Here were my top five six favorite political cartoons this past week. Be sure to vote for your fav in the poll at the bottom of this post! We begin with a couple cartoons in honor of Super Bowl Sunday, speculating that perhaps the game is going up in smoke.

by Walt Handelsman at GoComics.com…

 a twofer by Steve Kelley at GoComics.com…

 by Jerry Holbert at Townhall.com…

 by Lisa Benson at Townhall.com…

 Closing with a just another reminder of how liberals portray Republicans, by Ben Sargent at GoComics.com…

 
Stay away from sexual sins.

People who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

~ I Corinthians 6:18, God’s Word translation

by Hans Johnson

One of the most inspirational stories in this year’s Super Bowl is that of Seattle Seahawk’s fullback Derrick Coleman. He is the first legally deaf offensive player in the league, and the subject of a viral TV commericial.  Among those who saw it was nine-year-old  Riley Kovalcik of Roxbury, New Jersey who, like Coleman, needs two hearing aids. Her twin sister Erin has one.

Riley was moved to write the Seahawks player a letter, which her father Jake tweeted to him. Not only did he retweet it, but he replied “Dear Miss Kovalcik. Thanks for the letter. Reallly was great hearing from a friend who I have so much in common with.”  He encouraged her: “Even though we wear hearing aids, we can still accomplish our goals and dreams.”

Riley and her family were interviewed on Fox and Friends.

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But the story doesn’t end there. The sisters had a surprise visit by Coleman on the set of Good Morning America, bearing tickets to the game.

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[HT: The Blaze]

Perhaps this charge has been around forever and I’m only now noticing it a lot lately:

"Increasingly, anti-choicers are dropping the pretense that they’re motivated by ‘life’ and admitting…" http://t.co/6p2QcorwNQ

— Rewire News Group (@RewireNewsGroup) February 1, 2014

A lame Shreveport Times editorial yesterday, which appears to have been written by a 22-year-old new college grad with a cliché-filled brain, added this argument to many others it threw against the wall:

Pretty soon you start to wonder if their opposition to abortion is less about “protecting life” and more about controlling women.

What do you think? Is the secret motive of pro-lifers not really about saving the lives of babies and mothers but about “controlling women”?

7%: The amount a man reduces his speed when he’s walking with his wife or girlfriend as opposed to a platonic female friend, according to an October 2013 study published in the journal PLOS One.

The reason sounds downright Darwinian: When a woman moves at a quicker-than-comfortable clip, it can disrupt her reproductive system (no kidding). So a man slows down to match his partner’s pace in an unconscious move to reproduce.

Hey, you want to have kids; he wants to take it slow. It might work out for both of you.

~ Real Simple magazine, February 2014 issue

Pro-lifers have been warning for years of the Girl Scouts’ fraternization with the abortion industry.

But it appears we have late-term abortion supporter Wendy Davis (pictured right) to thank for inadvertently providing the tipping point that has triggered the call for a nationwide boycott of the purchase of Girl Scout Cookies, called “CookieCott 2014.”

The Girl Scouts’ December 18 tweet heard round the wafer is still up, despite the Girl Scouts’ January 29 apology, which came six long weeks after the tweet but just nine convenient days before the launch of its annual cookie sale.

The tweet asked, “Is there anyone you’d add to this list? Incredible Ladies Who Should Be Women of the Year for 2013,” with a link to a Huffington Post article that recommended both Davis and Gloria Steinem (pictured left).

Pro-lifers were immediately incensed. State Senator Wendy Davis, as most know, filibustered a ban in Texas of abortions past 20 weeks this past June.

Tone deaf, the Girl Scouts followed up in a December 30 Facebook post by calling radical pro-abortion HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a woman of “courage, confidence, and character.”

The Girl Scouts’ obvious first strategy was to try to ignore pro-life complaints. But when announced participants in the boycott – including American Life League, Issues4Life Foundation, Life Coalition International, LifeNews.com, National Black Pro-Life Union, Pro-Life Action League, Radiance Foundation, and moi – reached critical mass – it blinked.

But it’s too late to stop the cookie from crumbling. It’s not as if one aberrant tweet were the Girl Scouts only infraction. LifeNews.com has a long list of the organization’s connections to the abortion industry, as does the CookieCott website, which also has a downloadable flier. Also see mygirlscoutcouncil.com, commentary in the Washington Times by Cathy Cleaver Ruse. and coverage by Megyn Kelly at Fox News.

If your daughter is a Brownie or Girl Scout and you’re learning this information for the first time, there are alternatives such as American Heritage Girls and Frontier Girls.

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.

• At thirtyone8, Andy Moore outlines some of the fundamental errors in the logic of Gary Gutting’s New York Times editorial entitled, “Should Pope Francis Rethink Abortion?”
• Suzy B posts videos of the bipartisan men and women who spoke in favor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7), which would make permanent the Hyde Amendment. It passed in the House. Be sure to let your representatives know how you feel about their votes.

• Pro-life Action League proudly joins a nationwide boycott of Girl Scouts USA for their support for Planned Parenthood:
  

  As detailed at the official CookieCott 2014 website, both the national Girl Scouts USA and many local Girl Scout councils have supported and promoted the work of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, even encouraging girls to volunteer with Planned Parenthood.

• Wesley J. Smith applauds a British Medical Journal article that points out the dangers of IVF to both women and the children conceived through IVF. However, Smith wonders if in our “me first” society, anyone really cares about the dangers – including the government:
  

  Our near-absolute sense of reproductive entitlement – mixed with the huge profits being made by the industry – make it far more likely that government will pay for IVF, thereby increasing use of the technology.

• Reflections of a Paralytic discusses the many ethical and medical issues surrounding womb transplants, which currently also require IVF to conceive.
• Secular Pro-Life presents an analogy in the hopes that pro-choicers will better understand their position in the case of Marlise Munoz and her preborn daughter Nicole. Munoz was removed from life support after her husband petitioned a judge to bypass a Texas law preventing life support from being removed from a pregnant patient. SPL applies the principles of the case to a different scenario in an attempt to “clarify the core issues, put to rest the accusations of misogyny, and help us to better understand one another.”
• At National Review, Michael J. New discusses author and abortion supporter Sarah Kliff’s latest article at Wonkblog, which claims it is “unclear” how abortion restrictions affect abortion rates – ignoring a substantial body of evidence from the U.S. and abroad that pro-life laws are effective and that “the incidence of abortion is sensitive to its legal status.”
• Stand for Life revisits what is happening with Lia Mills, a girl who became known at age 12 for a pro-life speech which was not allowed be entered in her school speech contest. Lia’s viral video received 1.3 million views, and some reactions were reportedly so negative that “she had to use a different last name for her safety.” Here is her latest video:

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[Photo via totustuusfamily.blogspot.com]

by LauraLoo

In response to Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address, an abortion advocacy group continued the liberals’ actual war on women by reducing females to their ladyparts.

Keynote speaker Madam Uterus (on behalf of Lady Parts Justice) speaks to the masses to reassure us that the state of the uterus is strong, despite some setbacks last year.  She asserts that there is still much work to do for uteri and vaginas everywhere.

Warning: Adult theme not suitable for children.

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[HT: Fran Eaton at Illinois Review]