Earlier this year I blogged about a man named George Tiller, killer of babies. He’d spoken at a National Education Association conference, and pro-life group Students for Life of America secretly videotaped him talking about babies slipping out of the womb alive during abortions. He called this “sloppy medicine.”
Tiller made the case for infanticide by showing graphic photos of unborn babies with abnormalities. He admits on tape to having aborted babies a day before the mother’s due date. One murdered baby in Tiller’s photo collage was a child with three arms. I asked, “Why didn’t the mother carry the baby to term and consider corrective surgery after he was born? A baby with an extra arm isn’t worthy of life?”
Update: A pro-death Twitterer called me twisted for reminding people that Tiller killed infants, since his killer is still on the loose. Huh? You’ve got to dig that irony thing.
Update II: My blog’s influence isn’t as far-reaching as it used to be, but I want to urge folks not to dwell on charges for which Tiller was aquitted. The charges had nothing to do with the legality or illegality of killing babies per se. The state alleged that Tiller failed to get a second opinion from an independent doctor when killing babies. It didn’t turn on protecting the unborn. It was about paperwork.
Check out this Reuters story about “Lila Rose,” the college student who poses as a pregnant teen knocked up by her adult boyfriend and captures Planned Parenthood workers failing to report what’s presented to them as statutory rape and in some cases, encouraging her to lie about it.
U.S. News and World Report blogger Bonnie Erbe wants to know why the pro-life crusader hasn’t been arrested for trespassing or fraud, and – get this – Planned Parenthood has posted Lila Rose’s picture so its disgraceful workers will be on the alert.
#1: On the alert for what? As long as PP reports statutory rapes and stops encouraging teenagers to lie about it, what difference does it make who comes into the mill? Whether a sting operation or the real deal, as long as PP workers do what they’re required to do by law (and common decency, for crying out loud), what’s the problem? Unless they plan on continuing the “you rape ‘em, we muzzle ‘em” policy.
#2 – Instead of posting Lila Rose’s face on the wall, how about posting pics of the women who failed to report the rapes, alerting girls and women seeking “services” to stay clear of workers who’ll not only allow abuse to continue, but advise them to keep their mouths shut, too?
Minutes ago the California Supreme Court issued its ruling on Proposition 8, the measure that defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The people’s will is upheld. Sort of. The court will allow existing homosexual “marriages” to stand. On what grounds?
More later.
Update: The court’s web page is getting swamped, but I managed to download a Word version of the 186-page opinion. Download it here.
Oh. My. Goodness. That thing was intense (watch the video). If I’d known what I was getting myself into. Lock yourself in the seat, and they rotate you 90 degrees, with your body parallel to the ground (like you’re flying). And then boom. You’re off. Can’t ride ‘em like I used to. Good grief.
Remember the men and women who died defending this great country and protecting our enviable freedom, worth dying for in any era. Always. We may take our freedom for granted, because most of us have never lived any other way. America is unique. Special. Take a moment to imagine what it would be like to face fines or prison or death for bad-mouthing the government or for sharing the Gospel. What if we were forced to worship in secret and hide our Bibles?
May we never forget that our freedom isn’t free. It costs something. It must be defended. It must be fought for. I don’t know about you, but I’m more than convinced it’s worth the fight. I support our military’s commitment to keeping America safe and free.
Step away from the computer and avoid the web this holiday weekend. Get out of the house. Go somewhere fun. Do something fun. Have a laugh! Rest easy this Memorial Day weekend, everybody.
My concern wasn’t whether it passed constitutional muster. The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses don’t prohibit religious books in government schools. It restrains the government from establishing a national religion and interfering with the people’s right to practice their religion.
Here’s my problem with Bible distributions and lessons in government schools: America’s freedom of religion makes me nervous in the sense that any old group calling itself a religion would get equal time, as it were, with Christianity. As far as I’m concerned, people may worship whomever and whatever they want, but I don’t want people pushing those doctrines and beliefs in tax-supported schools.
For instance, I oppose distributing Korans to children in government schools. Wicca pamphlets, too, or whatever they read. I wouldn’t want my tax dollars paying for Koran lessons. In a previous post I wrote:
[L]et’s look at this a different way. Although a majority of Americans would identify themselves as Christians (as opposed to Muslims), the country isn’t religiously homogenous anymore. How would you feel about Muslims distributing Korans in public school classrooms? If a Muslim teacher visited your kid’s classroom every week to give a Koran lesson, what would you do? I wouldn’t like it. I’d probably file suit.
I oppose the so-called Bible resolution for similar reasons. Republican Paul Broun recently introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives in an attempt to honor the Bible’s influence in shaping our country and to declare 2010 the “Year of the Bible.” The resolution is non-binding, which means it can’t become a law. It merely expresses the sentiment of Congress. The resolution is a noble sentiment, for sure, but one that leaves open the door for a “Year of the Koran” resolution. The Koran wasn’t influential in shaping our great country, but that’s beside the point. On what grounds could we allow one but disallow the other? Would we disallow the other?
I don’t want my tax dollars paying congressmen to declare 2011 the “Year of the Tripitaka,” would you?
I wish every American were a Christian, but that’s not the way it is. America is no longer religiously homogenous, either. To be logically consistent in opposing a “Year of the Koran” resolution, which I wholeheartedly would, I must also oppose a “Year of the Bible” resolution.
(Concerning handing out Bibles and receiving biblical instruction in government schools, Christian parents can provide such instruction in the home, or send kids to Christian schools, or home-school their kids, which I highly recommend for Christian parents in any case.)
I usually don’t name-call, but I’m in a skeptical, name-calling mood.
I just found out that Planned Parenthood workers in Arizona who covered up what they thought was statutory rape – then encouraged the victim to lie about it – didn’t think they were required to report such rapes because they’re not “medical professionals.” (Source)
Liars, the big fat kind.
Under Arizona law, “physical and mental health providers,” among others, are required to report statutory rape to Child Protective Services. Did these women honestly think only doctors and nurses were required to report the abuse of a child but not the person asking questions, giving advice, and setting up abortion appointments? I don’t buy it for one minute. Assuming they did believe such an obviously hare-brained idea, that would make them too stupid to work even in a child killing “clinic.”
The workers either took advantage of the medical-professional loophole in the law or honestly believed they were not required to report statutory rapes. Relying on your common sense, which do you think is more likely? A county prosecutor in Arizona says the law should be changed to expressly state who is obligated to report statutory rapes. We’re a country of morons, aren’t we?
Pro-aborts are so in love with fetal death, they’re willing to excuse the abuse of children and allow it to continue to preserve the child’s so-called right to get rid to “it.” Shameful on so many levels, it’s not even worth elaborating on.
Yee-haw! This sort of thing reminds of the good old blogging days, when I used to hop on a media-bias scandal and ride it until it broke.
Yesterday I twittered about a Sacramento Bee editorial, in which the paper unleased a rant against Californians for daring to vote against tax hikes (which I voted against). I wrote, “Highly snarky and condescending SacBee editorial about us stupid CA voters rejecting higher taxes…”
Lots of people railed against the editorial, including Rush Limbaugh. Apparently unwilling to stand by what it believes, the SacBee removed the editorial. Fortunately, a blogger cut and pasted the whole thing on his blog. It begins:
Good morning, California voters. Do you feel better, now that you’ve gotten that out of your system?
You wanted to show the state’s politicians just how mad you are at them. And you did. Boy, did you ever.
Proposition 1A with its taxes and its spending limit? Too much of one and not enough of the other, you said (or was it the other way around), and voted it down. Never mind that the taxes go into effect anyway. You showed ‘em.
And it gets worse as it goes along. As I said, snarky and condescending. (Incidentally, within minutes of my Twitter posting, the SacBee started following me on Twitter.)
Liberal Brainwash
A fellow twitterer replied to the message, saying something sarcastic about my not caring if my state goes bankrupt. Such thinking is typical of liberals I know, and the brain-washing goes deep. This person apparently doesn’t realize that raising taxes is not the only way to avoid bankruptcy. The state can, among other things, reduce government programs or cut them altogether.
In my mind, the person’s programmed response conjured up an image of a disembodied brain with shackles around it. Liberal politicians have convinced otherwise rational people that taxing citizens to death is the only way to go. And every election cycle, Democrats get elected on the promise that they’ll raise taxes. Warped, counterintuitive thinking, but there you go. Sad, really.
LiarsRUs
Anyway, back to the SacBee. After a flood of negative comments about the negative editorial, the SacBee published a new one aimed at politicians instead of voters. An excerpt:
Good morning, members of the California Legislature. Good morning, Governor.
Feeling bruised and abused this morning? Well, you can’t say you didn’t see it coming. The polls have been saying for weeks that voters were going to do just what they did on Tuesday: Conclusively reject your slate on the ballot, Propositions 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E.
Today, on the morning after voters kicked around your best effort at fixing the state budget as if it were a deflated soccer ball, you face a decision.
You can blame the voters for reacting with uninformed and misplaced anger.
Amazing. It’s a complete turnaround. What gives? Here’s where the lies come it:
Many of the comments below refer to an article that was posted in error. That article was a draft prepared for internal discussion among members of The Bee’s editorial board. Such discussions are a routine part of our work, and frequently lead to editorials that are considerably different from writers’ first drafts.
Blatant lies. The SacBee published the first time the editorial it intended. It wasn’t an error. The paper backtracked after readers criticized the disrespectful screed, then published a new editorial to cover its butt.
But the damage has been done. That most mainstream newspapers are run by people who vote for tax-raising Democrats is not a surprise. That the SacBee really expects those same voters to believe the first editorial was a mere draft not meant for public consumption is not credible. In any case, we know what the paper thinks of people who vote to keep more of the money they earn.
Since the SacBee has so little regard for the people who keep its presses rolling, the people should make their displeasure known by canceling subscriptions and asking advertisers to halt the gravy train.
I LOVE it. As pro-infanticide Barack Obama talked around his support for abortion, you can hear a baby crying in the audience. The video’s sound is quite low, but you can still hear the crying:
Obama appears rattled by the crying at some point. I hope conviction shot through his soul like a cannon blast. Perhaps he only winced. Whatever. Every little bit helps.
Sorry, Barack. When it comes to abortion, there is no “common effort,” “good will,” or “vigorous debate” for me. Unlike you, a supporter of child killing, whether it means tearing the baby from the womb via vacuum suction or partially delivering the baby then sucking out its brain, I think it’s heinous, deplorable, and reprehensible. No amount of double-talk or can’t-we-all-just-get-along rhetoric will ever change the horrible facts of snuffing out innocent life.
It’s not easy to read someone accusing you of being a self-hater, hater of black people, race traitor, a racist, anti-Catholic, a religious bigot, and a host of other things.
But no one ever told me living this life would be easy.
I started trying to publish my “controversial” opinions about seven years ago. After some success on newspaper op-ed pages, I started a blog. To my great surprise, even to this very moment, people began reading my blog. I’ve been out here since late 2003. Since then, the blogosphere has gotten crowded. Early blogging opinionators paved the way for later ones. I’ve always said and continue to believe there’s room enough for all of us.
People have told me in person and via e-mail that reading my blog instigated an examination of their own beliefs, and my courage-under-fire gave them courage to speak their minds without fear. Some readers, critics among them, said I inspired them to start blogging.
This blog has been both a blessing and a curse. While it’s given me the platform to touch hearts, change minds, and share the Gospel, as I’m commissioned to do, it’s also caused me to neglect my relationship with Christ at times and to almost “lose my religion” responding to the haters. To feel the brunt of other people’s frustrations over failed plans and unrealized dreams, to realize they’re directing the anger they harbor against themselves and others toward me, to perceive the depth of their contempt against me for daring to say publicly what they may say behind closed doors – I confess – sometimes hurts.
What prompted this post, you ask? I recently quoted a “controversial” figure on Facebook, and the discussion descended into the kind of thing that hasn’t been seen on this blog in a couple of years. (From my perspective, Facebook and Twitter are extensions of my blog.) I was transported back in time, and the effect was powerful enough to dredge up memories.
I used to be passionate about politics; specifically, encouraging people to examine what they believe and to vote for politicians with similar beliefs. Sounds simple, yes? Over the years, however, I gradually started not to care. The back and forth, he-said/she-said quality of it all began to bore me. Additionally, I no longer cared enough about certain issues to put up with the inevitable ad hominem. Passion drove me in the beginning to put up with the nonsense. As the passion waned, so did my tolerance for the vitriol or willful misreadings and/or misrepresentations of my posts. All of it bored me.
I may regain the passion. I have to say, though, I’m still passionate about the protection of the unborn and marriage as God ordained it. Please, keep calling me an anti-choice extremist and a homophobe. It’s like honey.
For now, I’m doing something different, something better for me at this stage of my physical and spiritual life. It may bore everyone else, but I get up in the morning looking forward to it, and that’s important right now for my mental well-being. As always, I’ll blog about it.
Thanks again for reading my blog – for love, like, hate, curiosity, indifference, or whatever else you’ve got.
Addendum: I used to be hard on people afraid to speak their minds and share controversial opinions. It’s tough going against the grain. I empathize. But I tend to think outside the mainstream and delight in telling people so.
Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a gift in honor of your mother to an organization that makes sure a woman doesn’t become a mother.
In honor of dear mothers everywhere, author Judy Blume, whose books I read as an adolescent, lends her hefty name to the abortion mill Planned Parenthood to solicit donations. As a writer, Blume certainly understands irony. Hello?
After a flood of “hate” mail to Blume, PP’s begging other pro-deathers to back up the author. President Cecile Richards said, “We rarely respond to these outrageous attacks, but when it comes to Judy Blume … well, I can’t stand by and do nothing. Please, let her know how much we appreciate her courage.”
It is outrageous, says the killer of the unborn, for “anti-choice extremists” to express their displeasure not only about the slaughter of babies but to also criticize a very important person like Blume, who’s using her name toward the cause of baby murder.
My mother told me her grandmother told a story about a woman who’d had several abortions during her childbearing years. On her deathbed, the woman said she could hear her babies crying. Delirium? Probably. But still.
By the way, thanks again for the many birthday wishes and other kind words.
Up to 16 weeks of pregnancy, a procedure called vacuum aspiration is used to kill babies. After 16 weeks, abortionists kill babies using a procedure called dilation and evacuation. After 20 weeks, the killing of an unborn baby is euphemistically called partial-birth abortion. To avoid murder charges, the abortionist partially delivers the baby, leaving the head inside. A probe is inserted into the baby’s skull to kill him.
(Between the 16th and 24th weeks, “doctors” sometime perform saline abortions. A solution is injected into the uterus to produce contractions to expel the baby. Dead on arrival.)
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U.S. News and World Report blogger Bonnie Erbe wants to know why the pro-life crusader hasn’t been arrested for trespassing or fraud, and – get this – Planned Parenthood has posted Lila Rose’s picture so its disgraceful workers will be on the alert. 
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I usually don’t name-call, but I’m in a skeptical, name-calling mood. 
Yee-haw! This sort of thing reminds of the good old blogging days, when I used to hop on a media-bias scandal and ride it until it broke. 
Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a gift in honor of your mother to an organization that makes sure a woman doesn’t become a mother.
