"We the people..."

"We the people..."  Taken from the Constitution of the United States; a document that I quote often along with the Declaration of Independence, but I think there must be some clarification regarding that iconic phrase.

These two fundamental documents are the cornerstones of our nation from its nascent formation to the present day.  However, my patriotism must yield to my Catholic faith, and not the other way around.

What do I mean?

As stated in the Declaration of Independence: ...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...

In reality, "their just powers" are not derived from the consent of the governed, but from above, from God.

Remember, when Christ stood before Pilate, He stated that he (Pilate) would have no power over Him if it were not given to him from above (from His Father in Heaven).

To their credit, the founding fathers refer to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" concerning our unalienable rights (granted by the Creator); those of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

But keep in mind, the French Revolution also received its powers from the "consent of the governed," in that case, a horde of anarchists, determined to trash the Natural Law and religion in favor of a do- whatever-I-want attitude so long as those "rights" don't violate the "rights" of others.

The majority rules ethos (democracy), can lead to another French Revolution mentality right here in our beloved country.  It's called mob rule.  As an example, even if a man-made bill becomes law, must it be obeyed no matter how unjust it is to basic rights, such as the right to life?

The answer is no.

Any man-made law or court decision that violates the Natural Law is automatically null and void.  That is not my opinion, but the constant teaching of tradition (and the Church!).

I admit that good and decent people have gone to jail, and will go to jail over this fundamental truth.

The "mob" in the case of the "right" to terminate a pregnancy, came to us from a supreme court ruling that directly violated the Natural Law and the Fifth Commandment: thou shalt not kill (murder).

We have no one to blame but ourselves; we are not perfect, but must hope and pray to become so, or else nothing will change.

Gene DeLalla 

Vietnam Veteran finds his brother's gravestone in Arlington National Cemetery..

From my book: Mutiny! The Battle of Dong Ha..

[Randy] … parked his car.  Entering upon the pedestrian walk-way, he gazed upon the expansive display of white crosses and headstones...

As he checked for names and locations to make the job of finding his brother easier, he could see that fateful day at Dong Ha as if it were yesterday.  He felt again the savagery of war with death all around him.  How could he ever put those thoughts to rest?  With his faith weakening, Randy became more superstitious, imagining the ghosts of those who died in past battles.  He could almost feel their presence.

After a while, he proceeded down the section of the renowned cemetery to search for, and locate Biffi.  It took nearly half an hour to finally come to the appropriate area of recent graves.  Some of those graves were filled with the veterans of the Dong Ha battle.  Some names he recognized from C Flight and his Bravo Flight.

Suddenly, his feet couldn't move.  He started to shake as if a fever or a deep chill had penetrated his very being.  But the day was sunny and mild.  He quickly thought about those lousy malaria pills that he was supposed to take for six weeks after his return from Vietnam, but threw in the garbage the day after he arrived home.

His eyes became fixed on the gravestone right in front of him.  He had found his brother, Lewis Biffi.  For nearly two years, he hadn't had the ability to cry.  There were no more tears left, so he thought.  But now, they flowed freely.

What could he say to his friend and brother that would make any sense, any difference?  It was too late for such things.  Or was it?

He had to clear his eyes in order to read the simple etching in the stone:

Air Force Staff Sergeant of Security Police Lewis Biffi; Born July 11, 1947; Died November 29, 1968 at the Battle of Dong Ha, Vietnam.

…

After a couple of minutes, he was able to compose himself.  In a half-broken, softly spoken voice, he said, "You made Staff, Biff."

Randy stepped back a couple of feet, came to attention and hand-saluted his brother for nearly a full minute.  Still, he could not reconcile the cold fact that his friend was now reduced to a number on a gravestone, and another name added to the Wall...

Gene DeLalla

America the intolerable?

If our country is so racist, so intolerable, so everything that is negative, why do hundreds of thousands, and, in fact, millions of illegal aliens risk their very lives to cross our porous borders searching for a better life?

The liberals conveniently overlook this obvious fact; it just doesn't fit their narrative, their malice, their hate for our country.

Their aim, I'm convinced, is to bring down our way of life in order to establish their new-world socialist, utopian order.

I would warn these elites that, just as in the French Revolution, some of the instigators of that revolution, themselves went to the guillotine, as a rabid dog turns on its master, so too will some of these progressives meet such an end.  

And one more thing, we, who love our country will not go down without a fight.  With God's help, we will prevail...

Gene DeLalla

Abortion: where is the father in all of this??

(I'm speaking to a woman considering an abortion: that is, erasing the life developing within her.)

"It's my right!"

It's your right to take the life of your baby?

"I have a right; the supreme court said so a long time ago."

But what about your baby's right to Life?

"My baby's right to life?  Who are you to judge me?  I have a right..."

But what about your baby's rights?

You do believe that the child inside you is a child, right?

"Keep your 'religion' out of my body!"

Who's talking about religion?   I'm talking about your baby's right to breath air, that's all.

It's simply the Natural Law that tells me -- and you -- that your child has a right to life.

And, can I ask, where is the father of your baby?   Doesn't he have any say in this?

Have you discussed your decision with the father?

"We had an affair; this baby is a mistake.  I don't love the father."

I would sure like to talk with the father; can you contact him so I can have a conversation regarding...

"Mind your freaking business!  Stay the hell out of my life!"

I'm not trying to interfere in your life, I'm just trying to give you some time to think about keeping your baby alive...

"I have a right... I can't have a baby at this time; it'll screw up my entire life!  I don't love the father!"

But have you ever thought about adoption?   There are plenty of married couples out there that can't have children that would love to adopt a newborn...

"What?  Adoption?  You want me to give my baby away to some strangers after carrying her in my body for nine months?   Mind your freaking business!"

You just said: "You want me to give my baby away...after carrying her..."  Your baby is a girl?

"I'm getting tired of you bugging me... I said, it's a girl.  Now leave me the hell alone!"

Please, give your baby a chance at life.  That's all I'm asking; please.  Please, just talk with the father one more time before you make the final decision...

I will pray that you do the right thing...

Gene DeLalla

The hypocrisy of the media; the mouthpiece of the left...

Brainwashing; what is it, and how it affects what people think and do.

First, here is the dictionary definition of brainwashing: to indoctrinate so as to replace a person's convictions with an opposing set of beliefs.

The problem is with this part of the definition: "so as to replace a person's convictions..."

What convictions?  Does the average "Joe" have convictions?  A set of beliefs that can fend off the attempt to brainwash in the first place?

How many folk, for instance, watch the 6'oclock "news," then immediately have it implanted in their psyche that what they just heard and watched, is now "gospel."  Do they even have the slightest inclination to question what they just heard?   To find out if the news is truthful, or real, or, perhaps, just made up?

Look at the current tidal wave of lies regarding our president; the ongoing investigations into "collusion" with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.  But completely ignoring the obvious felonies committed by the radical left, especially those of the Clinton and Obama regimes.

There are so many felonies it would take a book to list all the corruption and rotten deals made behind closed doors, but also those consummated in the open.

The arrogance of it all!

Let me pick just one example...

The handling, or, should I say, the mishandling of classified information.

For many years, I worked with sensitive, highly classified information, while an employee for the US Navy, and later, for a major defense contractor.  

If I had mishandled, or misplaced just one Top Secret message or document, or transmitted it in the "clear" (unencrypted) and it fell into unauthorized hands (mostly through electronic eavesdropping), I could have been convicted and sentenced to a lengthy term in Leavenworth federal prison.  

Hillary Clinton used computers, and other devices, to store and transmit classified information "in the clear."  That means, it could very easily have been -- and probably was --intercepted and used against the US or our allies, to the detriment of the security of our nation, and our agents in the field.

So, the question begs: why hasn't this witch been prosecuted?   What spell does she have over the media and those responsible for enforcing the laws of our country?   Threats?   Fear of retribution?  "Suicide"?  Is the media that powerful?  Complicit?

I ask this question rhetorically, because, I feel, all are true, and more.

That is one of the reasons that I always point out, that we, as a people, cannot and should not, put our trust, hopes and dreams in any one man or woman politician, or political party, no matter how "conservative" he or she may be.

Gene DeLalla

The proper use of our sexuality...

As I wrote in a previous post, true masculinity compliments true femininity.  Our very bodies compliment each other; they complete each other, and make the two, one.

This should sound familiar for anyone that has done even a cursory reading of the Bible: (paraphrasing) the man will leave his mother and father, and cleave to his wife; the two become one flesh.

But is the Bible really necessary to point out these data?

Don't get me wrong, it is a good thing to read the Bible, but God-given common sense dictates that we recognize the Natural Law in all of this.  Problems begin when that very same natural law is cast aside in favor of our pride.  Unfortunately, many of us use our free will to do what we want, when we want, instead of living according to the moral traditions past down to us through the generations.

But I digress...

So, what is the proper use and role of our sexuality, and when should that expression of our sexuality legitimately be used?

The answer is "simple," but instead has become quite complicated with all the superfluous  circumstances in the form of "ifs," "ands," or "buts," that society has injected into that simplicity.

So, here is that SIMPLE answer: our sexuality should only be used within the state of matrimony, as husband and wife.

See, it's that simple!

Within marriage, the true expression of the sexuality between husband and wife serves two major purposes as created by the Author of life: the multiplication of humankind, along with the remedy for concupiscence (this is intended to support and reinforce fidelity and commitment between spouses).

I welcome any comments regarding this post.

I fully expect that some might hurl various epithets for stating this truth, but that's okay, I can take it...

Gene DeLalla

The monsters of Murder, Inc. (AKA: "planned" "parenthood")

So, you think that the ancient Incas or Aztecs were barbarians regularly sacrificing live humans to their "gods"?   Well, they had nothing on the monsters who tear apart pre-born babies and sell their parts to other demons for filthy lucre.

What strikes me as almost baffling, is the coldness of heart when I hear those "doctors" (remember the Hippocratic oath?  Do no harm!) discuss what they do if they have a "problem" if the poor, tiny girl or boy doesn't "cooperate" and, perhaps, fights for his or her life while still in their mother's womb -- the greatest of all instincts, to preserve one's life.

What is also striking, are some of the recent rulings by various liberal judges who attempt to sensor, and even stop, the undercover videos exposing these heinous "procedures" employed at Murder, Inc.  (By the way, there really was a Murder, Inc.  A mob organization formed back in the 1930s for the purpose of putting "contracts" out -- a hit -- on their enemies.)

Remember, it was our so-called supreme court that, back in 1973, using phony info from brainwashed females, concluded that somewhere in the Constitution, was a "right to privacy" so the mother -- and I use that term very lightly -- could terminate her pregnancy (kill her baby, legally, with no consequences).

Funny thing, those judges, in their ruling, failed to mention the Declaration of Independence -- not to mention the Natural Law -- expounding our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

You can't have liberty or the pursuit of happiness, without LIFE.

So, here we are 60 + million pre-born murders later, with little change in sight.

Sure, Pres. Trump would like nothing better to defund that hellish "non-profit" organization, but the resistance from the Demonrats -- and even from too many Republicrats -- is astounding, and, yes, diabolical, and outright frightening to any decent soul.

Another aspect of those who support Murder, Inc., is the fact that so many bought and sold politicians are "Catholic," or claim to be same.

Right, and if you believe that, I have this bridge for sale...

One more thing: this ongoing disaster continues to have so much momentum because of contraception.

Those who claim to be "pro-life" (and there are some true pro-lifers out there) might also be using contraception.  So what if the contraception fails?

See the dilemma, and the possible next course of action?   After all, if "I" have that "problem," there is always the alternative, right?  And no one has to know about it; this is called self-deception.

Either one is pro-life -- and that includes NOT using contraception -- or stop using the term pro-life to describe yourself or your organization...

But always pray to end abortion, contraception, homosexuality and euthanasia, and for the stability of marriage in this country and around the world.

Gene DeLalla