The award goes to...

You ask for it, you got it! Round 2 of the StandinUp2theMan Awards. I must say these are a bit easier to come by than normal. There are alot of people Giving the the proverbial "man" the big salute lately.

I am going to start with you. Well, most likely you. There are over are 175 million people actively involved in the facebook world. I am not sure just how many of you gave Mark Zuckerburg, CEO of Facebook, a little piece of your mind about the recent so called "privacy" changes he tried to slip by you, but It was ALOT.When he decided he was going to basically own you, or at least anything posted onto facebook for..EVER, you didn't stand for it. Between Mr. Zuckerburg, and Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, facebook has head their heads spinnin in a whirlwind of confusion. The best part,Chris Kelly was hoping to run for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General. ATTAWAY TO WIN THE POPULARITY CONTEST CHRIS.

My Next award goes to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. At CPAC on Feb 27,2009 he was originally supposed to speak for 20 minutes. His speech ran about an hour, without teleprompter. He addressed the Attorney General, and his recent comments on America being a Country of Cowards. He challenged Attorney General Holder to a conversation about cowardliness. He said Americans were not cowards, and basically would not stand to be govern by people who would not tell the truth. At one point he referred to members of the house as robots, for voting on the bill without knowing what was in it. Taking humorous jabs at Pelosi,saying that a certain part of Obama's speech should become a youtube video, (when he attacked CEO's who have private planes). "She would hyper actively jump up like oh my gosh I'm speaker I have to applaud right this very second!", he said, "How dumb do they think we are? Like we don't know every single person in here is paying taxes to fly her around in her private plane. You can paint US AIR FORCE on it, doesn't mean it isn't private." He said what alot of Americans are thinking. He said it out loud, and he said it proud. He wasn't afraid to voice his opinion about the events that have gone on, and are continuing, he had ideas to lead the republican party down the road, and he was unbelievably secure in standing up to the man.

The Red Envelope

A special request has been made to all Catholics, actually, to all those who support life and and the prolife movement. I have received numerous emails, and chain mail about FOCA and the likes, but today the one that really struck me, was different. It got my attention. It stood out. It was bold. I thought, it might make a noise. So, I am doing my part. I am passing on what I think to be a bold, but meaningful:

The President and his "clan" came in a few weeks after taking his title, and signed executive orders releasing funds to pay for abortions, permission to fund human stem cell research, and federal funding for contraception. This man, and this party lead our country, but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal.

So, the plan is this... red envelopes! RED like the color of the drops of innocent blood that is shed in our Country everyday. RED will represent the BABIES.

Here is what I would like you to do: Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington , D.C. 20500
On the back, or on a note inside, write the following message.: This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception. Put it in the mail, and send it. Then forward this email to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child who died before having a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.

And the Award Goes To:

Well, today I have decided to do something a little different. Today is the going to be the first ever Survivor73 award. This award is not an easy award to win. It is for those people out there that really go out on a limb and stand up to the man. I see people everyday that stand up for themselves and for their faith, so these awards are not going to be given out frivolously. You really have to make me think "Way to go! Atta way to stick it to the man!"

OK, so now that everyone is understanding the rules of the award, surprisingly, I have 2 to hand out. The first one goes to a fellow Texan, a good ole boy if you will! I must say, I have never been more proud of my Governor than I was today. Seems Mr. Perry, Rick to some, has some hesitations about this stimulus fund that just might be heading in our direction.

It's not that he is saying "Get on back," he is just very very concerned about all the strings that are coming attached to this. “One thing that concerns me is that dollars are going to come into Texas that require us to match those dollars, and then two years from now, those federal dollars won’t be there, but we will be on the hook to pay for those programs going forward,” Perry said.

The share of the fund expected to land in Texas is just under 17 billion dollars. Perry would gladly accept federal dollars for Infrastructure and Hurricane Ike damage, but a he said we need to say "no thanks" to putting a bill on Texas for expanding Federal Gvmnt.
WAY TO GO GOVERNOR PERRY! STAND UP TO THE MAN!!!


Next award goes to someone not so local. Actually, quite far...like Rome. This award goes to the big guy himself. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father deserves this award for soooooo many reasons but since I am giving them out today, I will go with the one that is most recent. Pope Benedict gets the Survivor73 award for standing up to the man (ahem) when he met with Nancy Pelosi today, and let her know, with absolutely no confusion, that politicians, and legislators, cannot back abortion if they are Roman Catholic. He emphasised that this includes being personally against abortion but publicly back abortion rights in the name of pluralism and democracy.

"His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural and moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death ..." a Vatican statement said. (worldnews)

Pelosi visited with the Pope today while stopping to visit with family in Italy. She mentioned her meeting with the Pope in a press conference, and said she praised the church for fighting poverty, hunger, and global warming but she mentioned nothing about the great big finger wag she got from the Pope. I wonder why?

So there ya have it...2 fantastic starts to a great tradition. Feel free to email your ideas for award nominees...

Mother of Infant born Alive then Killed During Abortion Speaks

The mother of Shanice Osborne has spoken to out for the first time since her botched abortion in July 2006. The 21 year old Catholic, Sycloria Williams, agreed to an exclusive with The Florida Catholic, to tell her side of the story, the real story, that has recently attracted attention nationally.

Williams has filed a civil lawsuit against the staff of A GYN, in Hialeah Florida, after they delivered her baby girl, dropped her into a bio hazard bag, and threw her into the garbage, killing her.

Williams says that abortion was never really part of the plan. "But as time passed it became an option,"she explained to journalist and photographer Daniel Soñé, with whom the interview was with.

Initially, she was told that she was 23 weeks along, at the Mirimar Women Center, Inc. When she met with Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique on July 19, 2006 he said that it was an easy 2 day procedure. "just take medicine and come back tomorrow," she remembers him saying " just like 1,2,3." Before she left he inserted thin rods of dried kelp, laminaria sticks, which make the cervix dilate. The Medicine was Cytotec, meant to induce labor.

After leaving the clinic, Williams received a call from the Clinic Owner's Daughter, Natali Vergara, telling her to go to the clinic in Hialeah named A GYN instead of the one in Miami.

When she arrived the next morning at the clinic, she was given her second dose of Cytotec and she returned to the car to wait with her, then boyfriend, Shane, until the drug began to work. He had said on the way he did not want to go through with it, but she did, wanting to "put it all behind" them.

In the clinic, the pain began to intensify and she began to feel more and more sick. The doctor has not made it in yet, so this is going on in the waiting room apparently. Williams recalls the pain becoming very intense and grabbing the armrests of her chair.

OK, now here is where the rocket science comes in...in my opinion, any women would have seen and known EXACTLY what is about to happen! The receptionist and the rest of the staff kept asking her to sit down and close her legs, as she had her heels on the edge of the seat in a squatting position. She couldn't comply, the pain was too great.

Then, she delivered her baby, Shanice, onto the recliner chair cushion right there! She jumped up immediately and turned away, not wanting to look.

"She wasn’t moving much. Twitching, gasping for air. She wasn’t crying though, just hissing. Hissing sounds only," She remembers, "I thought it would be a blob thing, but bigger, not a baby," she said. "She looked like a Water Baby. Like those dolls you fill up with water. She was really little, like this," she said, holding her hands about 12 inches apart.


Then, Gonzales, the owner of the clinic, who has no medical license, cut the cord and put Shanice's body in the bio hazard bag, and tossing it in the trashcan.

She remembers begging God to forgive her! They only would give her Motrin for pain because the Doctor had not arrived, and everyone seemed to be in a panic.

The Doctor arrived an hour after the delivery according to the lawsuit, and gave her a shot for pain / sleep. She awoke after the procedure in complete shock, and was sent home.

She told her boyfriend in the car on the way home that She did not think that the baby was dead. "What do you mean? Are you sure??" he asked.

The Homicide dept was tipped off the next day by an anonymous caller, and went to Williams house and questioned her, and then July 22 had a search warrant for the clinic. They didn't find the baby until 6 days later, decomposing, in a box in a closet.

Sycloria Williams says that no one ever used the word baby or anything like that! They only used words like "termination", "pregnancy", "termination of pregnancy", "procedure" and the like. "They cheated me because they didn’t tell me everything and the doctor wasn’t there," she said.

After it was confirmed in November of 2008, that the baby was born alive, Sycloria Williams finally laid little Shanice to rest in Our Lady Queen of Heaven in Ft. Lauderdale. Her casket was escorted by the honor guard of Hialeah Police Officers and Knights of Columbus.

Sycloria Williams has advice for those women out there who are considering abortion or who have unplanned pregnancies: "I would tell them not to do it. I’ll say whatever to make them have second thoughts so they don’t do it... There is help out there."

**For my 2 cents: This is a tragedy. We can read this devastation and think this can never happen again. Wake up America. Mr. President more than likely slipped it into his 1400 page joke book (stimulus bill) that this sort of thing is ok. Who knows what is or is not in there about this sort of thing. is a frightening thing. We look at our children, at their silly little smiles, and wonder what the world would be like without them... Then you have the 'Mrs. Gonzales' of the world, who have no problem swooping in with their bio hazard bags. Oh but, I will say it again, rest easy America. Mr. President's got your back.**

The Florida Catholic article makes clear that the case of Shanice Denise Osbourne has unveiled a vast network of abortion-related medical malpractice: two co-workers at the Hialeah center were arrested for the unlicensed practice of medicine, two doctors who performed abortions at that clinic were found to be unlicensed and the Florida Department of Health filed an order of "emergency restriction" against Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique and later revoked his medical license.

The Mother of All Oxymorons....

Ok, now, I understand that as Catholics we have our candles of Saints that we have a certain respect for, or love for. Sometimes There are Saints that we are drawn to, because we feel there earlier lives mirror ours. It doesn't really matter why we are drawn to the Saint, or why we have the candle that reminds us of them. Somehow, someone made a very, VERY, big mistake in the candle making business. There seems to be these ridiculous candles portraying Obama as a "Saint", and unfortunately, those that ridiculed the Catholics for soooooooo long for having these candles are picking them up like hot cakes. However, it was being sold at one store in San Francisco and Catholic Priest was outraged and asked the store to remove it. This Candle is a mockery of our faith, and one more time it's someone just throwing stone's at the Catholics. This is an actual portrait of Saint Martin De Porres with the Head replaced with Obama. We continue to be disgraced, and no one seems to care or notice. I just wonder how many more times They are going to tell us to "move to the back of the bus" until it is finally enough.

Less than stimulating stimulus

Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) withdrew his bid as Commerce Secretary yesterday, citing differences with the Economic Stimulus bill. He has been quoted as saying that he was "concerned that the White House was going to try to take control of the US census by moving it from Commerce dept to White House." His withdraw was a surprise to many, considering he was Obama's choice for Commerce Secretary. Sen. John MC Cain said that Sen. Judd Gregg was one of the most knowledgeable in the Senate, and was glad to have him back.

The idea of moving the census to the white from the Commerce Dept, where it has always is been, "Is very bad!" Sen McCain said.

This "economic" Stimulus bill passed Senate with no help from the Republicans. I saw this bill last night. When stacked it was about a foot and half tall. Seriously, who read that??? Some of the things that were stuck into that bill is sneaky and conniving, but hey, look who we are talking about...

But the whole world is still all about this guy, I am so amazed. Well you won't be when he is in charge of your medical decisions (Universal Health care Plan, It was in there!)Another fun fact, $335,000,000 for sexually transmitted disease. Well that is employing who?

So, there you have it. Another sneaky little move by the higher ups. Unfortunately, your Democratic house read their 1,434 not so stimulating stimulus bill without even the slightest idea of what they were signing.They only had until 9 am. No restroom breaks for them!

Rest easy America. Your in Good Hands.

Pope Benedict Denies The Denier....Again

Today Pope Benedict had a meeting with American Jewish Leaders to discuss once again the seemingly never tiresome topic of Richard Williamson. The Holy Father tried once more to put in no uncertain terms exactly how he felt about the situation.

"It is beyond question that any denial or minimization of this terrible crime is intolerable and altogether unacceptable."Pope Benedict XVI

Ok, I think we get the point. Or at least we should. And we should all be moving forward. However. Some people just cannot seem to do so. In the Jerusalem Post :

He then repeated, verbatim, the prayer Pope John Paul offered when he visited the Western Wall in 2000 and asked the Jews to forgive the Christians who had persecuted them over the centuries. Benedict ended: "I now make his prayer my own."

We welcome this reiteration of the late pope's entreaty. Still, as the Holy Father may know, in Jewish tradition, absolution requires not just the confession of a sin, but its cessation.

Pssssttttt-

Someone tell them Ben's not Jewish!

Mom of Octuplets...angelina's twin

Noooooo she didn't have plastic surgery..."she is so not in that place"
Ok, I don't have too much say. I really feel as though this picture might say it all. I do however want to pose a question to the mohthers in world who lovingly accept children as God decides. Here it is...
IS THIS LADY NUTS OR WHAT?? I don't mean to be completely insensitive, but she was thinking only of herself when she said YES, not to God, but to Doctor "fill'r up"! She has at this time 3, yes that is correct, 3 children with disabilities at the moment. So, 50% of the current children residing at home need special attention, that she will be unable to give. Then, you add the fact that premies have a 20%-80% chance of cerebral palsy, her odds are really stacking...AND NO INCOME!!!"But I will provide for them when I graduate and get a job!" I am thinking with 14 children, even with a psychologist's salary she will struggle. I don't know, with the way this world is right now, our world is going down the flusher. I feel sorry for those babies.

In memory of...

I struggled with the decision on writing on this topic or not. I finally decided to write on it based on the fact that this blog is about LIFE, lost and loved. Yesterday was a crazy Valentine's party for my 5 children and the extremely large Home school group they are part of. As 75 kids swarmed the park with pink and red sprinkled cookies and kung-fu panda Valentine cards to distribute to their closest friends one of my best friends kept a secret of her own. Yesterday was her due date. This is just a date. We all forget the date, all of use except the mother eagerly awaiting that little bouncing boy or girl. She had not forgotten the date. She will never forget the date. My friend lost her baby girl(Clare). Her miscarriage was during hurricane Ike, 2 devastations at once. She assumed that since it had been this long, then she really shouldn't speak about it, I suppose. Maybe she thought nobody would understand that even though it has been this long it still feels like yesterday sometimes. Women who lose babies, lose a piece of themselves too. This is something they never get back, but they learn to adjust to life without it. Life changes forever for these women. I know. I am one of them. My son has a twin. He died very early in my pregnancy. But it didn't hurt any less. I remember the date every year. March 19 2003. Bittersweet. Lost a child, kept a child. So, this post is IN MEMORY OF... the moms who suffer the loss. May they always, always know that in the darkest of nights, Light is just ahead. Lean on Our Lady, she lost a child too.

March for Life in Washing DC 2009

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Happy Birthday Apeman

As the 200th birthday of our favorite monkey approaches, scientist seem to be more and more in the face of the Christians, giving us the ever-loved "nana nana boo boo!" It appears as though some feel that a war that was waged nearly 150 years ago, is nearing its end, and that Christians should be waving the white flag. Its no secret that Darwin's findings and theory in general has brought modern day science to drastic heights, especially in law enforcement. Where would be without the advancement in DNA studies and the technology necessary to do them? I shudder to think...But, Here it was has me saddened, and quite frankly, a bit angry. Apparently, The State Board Of Education in Texas voted to Delete the provision that students learn the strengths and weaknesses of the theory. It was to teach that there is other alternatives to this theory. But Andy Ellington, a University of Texas evolutionary biologist, called that argument “almost amusing.”
“You have these folks who are trying to suggest that we shouldn't teach evolution as something our kids need to know,” he said. “But at the same time, there are these new technologies out there shaping our lives every day.” (Hou. Chron) Here is what I find amusing. things do evolve. Absolutely.
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And then came day, and night, and man and woman,(7th day he rested) and then of course original sin.... and then that's about time he said ....
"Let them evolve...and they did!"