On March 19, 2006, 900 demonstrators converged on Forest Park in St. Louis to make the following statement: "Stop the War-Feed the People." The demonstrators set up a cemetery with 2000 tombstones honoring people killed in the Iraq war (each tombstone contained the name of one American and one Iraqi citizen):…
Let’s see . . . We attacked Iraq because “they killed 3,000 Americans.” Besides being racist (it assumes that all people from the Middle East are the same, when we’ve always known that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks), this war cry has proven to be a grossly irrational wasting of lives and national resources.
We’ve now killed more than 30,000 Iraq civilians to “right” this wrong of 9/11. And we’ve spent $300 billion to get the job done. And we’ve proudly employed torture. And we lie that we are trying to establish “democracies” when we are actually trying to empower thugs who will be friendly to U.S. business interests–witness the Palestinian elections and our constant meddling in Iraqi politics. In the process of waging this war in Iraq, we are enraging millions of middle-eastern people who are making the destruction of America their lives’ work.
The following is a letter I wrote to an acquaintance who asked me to contribute to a “Pregnancy Resource Center” in order to assist them to do their “important work.” As you can see, my investigation revealed that Pregnancy Resource Centers are unwilling to plainly admit their real agenda.
Dear ____:
I was intrigued when you invited me to contribute to the “Walk4Life” to support the Missouri “Pregnancy Resource Center.” I took your invitation as an excuse to learn more about the PRC. The more I learned, however, the more I disagreed with its work. I decided to respond at length. Though this email might seem out of proportion to your short request, it is commensurate with my strong feelings on these topics.
I applaud the efforts of the PRC to offer free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to women. Assisting women who really want to give birth to a baby is great. Making parenting assistance available to pregnant women is laudable. And I certainly agree that adoption is a genuine worthy alternative to abortion, for those who freely choose this option.
The web site of the Missouri PRC (like the sites of many of the numerous “Pregnancy Resource Centers”) says very little about what PRC actually does when a pregnant woman walks through the door. Clicking on the topic buttons of the PRC website brings up only blank email forms (see http://www.prcmo.net/ ). I thought it quite odd that the Missouri PRC wouldn’t clearly state its true mission on its …
In March 2004, U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL) announced his proposed "Reaffirmation of American Independence Resolution." Co-sponsored by dozens of U.S. representatives, the aim of this resolution was to keep our federal judges from considering any "foreign" laws, court decisions, or pronouncements of foreign governments unless they "are expressly approved…
Consider, that many religions consider it immoral to do any of the following: Ask certain obvious questions (Is there a God? Will God decide to abolish hell?) Follow evidence wherever it leads. (Many Believers refuse to consider indisputable indicators demonstrating that the earth is actually more than 6,000 years old). Admit that…