Ah, those sly devils at Planned Parenthood caught him in the act.
Using a hidden video camera across the street from Chicago's near north Planned Parenthood, the PP techno-geeks managed to catch Joe Scheidler reading prayers!
Veronica from PP Aurora blogged histrionically:
With all the action happening over here in Aurora, you would think that the anti's would have other things to do with their free time. Nope. Joseph Scheidler has been spotted outside the Near North clinic in Chicago....
This is even more evidence that what is happening in Aurora is happening to you. Chicago is not immune to the anti's....I talked about fear in my first post and I'll do it again. Fear is a powerful tool. Even if not one more act of violence occurs outside or inside a women's health care clinic, that fear will remain....
This man and his followers are outside the Near North clinic as part of "40 Days of Life." ...
I think that reasonable people hold differing religious views on abortion, but gathering in prayer and protest in front of health centers has been used repeatedly as a tool to intimidate and harass patients and staff.
I think it's time pro-lifers began relishing this power. Woudn't it be fun to sneak up behind a pro-abort and yell boo to see how far s/he'll jump?
I'm going to write more about this in my column Wednesday, but it appears even as Veronica complains of fearing pro-lifers - the most peaceful social justice movement in American history - she perpetuates more fear (for praying? give me a break), showing she has yet no clue that fear-mongering has backfired big time on pro-aborts.
The false stigma pro-aborts have attached to pro-lifers is the reaons for all their current woes.
They say fear of us is what caused them to deceptively sneak into Aurora, causing perhaps the biggest PR nightmare with the most serious ramifications in PP's history.
They say fear of us is what keeps their people from protesting and speaking out, making them appear as overwhelmed paper tigers.
They say fear of us is what sends women crying back to their cars, fearful to keep appointments, therefore hurting PP's pocketbook.
I say the fear they have provoked of us is contributing to their shortage of abortionists and workers.
And that bulletproof glass? Wow, huge pro-life talking point. More on that later.
Anyway, great video expose, Veronica. Is PP going to sue Joe for praying now?
[HT: Paul W.]
Comments:
oh, the horror.
Posted by: Carrie at October 1, 2007 10:36 AMI think Veronica has a job waiting for her at 60 Minutes. She could do segments on prolifers standing,drinking bottled water, and speaking to one another. Maybe she could catch one of us tying our shoe(gasp)!
Posted by: Carrie at October 1, 2007 10:42 AMOf course pro-aborts will paint us like this...God forbid the girls and women going into the clinics were to think we were actually peaceful and CARED about them!!! If pro-aborts told the truth, (LOL!) the abortion rate would drop & really hit PP in the pocketbook!!! No wonder they try so hard to paint us as violent. Propaganda from pro-aborts at its finest! Surprising? NOT!
Posted by: Laura K. at October 1, 2007 10:56 AMYeah, Joe looks really threatening while he is sitting in a chair praying. Give me a break!
Posted by: Mary at October 1, 2007 11:02 AMIf someone you fear for their alleged violence is praying instead, wouldn't you breathe a huge sigh of relief? I would hope they would stick to doing just that.
I recall that Dr.King and his followers often prayed openly for their cause. Boy, I bet that really made the KKK's knees knock!
I read PP's piece on this; since when did they treat breast cancer? Fear of harming her child may have prevented the poor young black woman from GETTING a lump in her breast...but they will never tell you that.
Don't ever forget, anything a population control freak tells you about abortion, birth control, sex, or most anything else can be trusted to be the reverse of the truth.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 1, 2007 11:23 AMWho is Joe Scheidler?
Posted by: Hal at October 1, 2007 11:25 AMHi Hal. I think he's the one running pro-life action league (http://www.prolifeaction.org/). He's a pretty big name in the pro-life movement from what I've gathered. God love you.
Posted by: Bobby Bambino at October 1, 2007 11:34 AMThanks Bobby. I don't see any problem with this guy praying. Better then going to some contractors house with protesters.
Posted by: Hal at October 1, 2007 11:36 AMWhat I particularly loved about Veronica's post is that she starts off saying that pro-choicers are afraid of PL'ers..."Fear is a powerful tool" and ends it by saying "providing healthcare" is not scary.
???
The poor girl needs some classes on how to present a logical argument. She's confusing even herself.
They should be scared, prayers are powerful. Maybe even they know that.
Posted by: rosie at October 1, 2007 11:55 AMJudging from the latest word out of Aurora, Joe don't pray too good...
Posted by: Laura at October 1, 2007 11:59 AMPrayers are powerful?
Posted by: Hal at October 1, 2007 12:04 PM"Prayers are powerful?"
Well I believe that prayers are extremely powerful. Not because I pray and I "get what I want," but because of the promise of Jesus. As Father Coarpi says, "the rosary is a weapon- don't leave home without it!." God love you.
Posted by: Bobby Bambino at October 1, 2007 2:01 PMHow great are thy works, O Lord!
Thy thoughts are very deep!
The dull man cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:
that, though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction for ever,
but thou, O Lord, art on high for ever,
For lo, thy enemies, O Lord,
for lo thy enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.
Psalm 92 (91), v. 5 - 9 (RSV)
O LORD, thou God of vengeance, thou God of vengeance, shine forth!
Rise up, O judge of the earth; render to the proud their deserts!
O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers.
They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.
They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; and they say,
"The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise?
He who teaches men knowledge, the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
to give him respite from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
For justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evil-doers?
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
When I thought, "My foot slips," thy steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many, thy consolations cheer my soul.
Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.
Psalm 94 (93) (RSV)