Here are the Blogs in the Right to Life category.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
56 Percent of Americans Say Abortion is ‘Morally Wrong,’
56 Percent of Americans Say Abortion is ‘Morally Wrong,’ Poll Finds
Friday, January 22, 2010
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
(CNSNews.com) - After 37 years of legalized abortion, 56 percent of all Americans still say it is morally wrong – and 58 percent of those aged 18 to 29 take that position.
The poll was conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion and is the latest in a series of such surveys commissioned by the Knights of Columbus.
“Americans of all ages – and younger people in even greater numbers than their parents – see abortion as something morally wrong,” K of C Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said. “America has turned a corner and is embracing life – and in doing so is embracing a future they – and all of us – can be proud of.”
Anderson told CNSNews.com that he wasn’t surprised at the results.
‘Given what polling we’ve done in the past, it’s consistent, so from that standpoint, no, I’m not surprised,” he said. "Medical technologies, like 3-D ultrasound, are revealing so much more clearly the humanity of the unborn child.
“Conversely, a lot of people know women who have had an abortion and have come to realize that it wasn’t really a good experience for her. I think when you think about those dynamics, you’re not surprised.
“On the other hand, when you just look at it on the surface, these are people who have known nothing other than a regime of legal abortion, so you would expect them to be fully supportive of it, but they are not. And that’s a consistent finding over a good period time now,” Anderson said.
The poll asked: "Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, do you believe that in general, each one of the following issues is morally acceptable or morally wrong?
-- 58 percent of those aged 18 to 29 – known as "Millennials"-- consider abortion to be "morally wrong."
-- 61 percent of Generation X (those 30-44) feel the same way.
-- 51 percent of Baby Boomers (those aged 45-64) agreed.
-- 62 percent of the Greatest Generation (those 65+) say it is morally wrong.
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Posted on 01/31/2010 5:56 AM by Bobbie Patray
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time
Also, fewer think abortion should be legal “under any circumstances”
by Lydia Saad
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.
The new results, obtained from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey, represent a significant shift from a year ago, when 50% were pro-choice and 44% pro-life. Prior to now, the highest percentage identifying as pro-life was 46%, in both August 2001 and May 2002.
The May 2009 survey documents comparable changes in public views about the legality of abortion. In answer to a question providing three options for the extent to which abortion should be legal, about as many Americans now say the procedure should be illegal in all circumstances (23%) as say it should be legal under any circumstances (22%). This contrasts with the last four years, when Gallup found a strong tilt of public attitudes in favor of unrestricted abortion.
Gallup also found public preferences for the extreme views on abortion about even -- as they are today -- in 2005 and 2002, as well as during much of the first decade of polling on this question from 1975 to 1985. Still, the dominant position on this question remains the middle option, as it has continuously since 1975: 53% currently say abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances.
Read more here Posted on 05/26/2009 5:04 AM by Bobbie Patray
Friday, 15 May 2009
Notre Dame: Alan Keyes arrested, students protest
You can view the videos, read Dr. Alan Keyes' statement, see the schedule, sign the petition at www.stopobamanotredame.com/
Alan Keyes Arrested While Protesting University of Notre Dame’s Obama Invitation
Friday, May 08, 2009
By Melanie Hunter-Omar
CNSNews.com) – Conservative political activist and former presidential candidate Dr. Alan Keyes was arrested on Friday along with 21 other pro-lifers while protesting the University of Notre Dame’s decision to give President Obama an honorary law degree despite his support for abortion.
Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, a pro-life group, said Keyes and the other protesters “walked on campus praying quietly with baby carriages that had dolls covered with stage blood as a show of protest.”
The day before, Keyes was approached during a press conference on public property by two plain clothes Notre Dame policemen and told that if he walked on campus for any reason, he would be arrested.
According to Terry, Keyes replied: “I have not even stepped foot on the campus, and they give me this warning? They told me: 'We are just doing our job.' I told them I am just coming to witness for the truth."
“We have people sitting in jail who defended human life on Notre Dame’s campus and Notre Dame is going to honor someone that takes human life,” Terry told CNSNews.com, referring to Obama’s decision to approve funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which supports China’s one-child policy that includes coercive abortion.
The Bush administration had stopped the $40 million in annual funding for UNFPA six years ago.
By giving the order to fund UNFPA, Obama “unleashed American dollars to kill babies in Africa and in China, and when he said start again with embryonic stem cell research, his order is directly responsible for the deaths of innocent human beings,” Terry told CNSNews.com.
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Alan Keyes arrested in Notre Dame protest
SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 8 (UPI) -- Alan Keyes, who lost to Barack Obama in a U.S. Senate race, was arrested Friday protesting President Obama's invitation to speak at Notre Dame in Indiana.
Keyes and 20 others were charged with trespassing, Dennis Brown, a spokesman for the Catholic university, said. Brown said the university has a long-standing policy that only student-led demonstrations are allowed on campus with approval from the office of student affairs.
Notre Dame invited Obama to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree May 17, causing an uproar because of his support of abortion rights. Many of the protesters Friday pushed baby strollers covered in fake blood.
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Notre Dame students plan peaceful protest of Obama
By TOM COYNE – 1 hour ago
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — University of Notre Dame students who plan to protest the school's awarding of an honorary degree to President Barack Obama on campus during commencement Sunday are calling for a peaceful, prayerful approach.
"We believe a lot more can be accomplished through prayerful, respectful witness than can be accomplished in angry protest," said Michele Sagala, a graduating senior and member of ND Response, a coalition of student groups who oppose the school's decision to award an honorary degree to Obama because of his support of abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research.
Not all those who plan to be on campus Sunday, though, intend to honor the request by ND Response that they refrain from using graphic images and signs. Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who already faces a trespassing charge after being arrested on campus May 1 while pushing a stroller containing a doll covered in fake blood, said members of his group, The Society for Truth and Justice, plan to be arrested and to carry graphic signs.
"If Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks had played by the rules that these kids are proposing, Barack Obama would still be on the back of the bus," he said.
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Some Notre Dame Students to Forego Commencement in Protest of Obama Visit
The University of Notre Dame is allowing its seniors to forego their college commencement Sunday to hold a prayer demonstration on the grounds of the university -- the latest protest against President Obama's controversial visit, which some students say undermines the school's Catholic identity.
The University of Notre Dame is allowing a group of seniors to hold a prayer demonstration on school grounds on Sunday, graduation day -- to protest President Obama's controversial visit, which the students say undermines the school's Catholic identity.
"The university isn't sponsoring it, but we've approved it," university spokesman Dennis Brown told FOXNews.com on Tuesday.
The demonstration -- spearheaded by the student group ND Response -- is in protest of the honorary law degree Obama will receive during Sunday's commencement. The group claims that by honoring Obama, the university is sanctioning his positions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research, which the Catholic church opposes.
"In defense of the unborn, we wish to express our deepest opposition to Reverend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.'s invitation of President Barack Obama to be the University of Notre Dame's principal commencement speaker and the recipient of an honorary degree," the group states on its Web site.
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Posted on 05/15/2009 6:42 AM by Bobbie Patray
Thursday, 7 May 2009
More Good News on LIFE
COMMENT: Can you stand good news two days in a row? You have probably seen: Dr. Oz to Oprah and Michael J Fox: "The stem cell debate is dead." (if not, click HERE).
Well, now it turns out that Al Gore has done some significant investing in the stem cell arena. Some time ago I was having a conversation with a business man about the stem cell issue and presented this scenario: If you were looking for a good investment and had the opportunity to invest in one area where there had not been a significant success or in an area where there had been over 70 success stories, which area would you choose to get a good return on your investment?
Well it looks like Gore got that message -- the real opportunities are in the 'adult' stem cell research area with 'induced pluripotent' stem cells. This research does not involve the destruction of tiny human embryos.
Could it be that we might live to see the end of this destruction of human life as a commodity? How wonderful would that be??
SIDE NOTE ON MORE GOOD NEWS: Public Takes Conservative Turn on Gun Control, Abortion
Al Gore on board for $20M stem cell venture
Former vice president Al Gore is entering the stem cell arena with an announcement today of a $20 million biotech venture in the hot area of "induced pluripotent" stem cells.
Induced cells are attracting interest from researchers and biotech firms as an alternative to embryonic stem cells. Induced cells are made by inserting four genes into ordinary skin cells, and they offer a new path for "regenerative" medical treatments.
"I just think it's a very important breakthrough that is filled with promise and hope," says Gore, a partner with the venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, which is backing the research. "I think this is one of those good news stories that comes along every once in a while."
The cell technology company, iZumi Bio Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., will collaborate with Kyoto University's Shinya Yamanaka, who in 2006 demonstrated the induced cells could be produced by "reprogramming" skin cells into embryonic cell look-alikes, with similar potential to grow into organ tissues for transplants.
Human embryonic stem cells are controversial because their creation requires the destruction of early-stage embryos. Induced cells do not, making them attractive test beds for analyzing the effect of new drugs on diseased cells. And like embryonic cells, they may someday replace organ tissues for patients with ailments ranging from heart disease to diabetes, say cell scientists.
"It's great that Al Gore supports iPS research, but who doesn't? Even the pope and the Catholic Church are on board," says stem cell researcher Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Mass. "Gore's support underscores the urgency and importance of moving this research forward."
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Posted on 05/07/2009 7:12 AM by Bobbie Patray
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Fabulous Defense of LIFE
COMMENT: Sometimes, you just 'deserve a break today." This is an inspiring and touching story. Bouquets to Kathy Ireland for standing for life in such an effective way.
Former Supermodel Kathy Ireland Gives Powerful Defense of Right to Life on National Television
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
 UNITED STATES, April 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Former supermodel Kathy Ireland, who became famous in the 1980s and 90s for her appearances on the cover of Sports Illustrated, is not holding back on her pro-life views as she tours the nation promoting her new book on motherhood.
In a recent appearance on Fox News' "Huckabee," Ireland gave an explanation of the right to life that host Mike Huckabee said was the most articulate that he had ever heard from any source (see video at http://vodpod.com/watch/1528667-kathy-ireland-on-abortion)
"From the moment of conception a new life comes into being, the DNA, the genetic blueprint is there, the sex is determined, the blood type is determined, the unique set of fingerprints is there," Ireland told Huckabee.
"According to the law of biogenesis, all life comes from preexisting life, and each species reproduces after its own kind, therefore human beings can only reproduce other human beings, so it doesn't start out as one species and suddenly become a human being somewhere along the way," she said.
Noting that she began with the "pro-choice" position, even while a Christian, Ireland says that she changed her mind after researching the topic using her husband's medical manuals.
However, Ireland said she didn't want to believe what she was seeing, so she called Planned Parenthood to get their response.
"And I picked up the phone, I called Planned Parenthood. 'Help me out here, give me your best arguments'. And the best arguments were, 'Well, it's just a clump of cells. If you get it early enough it doesn't even look like a baby.'"
However, noted Ireland, "We're clumps of cells, and that unborn human being does not look like a baby the same way a baby does not look like a teenager, a teenager does not look like a senior, but that unborn human being looks exactly the way human beings are supposed to look at that stage of development, and that human life continues to grow and change."
In a later interview with Fox's Pop Tarts, Ireland compared abortion to child abuse, and said that it should be illegal in all cases except saving the life of the mother.
"If we're about to demolish a building we make absolute certain there are no human beings in there before we take a wrecking ball to it, but the unborn doesn't have a voice so it's up to us to speak for them," Ireland told Pop Tarts.
"If I see someone abusing a child I am going to stand up against that, and that's how I feel about abortion. Women are not given all the facts, they're told it is a harmless procedure and now it has turned into such a political football."
Ireland has publicly opposed abortion since at least 1998, when she argued that the beginning of life at conception is a medically established fact as a guest on Politically Incorrect. However, she says, her views are becoming better known, and she has suffered some retaliation.
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Posted on 05/07/2009 7:15 AM by Bobbie Patray
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Kathy Ireland On "Life"
COMMENT: Sometimes, you just 'deserve a break today." This is an inspiring and touching story. Bouquets to Kathy Ireland for standing for life in such an effective way.
Former Supermodel Kathy Ireland Gives Powerful Defense of Right to Life on National Television
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
UNITED STATES, April 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Former supermodel Kathy Ireland, who became famous in the 1980s and 90s for her appearances on the cover of Sports Illustrated, is not holding back on her pro-life views as she tours the nation promoting her new book on motherhood.
In a recent appearance on Fox News' "Huckabee," Ireland gave an explanation of the right to life that host Mike Huckabee said was the most articulate that he had ever heard from any source (see video at http://vodpod.com/watch/1528667-kathy-ireland-on-abortion)
"From the moment of conception a new life comes into being, the DNA, the genetic blueprint is there, the sex is determined, the blood type is determined, the unique set of fingerprints is there," Ireland told Huckabee.
"According to the law of biogenesis, all life comes from preexisting life, and each species reproduces after its own kind, therefore human beings can only reproduce other human beings, so it doesn't start out as one species and suddenly become a human being somewhere along the way," she said.
Noting that she began with the "pro-choice" position, even while a Christian, Ireland says that she changed her mind after researching the topic using her husband's medical manuals.
However, Ireland said she didn't want to believe what she was seeing, so she called Planned Parenthood to get their response.
"And I picked up the phone, I called Planned Parenthood. 'Help me out here, give me your best arguments'. And the best arguments were, 'Well, it's just a clump of cells. If you get it early enough it doesn't even look like a baby.'"
However, noted Ireland, "We're clumps of cells, and that unborn human being does not look like a baby the same way a baby does not look like a teenager, a teenager does not look like a senior, but that unborn human being looks exactly the way human beings are supposed to look at that stage of development, and that human life continues to grow and change."
In a later interview with Fox's Pop Tarts, Ireland compared abortion to child abuse, and said that it should be illegal in all cases except saving the life of the mother.
"If we're about to demolish a building we make absolute certain there are no human beings in there before we take a wrecking ball to it, but the unborn doesn't have a voice so it's up to us to speak for them," Ireland told Pop Tarts. "If I see someone abusing a child I am going to stand up against that, and that's how I feel about abortion. Women are not given all the facts, they're told it is a harmless procedure and now it has turned into such a political football."
Ireland has publicly opposed abortion since at least 1998, when she argued that the beginning of life at conception is a medically established fact as a guest on Politically Incorrect. However, she says, her views are becoming better known, and she has suffered some retaliation.
Read more here
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Posted on 05/05/2009 5:36 AM by Bobbie Patray
Monday, 2 March 2009
ALERT: Obama to change Bush "right to conscience" rule
Reproductive rights groups are cheering President Obama's intention to rescind a "midnight regulation" issued in the waning days of the Bush administration that blocks federal funding of healthcare facilities that don’t allow their employees to bow out of medical procedures, such as abortion, to which they have moral objections. Advocacy groups last month sued the government over the so-called "right to conscience" rule, charging that it's unlawful.
The administration will publish a notice in the Federal Register next week announcing that it's planning to change the rule, the Associated Press reports.
"We've been concerned that the way the Bush rule is written it could make it harder for women to get the care they need," an unidentified Department of Health and Human Services official told the Washington Post. "It is worded so vaguely that some have argued it could limit family planning counseling and even potentially blood transfusions and end-of-life care."
Federal law bars discriminating against healthcare workers who refuse to provide abortions or abortion referrals to patients, but the Bush reg change requires federally funded facilities to certify that they're complying with it – and both proponents and critics of the new rule agree that the way it's worded could be broadly interpreted to allow workers to also block access to other medical treatments, such as contraception and artificial insemination.
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http://www.votervoice.net/groups/eagle/default.aspx?issueid=16612&atid=13289 Posted on 03/02/2009 3:56 PM by Bobbie Patray
Saturday, 21 February 2009
The Movie that Saves Lives
If you have not seen this movie, rent or buy it TODAY!
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Official Bella website HERE
See the Trailer HERE [Don't be put off by the PG-13 rating,I think it was given that rating because of the subject of abortion.]
'Bella' is hope, life BY REBECCA GRACE - AFA Journal, January 2009
Only a couple of days before her 19th birthday, Jana (name changed) had an abortion. She’s regretted it ever since.
Nineteen years later, she found herself in the waiting room of what she thought was an abortion clinic. Jana, single and without a steady job, was pregnant again and contemplating another abortion.
While waiting to see a counselor, Jana picked up a book and read about a lady who had been in her exact situation. The stories were so similar Jana felt like she was reading about herself.
If that wasn’t strange enough, she was welcomed to the clinic with open arms and genuine love. It didn’t take her long to realize that she was at a pregnancy help center rather than an abortion clinic, which was odd considering Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, referred her to the center.
Jana didn’t recognize it at the time, but God was at work in her life and the life of her unborn child.
She left the center that day firm in her decision of choosing life for her child. She also left with a copy of the movie Bella.
Read more here Posted on 02/21/2009 5:30 AM by Bobbie Patray
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
"Don't Kill the Butterfly"
COMMENT: The contrast could not be more dramatic between the theme of yesterday’s Rally for Life sponsored by Tennessee Right to Life and what is happening in Washington D.C. with the Obama Administration.
 Bluefield artists Rick Ferrell and Jennifer Hicks sang a moving song they wrote after hearing the story of regret from a friend who had had an abortion, “Don’t Kill the Butterfly”. (I found a version on YouTube, but at their website, you can hear them sing it.)
Dr. George Grant, prolific author (including Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood) and national speaker did his usual fantastic job as keynote speaker.
 Perhaps the highlight was when the honoree, photographer Michael Clancy, told the story of the famous photo of ‘Baby Samuel’ and the impact that his photo has had in the pro-life community. You MUST go to his site and read the story of the photo. He shared several emails validating the fact that many, many babies’ lives have been saved as pregnancy centers have used his site and others have seen this picture. One of the sweetest things he shared is that shortly before he had the opportunity to take the photos, he ‘prayed for the first time in my life’ and accepted Christ as his Savior. Michael is in great demand speaking at pro-life events.
As we move forward with SJR 127 at the Capitol, you will want to be fully engaged to make sure YOUR voice is heard. Together, we will work toward VICTORY!! One of the best ways you can help is to encourage others to go to REGISTER HERE, to sign up for our email network. You will want to stay updated on this proposal as well as other pro-family legislation.
CONTRAST THAT WITH…….
President Barack Obama Forces Taxpayers to Fund, Promote Worldwide Abortions
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama promised during the presidential campaign that he wanted to reduce abortions and said as much in a statement yesterday in association with the anniversary of Roe. Today, however, he betrayed that promise by forcing taxpayers to fund groups promoting and performing abortions overseas.
In an executive order, the president officially scrapped the Mexico City Policy that protected taxpayers from involvement in overseas abortions for eight years. Now, Obama will send hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that aggressively promote abortions on a worldwide scale.
Obama was slated to overturn on Thursday the protections President Bush put back in place following the Clinton administration, but Obama decided to wait.
He hoped his decision today to force taxpayers to fund foreign abortions will somehow make him seem less radical because he decided to wait until after the pro-life movement mourned the thirty-sixth anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
The executive order will make non-governmental groups that do abortions in other nations or lobby pro-life countries to overturn their abortion limits eligible for public funds.
During the Bush administration, such groups were prevented from receiving the family planning money or any aid through the State Department, if they would not back down from their pro-abortion agenda
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Abortion Advocates Giddy About Obama Order Reversing Mexico City Policy
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion advocates were able to check off one of the items on the 55-page memo they gave to President Barack Obama as marching orders for his administration. In comments after Obama ditched the Mexico City Policy, key pro-abortion groups were giddy with excitement.
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, whose abortion business stood to make millions from the decision, could hardly contain herself in an email to her supporters.
"I had no doubt it was going to happen, but I'm going to celebrate anyway. As one of his first official acts in office, President Obama has overturned the global gag rule," she said, referring to the derogative term for the policy and its limits on funding groups like hers that promotes and performs abortions.
"I'm sending our new president a message of thanks on behalf of ... those of us here in the U.S. who have been protesting the global gag rule since the day President Ronald Reagan first implemented it," Richards added.
Richards promised the abortion advocates that support her group that Obama is ready and willing to more to promote abortions.
"It's been a long eight years, and we have a lot more work to do to roll back President Bush's awful legacy," she claimed. "There is serious work to be done to rectify nearly a decade of bad policies, not just in the U.S. but around the world."
Next up Richards' pro-abortion agenda?
Sending taxpayer funds to the United Nations Population Fund, the agency that has worked hand in hand with the Chinese population control program that includes forced abortions and sterilizations.
"In the short term, we can keep moving in the right direction by restoring funding for UNFPA, the United Nations Popula
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Republicans Ask Obama to Back Down on Pro-Abortion Freedom of Choice Act
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A group of more than 80 pro-life Congressional Republicans have issued a letter calling on President Barack Obama to back down from his pledge to sign the Freedom of Choice Act. Obama made the pledge in July 2007 at a Planned Parenthood event.
At the time, Obama said he would make the radical bill the first piece of legislation he would sign as president.
"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," Obama said at the time. "On this fundamental issue, I will not yield. And Planned Parenthood will not yield."
House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio sent Obama the letter signed by his colleagues asking him to reverse his pledge to sign the FOCA bill that would make unlimited abortions the national law.
"Since the beginning of your presidential transition, Americans from all walks of life have been touched by your pledge to govern from the center, and by your vow to be a president for all Americans," Boehner wrote to Obama.
"We are writing to respectfully urge you to build on this foundation by withdrawing your pledge to sign the so-called Freedom of Choice Act, which would in one tragic act overturn virtually all pro-life laws nationwide and by refusing to support legislation that incrementally enacts the FOCA agenda by rescinding or weakening existing pro-life laws piece by piece," the letter said.
“You have expressed a desire to be a president for all Americans, and to use your presidency to promote initiatives that bring Americans together, rather than drive them apart," the letter, provided to LifeNews.com, also read. "We recognize it will not always be easy for you to do this. However, too much is at stake for this divisive and destructive legislation to move forward and life-saving laws to be rolled back."
The measure has been heavily criticized by pro-life advocates because it would also overturn hundreds of pro-life laws in place across the country.
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Posted on 01/27/2009 10:38 AM by Bobbie Patray
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