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A form given to the Guantanamo detainees in late August and early September allowed them to request that the American Civil Liberties Union find them a lawyer, at no charge, to assist them in challenging the determination that they are enemy combatants... At least four of the detainees already have requested attorneys, according to people familiar with the process...
For the Sunday Funnies at Stop The ACLU
A hearty thank-you to Faithmouse fan Josh, who sends this email-
Dear Mr. Lacey,
I am an aspiring teenage cartoonist and artist. I love Faithmouse and I read it every day. If you have time, would you check out my blog, where I post my comics and other art? I'd love any advice you have to offer. Anyway, keep up the good work! Down with the ACLU ferret!!!
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I've earned a return link from CNN (under 'From the Blogs') without having posted an accompanying cartoon concerning the actual story at hand-just part of a rework of the 'previously previewed' Well Water cartoon.
Well, now I feel guilty.
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Corporal Jostes' mother recently discovered and commented on the above portrait, so I've reposted it for today.
Always a blessing. Thanks again.
The result of the New Jersey supreme court ruling cited in the cartoon above is that it's 'value-laden' and a 'non-medical moral judgment' to require a doctor to tell a patient that fetuses develop into human beings; that it would be a 'speech' to state what a woman must already understand, that abortion irrevocably ends a human life.
Faith's impulsive sister Taint becomes a little more than insulted here that the abortionist doesn't have the integrity to confess the obvious. She's getting an abortion, and he wants to pretend it could as well be a gallbladder. That's the game, and Taint hates games.
Let's imagine a similar medical situation-
Mother-"Doctor, I'm eight months pregnant. How's my baby?"
Doctor-"I have no idea if you have a baby in there or not, and I'm not required by law to give you that information."
Mother-"If it's not a baby, what is it?"
Doctor-"Beats me."
Only in a situation where someone is purposefully killing someone could it be legally verboten to be required to say what's actually going on. Medical personnel must tell you by law if they are sharing your dental x-rays with researchers developing tuna-flavored floss, but that the decision you're making this afternoon will halt a human life...why, what manner of anti-free-speech jackbooted thug are you?
Doctor-"Don't mind me, I'm just going to unplug your grandmother's clakkety-clak machine here."
Daughter- But, won't that kill her?"
Doctor-"Sorry, I'm not required to make those sort of value-laden judgments. I have my rights, you know!"
And so on.
I've read in a few forums (and it seems to be an unfortunate consensus) that a woman should already know what's happening when she has an abortion; she doesn't need to be reminded of the fact. In other words, a woman who needs to be told this must be dumb.
Woman-"Doctor, I'd like you to saw off my legs. Please don't tell me that I won't be able to walk."
Doctor-"But, you won't be able to walk."
Woman-"Got you, you value-laden bible-thumper!"
I have yet to see a study of any kind which shows that most women post-abortion don't suffer from depression and regret. And yet, the ACLU isn't championing the free speech rights of tobacco companies and demanding that they not be required to remind purchasers that smoking causes cancer-even though that must be obvious to all by now.
You tell me, unless of course you're an abortionist and not legally required to say.
Thanks to Young Dead Elms for the plug and post of a few days ago of my Shepherd Of The Snows pencil drawing.
Sara's Live Journal has both the 9-11 Prayer and McAbortion cartoons.
Thanks to Little Ole Lady for creating the cartoon page.
Tyler posts two recent pro-life cartoons on his Massachusett Conservative Christian(good luck).
The Daily Canuck includes us in their media list.
Standard Newswire does the same.
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A cartoon for Rosh Hashanah featuring Chaim, our Orthodox Israeli schoolboy. L'Shanah Tovah is an abbreviation of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year).
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, a ten day period of reflection and casting away of sins, culminating with Yom Kippur-the Day Of Atonement.
Here's two previous cartoons featuring Chaim and Neverborn, presented in both English and Hebrew-
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L'Shanah Tovah!
It's very humbling when J.J. McCullough thinks he needs to introduce himself to me-
Dear Dan, I've been an on-again off-again reader of Faithmouse for a while now. The other day I was taking a more thorough browse of your archives, to check out all the toons I missed. After having a thorough look, I just thought I should email you with some official words of praise.
I'm actually an editorial cartoonist myself. My name is J.J. and my site is www.filibustercartoons.com. I'm a Canadian Catholic, in fact I just got back from church! So let's just say I can appreciate your cartoons on two distinct levels. You are a very creative and talented person, and I hope you continue to share your gifts with the rest of us. Specifically, I hope you one day release a BOOK of your cartoons. I am sure it would be a hot-selling item!
Anyhow, just some words of praise. Keep up the great work-
Yours in Christ, J.J. McCullough
Oh wow, it's J.J. McCullough!
I've always thought your work was very sophisticated and insightful. I was feeling a bit depressed and lost today; thanks for making my day.
I don't know if you backtrack your referrers or not, but Pookie18 has been posting your stuff for the past few years in his Today's Toons compilations at FreeRepublic. You're pretty popular there.
Would it be okay if I give you a blogpost promoting your cartoon, and reproducing your email?
God bless you and Mr. Harper-
