to a watery grave.

To compare a human life to excrement, as some here have, is
beyond the pale.

But it does reveal much about the hard hearts toward pre-born babies
and those who always want to dismiss the humanity and dignity
of the pre-born for their political advantage.

CLONE & KILL!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Minnesota plan: Clone embryos and kill them!
State House also would force taxpayers to fund program


WorldNetDaily

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis

Lawmakers in Minnesota have given their endorsement to a University of Minnesota plan to clone human embryos for "research," force taxpayers to pay for it, and then kill those embryos when the "research" work is finished.

The preliminary approval came on a recent 68-62 vote in which representatives rejected an amendment would be a true ban on cloning, and the "Kahn Cloning Bill, S.F. 100" could be brought up for a further vote at any time, opponents said.

The amendment provided language that would have promoted ethical adult stem cell research with a true ban on cloning human embryos, but that was rejected in favor of S.F. 100, sponsored by Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis.

That plan has been described by supporters as a cloning ban, but it only bans "cloning" that results in a human being, not cloning that results in living human embryos.

"House members … had a chance to do the right thing and protect vulnerable human life, but instead they chose to treat human life as mere raw material for experimentation," said Andrea Rau, a legislative associate with the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life. "Citizens are outraged to see their taxes being spent on such unjust treatment of human life."

At the center of the issue are the lives of the unborn embryos. WND had reported just a day earlier on GOP presidential race also-ran Gov. Mike Huckabee had endorsed Colorado's "personhood" plan.

(Story continues)

I love Wesley Smith!!

His current article on Haleigh Poutre is so instructive.

As he says "It's not over till it's over" !!!