Entries for August, 2009

Jivin J’s Life Links 8-28-09

by National Catholic Register thinking about how today’s American political scene might have been different had Senator Ted Kennedy held onto his pro-life beliefs: Kennedy’s family legacy, his impregnable position in MA (he won more than 60% of the vote the year after Chappaquiddick) and his national prominence rendered him immune from the pressures other [...]

Lunch Break: Famous failures

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Get ready to rumble: Carhart’s mill is da place to be this weekend

Earlier this week the Feminist Majority Foundation sent out an email alert (click to enlarge)… I’d say if FMF donates money to elevate the look of Carhart’s mill from slum dwelling to low-rent shack it will be well invested….

Workers detail complaints against late-term abortionist Carhart to newspaper

The confirmed to Operation Rescue (1 of the groups spearheading the complaints) that it had forwarded it to the NE Dept. of Health and Human Services, “which would be the appropriate regulatory agency,” wrote OWH. Turns out there was a little more to things. According to

Watch the Blood Money trailer

I normally like to preview pro-life movies before publicizing them, but the director of 22 Weeks, at 2:30. She was interviewed for Blood Money….

Say it ain’t so, a liberal heckler?!

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Lunch Break: Animal funnies

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Wallis: Abortion “not yet” out of healthcare bills

Liberal Christian Obama supporter Jim Wallis debated FRC’s Tony Perkins on CNN’s Lou Dobbs show August 25. In that segment Wallis admitted…

WSJ: “Abortion is new front in health battle”

Love the title….

Randall Terry stabs dolls and grandma before, then disrupts, Howard Dean town hall meeting

Former Democrat presidential candidate, party chair, and as previously promised. This clip is a tad long at 7:12, but the entire thing is raucous and interesting. For those wanting to fast forward, Terry is first seen at 2:05. Moran mentions Terry from the mic twice, at 3:22 and 4:03….

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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.

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I think that people will look at that and think that’s a step too far…. I find it really abhorrent to see the sort of campaign that’s been raised now on a really sensitive issue.

I’m concerned to see young kids involved in a debate like this.

There was a good point made in some of the commentary that I saw, that these young people are at an age that they haven’t actually lived long in the life to experience the competing issues that adults have to confront in their lifetime.

~ Australian Premier Lara Giddings (pictured above right; click to enlarge), commenting on silent protests at the Tasmanian Parliament involving “more than 200 people… [including] young children – some in school uniform… rall[ying] against proposed changes to the state’s laws to allow abortions up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy,” as quoted by ABC News, April 10

Video at link.

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