Here are some recent news stories you might have missed among all the larger controversies in the news.
Last week a small group of students calling themselves the Associated Students of University of California, Irvine, passed a Resolution banning national flags from display on the campus because the flags “serve as symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism.” They went on to say the flags “also construct cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge nationalistic sentiments” whatever that means.
Other ridiculous statements made by those opposed to flying our flag included statements that the American flag has been flown in times of “colonialism and imperialism” and could symbolize American “exceptionalism and superiority”. Well, I should hope so. Our flag was flown by our colonies after winning a war against the imperialism of England.
And as for symbolizing American exceptionalism and superiority, that’s exactly why we fly it. We are an exceptional country with our values of freedom and democracy and other individual rights far superior to those of any other country.
Ainsley Earhardt of Fox News spoke of how our veterans fought and died under that flag for the rights of these arrogant and ignorant students to have freedom of speech to rail against the flag, and then asked, “If you don’t want an American flag flying in your school, then why do you want to live in the USA?”
Professors at Irvine make a little over $193,000 per year and students receive grants for thousands of dollars.
So I have one observation and one recommendation. First of all, the chances are pretty good that these students hold these radical and unpatriotic opinions because that’s the way they were raised. A child taught to respect our flag and love our country from the time they are old enough to understand, with that respect being reinforced through twelve grades of education is very unlikely to go to a college and insist on banning our flag.
My recommendation - stop the funding. All paychecks to the faculty from the federal government should stop immediately. All grants to the students should be withdrawn,. In this day and age most people, especially young people, don’t understand anything but money. So we should make sure that the taxpayers who are working to pay faculty salaries and offer government grants no longer have to put up with this kind of attitude. Stop the cash flow and we will see how quickly they will change their tune.
Did you know that March 10 was designated as the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers?
To honor the day, physicians who provide abortions were proud to state their reasons for doing so.
Dr. Serina Floyd from Alexandria, VA made this statement. “(I provide abortions) because I consider it an honor and a privilege to be a part of a woman’s life when she has to make such an important decision. Why do I provide abortions? Because I care.”
Dr. Nicole Fanarjian of Sarasota, FL says: “...we can’t imagine not doing it. We do it...because we care deeply about women….”
These two physicians are only a few of the dozen or so who posted their reasons for performing abortions on this website.
I would so like to have the opportunity to meet one of these baby-killers and ask them if they wish their mother had aborted them. They talk about fulfilling their dreams and ambitions of helping women, but they would have no dreams and ambitions if their mother had chosen an abortion. Do they ever think about that?
The organization also honored Dr. Millie Hanson for her work. In 2004 she made this statement: “Providing abortion is as much a part of medical care as delivering babies and doing appendectomies and treating sore throats. It’s an integral part of medical care...It is not something that should be stigmatized. it should be a part of general and total medical care.”
Harry Knox, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice remembered abortionist George Tiller, by saying he was a man who “offered compassionate abortion care.” He referred to the American flag that draped Tiller’s coffin as a “holy relic” which has been preserved in the conference room of his religious coalition, and then said “Thank God for the important ministries abortion providers offer.”
I remember the day abortionist Tiller died and I wrote a letter to the editor of this newspaper which was published. He had killed in a most gruesome fashion over 60,000 babies, many of them almost fully developed.
And finally the story about Kelvin Cochran, a little boy who knew at age five he wanted to be a firefighter. He achieved his dream and in 2009 he was nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the U.S. Fire Administrator, the highest ranking fire official in the nation.
In 2010 he returned to Atlanta to be the Fire Chief and was named Fire Chief of the Year in 2012.
But he was placed on suspension without pay last fall and in January of this year he was fired. This highly qualified and honored fire chief was fired because of a complaint filed by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the community.
Chief Crocker had written a Bible study guide for his Sunday School class in which he wrote of God’s commandments in the Bible teaching that marriage is only to be between a man and a woman.
“The LGBT members of our community have a right to be able to express their views and convictions about sexuality and deserve to be respected for their position without hate or discrimination,” Cochran told Todd Starnes of Fox News in an exclusive interview. “But Christians also have a right to express our belief regarding our faith and be respected for our position without hate and without discrimination. In the United States, no one should be vilified, hated or discriminated against for expressing their beliefs.”
Last week a small group of students calling themselves the Associated Students of University of California, Irvine, passed a Resolution banning national flags from display on the campus because the flags “serve as symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism.” They went on to say the flags “also construct cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge nationalistic sentiments” whatever that means.
Other ridiculous statements made by those opposed to flying our flag included statements that the American flag has been flown in times of “colonialism and imperialism” and could symbolize American “exceptionalism and superiority”. Well, I should hope so. Our flag was flown by our colonies after winning a war against the imperialism of England.
And as for symbolizing American exceptionalism and superiority, that’s exactly why we fly it. We are an exceptional country with our values of freedom and democracy and other individual rights far superior to those of any other country.
Ainsley Earhardt of Fox News spoke of how our veterans fought and died under that flag for the rights of these arrogant and ignorant students to have freedom of speech to rail against the flag, and then asked, “If you don’t want an American flag flying in your school, then why do you want to live in the USA?”
Professors at Irvine make a little over $193,000 per year and students receive grants for thousands of dollars.
So I have one observation and one recommendation. First of all, the chances are pretty good that these students hold these radical and unpatriotic opinions because that’s the way they were raised. A child taught to respect our flag and love our country from the time they are old enough to understand, with that respect being reinforced through twelve grades of education is very unlikely to go to a college and insist on banning our flag.
My recommendation - stop the funding. All paychecks to the faculty from the federal government should stop immediately. All grants to the students should be withdrawn,. In this day and age most people, especially young people, don’t understand anything but money. So we should make sure that the taxpayers who are working to pay faculty salaries and offer government grants no longer have to put up with this kind of attitude. Stop the cash flow and we will see how quickly they will change their tune.
Did you know that March 10 was designated as the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers?
To honor the day, physicians who provide abortions were proud to state their reasons for doing so.
Dr. Serina Floyd from Alexandria, VA made this statement. “(I provide abortions) because I consider it an honor and a privilege to be a part of a woman’s life when she has to make such an important decision. Why do I provide abortions? Because I care.”
Dr. Nicole Fanarjian of Sarasota, FL says: “...we can’t imagine not doing it. We do it...because we care deeply about women….”
These two physicians are only a few of the dozen or so who posted their reasons for performing abortions on this website.
I would so like to have the opportunity to meet one of these baby-killers and ask them if they wish their mother had aborted them. They talk about fulfilling their dreams and ambitions of helping women, but they would have no dreams and ambitions if their mother had chosen an abortion. Do they ever think about that?
The organization also honored Dr. Millie Hanson for her work. In 2004 she made this statement: “Providing abortion is as much a part of medical care as delivering babies and doing appendectomies and treating sore throats. It’s an integral part of medical care...It is not something that should be stigmatized. it should be a part of general and total medical care.”
Harry Knox, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition For Reproductive Choice remembered abortionist George Tiller, by saying he was a man who “offered compassionate abortion care.” He referred to the American flag that draped Tiller’s coffin as a “holy relic” which has been preserved in the conference room of his religious coalition, and then said “Thank God for the important ministries abortion providers offer.”
I remember the day abortionist Tiller died and I wrote a letter to the editor of this newspaper which was published. He had killed in a most gruesome fashion over 60,000 babies, many of them almost fully developed.
And finally the story about Kelvin Cochran, a little boy who knew at age five he wanted to be a firefighter. He achieved his dream and in 2009 he was nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the U.S. Fire Administrator, the highest ranking fire official in the nation.
In 2010 he returned to Atlanta to be the Fire Chief and was named Fire Chief of the Year in 2012.
But he was placed on suspension without pay last fall and in January of this year he was fired. This highly qualified and honored fire chief was fired because of a complaint filed by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the community.
Chief Crocker had written a Bible study guide for his Sunday School class in which he wrote of God’s commandments in the Bible teaching that marriage is only to be between a man and a woman.
“The LGBT members of our community have a right to be able to express their views and convictions about sexuality and deserve to be respected for their position without hate or discrimination,” Cochran told Todd Starnes of Fox News in an exclusive interview. “But Christians also have a right to express our belief regarding our faith and be respected for our position without hate and without discrimination. In the United States, no one should be vilified, hated or discriminated against for expressing their beliefs.”
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