September 28th, 2008 / 2 Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
Haden turned two! Oh my, where has the time gone? I blinked and it disappeared….
Haden had a little birthday lunch at his GG’s house the weekend before his birthday but the the day of his birthday he had a Chuck E. Cheese party. He had so much fun! It was nice just to watch him be a kid and play and play. Oh, how he loves his mouse. He is even thinking about being a mouse for Halloween. i guess we will see what he decides on though…:)
September 24th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November.” - Michael Moore
You can now download Slacker Uprising for FREE, HERE!
I will be going out to vote, however I will be doing it before November. I will totally being rocking out the early votes! And I think everyone knows who I am voting for…
If you’re not yet registered to vote, here’s a good link: http://www.voteforchange.com/. There’s less than two weeks for you to get registered, especially if you have moved since the last time you voted.
September 17th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
We need a President with the courage and integrity to change Washington. Some people don’t believe that’s possible, but I believe it is.
It’s why I support Barack Obama for President. His commitment to change means he won’t take money from PACs or lobbyists, so this campaign is in the hands of ordinary Americans like you and me. Will you help?
Join me in supporting Barack by making a donation to my personal fundraising page:
John McCain talks about his independence, but he wants to continue George Bush’s disastrous policies: the war in Iraq, millions of Americans without healthcare, tax giveaways to oil companies that are making record profits, and relying on lobbyists for political support.
Barack Obama wants to change the way Washington works and change those policies: end the war in Iraq, expand access to affordable healthcare, close oil company loopholes, and cut taxes for the middle class.
We urgently need an honest leader who understands that doing things the same old way is going to give us the same old results. Americans are hungry for real change, change Barack Obama will bring when he is elected.
Help me make that happen. Please take a minute to check out my page and make a donation of any size:
Black teen pregnancies? A ‘crisis’ in black America. White teen pregnancies? A ‘blessed event.’
If you grow up in Hawaii you’re ‘exotic.’ Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential ‘American story.’
Similarly, if you name your kid Barack you’re ‘unpatriotic.’ Name your kids Trig and Track, you’re ‘colorful.’
If you’re a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you’re ‘reckless.’ A Republican who doesn’t fully vet is a ‘maverick.’
If you spend 3 years as a community organizer growing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000, then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review,create a voter regstration drive that registers 150,000 new African Amerian voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, becoming chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced. If you spend 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people, you’ve got the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket, are the Commander in Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest state to Russia.
If you are a Demoratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an ‘arrogant celebrity’. If you are a popular Republican female candidate you are ‘energizing the base’.
If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are ‘presumptuous’. If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a ’shoot from the hip’ maverick.
If you are a candidate with a Harvard law degree you are ‘an elitist ‘out of touch’ with the real America. If you are a legacy (dad and granddad were admirals) graduate of Annapolis, with multiple disciplinary infractions you are a hero.
If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an ‘empty suit’. If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people, you are an ‘experienced executive’.
If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are ‘extremist’. If you believe in creationism and don’t believe gobal warming is man made, you are ’strongly principled’.
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian. If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years with whom you are raising two beautiful daughters you’re ‘risky’.
If you’re a black single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her water breaks to seek medical attention, you’re an irresponsible parent, endangering the life of your unborn child. But if you’re a white married mother who waits 22 hours, you’re spunky.
If you’re a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton, the right-wing press calls you ‘First dog.’ If you’re a 17-year old pregnant unwed daughter of a Republican, the right-wing press calls you ‘beautiful’ and ‘courageous.’
If you kill an endangered species, you’re an excellent hunter. If you have an abortion you’re not a christian, you’re a murderer ( forget about if it happened while being date raped)
If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen parents. If you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
Meanwhile, McCain, a man who got into the Naval Academy on legacy still only managed to graduate at the bottom of his class. Despite this, he STILL was awarded a prestigious aviator’s position and he commenced to crash numerous planes before being taken prisoner in Vietnam. While his wife stayed at home and faithfully waited for him, she was disfigured in a car crash but chose not to upset him by telling him. How is she repaid? By McCain coming home and abandoning her for a hot young beauty queen. The word from the MSM? Nothing.
September 8th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
This is Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor describing her experience with having a stroke. It was very moving and inspiring. Very much worth the twenty minute watch.
The last line in the one below gave me a little tickle.
“Comparisons with standard growth charts also trouble me because no valid norms have ever been developed for breastfed babies, who often exhibit weight gains that are below those achieved by babies who are formula-fed. This is quite normal, and also beneficial, and there is no evidence that God made a mistake when he constructed breasts that don’t yield Neo-Mull-Soy or Enfamil.”
The next one I thought was rather funny too. During this section of the book he was talking about EEG’s tendency to give inaccurate readings….
“In one of my earlier books I reported the experience of one researcher who connected an EEG machine to a mannequin that had a head stuffed with lime gelatin. The machine pronounced the mannequin to be alive and well!”
The next two are regarding vaccines. This books has some good information about vaccines in it , definitely too much for me to quote!
“The greatest threat of childhood diseases in the dangerous and ineffectual effort made to prevent them through mass immunizations.”
“Medical science has yet to pinpoint the cause of SIDS, but the most popular explanation among researchers appears to be that the central nervous system is somehow effected so that the involuntary act of breathing is suppressed. That is a logical explanation, but it leaves unanswered the question: What caused the malfunction in the central nervous system? My suspicion, which is shared by others in my profession, is that nearly 10,000 SIDS deaths that occur in the United States each year are related to one or more of the vaccines that are routinely given to children.”
And here is one more for the road…..
“It always struck me as paradoxical that so many parents worry unduly about common, non-threatening illnesses and yet give scant attention to the childhood accidents that kill more children than all major children’s diseases combined.”
September 1st, 2008 / No Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
We have just launched the re-design of my business website for Loving Labor Birth Services. There are now some new features and resources, including a Classes page because I will be teaching classes beginning in October. I will be offering a Nourishment During Pregnancy class, a Elements of Early Pregnancy class, and a Breastfeeding Basics class. For anyone that is interested, feel free to check it out!
August 28th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Crystal Bowden
What’s the number one cause of global warming? Cars? Nope. Factories? Nope. Planes? Nope. According to the United Nations, raising animals for food generates more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, planes, ships, trucks, and trains in the world combined.
Mike Bowden is a self employed web
consultant and has been working for himself for over two years. Currently he's attending UAT for a Bachelors degree in Game Design, with one and a half years to
go. Mike runs Sinco Technologies, LLC a corporate site, is in
the process of starting a new company By Geekz, for the masses,
and runs quite a few service related web sites.
Crystal Bowden is a certified DONA
birth doula and an ALACE trained childbirth educator. Her
family is her number one passion. Her interests include yoga, romance novels, childbirth,
politics, environmental issues & learning about new things! Visit her site for Loving Labor Birth Services, to find great resources on
childbirth, breastfeeding and parenting issues.
Haden Bowden is a cloth diaper wearing, breastfeeding, co-sleeping two and a half year old.
His current interests are helicopters, airplanes and motorcycles. He absolutely loves flip-flops, is currently learning to count to 10 and loves to repeat everything he hears.
Random Quote
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass
Mike Bowden is a self employed web
consultant and has been working for himself for over two years. Currently he's attending 
Crystal Bowden is a certified DONA
birth doula and an ALACE trained childbirth educator. Her
family is her number one passion. Her interests include yoga, romance novels, childbirth,
politics, environmental issues & learning about new things! Visit her site for 
