UN report: ‘There is no definition of the family’

January 29, 2016 (C-Fam) A draft UN report says the family should be understood “in a wide sense” and tries to open the door to recognize same-sex couples in international law and policy. “There is no definition of the family under international human rights law,” according to a report on “protection of the family” prepared by the UN staff and released last week ahead of the next session of the UN Human Rights Council.

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Pravda: The global crisis and the appropriation of wealth

PRAVDA, 2/12/2013 - Reading articles published by Pravda, are interesting in that they let us know how others see us. "The global crisis and the appropriation of wealth" by Gelio Fregapani (translated from the Portuguese version of Pravda/RU) is such an article. Read it here... Read More......

WT: Feds bow to pressure, kill child farm-labor rules

[...] While labor officials said their goal was to reduce the fatality rate for child farmworkers, the proposal had become a popular political target for Republicans, who called it an impractical, heavy-handed regulation that ignored the reality of small farms. ✧ “It’s good the Labor Department rethought the ridiculous regulations it was going to stick on farmers and their families,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican. “To even propose such regulations defies common sense, and shows a real lack of understanding as to how the family farm works.” Read more at the Washington Times... Read More......

Liberal women are particularly venomous...

GOP USA, 10/28/2010 by Kay Daly - ....against conservative women. And they call conservative women the mean girls? ∴ Joy Behar calls Sharon Angle a bitch, on live daytime TV no less, and in the same breath demands that Sharon get sensitivity training. Liberal men are no better. however. Jerry Brown calls Meg Whitman a whore, half apologizes, clearly wonders what all the fuss is about and yet claims to be "sensitive to the women's agenda." Whatever that is. ∴ You know what really drives liberal women crazy? A conservative woman who is pregnant, married and happy. If looks could abort! Somehow, they believe we are lesser beings for embracing tradition, getting married, having children, having a career inside or outside of the home, but either way, not resenting every moment bitterly.

I have had less hysterical liberal women explain it to me. Apparently they really dislike conservative women because they truly believe that we are somehow traiitors -- that we despise our own gender. And they feel morally justified in doing whatever it takes to discredit a conservative woman.

For years I have been getting hate mail from liberals, but the most vicious stuff definitely originates from the gals. I have even been defriended on Facebook by one liberal gal because I said something nice about Sarah Palin. The horror!

Christine O'Donnell has been called every name in the book and unfortunately, it hasn't originated solely from the liberal wing.. There have been conservative naysayers as well who bent over backwards to try to make sure she lost the primary. And don't get confused here -- I am not a feminist. I don't believe for a moment that those who dislike(d) O'Donnell had some burr under their saddle that she was a female. She just wasn't part of the "vetted inner circle." Mike Castle was someone that the powers that be knew wouldn't rock the boat.

I think we can all agree that the boat needs some serious rocking.

The hatred is hardly reserved just for conservative female candidates, either. There is one conservative columnist who told me that she moved her entire family because the liberals had put her home address, phone number and even a picture of her home on a very public website. Pretty high price to pay for having a difference of opinion.

Just think for a moment if the tables were turned here. I can only imagine what would happen if Sharon called Joy a bitch and Meg called Jerry a whore. Can you imagine the hysteria on the left?

In some bizarre way, I am actually thrilled that this is happening out in the public eye because it has gone on unchecked for years. Now you all can see in living color what outspoken conservative women have gone through for years out of the viewfinder of the camera lens and just out of earshot of a microphone. It has only served to make most conservative women hone their skills, toughen up and be determined to stand on principle, no matter what the cost.
Like it or not, my liberal sisters, it is definitely the year of the conservative woman. And as Ronald Reagan used to say, "You ain't seen nothin' yet."

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Malkin: Standing Tall - The Rise and Resilience of Conservative Women

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Rest in peace, little ones

Stop Before You Gripe
By Michelle Malkin
CNSNews.com Commentary
November 21, 2007

Before you blow your top about the holiday hassle at the airport, the long lines at the grocery store, all the hours you'll spend cooking and cleaning, the uninvited guests who are crashing hubby's football party, and the endless Christmas shopping list that awaits, just stop.

Stop and think of the Johnson family. Army Spc. John Austin Johnson of El Paso, Texas, is recovering from massive head wounds sustained in an IED attack. Johnson is a member of Fort Bliss' 4-1 Cavalry. He had survived five previous bombing incidents. That is not all.

Earlier this month, Johnson and his wife, Mona Lisa, buried their 9-year-old son, Tyler Anthony Johnson. The little boy had been on life support for several weeks after sustaining critical injuries in a horrible car accident. He was on his way with his family to see his dad in recuperation at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He never made it. The family car rolled over several times after being hit by powerful blasts of wind. Tyler was laid to rest at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Benton, Ark. That is not all.

The Johnsons had two other children. Ashley Mishelle was 5 years old. Logan Wesley was 2. They were killed instantly in the same car crash that claimed their older brother's life. During the funeral service, the Benton Courier reported, the program included Ashley Mishelle's favorite song -- Ashley Simpson's "Pieces of Me" -- and Sarah McLachlan's haunting "In the Arms of an Angel." White doves were donated by a retired military officer.

To lose one child is devastating enough. To lose three? While recovering from traumatic war injuries? And to bury three little angels just weeks before Thanksgiving? No parent can read of suffering like that of the Johnsons and indulge the petty, selfish complaints of holiday gripers and road-ragers. The complainers featured on the nightly news this week wallowing in self-pity over a few hours' delay on the road or in the air need to get a grip, get over themselves and get some perspective.

C.S. Lewis wrote famously that "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." Thankfully, countless citizens were roused by the Johnsons' plight -- and they demonstrated that the American giving spirit lasts 365 days a year.

More than 200 Patriot Guard Riders, the volunteer band of motorcycle enthusiasts who provide protection during military funerals, served as Tyler's pallbearers. The Patriot Guards traveled from Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana to attend. Anonymous donors provided the gravesites and markers for the children's plots. That is not all.

Soldiers' Angels provided hotel stays as needed for the Johnsons' extended family in Dallas, a Brooke Army Medical Center official told the American Forces Press Service. The group also provided funding for food and other basic needs. The Dallas Veteran Service Organization and the Veterans of Foreign Wars pitched in with meals. Operation Comfort covered gas for rental cars, which were provided by Hertz and National. That is not all.

The Fisher House Foundation's Hero Miles program provided travel for Johnson to get to his injured wife. American Airlines picked up the tab for the Johnsons to travel to their children's funerals. The Professional Golfers Association raised $95,000 for a new car and other expenses.
Operation Homefront will use leftover funds to build a permanent memorial playground in the children's honor at Fort Bliss.

Before Thanksgiving brings out the worst in you, stop before you gripe. Give thanks for noisy houses, healthy children and overflowing company. Give thanks for bounteous tables, rambunctious friends and neighbors, life and limb. And give thanks for those who give of themselves -- in service to our nation, in civic duty and in answer to His call-all year 'round. That is all.

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Ahmadinejad at the UN

In progress...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Glenn Beck: "Glenn's gut on President Tom"

This is scarey: Conservative talking points

AHMADINEJAD: Dear friends and colleagues, as you are all aware, mankind is currently facing important numerous and diverse challenges, and I will refer to some of them. One, organized attempts to destroy the institution of family and to weaken the status of women. Family is the most sacred and valuable human institution that serves as the center of the purest mutual love and affection amongst mothers, others and children. And is a safe environment from the nurturing of human generations and of fertile ground for the blossoming of talents and compassion. This institution has always been respected by all people's religions and cultures. Today we are witnessing an organized invasion by the enemies of humanity and plunderers to destroy this noble institution that is targeted by promoting lewdness, violence, and by breaking the boundaries of chastity and decency. The precious existence of women as the manifestation of divine beauty and as the peak of kindness, perfection and purity has been the target of heavy exploitation in recent decades by the holders of power and the owners of media and wealth. In some societies this beloved human has been reduced to a mere instrument of propensity. Read More......