POLY-TICKS ON CINDY SHEEHAN'S ANTI-MILITARY AGENDA

War protestors, including Cindy Sheehan, call for President Bush to remove U.S. troops from Iraq. As an anti-military activist, Cindy Sheehan is desecrating the memory of her son Casey who was killed in Iraq, and destroying the legacy for which he gave his life. At one point it could have been argued that she was simply a pawn of the Radical Left, but she has since become a major player.

In a scathing open letter to President Bush and Vice-President Cheney titled "Dear George and Dick", Sheehan blasted our Commanders-in-Chief for our military presence in Iraq. One of the more civil sections reads as follows: "...how do either one of you look at yourselves in the mirror? How do you live with the fact that so many innocent people are dead because of your beliefs and actions? I know I couldn't. I know I would have a hard time living with myself if I was responsible for one death, let alone legions of deaths."

I don’t think Ms. Sheehan realizes that a withrawal from Iraq would directly cause the deaths of millions of innocents and the terrorists to regain control of the region. If Sheehan and her friends are successful in causing a premature withdrawal from Iraq, then she and they will be personally responsible for even more deaths. You see, pacifism does not create peace, but rather allows the terrorists to continue their reign of terror.

The perpetrators of evil must be removed from power and despite whatever good intentions they may have, those that stand in the way of that end are aiding and abetting the enemy. The only reason we lost the War in VietNam was because we pulled out before it was over. The biggest mistake of former President George H. W. Bush was withdrawing from Operation Desert Storm before we removed Saddam Hussein from power the first time. If we withdraw from Iraq before the new leadership is firmly established and capable of defending itself, then we'll be back in Iraq in a couple decades, doing this all over again. Let's "stay the course" until the race is won, so that Casey Sheehan's death will not have been in vain.

Click on the image of the cartoon above to visit my new Poly-Ticks website and to see the previous cartoons in the series.

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POLY-TICKS - NEW POLITICAL EDITORIAL CARTOON

Poly-Ticks, the new political cartoon by Kevin Lauer. Check back to this page weekly as the above image updates with the new cartoon of the week.

If some of you have been wondering what has happened to me recently, here's your answer. I haven't been blogging partly because I have been working on developing this new political cartoon. Click on the image of the cartoon above to visit my new Poly-Ticks website and to see the previous cartoons in the series. Be sure to let me know what you think of it, good or bad. Any constructive criticism is more than welcome. A special thank you goes out to Dan Lacey of FaithMouse for his constructive criticism and encouragement as I kick off this new endeavor. Enjoy.

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"WALK AWAY" - HEAR THE FULL SONG FREE

My band, Krusade released our third studio project, "Contact" in February on Godflower Records. One of the songs on the project is "Walk Away", for which I won the Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award by the International Society of Poets. This song can now be heard in its entirety for FREE on the world-wide-web! Just go to my homepage and turn up your speakers. Let me know if you like it. And if you do happen to like it, click here to purchase the complete album from Godflower Records. Enjoy.

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BILL KELLER ON LIFE / CHOICE

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
(Numbers 35:33-34, Exodus 20:13, 21:22, Jeremiah 1:5, Psalms 139:13-14, Isaiah 49:1, Job 31:15, Proverbs 24:11)
>READ AND MEDITATE ON EACH ONE!!!!

***WITH THE DEATH THIS PAST WEEKEND OF CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS NOMINATED JUDGE JOHN ROBERTS TO BECOME THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR JUDGE ROBERTS TO BE CONFIRMED AS CHIEF JUSTICE. WE ALSO NEED TO PRAY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WILL NOT WAIVER IN NOMINATING A REPLACEMENT FOR DEPARTING JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR WHO WILL WITHOUT SHAME UPHOLD THE BIBLICAL VALUES OF LIFE, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY, AND THAT HIS NOMINEE WILL BE SWIFTLY CONFIRMED. THE PENDING JUDGMENT OF GOD ON THIS NATION MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE NEW MAKE-UP OF THE SUPREME COURT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY OVERTURN ROE V. WADE TO TAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF KILLING INNOCENT BABIES.

***ABORTION VIDEO!!! Don't think abortion is the slaughter of an innocent baby? Go to: www.liveprayer.com/abortion and after you watch an abortion being performed let me know if you still think so!

"'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.'" (Numbers 35:33,34 NIV)

It is time for the Federal Government to end abortion before God's wrath is finally unleashed on this nation. Adolph Hitler will be remembered forever in human history for his killing of over 6 million Jews in what we know today as the Holocaust. You can also make the case that he is also directly responsible for the deaths of the 40 million people who died during World War 2. Sadly, after 32 years of legalized abortion, our Federal Government is now responsible for the slaughter of over 40 million innocent babies and is just as accountable to God for these murders as Adolph Hitler was for the blood he shed.

One of the reasons I challenge people before every new year to read the Bible from cover to cover is that it allows you to see who God is. It gives you an insight into the mind and nature of God from the very beginning until the very end. God is a God of love and grace and mercy. However, God is also a God of judgment and wrath. As the children of Israel, God's chosen people found out time and time again, you cannot mock God and you cannot live in rebellion to God and not feel His wrath. God has richly blessed the United States over these past 229 plus years now, but unless the Federal Government gets out of the business of slaughtering innocent babies, we will no longer enjoy His blessings but incur His wrath!

Abortion is a black and white issue. It is MURDER. Those who favor the killing of babies hate for this fact to be pointed out. They love to call themselves "pro choice," when in fact they are pro death! The Bible is clear that life begins at conception and is from God. I have been laughing this past week over the clever attempts by Senator Clinton to find "common ground" on this issue. Let me save the Senator from New York some time and effort. Abortion is a very simple issue. There is NO "common ground." Abortion is about the slaughter of innocent babies and you are either for it, or you are against it.

Senator Kerry was foolish in the recent Presidential campaign in his statements that he is against abortion personally, yet he supported a woman's right to choose. I am sorry Senator, but when every vote you have cast upholds a woman's choice to kill her baby, YOU ARE FOR ABORTION! The only choice a woman has to make is to let her baby live. She is not making a choice about her body, but about the life of the human being she is carrying. When she chooses to kill that life, that is MURDER!

So, what is the answer? First, overturn Roe vs. Wade. So people are clear, all overturning Roe will do is send the issue of abortion back to each individual state to decide if that is something they want to make legal in their state. Second, repeal ALL government funding of Planned Parenthood, the number one advocate of slaughtering innocent babies. Third, evangelism. While it is critical to get the Federal government out of the business of killing babies, it still boils down to changing hearts. That only happens when people come to know Christ as their Savior and receive a new heart. A person who is following Christ is the least likely person to make the choice to kill their baby.

Is overturning Roe impossible? ABSOLUTELY NOT! However, we have a small window of opportunity right now in the two people President Bush will appoint to the Supreme Court.. I am afraid that if we do not deal with this issue now, we will never have another chance. No matter how those in the Democratic Party try to spin it, they will NEVER be in favor of overturning Roe or eliminating the funding to Planned Parenthood. The most likely candidates in the Republican Party in future years all lean towards those who favor abortion. My friend, the time to act on this issue is NOW!

Without question, it was the Christian voters who turned out and re-elected President Bush. I am calling on him to boldly proclaim that he will work tirelessly until the day he is out of office to see Roe overturned. Also, he can sign an Executive Order in 10 seconds and eliminate all Federal funding to Planned Parenthood. It is time for President Bush to step up to the plate and lead. Abortion is not only spiritual issue, it is a political one. God has allowed him to rise to power and to remain in power to take this nation outof the business of slaughtering innocent babies. NOW is time for him to act on this issue.

Many people will say that he can't actually go on the record in supporting the overturning of Roe. They are 100% wrong! Those who oppose the President already accuse of him of having this agenda. Those who support the murdering of babies are already going to fight every Supreme Court nominee who would even think of overturning Roe. He might as well take the offensive and make a real stand on this issue. What it will do is motivate and encourage and mobilize tens of million of Believers throughout the nation to support him and put so much heat on their elected officials, it will become political suicide not to stand with the President in overturning Roe.

PRESIDENT BUSH RELIED ON THE MONEY AND THE VOTES OF THE CHRISTIANS IN THIS NATION TO GET RE-ELECTED, SO HE SHOULD ALREADY KNOW THE POWER THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE WHEN THEY GET MOTIVATED. IF THE SAME ENERGY AND EFFORT AND RESOURCES WENT INTO OVERTURNING ROE AS IT DID IN GETTING HIM RE-ELECTED, IT WILL HAPPEN! MR. PRESIDENT, TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE AND NOT ONLY WILL GOD'S PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU, GOD WILL SUPPORT YOU!

As for Planned Parenthood, let them find the money to fund their organization from the private sector. If they feel so strongly about slaughtering innocent babies, let them find people who support infanticide to give them the money they need to carry on their "work." For the Federal Government to fund an organization that is one of the leaders in helping women slaughter their babies is repulsive and disgusting. Again, whatever heat the President would take for doing this, will be from those who oppose him anyway. He cannot run again so he has nothing to lose in repealing all Federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The people of God will support him and GOD WILL SUPPORT HIM!

I love you and care about you so much. I have been in prayer these past few months about this issue, and over and over again as I read God's Word I see that it has only been His grace and mercy that has kept Him from unleashing His wrath on this nation. We deserve it for so many reasons. We have forsaken the God of the Bible for the false gods of this world. We have chosen to live in utter rebellion to God and His Word. However, if for no other reason, the slaughter of over 40 million innocent babies is reason enough for God to pour out His wrath on this nation today!

We are on borrowed time my friend. God will not be silent much longer. This nation has the opportunity, right now, to get the Federal Government out of the business of slaughtering innocent babies. I am shocked at the silence of so many of the top Christian leaders in this nation who were so instrumental in helping President Bush get re-elected. Why they are not holding him accountable on this issue is beyond my ability to comprehend. Are they just happy to have "their guy" in office? What good is it if we cannot see real change on issues that will affect the future of this nation.

I would encourage you to email the President at President@whitehouse.gov and encourage him to take a public stand on overturning Roe vs. Wade and immediately sign an Executive Order eliminating all Federal funding of Planned Parenthood.

I am often asked if abortion is acceptable in the case of rape and incest. The answer is NO! Some people think that if you have an abortion and kill the baby that was the result of this horrible act, it makes it easier for the woman to move on with her life. In reality, the opposite is true. What really happens is this. The horror of an abortion is something a woman NEVER forgets. In having to deal with the memory of the abortion, it also brings back the memory of the violent act that caused the pregnancy. This makes getting beyond the tragic experience that much more difficult.

Let me say a word to those men and women who have the scar of abortion in your life. Sadly, I deal daily with hundreds of women AND men that have made this sad choice at some point in their life. Some of them did this 40 years ago and still are dealing the hurt, and pain, and guilt. You can't go back and change what you have done. 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, God forgives us and cleanses us of all unrighteousness. Trust His Word. The Bible also tells us that God not only forgives our sins, but forgets them. If He forgets, then you need to forget as well. It is satan who reminds you of your past sins to keep you paralyzed from serving God. HE IS A LIAR!!! Now is the time to trust God's Word, and put this behind you once and for all. God still has much for you to do.

I realize that I am only one lone voice. However, God is going to hold me accountable for what I do in my life and in the work He has given me to do for His Kingdom. I have been preaching on this issue for over 14 years now, writing about it in the Daily Devotional for the past 72 months, as well as bringing it up on my TV program the last 2 1/2 years. I will continue to sound the warning that unless this nation stops slaughtering babies, we WILL incur God's wrath.

In his love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


(C) Copyright 2005, Bill Keller Ministries. All rights reserved

REHNQUIST DIES, ROBERTS NOMINATED AS SUCCESSOR

The recent retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, combined now with the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist has faciltated President G. W. Bush's double-appointment to the Court.

But who will they be? There was a lot of speculation prior to the July announcement of John Roberts' nomination to succeed O'Connor. Today President Bush announced that he intends to offer John Roberts as his appointee as Chief Justice to succeed William Rehnquist who passed away Saturday night from thyroid cancer.[1] This decision will fill, if approved by the Senate, the vacancy left by Rehnquist's death, but will once again open up O'Connor's seat to be filled.

Some analysts anticipated this move, speculating that Justice O'Connor may temporarily return from retirement and fill the vacancy.[2] Sunday morning, Susan Estrich, a law professor at USC correctly surmised that President Bush would "move John Roberts up to Chief Justice" and suggested that the remaining appointment would be Edith Clement.[3] On the other hand, Tom Goldstein, the founding editor of SCOTUSblog.com, suggested yesterday morning that Alberto Gonzales would probably be the most-likely appointee to be named. He cautiously added that there were "a half dozen very-well respected judges and other officials who could be nominated."[4] Edith Clement, Priscilla Owen, Michael Luttig, and Jay Harvey Wilkinson are the other likely candidates suggested by Goldstein.[4]

Either way, I don't think any candidate offered to the position will have an "easy ride," whether they be Liberal, Conservative, or Moderate. I believe the opposition of factions from both Conservative and Liberal groups to Roberts' nomination has proven that. Bill Frist (R-TN) said today that he believes that "Judge Roberts will be confirmed before the start of the Supreme Court's term,"[5] while Charles Schumer (D-NY) said, "the burden is on Judge Roberts to a far greater extent now that he is nominated for Chief Justice."[5] Former Supreme Court Nominee Robert Bork said tonight that "the liberals will do everything they can to derail Roberts."[6] Personally, I think the smear campaign is going to continue and that Frist's analysis is wishful thinking.

One thing is clear, though: President Bush has a rare opportunity to help shape the direction of the Supreme Court for decades. Rehnquist, who was widely-preceived as a Constitutionalist, was nominated by President Nixon in 1971 and served on the Court for nearly 34 years, 19 of them as Chief Justice.[7] With a lifetime appointment to the Court at age 50, Roberts will potenially be shaping the Court for quite some time. Even with two Originalist appointments to the Court, the Liberals on the Court will still outweigh the Conservatives; but even one "stealth" appointment of a "closet Liberal" will be devastating.

While one of Rehnquist's major stances was in favor of States' rights, Judge Andrew Napolitano voiced the opinion that appears to be the majority consensus: that Rehnquist was "faithful to the Constitution" and that his "fidelity [to] the Constitution" will be his legacy.[3] Robert Bork said of Rehnquist, "We didn't always agree on issues, but he was very good..."[6] My prayers are with the President as he makes these careful nominations and with the Senate as they confirm them. We can only hope and pray that whomever fills the vacancies will follow Rehnquist's lead and defend our country from whose who would usurp the Constitution. Another Thomas or Scalia would be a much welcome addition to the Court, but another Souter, Breyer, Stevens, or Ginsberg would be a disaster.

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Click here for a previous article on the Supreme Court vacancy.


SOURCES:

[1] President George W. Bush, Press Conference, 09/05/05, 8:00 am ET
[2] Special Report w/Brit Hume, FOX News Channel, 09/05/05, 6:00 pm ET
[3] FOX News Special Report, FOX News Channel, 09/04/05, 5:00 am ET
[4] Fox & Friends Sunday, FOX News Channel, 09/04/05, 8:45 am ET
[5] FOX News Alert, FOX News Channel, 09/05/05. 9:30 pm ET
[6] Hannity & Colmes, FOX News Channel, 09/05/05, 9:00 pm ET
[7] FOX News Alert, FOX News Channel, 09/04/05, 2:00 am ET