The link between autism and oral contraceptives

Birth control came around the same time that autism was diagnosed at around 1 in 10,000 and now, with widespread birth control use, the number of autism cases has skyrocketed. Is there a connection? I certainly think so--and it's in every flush that goes through the water system, so everyone gets it in combination with all the hormones in our food.

http://www.examiner.com/article/autism-and-birth-control-pills-what-is-the-connection

Oral contraceptives are a huge money maker for the pharmaceutical industry, and a huge political football for this president.  I doubt we will ever see large government grants to study the relationship.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-04/opinions/36743431_1_contraceptive-coverage-religious-liberty-religious-employers

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/11/will-obamacare-get-you-free-birth-control

The opening of the Bush Center in Texas

George W. Bush's popularity is up. That happens with most presidents, but usually not in 5 years. History judges them.

Obama has helped that by not bringing the troops home, not closing GITMO, redefining terrorism as workplace violence, or just ignoring it, by taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden, when it was the "interrogation" techniques of the Bush era that provided the intelligence, by flubbing and lying about Benghazi, by dancing on the graves of the poor dead children of Sandy Hook for his personal political gain, by rushing to mega storm Sandy, which made no difference in the recovery and the victims suffered for months, by worsening race relations by constantly playing the race card, by raising taxes on everyone with his lies about healthcare, by crony capitalism worse than Bush-Cheney fans could have imagined which has enriched the "fat cats" he loves to criticize, and by exhibiting extremely poor taste in his family's hedonistic life style while so many people still suffer from the recession.

Yes, Bush will probably be glad to see him and shake the hand of the man who made America miss him.

Our culture approves abortion, looks down on adoption

From PDHC April Praise Report:

‘Molly (not her name) a 20-year-old woman, came to PDHC intent on having an abortion. She is in college and already has a baby. She's in a relationship, but her parents do not approve of her boyfriend. They've helped with her first baby and she was afraid that they would be unhappy and not want to help her again. We talked with Molly about her options and the importance of having an ultrasound done before she would make a decision. Molly was very upset during the appointment and cried. She felt torn. She didn't believe in abortion but felt she had no other choice. During the ultrasound, the nurse was able to find a heartbeat and dated the pregnancy at six weeks. Molly did not want to see the ultrasound screen and refused pictures. The nurse spoke with her about her concerns and shared resources that could help should she decide to continue the pregnancy. She left the appointment undecided. A few days later, our nurse called with the physician's review and Molly said that after talking things over more with her boyfriend she had decided to continue the pregnancy! Our nurse gave her more information about how to get started with prenatal care and other resources. She also invited her to come back to PDHC for maternity clothes and parenting classes. “

40-50 years ago this would have been a no-brainer.  She knows this is a sibling of her child; a grandchild of her parents; knows what it is to be a mother.  Why snuff out a life that others would welcome?

Let’s not shed more blood for Islamic civil wars

Civil war in Syria. Weapons of mass destruction. Gas poisoning. Hmmm. Haven't we heard that before? As a reason for going to war? Would it be different just because Obama is president, who incidentally, hasn't really gotten us out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and has lost more military in Afghanistan than Bush did. I'm really not willing to shed more blood for people who hate our culture, religion and way of life.

“American Muslims tell us that Islam is a religion of peace. Jihadist leaders abroad describe Islam as a religion of war against infidels. Who is correct? Both are correct.”

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130418

Step by step

“The U.S. Department of Education began operating on May 4, 1980, and things started to change. People’s patriotic behavior and protectiveness of their culture, of their language, of the capitalist system in general that made them the most prosperous nation on earth, began to erode more and more overtly. Among the culprits were teachers who advanced personal socialist agendas to impressionable youth who believed every word they said. “

http://usactionnews.com/2013/04/common-core-and-cscope-propaganda-in-education/

A lot of things happened in the 70s and 80s and education of children is just one component.  CSCOPE and Common Core need to be looked at very carefully in every community.  Expanding the role of the federal government into compulsory, tax-supported pre-schools needs to be stopped.

The media tried so hard

to mislead and smear.

Democrats voted for higher taxes on the poor by reelecting Obama

Everyone by 2015 will be paying more taxes under the President's plan--except of course, those who don't pay any taxes. Although even the poor get to pay more taxes for their cigarettes--the poor and less educated do not respond to price pressure so most will continue to smoke anyway.  Cigarette excise taxes are regressive--lower income smokers spend a disproportionate share of their income on cigarette taxes compared to smokers with greater incomes . In NY from 2003–2004 to 2010–2011, the percentage of income spent on cigarettes for smokers with annual incomes less than $30,000 more than doubled (11.6% to 23.6%). These taxes really hurt the poor--and the first tax Obama passed in 2009 was $1 on cigarettes.  He's not the first president to lie about taxes, but we've got more gullible voters these days. And they ARE educated.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0043838

How two presidents reacted to tragedy and terrorism

The Tsarnaev Brothers were using guns and bomb all covered in the Massachusetts gun control laws.

Another stain remover recipe

1 tsp. Dawn dishwashing detergent
3-4 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide
couple tablespoons of baking soda.
Scrub on with a scrubbing brush.

 

Massachusetts has the gun laws Obama wants for all of us

Monday Memories—The Family Circus

There was usually a Family Circus cartoon on my mother’s refrigerator.

Bishop Watterson High School

Students at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio are petitioning and organizing to have a gay teacher reinstated. Unless they wish to attend a government school, this is a bad idea. Unlike Protestants who protest and regroup at the slightest secular wind change, Catholics have a few more restrictions. Protestants get to have the burden of private interpretation of scripture and see the pope in the mirror every morning; Roman Catholics do not. The government has already destroyed the Catholic adoption agencies by insisting children be placed, not for their best interest, but the desires of the adopting couple. Let's not destroy a very fine school system by misguided beliefs about the purpose of sexuality.

The brothers Tsarnaev

People are being quick to judge the current administration for failures to apprehend the Tsarnaev brothers before they assembled their arsenal and bombs (in a state with strict gun control). I'll wait (surprise!). There are hundreds of plots foiled that we never hear of. It's a huge country; there are big cities; and how watched do we want to be to prevent this?

That said, if our media were more diligent and less worried about offending some ethnic group, and if they they took their eyes off Sarah Palin and the Tea Party once in awhile, they might actually be a help in protecting us. It makes me yearn for the days of the Watergate investigation and the Bush derangement syndrome. With the way the MSM portrays this country, sometimes I wonder if they are a hate group trying to discourage immigrants from coming here so they can hang on to all the good jobs.

And if the Obama Administration had not been so careless about classifying Ft. Hood and the recruitment office killings, it might have been able to send a stronger message about what the U.S. security forces would tolerate.

I really don't think you can learn explosives and bombs just using the internet. It takes some practice and support. Most people can't even light firecracker flares without getting hurt. I hope the FBI, DHS and police don't follow the President's reasoning that this is over. They've found the YouTube videos, and these aren't the only young men flexing their hatred for America.

Columbine anniversary April 20

Why does the left wing media like to portray Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold of the Columbine killings as white supremists? Apparently because it was April. The McVeigh killings were in April.  And he wasn’t part of a conspiracy either.  Or they need more chalk marks on the right side of the board. They were kids! They weren't bullied, they weren't outcasts, and they had good parents. The left just can't fathom evil, because they don't understand good.

Boston won’t give him a choice of words

Obama wouldn't call it terrorism, but Arkansas will.

"Senate Bill 630, which passed 35-0 and goes to the House, is known as “Andy’s Law” in honor of U.S. Army Pvt. William “Andy” Long of Conway, who was shot and killed outside a west Little Rock recruiting center in 2009. Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula of Jacksonville was wounded in the shooting rampage."

Andy was killed by Abdulhakim Muhammad an American Muslim who had traveled to Yemen and Somalia for training.  Survivors of the Ft. Hood massacre also have had no justice from Obama, who calls it "work place violence."

http://swtimes.com/sections/news/politics/arkansas-legislature-senate-approves-andy%E2%80%99s-law.html

What’s wrong with these people?

They are liberals.  And they were partially right; the brothers are white (ethnic Chechens although they never lived there), and one was a citizen of the USA, having come here as a child. I’m guessing if the citizen ever voted, it was for Obama.

Dina seems to be a few bales short of a full load.  Hitler’s one party system was called “National Socialism,” and the Columbine shooters were into Goth and video games and Timothy McVeigh was protesting the use of military force by the U.S. government in Serbia and Iraq, and the government attacked the Branch Davidian, a religious cult for gun infractions.

“The thinking, as we have been reporting, is that this is a domestic, extremist attack and officials are leaning that way largely because of the timing of the attack. April is a big month for anti-government and right-wing individuals. There’s the Columbine anniversary, there’s Hitler’s birthday, there’s the Oklahoma City bombing, the assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco.”

Dina Temple-Raston, NPR, whose salary is paid for with my tax dollars.

The Massachusetts gun laws

The Brothers Tsarnaev had an awful lot of fire power. Were they properly registered and licensed with fingerprinting and criminal background checks as their state required regardless of how and where the guns were acquired? And were their magazines limited to ten rounds as required by Massachusetts law? Or were they just two more criminals who ignore gun laws?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Massachusetts

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The Casabella flex duster

I've joined the 21st century. No more old socks and t-shirts. Today I bought a Casabella microfiber washable flex duster, and am having a blast flicking and picking up dust from lamps, computers, picture frames, cool air returns and stair banisters. http://www.neatlysmart.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=72917&gclid=CPnsuZus2bYCFaVcMgodZB0AtA

I got a little too enthusiastic, and accidentally reset the thermostat dusting it. My husband came up from his office when it started heating up, and said, "Why did you reset the thermostat to 80?"

Follow the money

The trial of Kermit Gosnell, the ghoulish late term abortionist of Philadelphia,  must have the pro-abortion folks worried. Even though the main stream media didn’t cover it, the news is getting around through social media.  As in photos of babies’ feet in jars, and of spinal cords snipped.  For the first time I can remember, I'm hearing radio ads on behalf of Planned Parenthood. The word abortion is never used; nor birth control; or even reproduction. Just access to health. Breast cancer is higher in women who abort their first pregnancy; suicide rate is higher for women who abort. Whose health? Planned Parenthood’s. Follow the money. Abortion is its money-maker. And minorities its target.

Planned Parenthood has ridden the waves of taxpayer funding to millions of dollars in annual surpluses. Last year [2012], like many before it, Planned Parenthood saw a very comfortable income, reporting excess revenues exceeding $87 million and net assets of more than $1.2 billion. The Foundry

Matthews, Moore, O’Donnell, Sirota, Bergen, Axelrod. . . and others

I can't think of any recent events that have been the result of right wing conspiracies, and certainly the Tea Party has been nothing but peaceful and patriotic, so why do the MSM go this route time after time?  Eventually, they’ll probably be right—but the “real right” like Hitler, were Socialists, aka National Socialism.  The KKK was created by the Democrat Party, as were Jim Crow laws and lynching to terrorize blacks into submission.

Arizona, Aurora, Sandy Hook,  the Austin plane attack (2010) by the guy who didn’t like the IRS,  the guys who murdered the army recruiters, and the various vandalism at recruiting stations, the woman who hated her promotion and tenure committee so she blew them away—none of these people were right wingers, or even particularly political.  They were evil or mentally deranged.    Even Timothy McVeigh 18 years ago was a loner and not part of any group plot. In his letter to the media he justifies his actions as being anti-military—bombing Serbia and Iraq at the time.  That doesn’t sound very right wing to me.  And he was executed for his crimes.  Have we executed Muslims for their crimes? Isn't the guy who shot Bobby Kennedy still in prison? The American Muslim who shot up Ft. Hood?  Has he been executed? 

This latest attack by the Chechen brothers the MSM can proudly say, was from “home grown, white terrorists,”  like some hoped, but immigrants from the former Soviet Union.  One a citizen, the other a legal resident.  But they are  most likely a part of a global philosophy that these liberals in the media and buddies of the president just can't seem to recognize.

Salon's David Sirota, who on Tuesday wrote a column called "Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American" and doubled down on Wednesday with "I still hope the bomber is a white American"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2013/04/20/salons-sirota-cant-understand-how-conservatives-suddenly-pretend-they-ca

COFFEE FILTERS

Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing even the large ones.

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters..
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc. on them. It soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers."
15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.
16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.
17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.
18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.
19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.
20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.  Saves on having extra bowls to wash.
21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.
22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.
23. Use them to sprout seeds.  Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout.
24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone book.
25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc.

They were sort of, maybe, a little right. . .

Both Tsarnaev brothers are white, and one became a citizen last September 11.

Boston 10 a.m. April 19; lockdown

1962—when students could pray in school

Notice:  integrated classes; nicely dressed students; neat hair styles. Teacher isn’t wearing jeans.  Fifty years is a long time.

Short attention span? Shorter books.

The hottest book publishing trend today--less is the new more, says Michael Levin, founder and CEO of BusinessGhost, Inc., who has written more than 100 books.

“The first time I saw a 73-page ‘book’ offered on Amazon, I was outraged,” says New York Times best selling author Michael Levin. “But I thought about how shredded the American attention span is. And I felt like Cortez staring at the Pacific.”

The trend in books today, Harry Potter notwithstanding, is toward books so short that in the past no self-respecting publisher—or author—would even have called them books. But today, shortened attention spans call for shorter books.

Levin blames smartphones and social media for what he calls “a worldwide adult epidemic of ADH, ooh, shiny!”

“Brain scientists tell us our brain chemistry has been transformed by short-burst communication such as texting, Tweeting, and Facebook posts,” Levin adds. “Long magazine articles have given way to 600-word blog posts. And doorstop-size books have been replaced by mini-books.”

This sudden change in attention spans changed the way Levin approaches ghostwriting. “Even five years ago, we aimed for 250-page books. Today we advise our business clients to do 50-page mini-books to meet impatient readers’ expectations for speedy delivery of information.”

Levin, who runs the ghostwriting firm BusinessGhost.com and was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, says that people are looking for leadership disguised as a book. “Today,” he asserts, “people don’t want you to prove your assertions. They just want to know that you have legitimate answers to their questions and that they can trust you. If you can’t get buy-in with 50 pages today, you won’t get it in 250.”

The trend toward shorter books caused Levin to offer what he calls the “Book-Of-The-Quarter Club,” which creates four 50-page hardcover mini-books a year for BusinessGhost’s clients. “This allows them to address four different major issues, or four different sets of prospects, and provides quarterly opportunities for marketing events,” Levin says.

How short will books eventually run?

“Can you say ‘haiku’?” Levin asks. “We’re waiting for a three-line, 17 syllable book. It could happen.”

This article was supplied by Ginny Grimsley and the content is hers. Levin’s new mini-book, “The Financial Advisor's Dilemma,” teaches how to create trust and distinctiveness in the highly competitive marketplace.

Guest blogger Murray on the “liberal” media

The other day I read the news article from the Huffington Post on the Internet about Obama claiming the gun lobbyists lied to the members of Congress and that's why the gun legislation didn't pass. I commented at the site:

HuffPo: “Obama placed blame on the gun lobby during his remarks."The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill," Obama said.”

Murray: “If anyone knows about lying it's Obama. He's done that throughout his entire political career.  How about the B.S. when he claimed he was at the hospital while his mother died because she had no medical insurance."

The next day I received this notice from Huffington:

Your actions have led us to freeze your account for an indefinite period of time. We try to make sure that this community is an enjoyable place to be, and while we understand that sometimes things flare up, your actions have crossed a line. We are sorry that it has come to this. If you think that your account has been unfairly frozen and would like to talk to someone about
this, please report a community issue on our contact page and we'd be happy to discuss with you.

Huffington Post Community Support Team

A message from Allen West

"Let me be very clear, the terrorist attack in Boston and evolving events indicate we have a domestic radical Islamic terror problem in America. We must no longer allow the disciples of political correctness and the acolytes of the Muslim Brotherhood (CAIR, ISNA, MPAC, MAS) to preach to us some misconceived definition of tolerance and subservience. When tolerance becomes a one way street it leads to cultural suicide. Carlos Bledsoe in Little Rock, MAJ Hasan in Ft Hood, the Ft Dix Six, Faisal Shahazad in NYC Times Square -- these are just the examples I can type now. When Rep Peter King attempted to have hearings on domestic terrorism he was attacked for being racist. No more excuses. No more apologies. We are in a war of ideological wills, and we shall prevail. Congratulations to all the law enforcement agencies."

September 11 vs. April 15

Liberal media denied that Sept. 11, 2012 could have any significance for the Benghazi attacks, but for some reason thought April 15 must hold great importance for right wing Americans, obviously suspect in the Boston bombing.  Hey guys--most of us have the tax money confiscated all year long so it is ready for redistribution.

At least now you know who he is

At the White House, by Paula Priesse

Michelle: “How did your day go dear?”

Obama: “Not good, even with a Dem Senate gun legislation went down in flames. So I threw a hissy fit.”

Michelle: “That’s too bad.”

O: “I’m just getting started. A union now wants Obamacare repealed. And co-author Sen. Max Baucus said it could be a ‘huge train wreck.’ Traitor!”

Michelle: “Well you can hardly blame him. He’s up for re-election in 2014.”

O: “I’m not done. I had to dodge my first question on Gosnell.”

Michelle: “Uh oh.”

O: “It gets even worse! CBS News reports there are now multiple whistleblowers stepping forward on Benghazi.”

Michelle: “Sorry, but you knew the truth about Obamacare & Benghazi would come out eventually.”

O: “Oh pretty please, let the Boston bombers be Tea Partiers! Dividing the nation is the only way I know how to lead. Hold me Moochie, I’m scared.”

Michelle: “Forget it, I’m taking the girls on vacation. Don’t want them to see that their father is a big LOSER!” P

Should we be looking to Europe for guidance in health care?

In Europe they are combining euthanasia and organ harvesting how-to symposia to specifically target the disabled. Their organs are less likely to be damaged by diseases or accidents. Remember those death panels that weren't in Obamacare? They were in the Stimulus. Hitler went after the disabled before he targeted the Jews. It's important to desensitize the populace. Even liberals can get squeamish.

 http://www.west-info.eu/belgium-euthanasia-transplantation-organs/

In Holland and Belgium they are probably wondering what the fuss is about in the Kermit Gosnell trial. The Lancet reports that about 8% of their infants who die--80-90 a year--are euthanized. And that was 1997--probably higher today. Sure, Gosnell was messy and spreading diseases to his patients, but the babies? Collateral damage of the pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, anti-life movement. Perhaps the Nazis won after all?

 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)02315-5/abstract

Margaret Thatcher

The world recognized her greatness.  Obama recognized her power as a  symbol, even in death, and chose to dishonor her.

It’s been a tough week

            

So thankful for all the first responders and volunteers who selflessly stepped up to save lives in Boston and West, Texas.

At the nursing home in Texas, one man pulled out 16 people from the collapsed building.

Students petition to have gay teacher rehired at Catholic high school in Columbus.

Her lesbian relationship appeared in a public way--the newspaper.   I'm sure the school authorities knew, and there was a tacit agreement about her not announcing her relationship which she apparently did in her mother's obituary by announcing her partner as a survivor. There are thousands and thousands of Protestant churches that have no over site except the local congregation, no magisterium and no pope (except the one in the mirror). Where 2 or 3 are gathered, they create a new church to fit their private interpretation of scripture. 

If all those students signed the petition, then their parents have wasted a lot of money on private school tuition, or the school has done some very poor religious instruction. Remove the nature of the firing and replace it with something else the church teaches, such as denying the sacraments,  or the real presence in the Eucharist, or teaching birth control methods in health class. Would she be on staff?

This happened with the ELCA.  Lesbians were ordained as pastors decades ago with the agreement they would remain celibate.  They changed their minds and ripped the church apart for 2 decades, ending in a split and the formation of a new synod. Essentially, they said scripture and church rules didn’t matter, only their private interpretation. Over the years, each proposal and compromise failed, until finally, a few years ago, the gay lobby won and the synod split.  http://www.nbc4i.com/story/22006466/bishop-watterson-pe-teacher-talks-to-nbc4-after-dismissal

Chocolate Lasagna—looks criminally delicious

INGREDIENTS
1 package regular Oreo cookies (Not Double Stuff) – about 36 cookies
6 Tablespoon butter, melted
1- 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
... 1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons cold milk
1- 12 ounce tub Cool Whip, divided
2 – 3.9 ounce packages Chocolate Instant Pudding.
3 1/4 cups cold milk
1 and 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
1. Begin by crushing 36 Oreo cookies. I used my food processor for this, but you could also place them in a large zip lock bag and crush them with a rolling pin. When the Oreos have turned into fine crumbs, you are done.
2. Transfer the Oreo crumbs to a large bowl. Stir in 6 tablespoons melted butter and use a fork to incorporate the butter into the cookie crumbs. When the butter is distributed, transfer the mixture to a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Press the crumbs into the bottom of the pan. Place the pan in the refrigerator while you work on the additional layers.
3. Mix the cream cheese with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add in 2 Tablespoons of milk, and sugar, and mix well. Stir in 1 and 1/4 cups Cool Whip. Spread this mixture over the crust.
4. In a bowl, combine chocolate instant pudding with 3 and 1/4 cups cold milk. Whisk for several minutes until the pudding starts to thicken. Use a spatula to spread the mixture over the previous cream cheese layer. Allow the dessert to rest for about 5 minutes so that the pudding can firm up further.
5. Spread the remaining Cool Whip over the top. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips evenly over the top. Place in the freezer for 1 hour, or the refrigerator for 4 hours before serving.

Self-hatred among liberals

David J. Sirota is a male, white American liberal, a political commentator and radio host based in Denver who writes for Slate.  Apparently he said something so stupid, it is hard to believe.  He said or tweeted or wrote that he hoped the bomber looks just like him (that's a paraphrase). Can you imagine a Mexican American or an African American or an Iranian American saying that?  What self hate and guilt consumes these white liberals. Maybe they really do know what their toxic politics are doing to babies and minorities? 

Based on the fact that most violent crimes are committed by males, and that whites are the majority in the country, their ancestors having come here from Europe to escape centuries of oppression, Marxism and dictatorships, that wouldn't be a bad guess.  However, few men know how to use pressure cookers. (Unless they can tomatoes.)  Really, you men should be embarrassed to claim him.

 The link

Axelrod and Frank, doing what the left does best—blame first, investigate late

Regardless of who the terrorist is found to be in the Boston bombing, whether he be singleton or a groupie enamored of a philosophy that doesn't like American freedoms and symbols, our left leaning media and politicians seem bent on finding blame not among their own policies of down playing the seriousness of international terrorism, but on the right. After all, even the word had been struck from the official vocabulary, but there it was-- the deed. 

Has the Tea Party caused mob disruptions like the Occupiers the media excused for every indecency and burned building?

Have abortion protestors caused the mayhem, disease and death perpetrated by abortionist Dr. Gosnell? 

Who has been in the streets marching against taxes on April 15?  I haven’t heard of a single story. Stories of Obama’s 18% tax rate, yes, I did hear that.

Were the first responders not quick enough that we should think higher taxes would have prevented this? 

Barney Frank, political hack,  and political strategist David Axelrod seem to be really messed up. They admitted they knew nothing, but shifted blame anyway.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/04/16/axelrod_on_boston_bombings_im_sure_what_was_going_through_the_presidents_mind_is_it_was_tax_day.html

Humor in headlines: Family held captive. . .

There’s a story in the Washington Post about a “Loudoun family held captive in home-invasion robbery.”  A reader suggests a better story line and says he’s unemployed and looking for a job—and could do a better job.  Personally, I always thought “home-invasion” was over kill for break-in.  And why are we left to speculate about the weapon?   “. . . used a weapon to hold the family against their will, authorities said.”  Was it a gun?  A pressure cooker?  A box cutter?

Obama and the polls

President Obama bases his gun control efforts on poll results that claim we the people want more restrictions on access to guns (he doesn't like the Constitution, especially those pesky amendments).

"The notion that Congress would defy the overwhelming instinct of the American people after what we saw happen in Newtown, I think, is unimaginable." NBC Today show

When has he ever listened to what we the people want about lower taxes, fewer regulations killing the economy, his take over of the health care industry, his drones killing innocent civilians, his reluctance for a thorough Benghazi investigation, or even something as simple as sending a high ranking official to Margaret Thatcher's funeral? He manipulates the wording of the gun polls to suit his campaign to win back the House for Democrats

President Obama claims that polls show the overwhelming majority of Americans want to make it tougher for criminals and the mentally ill to own guns. Then he proposes legislation that will restrict only non-criminals and non-mentally ill.  At least, my definition of a criminal is someone who doesn’t obey the laws.

An insult to our ally, Great Britain

When John Atta Mills, the President of Ghana, died last year, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally led the delegation to his funeral. But everyone knows Ghana is more important to our history and alliances than Great Britain. Obama can't pull anyone away from this gun control efforts, so everyone is too busy to honor Margaret Thatcher. Of course, that's bogus. He believes the free market and capitalism isn't important, and that is what she represents, so he won't honor her.

Bombs bump bugs

Democrats will probably be happy this story of bugging will be bumped by the bombing tragedy in Boston. Democrats bugging Republican Mitch McConnell office. Where are the Watergate investigators when you need them? Well, they were Democrats.

 http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/11/project-kentucky-has-close-ties-to-democratic-party/

Your privacy if you try to complete a survey

Just for "fun" I decided to read through the privacy rights I was giving away in order to complete a store survey (in order to enter a sweepstakes). I had to click through a number of hot links to even get to this level. Reminds me very much of HIPAA, which by the time you read through all the ways your privacy is protected, everyone except possibly the janitorial service has access to your medical records.

"Legal Requirements and Protection of Our Company and Others

We may disclose your information in other special circumstances. These include situations when the sharing is necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of BIG RETAILER, our customers, our associates, or any other person, or where otherwise required by law. Examples include protecting the health or safety of customers, or addressing crimes committed on BIG RETAILER property. Data from in-store security cameras may also be provided to law enforcement upon written request. BIG RETAILER may provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by applicable law."

I think the Boston Bombers will be caught.

Pouty peace prize Prez

Update from START on Global Terrorism

“START’s Global Terrorism Database (GTD) records 16 terrorist attacks that have occurred in Boston since 1970, but only three since 1990. The most recent recorded terrorist attack occurred in November 1995 when an explosion occurred at the Boston-based headquarters of the Christian Science community. This 1995 bombing caused no fatalities.

According to the GTD, Boston has been the 14^th most frequently targeted U.S. city by terrorists in the past 40+ years. Houston, Texas, has similarly experienced 16 attacks during this period. New York (430 attacks) is by far the most frequently targeted U.S. city, with Los Angeles (103 attacks) the second most common target.

The majority of Boston’s terrorist activity occurred in the 1970s, with Black nationalists responsible for five of the 12 attacks during that decade. Violent White supremacists and violent far-leftists were also active in Boston during this time.

There have been two fatal terrorist attacks in Boston since 1970, both classified as assassinations: In 1992, Iwao Matsuda—the president of a Japanese university—was assassinated in his hotel during a visit to Boston; in 1995, Paul McLaughlin—a prosecutor specializing in gang-related cases—was shot in his car in a parking lot in the city. “

http://www.start.umd.edu/start/announcements/announcement.asp?id=514

From bomber to Professor at the University of Illinois

Bill Ayers got his start doing what yesterday's bomber did. And today, he's a retired faculty member of the University of Illinois, a good friend of our President who helped him get elected, and speaks at workshops for educators of your children. It's not surprising that the president has a problem with the T-word.  Ayers is also a  visiting scholar at Minnesota State University.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/21/bill-ayers-to-keynote-national-teacher-conference-in-february/

http://nation.foxnews.com/bill-ayers/2013/03/24/minnesota-university-selects-terrorist-bill-ayers-visiting-scholar

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/books/no-regrets-for-love-explosives-memoir-sorts-war-protester-talks-life-with.html?pagewanted=all 

''I don't regret setting bombs,'' Bill Ayers said. ''I feel we didn't do enough.'' Mr. Ayers, who spent the 1970's as a fugitive in the Weather Underground, was sitting in the kitchen of his big turn-of-the-19th-century stone house in the Hyde Park district of Chicago.

I wonder what the parents of the 8 year old boy killed yesterday think of Ayers idea of social justice? Or Krystle Campbell’s parents?

“Hordon HEALTH lost a member of its extended family yesterday at the Boston Marathon. Her name was Krystle Campbell, and she died instantly yesterday at the bombings. Krystle could easily have been described as the salt of the earth, but her complexity demands more… “

A President, a Prime Minister and a Pope changed the world

Outrageous. Obama is sending no one to Thatcher's funeral, so Boehner will. Any doubt about this president now?   The White House is too busy flogging the gun control issue and dancing on the graves of dead children so it can get back the House.

Boehner: “Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest champions freedom has ever known, and her funeral gives Americans and friends around the world an opportunity to pay final respects,” Boehner said. “I’m pleased that Congressman Blackburn will lead a House delegation to Baroness Thatcher’s funeral to communicate our prayers and condolences to her family and the British people.”

Bachmann and Holding will also attend from the House.

 http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/16/no-white-house-envoy-to-thatcher-funeral/

Mastermind of 1993 bombing is on social media

The Kitchen Cabinet reports,  "The blind sheik, convicted of orchestrating the deadly World Trade Center bombing 20 years ago, has benefited from a sophisticated social media messaging machine despite serving life in prison in a solitary confinement cell in North Carolina.

And federal authorities can’t do anything to stop Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman because his family is running the show on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and a website hosted in the United States - and there's nothing illegal in the content of the sites' messages. The various social media channels are keeping his devoted followers connected to his Islamist teachings and calls from extremists to have him released from prison.
Abdel-Rahman’s sons, along with other devoted followers, run the operations from Egypt, and his official website, Sheikh-omar.com, is hosted by a server company operating in Chicago, according to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute. MEMRI is a respected nonprofit, nonpartisan website that covers the Middle East and terrorism issues and hosts the archives of the late congressman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., one of the country's premier experts on foreign policy.

The report, written by Steven Stalinsk, details all the blind sheik’s multimedia pages available to the public on the Internet. Abdel-Rahman’s official website has nearly 8,000 people who have signed a petition seeking his release and was created June 24, 2010. It includes updates on the blind sheik, as well as his group Gama’at al-Islamia, the report says."

There's more:  http://www.washingtonguardian.com/terror-tweets

I’m not so sure there’s nothing that can be done.  Facebook bumps people all the time for far less serious reasons.

Age of consent is 16 in Connecticut

But apparently it’s never consensual if it’s a teacher and student.  She certainly sounds like she was consenting.

Farmington police said the allegations date back to 2010 and involve a now-former student who said that Rajkumar started groping her when she was 15 and that they had sex after she turned 17. The girl told police that she and Rajkumar had sex several times during some weeks, and that they had sex in a closet in his classroom.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ex-teacher-charged-with-sex-assault-at-miss-porters-elite-all-girls-boarding-school-in-conn/2013/04/10/a19ea9c6-a1e2-11e2-bd52-614156372695_singlePage.html?tid=obnetwork

The Gosnell trial about which the left knew nothing

The jury in the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell was told this morning that the embattled abortion practitioner kept at least 47 babies in odd places at his clinic such as cat food jars and other containers.

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/15/jury-told-gosnell-kept-47-aborted-babies-in-cat-food-containers/

Gosnell’s wife whom he married in 1990 helped with the business.  I wonder what happened to his first wife, if there was one.

It’s not an urban legend

Snopes.com has had to publish an item about Gosnell snipping the spinal cords of born alive infants and that no, this isn't an urban legend. That's what happens when the media fail to report, and word starts getting out. People wonder how this could be if they didn't know about his trial. Now the media are saying, yes, but he's the exception. How do we know that? We know skulls are routinely crushed in the birth canal; what's a few inches in the life of a child? People who knew him for years thought everything about him was professional and caring. http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/late-term-abortion.htm

For April 15, tax day

So you are pro-choice

and you voted for Obama and you are loyal to the Democratic party to the death.  You didn’t vote for this, did you?

“One woman…was left lying in place for hours after Gosnell tore her cervix and colon while trying, unsuccessfully, to extract the fetus. Relatives who came to pick her up were refused entry into the building; they had to threaten to call the police. They eventually found her inside, bleeding and incoherent, and transported her to the hospital, where doctors had to remove almost half a foot of her intestines.”

Grand Jury investigation of Kermit Gosnell, Philadelphia abortionist making $15,000 a day from aborting minority babies.

http://www.phila.gov/districtattorney/pdfs/grandjurywomensmedical.pdf

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54458

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/gosnell-scandal_716203.html

Philadelphia Department of Health complicit in Gosnell killings

It's great that we're passing the news along about Kermit Gosnell [which the media have ignored], killer of women and babies in Philadelphia. But now the focus needs to shift to the health department which turned a blind eye for over a decade, while this man made millions. Hospitals reported the damaged women that were coming to them. Injured patients reported Gosnell. Their reports went nowhere. One of the health department officials was a doctor who when in private practice had been referring teens to Gosnell. The women and babies were primarily poor and minority. I doubt that this collapse of public health is limited to Pennsylvania. Our local agencies are afraid to do anything about abortion clinics. Helping the poor is often just a platform for building a power base.

When a mentally ill man kills his mother and shoots up a school it is news 24/7 for weeks and the President takes the dead with him on a campaign tour to regain the House. When Gosnell kills far more for decades, making himself a millionaire, it is ignored by the media and the White House.

http://nation.foxnews.com/dr-gosnell-trial/2013/04/13/testimony-dept-health-ignored-gosnell-abortion-clinic-horror-stories

http://www.cpforlife.org/complicity.htm

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-dr-kermit-gosnells-trial-should-be-a-front-page-story/274944/

Where are the media? Where’s the outrage from my liberal friends and family?

"For all of the historical accounts and professed concerns over the CIA's detention and extraordinary rendition program, which involved '136 known victims,' it is time for an accounting of the CIA's drone strikes, which have killed between 3,000 and 4,000 people in Pakistan and Yemen," Micah Zenko writes.  So, where are our vigilant friends in the media?  Hiding out with the Syrian gun running?  They were certainly on top of every failure and disaster during the Bush years.  Must have used up all their smarts, and have become deaf, dumb and blind on behalf of Obama.

The Democrats health plan for African Americans

If you’ve never heard of Kermit Gosnell, you’re watching CBS, NBC and ABC; CNN has mentioned his trial once.  Compare that coverage to the Rutgers coach or the Kardashian baby watch.

Might work for a pitch in dinner

Or football watching, but I wouldn’t want to leave them around the house.  Too tempting for snacks.

PIZZA BALLS
3 cans Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits (10 per can),
56 pepperoni slices,
... block of Colby cheese,
1 beaten egg,
Parmesan, Italian seasoning, Garlic powder,
1 jar pizza sauce
Cut the block of cheese into 28 squares.
Flatten a biscuit out and stack pepperoni and cheese on top.
Gather up the edges of the biscuit.
Line up the rolls in a greased 9x13 in pan.
Brush with beaten egg.
Sprinkle with parmesan,
Italian seasoning and garlic powder.
Bake at 425°F for 18-20 minutes.
Use the pizza sauce for dipping

 

Our freedom of the press—abused and aborted

We know the Democrat party officially supports abortion for any reason at any time.  Therefore, when a tragic story involving the truth and horror of abortion hits the front pages, our main stream media has to run and hide as an apologist for the Democrats and President Obama, who as an Illinois Senator was willing to deny health care to a newly born American, whose mother intended for it to be aborted. Finally, this past week,  USA Today and The Atlantic have published two opinion pieces from Democrats on the failure of the media to report on the murder of women and babies, and the filth and horror of Gosnell’s abortion clinic.

Trafficking in persons, United States, 2008-2010

Data from the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS)

Most confirmed human trafficking suspects were male (81%), while 19% were female. Based on cases in which race was known, nearly two-thirds (62%) of confirmed sex trafficking suspects were identified as black. Confirmed labor trafficking suspects were more likely to be identified as Hispanic (48%). Most suspects in confirmed sex trafficking incidents were between the ages of 18 and 34 (77%) and were U.S. citizens (86%).

About 8 in 10 of the suspected incidents of human trafficking were classified as sex trafficking, and about 1 in 10 incidents were classified as labor trafficking. Federal agencies were more likely to lead labor trafficking investigations (29%) than sex trafficking investigations (7%).

For more information, check the report, April 2011

Friday Family photo—or could be

Maybe it was Mother’s fingers that made this taste so good on a cold day.

The story the main stream media isn’t covering—the trial of Kermit Gosnell

“When you perform late-term "abortions" by inducing labor, you get babies. Live, breathing, squirming babies. By 24 weeks, most babies born prematurely will survive if they receive appropriate medical care. But that was not what the Women's Medical Society was about. Gosnell had a simple solution for the unwanted babies he delivered: he killed them. He didn't call it that. He called it "ensuring fetal demise." The way he ensured fetal demise was by sticking scissors into the back of the baby's neck and cutting the spinal cord. He called that "snipping."

Over the years, there were hundreds of "snippings." Sometimes, if Gosnell was unavailable, the "snipping" was done by one of his fake doctors, or even by one of the administrative staff.”

“Marcella Stanley Choung, who told us that her "training" for anesthesia consisted of a 15-minute description by Gosnell and reading a chart he had posted in a cabinet. She was so uncomfortable medicating patients, she said, that she "didn't sleep at night." She knew that if she made even a small error, "I can kill this lady, and I'm not jail material." One night in 2002, when she found herself alone with 15 patients, she refused Gosnell's directives to medicate them. She made an excuse, went to her car, and drove away, never to return. Choung immediately filed a complaint with the Department of State, but the department never acted on it.”

Summary of a late term abortion, Grand Jury Report on Gosnell as [finally] reported in The Atlantic. The author claimed he’d never heard of the case until a report appeared by a conservative in USA Today reporting on the lack of coverage in the media.

The media blackout of the Gosnell trial

Maybe if he’d used a gun . . . instead of just stabbing them. These are seats reserved in the courtroom for the media.

Where’s the outrage?

Kermit Gosnell, millionaire abortionist

The abortionist murders are not getting much play in the MSM. Last time I checked there had been 7 stories about his trial (some coverage when he was first accused), 6 were on Fox, one on CNN. Our president is one of the politicians who believes if the intention was to abort, then a born alive baby doesn't need medical attention because it might question a woman’s right to an abortion.*  So if the media covered this story, they might have to question his judgment.

Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood worker now pro-life activist, asks “What if Gosnell had been snipping the spinal cords of puppies after they were born?? Think THAT would be news worthy?? Our country has gone nuts.”

Yes, Abby, and this one starts at the top with the politicians, the academics, social workers, and yes, even pastors and priests.

*Obama’s Illinois testimony that he doubted a law would be constitutional if the child had to be given medical care.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/abortion-doc-snipped-moving-babies-spines-witness-article-1.1314193

“Gosnell catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women, and made millions of dollars over 30 years performing illegal and late-term abortions in squalid and barbaric conditions, prosecutors said. “

http://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-victim-calls-philadelphia-abortion-doctor-kermit-gosnell/story?id=12731387

The feldshars of the USSR

The old Soviet Union had a solution for our shrinking supply of doctors which is coming our way.  Feldshars with a few years of medical training.  When I was in graduate school in the 1960s I translated articles from a newspaper, Medisinskii Rabotnik for a professor of sociology.  They sent feldshars to the rural areas and left the doctors in the cities to enjoy ballet and symphony and stores with something on the shelves.  The government controlled the number, selection, salaries and the region where they were assigned.  How many of these physician-lite people do you think will want to come (or be assigned) to your small community?

This morning I had a doctor’s appointment with a specialist.  Not only was the computer system with all patient records down, but the back up (in Chicago) was down. They needed to rely on my recall.  Beginning in January they will be forced to get rid of all their paper files.  None of this EMR/EHR has ever been tested to see if it will save money or improve care, or protect our privacy.  It’s a boondoggle for government bureaucracy and a boon for the IT companies.  In the last 2 years, my regular doctor has been looking at the screen of his lap top instead of me, and saying they have a new software update he’s learning to use.

Obama is driving doctors out of private practice. How does that help the poor? The doctor I saw this morning has 5500 patients in private practice.  Many are low income.  Where will they go—someplace with long lines.  Where the rest of us will be. 

We had the best medical care in the world, and he wanted it taken down.

Be sure to watch the video with this piece.

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-springfield-mo-doctor-dr-shelby-deckard-private-practice-closing-20121119,0,3622284.story

http://www.amednews.com/article/20130408/business/130409961/6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=20130408

Obama’s quite a saver

“The big picture is that the administration found $25 billion in savings. Overall spending under the president’s proposed budget would increase $93 billion over last year, so the savings would be gross rather than net. And, obviously, $25 billion isn’t much in a $3.8 trillion budget.”

http://www.cato.org/blog/obamas-budget-savings

What a real estate deal!

"Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory [to the USA in 1803]  because he was waging war with Britain and was strapped for cash. He wrongly believed the area a wasteland and hence strongly preferred to retain instead the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which occupied the western half of the island of Hispaniola (the eastern half being the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo). Saint-Domingue boasted a population of 500,000 and plantations of sugar cane, indigo, coffee, and cocoa rich enough to fill 700 ships a year. The French then promptly lost the colony when, in 1804, a successful revolution by black slaves led to the independence of the new nation of Haiti.”

From Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich (2006)

The Lucasville Prison riot

It's the 20th anniversary (Easter Sunday, April 11, 1993) of the Lucasville prison riot in Southern Ohio. We were on a visitor list for a prisoner we’d known at OP, so were inside the walls shortly after it opened. Some people thought it was too good, too palatial for hardened felons. And compared to the old Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus (now gone), it was nice. But if you don't have your freedom, it's just another prison. Remember that and think on the Bill of Rights which is being eroded daily by executive order, by regulation, by the courts, by the Congress, by political correctness, and by our own laziness. 

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20130406/NEWS01/304060016/Lessons-learned-Lucasville-prison-riot

Yes, both parties have problems, but

Coconut flour—I’d never heard of it—but here it is

• Coconut flour is rich in protein, fiber and fat which makes it exceptionally filling.
• Coconut flour is also a good source of lauric acid, a saturated fat thought to support the immune system and the thyroid. Like most healthy fats, lauric acid also promotes good skin health.
• Coconut flour is an exceptionally good source of manganese which helps you to better utilize many nutrients including choline and biotin (found in eggs), vitamin C and thiamin. Manganese also supports bone health, nervous system function, thyroid health and helps to maintain optimal blood sugar levels.
• Coconut flour is not grain-based, and, as such does not present many of the issues that accompany grains. Coconut flour is gluten-free and, while it does contain food phytate, the mineral-binding effects of phytates in coconut are virtual nonexistent so coconut flour does not need to be soaked (read more about soaking coconut flour).

Salmon Cakes- Gluten Free

2 tablespoons onion, finely diced
2 tablespoons celery, finely diced
1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
... 1 small garlic clove, finely minced
1/4 cup avocado, mashed
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning (or other preferred seasoning)
1/4 teaspoon dried dill
6 oz cooked salmon
1 1/2 tablespoons coconut flour
2-3 tablespoons full-fat coconut milk*
2 tablespoons coconut oil

Finely chop the onion, celery, parsley, and garlic. Place the chopped veggies, avocado, seasoning, salmon, and coconut flour to a bowl. Mix well then add 2 tablespoons coconut milk and mix again. Add additional coconut milk, up to a tablespoon, if needed to hold the mixture together. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.

Form patties and arrange on a plate or other dish. Make 14-16 mini cakes or 5-7 medium sized cakes. Cover place and place in the refrigerator for approximately an hour.
To cook, heat coconut oil in skillet over med heat. When the oil is hot, add cakes, cooking in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding. Fry 4-5 minutes per side, flipping only once (make sure first side is crispy and golden brown before flipping).

I don’t cook gluten free; just thought it sounded interesting.

Hold on to the Constitution . . .

Obama has admitted numerous time he doesn’t like or trust our Constitution—because of the negatives.  It tells the people what the government can’t do to them. 

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." -- Daniel Webster

http://patdollard.com/2013/04/ted-cruz-obamas-view-of-federal-power-knows-virtually-no-bounds/

http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/04/president-obamas-top-10-constitutional-violations/

National Equal Pay Day, April 9, declared

According to John Goodman in his Health Alert Letter:

A recent study shows. . ."no evidence that antidiscrimination policies have made a difference, including the actions of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). . .  In addition to years of schooling and test scores, men and women differ in the amount of work they do. Men are more likely to work full-time; and among full time workers, men work 8%-10% more hours than women.  Also, men typically accumulate more continuous work experience and therefore acquire higher productivity in the labor market.  The gender gap shrinks to only 3½ % when adjustments are made for work experience, career breaks and part-time work."

My favorite equal pay story: One time I asked my boss Jay Ladd why Bruce (a librarian) made more money than I did when we had the same years of experience, almost the same name, and were both science librarians. He said, "Because he asked for more."

For Melissa Harris Perry who thinks kids belong to the community (aka the government)

Best comeback, smack down ever.

Obsequious, groveling, sniveling and up for a possible ambassadorship

Vogue editor Anna Wintour was a big fund raiser for President Obama and has Michelle Obama on the cover again and a puff piece inside called  "Leading by example." Laura Bush was up for the tough questions, but not the current FLOTUS.  Do they think she can’t handle it?

Unintended consequences of helping

Together our two parties have created a cushion for the unemployed, disabled, the poor, single mothers and low income--the earned income tax credit (EITC), child tax credits, Supplemental Security Income for the elderly poor, Medicaid, S-CHIP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), unemployment insurance, food stamps (SNAP), subsidized school meals, summer lunch programs, low-income housing assistance, energy assistance, block grants to create education programs that have almost no long term results (like Head Start), Social Services Block Grants (Ohio got $63 million+)  and more. GW Bush expanded the food stamp coverage in 2002 and 2008, and Obama added the people to the nearly 50 million today, so if there is a food stamp president, they should both have the “honor.”

For many receiving state and federal benefits, they can't afford to work, or take a raise/better job because they would lose benefits. I heard a man on a Christian talk show last week say that after he and his wife lived together (blended family) for 3 years, they decided to marry because they thought it was a poor example for the kids, but she lost a lot of benefits by getting married.  I doubt that this was the intention of these programs, many begun in the 1960s, but it is the unintended consequences of making people more helpless and less independent. 

The only difference between the parties is the Republicans say this isn't good but vote to add to the deficit anyway, and the Democrats love it because it buys them votes. And it takes 74% of our federal budget when you toss in Social Security and Medicare for the older not poor (who paid into those programs their entire working lives).

"

OSU student destroys pro-life posters in a fit of “righteous” anger and misinformation

This Ohio State student (or maybe faculty) thinks everyone who has an abortion is a crack head and on welfare. That's the liberals' solution for poverty, disability and addiction--kill them before they can cost money.  All these methods were first tested on black, brown and poor women and girls so they would be safe for college co-eds like Ms. Poster Stomper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B7Eap1smsy8#!

Thatcher and Clinton

Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness

1. Soul, adorn yourself with gladness,
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness;
Come into the daylight's splendor,
There with joy your praises render
Bless the One whose grace unbounded
This amazing banquet founded.
He, though heav'nly, high, and holy,
Deigns to dwell with you most lowly.

2. Hasten as a bride to meet Him,
Eagerly and gladly greet him.
There he stands already knocking;
Quickly, now, your gate unlocking.
Open wide the fast-closed portal,
Saying to the Lord immortal:
"Come, and leave your loved one never;
Dwell within my heart forever."

3. Now in faith I humbly ponder
Over this surpassing wonder
That the bread of life is boundless
Though the souls it feeds are countless;
With the choicest wine of heaven
Christ's own blood to us is given.
Oh, most glorious consolation,
Pledge and seal of my salvation.

4. Jesus, source of lasting pleasure,
Truest friend and dearest treasure,
Peace beyond all understanding,
Joy into all life expanding:
Humbly now, I bow before you,
Love incarnate, I adore you;
Worthily let me receive you,
And, so favored, never leave you.

Melissa Harris Perry

“We haven’t had a very COLLECTIVE notion that these are OUR children. We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents.”

Maybe giving women the vote was a mistake

The USSR and Maoist China tried this, Melissa. "MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry narrating a new MSNBC “Lean Forward” spot, laments that we in America “haven’t had a very collective notion that these are our children.” She said, “we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to their communities.” Fits right in with the compulsory pre-k program Obama wants.

She's also the one who called an unborn baby "a thing" when explaining the cost of raising a child. "When you’re talking about what it actually costs to have this thing turn into a human, why not allow women to make the best choices that we can with as many resources and options instead of trying to come in and regulate this process?”

But apparently regulating is fine after they are born, just not before.

Monday Memories—Schmidt’s

Our Friday night date spot for years was Schmidt’s Sausage House in German Village.  I always ordered a Bahama Mama and my husband got the bratwurst.  Then they opened a restaurant on Henderson Road, maybe early 1990s.  It didn’t last long, and closed—no warning—we were there on a Friday and it closed on Monday.  By that time, we’d decided eating close to home was kind of nice, instead of fighting traffic to go down down town. For awhile we did Gottliebs on Third Ave., closing it down, and a spot on Fishinger Rd. in Upper Arlington, also closing it after a few years, and one on Rt. 33 that had a great view of the river, closing it.  We switched to Old Bag of Nails in Tremont Center, and it’s still going, but we eventually changed to Rusty Bucket on Lane Avenue because Old Bag dropped our favorite menu item.  Still miss those Cream Puffs from Schmidt’s, however. (Pictured above)

The founder of Schmidt’s,  Geo. F. Schmidt, passed away today at 91.

How low can he go?

I really thought my opinion of our president couldn’t sink any lower, but his use and abuse of the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy just blows my mind.  He will do anything to achieve his political ends.  His agenda is to 1) short term, take back the House, and 2) long term, destroy the Bill of Rights, and he will use these children’s deaths to do it.  Hundreds of Black children die in Chicago his home city of beatings, strangulation and guns, and he does nothing, because that doesn’t get him the House in 2014. The man is beyond contempt.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/01/14/is-chicagos-out-of-control-murder-rate-connected-to-its-sanctuary-city-policies/

Cheer up when attacked