IMPORTANT NOTICE

Due to the positive feedback received from the post below, "This Religion," I have begun a new blog devoted entirely to exposing the truth about the Mormon church. It is difficult to understand the feelings of deception and anger I have unless you yourself are a cult survivor. To others like me, this new site is dedicated. Here's the URL: www.truthteller-verakwhite.blogspot.com . God bless you.

This "Religion" (read: Cult) Makes Me Sick

Few people who know me know that I am also a cult survivor. This knowledge is something I rarely have talked about until now, just another relic of shame from my childhood.
My family (with the exception of my Dad) converted to the Mormon religion when I was 12. I was a baptized member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints until breaking away at age 19. Yes, we even did the monthly fasting thing. Our belief was that the church gave the money it collected from us to the poor for food, which is no different than giving the Sheriff of Knotingham money and expecting the poor of olden-day England to be fed!
So lately, I have exhibited the classic sign of middle age by reacquainting myself with childhood things.
Make no mistake: I am not going to become a LDS member ever again. It was merely my desire to learn more about this religion and so I began with a historical subject of interest to me. No, not polygamy (don't get me started there!). Blood atonement was the topic of my research and I discovered things to make the blood run cold in my veins -- cold-blooded murder of families done in secret by Mormon murder squads called Danites. I read things in history articles that made me physically sick, things that made me wonder for the umpteenth time how I ever managed to survive my childhood. It is my personal belief that the threat of death to apostatizing members exists in the Church still.
Suppressed memories came out and I know I must somehow cleanse myself of any connection with this very sick belief system. I intend to write to Salt Lake City to verify that my name is off of the church records. I also intend to write more about the harmful effects of the Mormon Church in my life.
If any of my readers are curious, as I was, to read about the violent history and machinations of the Mormon religion today, I am offering the following sites as suggestions only: www.exmormon.org , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_atonement , www.mrm.org .

Effect Change! http://www.change.org

How can one little middle-aged sickly woman help change the world? There are many answers to this question but my favorite one is to go to change-dot-org and sign the petitions that I want to see effected. For example, my siggy is on petitions to stop killing wolves, improve our justice system, end slave trafficking, and others. BTW, anyone can submit petitions.
This site also gives me important news; news that is not broadcast on network stations or city newspapers. I am pleased to say that Washington State is attempting to return the vote to ex-felons. Also in my state is a very active reform to legalize marijuana. This information and more can be found on this important website. Go there. Join. Be powerful!

YouTube - The Navajo Code Talkers, Our Heroes

YouTube - The Navajo Code Talkers, Our Heroes
A Salute to Our World War II veterans
I especially honor the Native American vets
because they chose to serve
And were essential to the Allied victory.!
Your story is told to your children's children's children.
So they may be proud!
August 14 is National Code Talker Day

Click on YOU TUBE link above to hear their language

Searching for Great Aunt Alice

First, a shadowy figure from a story my Grandma used to tell; and now a real name and a photo But the shame of her mental illness continues

She's actually my Great Great Aunt Alice Hatcher Brown but I will always think of her as Great Aunt Alice, which is what Grandma Mangus called her A victim of spousal abuse, she evidently had a very tragically exciting life, part of which was spent in an insane asylum (yet to be verified) and even had a forbidden romance

Seeking information, I contacted a relative through Ancestry-dot-com and was given her full name and the above photo Sadly, after several queries of mine for information, I was told to stop spreading "outlandish stories" about this long-ago family member The most my relative would admit to was that she had "had a hard life"

My heart is heavy that the stigma Great Aunt Alice suffered from is still active enough today to hinder my efforts to learn the truth about an incredible woman and what she suffered However, I am not deterred Oppression must be exposed in order to be avoided I am proud to call such a woman my very Great Aunt Alice and intend to post more about her as my research continues

How To Build Community

TURN OFF YOUR TV
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS / GREET PEOPLE
LOOK UP WHEN YOU'RE WALKING
SIT ON YOUR STOOP / PLANT FLOWERS
USE YOUR LIBRARY / PLAY TOGETHER
BUY FROM LOCAL MERCHANTS
SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE / HELP A LOST DOG
TAKE CHILDREN TO THE PARK / HONOR ELDERS
SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS
FIX IT EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T BREAK IT
HAVE POT LUCKS / GARDEN TOGETHER
PICK UP LITTER / READ STORIES OUT LOUD
DANCE IN THE STREET
TALK TO THE MAIL CARRIER
LISTEN TO THE BIRDS / PUT UP A SWING
HELP CARRY SOMETHING HEAVY
BARTER FOR YOUR GOODS
START A TRADITION / ASK A QUESTION
HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ODD JOBS
ORGANIZE A BLOCK PARTY
BAKE EXTRA AND SHARE
ASK FOR HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT
OPEN YOUR SHADES / SING TOGETHER
SHARE YOUR SKILLS
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
TURN UP THE MUSIC / TURN DOWN THE MUSIC
LISTEN BEFORE YOU REACT TO ANGER
MEDIATE A CONFLICT / SEEK TO UNDERSTAND
LEARN FROM NEW AND UNCOMFORTABLE ANGLES
KNOW THAT NO ONE IS SILENT THOUGH MANY ARE NOT HEARD WORK TO CHANGE THIS

mailed June 15, 2009

United States Parole Commission
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite 420
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7286
June 12, 2009

Re: Prisoner #89637-132

Dear Commissioners,

There is a man in prison who I have never met and yet pray for every day It is my heart-felt belief that he is innocent and has been unfairly imprisoned for 33 years But whether or not this is true, he is now old and sick and wants to die with his relatives around him and rejoin his ancestors as a free man His name is Leonard Peltier

If I had only one wish to be granted in this life, it would be that Mr Peltier is pardoned Please search your hearts and minds before you decide his fate because he probably will not live long enough to face another parole hearing

Peltier is not a menace to society and if indeed he is guilty, his penance has been served His record while in prison of art and good deeds is irreproachable and many many people would rejoice if he were freed

I was a young girl living in Montana when all the murders happened at Wounded Knee and I remember the paranoia and fear quite clearly Let's show the world that we are now past that horrible time and set Leonard Peltier free

Respectfully yours,
Vera K White
10901 Addison St SW, Apt 13
Lakewood, WA 98499

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

So many never came back

Fathers, brothers, sons and sisters

Sacrificed lives

I will never ever forget you

Support Net Neutrality

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The Desert Is A Different Kind of Beautful

Just got back from six warm days in Sierra Vista Here I am with a native flowering thistle in the Huachuca foothills with historic buildings of Palominas in the background The heat helped my fibromyalgia and I was able to do some sightseeing