Dr. George Tiller

“Late term abortion” is merely a term meant to obfuscate what exactly is being done. It is the killing of a human being. A late term viable baby has all the attributes of those babies who have just left the womb. Nevertheless these pre-born babies, who are on the doorstep of their independent existence, are killed by some abortionists. Babies who are as human as you and I and a lot more innocent. That is why even the Supreme Court in its ill-advised opinion of Roe v. Wade stated that a baby in the third stage of the pregnancy should not be killed except when the protection of the mother’s health requires it. Therein lies the loophole. The right to have an abortion in the last trimester of a pregnancy is not limited only to the preservation of the mother’s life but is extended to the open ended concept of protecting the mother’s health. For some of these doctors, in order to justify the killing of these viable babies, the mother’s health can mean any malady or perceived malady- no matter how outlandish.
Dr. George Tiller was one of these late term abortionists. He was no hero. He killed thousands of these babies and got rich doing so. He was killed by a mad man who also is not a hero.
Occasionally history has called upon the mentally deranged, doing an insane act, to wake up the rest of society regarding an intolerable situation. Thus it was with John Brown and slavery and so it is here with the killing of Dr. Tiller and the issue of late term abortions. What is disconcerting is that Dr. Tiller was allowed to kill these babies for a long time and we did nothing to stop him. Like most of the Germans after World War II, we cannot now honestly say that we know nothing about the killing that is going on. We know. The question remains. Do we pretend that we don’t know or that it is none of our business or do we listen to our conscience and the crying of these little babies and resolve to do something to end it? That is the dilemma that the German people faced under Hitler and that is the dilemma that we in the U.S. face now.
The fact that these abortions are done under color of law is no justification. Hitler and his cohorts acted under the color of law and so did the slave owners. But no more. The same fate should happen to the present law permitting late term abortions for virtually any reason. Preserving the life of the mother is one thing, killing a baby because the mother has a headache is quite another.
There are people- usually hard core fanatics- who agree that late term abortions are killing viable babies but are nevertheless in favor of killing these children because they want no limitations whatsoever on a woman’s ability to abort her child. They want abortions in this country to be unrestricted- even when the baby is late term and viable.
However, if you agree that these late term babies must be protected, then you must act. Contact your local Right to Life or other pro life organizations. Call your Congressman. Call your Senators. Do something. These babies are still dying and it’s time to stop it. It’s time to save a life.

Term Limits For Congressmen and Senators

Aristotle did not consider democracy to be the best form of government because he believed that the people would eventually start voting for what was in their own best interest to the detriment of the country. This is one of the reasons that our Founding Fathers chose a Democratic Republic form of government instead of a straight democracy. To help eliminate corruption, among other things, our Founding Fathers also thought that it would be best if the members of the House and Senate had a primary occupation other than their political office- serving in Congress was to be a part time job.
Our present state of affairs in Washington, DC has proven both Aristotle and our Founding Fathers to be correct. We are fast becoming a country of entitlements, earmarks and corruption. Many citizens want government handouts. All politicians want to be reelected. Most politicians pour as much federal money into their district or state as they can and in return, the people keep reelecting these incumbents not because they are good for the country as a whole, but rather because they take care of their electorate through wasteful or unwise entitlements and earmarks. It is not unheard of for these Congressmen and Senators to garner billions of dollars of federal pork money for their constituents. Senator Byrd (D, WVa) and former Senator Stevens (R, Alaska) are two examples of how this system works- but there are, of course, many, many more.
Anyone who has ever taken a basic political science class knows that the supposed watchdog and informant regarding any D.C. shenanigans is the media. This is one of the reasons that freedom of the press is so important. However the mainstream U.S. media has, for the most part, abdicated its responsibility and has climbed into bed with the liberal politicians. Consequently, even when a liberal is wrong, he is right. It is just the opposite for conservatives. No conservative wrong escapes the front page and, even when right, conservatives must be wrong.
How can we rectify this situation when we have a “me first” electorate, a “me first” candidate and a biased media. “Term Limits.” Term limits rids us of all politicians- local or otherwise. It especially gives us a method of making sure that those politicians in other states and congressional districts who are elected and reelected for all the wrong reasons do not have a life estate. It is a way of purging an entire system rather than a single district or state.
The primary objection to term limits is that we would be throwing out the good with the bad. But honestly, can anyone name a politician that we cannot do without? Even if there are some good ones lost due to term limits, they are the collateral damage that unfortunately cannot be avoided.
Twelve years is enough- two senate terms or six congressional terms. It is usually about that time that a politician is getting comfortable enough to be susceptible to all the temptations and corruptive forces in D.C.
Term limits may not be palatable to some, but presently the situation is so bad in D.C. that we must have a way to cleanse the system rapidly and term limits provides us with a simple and effective method of doing so.