[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Stopping FOCA the old fashioned way; Pro-life pharmacists featured in OSV

Mon Jan 19 12:09:59 MST 2009

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 19 Jan 2009 AD

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*Stopping F.O.C.A: Fighting Delusion in the Pro-life Camp, and Outlining 
our /Real/ Opportunity for Victory*

By Randall A. Terry

Founder, Operation Rescue

With the new President and Congress upon us, the clearest political 
emergency for the pro-life movement is defeating the Freedom of Choice 
Act (F.O.C.A.). If the bill -- in its current form -- becomes law, it 
could cost millions more innocent babies their lives.

We all know President Obama has pledged to sign F.O.C.A.; our job is to 
/defeat the bill in one or both Houses of Congress/ so that it never 
reaches President Obama's desk. The tactical question is: /How do we 
stop this juggernaut of death/?

We can be encouraged by some of the first outcries against the "Kill 
Bill." Blogs, internet sites, articles, TV and radio shows are beginning 
to sound the alarm against this atrocity.

But we can be equally cautious -- even troubled -- by many of the first 
solutions put forth by certain pro-life groups. So, with malice toward 
none, but with a duty to God and His children, grant me a moment to 
explain to you how some of these false solutions could actually help 
F.O.C.A. pass, and what we must /do/ if we are to prevail.

Fighting F.O.C.A. for Babies lives -- DO *_NOT_* SEND MONEY or Waste 
time with Petitions, or other "Political Placebos"

Many groups are urging you to sign a petition, or to gather names for 
them on a petition, and then send them the petition so that *they* can 
give this petition to the powerful, and fight FOCA *for you*. _Don't do 
it_. Let me tell your why.

Simply put: the letters you are getting (or will soon get) with a "poll" 
or a "survey" that a pro-life group promises to deliver to President 
[Barrie Hussein ] Obama or Congress are *meaningless*.

Do you /really /think that Obama, or /any/ of his staff, care about 
those "polls" and "surveys" concerning F.O.C.A., /much less see and read 
them/?! They don't, my friend. Do you really think President Obama's 
Chief of Staff puts an "Open Letter" from pro-lifers on Mr. Obama's desk 
in the morning for him to read? It does not happen.

Petitions are /Political Placebos/ designed to get you to /send money/.

So why do they send out these petitions, or collect names on line? It is 
primarily a way for groups to build up their mailing list, so that they 
can send you fundraising letters. (I have been a leader in this movement 
for 25 years, raised a lot of money, and have often been around 
professional fundraisers. I know their tricks and gimmicks.)

I am not trying to be uncharitable, but I will not hold my tongue while 
babies' lives are at stake: the vast majority of 3 x 5 cards or polls or 
petitions ministries send you to sign -- and then tell you to /send it 
back *to them* with your check /-- are *not* going into the hands of 
Obama or any congressman. /They end up in the garbage/.

Likewise, internet "petitions" against FOCA are /another gimmick and 
political placebo/. *It is a way for someone to get your name*; then 
they can send you fundraising letters, or /sell/ your name to others to 
use for fundraising.

These internet "petitions" and "polls" mean */nothing/* in the real 
political world. Politicians spend /big money/ on polling; they already 
know what most voters think about issues.

*_One other point to ponder_*:/ If the 501(c)3 ministries and churches 
that promote these petitions did not have the courage to *fight Obama by 
name* when he could have been defeated, why should we trust them in 
battle now? If they held their tongue in the election crisis, why should 
we believe their voice now?/

_If you want to stop FOCA there is one thing politicians fear_; *_early 
retirement_*.

*_Threaten Your Congressmen's Jobs_*_ -- */Period/*. _

Remember 1994's elections? It was the end of President Clinton's second 
year; the Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives.

Why? One of the biggest single issues was 2^nd Amendment rights. Before 
the '94 election, many Congressmen voted for the Clinton "gun ban;" 2^nd 
Amendment advocates threatened those Congressmen with their jobs, /and 
then made good on the threat/.

The battle over FOCA is one battle where your Representative and 
Senators will actually listen to */you/*, /not a hired mouthpiece/. They 
must come to believe that this will be an "electric fence" for them; if 
they touch it -- it might fry their career.

/Call/ 202-224-3121, then /Write/, and then /Visit/ them in person.

*So -- what do you /do/*? Call your Congressmen (1 Representative, 2 
Senators) /regularly/! *Do it yourself*. Their number is: 202-224-3121. 
If you do not know who your Senators or Representative are, the Operator 
can tell you.

Call both your Senators and your U.S. House Member, and ask to speak to 
the Legislative Director. Tell them clearly that you /will not forgive/ 
(politically) a vote for F.O.C.A.; _tell them if the Senator or 
Representative votes for F.O.C.A._, */_you will do everything in your 
power to defeat him (or her) in the next election_/*.

Next, *write* him or her WITH YOUR OWN HAND. _Make it short, /make it 
shrill/_. Keep it to one page or less (then it will get read), or make 
it HANDWRITTEN post card. Talk about your daughter or granddaughter, or 
the lives of the babies, and then boldly state that you will work to 
finish their career if they vote for FOCA

Finally, ask the receptionists or the schedulers of all 3 Congressmen 
/when they will be in your area next./ (You do not have to travel to 
D.C. to see them.) Any public meeting in your area will do. Then show 
up, and demand to know whether he will vote for FOCA or not. Make your 
question direct, and tense if need be. You could also go to their "field 
office" in your area, and tell the staff your demands on FOCA

[PFLI Note: _*How to contact your Congressman and Senators...] 
<http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt>*
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Friend, this is /Hardball/ /Politics/: No-One Can do it for /you/

I believe one key reason that America is dying is because many big 
Ministries have created the illusion that if we just send them our 
money, they will fix the problems. Well, they haven't, because they 
can't; and we are in worse condition than ever as a nation.

Worse yet, these fundraising tactics have steadily deluded millions of 
devout Catholics and Evangelicals into thinking that they did not have 
to get their hands dirty; they could give $25 to a group for some issue, 
and that "champion" (which was often just a great copy-writer of 
letters, polls and gimmicks) would be victorious. It is a horrible 
delusion now demanding a heavy toll.

The day a group tells you /they/ can stop FOCA if you sign a card and 
send it to /them/ so /they/ can give it to /your/ congressmen, is the 
day you should stop listening to them. They have lost their way, and are 
using a life and death battle to raise money and get names.

Study these "petitions" yourself. One of the key "on-line petitions" 
against FOCA does not even give out the phone number for Congress!!! 
They do not teach people how to lobby; they are /just collecting names/. 
This is /abhorrent/ in the light of the lives that are at stake. *We 
need a revival of* *good old fashion grassroots* *lobbying*.

We Can Defeat FOCA -- if we Fight with Courage and Clarity

Samuel Adams said: "It does not require a majority to prevail, but 
rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set fires in people's minds." 
FOCA can be stopped, but it will be an ugly battle -- one in which /you/ 
must do the fighting. Only if we marshal the defiant, revolutionary 
spirit of Samuel Adams, will we prevail in our struggle against FOCA 

Fight with all your heart for the lives of the innocent, and cast aside 
any illusion that professionals, petitions, and political placebos can 
win the battle against FOCA Start calling, writing, and visiting your 
Senators and Representatives -- and make them dread the very thought of 
voting for this devilish legislation.

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