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Archive for November, 2006

Prop 85

Nov 8

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I guess that Californians do not believe in parenting properly as the vote for prop 85 was in the direction of NO. I have heard the lame arguments regarding children whose parents are abusive and might retaliate against a child of 13 years of age who is pregnant .

The ironic thing is that you cannot vote until the age of 18, nor drink until 21, yet you can have an abortion at thirteen without a parent’s consent. Is our state and nation that morally deprived that we believe a 13 year old can make a sound decision in regards to pregnancy. The Planned Parenthood is dancing the jig right now I gather.

The Planned Parenthood had it’s arrogant beginnings from a Communist female who sought to exterminate the pro-creation of black people in the Southern United States and eventually the world. Now, ironically, there are more Planned Parenthoods Offices in African-American Urban areas than any other, and the people are being deceived to believe that these organizations actually care about the cultural issues of the struggling urban worker and families. Instead Planned Parenthood has dictated what culture is to millions of Americans without any accountability.

This organization is jut one of many that are allowed in our schools to teach young people about sex and abortions. It is minds like these that thought removing prayer and the Bible from our schools would be a great idea. Instead they have renamed global secularization as a new religion called TOLERANCE, yet the right wing conservative freaks, like myself, who fear God and believe in moral law is considered intolerant.

Let me show you intolerance, tell a liberal that President Bush is doing the best job he can with what he is dealing with, and there you will see intolerance rise up and spew.

People always ask me why I am going to home school my kids, HMMMMM…………. Any guesses?

New Study Shows U.S. Girls Surpassing Boys in At-Risk Behaviors

Nov 8

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OK, this article would perk the interest of most anyone associated with teenagers, but especially youth pastors.

The White House drug czar has released a new study that indicates teenage girls across the United States are using marijuana, alcohol, and cigarettes at higher rates than boys.

The national survey on drug use and health finds 1.5 million girls ages 12-17 started drinking alcohol in 2004, as compared with 1. 28 million boys in the same age range. Girls also surpassed boys in cigarette and marijuana use as well as prescription drug abuse. The new government analysis finds 730,000 girls started smoking cigarettes in 2004, as compared with 560,000 boys.
National Drug Policy Director John Walters says parents should not hesitate to confront their male and female children about drugs, which can harm young people in numerous ways. The latest research, he points out, shows that marijuana, the most commonly used illegal drug among young people, “correlates with mental illness, depression, schizophrenia, thoughts of suicide” and many other problems.

“We know these substances make the lives of young people much more dangerous and, unfortunately, even cause some of them to lose their lives,” Walters says. And while, in the past, boys have had both higher and significantly higher rates of substance abuse than girls, parents today cannot take for granted that their daughters are any less at risk, since there are now more girls who are new users of substances than boys.

The U.S. drug policy official observes that parental and community disapproval is key to preventing such risky behaviors in boys and girls. He says 30 years of experience has shown that, if that message of disapproval is not communicated, substance abuse among teens, like other diseases that are not confronted aggressively, will only get worse.

The only difference between substance abuse and other diseases that afflict young people, Walters notes, is that “this is also going to affect their behavior.” Research shows that youth who use alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes are going to have “increased failure in school,” he says, and they also may be involved in other kinds of self-destructive, other-destructive behavior.

“Drug use directly correlates to joining gangs, being involved in theft, bringing weapons to school,” to name a few, Walters adds. He says parents and others who care about young people need to be vocal and proactive in communicating anti-substance abuse messages and teaching youth about the harmful effects that using alcohol, drugs, and tobacco can have.

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