It has occurred to me that nearly all my postings here on the Doman
Domain are negative, in that they decry something that's wrong with the world.
(I don't apologize for this, because it's not my fault that there are so many
more things wrong than right; it may be better to light a candle than to curse
the darkness, but sometimes people's perception is so dim that they can't even
discern light from darkness until someone such as I enlightens [pun intended] them
on the subject.) As an alternative, therefore, I devote this one to a new
breed of hero, the independent filmmaker who exposes the devious practices of
the likes of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now!
(ACORN), "National" Public Radio (NPR), and Planned Parenthood (which
is not known by an acronym, although "PP" would satisfy the
requirement). I'm impressed especially by Lila Rose, the nemesis of the
last of those three, which is the USA's largest abortion provider. She
began anti-foeticide efforts at age 9; while still a journalism student in one
of the darkest places in the USA (the University of California at Los Angeles),
she was already conducting "sting" operations in abortion
pseudo-clinics by pretending to have been impregnated through statutory rape;
now that she's graduated, she continues as the president of her own pro-life
not-for-profit corporation, Live Action—founded when she was 15!—the latest
work of which may result in de-funding one third of the budget of Planned (Non-)Parenthood.
NPR also may be taken off the federal dole, and the cutting-off of government
money to the ACORN has resulted in its official ceasing to exist, although its
local components evidently continue under new names. So that I don't disappoint Doman Domain devotees—How's that for
alliteration?—I must note that there is bad news associated with this good
news. That the ACORN, NPR, and "PP" have ever been supported by taxpayers, rather than having had to rely
upon voluntary contributions (as do groups that actually serve a legitimate
purpose) ought to be a scandal. Furthermore, our lawmakers had ample
reason to raise eyebrows at the behavior of those infamous institutions before
the above-mentioned muckrakers launched their exposés. The ACORN, for
instance, was already under investigation in at least a dozen States for vote
fraud related to the catastrophic 2008 elections, and videos made available
years ago on YouTube established that Planned Parenthood staff routinely break
the law and incite minors to do the same. Were it not for the initiative
of the crusading couple (James O'Keefe and an assistant) who posed as a pimp
and prostitute at ACORN offices in five cities, the US House of Reprehensives
indubitably would not have voted to sever that organization's lifeline to our
dollars. (Worse yet, when they did vote, the tally was only 345-75, or 5 nays
for every 23 ayes; the 75 doesn't even include Barney Frank, who was not then
present but who later demanded an investigation of O'Keefe and company.)
The achievements of Miss Rose and her ilk won't change the course of future history but will enable them to know that they have fought "the good fight"; they may be small ones in the context of this world, but they loom larger in the life to come, which is the only one that ultimately matters.
The achievements of Miss Rose and her ilk won't change the course of future history but will enable them to know that they have fought "the good fight"; they may be small ones in the context of this world, but they loom larger in the life to come, which is the only one that ultimately matters.
