Life Matters

At the 2018 National Right to Life Convention, Brian had the opportunity to speak with Fr. Frank Pavone. Fr. Frank is a Catholic priest who has been in the right-to-life movement for a long time. But, the right to life issue in simply a Catholic issue. But, is the right to life simply a Catholic issue? As Fr. Frank points out, it is not about Catholicism or any other religion for that matter. It is not about our faith. It transcends that.

This battle is a battle for the heart of Western Civilization. Once you understand what Western Civilization is and what it is built on, you will see that this is a battle for the foundational structure of those ideas that have shaped our society.

Every human being is unique. We are not mere animals. Our founding fathers put it well that human beings did not invent themselves and government did not create human beings. We are created by a Creator and endowed uniquely by that Creator with certain inalienable rights, first and foremost the right to life. It is the government's duty to protect your right to be alive and all of the rights that then emanate from your life.

We will talk about California today and the need for the state to get ready for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The California legislature is one of the most radical in the nation as the laws that are being introduced are beyond the pale. Now is the time to discuss these issues, to educate yourself on the laws they are proposing, and to fight for your right to life and the rights of you loved ones.

Be a part of the process. Be a part of the answer in California. Join us on August 14-15th, 2018 at the Take Back California Conference & Lobby Day.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/take-back-california-life-and-family-conference-and-lobbying-in-sacramento-tickets-47745006600

Every human being is unique. We are not mere animals. Our founding fathers put it well that human beings did not invent themselves and government did not create human beings. We are created by a Creator and endowed uniquely by that Creator with certain inalienable rights, first and foremost the right to life. It is the government's duty to protect your right to be alive and all of the rights that then emanate from your life.

We will talk about California today and the need for the state to get ready for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The California legislature is one of the most radical in the nation as the laws that are being introduced are beyond the pale. Now is the time to discuss these issues, to educate yourself on the laws they are proposing, and to fight for your right to life and the rights of you loved ones.

Be a part of the process. Be a part of the answer in California. Join us on August 14-15th, 2018 at the Take Back California Conference & Lobby Day.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/take-back-california-life-and-family-conference-and-lobbying-in-sacramento-tickets-47745006600

Are you surrendering your daughters to an ideological machine promoting abortion? Many Girl Scout troops are actually sponsored by churches!

Brian examines one of the 'nicest' and appealing institutions that has been co-opted by the wrong ideas: The Girl Scouts of America and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGS).

Anne Saladin of mygirlscoutcouncil.com explores what has happened to the organization in just recent the recent past. She had been a Girl Scout and enjoyed it. It was her Church that re-introduced her to the 'new' Scouts which is now promoting much more than merit badges and cookies. This organization has become one more tool of ideology aiming itself precisely at young, developing, and vulnerable minds.

The right to life is a very specific idea and that idea has created a culture that revolves around the notion that human beings are significant. Each of us has a significance in the life we are given. This is an assertion adopted by the founders of the United States. They coined the phrase, "right to life," - that every individual is endowed by our Creator with a right to life. This is an inalienable right. The government does not bestow it upon us. The government's job is to protect this right to be alive and the other rights that emanate from our life, our very existence.

If the wrong ideas, the wrong laws are put into place, lives are taken. Lives are lost. Lives become things that are disposable. The significance of this debate over the protection of lives is very present in our culture and we need to be prepared and educated in order to fight for the right to life.

Assisted suicide is a very real issue in our culture right now. Go to stopassistedsuicide.com to sign a petition to prevent this travesty from overcoming your life and the lives of your vulnerable loved ones.

Check out my book: Death As A Salesman for more information on this issue. And go to NRLC.com for information on how to fight against it and stay tuned for information from the 2018 National Right To Life Convention.

https://www.amazon.com/Death-As-Salesman-Brian-Johnston/dp/0964112515

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Today we discuss a practice banned in much of the world but government sponsored in the United States, and particularly in California: the artificial creation of human beings and their routine disposal which sometimes this includes bizarre experimentation. Go to nrlconvention.com. We address not merely in-vitro human 'creation' but altering and 'experimentation' via cloning or Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Dr. David Prentice explores these procedures and their implications.

Join Dr. Prentice, our host Brian Johnston, NRLC President Carol Tobias, and pro-life folk from across the nation at the 2018 National Right to Life Convention. nrlconvention.com

Brian starts by examining policy implications of the top two primary system in elections. California is one of a handful of states that have adopted this system that ignores party affiliations. Elections matter because elected representatives make policy. Policies matter. Laws matter. Laws are merely ideas that are enforced. If you are not paying attention to the world of ideas then you are going to see some terrible ideas FORCED upon you and others that are helpless to resist them.

Brian replays an interview with Dr. Joel Brind (Baruch College, CUNY), the world's leading expert in the abortion-breast cancer connection. The interview is from a previous NRLC convention and Brian reminds folks to make the extra effort, if at all possible, to come the the annual NRLC convention, where they can get an in-depth understanding of all the many aspects of the Right to Life issue.

Brian explains one of the more subtle and seductive 'ideas' that has wormed its way into contemporary thought: Eugenics. He gives a quick background to its origins and to the common misunderstanding that eugenics, as a cultural value, was somehow eradicated through the defeat of Nazi Germany.

But before the 'deep dive' and interview with some folks from Iceland, where the gene pool has been 'cleansed of Down Syndrome', he examines the events in Ireland of May 25, 2018. Brian, who's a first generation American from Ireland, had explained in depth the significance of the Irish debate over abortion in earlier broadcasts (hear Podcast 56 and 57).

During his most recent journey to Ireland, his flight stopped in Iceland, and there he interviewed Icelandic citizens on the eugenic practice of testing for and eliminating individuals with Down Syndrome.

Eugenics is the practice of applying genetic manipulation to human beings. In practice, it usually (as in the case of Iceland) requires the 'culling' or removal of 'inferior' or unwanted progeny. And that is the question that must be examined, the question that lies at the heart of Western civilization: should human beings be treated as 'things' or is there something unique about the human person which requires of us a deeper examination?

Perhaps most importantly, Brian returns us to understanding the difference between science and 'scientism', the quasi-religious faith in science as a universal moral and ethical guide.

It's a battle out there. You know that. That doesn't mean you should hide or avoid the battle. In the political world, and the question of whether laws will protect vulnerable live, lives are at stake.

Don't drop out or shrink back from your responsibility to ensure that the vulnerable are protected. As a citizen it is your responsibility, and substituting emotional feeling-stuff instead of speaking up about your own laws is not facing the reality of the times in which we live.

As in our previous program, Brian uses the very specific election of 2018 to actually examine deeper, ongoing issues that tend to come up in most elections. Failure to understand these deeper issues only ensures that you will be confused about what to do the next time around.

Brian examines the most important race in California and how attempts by 'deep state players,' many of them billionaires from out of state, have been specifically designed to mislead and alienate pro-life voters. In California's primary system, only the top two go on to the fall ballot. These top two can actually be of one party, greatly limiting the choice of voters in November. In a state like California, if the Republicans should split their vote and the top Republican is prevented from being in the top two, because Republican votes were also siphoned off to other candidates, then two Democrats would be the only choice in the fall - in this case Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco and Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, both pro-abortion, leftist Democrats.

A minor assemblyman is getting millions in out-of-state support to declare he is pro-life, even though he avoided the pro-life issue like the plague. Millions are being spent to suck votes away from the committed and solid pro-life candidate John Cox.

Brian tells how to determine when a candidate is lying to you for their own gain. The first rule is to look at what their commitments have been. The best indicator of what someone will do, is to look at what they have done.

If they are sorry for their past errors, it is possible to get them to renew commitments, but not to 'say words.' They need to commit to specific policies. John Cox has been a long-time advocate for life. He has also signed a specific pledge to pro-life policies and to appoint pro-life judges.

Travis Allen's avoidance and even negative votes, as well as his unwillingness to sign a specific pledge to pro-life policies, is an indicator that he is mouthing words in accommodation for the out-of-state players who seek to divide the Republican vote.

On May 14, 2018 the State Fair Political Practices Commission confirmed that the millions in backing Allen has received (much of it from progressive, pro-abortion billionaire Michael Bloomberg) is designed specifically to ensure Republicans split their vote and aid Villaraigosa. The disclaimer required by the FPPC states it expressly. Republicans are being snoockered into 'belief in Allen' for the express purpose of keeping Republicans from having a candidate on the fall ballot.

This is politics. You must learn how to see it clearly and fight in this very real battle of ideas.

Brian mentions other candidates and legislators that explicitly lied about their positions and showed that then by their votes. Congressman Brian Bilbray misrepresented what he would do in office. Right to Life voters opposed him in the next election, he needed them to win and made the deep mistake of lying to them.

Assemblyman Rocky Chavez is another candidate that turned-coat upon being in office. He is now opposed by those whom he turned on.

Politics is about digging deep into the battle of ideas, finding the truth, and fighting for the truth, especially on life, because life matters. The facts are indeed on our side, and facts are terrible things to waste!

The State Fair Political Practices Commission has now confirmed that billionaire businessman, pro-abortion progressive, Michael Bloomberg is financing the Travis Allen attempt to divide the Republican Party and it is expressly in writing, the purpose is to ensure there are only two Democrats on the fall ballot. Republicans will have no opportunities in the fall if this scheme of Travis Allen and Michael Bloomberg is carried out.

Please, vote for John Cox for California governor. John Cox is against Planned Parenthood funding by the deep state. You'll only have two Democrat, pro-abortion deep state candidates on the ballot if you vote for Travis Allen. John Cox is the man to stop the madness in Sacramento.

This is paid for by the California ProLife Pac, not endorsed by any candidate.