George Offerman
We are supposedly a nation of law and order, as well as a Christian nation, one that protects the most vulnerable of our citizens against tyranny and harm. For much of our history, this was truly the case. Then something happened. It started much before that fateful day in 1973 that has altered the course of this great nation, but it culminated on that day nonetheless. The events I refer to were all of those ‘rulings’, mainly by the judicial branch of our government, that began the elimination of any references of God from public life. This resulted in the separation of God from morality and the rule of law, which ultimately set up the lethal judgment on January 22, 1973.
Ever since 1973, the rule of law and the idea of morality and ethics have continued to erode to the point that even most Christians take on a relativistic view of the world. So when a person steps up and confronts this reality, the majority views this as ‘extreme’ and wants to distance themselves from such an individual and his views. What makes this so paradoxical is the fact that this same majority is clamoring for ‘change’ but they don’t recognize the force of change even when it is in front of them. This is why mediocrity and Incrementalism reigns supreme, and why legalized child killing is in no danger of being overturned while the current methodology is in place and utilized.
My wife and I spent several hours with Randall Terry yesterday discussing his possible run for president against Obama in 2012. Despite the fact that many in the pro life movement will see this as a ‘stunt’, attention seeking or a massive fund raising effort, this effort will bring about MINIMALLY a real conversation and exposure to the true nature of legalized child killing that neither the Church nor the ‘mainstream’ pro life movement has ever done before. For those of you in the D.C metro area, you are well aware of the impact Missy Smith’s ad’s had on the last election cycle, Imagine this at the national level! This country has NEVER SEEN THIS, and it will do more to bring about the necessary dialogue than anything tried before.
Now, for those of you ‘naysayers’ and critics out there, exposure of legalized child killing to such a large swath of the population will result in Mr. Terry receiving things such as: death threats, every conceivable form of public verbal thrashings, dirty laundry from supposed friends and former supporters, condemnation both on a theological level, as well as social levels, and ostracisation from much of the mainstream Society. Now, the above sentence refers to the pro lifers. I haven’t even mentioned what the pro death side would do, but magnify this by 10, and you may then have an idea of what Mr. Terry is willing to put up with to get this issue out in the open.
This is truly taking the issue of legalized child killing to a level in which the average American must make a personal decision about and then act on this. It comes at a time in history in which the average American wants to be left alone and is more interested in his own well being than that of others. It will take him outside of his own comfort zone, and expose him to a universal truth that has been too inconvenient to deal with previously and it will burn itself into his psyche in ways he cannot even begin to imagine. It will also cause rage at the one who ‘exposed’ this inconvenient truth to him and this person will be the butt of this personal rage. It takes a great deal of faith and guts to knowingly expose oneself to such forces, but Mr. Terry has decided to do this. So, for those ‘pro lifers’ who will condemn this action as ‘self promotion and egotistical feeding’, step forth yourselves, and show this kind of courage. Step outside of your own comfort zones and away from your kitchens and computers and do something.
This is a war for the soul of this nation, and by extension, our own souls. Christianity is not a passive belief system; it requires actions and words that are commensurate with whatever challenge presents itself. Legalized child killing is the greatest abomination on the face of the earth, and it is high time we understand this, and then act like it is the holocaust it is. Truly, anyone who would consider themselves ‘presidential material’ ought to demonstrate guts and conviction to the point of being an imitator of the greatest Servant/leader who ever walked this earth. Jesus sees this as the most outrageous crime of our time, and so ought the one who sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and takes the Oath of office to “uphold the Constitution of the United States” while placing his hands upon a Bible.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
THE INSANITY CONTINUES
George Offerman
There is a debate going on now concerning whether to use ‘scarce pro life resources’ to pass the personhood amendment in places like Colorado, when it seems there is not much of a chance it will pass. (The personhood amendment lost something like 74-26%) One of the arguments utilized by the side that is against passage of the personhood amendment at this time, Steven Ertelt of life news, believes the way to do it is through the electoral process and the courts. This side also used the classic ‘insanity’ argument, which states the definition of insanity is ‘doing the same things but expecting different results’. Well, then by judging from history and results, those opposed to the personhood amendment, those who embrace incrementalism and the likes of Steven Ertelt qualify as insane.
Incrementalism has been the deadly sin of the pro-life movement ever since compromise was introduced as the ‘winning strategy’ about 30 years ago. If anyone wants to debate this as a ‘winning’ strategy, they truly pass the insanity test as we have had two new young justices placed on the Supreme Court in the past 18 months, and have elected the most pro death president ever. These same groups were nowhere to be found in this fight, as their 501 c 3 statuses disallowed them to name names, and hence, muzzled them from the real battle. Those who have been elected under the ‘pro life’ banner, have time and time again, thrown us under the bus, yet the same insane pro life organizations continue to encourage their re elections in the hope these wayward officials will ‘see the light’.
The people and organizations that embrace incrementalism and the idea we need to ‘retake’ the government via Republicant ‘pro lifers’ are those who are truly insane. They have not learned from the recent past when the Bush II regime had 6 years of the legislative branch to get this done, and they did little but pass some peripheral legislation that was overturned by appellate courts. So those who do not study history, or learn from what they live through are advocating for ‘more of the same’ and will end up killing more babies than admitting they have been misguided and have embraced a cursed route that will end up in, no pun intended, a dead end. These people and organizations are too filled with pride to admit they don’t know the way, nor is their way going to result in victory.
There is not even enough integrity to admit it was the tea party that turned the elections in this cycle, and the tea party is now advocating their candidates now let go of the ‘social issues’ and focuses on the economic issues. This was actively discussed and pushed this last election cycle, yet the pro-life organizations have claimed since then that they were the ones who influenced the massive changes in the numbers of new republicans in the House. The fact of the matter is, the pro-life movement had a negligible effect, if any at all in this past election cycle. To sit there and openly deceive themselves, and those who fund them is the height of insanity, the pro life organizations and individuals who fight against the personhood amendment are showing how truly inane they are if they believe their own hype, or as some have said in the 1960’s “They are smoking their own dope”.
Sadly, the reality is the majority of the ‘newly elected’ are going to vote on economic issues, and basically blow off the pro-life issue. This prediction is easy to make, given that those who are the supposed leaders pay little attention to reality, and want to sell their snake oil as real efforts. All this will accomplish is to demoralize those on the front line who have been sold this garbage as real efforts and actually believed these leaders who made bogus complaints. Then the insanity will continue when some incremental change occurs, and the fund raising and bogus claims of victory will once again, fool many of those into funding them. It is in this way the insanity is perpetuated and legalized child killing continues on unabated in its killing fields.
There is a debate going on now concerning whether to use ‘scarce pro life resources’ to pass the personhood amendment in places like Colorado, when it seems there is not much of a chance it will pass. (The personhood amendment lost something like 74-26%) One of the arguments utilized by the side that is against passage of the personhood amendment at this time, Steven Ertelt of life news, believes the way to do it is through the electoral process and the courts. This side also used the classic ‘insanity’ argument, which states the definition of insanity is ‘doing the same things but expecting different results’. Well, then by judging from history and results, those opposed to the personhood amendment, those who embrace incrementalism and the likes of Steven Ertelt qualify as insane.
Incrementalism has been the deadly sin of the pro-life movement ever since compromise was introduced as the ‘winning strategy’ about 30 years ago. If anyone wants to debate this as a ‘winning’ strategy, they truly pass the insanity test as we have had two new young justices placed on the Supreme Court in the past 18 months, and have elected the most pro death president ever. These same groups were nowhere to be found in this fight, as their 501 c 3 statuses disallowed them to name names, and hence, muzzled them from the real battle. Those who have been elected under the ‘pro life’ banner, have time and time again, thrown us under the bus, yet the same insane pro life organizations continue to encourage their re elections in the hope these wayward officials will ‘see the light’.
The people and organizations that embrace incrementalism and the idea we need to ‘retake’ the government via Republicant ‘pro lifers’ are those who are truly insane. They have not learned from the recent past when the Bush II regime had 6 years of the legislative branch to get this done, and they did little but pass some peripheral legislation that was overturned by appellate courts. So those who do not study history, or learn from what they live through are advocating for ‘more of the same’ and will end up killing more babies than admitting they have been misguided and have embraced a cursed route that will end up in, no pun intended, a dead end. These people and organizations are too filled with pride to admit they don’t know the way, nor is their way going to result in victory.
There is not even enough integrity to admit it was the tea party that turned the elections in this cycle, and the tea party is now advocating their candidates now let go of the ‘social issues’ and focuses on the economic issues. This was actively discussed and pushed this last election cycle, yet the pro-life organizations have claimed since then that they were the ones who influenced the massive changes in the numbers of new republicans in the House. The fact of the matter is, the pro-life movement had a negligible effect, if any at all in this past election cycle. To sit there and openly deceive themselves, and those who fund them is the height of insanity, the pro life organizations and individuals who fight against the personhood amendment are showing how truly inane they are if they believe their own hype, or as some have said in the 1960’s “They are smoking their own dope”.
Sadly, the reality is the majority of the ‘newly elected’ are going to vote on economic issues, and basically blow off the pro-life issue. This prediction is easy to make, given that those who are the supposed leaders pay little attention to reality, and want to sell their snake oil as real efforts. All this will accomplish is to demoralize those on the front line who have been sold this garbage as real efforts and actually believed these leaders who made bogus complaints. Then the insanity will continue when some incremental change occurs, and the fund raising and bogus claims of victory will once again, fool many of those into funding them. It is in this way the insanity is perpetuated and legalized child killing continues on unabated in its killing fields.
Monday, November 22, 2010
THE ROE DEFENSE
George Offerman
This upcoming holiday poses a quandary for all the people who will use the airlines to travel to their holiday destinations. You see, in the name of ‘security’ and ‘government benevolence’ these people, or fanatics, have legalized the ability of one agency to take away all rights to one’s body in the name of the ‘greater good’. All of the lefties, Demovamps, socialists, Marxists, elitists, and the willfully ignorant all seem to agree with Big Brother in this matter with statements such as: ‘Suck it up” ‘it’s not molestation, it’s security’ ‘if you don’t like it, don’t fly’ ‘Greyhound and Amtrak are ready when you are’. It again, reflects the death of common sense, along with what is right and wrong, and that ‘government knows best’.
Well, here’s the problem. We have the government telling us we don’t have rights over our bodies in this farce they call security, yet these same people claim that ‘choice’ is a constitutionally guaranteed right, and supplants all other rights. For all of you who don’t want to use your brain: you can’t have it both ways. We either have rights over our own bodies or we don’t. But as usual, the lefties and the rest that do our thinking for us have come up with convoluted and asinine ‘explanations’ for the blatant violation of personal rights. Do you really believe a 3 year old understands being ‘touched in private places’ is ok in the name of supposed national security? Does it change the fact a man is forced to watch his wife being touched in ways that are Biblically reserved only for him, and by ‘law’ cannot do anything about it? This is absolutely sick, and if we don’t wake up and do something about it, very bad things will happen because we didn’t stand up for ourselves.
It seems appropriate for the women in these lines to use the Roe defense. What is the Roe defense, you may ask? The Roe defense is simply the ability to tell these people ‘paws off my body’. Or another way of putting it could be: “you may personally think I’m a terrorist, but that is your personal opinion, and don’t inflict your beliefs onto me”. After all, the Roe defense is ‘guaranteed’ by the constitution, and is considered ‘the law of the land, that trumps all other laws’. In fact, maybe the women in line all ought to say they are flying to procure an abortion, and these searches and ‘pat downs’ are the pro lifers attempt to scare them off from obtaining what is ‘legally their right to have’. After all, how does one really know if the TSA agents are not really those cantankerous pro lifers in disguise? Who knows, with that excuse, maybe the women will be put in the front, and given first class seats.
It’s interesting that the justification used to violate the personal rights of innocent Americans in the name of safety and security is the same as violating the intrinsic right to life of pre born babies for the sake of convenience. In both cases, we are lead to believe that legalizing some behaviors automatically makes them safer, and that those individuals who are in charge of administering said services are of the highest caliber and morality when considering their motives in being in this line of work to begin with. We are finding out that both the abortion industry and the TSA primarily sees their ‘victims’ as cattle, and show a great deal of contempt for those who dare question what they are doing, and the means in which they supposedly do their jobs. As the saying goes “Birds of a feather flock together’. Immoral orders bequeath immoral behaviors.
We all need to think long and hard about the country that is emerging from the continual paranoia garbage thrown our way. How soon will it be that we give all our freedoms away, in the name of security or fear? The death of common sense has lead to the death of passion, and the death of knowing right from wrong. 81% of Americans believe the TSA is correct in their ‘searches’ despite the fact that if this were done in ANY OTHER VENUE the people doing the groping would be charged with felonies. Somehow, are people really going to shut off their sensibilities, and yes, strong intuitions and feelings that this is wrong, because it is ‘national security’? Sounds the same as “it’s not life; it’s only a blob of tissue, no big deal” Oh, why didn’t you say that earlier? For that matter, take my children away, because it’s really about them learning how to properly enter society. Take away my retirement, because I’m too stupid to do it myself. Tell me what to eat, because I’ll get fat and die from too poor of a diet and no exercise.
We need to wake up fast and soon. Enough is enough, and if we don’t speak up soon, we may find we no longer have the ability to speak for ourselves at all. After all, the most innocent of us are already executed en masse, and it seems fewer are willing to do much for them as the time goes by. The insanity needs to end, but it requires sanity to recognize the insanity, and then one needs to have the guts to do something about the insanity, and the majority who accepts the insanity as sanity.
This upcoming holiday poses a quandary for all the people who will use the airlines to travel to their holiday destinations. You see, in the name of ‘security’ and ‘government benevolence’ these people, or fanatics, have legalized the ability of one agency to take away all rights to one’s body in the name of the ‘greater good’. All of the lefties, Demovamps, socialists, Marxists, elitists, and the willfully ignorant all seem to agree with Big Brother in this matter with statements such as: ‘Suck it up” ‘it’s not molestation, it’s security’ ‘if you don’t like it, don’t fly’ ‘Greyhound and Amtrak are ready when you are’. It again, reflects the death of common sense, along with what is right and wrong, and that ‘government knows best’.
Well, here’s the problem. We have the government telling us we don’t have rights over our bodies in this farce they call security, yet these same people claim that ‘choice’ is a constitutionally guaranteed right, and supplants all other rights. For all of you who don’t want to use your brain: you can’t have it both ways. We either have rights over our own bodies or we don’t. But as usual, the lefties and the rest that do our thinking for us have come up with convoluted and asinine ‘explanations’ for the blatant violation of personal rights. Do you really believe a 3 year old understands being ‘touched in private places’ is ok in the name of supposed national security? Does it change the fact a man is forced to watch his wife being touched in ways that are Biblically reserved only for him, and by ‘law’ cannot do anything about it? This is absolutely sick, and if we don’t wake up and do something about it, very bad things will happen because we didn’t stand up for ourselves.
It seems appropriate for the women in these lines to use the Roe defense. What is the Roe defense, you may ask? The Roe defense is simply the ability to tell these people ‘paws off my body’. Or another way of putting it could be: “you may personally think I’m a terrorist, but that is your personal opinion, and don’t inflict your beliefs onto me”. After all, the Roe defense is ‘guaranteed’ by the constitution, and is considered ‘the law of the land, that trumps all other laws’. In fact, maybe the women in line all ought to say they are flying to procure an abortion, and these searches and ‘pat downs’ are the pro lifers attempt to scare them off from obtaining what is ‘legally their right to have’. After all, how does one really know if the TSA agents are not really those cantankerous pro lifers in disguise? Who knows, with that excuse, maybe the women will be put in the front, and given first class seats.
It’s interesting that the justification used to violate the personal rights of innocent Americans in the name of safety and security is the same as violating the intrinsic right to life of pre born babies for the sake of convenience. In both cases, we are lead to believe that legalizing some behaviors automatically makes them safer, and that those individuals who are in charge of administering said services are of the highest caliber and morality when considering their motives in being in this line of work to begin with. We are finding out that both the abortion industry and the TSA primarily sees their ‘victims’ as cattle, and show a great deal of contempt for those who dare question what they are doing, and the means in which they supposedly do their jobs. As the saying goes “Birds of a feather flock together’. Immoral orders bequeath immoral behaviors.
We all need to think long and hard about the country that is emerging from the continual paranoia garbage thrown our way. How soon will it be that we give all our freedoms away, in the name of security or fear? The death of common sense has lead to the death of passion, and the death of knowing right from wrong. 81% of Americans believe the TSA is correct in their ‘searches’ despite the fact that if this were done in ANY OTHER VENUE the people doing the groping would be charged with felonies. Somehow, are people really going to shut off their sensibilities, and yes, strong intuitions and feelings that this is wrong, because it is ‘national security’? Sounds the same as “it’s not life; it’s only a blob of tissue, no big deal” Oh, why didn’t you say that earlier? For that matter, take my children away, because it’s really about them learning how to properly enter society. Take away my retirement, because I’m too stupid to do it myself. Tell me what to eat, because I’ll get fat and die from too poor of a diet and no exercise.
We need to wake up fast and soon. Enough is enough, and if we don’t speak up soon, we may find we no longer have the ability to speak for ourselves at all. After all, the most innocent of us are already executed en masse, and it seems fewer are willing to do much for them as the time goes by. The insanity needs to end, but it requires sanity to recognize the insanity, and then one needs to have the guts to do something about the insanity, and the majority who accepts the insanity as sanity.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE
George Offerman
The signs are everywhere that common sense, the troubadour of truth and honesty is dead in this country. It can be seen from the simple ‘you need three picture id’s’ to access the most mundane personal information, to the now very questionable ‘pat down’ of toddlers that is essentially legalized child molesting, to a growing minority of Americans that believe Marriage is irrelevant, to ultimately, those believing legalized child killing is ok because it’s ‘legal, and the law of the land’. Through simple observation, it can be verified that we have become a nation of idiots, lead by even bigger idiots that we are too stupid to throw out of power.
It seems with the death of common sense runs the theme of not being able to recognize what is right in front of us. All hell is really on the loose in this country (to get much worse) and many in this country, lead by the talking heads, are claiming ‘we are coming out of our problems at least economically’. We have the helicopter man announcing the QE2 and the rest of the world, who seems to get it about common sense, is furious with us. They understand the highly inflationary nature of this policy, and this is coming from an organization that just recently, was selling the fears of too much inflation, now they are saying ‘we need some, it is good for us’. It doesn’t matter that we have the largest number of Americans EVER on food stamps, what’s a ‘little’ price increase on things going to hurt?
We are surrounded by liars and villains, and do not seem to understand this, or don’t care, or we may simply see that all things are relative, and a liar today can be a truth teller tomorrow. We now have some in the tea party attempting to get the new Republican majority to focus on the economic issues, and leaving the social issues on the sidelines (read abortion). This definitely flies in the face of all the pro-life organizations that claimed they lead this revolt, that this referendum is about the life issues, and they will hold these newly elected official’s ‘feet to the fire’. Well, we now get a glimpse of the real agenda, and affirmation that it was the tea party that created this revolt, and it is about economics, not the life issue.
Unfortunately, too many people will believe this lie, and they will continue to fund these organizations that are not doing what they claim, and in fact, are continuing to claim they did things that should be very obvious they had little to do with. If those in the pro-life movement want to continue with this charade, I guess it is ultimately up to them, but simply choosing to ignore what is plainly in front of one’s face does not make it the reality of the situation. Like the rest of society that wants to ignore the fact our society is in major trouble, the pro life movement is in it’s own cardiac arrest and on life support. The evidence shows over the past few years, we have lost more ground than at any other point in the 38 years of this holocaust, but it is being sold as great victory.
When one loses his ability to use common sense and see what is there, the fight is over. Too many in the pro life organizations that are selling their snake oil are finding too many willing recipients to accept this. This goes on as our nation falls more into the hellish existence of the culture of death, with its accompanying economic and moral problems following close behind. Pretending this is not going on is the worst form of denial and for some, could literally lead to death. Without understanding the fight, and attempting a fight without properly trained warriors is recipe for disaster. Are you ready for the coming trials and tribulations we brought on ourselves?
The signs are everywhere that common sense, the troubadour of truth and honesty is dead in this country. It can be seen from the simple ‘you need three picture id’s’ to access the most mundane personal information, to the now very questionable ‘pat down’ of toddlers that is essentially legalized child molesting, to a growing minority of Americans that believe Marriage is irrelevant, to ultimately, those believing legalized child killing is ok because it’s ‘legal, and the law of the land’. Through simple observation, it can be verified that we have become a nation of idiots, lead by even bigger idiots that we are too stupid to throw out of power.
It seems with the death of common sense runs the theme of not being able to recognize what is right in front of us. All hell is really on the loose in this country (to get much worse) and many in this country, lead by the talking heads, are claiming ‘we are coming out of our problems at least economically’. We have the helicopter man announcing the QE2 and the rest of the world, who seems to get it about common sense, is furious with us. They understand the highly inflationary nature of this policy, and this is coming from an organization that just recently, was selling the fears of too much inflation, now they are saying ‘we need some, it is good for us’. It doesn’t matter that we have the largest number of Americans EVER on food stamps, what’s a ‘little’ price increase on things going to hurt?
We are surrounded by liars and villains, and do not seem to understand this, or don’t care, or we may simply see that all things are relative, and a liar today can be a truth teller tomorrow. We now have some in the tea party attempting to get the new Republican majority to focus on the economic issues, and leaving the social issues on the sidelines (read abortion). This definitely flies in the face of all the pro-life organizations that claimed they lead this revolt, that this referendum is about the life issues, and they will hold these newly elected official’s ‘feet to the fire’. Well, we now get a glimpse of the real agenda, and affirmation that it was the tea party that created this revolt, and it is about economics, not the life issue.
Unfortunately, too many people will believe this lie, and they will continue to fund these organizations that are not doing what they claim, and in fact, are continuing to claim they did things that should be very obvious they had little to do with. If those in the pro-life movement want to continue with this charade, I guess it is ultimately up to them, but simply choosing to ignore what is plainly in front of one’s face does not make it the reality of the situation. Like the rest of society that wants to ignore the fact our society is in major trouble, the pro life movement is in it’s own cardiac arrest and on life support. The evidence shows over the past few years, we have lost more ground than at any other point in the 38 years of this holocaust, but it is being sold as great victory.
When one loses his ability to use common sense and see what is there, the fight is over. Too many in the pro life organizations that are selling their snake oil are finding too many willing recipients to accept this. This goes on as our nation falls more into the hellish existence of the culture of death, with its accompanying economic and moral problems following close behind. Pretending this is not going on is the worst form of denial and for some, could literally lead to death. Without understanding the fight, and attempting a fight without properly trained warriors is recipe for disaster. Are you ready for the coming trials and tribulations we brought on ourselves?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
MISSING THE NUANCES OF THE FIGHT
George Offerman
I had some people point out how it seems I am doing the same behaviors I am accusing many of the other pro life organizations of, and that is attacking and being hypercritical of ‘our own’. I believe I have covered this point in several postings in the past, but because I do not want this to be a stumbling block for some, I will address this the best way that I can.
The first point has to be: understanding the difference between constructive criticism and personal attacks. I have always attempted to practice issue driven postings that make their point on their own merits. I don’t think anyone can look at any of the postings and find personal attacks in them, in which I drag in perceived ‘weaknesses’ or trash family members, or bring out old sins and hang them out to dry. I have posted and called people out on their unchristian behaviors and cited what their behaviors were, but this is not a personal attack. It is addressing the merits of the issues, and not directed at the individual’s character, faith, family or other ad hominen attacks that many of my so called critics have engaged in.
Then there is the issue of what the pro life movement is about. It seems the majority in the pro life movement would describe the pro life movement as existing to: change hearts, educate the masses, conversion of many to the faith, and to the culture of life, and to end abortion. (The reason I put ending abortion last, is many in their own mission statements will discuss education and changing hearts as the main goal). The true nature of the pro life agenda (not movement) is: to end legalized child killing from conception to birth. Based upon 38 years of experience, education and changing hearts has not worked and babies continue to die, unabated 3,500 per day. To call out those who embrace this strategy that has not worked is not hate speech, nor is it a personal attack; it is issue driven. Just because the majority may not agree with this, does not make it wrong, nor does it disallow me to openly speak about it.
When I have attempted to engage many of the ‘leaders’ in dialogue, and ask the tough questions, it has generally been them who then use belittling language, or want to call me out on my ‘status’ in this movement, and then will go onto question my beliefs and faith. What is generally not covered during this process is an open and honest look at the issues brought forth, and communication is effectively cut off with some snippety comment like “You are not Christian”, “Babies will die now”, “you have an anger issue”, “and your mother wears combat boots ”, “ you, you, you….” There is no looking at the behaviors or attitudes called on, but a sense of “I’m on a mission from God, and don’t you DARE SAY ANYTHING to me that I may not like”. These people then make themselves sole arbiters of right and wrong, a position only God Almighty Himself can claim.
A case in point was a recent email exchange between Randall Terry and Steven Ertelt of life news. In this exchange was an opportunity to look at the pro life strategy and analyze whether it is working or not. Mr. Eltert took the position that the new media is the new way to get things done, while Mr. Terry advocated good old fashioned protests, and having eyeball to eyeball contact instead of depending on warfare from a distance. The disturbing part of what Mr. Ertelt embraced in his retorts to Mr. Terry are unfortunately too mainstreamed in the common consciousness of the pro life movement, and that is not needing to get ones hands dirty, and forgetting or neglecting the victories of old, all throughout history. Mr. Ertelt seemed to be belittling the historical aspects of war and conquest, and it is actually his loss for it. There is no such thing as a clean war, or an unbloody war. It will NEVER be won from a computer keyboard, living room or Church. It will be won in the battlefield by soldiers properly trained in combat, and there will be a price to be paid and there will be casualties. Anyone or any organization that states otherwise is delusional.
So, while many of these groups want to cry ‘foul’ and want to wimp out when in comes to criticism, seem to have no problem ‘heaping it onto their critics’. Seems very hypocritical, doesn’t it? We grow when our weaknesses and mistakes are pointed out. We grow when we have the humility and grace to hear things that are unpleasant, and sometimes hurt. But without this information, ultimately we will die, and most likely take others with us. Jesus warned us that his way is taking up the cross daily. Jesus never said to get on a party boat, or that once becoming a Christian, things will go your way all of the time. We have to be willing to give and take constructive criticism, and we need to be able to grow by obtaining feedback from those in the fight regardless of how it feels.
I had some people point out how it seems I am doing the same behaviors I am accusing many of the other pro life organizations of, and that is attacking and being hypercritical of ‘our own’. I believe I have covered this point in several postings in the past, but because I do not want this to be a stumbling block for some, I will address this the best way that I can.
The first point has to be: understanding the difference between constructive criticism and personal attacks. I have always attempted to practice issue driven postings that make their point on their own merits. I don’t think anyone can look at any of the postings and find personal attacks in them, in which I drag in perceived ‘weaknesses’ or trash family members, or bring out old sins and hang them out to dry. I have posted and called people out on their unchristian behaviors and cited what their behaviors were, but this is not a personal attack. It is addressing the merits of the issues, and not directed at the individual’s character, faith, family or other ad hominen attacks that many of my so called critics have engaged in.
Then there is the issue of what the pro life movement is about. It seems the majority in the pro life movement would describe the pro life movement as existing to: change hearts, educate the masses, conversion of many to the faith, and to the culture of life, and to end abortion. (The reason I put ending abortion last, is many in their own mission statements will discuss education and changing hearts as the main goal). The true nature of the pro life agenda (not movement) is: to end legalized child killing from conception to birth. Based upon 38 years of experience, education and changing hearts has not worked and babies continue to die, unabated 3,500 per day. To call out those who embrace this strategy that has not worked is not hate speech, nor is it a personal attack; it is issue driven. Just because the majority may not agree with this, does not make it wrong, nor does it disallow me to openly speak about it.
When I have attempted to engage many of the ‘leaders’ in dialogue, and ask the tough questions, it has generally been them who then use belittling language, or want to call me out on my ‘status’ in this movement, and then will go onto question my beliefs and faith. What is generally not covered during this process is an open and honest look at the issues brought forth, and communication is effectively cut off with some snippety comment like “You are not Christian”, “Babies will die now”, “you have an anger issue”, “and your mother wears combat boots ”, “ you, you, you….” There is no looking at the behaviors or attitudes called on, but a sense of “I’m on a mission from God, and don’t you DARE SAY ANYTHING to me that I may not like”. These people then make themselves sole arbiters of right and wrong, a position only God Almighty Himself can claim.
A case in point was a recent email exchange between Randall Terry and Steven Ertelt of life news. In this exchange was an opportunity to look at the pro life strategy and analyze whether it is working or not. Mr. Eltert took the position that the new media is the new way to get things done, while Mr. Terry advocated good old fashioned protests, and having eyeball to eyeball contact instead of depending on warfare from a distance. The disturbing part of what Mr. Ertelt embraced in his retorts to Mr. Terry are unfortunately too mainstreamed in the common consciousness of the pro life movement, and that is not needing to get ones hands dirty, and forgetting or neglecting the victories of old, all throughout history. Mr. Ertelt seemed to be belittling the historical aspects of war and conquest, and it is actually his loss for it. There is no such thing as a clean war, or an unbloody war. It will NEVER be won from a computer keyboard, living room or Church. It will be won in the battlefield by soldiers properly trained in combat, and there will be a price to be paid and there will be casualties. Anyone or any organization that states otherwise is delusional.
So, while many of these groups want to cry ‘foul’ and want to wimp out when in comes to criticism, seem to have no problem ‘heaping it onto their critics’. Seems very hypocritical, doesn’t it? We grow when our weaknesses and mistakes are pointed out. We grow when we have the humility and grace to hear things that are unpleasant, and sometimes hurt. But without this information, ultimately we will die, and most likely take others with us. Jesus warned us that his way is taking up the cross daily. Jesus never said to get on a party boat, or that once becoming a Christian, things will go your way all of the time. We have to be willing to give and take constructive criticism, and we need to be able to grow by obtaining feedback from those in the fight regardless of how it feels.
Monday, November 15, 2010
IT'S THAT SIMPLE
George Offerman
As always, when a topic is handled in the way that it should be, it has a tendency to separate those who seem to understand the nature of battle, versus those who want to get along with everyone, in order to ‘feel good’. This past election demonstrated the nature of the battle for the lives of the children, and like it or not, and believe it or not, we have a very good idea of who is who in this war. It may make many uncomfortable, but this is nothing compared to the grisly manner in which these children are brutally murdered 3,500 per day, so it is time to get over this ‘need to feel good’ while we are at war.
The pro life organizations I mentioned in the past few postings are the ones that promote the need to: show abortion to America, spread the word about Abortion, and most often complain about being ‘iced out’ by the MSM in this matter. Like it or not, and believe it or not, Missy Smith’s campaign got the unvarnished truth of legalized child killing front and center during this election cycle. No other group attained national attention, yet international attention on this issue as Missy Smith did, and any Google search of the newswires will prove this true. Yet, it was the ‘foot soldier’ who donated and did the most in getting the word out, not the organizations that fundraise millions and claim they are the ‘voice of the people’.
For some, it seems that reporting the facts and reporting on who did what seems to be ‘stomping’ on these groups. Well, it does no good to get caught up in delusions of grandeur, when these groups are taking credit for work done by the tea party. This is so verifiable and provable that I won’t even debate this with people. The issues front and center were economic. Too much government, too intrusive of a government, too much money printing, too much spending, too much lying to the people, too much controlling of the people by an elite group, too high of a tax rate, and an unaccountable leadership that seems to be more interested in helping Wall street than Main street. The only place, other than Missy Smith and her campaign, legalized child killing was discussed what the pro life media and some local races. It did not make national headlines, nor did any group, except Insurrecta Nex, make any headlines. Again, do a Google search of this.
The vast majority of the pro life organizations did not make headlines, and sure did not drive the national debate on issues, nor persuade many people through ‘changed hearts and education’ to vote differently. Remember, 54% of the Catholics voted for Obama, the most pro death president to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Were hearts changed then? As ‘crass’ as this may be, and as many may not like it, the pro life movement and the vast majority of the organizations made little to no impact on this election. Why? Because their message was muted and sanitized at best, and non existent at worst. The 501 c 3 status made sure of that, and it has been well documented how little was done. Now that the score is being tallied, the excuses and reasons for not supporting Missy Smith’s efforts, or getting the true message out are piling up as high as the money the Federal Reserve is printing. This holocaust is no closer to ending than it was last week, last month, last year, or the last 38 years. In fact, if anything, it is getting more remote it will end as these groups become more established and entrenched in this ‘war’.
Without following the lead of real movements like the tea party, that names those who are turncoats, and uses rhetoric proportional to the issues at hand, the pro life movement is condemning itself to mediocrity and will never result in changing the laws in favor of the babies. It will take heroic efforts, and a fair number of people willing to do whatever it takes to make and keep this issue front and center in the psyche of this nation until this holocaust is thrown on the ash heap of history. Until we have the numbers of people willing to do this, coupled with a REAL PLAN, this movement will get nothing but an occasional crumb thrown its way to pacify those who believe a crumb is a whole meal. The revisionists cannot change the facts of this past election, regardless of how smooth they present their cases. This election was totally influenced by the tea party, and was about economics, not the life issue, as evidenced by the fact the life issue was not debated on the national level, and nearly non existent on the local level.
As always, when a topic is handled in the way that it should be, it has a tendency to separate those who seem to understand the nature of battle, versus those who want to get along with everyone, in order to ‘feel good’. This past election demonstrated the nature of the battle for the lives of the children, and like it or not, and believe it or not, we have a very good idea of who is who in this war. It may make many uncomfortable, but this is nothing compared to the grisly manner in which these children are brutally murdered 3,500 per day, so it is time to get over this ‘need to feel good’ while we are at war.
The pro life organizations I mentioned in the past few postings are the ones that promote the need to: show abortion to America, spread the word about Abortion, and most often complain about being ‘iced out’ by the MSM in this matter. Like it or not, and believe it or not, Missy Smith’s campaign got the unvarnished truth of legalized child killing front and center during this election cycle. No other group attained national attention, yet international attention on this issue as Missy Smith did, and any Google search of the newswires will prove this true. Yet, it was the ‘foot soldier’ who donated and did the most in getting the word out, not the organizations that fundraise millions and claim they are the ‘voice of the people’.
For some, it seems that reporting the facts and reporting on who did what seems to be ‘stomping’ on these groups. Well, it does no good to get caught up in delusions of grandeur, when these groups are taking credit for work done by the tea party. This is so verifiable and provable that I won’t even debate this with people. The issues front and center were economic. Too much government, too intrusive of a government, too much money printing, too much spending, too much lying to the people, too much controlling of the people by an elite group, too high of a tax rate, and an unaccountable leadership that seems to be more interested in helping Wall street than Main street. The only place, other than Missy Smith and her campaign, legalized child killing was discussed what the pro life media and some local races. It did not make national headlines, nor did any group, except Insurrecta Nex, make any headlines. Again, do a Google search of this.
The vast majority of the pro life organizations did not make headlines, and sure did not drive the national debate on issues, nor persuade many people through ‘changed hearts and education’ to vote differently. Remember, 54% of the Catholics voted for Obama, the most pro death president to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Were hearts changed then? As ‘crass’ as this may be, and as many may not like it, the pro life movement and the vast majority of the organizations made little to no impact on this election. Why? Because their message was muted and sanitized at best, and non existent at worst. The 501 c 3 status made sure of that, and it has been well documented how little was done. Now that the score is being tallied, the excuses and reasons for not supporting Missy Smith’s efforts, or getting the true message out are piling up as high as the money the Federal Reserve is printing. This holocaust is no closer to ending than it was last week, last month, last year, or the last 38 years. In fact, if anything, it is getting more remote it will end as these groups become more established and entrenched in this ‘war’.
Without following the lead of real movements like the tea party, that names those who are turncoats, and uses rhetoric proportional to the issues at hand, the pro life movement is condemning itself to mediocrity and will never result in changing the laws in favor of the babies. It will take heroic efforts, and a fair number of people willing to do whatever it takes to make and keep this issue front and center in the psyche of this nation until this holocaust is thrown on the ash heap of history. Until we have the numbers of people willing to do this, coupled with a REAL PLAN, this movement will get nothing but an occasional crumb thrown its way to pacify those who believe a crumb is a whole meal. The revisionists cannot change the facts of this past election, regardless of how smooth they present their cases. This election was totally influenced by the tea party, and was about economics, not the life issue, as evidenced by the fact the life issue was not debated on the national level, and nearly non existent on the local level.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
SCANDALOUS!
George Offerman
Someone forwarded to me a ‘fund raising’ letter from Priests for Life, which is the embodiment of scandal. Now, before someone wants to get on me about picking on Fr. Frank or Priests for Life, I want to be clear, that first off, I predicted this prior to the election and it has now come to fruition, and this fund raising’ letter is a symptom of a larger problem and it happens to be the Priests for Life 501 c 3 organization that was brought to my attention. This is symptomatic of all the 501 c 3 organizations, that are held in check by the god called the IRS. You, see, we have it very well documented that most of theses organizations were held in ‘check’ by man’s laws, and in fact, had to sanitize language used and could only indirectly support those who took the life position.
Also as predicted, these organizations are taking credit for the work of the tea party. Sorry, Fr. Frank and all the others, the pro life issue was not front and center in this election. As much as I hate to give bill Clinton any credit, I have to use his words that cost the first Bush his second term “IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID”. It was the tea party that stirred this election cycle, and it was TOTALLY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. Now, I can understand people revising history that may be older than the audience which is targeted, but this election just occurred 9 days ago, and even the most severely attention deficit disordered individual would not believe this load of crap. The pro life issue made news because of what Missy Smith did. Not billboards in Ohio, not the internet ‘ghetto’ press, and surely not any of the 501 c 3 organizations that never used the words legalized child killing, murder or any of the potent language that will get the attention of people. No, these organizations were too busy complying with the laws of man and not ‘offending’ the pro deathers, or running ‘moderate’ themes as to not be seen as ‘extreme’.
It’s interesting that the tea party used harsh language on those who are attempting to turn our nation into a socialist regime. The tea party used harsh language concerning the rampant money printing by the Federal Reserve, and the out of control spending by the Obamination regime. The tea party threatened to ‘fire’ those who did not tow the line on these matters, and we had the largest swing in party control in 70 years. And the tea party is not a 501c 3 organization, nor did they do fundraising, nor are they sending out fund raising letters asking for huge amounts of money nor are they being braggadocios about the outcome of this election. No, the tea party people are very focused on getting what they want, and are motivated by their passions to see this current situation end with as little destruction to this country as possible. These pro life organizations practiced their typical ‘lukewarm’ stance by wanting to tone down the message and get their people elected. Well, many fiscally conservative people also happen to be social conservatives, and if it were not for the economic issues, the Demovamps most likely would have held the House. The pro life movement ought to be ashamed of itself, and they are now out there acting like they were at the front of the line in making this happen. This is humorous, given the fact they could do little without being able to name names, yet somehow believe in their own efficacy in having these candidates elected.
How effective can an organization be if they are not allowed by ‘law’ to openly endorse a candidate who supposedly embraces the cause for which the organization exists to begin with? This seems to be fraudulent from the get go, and I am left wondering, what is their REAL PURPOSE in being in this fight? If I am giving money to a cause, and this cause identifies a ‘perpetrator’ you better be ‘damned straight’ that I expect the organization to name them. If not, then I want neither my money, nor my time wasted by such an organization. Fr. Frank mentioned in his fund raising letter that it is now time ‘to hold their feet to the fire” and follow through with their promises. And how, pray tell, will you do that come election time, when YOU CANNOT NAME THEM BY NAME if they fail? Or if you cannot endorse them? So are these wayward politicians really afraid of organizations that have no teeth, and are bound by an organization, the IRS who will hound them into following the stupid and godless election muzzle? One only need look at the results. For 6 years during Bush II, the executive and legislative branches were held by the Republicants, and little was accomplished. These people have no fear of the pro life movement, but they do the tea party people. Why? BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE NAME NAMES AND USE HARSH BUT ACCURATE RHETORIC. And they will follow through with their promises to ‘throw the bums out’.
What I learned in my sociology of organizations class in college is proving to be true. The professor stated that the ‘prime directive’ of all organizations is survival first. This definitely has been proven true in this election, as organizations that played no prime role, take credit for history making moves and then go on to fundraise millions to do what? Continue their existence, that’s what! Only a lemming wouldn’t understand an organization’s contradictory nature by claiming to raise money to ‘influence’ elections and then not naming who the enemies are, and speaking in ‘code’ to those who fund them concerning what to do next. That is why as long as the 501 c 3 status exists, legalized child killing will continue to exist, and thrive next to these organizations. It’s time to end this charade. Defund all of these organizations.
Someone forwarded to me a ‘fund raising’ letter from Priests for Life, which is the embodiment of scandal. Now, before someone wants to get on me about picking on Fr. Frank or Priests for Life, I want to be clear, that first off, I predicted this prior to the election and it has now come to fruition, and this fund raising’ letter is a symptom of a larger problem and it happens to be the Priests for Life 501 c 3 organization that was brought to my attention. This is symptomatic of all the 501 c 3 organizations, that are held in check by the god called the IRS. You, see, we have it very well documented that most of theses organizations were held in ‘check’ by man’s laws, and in fact, had to sanitize language used and could only indirectly support those who took the life position.
Also as predicted, these organizations are taking credit for the work of the tea party. Sorry, Fr. Frank and all the others, the pro life issue was not front and center in this election. As much as I hate to give bill Clinton any credit, I have to use his words that cost the first Bush his second term “IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID”. It was the tea party that stirred this election cycle, and it was TOTALLY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. Now, I can understand people revising history that may be older than the audience which is targeted, but this election just occurred 9 days ago, and even the most severely attention deficit disordered individual would not believe this load of crap. The pro life issue made news because of what Missy Smith did. Not billboards in Ohio, not the internet ‘ghetto’ press, and surely not any of the 501 c 3 organizations that never used the words legalized child killing, murder or any of the potent language that will get the attention of people. No, these organizations were too busy complying with the laws of man and not ‘offending’ the pro deathers, or running ‘moderate’ themes as to not be seen as ‘extreme’.
It’s interesting that the tea party used harsh language on those who are attempting to turn our nation into a socialist regime. The tea party used harsh language concerning the rampant money printing by the Federal Reserve, and the out of control spending by the Obamination regime. The tea party threatened to ‘fire’ those who did not tow the line on these matters, and we had the largest swing in party control in 70 years. And the tea party is not a 501c 3 organization, nor did they do fundraising, nor are they sending out fund raising letters asking for huge amounts of money nor are they being braggadocios about the outcome of this election. No, the tea party people are very focused on getting what they want, and are motivated by their passions to see this current situation end with as little destruction to this country as possible. These pro life organizations practiced their typical ‘lukewarm’ stance by wanting to tone down the message and get their people elected. Well, many fiscally conservative people also happen to be social conservatives, and if it were not for the economic issues, the Demovamps most likely would have held the House. The pro life movement ought to be ashamed of itself, and they are now out there acting like they were at the front of the line in making this happen. This is humorous, given the fact they could do little without being able to name names, yet somehow believe in their own efficacy in having these candidates elected.
How effective can an organization be if they are not allowed by ‘law’ to openly endorse a candidate who supposedly embraces the cause for which the organization exists to begin with? This seems to be fraudulent from the get go, and I am left wondering, what is their REAL PURPOSE in being in this fight? If I am giving money to a cause, and this cause identifies a ‘perpetrator’ you better be ‘damned straight’ that I expect the organization to name them. If not, then I want neither my money, nor my time wasted by such an organization. Fr. Frank mentioned in his fund raising letter that it is now time ‘to hold their feet to the fire” and follow through with their promises. And how, pray tell, will you do that come election time, when YOU CANNOT NAME THEM BY NAME if they fail? Or if you cannot endorse them? So are these wayward politicians really afraid of organizations that have no teeth, and are bound by an organization, the IRS who will hound them into following the stupid and godless election muzzle? One only need look at the results. For 6 years during Bush II, the executive and legislative branches were held by the Republicants, and little was accomplished. These people have no fear of the pro life movement, but they do the tea party people. Why? BECAUSE THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE NAME NAMES AND USE HARSH BUT ACCURATE RHETORIC. And they will follow through with their promises to ‘throw the bums out’.
What I learned in my sociology of organizations class in college is proving to be true. The professor stated that the ‘prime directive’ of all organizations is survival first. This definitely has been proven true in this election, as organizations that played no prime role, take credit for history making moves and then go on to fundraise millions to do what? Continue their existence, that’s what! Only a lemming wouldn’t understand an organization’s contradictory nature by claiming to raise money to ‘influence’ elections and then not naming who the enemies are, and speaking in ‘code’ to those who fund them concerning what to do next. That is why as long as the 501 c 3 status exists, legalized child killing will continue to exist, and thrive next to these organizations. It’s time to end this charade. Defund all of these organizations.
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