George Tiller Assassinated
June 1, 2009

"You live by the sword, you die by the sword."
That is a truism. At least it used to be.
Dr. George Tiller was assassinated Sunday.
What else can you say?
Will anyone care? His family will care and his friends will care. But sadly more people will weep over the death of George Tiller than wept over the babies he murdered.
Scott Roeder, the suspect, will face our justice system. He may even be executed for his crime, and it was a crime. I'm sure he must have realized that. So now the wheels of justice will turn.
But there is forgiveness with the Lord of mercy for both murderers, Roeder and Tiller. I don't know if they believed in Christ's mercy or not, they both 'seemed' to reject it. But I don't know.

It's a messy sinful world, but now Dr. George Tiller will kill no more babies.
A friend of his, Dr. Warren Hern, denounced Tiller's killing as the "inevitable and predictable consequence of decades of anti-abortion rhetoric and violence." No, that would be wrong. It is the inevitable and predictable consequence of decades of killing our fellow citizens, inconvenient babies. He said also "this was a political assassination in a historic pattern of anti-abortion political violence. It was terrorism." That's wrong too. Terrorism is what Dr Tiller did as a profession. He slaughtered and terrorized babies for a living, and he did it with our government's approval. Killing babies is national policy in America.

Tiller was not a good man, but no one is. He did not act according to the Christian faith. He received for his efforts what he regularly meted out in his profession. It is a shame that our justice system was not the dispenser of justice. It is a shame that our justice system has decided that certain people are less that human and do not deserve protection under the law. But it is a messy world and we don't always get it right. We've created unconstitutional laws, and don't care.

But should I weep over the death of George Tiller? Yes. He was a person that Christ died for. And yet, he chose to live his life doing the work of the devil, and kill the children of God. Worse, George Tiller was murdered in a church that can't even proclaim Christ crucified for sinners on it's website. My church, an LCMS church, would at the least withheld Holy Communion from Dr. George Tiller, for his actions in his vocation. He would be called to repentance and faith. He would have to stop killing people. But Dr. George Tiller's church was okay with his practices. They do not speak for Christ. Christ is against murder. Tiller's church has fallen far from the teachings of Martin Luther.

It is always sad when a human being dies. Families are left in pain, and sometimes anger.
But Dr. George Tiller's killing spree has ended.
And I pray that God will have mercy on him.

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No Forgiveness For Michael Vick?
August 16, 2009

Michael Vick is back.
Vick was at one time engaged in some horrid criminal activities. Dog fighting is not exactly a great way to win friends and influence people. Americans love dogs and were rightfully aghast when they heard the horrifying details of how these pathetic animals were tormented to death.
All this at the same time that Vick was a successful and popular football star.
One has to wonder if he was insane, stupid, or both. A lot of people don't believe a human being could do such heinous acts without being insane. But we can. We are not good, we're all sinners, and given the right opportunity we'll prove it. It's what we do, and we don't need to be crazy to become a Hitler. Those that believe in the 'goodness' of man may be crazy, but definitely delusional.
But Vick was convicted, punished, being sent to prison. He served his time and was released. The Philadelphia Eagles hired him to play for them.
Now the indignation begins. How dare they do this. Vick should never be allowed to play football, after all, it's a game of the angels, it's holy. He should be forever shunned. PETA especially, is quite distraught.
Apparently some of the 'good' people of this fair land, and especially PETA, have such a high pharisaical existence, that they get to decide who shall be redeemed or not. Certain sins are simply, unpardonable, with the holier-than-thou crowd. Apparently Vick should never work again, at least not in football, nor enjoy the benefit of being an American, such as paying your debt to society and starting again. There is to be no redemption for Michael Vick because he killed dogs.
Hmmm...
I wonder how many of these 'good' people have killed their own children? Slaughtered their own babies? Picking their limbs apart to do the deed? Or soaking them in burning saline solution to kill the inconvenient intrusion into their lives? Or sucking their brains out of their heads? Or gave hearty approval to those that did?
Recently George Tiller, who murdered thousands of babies, was murdered himself, and held up to the public as a martyr. Conservatives were blamed because anti-abortion rhetoric may have led an unbalanced person to kill Tiller. That was nonsense of course.
But it is curious.
Some Americans think higher of dogs than their own children, their own little babies, their own descendants.
Some Americans believe in the laws of the land, believe in breaking them, but not in forgiveness when caught.
Some Americans allow the truly insane, groups like PETA, to influence them and our public policies. These people believe animals have rights, but not humans.??? We shouldn't give them the time of day. Their love affair with lower life forms should scare us.
And yet these same Americans want to think themselves 'good'.
Hopefully, Michael Vick has a faithful Pastor that will tell him that there is mercy and true forgiveness with Christ. Though mankind may not be able to extend to him the forgiveness that he needs, being sinners themselves, Christ died for all of his sins, and there is nothing he can do to earn it. And nothing shocks Jesus Christ. Hopefully his Pastor gave him this Good News.
We all want forgiveness for our sins, but some, too often want others to earn theirs.

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Ted Kennedy's Legacy
August 29, 2009

Ted Kennedy died. It's sad. His family is in pain, as are all who lose a loved one. Even though old people more than young, know the Grim Reaper is at the door, it's still sad.
But...
The praise of Ted Kennedy is whacked. This man exhibited enormous disrespect for women, the Laws of the land, and the Constitution. He is being portrayed as a man of the people, but lived above the laws he imposed on the people. His assaults on waitresses with Chris Dodd is legendary. His love for 'Chappaquiddick' jokes was distasteful and cold at best. He sought to impose more taxes on the people at the same time his money is safely out of the country. His treatment of Mary Jo Kopechne was inhuman and never punished. Being a Kennedy must mean you are above the law, not exactly a man of the people.
Kennedy had no trouble destroying Judge Robert Bork's reputation with such horrid lies that the most extreme Liberal should have been chilled to the bone. His accusations, including racism, flowed like butter from his lips, yet none of them were true. Christians know what Kennedy did to Bork. The Scriptures call it murder. He appeared to be a desensitized man. Did he ever wonder what Judge Bork's family thought as they heard the ugly foul language come from the Senator's mouth? The present day off-the-charts rancor in political discourse can be traced to Kennedy's 'Borking'. He certainly did change the political world.
He sought the very best that medicine could give him while creating and supporting a health care plan that will remove all opportunity for the rest of us to do the same for our families. With limited funds and doctors we will be rationed and, God forbid, we have a family member with Ted Kennedy's condition, he will not receive the benefits Ted received. The plans for health care have taken on a new urgency now that he died, "Do it for Ted." But it is a mean and callous government takeover that he championed.
Ted Kennedy was an extreme Liberal and proud of it. Liberals are basically a blend of Socialist/Marxist/Fascist philosophy and politics. They, like Barack Obama, feel hemmed in by the Constitution, as they should. But to them this is a flaw and must be changed. They exist in a caring Utopian facade, with heartfelt 'words' for the downtrodden. What's not to like? But they never create the Utopia they proclaim. It's impossible to create a Utopia with flawed sinners. That is all that we are and all that we have to work with. Liberals have a much higher view of themselves then their reality should tell them. They believe they can correct the failings of God. But all forms of Socialism/Marxism/Fascism create a system and country of dependents. They see the government as the perpetual, national parents, and we their needy, idiot children. This mindset is horribly anti-American and it's certainly anti-Christian.
It is one thing to care for the downtrodden. Everyone does. But caring 'words' are not enough. How do we improve their lot in life is the question. The Socialist/Marxist/Fascist solution always includes a demeaning view of the masses. Karl Marx thought them idiots. Today Liberals think the same, so they need to control all commerce and all personal activities. They are good at creating dependence.
I hope and pray, as Ted Kennedy was ill and out of the Senate, with more time on his hands to think and prepare to die, that he believed in and received the forgiveness for his sins that only Christ can give. We are 'all' sinners and Christ died to forgive 'all' sinners. I hope he is in eternal bliss with his Lord. But on earth he lived his life against the laws of God and man. His political beliefs left a people more needy, more incapable to 'pursue their happiness', more dependent on a big government to care for them. And the people love him for emasculating them. He helped to create an infantile, less than mature electorate, one that may never be repaired.
I expect Liberals, Socialists, to praise Kennedy's efforts in creating dependence, that is their goal. And I think condolences to his family should be given by all. But I don't expect the Conservatives and Republicans to whitewash what he stood for. His politics have had a detrimental effect on the Constitution and on a free people.
Ted Kennedy was certainly no Thomas Jefferson..

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Professor Gates And Obama
July 25, 2009

Professor Gates is black.
The police were called to protect a black man's home.
The house was broken into before.
Do we not want the police to come and investigate, when a neighbor sees, what she believes, to be suspicious activity?
It appears the police officers (it was a multiracial group of officers), wanted proof that this man, Prof. Gates, really lived here. They did not know. They did not know him. Gates should have been glad they were investigating and protecting 'his' home. But instead he was belligerent at best. Did Gates produce a photo ID with an address on it, not just a photo ID? Did he produce any real proof that 'he' lived there?
Apparently, Mr. Gates is part of the crowd that assumes, or knows, that all whites are racists, especially cops. In expressing this attitude and racist charges, he has shown himself to be the racist and bigot as well as snob in this case. For a highly educated man, this is not just an 'unfortunate incident' it is an outrageous incident.
Liberal Blacks, continue to complain of unequal treatment. There are PLENTY of examples of UNEQUAL treatment to rightfully complain about. But this wasn't one of them. A white cop came to protect the home of a black man. Unequal?
Say this was a break in, and the cops did not respond to the complaint or came and left without proof of ownership that 'this' particular black man lived in 'this' black man's house. Racism would be charged. Unequal treatment would be charged.
The Gates and Obama's of the world want to find racism under every rock. They impose on unfortunate incidents the racial components of the past. But it's just not true. Many Blacks and Whites alike are disgusted with these verbal, racist, manipulations that seek to insure that our progress in race relations will be reversed.
The President played the race card on the campaign trail as well. He was the only one injecting race into the political debate. There are reasons for this. As a disciple of Jeremiah Wright, it's what he believes, he listened to extremely hateful racial rhetoric regularly. What is one to think, when he so readily imposed 'profiling' on this situation?
On this side of eternity, no one is without sin, Blacks and Whites alike.
We can not assume we know what is in the mind of others. Christians especially, Obama claims to be a Christian, know this and must say with St. Paul, "the good I want to do, I don't do, the evil I don't want to do, I do." That is the state of the Christian. No Christian has ceased from sin and ought not to brand any group or race with any sin including racism. It is the state of fallen man, we are all pitiful. But within our sinful existence, by the grace of God, we have made significant progress in Black and White relations. Both Blacks and Whites of good will should reject those that impose false charges of racism and thereby defaming the character of our neighbors that are serving us, thus exhibiting the desire to continue to hate. This includes the President of the United States of America. His remark at the news conference was worse than 'stupid'. It was racist and hateful, and it looked like it was staged. But who really knows. As he kept repeating his ignorant opinion of the 'unfortunate incident', the public got a clearer picture into his beliefs. And he took way too long to apologize, if that is what it was.
This whole thing was a tragic turn of events.
Blacks want us to be sensitive to their painful past and far too often their painful present. And we should. We have no right to treat any human being with disrespect. It is sad how we still have far too many criminals in law enforcement and far too many innocent people being charged for crimes they did not commit. When this abuse is proved (as the Innocence Project is doing regularly) the sentence should be massive for abusive prosecutors and abusive governing authorities. 'We The People' should never want any innocent person charged and incarcerated.
But Blacks must be sensitive to Whites too. Not all of us are racist and are tired of being branded that way. Racism is not oozing out of every situation. Some of us are truly aghast at past and present racism. It seems that some kind of brain washing has taken place in some Black communities and this should be addressed. This too is blaming and condemning innocent people.
There are true examples of racism to scream about. This incident was not one of them.
And our President led the charge so readily. He should be ashamed.
Sad situation. Sad day for America.
Elections have consequences.

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