Our family has been subscribing to this news magazine for 12 years -
News from an enlightened, intelligent Christian perspective - and getting better all the time. Great reading for teens too.
15 men and women - including some evangelicals who were deeply prejudiced against Catholicism - share their personal experience as well as the biblical and historical reasons why they became Catholic.
Molly sent this. Arne Duncan is another dangerous Obama Regime Radical intent on usurping the role of parents and restructuring America to make children property of the state - as they are in countries like Cuba.
Reporting on this regime is like playing Whack-a-Mole. In the highest echelons, so many radical agenda, so little time! Old Arne's been on this increasing the school's grip since he got on board - still hasn't given up.
Extra bonus: Arne Duncan passed out drunk at his high school prom
This is exactly the kind of story that really makes me worry about
America. It's not a story of shadowy terrorists with suitcase bombs,
nefarious spies, or foreign madmen plotting our destruction.
If
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has his way, kids would be spending a
lot more time at school -- and a three-month summer would be a thing of
the past.
Duncan joked with attendees at a luncheon at the
National Press Club Tuesday in Washington that he would like schools to
stay open 13 months out of the year. Then he told the audience of over
100 that he seriously supports longer school hours.
"In all
seriousness, I think schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day,
seven days a week, 11-12 months of the year," Duncan said. "This is not
just more of the same. There would be a whole variety of after-school
programs. Obviously academics would be at the heart of that. But you top
it off with dancing, art, drama, music, yearbook, robotics, activities
for older siblings and parents, ESL classes."
You have to
ask yourself why? And the answer is so ridiculous that once you see
through the smokescreen you see that this is about control of your
children. They don't trust you to raise your children. They know better.
So why does Mr. Duncan think we need longer school days and years?
"As
you guys know, our world has changed, our economy has changed," said
Duncan. "The days of telling kids to go home at 2:30 and having mom
there with a peanut butter sandwich, those days are gone. Whether it's a
single parent working one, two, three jobs or two parents working, the
hours from 3 o'clock to 7 o'clock are a huge anxiety, and that's why we
have to keep our schools open longer."
So let me get this
straight. Many parents can't be home with children when they come home
at 2:30 and that's bad so instead of giving parents tax breaks or
incentives to stay home with their children they decide to spend more
taxpayer money to keep schools open 12 months a year and 12 hours a day
making it harder for parents to be able to afford to stay home because
they have to pay for all these programs.
Summertime
means the annual National Education Association Convention. The
National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional
organization and labor union in the U.S. and its influence on education
reaches around the world. Their power and influence extends from the
walls of the school room to legislative halls as they promote and
finance various candidates and initiatives and work to assure their
ideology is entrenched in culture. But what many people may not know,
including teachers and parents, is that the NEA is not a friend of the
family.
In addition to such groups as the "Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender" Caucus and the silly "No Cocktail Left Behind" Caucus, this
year saw the recognition of the "NEA Drag Queen" Caucus. In fairness
to the NEA, they also recognize such groups
as the Ex-gay Educators, People of Faith, and Catholic and Jewish
Caucuses, but the nonsensically-tolerant and politically-correct NEA has
an agenda that ought to concern all people who want their schools
teaching education basics and not promoting anti-family propaganda to
our children.
United Families International has written about the NEA in the past
but we thought we'd provide you with an update and a few examples of NEA
activity.
Abortion
This year's convention in New Orleans once again saw the defeat of an
abortion neutrality resolution. However, each year since 1990 this
resolution has been reaffirmed:
"The NEA supports family planning, including the right to
reproductive freedom.... The NEA will oppose any legislation which will
erode the status of Roe v. Wade..."
The NEA has over 3.2 million members in the U.S. and hardly any of
them know that the union that they pay annual dues to is one of the most
ardent abortion supporters in the country and that their dues may be
helping finance pro-abortion efforts around the world.
Homosexual Advocacy
The NEA is squarely in the back pocket of gay advocates. The Wall
Street Journal reported (2006) that the NEA gave $65 million to liberal
groups such as the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Human Rights Campaign, and People for
the American Way. They oppose the federal Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) and in 2009, a resolution was passed to oppose any efforts to put
in place amendments banning same-sex unions or marriage . . .
The National Education Association - the teachers' union - is at the top an extreme radical left operation with a history of promoting social engineering through the public schools - advocating homosexual curriculum and denouncing Christian parents.
Just one of the traditional institutions - like the American Library Association and the PTA - which has been co-opted by self-styled intellectual elites whose thinking is way outside mainstream America. These institutions are now trading on their long-venerated names while deconstructing everything most American families hold dear. And parents busy raising families and making ends meet remain in the dark about their radical agendas, which are shaping our children's future.
Case in point:
BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
NEA: Let's celebrate communism!
Teachers' union promotes Mao's launch of 'People's Republic'
by Michael Carl
July 29, 2010
Editor's note: After this report appeared, the reference to the founding of Chairman Mao's "People's Republic" was removed from the NEA website.
The NationalEducation Association is suggesting its teachers and NEA-connected schools celebrate China on the anniversary of the repressive communist regime's violent founding.
The NEA's website has a page called Diversity Events and lists Oct. 1 as the day to celebrate Chairman Mao's successful revolution.
University of North Carolina-Wilmington criminal-justice
professor Mike Adams says the NEA's position is borne out of
intellectual arrogance.
"Well, the next thing you know they'll be celebrating the birth
of Nazi Germany, but certainly that would be anticlimactic, because communist China has killed more people than Nazi Germany," Adams said.
"I think the only one way to describe the arrogant hubris of
these pseudo-intellectuals is that they're 'holier than thou,'" Adams
said.
Read more - including a history of how the NEA got this way - at WorldNetDaily.
U.S. President Barack Obama appears on the
daytime TV talk show ''The View'' in New York City July 28, 2010. From
left are Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd
and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:39pm IST
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama tried to revive his common
touch on Thursday with a mainly light-hearted appearance on daytime
television where five women hosts grilled him about his Blackberry,
Lindsay Lohan and the Afghan war.
His appearance was the first by a sitting U.S. president on a daytime
talk show. It allowed Obama to appeal directly to a targeted audience
as he fights flagging poll numbers while he and his fellow Democrats try
to avoid big losses in the November congressional election.
Read more - if you can stomach it - at Reuters.
So hard to respect a leader who would stoop this low. And what does the existence of someone like Joy Behar on TV say about our culture? And what does it say about Obama that he avoids serious press conferences in DC, choosing instead to fly to New York, tying up their traffic and spending out money so he can yuk it up with these softballs.
Btw, did you hear he said blacks were mongrels? Imagine if Bush . . Palin . . .Rove said that?
Working on a new Mommy Moments for July/August - which I will be sending out via email next week. Since many of you will be gearing up for back-to-school - whether homeschool, public, private - this will be an Back-to-Schoolapalooza of ideas, suggestions, and links to get you excited about making the coming year the best it can be for your your kids.
If you have any resources you'd like to share with everyone, please email me.
My email list currently serves over 3600 subscribers, but there is always room for more! I use Constant Comment, which offers privacy, security and promises not to sell its lists. You can unsubscribe at any time. You can check out my archive and sign up in the right-hand sidebar.
I have a few other projects going on - home reorganization and blog stuff - catching up on Giveaways and trying to make my blog more helpful.
Maddy's brother Zach is working on her website, which I will announce when complete.
I am currently sick to death of politics. You know I need a break when I turn to housework first :)
Thank you to some readers who've made major purchases - chandeliers and a video screen - from my amazon link. For anyone purchasing homeschool books and supplies, I hope you will consider going through my site. It's such a win/win situation - supporting this site and saving money at the same time
Received by a friend. I signed up and left a personal message - hoping this would be his last term in office because of the damage he's done. In submitting, was taken to - guess what? - a fundraising page. Why is it wherever these two jet set better-than-us pretenders go, they are calling for money - for themselves or whatever groups they determine should have it.
Do you remember when our days were free of having the president's (and the queen's)visage before us every minute? Just heard on the radio he is having a sub at another endless campaign stop - to demonize Congress for not obeying his demand for more TARP funds.
What would you like to say to Our Glorious Leader on His Birthday? You can copy and leave in a comment here too if you like.
From: Michelle Obama
Subject: Will you sign Barack's birthday card, wendy?
To: xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 4:15 PM
xxxx --
Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday.
And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind.
This has been a big -- and hectic -- year for him. After signing the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street reform into law -- and completing his first year as president -- I think it's safe to say we will remember it for a long time.
And I know full well how much he credits this movement, and the work of supporters like you, for the change that we've accomplished.
So I'm putting together a birthday card that I would like you to sign. Together with supporters -- and me, Malia, Sasha, and Bo -- we'll wish him a happy birthday and let him know that we're ready to take on the year ahead alongside him.
Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me?
Wish Barack a happy birthday
This year also brought a lot of surprises -- some good and some bad.
Supporters like you have helped him make the best of it -- by contacting Congress to help push stalled legislation forward, by re-engaging supporters in the political process, by giving back with service projects across the country, and so much more.
And while we can't know what the coming year will bring, all of us, working together, will continue pushing forward for change.
Will you help make this a memorable birthday for Barack and wish him a happy 49th?
WASHINGTON -- President Obama says he can relate to the plight of Americans striving in the struggling economy to pay bills while saving for their kids' education.
He says he and first lady Michelle Obama took a hit like everybody else when the economy nearly collapsed, telling ABC that a college fund for daughters Malia and Sasha has gone "up and down" with the stock market.
Obama says the first couple is "not that far removed from what most Americans are going through." He tells the network "it was just a few years ago that we had high credit card balances, we had two kids, thinking about college. We had our own retirement accounts, wondering if we were going to be able to get enough assets in there."
The Constitution of the United States of America under President Barak Obama is being transformed from a nation of "We the People" to "We the Serfs."
If we look at the flow of rights from a historical perspective, it would look something like a pyramid, with the king at the top and the serfs at the bottom.
All of the rights came from God. God delivered all of the rights and property into the hands of the king. The king was the owner of all of the land in his realm. Based on their loyalty and prowess in battle, the nobility would earn from the king titles and lands. The serfs worked the land for the nobility, and the nobility let the serfs keep a portion of what they produced for themselves. The remainder was paid to the nobility in tribute. The nobility then passed part of the production of the serfs back to the king. Rights flowed from the king to the nobility and then down to the serfs, who had virtually no rights and certainly no property.
The founding fathers knew that rights flowed from God to individuals, not the king. These are natural rights. The founders inverted the pyramid to look like the following.
The founding fathers looked to the writings of John Locke and others. Locke's Second Treatise of Government, Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government, states:
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions: for men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent, and infinitely wise maker[.]
This foreshadows the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
To secure these rights, individuals formed larger groups to protect these rights. The collection of individuals became towns, then states, and ultimately a nation. The founding fathers designed a Constitution in which the individual is supreme.
Modern-day progressives, now known as liberals, have come to dominate the current Democratic Party. President Obama seeks to flip the pyramid back to the historical perspective.
Under this administration, we have seen government takeover of large companies . . .
Tripp forwarded this to me - thought you might like to share it with your kids. You can have them locate each place on the globe:
Alaska
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska .
Amazon
The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The
Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more
than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip
fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is
greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and
three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.
Antarctica
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety
percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents
seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it
sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly
total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all
but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.
Brazil
The
etymology of Brazil's name is not well established, but one common
belief is that Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way
around.
Canada
Canada
has more lakes than any other country, making up much of the worlds
fresh water. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."
Chicago
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.
Detroit
Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere. Damascus, Syria
Damascus,
Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was
founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in
existence. Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.
Los Angeles
Los
Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los
Angeles de Porciuncula -- and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:
L.A.
New York City
The
term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930's
who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore,
to play New York City is to play the big time, The Big Apple. There
are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians
in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City
than in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ohio
Ohio has 2,500 lakes over 2 acres in size, only 20 of them are not man made.
Pitcairn Island
The
least populated jurisdiction in the world is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at
just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km, with a population of 50.
Rome
The
first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in
133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
Siberia
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.
S.M.O.M.
The
smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order
of Malta (S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy and has an
area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20
less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under
international law, just as the Vatican is. Sahara Desert
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically
though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic
near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million
years. Spain
Spain literally means "the land of rabbits."
St. Paul, Minnesota
St.
Paul, Minnesota, was originally called "Pig's Eye" after a man named
Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who set up the first business there.
Kola Superdeep Borehole The
deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in
Russia. It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62
miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some
unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen, so
massive that the mud coming from the hole was "boiling" with it.
The Eisenhower Interstate System (This one may or may not be true)
The
Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must
be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of
war or other emergencies.
Angel Falls
The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.
Obama Missing Historic Boy Scout Jamboree for Fundraisers, 'View' Taping
Published July 27, 2010
President Obama will make history as the
first sitting president on a daytime talk show when he visits with the
ladies of "The View." But he'll be missing out on another historic
occasion -- the Boy Scouts' Jamboree marking the group's 100th
anniversary, right in the president's backyard.
The Jamboree kicked off this week at Fort
A.P. Hill in Virginia, where organizers had invited the president to
speak to the 45,000 scouts in attendance. All three of Obama's
predecessors have made it to one Jamboree while in office.
But the president will instead be traveling
Wednesday to New York for a taping of the ABC show, as well as
Democratic fundraisers and a stop in New Jersey. The talk show
appearance comes as campaign season moves into full swing, but also amid
efforts to cap the Gulf oil spill for good, contain the damage from an
unprecedented leak of Afghanistan war documents
and battle Arizona over its immigration law -- set to go into effect
Thursday. Obama also has an out-of-town event planned for Friday in
Detroit.
But while the Jamboree lasts until next Tuesday, the president is sending his regards via a videotaped message.
Remember: The Gay Political Machine hates the Boy Scouts for not accepting gay scout leaders and foregoing government funding in order to stand by their convictions. With the ACLU, they have done their best to keep Boy Scouts from meeting in public schools, having notices sent home in backpacks, etc.
They would be very unhappy if Obama honored the Boy Scouts with his revered presence - which they have enjoyed for assorted White House functions.
But actually it's better for The Big 0 to reveal who he trly is - what his real priorities are, than to subject the BSA to an insincere appearance.
Can't wait for 2012! We will never forget these insults and slights to America's institution, nor the constant campaigning at taxpayer expense.
From the Wall Street Journal July 22, by Democrat Senator Jim Webb:
Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege
America still owes a debt to its black
citizens, but government programs to help all 'people of color' are
unfair. They should end.
The
NAACP believes the tea party is racist. The tea party believes the
NAACP is racist. And Pat Buchanan got into trouble recently by pointing
out that if Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, there will
not be a single Protestant Justice, although Protestants make up half
the U.S. population and dominated the court for generations.
Forty
years ago, as the United States experienced the civil rights movement,
the supposed monolith of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant dominance served
as the whipping post for almost every debate about power and status in
America. After a full generation of such debate, WASP elites have fallen
by the wayside and a plethora of government-enforced diversity policies
have marginalized many white workers. The time has come to cease the
false arguments and allow every American the benefit of a fair chance at
the future.
I have dedicated my political career to bringing
fairness to America's economic system and to our work force, regardless
of what people look like or where they may worship. Unfortunately,
present-day diversity programs work against that notion, having expanded
so far beyond their original purpose that they now favor anyone who
does not happen to be white.
In an odd historical twist that all
Americans see but few can understand, many programs allow recently
arrived immigrants to move ahead of similarly situated whites whose
families have been in the country for generations. These programs have
damaged racial harmony. And the more they have grown, the less they have
actually helped African-Americans, the intended beneficiaries of
affirmative action as it was originally conceived.
Lyndon
Johnson's initial program for affirmative action was based on the 13th
Amendment and on the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which authorized the
federal government to take actions in order to eliminate "the badges of
slavery." Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely
difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and
understandable, even to those who came from white cultural groups that
had also suffered in socio-economic terms from the Civil War and its
aftermath.
The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands
of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only
during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.
But the extrapolation of this logic to all "people of color"--especially
since 1965, when new immigration laws dramatically altered the
demographic makeup of the U.S.--moved affirmative action away from
remediation and toward discrimination, this time against whites. It has
also lessened the focus on assisting African-Americans, who despite a
veneer of successful people at the very top still experience high rates
of poverty, drug abuse, incarceration and family breakup.
Those
who came to this country in recent decades from Asia, Latin America and
Africa did not suffer discrimination from our government, and in fact
have frequently been the beneficiaries of special government programs.
The same cannot be said of many hard-working white Americans, including
those whose roots in America go back more than 200 years.
This looks like a great opportunity for kids with special needs to have a fun-filled Saturday while parents have a little time for themselves.
You can sign up a sibling too. But hurry - only 12 spaces:
Dear Parents,
Please take advantage of a great opportunity for your child with special needs on Saturday, August 14, 2010, and sign them up for four fun filled hours at the Claude Moore Recreation Center. While your child is having a great time swimming, participating in arts and crafts activities, computer fun, climbing on a climbing wall, and exercise opportunities in the gym on the exercise equipment ( age-specific guidelines) or on the indoor track, take the opportunity to enjoy many of the great restaurants, malls, and activities in the Sterling area..
Sincerely,
Jesse Kushner, M.Ed., President
Professional Education and Respite Service Inc.
www.thePERS.com
SATURDAY AFTERNOON OUT
DATE: August 14, 2010
LOCATION: Claude Moore Park Recreation Center, Sterling Virginia
Small Group Activities: Limited to 12 children with Special Needs
Supervision Provided: Minimum of 4 to 1 ratio and grouped by age and ability. All Staff have significant experience working with special needs populations, and are CPR/ First Aid certified
Requirements: All participants, ages 6 through 21, have a disability or are siblings of an attending child; must be toilet trained or rarely have accidents; able and willing to follow directions and stay with the group; enjoys and able to access water activities/pool; pose minimal aggression concerns, and do not present any significant elopement risk.
Activities: Indoor Swimming in an indoor water park, arts/crafts, computer fun, climbing wall, gymnasium ball fun, exercise equipment (age 12 and up while being supervised), in-door track.
Fee: $60.00, Additional Child: $40.00
Snack after swimming: Bring your own in a back pack. Snack machines available.
Parents: While your child is having a great time, within 3 miles of the Recreation Center, enjoy:
*Dulles Town Center,
Restaurants surrounding the mall: Cheesecake Factory, Macaroni Grill, Red Robin, Benihanna, Red Lobster, Mimi's Cafe, LongHorn Steakhouse
*Regal Countryside 20 Movie Theater at 45980 Regal Plaza, Sterling Virginia
*Toys R Us, Target, Costco, Home Depot, Sports Authority, Staples
To Request an Application Packet:
Email, Mr. Jesse Kushner at misterk@thePERS.com
Deadline for Requests for Application Packets: July 31st.
All applications will be reviewed based on the aforementioned requirements. Final Registration Deadline August 7, 2010.
Andrew Breitbart releases video showing NAACP speaker Sherrod in what appears full-racist mode. Before most of us can say Shirley Sherrod, she resigns st the insistence of her USDA boss Tom Vilsack (supposedly under pressure from the White House). The NAACP, in an unusual effort to be consistent, denounces her.
The full videotape is released, revealing Mrs. Sherrod telling a tale of her supposed redemption from her former admitted racism. Andrew Breitbart and FoxNews are now targeted. Mrs. Sherrod - accorded full Instant Rosa Parks status - appears on every TV show known to man to say Breitbart, FoxNews and anyone opposed to Obama's policies is racist. A few people notice this perspective seems a little - well, a little racist.
The phrase "out of context" becomes the talking point of the day - with no apologies to conservatives who've been taken out of context by the Propaganda Press forever. Hey, maybe that should be the name of the book she is sure to sell!
Mrs. Sherrod is offered begged to accept a promotion. She declines. Perhaps because - as she says - she may sue Beitbart. If she ends up only a week out of work and with a raise and promotion, it's hard to collect for damages, after all. Besides, she says, she may want to just go fishing. And with Obama now paying well over two years in unemployment checks for each "unemployed" individual, why not?
Mrs. Sherrod says - loud and strong, prompted by interviewers - that she wants President Obama to call her. He does - a 7-minute call in which he apologizes and she makes further demands: that he come to Georgia and that he bring Michelle.
Joan Walsh, managing editor of Salon, publishes a glowing digging-deeper sort of report on Mrs. Sherrod's husband, expressing gratitude that this unfortunate incident has at least exposed not one, but two civil rights heroes we might never have known
First, a note of heartfelt appreciation for Joan Walsh of Salon. Her moving post on Charles Sherrod - in defense of his wife, Shirley - provided the inspiration required to dust off my Google skills. I simply had to fulfill her stated desire to share the actual words of Civil Rights icon Charles Sherrod with her readers, so touched was I by her profound tribute. And she's been swamped on TV, justifying Shirley Sherrod calling Fox and Andrew Breitbart racist. I can only hope she will be kind enough to direct her readers here, so we can all share his unique wisdom on race relations together, as one. That is, after all, the way it should be, is it not, Joan?
Andrew Breitbart sure picked the wrong people to symbolize black "racism."
If there's anyone more clueless about our civil rights history than Breitbart, as well as more abusive to it, I'm challenged to think of who it might be. He tests my commitment to nonviolent social change, but I'll share the work of Charles Sherrod to remember my values.
If I get a chance to talk to Charles Sherrod, I'll let him tell you what he thinks, in his own words, here.
Okay, Joan, though I do confess to being somewhat puzzled by the first quote I stumbled upon, especially as it came relatively recently - a full year after America had installed its first black administration in the White House.
Charles Sherrod: "We must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections."
Gee, Joan, can you tell me what's so heroic about telling a room full of young black minds not even out in the world, yet - that if they ever embrace political, or socio-economic ideas that don't jibe with your hero's, the one elevated in a room before them, that they will be denounced as race-traitors? That is what Uncle Tom means, after all. What REALLY is heroic in that? It looks to me like what your hero does is build up their black identity to an extreme, then sends them a message that, if they don't vote, or act the way he wants them to, he and his community make them outcasts, stripping that very identity from them as traitors to their race. Is that the message heroic Civil Rights leaders are passing on to young blacks today? It sounds like it to me, Joan.
Maybe it's your hero's racism there that keeps young blacks on the Democrat plantation year after after, generation after generation - and not some non-existent racism you imagine on the other side. Why is your hero poisoning young minds, Joan? Or, is that just too much for you to grasp?
Of note: The Sherrod's daughter, apparently born in the late 60's, is named Russia. Their son is named Kenyatta.
And there is another reason the Regime/Ministry of Truth may have decided to jump off this bandwagon as the Sherrods received over $300,000 as part of a multi-billion dollar settlement by our government for black farmers who'd been discriminated against. The problem is that more black farmers have been paid than ever existed, and it appears that - as with so many over government programs - people have learned to gain the system.
This is way too complex for the Propaganda Press, who are probably just hoping Mrs. Sherrod will be happy going about her lawsuit and adding to the last one.
But one thing is for sure: this is certainly no Rosa Parks.
I feel strangely and excitedly enlightened today, and it was the
NAACP who has shown me that light! What an exciting time white folk live
in! Just when I thought that all hope of being gloriously guilt free in
their racism had been squashed by such things as decency and common
sense, the NAACP has shown us how. Yes, you too can be free from the
shackles of political correctness, free to be as racist as you want to
be. All you must do is declare that you are a Democrat!
As a Democrat, you now have carte blanche to say whatever
messed up, incoherent, dismissive, and racist comment you can mutter;
and you don't even have to say you were drunk, Mel Gibson!
Imagine being an entrenched member of the KKK, using that association
proudly to get elected to the Senate, where you get to bring that
ideology, unchallenged! Filibuster the Civil Rights act? No problem,
just apologize, say that you did what you did for political expediency.
And when you die, expects a hero's burial, and even those you oppressed
will be there to say nice things about you. You're a Democrat silly--no
harm no foul. Ahhh, the freedom!
If you have the temerity to simply not be racist, to take people of
all colours and sexes as they are, based on the content of their
character, well then you are quite simply a racist moron, bucking for
punishment. Declare quickly, "I'm a Democrat!" Poof...all is forgiven.
Obama to appear on ABC's 'The View' on Thursday
Jul 26, 7:05 AM (ET)
By FRAZIER MOORE
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC's "The View" has welcomed many notable guests, but none more prominent than President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit for Thursday's edition.
In making the announcement on Monday, executive producers Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie said this marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited a daytime talk show.
They said the majority of the hour will be devoted to Obama's appearance, which will touch on topics including jobs, the economy, the Gulf oil spill and family life inside the White House. It is scheduled to tape on Wednesday.
Father Zakaria Botros from Egypt has a satallite TV show in the muslim world and claims Christ as Lord and Saviour. He currently has a bounty on his head for his faith. Very powerful video.
Samantha (oldest daughter), Trinity (her oldest daughter), Sophia (#3 daughter) and I are all going to see Maddy (#4 daughter) in Little Women this afternoon.
(Next week are the last two performances - so if you're going, get your tickets now).
Going out for dinner afterwards - five of us from male-dominated families spending girl time. Hope we remember how to act like ladies :)
This is Maddy's sixth performance of LW, so including dress rehearsals, she's curled her hair herself a dozen times - becoming very accomplished at it:
That second one reminds me of Anne of Green Gables (the mood).
I've been in a steady decline for a few weeks, which worked itself into a freefall healthwise last week. Had been to the doctor the week before for a UTI and thought I would be on my way to recovery, but just kept getting worse. Going to bed at 7:30 and waking up in the morning feeling already too tired to get up. Feeling like my head was wrapped in cottom like a Q-tip and I wasn't really here at all.
Yes, I was still blogging, but slowly, using every ounce of will - and falling way behind on other fronts.
Anyway, the good news is that my labwork revealed a cause: a Vitamin D deficiency. Gosh, I hadn't thought about Vitamin D since learning about rickets in fourth grade. Who knew I had to keep that on my radar?
The doctor prescribed massive doses of Rx Vitamin D which I take once a week. He said it will take 6-8 weeks to to get back to normal. But I already feel a little better after my first dose.
So be expecting lots of posts and giveaways and answered email this week. . . I'm rarin' to go! Well, almost. . .
UPDATE:
7-23-10:Our legal team is working furiously to
slow down mad rush to build the 911 mega mosque in time to open on
September 11, 2011. Here's the latest from the lawyerJay
Sekulow of the ACLJ . And you can read the ACLJ letterhere.
FROM Pamela
Geller on Landmark Status (7-22-10): We have filed our written
submission with the Landmarks Protection Commission.
The record is closed. At least according to the LPC, the record is
closed.
WE CAN STILL PROTEST THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE AT
COMMUNITY BOARD#1
Community Board 1 meets on Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, 2nd
Floor (entrance on Chambers and Elk
Streets). Despite reports that the vote was
unanimous, it was not. 29 voted for the Islamic supremacist
mosque, 4 against, and 9 abstentions.
We need to be there! ALL OF US. It is critical that
the world sees we will not go away and that we won't back down. We need to be orderly and
civil,but we need to let these people
know we will not back down. The LPC is expected to vote at one
of its upcoming meetings, probably in August.
In Staten Island, an average of 150 members of the community
have protested every Sunday for six weeks against the planned sale of
the convent building to the Muslim American Society (MAS), the
public face of the Muslim Brotherhood. There is are reams of
documentation tying the leaders of the MAS with Hamas and other
terrorist organizations.
"America is experiencing an Islamist cultural-political offensive
designed to undermine and destroy our civilization. Sadly, too many of
our elites are the willing apologists for those who would destroy
them if they could. No mosque. No self deception. No surrender. The
time to take a stand is now - at this site... on this issue."
Did you know that 10,000 people gathered for a short-notice rally June 6 in Manhattan to demonstrate against the Ground Zero Mosque?
Well, of course unless you live in New York you didn't know because our Ministry of Truth (Rush's Orwellian reference to our Propaganda Press) continues to push state-compelled "tolerance" - even of those out to kill us.
So, bloggers, here's our task for the next two days: spread the word that New Yorkers DO NOT WANT the Ground Zero Mosque - and for good reason.
Link to SIOAStop Islamization of America. They have all the latest protest schedules as well as research into terrorist ties of the "peaceful" clerics pursuing this Muslim Victory Memorial.
Also, Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs is in the thick of it all. Love this take on our beloved don't Tread on Me banner:
It's time to push back on the suicide mission of the Obama Regime - and other crazy out-of-touch leaders - time to say "Enough is enough!" We may be tolerant people but we have not lost our minds - especially when they threaten our heads.
Please catch up by seeing the coverage of the June 6 event at No Mosque at Ground Zero and bookmarking No Mosque at Ground Zero for updates. Call your friends and relatives who live ner New York to attend the July 27 protest.
Can
you imagine having a Christian demonstration against Islam in downtown
Baghdad ?
View the pictures above and decide how you really feel
about the future of the Western World. These pictures are of Muslims
marching through the streets of London during their 'Religion of Peace
Demonstration.' Why would anyone think that we should be at war with
such nice, peaceful Muslims?
Muslims have stated that England
will be the first country they take over! These are pictures not
shown on American TV or in American Newspapers , but were forwarded by a
Canadian who thought All Christians ought to know. Thanks
Canada.
Remember Where's Molly? - the story of Jeff Daly finding his long-lost developmentally disabled sister?
Jeff and his wife Cindy, of Larkspur California have not only been spending time catching up with Molly, but have been instrumental in changing laws to open up records enabling everyday people to find relatives lost to institutionalization. When People magazine covered this in April, 2009, over 100 such reunions had been facilitated.
You can read some of the stories by scrolling through and clicking to enlarge the images below:
The Endless Search
By NINA BURLEIGH, ALICIA DENNIS
Years Ago, Their Mentally Disabled Relatives
Disappeared--Sent Away to Institutions Without Warning or Explanation.
But Those Lost Loved Ones Were Never Forgotten. Now, with Little More
Than Memories, These Men and Women Are Following Any Lead to Bring Them
Home
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She gave the story to the New York Times prior to the election, but the New York Times refused to carry the story, saying it was too late to carry a "game changer" - funny they love to railroad Republicans just days before:
One of the reasons I always say a laminator is a mom's best friend - well, one of them anyway. These are normally hanging on the cabinets above my washer and dryer, but I took them down to scan them for you. They've been through 4 or 5 moves and still look great.
Love the crowns, the sun, my dancing feet, his skateboard:
What I love is how her incredibly joyful spirit was shining through from the beginning!
