The ACLU--From Lili Lagan

This is a portion of Robert Knight's column in the Townhall.com newsletter that I get daily.  I wholeheartedly agree with this article.  To read the entire article, go to the Townhall website.   

Robert Knight  

How the Devil's Law Firm Helps to Corrupt Kids

If you were the devil, what would be your most important mission, other than inventing false religions?

It would be to corrupt innocent children.

I'd start by kicking God out of the public schools and excising from textbooks the truth about America's deeply Christian heritage. I'd get rid of glaringly obvious ties between Christianity and the Founders' vision of unalienable rights and limited government. Children would be indoctrinated to think of themselves as cosmic accidents of random mutation and survival of the fittest, not precious beings with eternal souls created in the image of God. The result would be an effectively atheistic system of moral relativism.

Next, I'd cloak sexual promiscuity in terms of self-fulfillment, mix it up with junk science, and lobby the teachers unions to openly promote the Kinsey sex education model of children as "sexual beings" whose "orientation" has no moral relevance.

Finally, I'd expose the kids to outright propaganda through clever websites designed to promote deviance and to brand anyone with any qualms (such as parents) as hate-filled bigots and bullies.

If any school districts resist, I'd slap them with legal threats. And that's where the devil's law firm comes in.

The ACLU is running around the country, shaking their fists at school districts and demanding that kids be exposed to whatever the gay movement deems appropriate. In Prince William County, Virginia, after an ACLU threat, school officials removed the filter blocking homosexual websites. The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, has sent letters to eight school districts, including Prince William, advising them that they have every right to keep the filters.

 

Well-behaved women rarely make history.  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Fwd: Your Washington Apple Information is Here!

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Date: Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 3:05 PM
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JECS Farm September 10, 2011 Hello,   We are excited to bring you another season of apples. Our goal is to help as many people as possible benefit from these great apples. So please feel free to foreword this email on to others whom you think would love some great apples!  Here are the details:    Note: The apple supply in our area is estimated to be 10% less than last year. As orders will be filled in the order received, this means the sooner you place your order, even for Fuji's and Honeycrisp's, the more assured you are of receiving your apples. Last year we barely had enough apples to meet the orders so order now and don't miss out.   Don't wait until the deadline or you will miss out.  Order here:  http://www.applesinaseed.com/apple_order.html   Deadline to order: Golden's and Honeycrisp: September 21, 2011. Estimated time of delivery: First week of October. Fuji's: November 21, 2011. Estimated time of delivery: First two weeks of December.   Price: Golden's & Fuji's-- $26/box (.65 cents/lb), Honeycrisp-- $31/box (.78 cents/lb)   To our regret, you may notice the small price increase from last year. This has been unavoidable as many costs have increased for us (and the rest of the economy) this year. The cost of the apples themselves has gone up 15%, shipping is up 20%, cardboard boxes are up 8%, labor is up 5% and so on. We have tried to absorb as much of the increase as possible without passing it on but can only do so much. Thank you for your understanding. Our prices for this farm fresh fruit are still 50% to 75% less than the local grocery store with superior quality.   As in the past, each box will weigh approximately 40 lbs. and are 'field run' apples. This means you will have a variety of sizes, shapes, color and small defects as you would when picking directly from the tree. They are washed and cleaned and we sort through them to get the best apples possible. They are the same apples as you have received from us in the past. Washington State has long been known as one of the best areas to grow apples but these apples are grown on the banks of Lake Chelan, Washington and are the very best; crisp, juicy and great flavor.   Remember that it is very important to watch your email for the delivery information. We will notify you by email of the delivery date and specific location. You must come and pick up your order at the specified time. In many locations we can't store your apples and have someone waiting around to get them to you at a later time. Any leftover boxes will be given to a local charity.   Suggestion: Because of gas prices, the economy and possible time constraints, we encourage people to consolidate your trips to pick up apples. Work with a friend in your area, donate to them a dollar or two for gas and time, and consolidate trips. This should help many of our customers who may have difficulty for one reason or another getting to the apple pick up locations. Because the apples are also prepaid, this will simplify things. This will also help keep the cost down on your apples.      Please order now: There are two methods of payment: Credit/Debit Card or Check Just click on the link below:    http://www.applesinaseed.com/apple_order.html   Thank you very much! Ken and Shauna     You are receiving this email because you have purchased apples, wheat or coconut oil from us in the past.

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~Shauna

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

Scentsy Open House

Hello again Sisters!  I wanted to extend an invitation to my open house to all who might be interested.  Stop by and see what Scentsy is all about! Come relax, mingle and have some hors d'oeuvres while you smell some of the wonderful scents and see some of the beautiful new warmers Scentsy has to offer! This is open house style, so stop by when its convenient for you if you are interested!

It will be held on Thursday, September 15 from 5:30-7:30pm at my home.  Drop by when you have a chance, and if that doesn't work, but you are still interested, we can arrange to meet up so you can smell the testers and see if I have any scents that you like.   Feel free to call me with any questions 596-2712.  Thanks again!


Michelle Peterson

Scentsy Wickless Candles

Hello Sisters!  Michelle Peterson here!  I recently just became an independent consultant for Scentsy products and wanted to generate some interest in their awesome wickless candles.  A wickless candle, called a Scentsy Bar or a Scentsy Brick, is a highly fragrant wax bar that is warmed to release fragrance into the air. Because the wax is gently warmed rather than burned, it can hold more fragrance oil than a traditional candle. And, because there is no flame, there is no smoke, soot, or lead. Scentsy wickless candles are a safer alternative to traditional candles.  Scentsy’s beautiful ceramic warmers house a low-watt light bulb that slowly melts the Scentsy Bar or Scentsy Brick, filling your home with one of more than 80 distinctive, long-lasting scents.  On top of being much safer, Scentsy is also much more cost effective.  If you regularly burn traditional candles, the medium jars of the name brand companies cost somewhere between $15 and $25 and burns for about 65-90 hours.  A Scentsy Bar is $5 and burns for 60-80 hours.  Warmers range from $20 - $35 and come in many varieties, including your favorite college sports teams! 

If you are interested in purchasing, you can go to my website listed below and browse.  I will have my testers by Friday evening if you would like to smell some of the amazing scents Scentsy has to offer.  If you have any questions or if you are interested in hosting a party, where you can earn rewards, please send me an email at peterson.m@cox.net.  As I am very excited for this new adventure I am taking, I am offering anyone who purchases $40 in Scentsy products from My Launch Party (link is below) a free Scentsy Bar in the scent of their choice (do not add this to the cart, send me an email with the scent of your choice and it will be done separately).  Thank you so much ladies!!!  Have a wonderful day!

My Launch Party

My Scentsy Home Page

RS Weekly/ September Newsletter

Dear Sisters,

The lesson on Sunday was given by Sister Miller on the Conference talk by Dallin H. Oaks called, "Desire." It was a very profound topic and I felt one of the things I needed to understand better was developing and increasing our desires. I realized that desire is a precursor to unlock the power of faith. That God will grant us power to become or achieve anything that is expedient in him if we exercise faith in him, but faith is the substance (or the physical fulfillment) of things which are hoped for (Heb. 11:1). If we don't decide and strengthen our hopes and desires, we have already lost the opportunity to exercise this faith to achieve them. 

That is why I thought it was key that Elder Oaks pointed out that we must first gain the vision of what and where we hope to someday be in the future, as illustrated in his story of the man who freed himself from an 800 lb rock and hiked to safety only because he saw a vision of himself scooping up his 3 year old child with his one arm and gained the hope and the faith that he could survive to see this fulfilled. He explains, "When we have a vision of what we can become, our desire and our power to act increase enormously."

Announcements:

• This is the last week to do your visiting teaching so call or visit your sisters if you haven't.
• We have a ward activity coming up on Sept 9th at 6:30 pm
• We are very sad that Shauna Kelley will no longer be in our presidency but she will now be teaching our lessons once a month and she always does a wonderful job so we are looking forward to that. We also welcome Sister Georgia Wasden into our presidency and we are so grateful for her willingness to sacrifice her time to serve in this capacity.

Attached is the September Newsletter.

Have a great week and holiday weekend.

Jeanine Gee

Political Cartoon

From: Lili Lagan <lililagan@yahoo.com>

I love political cartoons.  This cartoon's by Glenn McCoy.  It says it all. 

 

Well-behaved women rarely make history.  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Open House for Exchange Student Saturday-- and Looking for Chest of Drawers

We are getting a foreign exchange student from Moldova tomorrow! Her name is Diana and she is 16 years old and we are excited to have her come be a part of our family this year. We want her to feel welcome and to get to know the members of our ward and community, as well as the great LDS youth who will be attending school with her since she has left all of her family and friends to come have this experience.

So, you are all invited to an open house to welcome her into our community on Saturday Evening from 6:30 - 7:30 at our house. We will have some Moldovan Refreshments and you can have a chance to mingle and learn about her and her country (she will give a brief presentation around 7 about it). Then from 7:30 to 8:30/9 we will be having a youth game night and You Tube favorites night for any of your youth who would like to stick around. Please inform your youth and encourage them to invite their friends from the high school/seminary as well.

Also and we need to buy a dresser for our spare room that she can use. We found one in Henderson for $20, but if anyone happens to have one they would like to sell, it would be easier for us to get one in Boulder City. We are looking to pay between $20 and $30 for a used one, it needs to be no more than 33" wide, and come from a smoke free home. If you happen to have one or know of one, let us know. A nightstand with drawers and a lamp would be useful too if you have any DI bound as well.

Thanks,

Jeanine Gee

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