Planned Parenthood Update
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013
By Jim Sedlak, American Life League, Celebrate Life, May-June 2012
“American Life League recently issued it annual report on the number of Planned Parenthood facilities across the United States… Planned Parenthood has a national office in New York City and operates its clinics through a number of separately incorporated affiliates scattered throughout the country. As the affiliates chart shows, their number has steadily declined, from a high of 181 affiliates in 1987 to just 82 affiliates in 2011.
“In general, PP combines affiliates to cut costs, through elimination of high-paying management positions. This reduction reflects the growing need of the nation’s largest abortion chain to continually cut costs in order to maintain its operations.
“Of more critical importance to Planned Parenthood is the severe decline in the number of its clinics, which operate in communities nationwide. They push PP’s programs and commit all of its abortions.
“As you can see in clinics chart, the number of PP clinics has fallen to 749 - the lowest number since 1985. When a clinic closes, it generally means PP moves out of town. The community is then free of PP’s pernicious influence, and its incessant push to get teens and young adults sexually active outside of marriage. The entire community wins when PP leaves.
“In 2011, 322 PP facilities were committing surgical and/or medical abortions. Of those, 170 facilities were committing surgical abortions, while 152 were committing medical abortions, but not surgical. Forty-three percent of Planned Parenthood clinics now commit surgical and/or medical abortions.
“A number of things happened in 2011 that contributed to the decline of PP’s clinics:
[Also thanks to the Tea Party/Republican Pro-Life Congresspersons elected in 2010.]
Live Action videotaped several showing PP’s apparent willingness to offer aid and support to child sex traffickers.
Nine states passed legislation to defund Planned Parenthood.
Texas’ defunding efforts led directly to the closing of 16 Planned Parenthood facilities.
In Arizona, a new abortion law caused at least seven Planned Parenthood facilities to cease offering surgical and medical abortions.
40 Days for Life events targeted even more Planned Parenthood facilities than in previous years.
Victories through Our Lady
American Life League officially launched the “Bringing Jesus to Planned Parenthood through Mary” campaign in 2010. The results have been fantastic. In just two years, Planned Parenthood has closed down 96 facilities! It has also opened 28 new facilities in that time, so the net number of clinic closures is 68.
That means an average of 34 facilities per year have closed since we began our Mary Campaign - compared with an average of seven per year for the preceding 16 years.
The abortion giant has long projected an aura of invincibility, especially on the national level. However, when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut off its taxpayer funding last year, Planned Parenthood was left screaming. IT WAS ONLY DIRECT ACTION BY PRESIDENT OBAMA HIMSELF THAT KEPT ITS FUNDING IN PLACE. HE THREATENED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN ALLOW ANY MONIES TO BE DENIED TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD…. [Appropriate Placards: Down with the Values of Sol Alinsky - Be Informed Chris Matthews is a Professed Alinskyite - De-fund Planned Parenthood.
George H. Kubeck, for more info: www.StopPlannedParenthood.com , www.STOPP.org Tel. 540-659-4171
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
2- Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV
2- Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012
American Family Journal, Feb. 2013, “Wormwood” by Ed Vitagliano, www.afajournal.org
“More than 88% of American adults watch television every day, and the average adult watches between five and five-and-a half hours. Children and teenagers come in at an average of three-and-a-half hours a day.
“In 2012, according to the Nielsen Company, which tracks habits related to television, and more than 84% of U.S. households had more than one TV set. In 1960 it was 12%. Is all this TV good or bad for Americans…. Evidence is mounting, however, that in its presentation of violence, sex and profanity, even the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, television shapes those who watch it. TV is not only ubiquitous, but also persuasive and potent in its ability to influence our values and behavior….
“In a 2011 article for Psychology Today, Peter Guber said that in his 40 years in the movie-making business, “I’ve come to see that stories … are far more than entertainment. They are the most effective form of human communication, more powerful than any other ways of packaging information.” Why? Stories hit the viewer emotionally and thus connect him or her to the characters in the film. The viewer “can very quickly come to identify psychologically with characters in a narrative or share an experience - courtesy of the images evoked in the telling,” Gruber said.
“It’s why people are mesmerized by a movie series like Twilight or a drama like Glee, but often don’t know how many members of Congress serve in Washington, D.C…. Once people have been transfixed by a story, however, transferring new values becomes easier. Guber said telling “purposeful stories” is the most effective means of persuading people and “the most effective way of translating ideas into action.”…
“A pair of fascinating 2008 studies appear to validate Guber’s theory. The first, headed by Eliana La Ferrara, professor of economics at Bocconi University in Italy, was a study focused on the influence of soap operas on fertility rates in Brazil…. What researchers found was stunning. After to exposure to soap operas, family size began to shift to reflect family sizes in the novelas. It was as if viewers began to identify with the characters they were watching and began to mimic their lifestyles. In fact, said the study, “[People living in areas covered by the [Rede Globo] signal were more likely to name their children after novela characters” than those who did not….
“More remarkable, the study was able to demonstrate that it wasn’t simply television per se that led to altered fertility rates but the soap operas themselves. In other words, it was the content of TV programming that influenced attitudes and behavior….
“Similarly, a study headed by Robert Jensen of the UCLA School of Public Affairs examined the effect of the spread of cable television in India as it related to the status of women. Researchers found that introduction of cable into villages and had previously been without it changed attitudes on matters such as the acceptability of domestic violence against women and preference for having sons rather than daughters. Like the Brazil study, a drop in fertility also resulted after cable television entered a region….
“What is remarkable about the Jensen and La Ferrara studies, however, is the empirical demonstration of the power of television to change attitudes and behavior for good or evil. In fact, both studies concluded with a pitch for government to use the potency of television to shape the culture…. In America, of course, the manipulation has been handled for the last 50 years, by and large, not by the government, but Hollywood….” [The leftist brainwashing propaganda machine has been an outstanding success in reelecting President Barack Obama.]
George H. Kubeck, I bought Ben Shapiro’s book, “Primetime Propaganda” soft cover, $15.99.
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012
American Family Journal, Feb. 2013, “Wormwood” by Ed Vitagliano, www.afajournal.org
“More than 88% of American adults watch television every day, and the average adult watches between five and five-and-a half hours. Children and teenagers come in at an average of three-and-a-half hours a day.
“In 2012, according to the Nielsen Company, which tracks habits related to television, and more than 84% of U.S. households had more than one TV set. In 1960 it was 12%. Is all this TV good or bad for Americans…. Evidence is mounting, however, that in its presentation of violence, sex and profanity, even the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, television shapes those who watch it. TV is not only ubiquitous, but also persuasive and potent in its ability to influence our values and behavior….
“In a 2011 article for Psychology Today, Peter Guber said that in his 40 years in the movie-making business, “I’ve come to see that stories … are far more than entertainment. They are the most effective form of human communication, more powerful than any other ways of packaging information.” Why? Stories hit the viewer emotionally and thus connect him or her to the characters in the film. The viewer “can very quickly come to identify psychologically with characters in a narrative or share an experience - courtesy of the images evoked in the telling,” Gruber said.
“It’s why people are mesmerized by a movie series like Twilight or a drama like Glee, but often don’t know how many members of Congress serve in Washington, D.C…. Once people have been transfixed by a story, however, transferring new values becomes easier. Guber said telling “purposeful stories” is the most effective means of persuading people and “the most effective way of translating ideas into action.”…
“A pair of fascinating 2008 studies appear to validate Guber’s theory. The first, headed by Eliana La Ferrara, professor of economics at Bocconi University in Italy, was a study focused on the influence of soap operas on fertility rates in Brazil…. What researchers found was stunning. After to exposure to soap operas, family size began to shift to reflect family sizes in the novelas. It was as if viewers began to identify with the characters they were watching and began to mimic their lifestyles. In fact, said the study, “[People living in areas covered by the [Rede Globo] signal were more likely to name their children after novela characters” than those who did not….
“More remarkable, the study was able to demonstrate that it wasn’t simply television per se that led to altered fertility rates but the soap operas themselves. In other words, it was the content of TV programming that influenced attitudes and behavior….
“Similarly, a study headed by Robert Jensen of the UCLA School of Public Affairs examined the effect of the spread of cable television in India as it related to the status of women. Researchers found that introduction of cable into villages and had previously been without it changed attitudes on matters such as the acceptability of domestic violence against women and preference for having sons rather than daughters. Like the Brazil study, a drop in fertility also resulted after cable television entered a region….
“What is remarkable about the Jensen and La Ferrara studies, however, is the empirical demonstration of the power of television to change attitudes and behavior for good or evil. In fact, both studies concluded with a pitch for government to use the potency of television to shape the culture…. In America, of course, the manipulation has been handled for the last 50 years, by and large, not by the government, but Hollywood….” [The leftist brainwashing propaganda machine has been an outstanding success in reelecting President Barack Obama.]
George H. Kubeck, I bought Ben Shapiro’s book, “Primetime Propaganda” soft cover, $15.99.
Andrew Cuomo's Brave New Roe
Andrew Cuomo’s Brave New Roe
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012
That’s the title of the story in National Catholic Register, Jan. 27 - Feb. 9, 2013- Here’s more:
New York State’s Catholic Governor Pushes On-Demand Abortion Legislation
“By Peter Jesserer Smith, Register Correspondent, Albany, N.Y. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is flexing his political muscle to give abortion advocates their biggest state victory in 40 years since Roe v. Wade: a sweeping expansion of abortion law that, if enforced, could put Catholic hospitals and many state-funded ministries out of business….
“Kathleen Gallagher, the conference’s director of pro-life activities said Cuomo’s legislation would make illegal abortion restrictions, such as parental-notification laws, informed-consent laws, restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion bans of any kind.
“The law will allow licensed medical professionals other than a physician to perform first-trimester abortions. The Democratic governor announced in his Jan. 9 State of the State address that he would expand legal abortion as part of a comprehensive women’s-equality bill, declaring three times, “It’s her body, her choice” to thunderous applause.
“Gov. Cuomo vociferously declared that women’s equality, safety and reproductive rights will be a priority for New York state in 2013,”…
Late-Abortion Green Light: “Cuomo’s bill removes criminal penalties for third-trimester abortions after 24 weeks by adding a broad health exception. Current state law allows such late-term abortions if there is a danger to the mother’s life. Chris Slattery, director of the Expectant Mother Care (EMC) pregnancy centers in New York City, said the new law will make New York City the late-term abortion capital of the world.
“It’s going to open up the third-trimester market,” Slattery said. “It’s going to be huge, and people all over the world, not just our of state are going to be coming to New York to have and perform these abortions.” Late term abortions generally cost more than $2,000.
“It’s the fight of the pro-life movement in New York,” Slattery said. “This is worse than Roe v. Wade itself, and everyone needs to focus on defeating this bill.”
"The Guttmacher Institute’s New York state abortion data showed that 33% of New York pregnancies end in abortion - nearly twice the national rate of 19%. Only 53% of New York pregnancies resulted in live births, with the remaining 14% ending with miscarriage….
"Pro-life state Sen. Diaz said he had no hope the bill could be stopped in the Senate without personal lobbying from Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York…. Gallagher warned that the state bill has no conscience protections for religious institutions….
George H. Kubeck, 1) There is something rotten in the State of New York. I sincerely believe that if (Catholic-in-name-only politician) CINOP Andrew Cuomo were a Republican, he would have been censored or excommunicated years ago. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a problem with his key advisors. It could be a mindset that is similar to the bishop in Amarillo who recalled Reverend Frank Pavone, Priests for Life who was doing victorious pro-life ministry many months before the 2012 Presidential elections.
2) - PUBLIC NOTICE: POSTED ON THE BLOG TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER LETTER NOT
E-MAILED TO YOU. THE TITLE OF THIS LETTER IS: “2- BREAK FREE FROM THE
DIABOLICAL HOLLYWOOD TV.” YOU MUST ACCESS THE BLOG TO READ IT.
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012
That’s the title of the story in National Catholic Register, Jan. 27 - Feb. 9, 2013- Here’s more:
New York State’s Catholic Governor Pushes On-Demand Abortion Legislation
“By Peter Jesserer Smith, Register Correspondent, Albany, N.Y. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is flexing his political muscle to give abortion advocates their biggest state victory in 40 years since Roe v. Wade: a sweeping expansion of abortion law that, if enforced, could put Catholic hospitals and many state-funded ministries out of business….
“Kathleen Gallagher, the conference’s director of pro-life activities said Cuomo’s legislation would make illegal abortion restrictions, such as parental-notification laws, informed-consent laws, restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion bans of any kind.
“The law will allow licensed medical professionals other than a physician to perform first-trimester abortions. The Democratic governor announced in his Jan. 9 State of the State address that he would expand legal abortion as part of a comprehensive women’s-equality bill, declaring three times, “It’s her body, her choice” to thunderous applause.
“Gov. Cuomo vociferously declared that women’s equality, safety and reproductive rights will be a priority for New York state in 2013,”…
Late-Abortion Green Light: “Cuomo’s bill removes criminal penalties for third-trimester abortions after 24 weeks by adding a broad health exception. Current state law allows such late-term abortions if there is a danger to the mother’s life. Chris Slattery, director of the Expectant Mother Care (EMC) pregnancy centers in New York City, said the new law will make New York City the late-term abortion capital of the world.
“It’s going to open up the third-trimester market,” Slattery said. “It’s going to be huge, and people all over the world, not just our of state are going to be coming to New York to have and perform these abortions.” Late term abortions generally cost more than $2,000.
“It’s the fight of the pro-life movement in New York,” Slattery said. “This is worse than Roe v. Wade itself, and everyone needs to focus on defeating this bill.”
"The Guttmacher Institute’s New York state abortion data showed that 33% of New York pregnancies end in abortion - nearly twice the national rate of 19%. Only 53% of New York pregnancies resulted in live births, with the remaining 14% ending with miscarriage….
"Pro-life state Sen. Diaz said he had no hope the bill could be stopped in the Senate without personal lobbying from Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York…. Gallagher warned that the state bill has no conscience protections for religious institutions….
George H. Kubeck, 1) There is something rotten in the State of New York. I sincerely believe that if (Catholic-in-name-only politician) CINOP Andrew Cuomo were a Republican, he would have been censored or excommunicated years ago. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a problem with his key advisors. It could be a mindset that is similar to the bishop in Amarillo who recalled Reverend Frank Pavone, Priests for Life who was doing victorious pro-life ministry many months before the 2012 Presidential elections.
2) - PUBLIC NOTICE: POSTED ON THE BLOG TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER LETTER NOT
E-MAILED TO YOU. THE TITLE OF THIS LETTER IS: “2- BREAK FREE FROM THE
DIABOLICAL HOLLYWOOD TV.” YOU MUST ACCESS THE BLOG TO READ IT.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Peggy Noon: Obama's Enemies
Peggy Noonan: Obama’s Enemies
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013
Again another classic from Peggy Noon in the Opinion Section of Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26/27/2013
Preface: I believe it is a badge of honor to be on Obama’s enemy list. I know it is all the Republicans but believe me it is also it also includes Christians, conservative, independent, libertarian or even pro-life Democrats. We will be facing this most divisive U.S. President for the next four years. Thanks to his Pravda news media, he would never have gotten elected. How to deal with that reality is always on my mind? On the subject of reality Mark Steyn has an excellent article in Sunday’s Orange County Register, Jan. 27, 2013. - Benghazi Hearings - Hillary lip-synced more than Beyonce.
“Finally, it became obvious this week that the Republican party top to bottom has to start taking Barack Obama seriously. All the famous criticism of him are true: He has not talent for or interest in sustained, good-faith negotiations, he has no real sense of alarm about the great issues of the day, America’s debt. He is a chill presence in a warm-blooded profession.
“But he means business. He means to change America in fundamental ways and along the lines of justice as he sees it. The proper response to such a man is not is not - was not - that he’s a Muslim, he’s a Kenyan, he is working out his feelings about colonialism. Those charges were meant to marginalize him. They damaged Republicans, who came to see him as easy to defeat.
“He doesn’t care if you like him - he’d just as soon you did, but it is not necessary for him. He is certain he is right in what he is doing, which is changing the economic balance between rich and poor. The rich are going to be made less rich, and those who are needy and request help are going to get more in government services, which the rich will pay for. He’d just a soon the middle class not get lost in the shuffle, but if they wind up marginally less middle class he won’t be up nights. The point is redistribution.
“The great long-term question is the effect the change in mood he seeks to institute will have on what used to be called the national character. Eight years is almost half a generation. Don’t you change people when you tell them they have an absolute right to government support regardless of their efforts? Don’t you encourage dependence and a bitter sense of entitlement? What about the wearing of tax payers, especially those who are younger, do not fully understand that what is supporting them is actually coming from other people. To them it seems to come from ‘the government’ the big marble machine far away that prints money…. “You didn’t build that are the defining words of his presidency.”
“He is not going to negotiate, compromise, cajole. Absent these efforts his only path to primacy in Congress is to kill the Republican party, to pulverize it, as John Dickerson noted this week in Slate, to “attempt to annihilate the Republican Party,” as Speaker John Boehner said in a remarkable candid speech to the Ripon Society….
“What Mr. Obama really is Franklin Delano without the landslides. He has the same seriousness of intent but nothing like the base of support. In 1932, FDR won the presidency with 58% of the vote to Herbert Hoover’s 40%. In 1936, it was even better: Roosevelt won with 61% of the vote to Alf Landon’s 36.5%. “In 2008, Mr. Obama beat John McCain solidly, 53% to 46%. But last year against a woe begotten GOP candidate, he won just 51% of the vote to Mitt Romney 47%. (Yes: ironic) His support went down not up. [2 % must have gone to third party candidates. ghk]
“He is moving forward as if he has FDR’s mandate and attempting to crush his enemy every bit as ruthlessly as FDR, who was one ruthless patrician. It will take guts and unity to fight him. Can the GOP, just in Washington for now develop those things?”
George H. Kubeck, How about locally? Let get together at the Long Beach Towne Center [605 Freeway and Carson St.] Chick-Fil-A, Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 2013, 9-10:15 A.M.
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013
Again another classic from Peggy Noon in the Opinion Section of Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26/27/2013
Preface: I believe it is a badge of honor to be on Obama’s enemy list. I know it is all the Republicans but believe me it is also it also includes Christians, conservative, independent, libertarian or even pro-life Democrats. We will be facing this most divisive U.S. President for the next four years. Thanks to his Pravda news media, he would never have gotten elected. How to deal with that reality is always on my mind? On the subject of reality Mark Steyn has an excellent article in Sunday’s Orange County Register, Jan. 27, 2013. - Benghazi Hearings - Hillary lip-synced more than Beyonce.
“Finally, it became obvious this week that the Republican party top to bottom has to start taking Barack Obama seriously. All the famous criticism of him are true: He has not talent for or interest in sustained, good-faith negotiations, he has no real sense of alarm about the great issues of the day, America’s debt. He is a chill presence in a warm-blooded profession.
“But he means business. He means to change America in fundamental ways and along the lines of justice as he sees it. The proper response to such a man is not is not - was not - that he’s a Muslim, he’s a Kenyan, he is working out his feelings about colonialism. Those charges were meant to marginalize him. They damaged Republicans, who came to see him as easy to defeat.
“He doesn’t care if you like him - he’d just as soon you did, but it is not necessary for him. He is certain he is right in what he is doing, which is changing the economic balance between rich and poor. The rich are going to be made less rich, and those who are needy and request help are going to get more in government services, which the rich will pay for. He’d just a soon the middle class not get lost in the shuffle, but if they wind up marginally less middle class he won’t be up nights. The point is redistribution.
“The great long-term question is the effect the change in mood he seeks to institute will have on what used to be called the national character. Eight years is almost half a generation. Don’t you change people when you tell them they have an absolute right to government support regardless of their efforts? Don’t you encourage dependence and a bitter sense of entitlement? What about the wearing of tax payers, especially those who are younger, do not fully understand that what is supporting them is actually coming from other people. To them it seems to come from ‘the government’ the big marble machine far away that prints money…. “You didn’t build that are the defining words of his presidency.”
“He is not going to negotiate, compromise, cajole. Absent these efforts his only path to primacy in Congress is to kill the Republican party, to pulverize it, as John Dickerson noted this week in Slate, to “attempt to annihilate the Republican Party,” as Speaker John Boehner said in a remarkable candid speech to the Ripon Society….
“What Mr. Obama really is Franklin Delano without the landslides. He has the same seriousness of intent but nothing like the base of support. In 1932, FDR won the presidency with 58% of the vote to Herbert Hoover’s 40%. In 1936, it was even better: Roosevelt won with 61% of the vote to Alf Landon’s 36.5%. “In 2008, Mr. Obama beat John McCain solidly, 53% to 46%. But last year against a woe begotten GOP candidate, he won just 51% of the vote to Mitt Romney 47%. (Yes: ironic) His support went down not up. [2 % must have gone to third party candidates. ghk]
“He is moving forward as if he has FDR’s mandate and attempting to crush his enemy every bit as ruthlessly as FDR, who was one ruthless patrician. It will take guts and unity to fight him. Can the GOP, just in Washington for now develop those things?”
George H. Kubeck, How about locally? Let get together at the Long Beach Towne Center [605 Freeway and Carson St.] Chick-Fil-A, Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 2013, 9-10:15 A.M.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV
1- Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013
American Family Journal, Feb. 2013, “Wormwood” by Ed Vitagliano, www.afajournal.org
Transformational power: (Excerpts from Wormwood)
It is not unfair to argue that, for the last half century, Hollywood elites have become a new class of prophets speaking their version of truth into the living rooms of America. And it if frequently debilitating and corrosive to our cultural mores….
Last summer, commentator and writer Jonathan Chait penned a fascinating article admitting that the cultural and political left - of which he declares himself to be a part - had intentionally used Hollywood as an instrument of social change. …
“Imagine that large chunks of your entertainment mocked you values and even transformed once-uncontroversial beliefs of yours into a kind of bigotry that might be greeted with revulsion,” Chait said to fellow liberals. “You’d probably be angry, too.” In his 4,200 word commentary, Chait pointed to example after example of Hollywood’s overwhelmingly leftist slant - and its passionate effort to change American society….
In 2011, conservative commentator and syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro interviewed more than 100 well-placed Hollywood insiders. These industry elites assumed that Shapiro was liberal, and their candor in admitting the open secret of leftist bias resulted in the book, Prime Time Propaganda..
According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter, Leonard Goldberg said that liberalism in the television industry is “100% dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding or not telling the truth.”..
A study released in 2012, for example, demonstrated the power of television to even erode the marital bond…. (Dr. Jeremy Osborn) Examined the effect on marriages when people watched fictional romances on TV shows such as Two and a Half Men (CBS) and True Blood (HBO). “In this study I found that people who believe the unrealistic portrayals on TV are actually less committed to their spouses and think their alternatives to their spouses are relatively attractive,” Osborn said. “It turns out that people are warping their expectations with their real life partners because of what they are seeing on TV.” he added….
In a 2006 study published in the Journal Homosexuality … in the communication studies department at University of Minnesota, found that pro-homosexual sitcom Will and Grace impacted viewers attitudes toward gays and lesbians and homosexual relationships. The NBC show was popular on network television from 1998 to 2006.
The Schiappa study surveyed 245 undergraduate students to ascertain their attitudes towards homosexuals and the frequency with which they watched the sitcom. “The greater the viewing frequency of Will and Grace, the lower the level of sexual prejudice toward gay men.”…
For example, 71% of those who regularly viewed the program believed that homosexual relationships were “normal” like those of heterosexuals, while only 45% of non-viewers agreed…
This transformational power of television is undeniable. Chait noted when CINOP VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN endorsed same sex marriage in May 2012, he “cited WILL & GRACE as the single-most important driving force in transforming public opinion on the subject.
“In so doing,” Chait continued, “[BIDEN] actually confirmed the long-standing fear of conservatives - that a coterie of Hollywood elites had undertaken an invidious and utterly successful propaganda campaign and had transmuted the cultural majority into a minority… [temporarily]
But far too many believers embrace the lies of our spiritual enemy, rather than reprove them. What sort of Christian welcomes a false prophet into his living room… they have forsaken the laws of God and embraced idols, the Lord “will feed them, this people, with wormwood [a bitter plant] and give them poisoned water to drink” (Jeremiah 9:13-15) [Hollywood’s influence made possible the passage of s-s-marriage in 2012.]
George H. Kubeck, TO HADES WITH HOLLYWOOD:THE ENEMY OF LIFE, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013
American Family Journal, Feb. 2013, “Wormwood” by Ed Vitagliano, www.afajournal.org
Transformational power: (Excerpts from Wormwood)
It is not unfair to argue that, for the last half century, Hollywood elites have become a new class of prophets speaking their version of truth into the living rooms of America. And it if frequently debilitating and corrosive to our cultural mores….
Last summer, commentator and writer Jonathan Chait penned a fascinating article admitting that the cultural and political left - of which he declares himself to be a part - had intentionally used Hollywood as an instrument of social change. …
“Imagine that large chunks of your entertainment mocked you values and even transformed once-uncontroversial beliefs of yours into a kind of bigotry that might be greeted with revulsion,” Chait said to fellow liberals. “You’d probably be angry, too.” In his 4,200 word commentary, Chait pointed to example after example of Hollywood’s overwhelmingly leftist slant - and its passionate effort to change American society….
In 2011, conservative commentator and syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro interviewed more than 100 well-placed Hollywood insiders. These industry elites assumed that Shapiro was liberal, and their candor in admitting the open secret of leftist bias resulted in the book, Prime Time Propaganda..
According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter, Leonard Goldberg said that liberalism in the television industry is “100% dominant, and anyone who denies it is kidding or not telling the truth.”..
A study released in 2012, for example, demonstrated the power of television to even erode the marital bond…. (Dr. Jeremy Osborn) Examined the effect on marriages when people watched fictional romances on TV shows such as Two and a Half Men (CBS) and True Blood (HBO). “In this study I found that people who believe the unrealistic portrayals on TV are actually less committed to their spouses and think their alternatives to their spouses are relatively attractive,” Osborn said. “It turns out that people are warping their expectations with their real life partners because of what they are seeing on TV.” he added….
In a 2006 study published in the Journal Homosexuality … in the communication studies department at University of Minnesota, found that pro-homosexual sitcom Will and Grace impacted viewers attitudes toward gays and lesbians and homosexual relationships. The NBC show was popular on network television from 1998 to 2006.
The Schiappa study surveyed 245 undergraduate students to ascertain their attitudes towards homosexuals and the frequency with which they watched the sitcom. “The greater the viewing frequency of Will and Grace, the lower the level of sexual prejudice toward gay men.”…
For example, 71% of those who regularly viewed the program believed that homosexual relationships were “normal” like those of heterosexuals, while only 45% of non-viewers agreed…
This transformational power of television is undeniable. Chait noted when CINOP VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN endorsed same sex marriage in May 2012, he “cited WILL & GRACE as the single-most important driving force in transforming public opinion on the subject.
“In so doing,” Chait continued, “[BIDEN] actually confirmed the long-standing fear of conservatives - that a coterie of Hollywood elites had undertaken an invidious and utterly successful propaganda campaign and had transmuted the cultural majority into a minority… [temporarily]
But far too many believers embrace the lies of our spiritual enemy, rather than reprove them. What sort of Christian welcomes a false prophet into his living room… they have forsaken the laws of God and embraced idols, the Lord “will feed them, this people, with wormwood [a bitter plant] and give them poisoned water to drink” (Jeremiah 9:13-15) [Hollywood’s influence made possible the passage of s-s-marriage in 2012.]
George H. Kubeck, TO HADES WITH HOLLYWOOD:THE ENEMY OF LIFE, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Fight for Life, Marriage and Christian Values
The Fight for Life, Marriage and Christian Values
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, 2013
The secular and even religious elite have betrayed us. They haven’t spoken out. Obama’s transformation of America includes ‘Our journey is not complete’ until we redefine marriage. Our celebrity president had the gall to say that he was motivated in part by his Christian faith and his belief in the golden rule. Also, arrogantly stating that redefining marriage must be enacted “by [God’s] people here on earth.” Who does he think he is? This letter is in three parts:
Part I: We need a massive use of educational placards for life, marriage and family. Consider the following not only at abortion sites, pro-life marches, but all Catholic and religious events whatever: We are focusing on the low-information voter. I already have some placards of the following: 1) Life is the first inalienable right 2) Abortion hurts women 3) Abortion stops a beating heart! 4) Defund Planned Parenthood 5) Planned Parenthood - the Killing Machine 6) Defend Religious Freedom, Conscience, 1st Amendment to the Constitution, Evil of HHS Mandate 7) Stop Black Racism: 1000 Black Babies are killed each day: 365,000 each year: Stop the Genocide 8) Vote against the Candidates & Issues, that Hollywood & the News Media support, Common Sense 9) Hollywood is the Enemy of the Family 10) Marriage, 1 Dad, 1 Mom, Children 11) Down with Sol Alinsky’s Values!
Part II: LifeSiteNews.com provides us with written info; and EWTN with Pro-Life events this week.
March for Life: Full on the ground coverage of the most important event of the year, the 2013 March for Life in Washington, D.C. Fri., January 25th, 7 A.M - West Coast Time. - 6 hours. Repeat - 9 P.M.
Walk for Life West Coast: Father Mark Mary and Doug Barry cover the Walk for Life West Coast San Francisco, with special coverage of the speeches plus the special interviews with dynamic pro-life leaders and participants in the walk. Saturday, Jan. 26th, 11:30 AM. West Coast Time. Encore on Sunday, Jan. 27th, 6:30 A.M. (2 hrs., 30 minutes)
Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life: From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, His Eminence Cardinal Sean O’Malley Celebrant and Homilist. Thursday, Jan. 24th, 2013 - 3:30 P.M. West Coat Time. (2 hours)
Closing Mass of the National Prayer Vigil. From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Most Reverend Kevin J. Farrel, Bishop of Dallas Celebrant and Homilist. Friday, Jan. 25th, 4:30 AM. West Coast Time (l hr. 30 min.) Tape it.
Part III: We share the first five of 20 Resolutions for fighting the gay agenda. LifeSiteNews.com by Peter LaBarbera, http://www.lifesitenews.com/home/print_article/blog/37785/ - Thu Jan 17, 2013
1) Get OFF the defense, and back on offense - (get rid of that false guilt and incapacitating ambivalence: YOU are defending Truth; homosexual activists are promoting immorality, self-deception and lies).
2) Follow God not man (shore up your biblical beliefs) - do you fear God or the reaction of people?
3) “Question Authority”: Don’t trust elites - even conservatives” on the homosexual issue (e.g., Newt Gingrich’s recent capitulation urging a GOP accommodation on “marriage equality”) [See # 9 & 10]
4) Get back to the BEHAVIOR and its consequences (try Googling “MSM [men who have sex with men], CDC [the federal center for Disease Control and Prevention], HIV or MSM, CDC, Syphilis…)
5) Get off the opponents’ playing field: it starts with restoring honest language in the debate. (e.g., counterfeit homosexual “marriage” is not equal to the real deal, so the “gay” term “Marriage Equality” is spurious).
G. H. Kubeck, See you at the Long Beach Towne Center, Chick-fil-A, Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21st. 9-10:15 A.M.
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, 2013
The secular and even religious elite have betrayed us. They haven’t spoken out. Obama’s transformation of America includes ‘Our journey is not complete’ until we redefine marriage. Our celebrity president had the gall to say that he was motivated in part by his Christian faith and his belief in the golden rule. Also, arrogantly stating that redefining marriage must be enacted “by [God’s] people here on earth.” Who does he think he is? This letter is in three parts:
Part I: We need a massive use of educational placards for life, marriage and family. Consider the following not only at abortion sites, pro-life marches, but all Catholic and religious events whatever: We are focusing on the low-information voter. I already have some placards of the following: 1) Life is the first inalienable right 2) Abortion hurts women 3) Abortion stops a beating heart! 4) Defund Planned Parenthood 5) Planned Parenthood - the Killing Machine 6) Defend Religious Freedom, Conscience, 1st Amendment to the Constitution, Evil of HHS Mandate 7) Stop Black Racism: 1000 Black Babies are killed each day: 365,000 each year: Stop the Genocide 8) Vote against the Candidates & Issues, that Hollywood & the News Media support, Common Sense 9) Hollywood is the Enemy of the Family 10) Marriage, 1 Dad, 1 Mom, Children 11) Down with Sol Alinsky’s Values!
Part II: LifeSiteNews.com provides us with written info; and EWTN with Pro-Life events this week.
March for Life: Full on the ground coverage of the most important event of the year, the 2013 March for Life in Washington, D.C. Fri., January 25th, 7 A.M - West Coast Time. - 6 hours. Repeat - 9 P.M.
Walk for Life West Coast: Father Mark Mary and Doug Barry cover the Walk for Life West Coast San Francisco, with special coverage of the speeches plus the special interviews with dynamic pro-life leaders and participants in the walk. Saturday, Jan. 26th, 11:30 AM. West Coast Time. Encore on Sunday, Jan. 27th, 6:30 A.M. (2 hrs., 30 minutes)
Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life: From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, His Eminence Cardinal Sean O’Malley Celebrant and Homilist. Thursday, Jan. 24th, 2013 - 3:30 P.M. West Coat Time. (2 hours)
Closing Mass of the National Prayer Vigil. From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Most Reverend Kevin J. Farrel, Bishop of Dallas Celebrant and Homilist. Friday, Jan. 25th, 4:30 AM. West Coast Time (l hr. 30 min.) Tape it.
Part III: We share the first five of 20 Resolutions for fighting the gay agenda. LifeSiteNews.com by Peter LaBarbera, http://www.lifesitenews.com/home/print_article/blog/37785/ - Thu Jan 17, 2013
1) Get OFF the defense, and back on offense - (get rid of that false guilt and incapacitating ambivalence: YOU are defending Truth; homosexual activists are promoting immorality, self-deception and lies).
2) Follow God not man (shore up your biblical beliefs) - do you fear God or the reaction of people?
3) “Question Authority”: Don’t trust elites - even conservatives” on the homosexual issue (e.g., Newt Gingrich’s recent capitulation urging a GOP accommodation on “marriage equality”) [See # 9 & 10]
4) Get back to the BEHAVIOR and its consequences (try Googling “MSM [men who have sex with men], CDC [the federal center for Disease Control and Prevention], HIV or MSM, CDC, Syphilis…)
5) Get off the opponents’ playing field: it starts with restoring honest language in the debate. (e.g., counterfeit homosexual “marriage” is not equal to the real deal, so the “gay” term “Marriage Equality” is spurious).
G. H. Kubeck, See you at the Long Beach Towne Center, Chick-fil-A, Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21st. 9-10:15 A.M.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Crusade for Life's President, Beverly Cielnicky
Crusade for Life’s President, Beverly Cielnicky
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013
Excerpts from the Orange County Register, Ca., Sat. Jan. 19/13- A Steadfast Crusader
“Beverly is an unassuming, soft-spoken woman who has spent four decades making her voice resound.
“The sweater-clad, bespectacled 74year-old is a mother, a grandmother, a recreational gardener, a scrap booking hobbyist, and a retired fourth-grade teacher. But she is also the president of Crusade for Life, a grassroots organization opposed to abortion that was first incorporated in 1971, two years before the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.
“Cielnicky has spent 42 years in the movement trying to educate people - mainly young women - about what she views as the atrocities of abortion, and with the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, she is as steadfast as ever in her pursuit to outlaw abortions.
“Crusade for Life’s mission is to make abortion illegal in America,” the Fountain Valley resident said, “We believe that as long as we’re killing babies, America wont be blessed. Steeped in Scripture Crusade for Life’s views on abortion fall in line with those of the larger movements- namely, that life begins at conception and that the unborn child has as much right to life as the mother. Cielnicky is unequivocal in her support for the national effort to make abortion illegal.
“Yet, when she speaks about her goal of education and ultimately persuading young women from getting an abortion, as well as her reasoning for doing so, she does it with little of the aggression and fist waving that has often defined the public debate from both sides over the years. She is firm yet compassionate.
“Beverley Cielnicky was born in 1937 in Berkeley. Her family was Christian but did not raise her in an overly religious household. When the time came for college, she chose Berkeley - a place known for churning out liberal activists, not conservative ones. But during that time, she said, she became more devoutly Christian….
“Cielnicky initially became aware of the debate in 1967, when-then California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act, easing abortion restrictions. She began answering phone for a crisis hotline.
“Then, in the fall of 1971, she went with friends to a Crusade for Life rally in Whittier and met the organization’s founder, Don Smith… Compelled by a religious conviction that life is sacred, as well as the moral imperative of preserving future generations, Cielnicky began working for Crusade for Life. For the next 40-plus years (and counting) she volunteered with the non-profit group, eventually ascending to its presidency.
“Crusade for Life is small. It has not employees, just volunteers. It wasn’t until eight years ago it settled one a permanent location for its headquarters on Tustin Ave. in Orange, Ca. It is a fraction of the size of Planned Parenthood across the street, reflective of Crusade for Life’s sizable financial disadvantage….
“The more you show that’s it human baby, the more people appreciate that it is made in God’s image,” Cielnicky said, citing a 2011 Gallup poll stating that a majority of Americans view abortion as immoral. “If something wrong, it is wrong.”
Roe v. Wade events in Orange County
1) Tuesday, Jan. 22nd: Crusade for Life is hosting a protest to end abortion from 8:30-10 a.m. at Planned Parenthood on Tustin Avenue in Orange, Ca. Five representatives for various anti-abortion groups are scheduled to speak. Pastors and anti-abortion activists will speak at the rally at 700 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. Info: 714-963-4753 or email prolife@crusadeforlife.org
2) Tues, Jan. 22nd Prayer for Life Service at 7 P.M. at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, Ca. with Bishop Kevin W. Vann. Reception to follow. 714-639-2900
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013
Excerpts from the Orange County Register, Ca., Sat. Jan. 19/13- A Steadfast Crusader
“Beverly is an unassuming, soft-spoken woman who has spent four decades making her voice resound.
“The sweater-clad, bespectacled 74year-old is a mother, a grandmother, a recreational gardener, a scrap booking hobbyist, and a retired fourth-grade teacher. But she is also the president of Crusade for Life, a grassroots organization opposed to abortion that was first incorporated in 1971, two years before the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.
“Cielnicky has spent 42 years in the movement trying to educate people - mainly young women - about what she views as the atrocities of abortion, and with the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, she is as steadfast as ever in her pursuit to outlaw abortions.
“Crusade for Life’s mission is to make abortion illegal in America,” the Fountain Valley resident said, “We believe that as long as we’re killing babies, America wont be blessed. Steeped in Scripture Crusade for Life’s views on abortion fall in line with those of the larger movements- namely, that life begins at conception and that the unborn child has as much right to life as the mother. Cielnicky is unequivocal in her support for the national effort to make abortion illegal.
“Yet, when she speaks about her goal of education and ultimately persuading young women from getting an abortion, as well as her reasoning for doing so, she does it with little of the aggression and fist waving that has often defined the public debate from both sides over the years. She is firm yet compassionate.
“Beverley Cielnicky was born in 1937 in Berkeley. Her family was Christian but did not raise her in an overly religious household. When the time came for college, she chose Berkeley - a place known for churning out liberal activists, not conservative ones. But during that time, she said, she became more devoutly Christian….
“Cielnicky initially became aware of the debate in 1967, when-then California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act, easing abortion restrictions. She began answering phone for a crisis hotline.
“Then, in the fall of 1971, she went with friends to a Crusade for Life rally in Whittier and met the organization’s founder, Don Smith… Compelled by a religious conviction that life is sacred, as well as the moral imperative of preserving future generations, Cielnicky began working for Crusade for Life. For the next 40-plus years (and counting) she volunteered with the non-profit group, eventually ascending to its presidency.
“Crusade for Life is small. It has not employees, just volunteers. It wasn’t until eight years ago it settled one a permanent location for its headquarters on Tustin Ave. in Orange, Ca. It is a fraction of the size of Planned Parenthood across the street, reflective of Crusade for Life’s sizable financial disadvantage….
“The more you show that’s it human baby, the more people appreciate that it is made in God’s image,” Cielnicky said, citing a 2011 Gallup poll stating that a majority of Americans view abortion as immoral. “If something wrong, it is wrong.”
Roe v. Wade events in Orange County
1) Tuesday, Jan. 22nd: Crusade for Life is hosting a protest to end abortion from 8:30-10 a.m. at Planned Parenthood on Tustin Avenue in Orange, Ca. Five representatives for various anti-abortion groups are scheduled to speak. Pastors and anti-abortion activists will speak at the rally at 700 S. Tustin Ave., Orange. Info: 714-963-4753 or email prolife@crusadeforlife.org
2) Tues, Jan. 22nd Prayer for Life Service at 7 P.M. at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange, Ca. with Bishop Kevin W. Vann. Reception to follow. 714-639-2900
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