Great lyrics/video above

(Flipsyde)
Happy Birthday
Make a wish

Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes.
I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life.
Would you have been a little genius? In love with math?
Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose,
and the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.

(t.A.T.u.)
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake

(Flipsyde)
I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say I wouldn't have
I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad.
The fear of being my father has never disappeared,
I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer.
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake.
But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly
knowing that your father's doing the right thing now.
I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body,
but if she don't love children, then we can't party.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.
Happy birthday

(t.A.T.u.)
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake

(Flipsyde)
And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin.
Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
in a place without time and space.
Happy birthday.

(t.A.T.u.)
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake

This is what the numbers say!!

WHO HAS ABORTIONS?
At least 80% of all abortions are performed on unmarried women (CDC).
The abortion ratio for unmarried women is 510 abortions for every 1,000 live births. For married women it is 61 abortions for every 1,000 live births (CDC).
Women between the ages of 20-24 obtained 33% of all abortions (CDC).
50% of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25; women aged 20-24 obtain 33% of all U.S. abortions and teenagers obtain 17% (AGI).
Adolescents under 15 years obtained less than 1% of all abortions, but have the highest abortion ratio, 773 abortions for every 1,000 live births (CDC).
47% of women who have abortions had at least one previous abortion (AGI).
Black women are more than 4.8 times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.7 times as likely (AGI).
43% of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% identify themselves as Catholic (AGI).



http://www.abort73.com/?/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/


Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, by year

• At least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45[4], and, at current rates, about one-third will have had an abortion.[5,6]
WHO HAS ABORTIONS?

• Fifty percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 17%.[7]
• Thirty-seven percent of abortions occur to black women, 34% to non-Hispanic white women, 22% to Hispanic women and 8% to women of other races.**
• Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% as Catholic.[3]
• Women who have never married obtain two-thirds of all abortions.[3]
• About 60% of abortions are obtained by women who have one or more children.[7]
• The abortion rate among women living below the federal poverty level ($9,570 for a single woman with no children) is more than four times that of women above 300% of the poverty level (44 vs. 10 abortions per 1,000 women). This is partly because the rate of unintended pregnancies among poor women (below 100% of poverty) is nearly four times that of women above 200% of poverty* (112 vs. 29 per 1,000 women[3,1]



WORLDWIDE

Number of abortions per year: Approximately 42 Million
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 115,000

Where abortions occur:
83% of all abortions are obtained in developing countries and 17% occur in developed countries.

© Copyright 1996-2008, The Alan Guttmacher Institute. (www.agi-usa.org)

UNITED STATES

Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700

Who's having abortions (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%.

Who's having abortions (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.

Who's having abortions (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%.

Who's having abortions (religion)?
Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.; Catholic women account for 31.3%, Jewish women account for 1.3%, and women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions. 18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as "Born-again/Evangelical".

Who's having abortions (income)?
Women with family incomes less than $15,000 obtain 28.7% of all abortions; Women with family incomes between $15,000 and $29,999 obtain 19.5%; Women with family incomes between $30,000 and $59,999 obtain 38.0%; Women with family incomes over $60,000 obtain 13.8%.


http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html





Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, by year

• At least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45[4], and, at current rates, about one-third will have had an abortion.[5,6]
WHO HAS ABORTIONS?

• Fifty percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 17%.[7]
• Thirty-seven percent of abortions occur to black women, 34% to non-Hispanic white women, 22% to Hispanic women and 8% to women of other races.**
• Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% as Catholic.[3]
• Women who have never married obtain two-thirds of all abortions.[3]
• About 60% of abortions are obtained by women who have one or more children.[7]
• The abortion rate among women living below the federal poverty level ($9,570 for a single woman with no children) is more than four times that of women above 300% of the poverty level (44 vs. 10 abortions per 1,000 women). This is partly because the rate of unintended pregnancies among poor women (below 100% of poverty) is nearly four times that of women above 200% of poverty* (112 vs. 29 per 1,000 women[3,1]

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html

Prayers needed

Health Care Bill Promoting Abortion Will Get House Vote Next Week Despite Senate
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
July 24, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Despite a move by Senate leaders to postpone any vote on a health care bill that could promote abortion funding and coverage until September, the House will likely vote next week. The measure it will consider probably won't have any limits on abortion that pro-life groups are requesting.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told NPR today that the House will likely vote on its government-run health plan before it breaks for its August recess.

After meeting with pro-abortion House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Emanuel told NPR, "their intention is to go next week and she is working toward that goal."

Congress "can use the summer months to basically work out and iron out differences," he said.

"Having a deadline focuses the mind," he said.

Without abortion limits, a group of 40 pro-life Democrats are focused on defeating the bill. Combined with Republicans they would possibly have enough votes to stop either the rules for debate or the bill itself on the House floor.

President Barack Obama had been pushing for Congress to complete its work on a bill before its traditional August recess, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced yesterday that a vote will not take place until afterwards.

"It's better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through," Reid said.

Obama said he is fine with the Senate waiting to vote and expects a bill on his desk by the end of the year.

"We just heard today that, well, we may not be able to get the bill out of the Senate by the end of August, or the beginning of August," Obama said. "That's OK. I just want people to keep on working. Just keep working."

What pro-life advocates want Congress to work on is an addition of amendments that would stop taxpayer funding of abortion in the health care and mandates that insurance companies cover it in their plans.

Just this week, President Obama told CBS News he didn't want to "wade into" the debate over whether taxpayers should be forced to pay for abortions within his health care takeover.

But pro-life advocates say the president has already "waded in" and point to comments one of his top staffers made to Planned Parenthood last week urging the pro-abortion group to continue lobbying to keep abortion in the health care plan.

Without an explicit amendment making sure that the benefits advisory committee the bills would establish can't define abortion into the health care restructuring package.


My Thoughts:

Mr.Obama I realize your job is overflowing with duties and bills and basically trying to find a middle ground to appease all of the Americans, but from where I stand. You seem to be working towards a goal which is hindering, lowering,breaking down this countries foremost valued traditions. Mr. Obama our morale is broken and we are all concerned with where we are heading, I am sure you have a plan or you would not be where you are Today.. Please think about how Catholics feel when you tell us we may have to support abortion because we pay taxes. I can not speak for all Catholics, but I know I feel disgusted thinking about the day coming when I will be forced to pay for Abortions since I'm a taxpayer. My greatest wish is that you would somehow read this and it would touch your heart knowing how I feel. Although I know I am one of many millions, I think my voice matters.

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Friday Funnies

We all need to Laugh: So here it is: I really could not help myself.
I got the cartoons from TownHall.com

Sadness

I felt like crying when I listened closely to this.
I HAVE TO SAY THE END WAS THE ICING. I felt the tear come down..
Which I realized How Much I Love This Country.
I HOPE GOD HEARS MY PRAYERS AND ANYONE ELSES.

I choose Life.

WASHINGTON (BP)--Pro-life advocates in both political parties, as well as leading anti-abortion organizations, are calling for abortion coverage to be explicitly excluded from health-care reform legislation, with some warning the current proposals present the greatest threat to unborn children since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
President Obama has been pushing Congress to approve a massive overhaul of the country's health-care system before its month-long recess, which is scheduled to begin in early August. While critics have expressed opposition on a number of fronts to the measures introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives, protests about the potential for government-subsidized abortions under the plans have mounted recently.

Several Republican House members spoke out against the abortion implications in the health-care measures at a July 14 news conference on Capitol Hill, with some charging that abortion would be mandated in not only the government-run health-care option but the private insurance plans with which it would compete. On June 25, 19 pro-life Democrats wrote Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to say they would not support health-care reform "unless it explicitly excludes abortion" from any government-subsidized plan.

Pro-life organizations, meanwhile, have been sounding the alarm as well, sometimes using the name of the 1973 Supreme Court opinion that legalized abortion to demonstrate the potential repercussions of the proposals.

The versions of health-care reform approved by both Senate and House committees "would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade," Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), said in a July 18 e-mail alert. "These bills, which President Obama is pushing hard, would result in federally mandated coverage of abortion by nearly all health plans, federally mandated recruitment of abortionists by local health networks and nullification of many state abortion laws. They would also result in federal funding of abortion on a massive scale. The pro-life movement needs to go to Condition Red on these bills, because they pose a mortal threat to the unborn and they are on a fast track to enactment."

The Southern Baptist Convention's public policy entity also has warned of the Senate bill's failure to protect unborn children or pro-life convictions.

The public plan in the Senate version "has no conscience protections for pro-life medical practitioners who cannot in good conscience perform or facilitate abortions," Richard Land, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's president, said in a July 9 letter to the 16 U.S. senators in the Moderate Dems Working Group. "There isn't even any language in the bill to prevent abortion under practically any circumstance. The bill's failure to explicitly protect these pro-life values would become a twisted mandate to ignore them."

Pro-life foes of the reform proposals say abortion would be required in the public plan, as well as private ones.

The House bill, H.R. 3200, would authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), currently abortion rights supporter Kathleen Sebelius, or an advisory committee to mandate abortion coverage as an "essential benefit," according to a NRLC examination released July 16. If the panel or the HHS secretary does not require such coverage, federal courts would, NRLC says.

Under the House bill, "there is no doubt that coverage of abortion will be mandated, unless Congress explicitly excludes abortion from the scope of federal authority to define 'essential benefit,'" according to NRLC.

Pro-lifers point to the experience of Medicaid funding of abortion in the mid-1970s to buttress their contention. There was no mention of abortion coverage in the legislation establishing Medicaid in 1973. Abortion was funded, however, under the law until 1976, when the Hyde Amendment took effect and prohibited money from being used for the procedure under the program.

The Obama administration has given pro-life advocates little reason to doubt their analysis.

The White House's budget director, Peter Orszag, refused July 19 to rule out abortion being underwritten by federal funds in a public insurance plan.

On "Fox News Sunday," Chris Wallace asked Orszag, "Are you prepared to say that in a government public-funded, taxpayer-funded public health insurance plan that no taxpayer money will go to pay for abortions?"

"I think that that will wind up being part of the debate," Orszag said. "I am not prepared to say explicitly that right now. It's obviously a controversial issue, and it's one of the questions that is playing out in this debate."

Laugh it up.

different views

I realize I have not posted in a week or so, But family visiting. I am back and wanted to share the conversation I had with some friends and relatives. Even after having been warned by family not to talk politics and religion, what else is there. Enjoy the light reading...

I am trying to realize our government has our best interest at heart, Right.. I will pray for us. (says person one)



In reference to what? (says person two)



cap and trade, buying votes for cap n trade (ohio) supporting tyrants and dictators, mandated healthcare, wall street buyouts, retroactive taxes, in bed with ACORN, redistribution of wealth, congress not reading the bills they are passing, congress hiring speed readers to read bills they are passing,stealin GM from the bond holders(bond holders put in 25B, gov't 15B, bondholders get 15% of company, govt gets 51%,
allow china to tap our oil reserves in the gulf by slant drilling(don't worry they will be careful not to damage our environment), Europe's Bank and Auto buyouts have failed so what do we do, that and then some, i have to stop this at some point, but in short they are nationalizing everything, trying to overload the system so that the people will demand a new one, Socialism. The only people who will benefit will be the ones who are in power now which is why they don't care about the destruction of America as we know it. America, Land of Opportunity, Not!!! Land of entitlement. ( SAYS PERSON ONE IN RESPONSE)


Give it time! It's not going to happen overnight. Bush did some job getting this country to where it is now, and now Obama is fixing it, but it's not going to happen overnight. Give it time. ;-) It's a Democratic Thing! (says person Three)


Bush made it bad, Obama like him or not is making it worse. It is no longer a democrat-republican thing, its an American thing. Every Obama supporter always brings it back to Bush. I agree with you, now what, when are you going to allow Obama's gov't to take some responsibility. Bush tried a stimulus package, didn't work so what do we do, pass a bigger one! By the way, where do you think the money comes from? The gov't does not create wealth, they confiscate it and it give it to others. Redistribution of wealth plain and simple. But what happens when there is no longer anyone left to take money from, then what? Helping your family, your neighbors, your friends is something that as Americans we should do. However, having the gov't bail out people who have been irresponsible is something else entirely. This is what we are doing, rewarding bad behavior and punishing those who play by the rules.
And remember, all the money in Washington does not belong to gov't as politicians(dems/repubs) would have you believe. It is our money, and they work for us!!! That is why I will be voting out all incumbents regardless of party affiliation, career politicians are a huge part of the problem that we are facing.
And dont forget, it wasn't just Bush, How about Chris Dodd and Barney Frank. They are so deep in the mortgage crisis that they can't get away from it and the housing crash is what started all of this. (SAYS PERSON ONE in response)

As far as Chris Dodd and Barney Frank are concerned, they too are somewhat to blame for the housing crisis but not no where near the Republicans paint them to be. You've got to remember, the folks who took out mortgages to achieve the american dream are losing their homes at alarming rates because they're losing their jobs and paying more for gas , college tuition, health insurance and so on and so on. All these things are occuring because of the economy that was handed down to us by the Republican controlled congress and El Presidente himself, George W. Bush. To say these people are losing their homes because they can't budget their finances is not only wrong but downright mean spirited and you honestly don't have any merit to say otherwise. You are not them and you or any republican for that matter haven't lived one day in their shoes.
And when it comes to Obama and the Saudis you really ought to do your homework on the romance that took place between the Bushes and the Royal Saudi family before you villianize Obama. You have to remember that the Bushes and the Royal Saudi Family are great friends and business partners. They have made a lot of money together. Why is it we didn't involve ourselves with Saudi Arabia when we found out the nationality of several of the 9/11 highjackers were Saudi? Why didn't we go in there ourselves to investigate these ties or to look for Osama Bin Laden( in case you forgot he was the apparent mastermind of the 9/11 attacks which the Bush administration made us forget we were after) ? Yes the Saudi's claimed he was kicked out of the country some time ago but the man still has deep family ties within Saudi Arabia. But we'll never know since the Bush regime refused to crack the whip on the Saudis like they did every other country in the middle east... (person Three response)

Just for kicks.

I got this from the following website: ENJOY!!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

We're just fact-checking McCain's claim that Obama has more czars than the Romanovs. According to the World Book Encyclopedia , there were, as McCain said, 18 Romanov czars, starting with Michael Romanov in 1613 and ending with Nicholas II, who was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

As for Obama's czars, we've got 28 who have been referred to as a czar ... somewhere. Undoubtedly some will take issue with some of the "czars" on our list, but we think McCain is on solid ground. He earns a True.



Name Czar Title Actual (boring) Title

Herb Allison TARP Czar Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability

Alan Bersin Border Czar Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs

Dennis Blair Intelligence Czar Director of National Intelligence

John Brennan Terrorism Czar Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security

Carol Browner Energy Czar Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change

Adolfo Carrion, Jr Urban Affairs Czar Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs

Ashton Carter Weapons Czar Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar Chief Technology Officer

Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Cameron Davis Great Lakes Czar Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan

Nancy-Ann DeParle Health Czar Director of the White House Office of Health Reform

Earl Devaney Stimulus Accountability Czar Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board

Joshua DuBois Faith-based Czar Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Kenneth Feinberg Pay Czar Special Master on executive pay

Danny Fried Guantanamo Closure Czar Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay

J. Scott Gration Sudan Czar Special Envoy to Sudan

Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan Czar Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

John Holdren Science Czar Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology

Van Jones Green Jobs Czar Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Vivek Kundra Information Czar Federal Chief Information Officer

George Mitchell Mideast Peace Czar Special Envoy to the Middle East

Ed Montgomery Car Czar Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers

Dennis Ross Mideast Policy Czar Special Adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia

Gary Samore WMD Czar Coordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Todd Stern Climate Czar Special Envoy for Climate Change

Cass Sunstein Regulatory Czar Director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Paul Volcker Economic Czar Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board

I think we need more!! What do you think??

very different post

Today I am going to speak about my life and how it has been effected by Homeschooling.
The most important thing I have gotten is knowing my children how a parent should.
The next is being able to know what your child is being taught and actively being responsible.
I also have the ability and honor to share my faith which has now become such a HUGE part of our life.
The high is feeling the accomplishment of a great test score or moving forward to the next grade.
The Best is that god blesses us each and everyday with a little more than the day before.
I share my heart with them and they share theirs.
We are a family, We can stand strong, We can conquer any obstacle, We stands for welcoming education.
I am truly more blessed than my children to have found Homeschooling.
My children make me better in everything I strive to achieve.