When I lived in South Florida there was a lot of press from the "Save the Manatee" foundation. The precious manatee were subject to extinction due to humans "encroaching" on their natural habitat. Every time you turned on the TV you heard pleas to "Save the Manatee". School Children were programmed to make sure their parents were aware of the proposed danger of dying Manatee. From nursery coloring book pages to High School "Save the Manatee" fundraisers, the Manatee were the thing in Florida. Second only to "Where's the Beef?", "Save the Manatee" was heard everywhere! It was really pretty pathetic.
Interestingly a recent report by the Aireil Survey this winter revealed over 3500 manatees on the coasts of Florida. The manatee population is increasing in that area as well as a couple more areas. Though still on the endangered list, not so much is heard anymore about the poor manatee. I suppose the Bluefin Tuna, Magellanic Penguin, and the Polar Bear have become more popular to protect. Millions are raised annually to do so. Sadly, the recent east coast blizzards and record low temperatures have hurt the melting ice cap foundation a bit. It has become a hard sell to protect the Polar bears. Just not enough time I suppose to spread the word that freezing temperatures are actually caused by global warming. Huh?
Good planet, bad people, send money.
Do you remember when Princess Diana died? Do you know how she lost her life? Most everyone does. The outpouring of shock and sadness was widespread. I remember being caught up in the media coverage and the Elton John tribute to Diana. Total strangers cried at her massive funeral and for her two boys that she loved so much. Who can forget? Ironically, another famous person died the day before Diana’s funeral. In contrast, her passing was as quiet and humble as the life she lived in the remote villages of Calcutta.
A simple tribute was written, “Missionary and Humanitarian Mother Teresa, after finishing her dinner and prayers, gave way to a weakened heart and passed on to the God who was the very center of her life”. Her life was a life given to children and her passing was almost completely unnoticed. More tears, I suppose, were shed for the Princes then for the orphans during that September in 1997. What a rare and selfless soul was Mother Teresa.
When one is given the title "Humanitarian" they are regarded as a good and kind person. We've all read about loved ones donating one of their kidneys to a relative. And when a total stranger donates a kidney, that kindness receives even more deserved attention. Who would do that? Giving of oneself to add a few more years to another, someone they do not even know. Wow! Those generous people end up on Oprah. No one would think of calling a person who just donated one of their kidneys a "domestic terrorist". The term "Oxymoron" doesn't give justice to that embarrassing misstatement. True, some people may not give it a lot of thought, but no one in their right mind would send death threats to the donor of a kidney. How insane would that be? Giving up a kidney to save the life of another is a good thing.
A "hero" kind of thing.
I have had the awesome privilege of meeting several true humanitarians in the two decades I have lived in Wichita. People who spend hours a day, for years on end for a cause dear to their hearts. These are men and women, teens, and children who have a passion to save the lives of babies not yet born. I have observed business men alongside moms with strollers - holding signs, singing hymns, and peacefully protesting what they believe was the horror and shame of our city - late term abortion. Abortion so graphic it is hard to even think about. So horrifically graphic like the image of Malachi, an aborted nine month fetus, found in a dumpster, then pieced together and photographed.
Baby Malachi lived an extremely short life, yet because of the reality of his image, hundreds of babies all over our country are saved from a similar torture. The people who protest abortion are not scary. They are not angry and deranged. Yet they are the only people who are equated with Al-Qaeda on a regular basis by the liberal media and then parroted by those who regularly tune in to their propaganda.
Anyone listening?
Thank God there are clear minded people left with enough inner judgment to see the outrage of this character assassination. As Mother Teresa dedicated her life for children, Pro-life Wichitan's simply agree that enough blood has been shed in our city, and are mindful that not one innocent life of a pre-born child has been slain since the incinerator was removed from 5101 East Kellogg. The dead center of a city infamously known for decades as the abortion capitol of the world, my city - Wichita, Kansas.
As Wichitans we have all breathed our fare share of ashes from the remains of beautiful, precious, innocent babies, like Malachi. The fact is that most of those late term abortions were not from residents of our city at all. I personally witnessed on numerous occasions cars and taxi's from Wisconsin, New Jersey, North Carolina, California etc etc. pulling into the one location that routinely profited from using vacuuming like devices (via TV monitor) to suck out screaming children's brains until they finally stopped moving. Just saving one of those babies from such a horrific, excruciatingly painful death should have made at least a short segment on Oprah!
Apparently not.
Are there really people in Wichita, Kansas who are resisting a new abortion doctor from opening up shop? Yup! These true humanitarians are just that, true. They are honest, God fearing, selfless people who abhor the shedding of any innocent life. They do not deserve to be equated with the killing of George Tiller, or the bombing of buildings, or of Islamic Extremism. That is more than just a diversion, fallacy, and lie. It’s strategic. People who protest abortion are portrayed as such on purpose as a strategy. A strategy meant to ultimately protect the mega lucrative industry of abortion. No doubt about it, it's about the money.
Tons of it.
Pro-life activists have simply decided to peacefully protest any opening of any clinic that performs abortions at any trimester in Wichita. They have simply decided to protect the baby human which is the most precious, yet most unprotected endangered species in America.
Thank God for the churches who are sending representatives to protest any future opening of an abortion facility in Wichita. You have already saved lives. You are true humanitarians. And yet instead of honor, you receive threatening letters and ridicule and are labeled Nazi's. How strange? I know History books have been altered in our country, but didn't Hitler kill innocent life, not pray to save it? Such gibberish belongs in insane asylums, not on the nightly news.
Hundreds of Florida manatee were saved by the outcry of animal rights groups with clever marketing. Thousands of children were fed, cared for, and removed from life on the streets by the vision and mission of Mother Teresa. Each year people are moved upon to donate either one of their own kidneys or an organ of a loved one who passed away to give sight to or save the life of a stranger. We applaud you.
It is normal to be touched by the caring generosity of another.
However, let us also pay tribute to the nuns and ministers, moms and attorneys, policemen and politicians who set aside a portion of their busy lives to do what they can to protect the lives of innocent babies in Wichita, Kansas and around the world.
You are true humanitarians.
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