“If they [my daughters] make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

Barack Obama

“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”

Mother Teresa

Think about it.

Let’s hope that the window He opened today is very big.

I am going to be positive here. Yep I am. I survived 8 years of Bill Clinton…I can survive this too. 🙂

Let’s think of positive things we can do.

I am starting with a “pity” celebration this weekend with my former coworker from the Moose. Lots of chocolate and a little wine.

But tomorrow, I am going to start my campaign for 2012. I am not going to be shy about being Pro-Life. I am going to demand that our country be offered better. Why? “Because a nation can’t kill 50 million babies and stay on top forever”. (That was quote from former co-worker’s dad.)

My former co worker also voted third party because “…this election was like choosing between a shit sandwich and a stick in the eye.” Her words, not mine. She went on to say “…I chose neither and went with the invisible skateboard. A nice enough idea, but not actually going to get me anywhere.”

I voted. I voted. I voted.
It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pleasent, but I did it. The lines were non exisitant and the poll workers were nice. 🙂

I can rest easily tonight, knowing that I voted for the candidate that should have voted for.

http://prayingforgrace.blogspot.com/2008/10/it-takes-courage.html

“You have to pinch yourself – a Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshiped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew-haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States. And apparently it’s considered impolite to say so.” – Melanie Philips, The Spectator ( UK ) 10/14/08

This question was raised on another blog and this was my comment:

And the other comment, what would we do if Obama wins? We will continue being Christians and do what we have to do to protect human lives. If the FOCA is signed in to law, that just makes it legal on paper. If we as Christians and as Catholics go out and do what we are called to do, to live the Gospel. We will support women in “hard” situations. We will teach our children and others around us that abstinence is a better choice then abortion. We will help our friends and family to have self-respect for their bodies.

PP and NOW work very hard at their propaganda machine. People in the pro-life movement need to get a propaganda machine going themselves. Sure it costs money, but with prayer and sacrifice, God will provide for our needs.

The letter below, in italics, was printed in the October 28th edition of the Lafayette Journal and Courier. While I don’t support Sen. McCain, I felt the need to defend him against the allegations in this letter.  Furthermore, I felt obligated as a Pro-Life advocate to write a letter in response.

Women’s lives should be protected

In the final presidential debate, John McCain mocked Barack Obama, stating that concern for the health of the mother was an “extreme pro-abortion position.”

When my husband and I moved to Lafayette, we planned to start a family and were overjoyed when I got pregnant. The joy was short-lived when we found out that the pregnancy was ectopic. Not only would it not produce a baby, but it endangered my life.

Thankfully, I did not require surgery and my husband and I have gone on to have two beautiful sons, one adopted and one biological.

I am a married woman who was trying to start a family and things went awry. When carried out, the extreme anti-choice position held by Mr. McCain could have cost me my life.

There are two little boys and a wonderful husband to whom my life matters, even if it doesn’t to John McCain.

 My response:

I am writing in response to the woman who wrote in the 10/28 J & C re life of the mother clause for abortion. I am sorry that you experienced the loss of a child. I too lost a child early in pregnancy and know that it is very tragic and often the emotional difficulty is borne alone.

However, I wanted to address the misconception that John McCain holds an “extreme anti-choice position.” regarding abortion. According to Sen. McCain’s website, he believes that Roe vs Wade, the decision allowing legal abortions in the United States, should be overturned and abortion laws handled on the state level. Furthermore the Republican Party platform on abortion has been for many years, to allow it in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother. Sen. McCain himself has said, when discussing the abortion ban in South Dakota, that he “would have signed the legislation, but would also take the appropriate steps under state law — in whatever state — to ensure that the exceptions of rape, incest or life of the mother were included.” Clearly an ectopic pregnancy would fall under that allowance.

According to the website http://www.nlm.nih.gov ectopic pregnancies occur in 1 in every 40 to 1 in every 100 pregnancies. The website goes on to say that “…the most common complication is rupture with internal bleeding that leads to shock. Death from rupture is rare” and “…the rate of death due to an ectopic pregnancy in the United States has dropped in the last 30 years to less than 0.1%.”

Finally, while I think it is important to point out the truth in this matter, I do not agree entirely with the Republican platform regarding abortion and would prefer that more loving alternatives to abortion be sought and encouraged.

**What I didn’t put in my response, though it is worth noting, Catholic Church teaching allows for a woman to under go a procedure that would remove the fallopian tube to save the mother’s life in the case of an ectopic pregnancy.This in effect is removing the injured area, which sadly, holds a child, however, the child is not being directly killed. The church goes on to say that when this procedure is done, the child must be treated with dignity and should be baptised as soon as the tube is removed.  Please email me if you have questions about this as it is not the easiest thing to understand. You can send emails to catholicmumma at gmail dot com

Hopefully tomorrow or this weekend we will see my letter in the paper!

Herb-Crusted Beef Roast

1 (4-1/2-pound) eye of round or sirloin tip beef roast 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons  Olive Oil, divided   Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons paprika 2 pounds small red skin potatoes, cut into halves 1 cup dry bread crumbs 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1 teaspoon dried rosemary 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 325°F. Brush roast with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Place in large roasting pan; insert meat thermometer into center of thickest part of roast. Roast 45 minutes. Meanwhile, in large bowl, combine 1/2 cup olive oil and paprika. Add potatoes; toss until lightly coated. In small bowl, combine bread crumbs, thyme, rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and remaining 1/4 cup olive oil. Carefully remove roast from oven. Place potatoes around roast. Press bread crumb mixture onto top of roast to form crust. Sprinkle any remaining bread crumb mixture over potatoes. Roast an additional 40 to 45 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 145°F for medium-rare or until desired doneness is reached. Transfer roast to carving board; tent with foil. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before carving. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Serve immediately with potatoes, spooning any bread crumb mixture from roasting pan onto meat.

I skipped the paprika on the potatoes and put rosemary on them instead. Yum.

I am currently watching K and M play with trains. K has locked me in to this chair by building a track right under my seat. Of course he is on the other side of the room making his trains go in a big circle. This kid LOVES trains. This weekend, we went to Byesville, Ohio to ride a train. He was so excited that he drooled at the site of the train, I kid you not.  On the way to Church, we go over two train tracks and he always looks to see if there is a train coming. On days that we get to see a train, his mouth opens wide and he stares in awe.

Trains and dinosaurs, this kid is in heaven with both.

I guess this would be the blog-world’s equivilent of forwarding, but here it is none the less. I saw it on Anne’s blog who got it from Joannie’s blog.

http://joanallegretti.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/long-but-worth-the-read/ 

Please read and consider this as you head to the polls this November. As sad as it is that Abortion is legal in America, the Freedom of Information Act will allow for abortion to be legal for what ever reason without any guidelines. This includes parental consent. I will always find it interesting that a school cannot give an asprin to a teenager, but an teenage girl can go to get an abortion without her parents knowing.