Mommy Patriots Meet Locally

Today a humble but mighty group of Moms met locally to discuss how we might aid in the effort to reclaim our liberty. There are many issues that unite us and our discussion was lively and purposeful. Many of our problems today link back to irresponsible representation in our goverment. Until this changes our efforts will have no real long term impact. We discussed a group called the Independence Caucus which "is a citizen's movement to take government back from the big money special interests. The focus of this group is on unseating the incumbents in office who are fiscally irresponsible and who refuse to uphold our Consitution." this group can be accessed at WWW.icaucus.or or www.icaucus.ning.com. Membership in this group will allow you to participate in the process of choosing candidates that will uphold the Constitution and have the potential to win elections with our support.

We also discussed the paths of power and influence in our Country. A helpful sight that was shared was www.muckety.com which attempts to map out the paths of power and influence. I attended the site and was quickly informed on the path of power for our Govenator Schwarzenegger. I do not know the accuracy of the site but it was very interesting.

There will also be a CanYouHearUsNow on October 17th. Visit www.operationcanyouhearus.com for an overview of the project and links to local activity.

As our group grows and developes we can all find a place where we feel we can participate. Meeting is the first step in forging a sisterhood that reaches beyond the safety of our home and our computer. Real faces of Moms united in Principles, Values and Purpose...Liberty.

Mom's Power in the Pocket...book that is

Stay at home Moms are the ones that spin the wheels of America's economic bus. The wheels of this bus go round and round largely because mom is out there buying; food, clothing, shoes, books, cleaning products and more. Recently in California we worked diligently to pass Prop 8, defining marriage between a man and a woman. Our grass root effort was fired upon by many corporate sponsors such as Levis and even McDonalds who saw fit to wade into politics and support the opposition of Prop 8. These corporations saw the face of Hollywood's quick access to the camera and assumed that it represented America. What these politic playing corporations did not and still do not realize is that those having ready access to the camera rarely have a realistic view of daily American life. Nor do these elite few hold the bulk of daily purchasing power.

America is men that work for a living to support a family. America is children that attend public school or are home-schooled. America is moms that do not just stay at home, we shop! As we do this daily shopping the power is in our pocket, because as Mom we can choose what brand of jeans we will pay for and what we will purchase as food. With every purchase we make or do not make, we moms can tug on the dollar stream, and the bottom line of those corporations that decide to play politics. This little tug, united has the power to tell these corporations we will not idly stand by while you wield your special interest political saber. As moms, every time we reach into our pocketbook to pay for something, we should know who and what it is we are vicariously supporting. With this knowledge we moms will be like the Dr. Seuss character Mack, the plain little turtle in Yertle the Turtle.

But as Yertle, the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And started to order and give the command,
That plain little turtle below in the stack
That plain little turtle whose name was just Mack,
Decided he'd taken enough. And he had.
And that little lad got a little bit mad,
And that plain little Mack did a plain little thing,
He burped.
And his burp shook the throne of the king...

Moms can shake the throne that is being built each and every day by politicians and corporate supporters that seek promote agendas that do not reflect the wishes of the people. Moms can shake that throne by sharing knowledge and then voting with our wallets and then speaking with our mouths. It is only easy to prop up a lie when no one is willing to speak the truth. And like Mack that plain little turtle who burped, our Country's mothers can create a ripple that is first heard in our neighborhoods and then across America.

Copyright 2009

100% Whole Grain Biscuits

I just love this recipe. My little gems just scarf them up before school and then when they return home they are always eager to have one of the morning leftovers.

Whole Grain Biscuits

6 C Whole Wheat Flour

1 C Butter

5 TBL Baking Powder

3 Tsp Salt

Combine in mixer and mix until butter is evenly distributed. The recipe can be stored in the refrigerater for up to 2 weeks. To make biscuits, 1 cup of mix will make about 3 biscuits. Add milk to make the desired consistency. More milk will make drop biscuits, less will make rolled. I prefer rolled. Press out dough and fold it over; this will make them split evenly. Press out again until dough is about 1.5 inches or so. Cut biscuits with a cutter or glass. Place on baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for about 14 minutes. Copyright 2009

Berry Beautiful

One of Heavenly Father's gifts to us is fruit in its season. My favorite are the succulent bright green of the kiwi, the mandarine and the pomegranate in winter, and the nectarine, watermelon and especially the blackberry of summer. The stained little lips of neices, nephews, grandchilren and children while picking the summer black berry must be our thank you back to Heavenly Father. Yesterday we spent the day picking at a friend's berry farm. It is a family tradition that we have done for years. What does not make it into the mouth's of our little ones while picking gets brought home. At home we make Berry Freezer Jam, and Berry Crisps. The rest gets frozen so that we can enjoy their sweetness all year a-top our cereals, in shakes and in my favorite Whole Grain Black Berry Muffins!!

Yummm...Yogurt Dill Potato Salad

I wanted to make a nice potato salad for my daughters Birthday. She does not like onions, which by the book can prove to be challenging in the potato salad world. I'm not really a by-the-book-cook so here is what I came up with.


Yogurt Dill Potato Salad

Love
8-12 New Potatoes quartered, cooked, cooled and diced.
1 1/2 C Plain Yogurt
1/8 C Cider Vinegar
2 TBL Sugar
2 TBL Olive Oil
Dash of Salt
Dash of Pepper
1/2 Red Bell Pepper Diced
1/2 English Cucumber Diced
1/2 C Fresh Dill



Combine all ingredients add more love or dill if necessary and toss over cooled potatoes. Refrigerate overnight and serve cold. Nice summer salad. Enjoy

In a Cloud

I am in a cloud of dust that billows around me as I stand above my garbage tote attempting to empty my environmentally correct bagless vacuum canister and its accompanying hepa filter into the tote. The cloud of home dust, dog dander and animal fur that was once deposited in my carpet is now redeposited in the depth of my sinuses. This entire weekly ritual leaves me in somewhat of a dusty dichotomy. You see I understand that the canister replaces the bag which serves to save our environment because I reuse it. The hepa filter provides dust free vacuuming by preventing the dust from spilling out into my home. However I am completely dust free when I exit my house to empty the canister and when I return I am coughing, sneezing, wheezing and dust is deposited into every facial oriface I have.

The oxymoronic chasm broadens when I am notified by my disposal service that I must empty vacumm contents into a bag that is then securley taped closed to prevent leakage into the tote. Can you blame them? The disposal sorters and handlers do not want to breath all of that home dust either. So I am asking, where is the the old fashioned vacuum complete with disposable bag? I could use it completely guilt free because it all ends up in a bag anyway....and loose the filter...I don't want to clean it. Do you?

What's in a Word

My husband and I adopted two little girls to make our combined total eight. At ages four and eight our little gems have been a blessing to our entire family which now includes twelve grandchildren. Both of our little gems were not english speaking when we arrived home with them and even now almost three years later they provide some real insight into the things we say. Last night at the dinner table my husband was tired from the odd hours he had worked this week and apologized for his unusually quiet demeanor, saying "I'm sorry I am such a party pooper." My now twelve year old daughter's face contorted and her sweet little mind conjured up the visual image of a party pooper. "That's disssscusting Daddy." she replied. My husband and I busted out in laughter as we explained to her the figurative meaning of the comment rather than the literal meaning of the two words party pooper....we laugh alot in our house; as you can imagine this is not the only time this has happened.

Who is Bullying Whom?

My twelve year old daughter brought home a permission slip for a Health Education Class that was being taught at her school. As a rule, my husband and I claim the right to teach our own kids about their body, sexuality, and health. So my daughter was the only one who did not attend. At the end of the day I inquired about what her friends said. She indicated to me that Health Education was about “Bullying.” I did not have to wonder for too long what bullying had to do with health education. This morning when I opened my email I found an article announcing the new Assistant Deputy Secretary in the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, Kevin Jennings, a leading advocate for homosexuality, bisexuality, and transexuality in schools. Jennings is founder and former Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). "This man's work and his agenda are exactly why we've seen the radical pro-homosexuality curriculum pushed across California. He is now more strongly positioned to implement his agenda nationwide," said Karen England, Executive Director of Capitol Resource Institute. California schools are becoming “Safe Schools” where homosexuality is promoted through instruction implemented under the guise of bullying, harassment, and name calling…often there is no distinguishing between “mistreatment” of a person and “disagreement.” The article quotes a local advocate of multi-sexual instruction, Ron Moody, Alameda Board of Education Vice President who voiced his intention at a Board Meeting saying that, "You can have the wrong beliefs, but that's something that should be taught at home," he said. During the same meeting, Mooney and other Board Members successfully opposed an opt-out provision.

There should be two red flags in this statement, one; that anything except multi-sexual lifestyle are “wrong beliefs” and two; that the Board went on to oppose an “opt out provision” which would steal the right of the parent to opt out of a specific program, like I did with my own child. I believe they call that bullying. Are we ready to be labeled as “wrong” and to have our children told that their parents are teaching them wrong principles? Do we know what is being taught to our children while they are in school? Do we exercise the right to opt our kids out of programs that indoctrinate them and do we consider that some education should not be left to public education while we embrace the joy of teaching our children about these things in our homes. As parents we need to do the following:

1. Be informed about what is being taught to our children in school. Ask our children, ask the teachers and ask the staff at the school. Dig deeper, speak with the teacher that is teaching the class. Last year in response to my inquiry on Health Education, I received a skeleton of an outline that gave no indication of what was going to be in the class. I exercised my right to “opt-out.”
2. Teach our own children about sexuality and health. Make it a part of our every day conversation even a t the dinner table. Answer our child’s question when asked, that is when the child needs the answer. Do not shame children for asking questions, a person’s sexuality should be honored not shamed.
3. Be aware that kids talk on the playground, and that many times children as young as six and seven are already having conversations that include sexuality content. Children with older siblings learn sooner and then love to share at school.
4. Be “the authority”, or the one who will get the answers for our own children, if it is not us as parents…it will be someone else of which we have no control.
5. Do you believe that you have the “wrong beliefs”? If not then, exercise your right to speak up even in public …Remember, it is easy to promote a lie if no one speaks up against it. Many times people will speak up in the safety of home but will remain silent in public. We cannot continue to remain silent any more than we can accept the label of having the “wrong beliefs.”

Schools are not the enemy; rather they too are a pawn in a larger game. Many times teachers must teach things that they too disagree with. Gays are not the enemy. The real issue here the growing trend in America to villanize and thereby control others that hold a different view point. Ironically, the issue boils down to bullying others to force them to hold a particular view. I respect the individual right of people to choose a lifestyle. I do not want a multi-sexual lifestyle force-fed to my children in public school. I do not want my child labeled as a bigot or a bully for disagreeing with a lifestyle. Disagreement is not mistreatment. We can disagree and still respect individual choice. If we are content to move into a society where we cannot express disagreement, we are content to be bullied and to loose our identity, our voice, and our very rights as Americans.

Copyright 2009








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