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Saving Jordan Raine

By | Published: March 6, 2006

I just came across this site while surfing through BlogMad. I wanted to post a link here because this story just tears me apart.

Jordan Raine is a 4 year-old girl at the center of a vicious custody battle. Her mother was a child from a polygamist group who left to explore real life. She then went back to that lifestyle, abandoning Jordan and Jordan’s father, Robbie. Then she became the second wife to a polygamist and is now seeking sole custody of Jordan. Robbie and his mother, Barb (the blog’s author) are trying desperately to save Jordan from the clutches of this cult.

The chronicle of a father’s quest to gain permanent custody of his 4-year-old daughter with endless support from his family and friends, and to save her from being raised in a polygamist cult.

Please stop by and show them your support. This little girl deserves to have her childhood as long as she can and not end up being given to an old man from the “group” when she enters puberty. These folks are having a helluva fight and they need to know they have support from those of us living in the real world.

Note: You’ll have to adjust the text size on your browser because the font is really small and hard to read.

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International Women’s Day

By | Published: March 6, 2006

I would like to take this time to mention that Wednesday, March 8 is International Women’s Day 2006.

Global women’s organisation Aurora is calling on women, industry and governments around the world to commemorate International Women’s Day on 8 March. Celebrated annually since 1908, International Women’s Day (IWD) highlights women’s equality worldwide and inspires women to achieve their full potential. Celebrated globally from Alaska to Zambia, the day is declared a holiday in Russia where white flowers are given to women to mark the days of the early suffragettes. Even Google, the global search engine company, changes its logo to an IWD Google logo on 8 March.
(read more here)

So please commemorate this day by linking to 5 or more women bloggers. Also, take a moment to post about a woman in your life that has inspired you with her strength, wisdom, and love. This is especially important right now with the War on Women picking up steam. Women need to remember where we were, how far we’ve come, and who brought us here.

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Land Sale Plan

By | Published: March 6, 2006

Land Sale Plan Tilted in Northwest’s Favor – Yahoo! News

Anyone who stops long enough to read this blog is probably in agreement that this “war” needs to end now. It’s not benefiting Iraqis and it’s certainly not benefiting Americans. The cost in dollars and lives is too high a price to pay for an American oil colony. We know that domestic programs are suffering because of increased military funding- they’ve got to find money somewhere. Now schools are suffering and the feds have to find a way to give back some of their money to help education. Do they do that by cutting funding to an unpopular war? Or even by cutting off illogical payments to Halliburton? Of course not. That would be asinine.

They do it by selling national forests. What better way to send money the way of rural school districts than to sell off forested land? Who the hell needs trees and wild life for education anyway? And if it makes some species extinct? Well, there are sure to be pictures in some of the new text books these schools will be able to buy.

I’m all for funding education. It’s terribly important for these kids to grow with knowledge, competence, and imagination. Gods know we don’t need anymore George Bushs running the country. However, I don’t think selling off our land’s heritage and beauty to the highest bidder is going to do it. I think perhaps we should bring our federal tax money home and use that to fund education (and aid in any future natural disasters that could befall any area of the country at any time while this ridiculous war is going on). I know that if I would have to choose between a need of my children and a want of myself, I’d do without in a heartbeat. That’s exactly how the federal government (and Halliburton) needs to think about this situation. If our children are suffering, then stop this military spending and aid our own kids. But then GW would have broken promise to those that really matter to him- the corporations making the real money in Iraq.

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US launches drive to plug leaks

By | Published: March 5, 2006

US launches drive to plug leaks: Washington Post – Yahoo! News

They sit on their hands wondering what to do about the president breaking the law and how they can help the ol’ boy out of this pickle. Then GW says “Well, distract them by seeking and destroying those bastards who told on me!”. That, of course, will take the focus off the real criminal while giving his supporters someone/thing to lampoon for bringing this heat on Herr Leader.

The Bush administration has launched several investigations to discourage government employees from leaking classified information to news reporters, The Washington Post reported in its Sunday edition.

FBI agents have interviewed dozens of employees at the
CIA, the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies in recent weeks as they investigate possible leaks that led to reports about the NSA’s domestic spying program and secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, the Post said.

Employees at the FBI, the CIA, the Justice Department and other agencies have also received Justice Department letters prohibiting them from discussing the NSA program, the Post said, citing anonymous sources.

Here’s the rub for the gov’t, there are still those willing to risk the gulag by telling that they’re not allowed to tell.

I would suggest to this administration that it start indoctrinating our young to discourage them from questioning the gov’t. It’s too late for us older folks. Most of us still believe they are accountable to us and shouldn’t be breaking laws to keep us in control. We’ve been raised to believe the president is not king and has to go when his time is up. If they start working on our kids now, then maybe in 20 or 30 years their power grab may be a little less noticed. And their employees won’t be so anxious to stop the insanity.

They say that this is “the most extensive anti-leak campaign since the Nixon administration”. Maybe that’s because this is the most criminal administration since Nixon’s. Why don’t they just come out and say it? Or is it now a crime to call the president anything but “dear leader”? Quit hiding behind nice words and get these folks fired up!

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