Killers in our Church Lobby

Here in Kansas an ugly truth is being testified too once again. More than a Century ago there were the cruel wars over slavery and states' rights. The remnants of ancient tribes were wiped out or placed on reservations.
Yet after the post WWII boom many of these things were dismissed from awareness. Ever since we have been something like a nation of collective amnesiacs.

Timothy McVeigh carried out his operation against the United States Federal government in part by stopping not far from the residence to today's chief suspect in the murder of Dr. George Tiller. He was picking up some sort of component or ingredient or something in Lenexa if memory serves, if memory serves.

This is not to say that there is any connection between the two events except that the two schmoes involved seem to have passed through the neighborhood although this is more true of Tiller's killer who actually lives in northern Johnson County in the city of Merriam.

Of course Tiller's killer is suspected to be a fellow who could be anyone's neighbor here in Johnson County. I don't think he has horns or anything but his participation in religious services at his home is already in the news media rumor mill.

I think it is a tragedy for the Tiller family and Dr. Tiller and the community he served with such courage and self-sacrifice. It is interesting to reflect upon the courage of George Tiller as we wonder why lightweights have been appointed to head up getting healthcare for all.

We will have an opportunity to reflect upon the thoughts of the assassin if he is willing to be candid now that he appears to have been caught red handed. Was this murder a response to Obama's call for less extremism in the anti-abortion debate? Was this murder a response to Obama's selection of a pro-choice woman to the supreme court? Perhaps the killer will tell us and get the word out so to speak, the reason he killed Dr.
Tiller.

The far right has hidden and embedded itself in the midst of otherwise reasonable conservatives, people who are not at all extreme in their own personal conduct. And yet there is a hidden secret, that beneath the pretense of polite conversation is a dragon that threatens to devour anyone speaking out against religious delusions or even mistaken facts.
In our midst are those that believe the physical liquidation of abortion providers is their divine mission.

I understand that Dr. Tiller was gunned down while acting as an usher at his church. I wonder if the killer regards Lutherans as some inferior brand of religion? Was the killer religiously motivated?

I noticed a somewhat ambiguous statement attributed to some anti-abortion group. It did not condemn the assassination. It was merely a statement that expressed shock and "horror" was it? I think that unless the antiabortionists really condemn these murders, really condemn political assassination as a legitimate or understandable tool of their movement that we should realize that they are basically wanting to benefit from whatever support such acts of terrorism may produce in the Republican and broader anti-abortion ranks.


Of course it may be yet another "lone" deviant attack with political motives or religious motives that were personal in nature. Maybe, this assassin thought he heard the voice of god or some angel telling him to kill this person.

This is not to say that most of Johnson County is so reactionary as to cheer on this or other abortion doctor assassins. I hope to determine just how popular this is with people. Maybe I am assuming a degree of lawfulness in our conservative citizens that is unwarranted by their adherence to another set of facts or another loyalty, perhaps to their denomination, auditory hallucinations or cult.

It is always amazing what other people believe. We all have that conviction, don't we?

Once again, we see anti-abortion assassinations as a potential wedge for reactionary militants who seek to create a broader culture war against the usual suspects--people of color, immigrants, Jews, Arabs, Muslims, etc., etc. activists, union leaders, journalists, students, peasants, workers, etc.. Anti-abortion violence needs to be investigated by a special grand jury or investigative committee. What are we waiting for, another dead abortion provider?