Mormons Protest Against The Mormon Church

   Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah

In the past 2 weeks hundreds of Mormon faith based individuals came together in a protest, to rightfully resign from the Mormon church. 

This protest took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, the stomping grounds of Mormonism. The resignation came in light of a defiant disagreement, over issues ranging from polygamy to same-sex marriage. 

The crowd gathered together to sign a "Declaration of Independence from Mormonism." 

After signing, the crowd yelled the word "Freedom" from the top of their lungs, while clapping, hugging and cheering. 

The Mormon church sells itself as the one "true" Christian faith, and its theology promises families eternal relationships among those who remain faithful, sealing those gifts through special religious rites. 

But one Mormon member wasn't so lucky to obtain this sacred promise of eternal relationships.

Peggie Hayes, had known the current Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, from the Mormon church. Ms. Hayes looked to the Mormon church for help when her family was struggling. 

Mr. Helman, the author of the book "The Real Romney" told Peggie Hayes' story as it was told to him,

"One of the things the Mormon church does not look kindly upon is single parenthood. 

There was a woman named Peggie Hayes who had known Romney when she was in his ward. She had come from a family which had had some struggles, had looked to Mormonism to anchor them. 

She had a child and then was pregnant with the second child. She was married when she had the first child and got divorced. So she was not married at the time. 

So Mitt Romney came to her apartment in the city of Somerville [in Massachusetts], and he delivers this message to her, which is, by her interpretation, fairly harsh. 

Which is: The church does not want you to keep this baby; the church thinks it would be better if your soon-to-be-born son would grow up in a family with two parents, so we think you should give the child up for adoption. 

And Peggie Hayes' first reaction is that she must have misheard something because she can't believe what he's asking her to do. But he continues, according to her, and in fact goes so far as to threaten her with excommunication — that she could be thrown out of the church, essentially, if she didn't follow the church's orders. 

This was a very distressing visit from her perspective. Romney later denied that he had threatened her with excommunication. But this was a profound moment for Peggie and part of the reason why she ended up leaving the church."

 The Official Flyer Handed Out For The Movement

Often I've heard scary stories from victims of the Mormon church. I was even told by ex-Mormons that the church is a cult and once you're sworn in, they make it difficult for you to get out. 

Never once did I pay as much attention to the Mormon church, as I currently do now since one is running for the presidency of the United States. 

The stories I'd hear always went in one ear and out the other, because I felt like it wasn't my religion and I never quite understood the culture. 

But now that there are hundreds if not thousands of Mormon members protesting against this particular faith, it has awaken my senses to learn more about this mysterious organization behind the current Republican presidential candidate. 

After all, if President Obama's religion could be criticized, publicized, and ridiculed beyond measure, I think it would behoove us to at least take a peak into Mitt Romney's religious practices, don't you?

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How Old Are We Really?

When a woman finds out she's pregnant, the doctor calculates her pregnancy starting from the first day of her last menstrual cycle, meaning she would already be one month pregnant even though she had just conceived.

A woman carries a baby for 9 months, or technically 8 months if you don't count back to her last menstrual cycle. 

When a woman gives birth, that day signifies the baby's born day or birth day, and a count down begins until the baby's first born day anniversary the following year. 

But if when a woman first conceives she's already one month pregnant, and if she carries a baby for 9 months -- when the baby is born shouldn't the baby technically be 10 months old already? 

If the baby has been living all this time in our bellies, why wouldn't we count the child's birthday from a woman's last menstrual cycle?

And couldn't babies learn a lot faster if we spoke to them like adults, and taught them things from the time their born, instead of using baby goo goo ga ga talk? 

And by using baby talk, are we only slowing down our child's learning progress?

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Mississippi Man Killed For Being Black

Earlier this month in Jackson, Mississippi, an African American man by the name of James Craig Anderson (seen above-l) age 49 years old, lost his life to an ignorant and racist act. 

A White teenager by the name of Deryl Dedmon (seen above-r), used his Ford F250 pickup truck to run over and kill Mr. Anderson. 

This horrible incident was caught on a department stores parking lot video camera surveillance, and thank goodness it was! Which is why I'm having trouble understanding why this young man is even having a trial? 

He and his friends were caught red-handed on tape brutally beating and then murdering a human being, all while chanting racial epithets of "White Power" according to witnesses. 

Why is there a need to prove the case, when the courts already have hard core evidence to put Deryl Dedmon under the jail?

"This was a crime of hate", Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith, told CNN in a report aired Sunday. "The evidence will show that." 

The two 18 year old's drove 15 miles to Jackson, in search of a black man to attack, prosecutors said. 

At least five other teens are believed to have acted with Deryl Dedmon, but so far none have been charged.

On a Face book page set up by Dedmon’s supporters the teen’s great aunt said, “He is not a racist or a murderer…. If anything, he is being tried by the media, suffering from reverse racism and placed in jail without bond. I am sick of the race card.”

The aunt of Mr. Dedmon must be delusional as her nephew beat and ran over a human being with his truck until he was dead simply because he was Black, how is that not racism? 

While killing Mr. Anderson, witnesses confessed to hearing Mr. Dedmon along with his friends yelling racial slurs while carrying out their killing spree, so his aunt's opinion appears to be irrelevant. 

Why should the media be blamed for covering national news, and making all aware that the state of Mississippi hasn't changed much since the Emmet Till days? 

Honestly, if the great aunt is crying out that her nephew is innocent of these crimes, then it only makes it more obvious where his ideology comes from.

All children born into this world are completely ignorant. They know nothing until it is taught to them, like a computer that is programmed to act a certain way. So when you have a bunch of racist people having babies, what do you think those innocent children are going to learn growing up in a house like that? The children have no choice but to become a product of their environment, unless they seek to educate themselves outside of the madness.

I've traveled through the state of Mississippi once before, and I'll gladly confess that it's a state I never want to go back too. My spouse and I were lost and needed directions to get back to the highway, so we walked into a store that looked like a run down shack. The town was small, and there were only dirt roads; no sidewalks. 

We entered the store smiling as we always do, but we were met with frowns. Immediately, the cashier ducked underneath the counter -- literally. As we looked in the other workers direction for assistance, she stood in complete shock as if she saw a ghost and then turned her back to us without a word. 

We asked for directions to get back to the highway, and the cashier directed us all while hiding beneath the counter -- never once did we make eye contact. 

My spouse and I couldn't come up with any other reason of why we were treated so poorly, other than the fact that we were black in Mississippi.

This story is very much true and is testimony to how racist people can be, especially in the state of Mississippi. There's a lot of work to be done with people in the Southern states,  who still live as if slavery was never abolished. 

With that said we should start with justice for James Craig Anderson, a man who did nothing wrong but was made an example out of for all the world to see, that racism is alive and well in 2011.

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North Carolina Women Sterilized After Birth Without Knowing

Elaine Riddick is just one out of 7,600 victims that were sterilized in the state of North Carolina without knowing. 

At the age of 14 years old the state of North Carolina, deemed Ms. Riddick unfit to have any more children. She became pregnant after being raped by her neighbor who was ten years her senior, and when the time came to deliver her baby through a cesarean section -- unbeknownst to her the doctors sterilized her.

The state of North Carolina claimed they sterilized Ms. Riddick, due to her being mentally deficient or “feeble-minded” as official records note. 

Riddick, along with an estimated 2,000 victims of North Carolina’s forced sterilization program will have to wait until February of 2012, to find out whether they’ll be compensated or not.

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Watch the video below to see what these victims endured.

Customer Service Humor Quote...

If you can master the art of dealing with customer's emotions (seen above), then you should earn the medical degree of a therapist.

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91-year-old Found With Two Corpses In Her Home

             Jean Stevens holds a photo of her with her dead husband

A 91-year-old woman was found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister. The woman was told that she'd be allowed to keep the bodies, but only if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Jean Stevens, has indicated through her attorney that she plans to build an above ground vault on her property, to store the bodies of James Stevens and June Stevens, according to Bradford County District Attorney Daniel Barrett. "If she does that, the bodies will be released for that purpose," he said.

Stevens previously told the Associated Press, that she kept the embalmed remains of her loved ones because she wanted to be able to see them and talk to them. She also said she's claustrophobic, and couldn't stand the thought of their bodies in caskets in the ground.

State police discovered the corpses in mid-June. The body of James Stevens was on a couch in the detached garage, and the body of June Stevens was on a couch in a spare room off the bedroom.

Stevens had them dug up shortly after they died; James in 1999 and June in October. Jean tended to their remains at her rural property outside the northern Pennsylvania town of Wyalusing.

A decision on charges could be made as early as Friday, and authorities are looking into several possible violations, including misdemeanor abuse of a corpse. There was also possible summary violations of the state health code, which regulates how bodies must be disinterred. Police haven't said who retrieved the bodies.

Okay, how did she take the smell of dead bodies in her home? How could she watch the skin from the bodies deteriorate until the bone was exposed? I understand missing your loved one's, but this was going a bit far.

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The Great Myth of Hard Work

Growing up your parents try to prepare you for the real world by teaching you the facts of life. 

"Make sure you keep your grades up." 

"Make sure you go to a good college." 

"Make sure you always do your best, in order to be the best at whatever you do." 

"Strive for success." 

"Hard work pays off."

Really? Does hard work really pay off? Does trying your absolute best guarantee you success? 

In some cases this may be true. But what about other cases, when you work hard and give 100% at all times and you continue to be screwed over? 

Sometimes you're screwed over so much, that you have to stop and look at yourself to make sure you're not the one who's screwed up! 

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

Through experience I've learned that giving 100% hard work and dedication can sometimes be detrimental to survival. 

Imagine this; going for a position, being told you have the skills for the position, being told that you must train for the position for two weeks with no pay of course, but then afterwards you'd be hired. 

After giving 100% hard work and dedication and even doing your soon-to-be bosses job better than him or her, you're told that you're no longer good enough for the position. 

Has this ever happened to you? Has your intellect, positive work ethic, and ability to do a job better than most resulted in a firing, demotion, or just plain being used?

What do you think would bring on such a horrible action? You know you've done your best and are repeatedly told by the higher authority that you're phenomenal, perfect, a leader, and great at what you do but you need more experience at being perfect. 

Huh? Wouldn't that puzzle you too?

My conclusion to this madness is that there are some authority figures who fear strong, intelligent, and phenomenal individuals. 

You being the way you are is a threat to their existence. They fear if they bring you on board that you might show them up, and make it look as if they're not doing their job. Or maybe they're more afraid that you might take their place instead.

So what should you do?

Should you not give 100% on a job, in order to appear weak so you won't pose a threat? 

Should you kiss ass? 

Should you play dumb to make your boss feel like they're smarter than you? 

Or should you just be less vocal in the workplace?

Yea, I know. This all sounds pretty ridiculous doesn't it? 

It's kind of reminiscent of slavery when "ole massa" forbid the Africans from reading and writing, fearing that they would gain to much knowledge and somehow become smarter and wiser. 

Dumbing yourself down to make another person feel better about themselves should never be an option, never! You only short change that person as well as yourself.

So should you find yourself in a situation such as this, hold your head high and remember your worth. Take the experience as a mental note to make you stronger, and know that there is something much better waiting for you. And don't worry, those that treat people poorly because of the power they possess will eventually lose. 

Es verdad.

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