Posted on 03/14/2012 7:34:40 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH -- Kony 2012 has become the most viral video in history, topping 100 million views in six days, but the video about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has also led to a backlash against the organization behind the 30-minute documentary.
There's no doubt Kony is a bad man, killing tens of thousands of people, and using a child army to displace more than a million others.
Critics are now focusing on the nonprofit organization Invisible Children, which produced the documentary. The charity is also being scrutinized for what they do with the money they raise.
NBC is reporting that one-third goes to marketing, another third to administrative costs, with less than a third making it to actual programs.
Now, the Better Business Bureau is speaking out, saying for six years Invisible Children has ignored requests for a charitable review.
(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...
She proceeded to tell me one of her professors had them watch that Kony 2012 vid. She said she watched it...but started asking questions about it, looked some things up, and lo and behold, it wasn't on the up and up.
She also said...lot's of her fellow students were totally sucked in. Ha!! She's a smart kid. Has a BA in "legal studies"....she ought to be a lawyer, but doesn't want to do that. HA!!!
My 7th and 10th graders were forwarded the vid on FB. They both watched it. It gave them the willies. They both recognized the communist images and mental manipulation. They also thanked us (their parents) for teaching them to think. American children are being put on the front lines without parents’ permission and without the child’s understanding.
What’s the HR # on that? We all need to get calling. This is ridiculous!
Good job!!
HR 583 - see link below - the link could be posted on a thread.
http://mcgovern.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=15§iontree=168,15&itemid=622
Reps. McGovern, Royce Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Spotlighting Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army
H.Res. 583 Builds-off Unprecedented Publicity Push
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) today introduced a Congressional resolution (H.Res. 583) spotlighting the atrocities of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army and supporting U.S. efforts to counter the LRA.
Thank you for raising your daughter in such a fine manner as to instill in her the ability to critically think. It has done the country a GREAT favor, even though the fruits of which have yet to come to fruition...
Both my kids got a good dose of critical thinking...among other things. They were both HS'ed......And now are in their early-mid twenty's.....
Thanks again, FRegard's........
Tnx
We’re sending 100 combat equiped “advisors” into a two decade civil war in Uganda and some to the Congo. The purpose is to crush Christian rebels; prop up the existing regime which is worse than KONY; and, secure oil contracts for european interests or “ABC” (Anyone But China).
Glitzy sales pitch though.
Thanks! I apologize...I read the article, but for some reason my eyes skipped the HR #. Need to pay closer attention!! I will call my rep tomorrow.
My 16-year0old son asked me to watch it because he wanted to know if it was propaganda. I still haven’t watched it but I have told him some of the things that have been brought up about it.
My immediate response was that anything that spread that quickly had to have the blessing and/or input of some kind of network, and I wondered what network was behind it. Finding out it’s Soros-related made sense. And I was glad that my son knows enough about media and political manipulation to ask, “OK, what’s the rest of the story?”
OO— Thank you. I love my children so much. And they love America. I am trying so hard to help preserve this country for them while at the same time preparing them for a different reality should things change.
Butter— I’ve been updating a thread for research purposes. I try to reference every thread to it so all Kony stuff is in one place if anyone needs it. Whenifhow started the thread. Here is the link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2856639/posts
That’s the challenge for us as parents. Our oldest will be going to college next year and I find myself wondering if she’ll ever have an opportunity to use what she learns, or if she’ll just do whatever the communist overlords tell her she has to do as one of the cogs in the machine.
We’ve talked with our kids quite a bit about there coming a time when people will wish they were dead, and that if they are asked to deny Christ in order to save their lives they will know that after that point they would wish they were dead if they choose to live on earth rather than go to Heaven.
A person wants to be prepared for whatever might come. I think in the end we just have to trust that the Lord will be enough for whatever situation we’re placed in.
Just now, as I was typing that, my son came in the room. We’re both up early because he has a robotics meet and has to be to school in about 15 minutes to load up the bus and head out. I saw that he was reading what I typed above and I felt sad and guilty that he would know that I have doubts about whether there is a future for him and his siblings. They know I spend a lot of time on “politics” and I’ve tried to tell them it’s because I believe we’re at such a critical time and I want to preserve the country so they can have a future, but I think my younger son is the only one who really gets it. My family of origin doesn’t want to think about it, or at least it seems that way from the one time I tried to communicate the grave situation we’re in. It’s a dividing wedge.
Thanks for the link. I’ll give it a look.
I spent a great deal of time focused on the nature of things about a year ago. It became overwhelming. I realized I had not been immersed in scripture as I needed to be. So I put America aside and returned to the Bible. My comfort came quickly.
First, I was reminded that I belong to the kingdom of God. This earthly existence is but a drop in the ocean of time.
Second, I was reminded that the church was born and thrived in adversity.
Third, I was chastised into remembering that God has a plan for the world and it includes an end to it, which by extension must include America, at some point (of His determination). He knows the channels of the wind, the deepest ravines of the ocean, the darkest recesses of every cave, the universe at its every point BECAUSE He made them. And He can handle it all to His good will.
And finally, I was made to understand that I must put myself into mourning. I must grieve and accept that this country is not forever and this world is not forever. Once I did that, went through the actual pain of loss like death for this country and this world, I received a peace that can only be described as tangible and glowing. I now only work toward comfort for my family physically, but above this, I STRIVE continually for spiritual preparation for my family. We are in a good place. Whatever comes, it will be okay for us, even if it includes some type of suffering.
I hope for you and yours the same kind of peace, Butter. I know you have gone through a painful process over this political stuff. I have watched your transition. Keep steppin’! And hang in there, FRiend!!! :)
Good points, and I’m glad to be reminded of those things again - stuff I keep telling myself too.
The part about grieving for America reminds me of King David, when his son with Bathsheba was struck. David begged and pleaded so that they were afraid to tell him that his son had died. But once the child had died he got up, washed up, and moved on. As long as there was a chance of saving his son, he needed to do whatever he could. When the loss was complete, he had permission to grieve and accept.
I haven’t accepted that the time is up for this country yet. I’m still fighting for her. I’m still thinking God is bigger than Goliath and can defeat Goliath if He so wishes. And He can. It’s just a question of whether it’s time for this nation and/or this world to end, and only God knows that.
When I feel like America can’t be saved, I tell myself that it’s OK because the Lord knows what He’s doing and will take care of me and my family. I’ll still fight for her because I could be wrong, and the Lord could use even my puny slingshot to help bring down the giant. (Oh, wow. Deja vous. I’ve said this before, and then right afterwards somebody attacked me out of the blue).
My husband and I have talked about what Martin Luther said when somebody asked him what he would do if he knew the world was going to end tomorrow. He said, “Plant a tree.”
So I guess I’m still torn between the now and the not yet. I’ll keep trying to resuscitate the country until the Lord tells me she’s dead. But I mustn’t let the attention for the country keep me from preparing myself or my family. And I find myself hungering desperately for the Word. I was supporting my younger son as he went to the high school class on Sunday mornings, where they’re doing a Dave Ramsey program, but I had to give it up because I needed the Bible much more than I needed Dave Ramsey. Both church and family devotion times are like an Oasis for me.
So I’m living with one foot in Heaven and one foot on earth. It’s not very comfortable, to say the least. But I don’t know what else to do.
I have found for myself that now my fight for America is more effective because I can be dispassionate—like a black ops operator. My thoughts are clear, concise, and targeted. I love America. Always have, always will. It’s just that this time in history requires a willingness to give it to God. And I have.
It definitely belongs in the Lord’s hands. He’s the only one big enough to handle it.
Exactly what I was thinking
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