Paineful Truth

From National Review “A shocking new video has just been released by the Center for Medical Progress , the undercover investigative group that in 2015 released videos showing that Planned Parenthood affiliates have profited from selling the body parts of aborted babies.” If you didn’t watch the video this morning, you may not be able to. Also from NR : “A California judge ordered the CMP’s defense attorneys to remove the video footage from YouTube and from their website.” The National Review article however gives a transcript of most of the dialogue in the now banned video. Dialogue that once again shows the utter barbarity of the abortion industry. Dialogue that shows America is not nearly as civilized as we’d like to pretend. If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you’ll find a reoccurring topic that is revisited almost more than any other. It’s not a popular topic. In fact it’s extremely divisive and polarizing. But I do not write to be popular. I write to...

Donald Trump has been in office for approximately 5 months. Few could have imagined the amount of scandal and controversy that could have been created during this short span of time. The news media has been pontificating on the rightness or wrongness of all the different aspects of the numerous proposed scandals. Everything from Russia’s involvement in the election to the firing of FBI Director James Comey . The problem is, we do not have all the facts. Coming to a conclusion without the facts is not only reckless, it is dangerous. Yet this is the pattern of the mainstream media. Because there has to be news to fill a 24 hour news stream, every little detail must be examined and pundits must have an opinion. We see this nearly every time there is some sort of mass shooting . The media must fill the time with something, so they begin to speculate. And before long the story has nothing to do with the actual facts of the matter. Instead, it’s all about who said what, what they meant...

Donald Trump’s election ushered in a new era of politics. While Hillary Clinton was poised to break the glass ceiling for women, Trump broke a different glass ceiling - one for those who have no political experience. The most powerful position in the world is now accessible to the non-politician, something that has never been the case before. And like sharks smelling blood in the water, the non-politicians are beginning to circle. Most recently, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Make America Rock Again…? Johnson, of WWE and movie star fame, said the topic of running for president kept getting brought up to him and that, “There was a real sense of earnestness, which made me go home and think ‘Let me really rethink my answer and make sure I am giving an answer that is truthful and also respectful.’” He also said, “I don’t know if I would make a good president,” he added. “I know that I have a certain skill set, and I think it’s in that skill set that people see, and that peopl...

This week President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey made the headlines. And continues to make the headlines days after the occurrence. Must be a slow news week. Now, whether or not Trump did the right thing by firing Comey, we probably won’t know for some time because we simply do not have all the facts. However, we do know 2 things for sure. 1) President Trump was completely within his Constitutional authority to fire Comey. And 2) very few individuals in politics these days have any principles whatsoever. According to some reports , Comey has a reputation for being a non-partisan individual and is (was?) well respected in the community.Prior to the Clinton email investigation, very few people even knew who the Director of the FBI was. Comey’s entrance into the spotlight was sudden and noticeable. And from then on, nobody knew whether love him or hate him. During the 2016 election, anytime Comey’s actions could be taken in a negative way toward Hillary Clinton, Repub...