Friday, August 29, 2025

Amen

 

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Pulling Down Strongholds

 

By Gretchen Garrity

Two events happened within the last 48 hours --one local and one in Minnesota. No doubt everyone has heard of the deadly shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota. A disturbed young man who identified as transgender shot through the stained glass windows of the church while children from grades Kindergarten to 8th were at Mass. The BBC article said Robin Westman was obsessed with killing children.

The transgender agenda has made deep inroads into our culture by those who desire to overturn the existing cultural and political landscape. The ideology is destroying lives, as one can see with the tragic event in Minnesota and elsewhere. 

Our library has many books that seek to normalize the transgender agenda among our children and teens.

The second event, a monthly meeting of the Christian County Library Board of Trustees seemingly went off without a hitch. The meeting lasted just over an hour. The Board heard the first reading of a revision of the bylaws and policies that detailed the deletion of any mention of the Marxist-oriented American Library Association (ALA). One of the citizens in attendance, MSU professor Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk, abruptly left in the middle of the meeting. It apparently so disturbed her that she wrote an impassioned opinion piece on her Facebook page some hours later.

The matter of citizens praying during the public comment portion of the meeting was a major issue for her. She writes,

"First, I DO, absolutely, 100% find it offensive when people “pray” at public meetings when the INTENT is to spark outrage or some dramatic response. Why? Because PRAYER, in all its intent, is NOT A WEAPON. It is NOT God’s words for YOUR usage as you see fit. If the INTENT is merely to anger others or to incite some negative response, then I find it offensive on two levels: 1) It didn’t work, obviously; and 2) intention—so removed from God’s love—in this case, makes the act of prayer akin to using the Lord’s name in vain—to swear. To do that, THAT is offensive because it is done deliberately."

The professor apparently has special powers to discern the intent of the citizens who prayed. She claims it was to spark outrage. Why would someone be outraged by the Lord's Prayer (watch HERE, forward to the five-minute mark)?

Public prayer in the United States is free speech. It has been ongoing since the founding of our nation. Prayer belongs in the public square.

And contrary to her assertion, prayer is a spiritual weapon. Scripture speaks to that in almost endless ways from both the Hebrew Scriptures and throughout the New Testament. For instance:

  • Isaiah 54:17 states, "No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me," declares the Lord."
  • In Luke 10, we read, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you."
  • And in Ephesians 6, Paul writes, "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil... For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places... Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit..."
  • Here is 2 Corinthians 10, "For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
  • Christ Jesus says in Matthew 18: "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven."
  •  Psalm 91 is a powerful spiritual weapon, ending with God's promise, "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him..."

To the professor prayer is illegitimate if not done in the way and the venue she approves. I suspect Ms. Dudash-Buskirk knows somewhere in her inner being that prayer does indeed work. And if she was honest with herself she would admit the "effectual fervent prayers" of a large number of citizens has changed the tone and direction of the Christian County Library. In fact, the professor continues to make several theological errors, stating that loving your neighbor (in this case the little children) is allowing "them their free will."

What sane parent allows their minor children free will to harm themselves? We know that the ALA and its comrades in the publishing and education business desire children to be "free" of the legal and moral constraints of their parents. A clear statist, Dudash-Buskirk is exercised that parents have the right to curate their children's reading material.

As a college professor at MSU, she has free reign to influence your college-age students, and I am sure she does a bang up job of it. But, the Marxists/Socialists/Communists) want your little children, too. There is a saying among the depraved: After eight, it's too late. It applies here, too. Indoctrinating children through early sexualization is a potent weapon of the devil.

Dudash-Buskirk, knowing that her political ideology is at odds with her professed Catholic faith, attempts to indict Christians for being bigots, white supremacists and so on. She writes, "Take your FAKE “Christian” so-called “prayers” out of my face, shove them down deep so you have something to keep you warm at night, because the row you people are hoeing? Well, I hate to tell you, Sweet Cheeks, it is LONG, it is HARD, it is COLD, and it IS LONELY. You are on the wrong side of history: the “white hats” never restrict library access to anyone, the GOOD GUYS do not act AGAINST the BASIC RULES of these United States"

 

Dear Ms. Dudash-Buskirk, protecting children from evil by restricting their access to transgender ideology and obscene books is not being on the wrong side of history. Indeed, I tremble for her at the misrepresentation of God's Word that is laced throughout her Facebook posts.

If she was interested (and trust me, she isn't) in actually presenting the truth of the Scriptures and of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, she would NEVER suggest that protecting children from danger was anti-Christian. Instead, she subverts the truths of Christianity in service to her politics. The politics of the Left are a contributing factor to the demons that drove Robin Westman to kill Catholic children and then himself. If Dudash-Buskirk had knowledge of the demons driving her ideology, she might be able to see past the lies and form a coherent perspective. Instead, she is unstable, halting between two opinions.

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In fact, Dudash-Buskirk claims the Christian County Library as her territory:

"If YOU do not like libraries that follow the rules of the American Library Association, THEN GET OUT of my library.

If YOU do not like when people take your “transparency” for what it is: Blatant biggotry [sic], then GO ELSEWHERE.

If YOU do not like that freedom of assembly and speech protects your rights AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, please, find somewhere that you are comfortable."

The Christian County Library belongs to every citizen in the county. A majority of citizens have spoken, and they do not want smut and dangerous sexual ideologies available to children and teens. For her own peace of mind, Professor Dudash-Buskirk must come to terms with that. The books she wants available to ALL CHILDREN, will NOT be available to ALL CHILDREN. She does not have the right to dictate what others' children will be exposed to.

The professor goes on to suggest that limiting access to sexually explicit and age-inappropriate books is limiting "the ability of people in my community to feel safe in their libraries..."  To her, this is making "it hard for children to learn about other cultures, other people, and sometimes even themselves because YOU think YOU KNOW what is BEST for MY CHILD?"

 The over-the-top rhetoric is not helpful. It does not add to any possible civil discourse. Instead, the accusations, ad hominem attacks and incivility discredit the professor and her false arguments.

The battle against Marxism/Communism/Socialism is a spiritual battle. This ideology is the religion of Satan. They use the ritual of de-moralization of children as a tool to forward their spiritual revolution against God and Christians. These are ancient tactics that have been "churched up." There is nothing new under the sun.

 

Dudash-Buskirk is twisting Holy Scripture to suit her political ideology. In a follow-up post that references the Minneapolis child murders, she urges outrage against "bigotry and hatred." Note she is not outraged that a pernicious transgender ideology so disturbed and destabilized a young man, that he eventually let demons direct his actions. Do listen to Robin Westman. I would advise being prayed up before listening. It is chilling.

 There are many spiritual forces at work in the world, including in Christian County. The library is one of the battlefields. Keep praying. If prayers didn't work, those who are in rebellion to God (whether they admit it or not) would not care if we screamed them from the rooftops.



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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Lori the Librarian--you never know where she will appear next!

 

Lori the Librarian
The defenders of children in our libraries have a new super hero. Her name is Lori the Librarian. Lori is a "devoted mom and defender of truth, Lori protects kids from obscene books infiltrating our communities' libraries."

In a recent article titled "The Battle to Protect Our Kids," Lori writes, "As a new school year begins, I think praying for our children is vitally important. We're not only fighting an ideological or cultural battle--we're also fighting a spiritual one."

 

Later, she shares The Library Prayer. Do read (and pray) it HERE.

And that's not all. Watch Lori the Librarian in action:


Give Lori a follow. A super hero worth emulating.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Hick Christian Weighs in on WAC

The Exorcism - Folio 166r from Très Riches Heures
An exorcism from Très Riches Heures (1412-16)

 David Rice of Hick Christian comments on the ever-evolving accusations from the WAC blog. "Criminal intent" and "embezzlement" did not work out, so now they have moved on to other accusations. Read Rice's article HERE. A snippet:

"'We Are Concerned' wants taxpayers to believe that legal expenses are evidence of wrongdoing by the current board. The opposite is true. These expenses represent the cost of cleaning up years of institutional dysfunction created by board members who prioritized social approval over statutory responsibilities.

The current board could have chosen the easier path—continuing to let staff operate without oversight while collecting praise from progressive activists. Instead, they chose accountability, transparency, and legal compliance. That choice has a price, but it's a price previous board members forced on taxpayers by allowing the system to operate outside proper governance for years."

It isn't just the Christian County Library District that was ensnared in a system that allows for administrative government employees to govern rather than those publicly elected/appointed. This problem is in your school districts, your planning and zoning boards, your health boards, etc.

Allowing NGOs (non-governmental organizations) like the ALA and the MLA to determine policies and rules, to lobby our legislators, and to train our librarians means our taxpayer-funded entities have given up governance By the People. It is essentially Government by NGO.

Like a medieval exorcism, this usurping system is not going easily. Kicking, screaming, howling--it still must go.

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Monday, August 4, 2025

The Revolution is in Your Library

 A Soul of Ash and Blood is shelved in the Clever "Fantasy Section" of the Christian County Library. This book is considered a "Young Adult" book, aka it is written for teens 12-17.

 Review HERE.


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Friday, August 1, 2025

They Just Keep Showing Up In our Library

It's gaslighting to tell you that books and films like the ones below are appropriate for minors and even very young children, that some children "need to see themselves" in the library, or that children have a right to read these books. Each of these materials are in our library system in Christian County.

It's gaslighting to tell citizens that First Amendment rights extend to minors. No, children do not have a right to view books that their parents deem inappropriate or harmful.

These books are widely available elsewhere and may even be checked out via the inter-library loan system if a parent so desires. They can be shelved in areas that allow parents to check them out, but are not waiting on a shelf for children whose parents do not want them exposed to such materials.

Parents have a right to curate what their children are exposed to in publicly-funded libraries. And it is not feasible to expect parents to hover over their children and pre-read every book that is picked up. It is common sense to abide by community standards that allow every child to feel welcome and safe in a library. A public library's children's section should be a place that parents can trust, and not a minefield of materials that can harm their kids.

The persistent agenda to expose children to sexually inappropriate materials has its roots in overturning our political system. Revolutionary organizations like the Marxist ALA seek to de-moralize the populace to make it easier to destroy families, cultures, and nations. Do not let them get away with it.

Believe it or not, by fighting back against this pernicious agenda, Americans are engaging in a key battle to restore our communities. Our children, our families and our libraries are worth fighting for.


 

 A Court of Frost and Starlight is in the Nixa and Ozark "Fantasy Sections" of the library. Hmmm....is that adult or teen or what?


 

The film version of Call Me By Your Name is in the Nixa branch. 


 

Fred Gets Dressed is a book geared toward 3-6 year olds. It is in the Ozark branch of our library.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Dismissal With Prejudice


By Gretchen Garrity

The case against three Christian County Library Board of Trustees has been dismissed with prejudice.

This was always going to happen. The case never had legs. It was always about trying to force the Christian County Library Board of Trustees members -- Diana Brazeale, John Garrity, and Echo Schneider -- to change their officer election vote.

Every cloud has a silver lining. The lawsuit exposed a great deal about how past library boards gave away their governing power through the ALA playbook. Bylaws and policies were implemented that gave library administrative staff governing power they were never meant to have.

It allowed the administrative staff to operate largely independent of the taxpayers and their duly elected and appointed representatives. It made library boards mere "rubber-stampers" to the agenda of the Marxist ALA. It is why the battle to make the library safe for children is still going on regardless of community input and standards.

The lawsuit, which was "authorized" by the two minority board members, freed up groups like U-turn in Education, the specious blogger(s) We Are Concerned and their various comrades to dox and defame board members with false accusations of "criminal intent," "embezzlement," "Weaponized Incompetence," and so on.

It allowed legacy media reporters to indulge in misleading articles, to champion an opposing group with which they were likely ideologically aligned.

Will we have long to wait to hear about the dismissal of this lawsuit from the News-Leader, the Springfield Daily Citizen, KSMU, and those who campaign against parental rights and child safety?

Public service, true public service, is not for the faint of heart.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

WAC strikes again


  By Gretchen Garrity

The poorly-informed author(s) of the WAC blog have written a summer screed. It has taken them awhile to work up more bosom-heaving indignation, but they managed it. Credit where credit is due. ;-) In honor of their unique writing style, a rebuttal is herein offered.

Imagine a scenario where individuals with advanced degrees but little lived experience of business or management assume they are qualified for leadership roles. When they applied to be considered for them, they were rejected. But over the past few years, we've witnessed a real-world demonstration of what happens when keyboard warriors and Marxist activists try to influence through rhetoric, accusations, character assassination, and wildly inaccurate 'reporting' on issues.

It has been, frankly, validation of why the Left is losing ground in our culture and politics.

Besides the usual name-calling (what else can they do to bolster their arguments?), they accuse not only the Board, but the Board attorney of incompetence. Whoever is counseling the WAC crew misinterprets state statute regarding how a library district would operate in the absence of an executive director. I wrote a bit about it HERE.

Apparently, the WAC folks believe that in the absence of an executive director and an interim executive director, the library should drift aimlessly, a rudderless ship that would quickly run aground. It's almost as if WAC wanted something like that to happen. It would make great publicity for their position, hein?

It would not be helpful for a new executive director, of course. Imagine the chaos of coming in to a new position with day-to-day operations unprovided for.

WAC states, "Nowhere does [Missouri Statute] authorize the board to act as the executive director." Whom does WAC propose to govern the day-to-day operations of the library district since a staff member was not designated when the interim director stepped away from her position?

The Library Board has acted appropriately by making sure the library continues to operate in service to the public, regardless of the temporary lack of an executive director. WAC states, "The board is a governing body. It is not an operational entity. Authority over day-to-day operations, including personnel decisions, is legally vested in the executive director and not the board."

Again, WAC ignores the breadth of state statute and the real-time situation--the library has been without an executive director or an interim executive director for weeks. State statute grants broad governing powers to the Library Board. The Oxford Dictionary defines "govern" as "conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people)."

In their desire to discredit the Library Board, WAC is unable to properly articulate the situation, and even hints the Board may be attempting to get compensated for executive duties. The Library Board is not compensated. The position of a Board of Trustee is purely voluntary.

Does WAC have any idea how the duties of the executive director are being carried out? Are they privy to which board members or employees are executing which duties? If so, who is sharing that information with them? In the interests of transparency, they should share with the public if they are aware of anything specifically amiss.

WAC then goes on to attack the Library Board's attorney, positing that he is either "profoundly incompetent," sees a financial benefit in "exposing the library to lawsuits," is "doubling down" on a legal error, is perhaps "engaging in retaliatory behavior," or "all of the above." It is not the current Board attorney who is being investigated for ethics violations, but the former Board attorney.

WAC even suggests a "wrongful termination" lawsuit is on the horizon. "The groundwork is being laid, and the signs are impossible to ignore," the anonymous author says. That is revealing...

WAC then makes much of an upcoming settlement agreement between Janis Hagen and the majority Library Board members she sued with former board attorney Harry Styron. Styron sued on behalf of the Library District without prior approval of the Board. At the July 22, 2025 meeting, the Library Board voted down a proposed policy for clarifying procedures regarding the Missouri Sunshine Law.

Note below that the case will be dismissed. 

WAC will not be able to creditably accuse the Library Board of violating the Sunshine Law. According to the attorney for the majority Board members:

"A settlement agreement has been drafted and signed by all parties except the District. The District is scheduled to meet in the near future to discuss and finalize their approval of the settlement agreement. Once the District has signed the agreement, a dismissal of the case will be filed promptly thereafter."

WAC then makes another attempt to accuse the Library Board members of "misusing public resources to defend themselves in a lawsuit brought against them by the very institution they claim to serve." Let's be clear: It was a former member of the Board of Trustees who, along with the former Board attorney, took it upon themselves to authorize a suit against the majority Board members. This caused thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to be spent on a lawsuit that is on the verge of being dismissed.

That WAC accuses the Library Board of misuse of public funds is malicious and defamatory. The Board members were acting in their official capacity. Missouri law allows for the Library District to pay for legal defense in such cases. The anonymous WAC is not much concerned with truth.

Meanwhile, the Library District moves forward. A new executive director arrives next week. The bylaws and policies are being revised to better reflect the new direction, and citizens are still receiving excellent service at the library. So much for WAC's story line.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Library Board Meeting tonight at 6 p.m. in Nixa

 

https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781433830730/LC.GIF&client=sprgr&type=unbound&upc=&oclc=1060178486 

They are after the youngest children. This is Jacob's Room to Choose, a book about transgenderism...for ages 5-8. Watch to see how they confuse children about sexed reality. This book is in the Ozark branch children's picture books area--where these books are often jumbled together in no particular categorization system.

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Yup. It's in Nixa and Sparta

 https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=0823445038/LC.GIF&client=sprgr&type=unbound&upc=&oclc=1123174682

The "Young Adult" section is actually geared toward ages 12-17. A radical leftist coined the term "Young Adult" in order to bamboozle us into thinking books like this should be pushed to minors. You can find this book in both the Nixa and Sparta sections for children aged 12-17. It has all kinds of awards, doncha know. 🙄

 

 

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Good Riddance!

 Burrell Behavioral Health, which has a large presence in Missouri, used to reference the Trevor Project as a resource. They've scrubbed any connection. That was smart of them. ;-)


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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The Fake Super Majority in the Missouri Legislature

Act for Missouri has produced a 10-minute video that brings the goods. It's time to act...for Missouri. Go HERE to compare your legislator's voting history with the Uniparty-ers in Missouri. Act for Missouri is also on FB.



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Monday, July 7, 2025

Corrupt Missouri Politics and Politicians

 If you want to know why the establishment in Jefferson City, aka the Uniparty, is suddenly screaming about the "divisive" grassroots--watch this video. And if ANYONE you know in Missouri is touting the Uniparty line that exposure of corruption is divisive, then you know they are not someone who can be trusted.

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

The Battle Continues

Ray's Bookshop

By Gretchen Garrity

Lest we forget, there are hundreds of books in our library's children's sections that are age-inappropriate, pervasively vulgar, sexually explicit and of no redeeming value. The books noted below include themes of demonology, black magic, as well as sexual depravity. There is also a video review:

 

 

 

 

The reviewer, asks the question: Who is responsible for approving and placing these books in the library?

Is murder, rape, animal cruelty, sexual bondage and black magic the VALUES we desire to pass along to our children in Christian County? These books are placed in the teen section (ages 12-17) in the Ozark and Nixa branches. Again, if you have not seen the interview below with Sam Shoemate and Dan Kleinman, I urge you to watch it. It explains the political landscape in our libraries and why books such as the ones above are purposely placed in them.


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