President Bush Honors Pregnancy Centers

LifeNews.com 9/19

President Bush to Honor Pregnancy Center Volunteers With Service Award
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Dozens of volunteers at pregnancy centers across the country will receive distinguished service awards at a White House ceremony today. The award shows the appreciation President Bush has for the millions of volunteers, staff, board members and supporters of centers that help women avoid abortions. The President's Volunteer Service Award will be conferred on 32 Heartbeat International affiliated pregnancy resource centers and 55 volunteers who serve at the centers. Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Joxel Garcia will bestow the honors on the dedicated advocates of women and children for the significant contributions they have made to their communities. Heartbeat International President Peggy Hartshorn told LifeNews.com she is "thrilled to see our volunteers honored by the Administration."

Where to Start......

But where was I to start? The world is so vast. I shall start with the country I know best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No: my home. No: my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
-- Elie Wiesel

Cartoon Ridicules Palin's Faith

CitizenLink 9/18

Cartoon Ridicules Palin's Faith

The Washington Post Web site features a political cartoon that mocks Gov. Sarah Palin's faith.

Cartoonist Pat Oliphant takes aim at Palin's Pentecostal beliefs, portraying the vice presidential candidate as speaking gibberish that is incomprehensible even to God.

Kristen Fyfe, a senior writer at the Media Research Center, said this is just the latest evidence of the liberal media bias.

“They are really trying to find just about anything that they can to throw at her to make her seem unappealing or take the bloom off of the rose," she told Family News in Focus.

Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell conceded the cartoon was overdoing it and "readers were right to complain."

Tom Minnery, senior vice president for government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, weighed in during today's Election Video Update.

"If this very repugnant cartoon gets wide play," he said, "it will boost Sarah Palin's popularity, strictly because of the backlash."
http://www.citizenlink.org/

Crib Notes

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Pizza Night

Pizza Night to Benefit Lois' Lodge

Please join us
Tuesday, September 30th from 5 to 9pm
at ANZI PIZZA
7828 Rea Rd. Suite F
Charlotte, NC 28277
http://www.anzipizza.com/

Bring your friends and family!
Enjoy a great meal of pizza, pasta

When you mention that you are with Lois' Lodge
Owner Phil Mannio will donate a percentage of the proceeds from your purchase to benefit our program.
(Thanks Phil!)