Thank you Planned Parenthood, God bless You

You will never catch me fishing, but. . .

I thought this was a great photo.

The police have a lot more fire power than the citizens

This is what the Boston police had to track down 2 guys who maimed and killed with ordinary kitchen cooking tools.  They finally lifted the ban and a man went outside to smoke and found one of the brothers in his boat.  It is shocking that 2 terrorists managed to shut down a whole city and several suburbs and all we had was unarmed citizens (strict gun laws in Mass.) and police with tanks and machine guns.  Scary. I’m sure this has sent a message all over the world.

A Twelve minute speech

Cancers caused by CT scans?

My cousin includes little snippets of medical information in her weekly news to friends and relatives. This keeps my library skills sharp because sometimes I look at the original source—if not the source she quotes, which is usually for lay people, then the cited research. After so many years in a medical library, I just like that stuff.   So when I saw

“According to April 2013 “Health Alert”: CT scans=800 chest x-rays. Nuclear scans=2000 chest x-rays. Medicine causes 30,000 cancers annually. Drugs, medical procedures, surgeries and scans are the #1 cause of death in America every year.”

I decided to look it up.   Health Alert which may have cited the sources is a fairly common title, so I skipped that.   I haven’t found all of it, but I found several articles referring to a 2007 study, then found this editorial about CT scans in Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(22):2049-2050, which is a little easier to read than the research and provides some information on how the study on CT scans was done:

Although if they were using Medicare claims data, those patients mostly likely won’t be around in 20-30 years given that the reason they were having a CT scan in the first place might have put them at some sort of health risk.  Also, it would be interesting (and I might look) to see how common CT scans are for younger people who are much healthier than the over 65 demographic.   That said, Dr. Redberg’s advice about being cautious should be noted.

The other study by Bindman [free] noted in Archives reports  a patient could get as much radiation from one CT scan as 74 mammograms or 442 chest X-rays.  That’s less than cited in Health Alert, but still way more than one would expect.  You would certainly want to weigh the benefits of so much radiation. Bindman also noted that CTs used to be recommended only for the very sick, and are now often used for people who are basically healthy and therefore exposing them to a lot of risk.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-12-15-radiation15_st_N.htm

http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/can-ct-scans-give-you-cancer

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/779527

Obama’s slobbering love letter to Planned Parenthood

From Bookworm Room

As long as we’ve got to fight to make sure women have access to quality, affordable health care, and as long as we’ve got to fight to protect a woman’s right to make her own choices about her own health, I want you to know that you’ve also got a president who’s going to be right there with you, fighting every step of the way. Thank you, Planned Parenthood. God bless you.

And no Mr. President, this isn’t the 1950s and we’re not going back there.

The real Obama—second panel

God bless you, (Planned Parenthood) Obama said

Adrienne Ross, a black elementary school teacher writes on her Facebook page, “How Christians support President Obama is beyond me. Totally beyond me. And the moment I understand it, please pray (and slap) me back to truth. Pray for him? Absolutely--and I do. But supporting him would require overlooking his radical encouragement of infanticide and abortion (not to mention his other faulty philosophies), and how could I possibly?”

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Why we need to continue praying

for those who work in the abortion industry. Former Planned Parenthood worker, Abby Johnson comments:

Four years ago, I sat at the head table of Planned Parenthood's annual gala. I sat there so proud of myself sitting next to Hillary Clinton and relishing in my "Employee Of the Year" award. I look back on that day and realize how lucky I am. I am so thankful for my family who never turned their backs on me. I am so thankful for a God who kept waiting on me to turn back to Him. I am thankful that He makes all things new. I am so thankful for those loving prolifers who prayed for me every day for eight years. And I am so thankful for all of you. Thank you for your prayers and loving me through this journey.

I'm praying for Diana to leave the abortion industry.

Thoughts on today’s library dedication

Former President George W. Bush closed his remarks at the opening of his Presidential Library with these important words (in the presence of President Obama). He choked up on the final sentence (as I do, too, with more hope than conviction!).

"In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves.

"The political winds blow left and right, polls rise and fall, supporters come and go. But in the end leaders are defined by the convictions that they hold."

"I will always believe that our nation's best days lie ahead."

Janice Shaw Crouse

Will Congress and aides get an exemption?

Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

The talks — which involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Obama administration and other top lawmakers — are extraordinarily sensitive, with both sides acutely aware of the potential for political fallout from giving carve-outs from the hugely controversial law to 535 lawmakers and thousands of their aides. Discussions have stretched out for months, sources said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/obamacare-exemption-lawmakers-aides-90610.html#ixzz2RVQpLPoA

President Obama’s red line

Deadly gas in Syria? Let's not fall for this one again. Let's stay out of Muslim wars. They don't like us. It's their sandbox. Their religion. Their culture. We have nothing to offer them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/23/chemical-weapons-red-line-obama

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/25/chuck-hagel-evidence-that-syria-has-used-chemical-weapons/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191303/Obama-threatens-Syria-U-S-military-action-Assad-regime-crosses-RED-LINE-using-chemical-weapons.html

Obama has already expanded the wars in the middle east and he hasn’t resolved the ones we’re in.  He’s lost more military in Afghanistan in 4 years than Bush did in 8, probably because of the dawdling and diddling he did in 2009.  This is not a man you want to follow into war. He hates the military, and has never been a soldier. Bad. Bad.

Interview with the Bush women April 25, 2013

Enjoyed seeing them on NBC this morning.  Barbara Bush is as outspoken as ever.  Not a single thing she misses about Washington, she said.  Also on Jeb running for president? “There are other people out there that are very qualified and we’ve had enough Bushes.”  Baby Mila isn’t at the library opening, although 5 presidents are.

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.