Iowa's Heartbeat Law Killed by Judge...

The following information is taken from articles by ABC news; the Catholic News Agency, and other sources...

The Heartbeat Bill was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds.

She said: “I am incredibly disappointed in today’s court ruling, because I believe that if death is determined when a heart stops beating, then a beating heart indicates life,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement.

My Comment: Doesn't that make sense?  Common sense?  But we know that science has now determined that life does, indeed, begin at CONCEPTION.  Something that is rarely talked about by the mainstream media... No surprise there!

Additionally, why doesn't the Governor tell this "judge" that "I am the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Iowa; I have at my disposal the state police and the National Guard.  Your order: 1. violates the Natural Law, and, 2. you have no way of enforcing the ruling.  This law remains in full force and effect."  

"Polk County District Judge Michael Huppert wrote in his decision striking down the law that its defenders didn't identify a compelling state interest in barring most abortions after a fetus' heartbeat can be found, The Des Moines Register reported."

My Comment: A compelling state interest???  Could it be that the state of Iowa recognizes that all life is a precious gift from the Creator?  And that life, once born, grows and eventually contributes to the commonweal of the state and society in general?  

"The latest decision, issued on Jan. 22 in the Polk County District Court, deemed it unconstitutional in the face of the state's laws." 

My Comment: Unconstitutional?  If it is enshrined in the state constitution, then that "law" is automatically null and void because it violates the Natural Law.

"The decision concluded that the parameters set in the law are "violative of both the due process and equal protection provisions of the Iowa Constitution as not being narrowly tailored to serve the compelling state interest of promoting potential life." 

My Comment: "violative of both the due process and equal protection provisions..."  Judge, does due process and equal protection also apply to the little baby girl developing in the womb of her mother?   Apparently not...

"Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller declined to defend the law. Lawyers from the Chicago-based Thomas More Society argued on its behalf in court at no expense to taxpayers."

My Comment: why wasn't this character fired by the governor??

My concluding comments...

What is it that fills these judges and politicians with such rage and hate against the most defenseless of our species?   Why do they kowtow to the haters of life?   What enormous power the anti-life forces (Murder, Inc., aka: "planned parenthood") must wield over those same judges and politicians?  

I can only think of one, simple answer: such people are part of a world-wide conspiracy to deprive LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of the pre-born.  I contend that the killing of the pre-born is nothing short of devil worship.  It is a tenet of their "religion" offered on the alter of "choice".   

When a pre-born baby is killed in the womb -- or out of it! -- Satan rejoices...

What an eternally horrible price such people will pay when they stand before Christ, their Judge...

Abortion: the REAL war on women...

Pray for an end to this scourge that is plaguing our country...

Gene DeLalla

Bishop Condemns N.Y.S.'s Extreme Abortion Law...

The following is from an article from Breitbart:

The Catholic bishop of Albany said that New York’s Reproductive Health Act (RHA) “is nothing less than a license to kill a pre-born child at will” in an open letter this week to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Calling the legislation the “Death Star,” Albany Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger takes issue with Mr. Cuomo’s choice to parade his Catholicism about in agitating for the RHA, since the Church condemns abortion as the killing of an innocent child and a grave evil.

Your “advocacy of extreme abortion legislation is completely contrary to the teachings of our pope and our Church,” the bishop wrote. “Once truth is separated from fiction and people come to realize the impact of the bill, they will be shocked to their core.”

My comment:

That's all well and good, Bishop Scharfenberger, but how about publicly ex-communicating this poor excuse for a "Catholic"?

What we need in the new-order Catholic Church, is the testosterone of the bishops to be elevated back to where it used to be in the late 19th Century, before the recruitment and infiltration of the Communists and homosexuals to enter the seminaries and become priests, with the goal of eviscerating masculinity and bringing down the Church from within..

It seems that all these anti-life types fear is bad publicity, so please, dear Bishop Scharfenberger, go on TV and ex-communicate the diabolical governor of New York State, and demand that he do public penance for the rest of his natural life.

I pray that you have the guts to do just that, Bishop.

Pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla

A Warning!

Yes, it is a warning -- a "threat" -- If you don't use your God-given abilities to sift out falsehoods from fact, then you will succumb to the biased, anti-life, anti-Christ, and, yes, one more "anti": anti-America leftist media and their take on what is true and what is false.

If that happens, then you, and all those you are responsible for: your charges, your family, and even your friends, will have a skewed view on what is going on in the news.  And if that happens, you just might come to the conclusion that your country, and even your race, is damned to hell for all the abuses your country and your race have perpetrated on society.

Witness the recent sham of "victimhood" in the form a Nathan Phillips... This NON-Vietnam veteran is a known hard-left activist for years causing grief for otherwise decent people simply so he can garner sympathy -- but for what?

That's the magic question: for what?

The word is: agenda.

He attempted to perpetrate the impression that some Catholic high school students -- at the March for Life in D.C. -- threatened him as he was banging his drum; not so.  He got in their faces, the media, however, claimed just the opposite...

Let me give you a prime example... I will also show the connection between the various agendas and their final end...

Yesterday, the Governor of New York State signed into "law" -- now enshrined in the N.Y.S. constitution, a woman's -- let me correct that: a female's "right" to kill her developing baby girl or boy all the way up to birth!   And, if partial-birth abortion, then that is a federal crime, but the apostate "Catholic" Governor Cuomo, cares little for pre-born life, and, apparently, little for where he will be spending eternity.

Cuomo comes from a family of baby killers, so why would he be any different?  You see, when one abandons the Faith, then that person opens themselves up to evil to fill the void of good in the soul.

The demons, I'm sure, are rejoicing and celebrating all over New York State, my alma mater (the Bronx -- the borough of New York City that has the diabolical reputation for having the most abortions relative to pregnancies in the entire state, if not the country!).

So, the agenda of Cuomo is to curry favor -- and votes! -- for future elections, thereby assuring a continuance of Demonrat control of both state houses, and to secure that horrible "right" just in case Roe v Wade is eventually overturned.

All the attacks on Christianity in this country and around the world, especially on Catholics, is getting to the point of an outright persecution.  Ever see attacks on Muslims or Jews?   That would be politically incorrect to say the least, and would lead to immediate condemnation.

The leftist, phony Vietnam Veteran, Phillips, and the likes of Gov. Cuomo, both have the same ends in mind: government control of our lives, especially our precious ability to co-create with our God and Creator.  These people hate the family and it shows.  They also hate societal norms as well as tradition.  They want to transform this country -- and the world -- into some weird socialist utopia where all are "equal" -- except them, of course!  I'm sure they see nothing wrong with such suppressive societies as China, for instance...

They also pretend to care for the environment (and "climate change"): a cause celeb among the elites.  Another reason to limit the size of families, or eliminate a good portion of the current population!

But how??  Your answer is as good as mine...

There's one thing these elites are forgetting: God will not be mocked.  He is, and continues to be, in control.

And if a true revolution takes place in our beloved country, these very same elites will be some of the first "to go."  They think they are safe; not so.  They are simply useful idiots, and the guillotine will fall on their heads, just as it might on ours.

Now more than ever, we must pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla

Stolen Valor?? Phony Vietnam Veteran, Native American...

The hard-Left activist, Native American, Nathan Phillips, portrayed by the biased mainstream media as a victim of harassment by the Covington high school Catholic students, just after the March for Life in D.C., lied about his service in Vietnam.  He was a Marine, but never served in Vietnam!!!

Of course, the truth of the matter is that he was harassing the peaceful students and attempted to create a confrontation, not the other way around.  But truth doesn't seem to matter these days...

This phony has caused so much heartache for those students and their families, with threats of violence. not only against those very same students, but also against the Covington high school itself, so much so, that the school remained closed because of security concerns.

I ask: where is the Department of Justice, and the hate crimes division??  Why don't they investigate the threats being made??

Even the gutless Diocese of Covington was quick to jump on the condemnation bandwagon, believing the lying media reports instead of investigating for themselves the actual truth of what happened.  But that was not to be...

It is apparent that the new norm is guilty until proven innocent.  This is not America, but it is quickly turning into Amerika.

Let's see if the Diocese will apologize to their students and their parents, and beg forgiveness for their rash judgment of these innocents...

Remember, in Catholic teaching, rash judgment is a sin.

To the Bishop of the Covington diocese: go to Confession and pray unceasingly to make amends for your rash judgment!

Pray for our country!

Gene DeLalla

Murder, Inc., Killed Nearly Six Times U.S. Soldiers Killed In Vietnam...

True!

Last year, Murder, Inc., aka: "planned parenthood," killed 332,757 pre-born Americans through the terrifying "procedure" known as abortion!

That horrendous figure is nearly six times the number of U.S. troops -- including 111 Air Force Security Police -- killed during the entire Vietnam war!

Let that sink in...

All done with over $500 million of our taxpayer dollars supplied by the federal government.  

I will ask a simple question, with, I think, a very complex answer: when will God Almighty smash  the hands of those "doctors" and others, who dismember, or chemically dissolve those poor little girls and boys before they have a chance to breath air?

When will the victims' mothers finally realize what they have done to the gift of life from the Creator that makes them co-creators with the divine Founder of that very same life?

I am afraid that this culture of death has so brainwashed these women (and men!) into a hardness of heart so set in concrete, that circumstances may not be able to change their incredibly anti-life, anti-Christ attitude.

I sincerely hope that I am wrong.

Pray for an end to abortion, and pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

My Culture Shock: Vietnam...

My Culture Shock: Vietnam

The first of many culture shocks that came with my tour of duty in Vietnam was experienced while still in the States.  

How so, you might ask?   Well, it went like this… I was a Buck Sergeant in charge of the on-the-job-training program for my flight (similar to an Army company in size).  This responsibility was thrust upon me at the tender age of 19 by my flight commander, an old Arkansas Razorback, cigar-chewing type who always seemed to have some drivel down the side of his mouth.  Raunchy!

In any event, this job took me off the flight line (the flight line meant guarding the B-52 heavy bombers and the KC-135 refueling tankers) for the cozy – and warm! – munitions storage facility where I had my files and records for the men I was responsible for training and upgrading.  I was pretty successful at my new position and continued in that job for nearly 18 months.  Not bad for a kid from the Bronx…

So how could this be the first culture shock of my upcoming tour in Vietnam?

When the flight commander picked me for the OJT job, I was no longer guarding the big jets in the rain, snow, cold, lightning and thunder, etc.  But!  There were other airmen that had more rank and time-in-grade than I did, so there was some jealousy on their part because I was chosen for that special job.  It was thought that I snuggled up to the flight commander or some such thing, in order to get that OJT job, but I didn’t, of course.

So here comes that first culture shock of my Vietnam duty: I actually had at least one of the senior airmen wish and hope that I would “get it” in Vietnam.  In other words, that I would get killed!  There were also other threats made, but to no avail.  I simply went about my duties and told them to do what they wanted; in a sense, I really didn’t care about them anyway, though we were still brothers…

December 16, 1967: my departure date for Vietnam…

The second “culture shock” came when I flew over the Pacific on my way to Vietnam. We were scheduled to land for refueling at Wake Island.  Now Wake Island was the scene of a big battle between the Japanese and the Marines back in World War II, in any event, as we approached that tiny dot in that BIG ocean, I said to my seat-mate: are we going to land on that??  He assured me that, yes, we were, in fact going to land on that “dot”!  He was a “veteran” of such travels; I, on the other hand, was not!  We successfully landed on that “dot”; refueled, and continued on our journey…

The third culture shock came when I first landed at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; not what I expected in the sense of what an air base should be as far as being secure; it wasn’t, at least not from my perspective; I was used to very strict perimeter and facilities security.  I felt these guys were an easy target for the VC (Viet Cong), but I didn’t stay there very long; a quick process in, then boarded a C-130 troop carrier, and off to Tuy Hoa air base in upper (northern) II Corps…

The fourth culture shock hit me like a ton of bricks when that C-130 landed at night at Tuy Hoa… The first thing I saw were the red tracer rounds being fired from the big .50 caliber heavy machine-guns from the Army base to our south.  I could see the tracers bouncing off the rocks of the foothills a couple of thousand yards in the distance.  I thought: Well, I’m really in it now…

The next – fifth – culture shock was the first night on the perimeter; there were no perimeter lights in that section; it was pitch-black; couldn’t see 10 feet in front of us, and the jerk I was assigned with that night to man the machine-gun bunker, kept the M-60 machine-gun wrapped up in the protective covering instead of taking it out and setting it up ready to spit out the 600 rounds-per-minute at the unseen enemy, that is, if he were to attack.  Thank heaven there was no attack that night. That was the first, and last, time I stood watch with that thick-headed brother…

There were many more “culture shocks” I could mention, but one that really caught my attention was an incident that happened on a very quiet night, that is, until about 1:30am… I was on a machine-gun bunker with a black brother; all of a sudden there was the very distinct – and loud – sound of mortar rounds leaving the tube, being fired practically right in front of us, behind the little huts that housed the Vietnamese villagers just off the base.  I quickly called in the attack to headquarters...

We couldn’t see the flash from the mortar, but if we did, I would have opened-up with the M-60 and cut those little huts in half to get at the mortar crew and neutralize their attempt to destroy us and the munitions storage area – their main target. 

As the rounds were coming in, I told my brother to keep an eye on one part of the perimeter, and I would watch another section, as the modus operandi of the enemy was to follow-up a mortar or rocket attack with a ground attack! 

There was no ground attack!!

After the mortar rounds stopped, it was dead quiet again.  Talk about being on pins and needles! 

It was common in a war zone to go from boredom to chaos in seconds.  I was part of many such incidents over my year in Vietnam guarding the perimeter of the two air bases that I was assigned to; the fist six months at Tuy Hoa, and the second six months at Cam Ranh Bay, the base I originally landed when I first arrived in-country…

What is so ironic about my tour in Vietnam, is that the biggest culture shock I experienced was when I came back to the U.S. (we called it the world). 

I was not the same as the year before I went to Vietnam; I had changed; I was different.  It is still with me to this day; it will never leave me; it is always on my mind.  I pray for my brothers every day…

The End?

Gene DeLalla

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day...

A brief history of my association with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr...

No, I didn't know him personally, but I did do my high school term paper on King back in 1963.

Then, during my tour in Vietnam, the terrible news of his assassination reached the base where I was stationed (the air base was located in the northern section of II Corps -- the military had divided the country into four corps: I Corp, II Corp, III Corp and IV Corps).

For some perspective, I Corp included bases, firebases, outposts and patrols that were nearer to the DMZ -- the demilitarized zone -- where things could go from boring to chaos in seconds.  The enemy used the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" to funnel their supplies from the North to their bases and troops in the South.  II Corps was a "little less" active, but still dangerous; I can attest to that...

As I have written in my story -- The Battle For Oscar Six, available on Amazon, and a previous post, there was a memorial service on base.  I had asked my black brother if I could accompany him to the service; he agreed.  When we entered the chapel, I was the only white face in  the entire crowd, save for the clergy.  It was quite an experience; something I will never forget, but I am glad that I was able to pay my respects to the fallen leader, Rev. King.

So, today we celebrate his life and work to bring some measure of equality of rights to his people -- he did that peacefully, unlike what we see happening today when "conservatives" attempt to exercise their rights of free speech and their love for America, come under attack, verbally as well as physically...

This brings me to the March for Life this past Saturday...

The anti-life, hard-Left media barely mentioned it, if at all.  This is especially important because they said it was attended by "thousands" or "tens of thousands".  No, actually, it was attended by one-half, to three-quarters of a MILLION participants.  The so-called "Women's March," though pitifully attended, was covered from one end to the other as if the entire country was behind their bizarre, anti-life, anti-America agenda.

This was just more fake news...

Getting back to the March for Life, I would like to relay an incident that occurred as a group of Catholic high school students were waiting for their buses to arrive to pick them up and start their journey back home.

Those Catholic students, by the way, were from the diocese of Covington, Kentucky.  This is important because of what transpired as they waited to board those buses.  It seems that there were several protests or demonstrations going on just near the students, including some die-hard, and rather strange group of black "Israelites", chanting obscenities and hate for America.  Their malice then turned to those very same Catholic students, increasing their hate and malice for the young Christians...

The students kept their cool.   Add to this mess, was a (supposedly) former Marine and Vietnam veteran Native American doing his own chanting and drum beating.  He approached the students looking for some type of confrontation.  He didn't get what he wanted, but the media twisted what actually happened and blamed the students as being racist and confrontational.  No surprise there...

Sadly, the students and some of their families have now been the object of actual bodily threats, as well as threats to their extended families and businesses.  Where is the Dept. of Justice and their hate crime division?  And why is this considered "normal" these days; something to be expected?

But here's the really incredible part of this disgusting scenario.  As it turns out, the Covington Catholic diocese immediately believed the lying media and condemned their own students!   Keep in mind that these young people were demonstrating for LIFE, and doing it peacefully and honorably.

It has now come to light what really happened, as evidenced by videos and the few non-biased reporters on the scene: the students were the object of the malice, not the instigators.  So, will we see apologies from the media?  Will we see apologies from the pulpit?   Will the bishop of the Covington diocese apologize to those faithful students and their families?   Or will they remain scared of their own shadow and continue to buckle to the radical, anti-Catholic media?

Don't hold your breath, I'm not.

Pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla