Mama Says

I have run BlogHer ads on my sidebar for a while now.  I really like that I can choose what ads not to run, and I enjoy the featured posts that are listed – I’ve stumbled on some great blogs that way.  I like that it’s not just ads but a community as well.
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All week the children kept telling me about their onions that had yellow flowers. We do have some stragglers of green onions still in the garden, and they keep bringing me fistfuls of yellow weeds, so I thought that’s what they were talking about.
Nope. My daffodils (planted last year and forgotten) are blooming! [...]

Once, there was a man who heard about an unplanned pregnancy. He had to hear about it second hand, as he had no clue such a thing was going on right under his nose.
He saw the child as a threat. His career could very well go right down the tubes. His personal power might [...]

Do not be mislead.  Without specific language excluding abortion from the list of healthcare and family planning services, tax dollars will be funding abortion.  300,000 abortions were funded by Medicaid before the Hyde amendment; it’s happened before and will happen again.
As I tweeted last month – No taxpayer funding of abortions! Make Mommy Dearest [...]

I’m having a discussion about abortion, 140 characters at a time.  So far the discussion has stretched over 3 days.
I started it.  I’ll call her Tweeper.  (My observations in pink)

MHM: No taxpayer funding of abortions! Make Mommy Dearest hire her own hit man!
Tweeper: dont cry to me when you have given away your rights [...]

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This post is interesting, in light of the comments on the Food Stamp Challenge #21 and Playground Bullies post.
School Lunches Around the World
(They get steamed mussels and artichokes for lunch in France?  With a lemon tart?  Maybe I can go teach over there.  How much does Rosetta Stone cost?)
H/T The Common Room
One of our school [...]

Jen at Conversion Diary invites bloggers to post 7 pieces of randomness on Friday.
If there’s one thing I never run out of, it’s randomness!  And y’all just know I’ve got a bunch of political junk to get out of my system.
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Keep your eye on “comparative effectiveness”.  Basically, it’s cost effectiveness applied to healthcare.  Nancy “I [...]

Texas Rep. Farrar has introduced legislation, HB 3318, that would make it a non-capital offense for a mother to kill her child before his first birthday.
Right now, it’s capital murder. Her bill changes that to a state felony. The penalty would be 180 days – 2 years, and a fine not to exceed [...]