Protect the Right to Choose: John Kerry believes that women have the right to control their own bodies, their own lives, and their own destinies. He believes that the Constitution protects their right to choose and to make their own reproductive choices in consultation with their doctor, their conscience, and their God. John Kerry will defend this right as President, and will appoint only pro-choice judges to the Supreme Court. Kerry also believes that we should promote family planning and health plans should assure women contraceptive coverage.

The big issue is with Kerry receiving The Eucharist. I am not an expert in the issue of abortion, but I know a thing or two about law and the Constitution and politics. The one thing I do know is that person can not be pro-choice and pro-life at the same time. At least this is the impression I have had for years. Ever since I realized what abortion was and what happens during one, I have been pro-life and anyone that has been pro-choice was blind to the fact that they were responsible for killing millions of babies every year. This has been a problem, because I am basically a Democrat and all Democrats have to be pro-choice. What I have realized in my studies is that the earlier presumption about the distinction between the two groups was in error. The word “choice” is the key word in all of this. The above section was pulled off of a Kerry website. Nowhere in it does Kerry say he is for abortion. He does not say that he would choose abortion over life. He says he is for the freedom to choice.

The big talk these days is about God and politics and government and putting God in the courthouses and in our pledge. The thing we must remember is that, even though the founding fathers put God in the Constitution, they also stated that Religion and Government should be separate. The reason for this is so that no one person can use their place in government to force their religious beliefs on others using the laws of this country. If you feel that abortion is immoral and you will not receive it because of your beliefs, you have every right to do so. If there was a religion that said a family should only have 2 children and any pregnancy after that will be aborted, that is a belief they have. You would not want that religious belief to be made law in this country. We have many different religions and the number of different ideologies grows daily. What makes this country great is the fact that all different religions can live together. This is made possible by the fact that religion and government are separate.

Catholics are strictly against a member having an abortion. In this country, what a politician does in their private life and what they stand for politically an be different. If Kerry is a strict obeying Catholic then he does not use any type contraceptive. Do you think there is any politician that in this day in age would campaign on a law against contraception? If Catholics think a body is a sacred temple, Catholic politicians should make laws against pre-marital sex, plastic surgery, or any type of surgery or medical advance that would be used for a reason other than saving your life. But we don’t ask that of any of them. A good Catholic should obey the teachings and rules set out by the Bible and Tradition and those stated by the Vatican, but it has never been the duty of an American politician to force their religious beliefs upon the people through government. That is not the platform for religion and anyone pushing religion through politics should reread the Constitution and try and understand freedom and stop trying to trample on it.

Just for the record I am completely against abortion. I wonder why the groups are pro-life and pro-choice instead of pro-choice and no-choice. I am a pro-choice-anti-abortion. It is a new group dedicated to saving babies and freedom. We can educate young people about sex and pregnancy without taking away their freedoms and I believe this is the path we should choose.

I have decided to use this blogspot to put good forwards I get from people here. Some may be funny, some serious, some just dumb. Comment if you want, but I think if everybody used this for the forwards they send to people our mailboxes would not be full of them all the time.

You Know You're From Quincy, Illinos If:
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> >
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> > 1. You've never met a celebrity.
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> > 2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a
tractor on
>
> > highway 24.
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> > 3. "Vacation" means going to Six Flags.
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> > 4. You think of Chicago as not part of Illinois.
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> > 5. You measure distance in minutes.
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> > 6. You know several people who have hit a deer.
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> > 7. Your school classes were canceled because it's too cold.
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> > 8. Your school classes were canceled because it's too hot.
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> > 9. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
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> > 10. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
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> > 11. YOu have two choices, golf or boating.
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> > 12. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store, with
nobody
>in
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> > it, no matter what time of year it is.
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> > 13. You end your sentences with an unneccesary preposition. For
>example:
>
> > "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town, can I go with?"
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> > 14. All the fesitvals across the State of Illinois are named after
a
>
>fruit,
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> > vegetable, grain, flower or animal. (For example Barry Apple
Festival)
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> > 15. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave
both
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> > unlocked.
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> > 16. You think of the four major food groups as beef, pork, sodie
and
>jello
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> > salad with marshmallows.
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> > 17. You carry jumper cables in your car.
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> > 18. You don't pronounce the "S" in Illinois like the rest of the
world.
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> > 19. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a
snowsuit.
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> > 20. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes in town
are
>
>filled
>
> > with snow.
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> > 21. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
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> > 22. The Herald Whig covers national and international headlines on
page
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> > one, but requires six pages for sports.
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> > 23. You think that opening weekend for deer season is a national
>holiday.
>
> > (oh and you have a deer head on your wall!)
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> > 24. You know which leaves make a good toilet paper.
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> > 25. You find -20 degrees "a little chilly."
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> > 26. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter,
and
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> > Construction.
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> > 27. You know if another Illinoisian is from southern, central, or
>northern
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> > Illinois and especially Chicago, as soon as they open their mouth.
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> > 28. There is a Dairy Queen in town.
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> > 29. Pottery Barn is a big deal!
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> > 30. You know more than one person that has a septic tank.
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> > 31. You pronounce the invisible "R" in the word wash.
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> > 32. You've haven't been to any of the Lincoln sites in Springfield
since
>a
>
> > grade school field trip.
>
> > 33. It's a big deal when a hip band is playing at BackWaters.
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> > 34. Pier 1 is a big deal.
>
> > 35. You see all of the people you haven't seen since the year
before at
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> > the KC BBQ. (Knights of Columbus)
>
> > 35. There is no Target.

Some of these are pretty good.
> Subject: I wonder
>
> 1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

> 2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

> 3. OK...so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the "Jags" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the "Bucs," what does that make the Tennessee Titans?

> 4. If four out of five people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one enjoys it?

> 5. There are three religious truths:
> a. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
> b. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.
> c. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.

> 6. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

> 7. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

> 8. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

> 9. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

> 10. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racecar is not called a racist?

> 11. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

> 12. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

> 13. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?

> 14. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?

> 15. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

> 16. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me...they're cramming for their final exam.

> 17. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use, toothpicks?

> 18. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?

> 19. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

> 20. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

> 21. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?

> 22. If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?

> 23. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

Inspired by Neil, I figured I would tackle one of these. Who knows if it leads anywhere or even last long. I figured I would start off with something that crossed my mind in Paris. African Americans can't be called that in France. What is PC to call an African American that lives in France, or anywhere for the matter.