“In 2005 Planned Parenthood got $272 million in our taxes, twice the money it made from its 255,000 surgical abortions. Since 1987, Planned Parenthood has taken in $3.2 billion in taxpayer funds for its deadly agenda. So, since 1973 Planned Parenthood has aborted 3.8 million babies with the help of over 3.9 billion tax dollars.” Tom McClusky, American Spectator
Health, Wednesday, March 01, 2006
A new study, linking abortion rates to death rate in women has found that abortion actually increases the death rate in women.
The main causes for the increase are suicide, accidents and homicide. Agape press has a summary article on the issue. Click Here
AfterAbortion.org has a more lengthy article with more details information and research citations. Click Here
Agape pressing is pointing out that this is good evidence to add to the fight to overturn Roe vs. Wade since one of the strong arguments was that it was safer for a women to have an abortion. This new evidence shows the contrary.
Organics, Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Kids are very susceptable to pesticide poisoning from food from birth to 2 years of age because of the reduced ability of the extcretory system to process and reject these pesticides. Little is known about the effects of the pesticide levels in kids, but we do know that pesticides are a neurotoxin that can dramatically effect brain function.
The original article was from United Press Internationl. I found it through Organic Consumers Association: Click Here
News, Thursday, February 23, 2006
Check out this funny but serious cartoon on JibJab about the drug industry. Go the JibJab and click on the “Drugs I Need” cartoon. Click Here
Family, Thursday, February 23, 2006
We joined the community supported agriculture (CSA) program of a local organic farm. This means we get a share of their harvest throughout the year.
Each week, the farm puts together boxes with fresh vegetables and fruit that they picked from the fields. They drive throughout the South Bay and drop off these boxes to a variety of pick up sites. Our site happens to be only 2 miles from our house!
The nice thing about this, is that we don’t need to drive far, and we are gauranteed to have fresh, ripe and completely organically grown fruits and vegetables for the week. We pay around $1000 for the entire spring, summer and fall seasons. That comes to abuot $30 per box. It’s much cheaper and more convenient that going to the organic food store.
Jenn and I tend to settle on 3 or 4 of our favorite vegetables and fruits, so this program will also encourage us to eat a wider variety of healthy fruits and vegetables.
The farm we are using is called Live Earth Farm. Check out their website. Click Here
We found them by searching for CSA’s in the Bay Area using Local Harvest’s website. You can also find a local farm anywhere in the country. Click Here
Family, Friday, February 17, 2006
Remember that saying, “you are what you eat”. Well, this statement has never been more frightening after watching the eye opening film about our food industry called “Future of Food”.
Our food industry in the U.S. is run by huge multinational conglomerate cooperations that are money and power hungry. Let’s face the facts about businesses, they are out to make money. This film is a stark reminder that it is up to consumers and the government to protect themselves. However, it turns out, in the United States, the government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are being run by the former employees of these cooperation. It’s the old “fox watching the hen house”. How can us chickens be safe when the fox, who wants to pounce and kill on the chickens, is in charge of the safety of the chickens?
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