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To be successful, mimic
what successful people do. Several years ago, I
read where the age of your car reflects your
financial well-being. Folks with a net worth over
one million dollars typically drive cars older than
10 years. On the other hand, folks pulling a new
camper and boat with a shiny new Ford F-350,
crew-cab, dually are likely one bout of gout from
bankruptcy. Regardless the financing terms,
achievers know payments for a depreciating asset are
like a small dose of cocaine; it numbs you to the
reality you are killing yourself. Dave Ramsey, the
Christian finance guru, has made a fortune blazing
the trail from bankruptcy to success. Mimic him; he
is the master and now I will apply this point to the
news.
It is not coincidence Planned
Parenthood and Dr. Palmer the Lion Slayer
simultaneously saturated Facebook and Twitter. The
state run media could not ignore Planned
Parenthood’s calloused disregard for human life
forever, so they magically flipped national
headlines to a lion hunt in Zimbabwe occurring
nearly a month earlier. Their misdirection did not
fool this pro-life Christian and I trust the hottest
places in hell are reserved for those profiting by
the sale of innocent unborn babies. The public
outcry after seeing four videos prompted legislation
defunding Planned Parenthood. Just like Obamacare
repeals, it will go nowhere as progressives rally to
Planned Parenthood’s defense by attacking the
video’s producers. A federal judge and strong Obama
supporter, blocked release of additional film clips,
so this evil reality will slowly fade from the
headlines. When it comes to mounting a national
outcry, we pro-lifers are bush leaguers. Step back
and watch the animal rights pros properly promote
hysteria with just one dead lion named Cecil and one
dentist with a glistening white smile. They are
masters at marketing emotion.
A gathering
of 200 animal rights protesters swamped Dr. Palmer’s
office after hearing he shot a now famous lion,
Cecil. Thousands of death threats prompted him to
go into hiding. Reporters hyped the story globally,
but in response to a request for official comment
about Cecil’s death, the Zimbabwe information
minister, Prisca Mupfumira, curiously replied, “What
lion?”
Still hungry for red meat, a
Reuter’s journalist quizzed a Harare street vender
for his take on Cecil’s demise. Tryphina Kaseke
responded, “…all this about a dead lion? Lions are
killed all the time in this country.” Global
hysteria soon overwhelmed reality and even though
this crime might be as simple as taking a game
species in an illegal manner, it served its purpose
of knocking Planned Parenthood from the headlines.
Would it have made any difference had one of the
intact babies whose liver was harvested had been
named Cecil? Sadly, no.
All progressive
activists from animal rights fanatics to climate
changers to free-roaming bison advocates to LGBT
militants to Planned Parenthood executives operate
from the same playbook—Saul Alinsky’s Rules for
Radicals. This time their target was a Minnesota
dentist who was a trophy hunter. The next time, it
could be a rancher from Jordan, Montana trying to
protect his family operation from hordes of
marauding bison, or a Christian pastor who refuses
to endorse trendy Biblical principles. They too
will be targeted and eliminated and this bring me to
my point.
Christians are not street
fighters who can scream death threats upon command,
so I do not expect them to mimic these masters of
intimidation. Their only option is to defeat
progressivism at the ballot box by booting every
Democrat and establishment Republican from office.
To wait until you are in their crosshairs will be
too late.
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