“Ron Paul doesn’t just talk about being pro-life, he acts on it”
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, January 22 – the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision – Norma McCorvey has endorsed Texas Congressman Ron Paul for president.
Norma McCorvey runs Crossing over Ministry – formerly Roe No More Ministry – and is best known as “Jane Roe” in the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. McCorvey, who is now a pro-life activist, issued the following endorsement of Congressman Paul:
“Ron Paul states, ‘The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty.’
“I support Ron Paul for president because we share the same goal, that of overturning Roe v Wade. Ron Paul doesn’t just talk about being pro-life, he acts on it. His voting record truly is impeccable and he undoubtedly understands our constitutional republic and the inalienable right to life for all. Ron Paul is the prime author of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v. Wade. As the signor of the affidavit that legalized abortion 35 years ago I appreciate Ron Paul’s action to restore protection for the unborn. Ron Paul has also authored H.R. 1094 in Congress, which seeks to define life as beginning at conception. He has never wavered on the issue of being pro-life and has a voting record to prove it. He understands the importance of civil liberties for all, including the unborn.
“After taking all of the presidential candidates into consideration, it is obvious that Ron Paul is the only one that doesn’t just talk the talk. For this reason and those stated above, I am publicly endorsing Ron Paul for president.”
I'm sorry about this, folks. But I really want to do a little something to encourage people to go about their daily lives with their eyes open. Please watch this, it's mostly testimony given by an Iraqi-American at an "Out of Iraq" Congressional forum in April 2006.
Yes, I’m late in posting this. His birthday was a week and a half ago - what can I say?
It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year already! In many ways
it’s been one of the longest, most difficult and draining year of my
life. But because it’s been a “full” year, with intense memories, it
doesn’t feel as if his birth was a whole year ago.
We managed to have a small party for him, with our household and the
grandmoms. No major planning, just last minute - and it was just right. :)
I put some pics up on Picasa and will let them tell the story. We
have the tradition of giving a small cake to the birthday baby. Not
sure where it came from, my mom did it with her children. I ask her
where she got it from and she couldn’t remember, she just recalled it
being very important that she did it with her oldest. It’s been done
ever since. It is interesting to see how each child handles it. :D
He got the special treat of sitting at the head of the table and really liked that.
I joined the Army in the
early months of 2001; my patriotism led me to the recruiter’s office. I
had grown up in awe of my grandfathers and their stories of World War
II, and their reminiscing became my dreams. When I got to basic
training I did not talk about missing home like the other recruits
around me, I felt at home in ways I never had before.
The
weeks after 9/11 found me in Kosovo, part of C co 3/7 Infantry, 3rd
Infantry Division, patrolling the border with Macedonia as part of our
duties. We had ammunition to defend ourselves with and the authority to
apprehend anyone crossing the border illegally. I will get back to why
these details are important later.
Fast forward to 2003, I am
rolling across the desert in the back of a Bradley fighting vehicle,
part of the spearhead into Iraq. Other than those first three weeks of
“Shock and Awe” what I remember most about Iraq was the people. Crowds
of kids wanting to know about Michael Jackson and Britney Spears,
open-minded adults wanted to know about our social freedoms, and ninety
some percent of Iraqis just wanted to raise their families in peace and
did not hesitate to tell us. I really fell in love with the Iraqi
people. My platoon and I played soccer with some of those crowds of
kids, we had dinner and shared food with families in their homes, we
even went to a few house parties, and my lieutenant and I spent one
very memorable afternoon swimming in an irrigation ditch with five
young women. It is all of them I think of when anyone tells me we need
to turn the Middle East into a sheet of glass or that all Muslims are
our enemies.
I remember thinking on this briefly when I was
there, but more so since I’ve returned, usually when I’m day dreaming
behind the wheel of my van, but what we were doing when we were doing
our jobs, patrolling the streets, conducting road blocks, vehicle
searches, bodily searching individuals, and searching houses, couldn’t
be helping our long range plans for winning hearts and minds. I really
have to wonder, how long would it take me to move from a position of
thanks for my despotic government being removed, to feeling like I
lived in a conquered and occupied country if I saw foreign troops on
the streets of my hometown Tallahassee everyday? Add to this our having
bases and troops in Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Bahrain,
Kuwait, Egypt, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Tunisia,
Algeria, and Saudi Arabia, ( I may have missed a few, we have
approximately 700 bases in 130 countries ) some of them for decades,
our Navy of their coast, our fighter jets in their sky’s , the CIA in
business with monarchs, dictators and thugs, and our State Department
treating their leaders like irresponsible children, it’s no wonder
moderate Muslims takes to the streets shouting “ Death to America” and
a minority takes action against us. I would expect we would be doing
the same thing if say, China had bases on our soil, and her Navy
patrolled our coastline and Chinese fighter jets streaked across our
sky. In short, this is all hard to admit, but our actions do have
consequences.
Fast forward again to the present day, I am out of
active duty, and in the Army Reserves. (I wanted to stay active duty,
but my wife said I would be single, so we had a compromise.) To be
honest the reserves has bored me to tears and I haven’t felt like I’m
giving anything back to my country, so I looked into getting attached
to a National Guard unit on our border with Mexico for a tour or two.
However, when I learned they don’t have the authority to apprehend
illegal border crossers and can only call up our overworked and
over-stretched border patrol when they spot illegal activity, I got
myself in trouble again by thinking - about what I had done in Kosovo
and about what I knew our military had done to our own people in the
aftermath of hurricane Katrina (disarmed law abiding civilians only
trying to protect themselves when the police had failed to do so).
To
add insult to injury, our Guardsmen and women on our own border don’t
have ammunition and have on several documented occasions actually had
to retreat when facing fire from Mexican paramilitary groups. Now why
would I want to sign up for that? To be witness to the violation of
America’s sovereignty? No one in the Executive branch of our government
is doing anything about it, and it makes me wonder why I am even in the
Army at all.
Why are we the world's policeman when our own
country is being openly violated? Why are we borrowing money hand over
fist from nations not exactly our friends, just to spend it on our
out-of-control foreign policy? I am starting to feel like the powers
that be do not have America’s interests in mind at all. It’s starting
to feel like our ruin is their objective. From our factories closing
and moving overseas, to the plunging value of our dollar, America is
crumbling. Yet I love her far to much to watch her fall apart.
This
is why I am taking my personal revolution and joining forces with Dr.
Ron Paul’s revolution. His “bring all the troops home” non-intervention
foreign policy and plans to put America first again are just what we
need at this time in our history. I don’t expect you to agree with
everything he says, but I do hope we can all put our differences aside
and join him in seeing that ALL the troops come home, the Republic is
restored and America saved.
Thank you and God Bless. Zakery Carter
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Everyone is pretty much better. Zeke is running around hungry all the time (back to normal). Andrew got a hole in his eardrum from his adventure (all healed now) and he has about 6 new teeth (to add to the 8 he already had), most of which broke through within the past 3 weeks. And he's still teething.
As for other things, I believe the upcoming Presidential election may be one of the most important in our history. For those registered Republican or Undeclared (in NJ), please, pretty please take the time to carefully investigate the Republican hopefuls. We really can make a difference and stand a chance to get a True Constitutional Statesman in the White House.
For those with highspeed internet access, you have lots of good information available. Here are a few starter links:
