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Thanks for such a great piece!
— Paul Moat
Towaco, New Jersey
I’m white delighted with the white exquisite analysis of the
white Mr. Jeffrey Lord, but still, white am I suspicious of the
white editorial board and white Mo of the Times?
— A. A. Reynolds
FEELING SAARI FOR THE UNBORN
Re: Ken Blackwell’s
Hillary’s Saari Tour of India:
Empowering women with education, health and choices for their lives is at the very core of any hope for the future. That is what the United Nations Population Fund does. It saves women’s lives in childbirth (over 500,000 die each year), and offers voluntary family planning which saves both women’s and children’s lives. UNFPA may have made small mistakes in the past, but in the last twenty years, it has a stellar reputation. Last year, 181 countries supported UNFPA but not our own. This put us way outside the mainstream and hurt our reputation in the world. This year Obama has released the $50 million Congress approved.
Although UNFPA is not involved in abortion related activities,
here are some startling statistics. Of the 200 million
pregnancies in the world every year, fully twenty percent end in
abortion, i.e., 40 million. Of these, half are illegal and unsafe
— resulting in about 70,000 deaths and over five million
injuries, hemorrhages and infections. Is that what we want? If
truth be told, when the world takes care of women, women take
care of the world. UNFPA takes care of the world’s women. Its
family planning programs prevent hundreds of thousands, if not
millions of abortions. I am thrilled to be cofounder of 34
Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund.
www.34millionfriends.org
— Jane Roberts
Redlands, California
BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS
Re: Robert P. Kirchoefer’s
Granting Environmental Indulgences:
The editorial by Robert Kirchhoefer is absolutely right on target. I have said this to anyone that will listen. How does Al Gore, for instance, make the planet any cleaner by buying a carbon credit? And how can I get into that potentially lucrative field where one can sell “nothing” for lots of money? This is the most stupid idea I have ever heard. It is a way for the new Bishops and Cardinals of the world, the uber rich and politicians, to sell “feel good” to those needing it or as a new tax for those trying to produce product.
Thank you for the article. I will share it with many.
— Patrick Mandeville
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A SIMPLE CHOICE
Re: Matt Bowman’s
Sebelius and Kmiec Catholicism:
To be a Pro Lifer and to stand firm against abortion is more than tough. Being called to the Catholic faith is not easy. I recommend and even challenge readers go to the Catholic Catechism and read the teachings on Abortion. I believe all will come away with an understanding of the value of life they never had. Please, I encourage you to read it — all your readers.
Catholics for Free Choice: Catholics have always had free choice — God has given us free choice — but the choice is to accept or reject God’s teachings. We are all challenged with the tough decisions. Or we choose not to be involved or informed.
A Cafeteria Catholic chooses from the faith items that make life easier — the tougher decisions require backbone.
Creation of life starts in the 1st book of the Bible, as we read
through the entire Bible, we learn that we are created in the
image of God and God values life… life that He created.
— Kasey
UNDOING THE DAMAGE
Re: Ralph R. Reiland’s
A Nation of One-Eyed Sycophants?:
When the Democrats are swept from power, it will be interesting
to see if the Republicans have enough residual conviction to undo
detrimental Obama policies and, if so, how violent Democrat
“activists” will become.
— David Govett
Davis, California
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Smitty| 7.23.09 @ 9:06PM
UNFPA helps women by forcing abortions on them. Only heartless fascist liberals see this as a good thing.
Shame on you, Jane.
Meurant| 7.23.09 @ 10:18PM
I'm just appalled but what I've read about Ted Kennedy. The senator has dedicated his life to
the fate of the needy,and much more.How can one be so heartless!
MikeG| 7.23.09 @ 10:31PM
Ms. Jane Roberts,
You wrote "...fully twenty percent end in abortion, i.e., 40 million. Of these, half are illegal and unsafe -- resulting in about 70,000 deaths...".
Your arithmetic is wrong. These abortions resulted to 40.07 million deaths.
William| 7.23.09 @ 10:33PM
Ted Kennedy has dedicated his life to jacking taxpayers, fornication and turning perfectly good scotch into urine.
Soon, very soon, he will receive his reward.
Republican Hero| 7.24.09 @ 12:44AM
Senator Kennedy is 76 years old. He has been hospitalized multiple times in the past year due to his brain cancer. Senator Kennedy is going to die.
His readmission's were necessary. Sometimes you people make me wonder if you took retard juice on purpose.
Good job with the reading comprehension, retard.
Marx| 7.24.09 @ 12:47AM
Angry white liberals? Good job with the anger displacement. Obama is going to end all your shit. 25% and shrinking.
SoCon| 7.24.09 @ 2:36AM
Yeah, sure, Marx--Obummer is just kicking our a$$es up and down the street. Obama's favorables are tanking, dude--can't you read?
Your 20% liberal numbers are shrinking, fool; but unfortunately for Americans, Obama's 11+% unemployment numbers are skyrocketing.
Nice job, commie.
SoCon| 7.24.09 @ 2:40AM
Meurant, it's called the truth and I know it's a foreign concept to you brainless liberals. What about Mary Jo? Don't give a fig about that girl, huh? Well neither did Teddy.
A/S number one Race hate group| 7.26.09 @ 3:42PM
Paranoia as Patriotism:
Far-Right Influences on the Militia Movement
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Aryan Nations
Headquartered near Hayden Lake, Idaho, Aryan Nations is a paramilitary hate group founded in the mid-1970s by Rev. Richard Girnt Butler, now 77 years old. It was formed around Butler's Church of Jesus Christ Christian, one of the several hundred churches affiliated with "Identity," a pseudo-theological hate movement. Identity doctrine maintains that Anglo-Saxons, not Jews, are the Biblical "chosen people," that non-whites are "mud people" on the level of animals, and that Jews are "children of Satan."
Aryan Nations militantly advocates anti-Semitism and the establishment of a white racist state. Although primarily an Identity group, Butler's Aryan Nations reflects a Nazi-like philosophy; Butler himself has praised Hitler. During the 1980s, several of Butler's followers joined members of the neo-Nazi National Alliance and some KKK splinter groups to form a secret organization known as The Order, which planned to overthrow the U.S. government. To raise money for their planned revolution, The Order engaged in a crime spree involving murder, counterfeiting, bank robberies and armored car hold-ups. The group's activities ended with the death of its founder and leader, Robert J. Mathews, in a shootout with Federal agents in December 1984, and the incarceration of many of its members.
As noted, anti-Semitism is a basic tenet of the Aryan Nations ideology. For example, Dennis Hilligoss, the group's state coordinator in Oregon, recently said that "The Jew is like a destroying virus that attacks our racial body to destroy our Aryan culture and purity of our race."
To aid in recruitment efforts, Aryan Nations hosts many racist activits during its summer festivals of hate at Hayden Lake, called the "World Congress of Aryan Nations." At these conferences, Butler's organization has offered courses in urban terrorism and guerrilla warfare. Numerous extremists have addressed Aryan Nations gatherings. John Trochmann, a featured speaker at the 1990 congress, later became a founder and leader of the Militia of Montana.
Richard Baker| 7.26.09 @ 10:43PM
Marx:
Keep identifying yourself, moron. When the Restoration occurs, your lot will be easy to find. Just follow the incoherence.