What was the name of that handicapped woman in Florida that Judge Greer had her feeding tube removed so she could die? Talking about 'out of mind' judges....oh, by the way, Rabbit, Judge Greer is non religious.

I'm standing with all of you in prayer for this grand child.

“Watch out! You nearly broad-sided that car!” My father yelled at me.
“Can't you do anything right?”

Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to challenge him. A lump rose in my throat as I averted my eyes. I wasn't prepared for another battle.

“I saw the car, Dad. Please don't yell at me when I'm driving.” My voice was measured and steady, sounding far calmer than I really felt.

Dad glared at me, then turned away and settled back.

At home I left Dad in front of the television and went outside to collect my thoughts. Dark, heavy clouds hung in the air with a promise of rain. The rumble of distant thunder seemed to echo my inner turmoil. What could I do about him?

Dad had been a lumberjack in Washington and Oregon. He had enjoyed being outdoors and had reveled in pitting his strength against the forces of nature. He had entered grueling lumberjack competitions, and had placed often. The shelves in his house were filled with trophies that attested to his prowess. The years marched on relentlessly. The first time he couldn't lift a heavy log, he joked about it; but later that same day I saw him outside alone, straining to lift it. He became irritable whenever anyone teased him about his advancing age, or when he couldn't do something he had done as a younger man.

Four days after his sixty-seventh birthday, he had a heart attack. An ambulance sped him to the hospital while a paramedic administered CPR to keep blood and oxygen flowing. At the hospital, Dad was rushed into an operating room. He was lucky; he survived.

But something inside Dad died.

His zest for life was gone. He obstinately refused to follow doctors orders. Suggestions and offers of help were turned aside with sarcasm and insults. The number of visitors thinned, then finally stopped altogether. Dad was left alone.

My husband, Rick, and I asked Dad to come live with us on our small farm. We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.

Within a week after he moved in, I regretted the invitation. It seemed nothing was satisfactory. He criticized everything I did. I became frustrated and moody. Soon I was taking my pent-up anger out on Rick. We began to bicker and argue.

Alarmed, Rick sought out our pastor and explained the situation.

The clergyman set up weekly counseling appointments for us. At the close of each session he prayed, asking God to soothe Dad's troubled mind. But the months wore on and God was silent.

A raindrop struck my cheek. I looked up into the gray sky. Somewhere up there was “God.” Although I believe a Supreme Being had created the universe, I had difficulty believing that God cared about the tiny human beings on this earth. I was tired of waiting for a God who did not answer.

Something had to be done and it was up to me to do it. The next day I sat down with the phone book and methodically called each of the mental health clinics listed in the Yellow Pages. I explained my problem in vain to each of the sympathetic voices that answered.

Just when I was giving up hope, one of the voices suddenly exclaimed, “I just read something that might help you! Let me go get the article.”

I listened as she read. The article described a remarkable study done at a nursing home. All of the patients were under treatment for chronic depression. Yet their attitudes had improved dramatically when they were given responsibility for a dog.

I drove to the animal shelter that afternoon. After I filled out a questionnaire, a uniformed officer led me to the kennels. The odor of disinfectant stung my nostrils as I moved down the row of pens. Each contained five to seven dogs. Long-haired dogs, curly-haired dogs, black
dogs, spotted dogs - all jumped up, trying to reach me. I studied each one but rejected one after the other for various reasons, too big, too small, too much hair.

As I neared the last pen a dog in the shadows of the far corner struggled to his feet, walked to the front of the run and sat down.

It was a pointer, one of the dog world's aristocrats. But this was a caricature of the breed. Years had etched his face and muzzle with shades of gray. His hipbones jutted out in lopsided triangles. But it was his eyes that caught and held my attention. Calm and clear, they beheld me unwaveringly.

I pointed to the dog. “Can you tell me about him?” The officer looked, then shook his head in puzzlement.

“He's a funny one. Appeared out of nowhere and sat in front of the gate. We brought him in, figuring someone would be right down to claim him. That was two weeks ago and we've heard nothing. His time is up tomorrow.” He gestured helplessly.

As the words sank in I turned to the man in horror. “You mean you're going to kill him?”

“Ma'am,” he said gently, “that's our policy. We don't have room for every unclaimed dog.”

I looked at the pointer again. The calm brown eyes awaited my decision.

“I'll take him,” I said.

I drove home with the dog on the front seat beside me. When I reached the house I honked the horn twice. I was helping my prize out of the car when Dad shuffled onto the front porch.

“Ta-da! Look what I got for you, Dad!” I said excitedly.

Dad looked, then wrinkled his face in disgust. “If I had wanted a dog I would have gotten one. And I would have picked out a better specimen than that bag of bones. Keep it! I don't want it.” Dad waved his arm scornfully and turned back toward the house.

Anger rose inside me. It squeezed together my throat muscles and pounded into my temples. “You'd better get used to him, Dad. He's staying!”

Dad ignored me.

“Did you hear me, Dad?” I screamed.

At those words Dad whirled angrily, his hands clenched at his sides, his eyes narrowed and blazing with hate. We stood glaring at each other like duelists, when suddenly the pointer pulled free from my grasp. He wobbled toward my dad and sat down in front of him. Then slowly, carefully, he raised his paw.

Dad's lower jaw trembled as he stared at the uplifted paw. Confusion replaced the anger in his eyes. The pointer waited patiently. Then Dad was on his knees hugging the animal. It was the beginning of a warm and intimate friendship.

Dad named the pointer Cheyenne. Together he and Cheyenne explored the community. They spent long hours walking down dusty lanes. They spent reflective moments on the banks of streams, angling for tasty trout. They even started to attend Sunday services together, Dad sitting in a pew and Cheyenne lying quietly at his feet.

Dad and Cheyenne were inseparable throughout the next three years. Dad's bitterness faded, and he and Cheyenne made many friends.

Then late one night I was startled to feel Cheyenne's cold nose burrowing through our bed covers. He had never before come into our bedroom at night. I woke Rick, put on my robe and ran into my father's room. Dad lay in his bed, his face serene. But his spirit had left quietly sometime during the night.

Two days later my shock and grief deepened when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad's bed. I wrapped his still form in the rag rug he had slept on. As Rick and I buried him near a favorite fishing hole, I silently thanked the dog for the help he had given me in restoring Dad's peace of mind.

The morning of Dad's funeral dawned overcast and dreary. This day looks like the way I feel, I thought, as I walked down the aisle to the pews reserved for family. I was surprised to see the many friends Dad and Cheyenne had made filling the church.

The pastor began his eulogy. It was a tribute to both Dad and the dog who had changed his life. And then the pastor turned to Hebrews 13:2. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers...”

“I've often thanked God for sending that angel,” he said.

For me, the past dropped into place, completing a puzzle that I had not seen before: the sympathetic voice that had just read the right article...Cheyenne's unexpected appearance at the animal shelter. His calm acceptance and complete devotion to my father...and the proximity of their deaths.

And suddenly I understood. I knew that God had answered my prayers after all.

By Catherine Moore

I have to say, abra, well put. I think you've been ingesting too much scripture. GOD bless you.
T mie

If you didn't see this on the Tonight show, I hope you're sitting
down
>> when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever,
first
>> date or not!!! We have all had bad dates but this takes the cake.
>>
>> Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing
first
>> date
>> that a woman ever had.
>>
>> The winner described her worst first date experience. There was
>> absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!
>>
>> She said it was midwinter... Snowing and quite cold... and the guy
had
>> taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah.
>>
>> It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all,
and
>> truly had never met before.
>>
>> The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were
headed
>> home
>> late that afternoon.
>>
>> They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began
to
>> realize that she should not have had that extra latte.
>>
>> They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in
the
>> middle of nowhere!
>>
>> Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a
while.
>>
>> Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there
came a
>> point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go
beside
>> the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped
and
>> she
>> quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and
started.
>>
>> In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt
rest
>> against the rear fender to steady herself.
>>
>> Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic
and
>> indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she
could
>> think about was the relief she felt despite the rather
embarrassing
>> nature of the situation.
>> Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another
sensation.
>>
>> As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her
>> buttocks
>> were firmly glued against the car's fender.
>>
>> Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as
she
>> attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was
quickly
>> apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme cold.
>>
>> Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment,
she
>> answered her date's concerns about "what is taking so long" with a

>> reply
>> that indeed, she was "freezing her butt off" and in need of some
>> assistance!
>>
>> He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her
sweater
>> and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out
>> laughing.
>>
>> She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose
>> themselves, they assessed her dilemma.
>>
>> Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were
faced
>> with
>> a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free
her
>> chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal!
>>
>> Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the
first
>> place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get
her
>> free.
>>
>> So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date
proceeded to

>> unzip
>> his pants and pee her butt off the fender. As the audience
screamed in
>> laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps
that
>> should be "pants down."
>>
>> And you thought your first date was embarrassing.
>>
>> Jay Leno's comment... "This gives a whole new meaning to being
pissed
>> off.
>>
>> Oh, and how did the first date turn out?
>>
>> He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno
show.

Thank you creativesoul & anoasis. I was begining to think no one liked the story. I guess we could draw a few values from the story. I find a display of covetousness, greed, envy, obsession, & innocense. But those are just my thoughts. Care to share yours?

abra, I guess you're not well informed about religious fanatics. we don't profess to be 'perfect' but saved. I would like to know what your 'Belief System' states about moral issues on having an abortion. At least I can quote my beliefs from a book. You are a teacher from books and have developed your 'Belief System' on what you have read....so have we.
In 1Corinthians 1:27 (and I know you hate quotes) it is written; 'GOD has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, & GOD has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty'. and your 'Belief System' says what about this?
T mie

Oh your lord, here we go. All the men in the world who cannot get pregnant will jump on the bandwagon to tell a woman what to do with her body It is none of your business man. How many times do people have to go through this? You want abortion to stop, teach your sons and daughters to use birth control. Wear condoms every time you have sex. Give your sons salt peter in their meals.

NOT BITTER....hummmm

I didn't expect to open the eyes of the blind. Have your way, Dragoness.

Planned Parenthood receives almost a third of its money in government grants and contracts ($305.3 million in FY 2006). It received $345.1 million in clinic income that year, $212.2 million in private contributions and bequests, $33 million in other income and $7.2 million for the Alan Guttmacher Institute for a total of $902.8 million.[1]

Some pro-life organizations that disagree with Planned Parenthood's mission and services have set up campaigns and petitions to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving government funding.[
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Abra in basic English language, 'anti' means against. So if you're not for then you are against, thus anti. and you're not for CHRIST as you & rabbit have well voiced. Can you grasp it?

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8


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"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4


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"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5


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"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6


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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4


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"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make ! sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7


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"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"

Emily - age 8


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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)


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"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,"

Nikka - age 6

(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)


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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7


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"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."

Tommy - age 6


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"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."

Cindy - age 8


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"My mommy loves me more than anybody

You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 6


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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5


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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7


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Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4


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I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 4


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"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)


Karen - age 7


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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."

Mark - age 6


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"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

Jessica - age 8


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And the final one -- Author and lecturer

Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
The winner was a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly man who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry"

So sorry ladies but it is your body, no doubt but not your life you're taking. GOD bless.
T mie

1) Which most accurately describes when a woman may have an abortion under Roe?
A. Anytime during the first three months (first trimester) of her pregnancy
B. Anytime during the first six months (second trimester) of her pregnancy
C. Anytime during her entire pregnancy
D. Anytime during the first three months, but can have an abortion later if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest

2) Which best describes the limitations Roe places on why a woman may have an abortion?
A. No limitations
B. Only in case of rape, incest, or when the woman’s life is in danger
C. No limitations during the first three months of pregnancy, but only medically necessary abortions after that

3) True or False. Roe allowed late-term abortions.
A. True
B. False

4) True or False. If Roe were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion would immediately become illegal in the United States.
A. True
B. False

5) According to the Centers for Disease Control, about how many abortions have been performed in the United States since the Roe decision in 1973?
A. Less than 10 million
B. 10-19 million
C. 20-29 million
D. 30-39 million
E. 40-49 million
F. 50-59 million
G. More than 60 million

6) At what age does Roe require minor girls to have parental notification before an abortion?
A. Parental notification is not required
B. Girls 18 and younger
C. Girls 16 and younger
D. Girls 13 and younger

7) True or False. Roe allowed sex-selection abortions — abortions performed because of the sex of the baby (For example: parents wanting a boy instead of a girl — and vice-versa).
A. True
B. False

8) What percentage of abortions are performed because of rape or incest?
A. More than 16 percent
B. 11-15 percent
C. 6-10 percent
D. 2-5 percent
E. Fewer than 1 percent

9) Which of our nation’s founding documents contains the phrase “right to an abortion”?
A. Declaration of Independence
B. U.S. Constitution
C. Bill of Rights
D. None of the Above
E. All of the Above

10) Which Supreme Court Justice said the following about Roe: “Roe v. Wade . . . ventured too far in the change it ordered and presented an inadequate justification for its action.”
A. Justice Samuel Alito
B. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
C. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
D. Justice Antonin Scalia
E. Justice Clarence Thomas

11) Which country’s laws make it easiest to have an abortion?
A. Finland
B. Great Britain
C. Ireland
D. United States
E. Mexico

12) Under Roe, which of these are allowed to perform abortions?
A. Licensed physician
B. Nurse practitioner
C. Resident assistant
D. Registered nurse
E. All of the above

Answers forth coming.
T mie

Well if it isn't the antichrist of abra & rabbit. Thank you guys for viewing my post; it's always good to at least hear from the 'peanut gallery'. I'm sure you did read the verse at the end? I find it a good thing to help the lost. GOD bless you guys.

There once was a king who had more money than he knew what to do with. He owned all of the land as far as the eye could see, several castles, and he ruled his land with an iron fist. But no matter how much he had, he never seemed to have enough and was a very miserable man.

One day he told his servant, “I want you to go out and scour the land, from one horizon to the other, and find the happiest man on earth, and bring me his shirt. Once I have the shirt of the happiest man, I will be able to be happy myself. I don't want you to return without that shirt or you will be beheaded.”

The servant set out about his mission and was gone for many moons. The king was getting impatient as he waited and waited. Finally, after many months of searching, the servant returned, on hands and knees, crawling before the king. The king noticed the servants hands were empty and became very angry.

He told the servant that he had one minute before he was to be beheaded and he had better explain why he had disobeyed his orders.

With tears in his eyes, the servant looked to the king and said “Master, I did as you said, I searched from horizon to horizon looking for the happiest man on earth, and I finally found him.”

So the king asks, “Why didn't you bring me the shirt of this man?”

The servant replied, “Master, the happiest man on earth did not own a shirt.”

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven's door, Not by the beauty of it all,or by the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven who made me sputter and gasp -- the thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics, the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade who swiped my lunch money twice. Next to him was my old neighbor who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought was rotting away in hell, was sitting pretty on cloud nine, looking incredibly well.

I nudged the angel, “What's the deal? I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here? God must've made a mistake.

And why's everyone so quiet, so somber? Give me a clue.” “Hush, child,”
said he. “They're all in shock. No one thought they'd see you here.”


Isaiah 55:6-7 “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”

hellkitten,I can't see why the unborn child had to pay for that crime. This is oxymoron; you want to execute the person for the crime but instead execute the baby. No wonder pro-lifers don't mind their own busniess.