Ep.22_Invasion USA The Migrant Caravan Is Here

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You're listening to radio looks listen, I'm your host Steve Matthews Thanks for joining me today for episode 22 of radio looks elicit the title of which is
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Invasion USA the migrant caravan is here. Well, welcome back to the program again
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It's great to have you here. You're probably wondering. Well, maybe I disappeared or or something like that I've actually
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I did not I have been pretty busy the last three months I know I promised the last time I did one of these That I was gonna try to do these more often and well, obviously
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I didn't do a very good job But hey, at least I got one of these done per quarter right one per quarter.
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That's some production for you Well, hopefully Lord willing I I will do better here going forward.
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I do have a minor somewhat of an excuse here I've actually spent the last most the last couple months taking a course on income tax preparation.
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So Now that that class is over that sucked up a lot of my time. But now that that class is over I think
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I I have a good chance maybe to get some of these Podcasts knocked out maybe one a week here for the next at least through the end of the year here.
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So That's my goal. Anyway, and pardon me if I my voice sounds a little bit strange here today
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I'm kind of fighting a little bit of a cold right now And I was fine until I got down and started sat down started talking a little bit in front of the microphone now
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So my my throat's getting a little bit scratchy on me So if I I cough or if I have to stop talking momentarily, you know
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I got a little bit of a frog in my throat here to today Well, I before we get get too far here.
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I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving had a blessed time with With your family and I hope you survive
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Black Friday. I'm recording this on November the 24th 2018 so it's it's Saturday.
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It's a day after Black Friday and I think Black Friday is that special day of the year when
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Americans demonstrate the entire world that we're all completely insane Well, maybe not all of us but it seemed like a certain percentage of the population certainly is and You you see these videos that are out there.
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I was on the dredge report Yesterday looking at they already had these things out there and it wasn't even the end of Black Friday yet But they had all these these videos of all this insanity that was going on feel people
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Rushing the stores as the doors were open and and this type of thing There was one video that I found out there that it was really really something
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It was like it was like this Like a pallet full stacked of I know some kind of a small appliance
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They were like toaster ovens or toasters or something like this. Well, anyway The store employee stepped away from in this whole crowd of people just dived on I mean literally dived on this thing
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There are boxes getting knocked all over the place and people scrambling on the ground to pick up boxes And there was this one close -up the head of this one it was an adult woman and she reached down she grabbed a box out of the hand of I don't know.
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It was maybe like a three or four year old boy. I couldn't believe it Yeah, and that's the kind of just just nuttiness that goes on in On Black Friday.
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So anyway, if you were out shopping, hope you survived that if you're out shopping today I don't know just just be careful and don't do anything crazy
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And just to those of to those who listening maybe aren't in the United States Americans really aren't all that insane or not.
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All of us are that insane? But yeah, it is a it is a bit of a problem Anyway, I'm moving on to to today's topic
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I wanted to talk to you some about the the migrant caravan as you've probably known If you've watched the news here at all the last couple months
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There's been this big what they call a caravan maybe I think more properly an invasion
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Invading force almost of people coming up from Honduras up through Guatemala through Mexico with the ultimate goal of Seeking asylum in the
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United States and I wrote a blog piece yesterday That well,
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I'll plug my my blog piece here. I titled it invasion
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USA Pueblo seen from terrorists endorses Petulant asylum demand so this
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Pueblo seen from terrorists. Well, you've probably heard The question ask or maybe you've asked this yourself.
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So who is it that's organizing this caravan? I mean, it's very obvious that this is a pretty large -scale operation.
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I mean something like this doesn't just come together spontaneously. Well Apparently it it looks like this group called
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Pueblo seen from terrorists Try my Spanish accent there a little bit more
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My my high school Spanish. Well, anyway Pueblo seen from terrorists that that is
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Spanish for people without borders and it's a very left -wing organization that is the parent organization of it is is another very left -wing organization and Pueblo seen from terrorists apparently has been organizing
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Pueblo seen from terrorists apparently has been the the main force organizing caravans now for 15 years
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So this isn't really a new thing, but it seems like they've gotten a lot more publicity here I know there was a lot of publicity about an earlier caravan in the spring and then there was this one and maybe some of That has to do with just the size of the caravan.
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This one got pretty big And part of that caravan right now is parked in in Tijuana, Mexico, which is just south of the border of California so there's a
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Controversy even among people who live in Tijuana the Tijuanans aren't terribly happy about all that and I don't blame them
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Because it has created some real real hardships for the people from that area But anyway,
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I say the question has been out there quite a bit So who's organizing this then another question is, you know, who's who is it?
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That's that's paying for all this and there have been various speculations George Soros May be funding it and and I don't have there's some indirect proof out there that he he does
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This is the sort of thing that he would fund So, I mean, honestly, I would be more shocked if you weren't involved with it then if you were actually involved with because this is the kind of thing that He seems to like to do some people point to the
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UN You know and it certainly is possible that the UN may be involved with it But I think there's another force that is it's kind of amazing to me
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One of the things that just astounds me about the whole immigration issue is the fact that most people and this includes not just Mainstream news outlets.
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So not no not just your ABC's NBC CBS's CNN's Fox News these kinds of groups, you know, not just the mainstream news organizations ignore this but even most what you would call art of alternate news organizations, you know, the bloggers the podcasters the youtubers the independent journalists out there who do commentary and reporting work
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Also ignore this they ignore the 500 -pound gorilla in the room. And so what's that 500 -pound gorilla?
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Well, it's the Roman Church State. The Roman Church State is neck -deep involved in the
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The caravans but yet that's almost never commented on and it absolutely just astounds me how it is that the
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Roman Church can be so overtly Involved in a process and yet at the same time receive almost no commentary.
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I mean, it's absolutely astonishing how How they they just disappear, you know, it's kind of like, you know years ago
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I think what David Copperfield, you know had a TV special on and I mean he made what the Statue of Liberty disappear
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You know, he's made Learjets disappear and all this stuff and it's it's all you know Very interesting and skillful that some of the work that he does but you know
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What he does is nothing compared to what the the mainstream news and even the alternate News does in making the influence of the
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Roman Church State disappear when it comes to immigration issues And it just by way, maybe just to prove that to you a little bit.
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I want to read an article that I found in in CNBC and Or from NBC NBC News and this article actually dates in the spring.
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It stated April 4th 2018 and the title of it is this who's Pueblo sin fronteras a group behind the migrant caravan that drew
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Trump's ire now you may recall that back in the spring there was a Rather large migrant caravan.
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This is back in April of May a rather large migrant caravan that got some notice that's a set that was a separate caravan from the one that we got got on the border right now, but There are a number of things that had in common
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One of the things that they have in common is the fact that both are organized by this Pueblo sin fronteras group but this is what the
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NBC article says about the about the caravan back in the spring says the caravans referred to in Spanish as via cruces migrantes or migrants way of the cross
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They are fashioned after the stations of the cross Procession celebrated by Latin American and Latino Catholics to mark and reenact the final days of Jesus from prosecution his burial in a tomb in Such processions someone plays
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Christ carrying a wooden cross and people from the congregation or community follow him Similarly the volunteers from Pueblo sin fronteras and other groups
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Accompany migrants in a caravan that travels in buses on trains and on foot So I mean right there you can see a very close
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Association between the rituals of the Roman Church State and and the caravan but the
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The the connection actually goes much deeper than that As I said, one of the questions that people ask quite a bit is who is funding, you know
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The migrant caravan and I think that's certainly an important question, but here's an even more important question You know and that is who's laying the philosophical groundwork for all of this, you know for the migrant caravans
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John Robbins talked about the the primacy of theory the primacy of the intellect You know, that is that that when you and I do something when we practice something
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Our practice is always the practice of some prior theory, you know, maybe you ask yourself. Here's a simple example, you know
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You maybe ask yourself. Okay, the alarm clock goes up in the morning or goes off in the morning Well, why do
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I get up out of bed? Well, you might think about that for a moment say well, okay.
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I need to get up so I can go to work So I can earn money so I can have a place to live and food to eat and to you know
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Provide clothing for myself and for my family this type of thing. So that's that's the sort of the theory now that that's it
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That's a very simple simplistic example But you have this theory that you know I need to get money in order to be able to do these things therefore
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I have to get up out of bed in the morning when the alarm clock goes off and I'd rather sleep in because if I don't
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I'm not gonna have I'm not gonna be able to to take care of the things that need to be taken care of So, you know even something simple like getting up out of bed in the morning is the practice of some prior theory
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Well, these migrant caravans also are the practice of some prior theory and I think that it's worth
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Looking at some of the theories or the theory that sort of undergirds this whole practice
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And there's an article out there This is something that you're actually find on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web page
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And there's an article that's titled Catholic social teaching on immigration and the movement of peoples in this
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This article they lay out three basic principles that govern Roman Catholic thought on on migration.
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Here's the first principle People have the right to migrate to sustain their lives and the lives of their families here's a second principle a
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Country has the right to regulate its borders and to control immigration and here's the third principle The country must regulates regulate its borders with justice and mercy now it's always interesting to to read through papal documents or through Statements by various prelates of the
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Roman Church State because they you know They they like to take away with one hand what they grant with the other
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Now like you you read their second principle. It says a country has a right to regulate its borders and to control immigration
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Okay, and that sounds good, you know the bishops go on they talk about the overriding principle of all Catholic social teachings that individuals must make
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Economic political and social decisions not out of short -sighted self -interest, but with regard to the common good
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That means that a moral person cannot consider only what is good for his or herself and family But must act with the good for all people as his or her guiding principle
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Well, you know that that sort of philosophical altruism Really undercuts the whole idea that a country has a right to regulate its borders, you know on the one hand they say, okay a sovereign state can
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Can regulate its borders but it has to do so with a view to the common good and it has to regulate its borders with justice and mercy
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Which I mean if you read through what the hell that actually works out in practice It's always kind of interesting if you read through that in practice
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Basically what that means is that no country can ever turn any migrant away for any reason now
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Probably somebody would would complain and say oh I can cite some example of some Bishop saying Oh that that you know, they they don't have to let this or that person in I don't know.
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Maybe you can find some some example out there, but in my experience in in just watching the statements of Roman Catholic of the
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Roman Catholic Church, I have never yet seen them once ever applaud
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An action taken by the US government to restrict immigration Every time and I mean every single time that I have ever seen them issue a statement the
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops That is it's always to criticize the US government for not doing enough for migrants immigrants and refugees
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Here's an example that actually just this is an example that bears directly on the current migrant crisis
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This is a statement issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 14th, 2018
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So this is a statement that was issued in in reference to the ongoing migrant crisis and here's what the bishops say or maybe
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I should give you the the the title here first the title of the The press release is statement regarding their deep concern about restricting access to asylum
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The article is actually it's it's written the short statement It's actually put out by some pretty heavy hitters
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The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on migration the presidents of Catholic Relief Services Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Legal Immigration Network So these are all heavy hitters
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That they put out this this statement and this is what they say Well, our teaching acknowledges the right of each nation to regulate its borders
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We find this action deeply concerning and in the action that they're referring to here is President Trump's executive order
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The one that's been currently suspended by the the Ninth Circuit Court the the executive order the the main thrust of it was that In order to gain asylum in the
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United States, you couldn't just walk across the border You actually had to go to a legitimate port of entry, which I think is an entirely reasonable requirement but the the
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops is has deep concerns about this and This is their statement.
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Well, they're teaching the knowledge is the right of each nation to regulate its borders We find this action deeply concerning It will restrict and slow access to protection for hundreds of children and families fleeing violence in Central America Potentially leaving them in unsafe conditions in Mexico or in indefinite detention situations at the
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US -Mexico border We iterate that it is not a crime to seek asylum and this right to seek
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Refuge is codified in our laws and our values We urge the administration to seek other solutions that will strengthen the integrity of the existing immigration system
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While assuring access to protection for vulnerable children and families the Catholic Church will continue to serve
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Accompany and assist all of those who flee persecution regardless of where they seek such protection and where they are from All right, so kind of breaking down this statement a little bit, you know,
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I again You know the you go back to that that statement on the three principles that govern
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Catholic social teaching on immigration the right of a nation to regulate its borders Well, as I said every time the
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United States does anything even something very mild such as requiring Potential asylees not to sneak across the border in the middle of the desert someplace, but to actually go to To an official port of entry even something as simple and mild and reasonable as that Well, the the
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Catholic bishops have deep concern about it, you know And of course that that whole business about their believing that countries have the right to regulate the borders.
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They don't really believe that You know what that is that's that's something that the Catholic bishops put out it's a beard it's a smoke screen
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But no, they they do not believe that and they show that by opposing every measure regardless of how reasonable it is
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For the United States or any other country another aspect about the the migrant crisis
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And this is something that's not just true with the current caravan issue But with true with with immigration migration and refugee statements from the
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Catholic bishops in general And that is that they they have infinite compassion
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For the migrants and the immigrants and the refugees and have absolutely none For the people in the
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United States or in the other receiving countries who are going to have to pay the freight They know they complained this measure by Trump will restrict and slow access to protection for hundreds of children and families fleeing violence in Central America Okay, well what about the dangers of just letting people in your country who you don't even know first of all
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You don't even know if their asylum claims are legitimate and I highly doubt that that probably most of these people are
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Legitimate asylees, maybe none of them are I don't know But from from the looks of it in the way, this whole thing was organized
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This really isn't about people who are fleeing Because they have to because they have a because their lives are in danger
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I think they're they're leaving because in a lot of cases they're being paid to leave And they're being paid to go on the caravan or they have other reasons for wanting to come to the
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United States Maybe they're seeking a better life, which is fine I can understand why somebody would want to do that But that doesn't necessarily mean that that that person is a legitimate asylum case
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But the you know, the the Catholic bishops are very worried about the the dangers for the the children the families fleeing
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Central America But they have absolutely no concern. They never mentioned any concern about the
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American people not in this whole thing who are gonna end up having to pay the freight for that and that's pretty typical of the way these types of Migrant issues are discussed by not only just the
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Roman Catholic Church, but following their lead Those are the kinds of things that you see in the mainstream press as well
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Then they I think the final sentence here is very telling the Catholic Church will continue to serve a company and insist all
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Assist all those who flee persecution regardless of where they seek such protection and where they are from So basically what what the
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Catholic Church is saying here is that we're gonna aid in the bet the violation of American immigration laws I I think that's really the import of what what this statement says and of course, that's what the
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Roman Catholic Church does They constantly work to undermine u .s. Immigration law
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I have said this before in blog posts and I'll just say this here on the The podcast as well the
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is a brood of treasonous vipers They constantly work to undermine the best interests of the of the
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United States of laws that keep in Mind that protect and defend the lives and the property of American citizens
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And this is something that they've done for years and almost no one talks about it As I said, you don't hear about this type of thing on the evening news.
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You don't hear about this sort of thing in Time magazine or the Washington Post or the New York Times You don't hear about this thing again, even on, you know podcasts or on blogs or on on on video channels
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This type of stuff is almost completely absent and I think that that needs to change I think the the spotlight really needs to be shined on the activities of the
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that's one of the things that I've been trying to do in my blog post and it's one of the things that Doing here in in the podcast and Lord willing we will we'll talk about some of that here hopefully over the next few weeks because there's really quite a bit of material and far more than I can cover in a single podcast
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And I think that's probably a pretty good stopping point here for today. I wanted to say thanks to everybody for listening
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I really do appreciate that and look forward to joining you again sometime here Hopefully in about a week and get another podcast out
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But until then may the God of truth guide you in all truth as you read and study