Well look who is here! Great to see you!

Well look who is here! Great to see you!

Dear “Truly Appreciated Visitor”, Welcome to Carrie’s Take!  I hope you will enjoy your visit and recommend us to all your friends & family! While you are here, please look around and check out our interesting content and commentary on issues faced in the present-day world of madness versus sanity.  Never know what you might … Continue reading

Hypocrisy:  A Story in Gray

Hypocrisy: A Story in Gray

I’ve just finished reading, in part, Black lawmakers against recognition of Virginia tribe , and find it quite ironic and amusing. Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus are urging the Obama administration to withhold federal recognition of a Virginia Indian tribe because of its history of banning intermarriage with blacks. In January, the Interior … Continue reading

SUICIDE PREVENTION OR SUICIDE ASSISTANCE-THE TRAGIC STORY OF BRITTANY MAYNARD

SUICIDE PREVENTION OR SUICIDE ASSISTANCE-THE TRAGIC STORY OF BRITTANY MAYNARD

November 8, 2014 SUICIDE PREVENTION OR SUICIDE ASSISTANCE-THE TRAGIC STORYOF BRITTANY MAYNARD  By Nancy Valko, RN ALNC (Advance Legal Nurse Consultant) Spokesperson, National Association of Prolife Nurses (www.nursesforlife.org) I recently wrote an article “I Lost My Daughter to Suicide: A Nurse’s Response to Brittany Maynard’s Campaign for Assisted Suicide”[1] hoping that there was a small … Continue reading

When will the NAACP truly help their people?

When will the NAACP truly help their people?

By Lloyd Marcus Upon reading a post election article in which the NAACP is all fired up about supposed black voter suppression, my response was when will these people ever seriously do something to help black people? http://bit.ly/1z3creI Folks, I am sorry, but the NAACP and others in their civil rights syndicate are a despicable … Continue reading

Impromptu lunch with a police officer turns into a fast friendship for 3 brothers

Impromptu lunch with a police officer turns into a fast friendship for 3 brothers

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — It started with a lunch trip to Chick-Fil-A and ended with an unlikely friendship. You might’ve seen a picture floating around Facebook or Twitter of an Independence police officer spending his lunch break with three boys. Not only has the picture gone viral, much more has developed beyond the lens. Officer Lewis … Continue reading

Living in the Past:  Dying in the Present

Living in the Past: Dying in the Present

Ferguson, Missouri unrest is an “in-your-face” example of a wrong getting wronger and wronger as time goes on.  It shows where living in the past, causes dying and destruction in the present.  If in doubt, think of Michael Brown, Officer Darren Wilson, the looting and the threat of rioting  and bloodshed if the officer isn’t … Continue reading

I Lost My Daughter to Suicide: A Nurse’s Response to Brittany Maynard’s Campaign for Assisted Suicide

I Lost My Daughter to Suicide: A Nurse’s Response to Brittany Maynard’s Campaign for Assisted Suicide

 by  Nancy Valko within Bioethics, Healthcare Do assisted suicide supporters really expect doctors and nurses to be able to assist the suicide of one patient, then go on to care for a similar patient who wants to live, without this having an effect on their ethics or their empathy? Do they realize that this reduces … Continue reading

Anti-gun Missouri Dem. arrested with 9mm pistol, refuses breathalyzer test

Anti-gun Missouri Dem. arrested with 9mm pistol, refuses breathalyzer test

Earlier this week, Missouri state Senator Jamilah Nasheed, a Democrat who has sponsored several anti-gun bills, was arrested while protesting in front of the Ferguson Police Department, The Blaze reported Tuesday.  What made the arrest interesting is that Nasheed was carrying a 9mm handgun with extra ammunition. Authorities also said Nasheed “smelled strongly of intoxicants.”  … Continue reading

Cross country runner carries injured competitor across finish line

Cross country runner carries injured competitor across finish line

KCTV5 DEVILS LAKE, ND (WDAY/CNN) – Every once in a while in sports the results don’t matter. Hundreds of cross country runners were in Minnesota for a race, but the winner from the event was someone who didn’t even place, but instead showed compassion for a fellow runner. Devils Lake senior Melanie Bailey carried an … Continue reading

Forbidden:  The Fool’s Challenge

Forbidden: The Fool’s Challenge

All you people claiming to advocate for the elderly and disabled, just who do you think you are to challenge judicial decisions, facilities, attorneys, conservators, guardians and fiduciaries?  They are, after all, proven, by their positions, to be above reproach.  How dare you challenge their intent, actions and/or character! Judges, attorneys, CEO’s and others in … Continue reading