How is ANYONE in this country taking this man seriously?!?!  Really folks!!!  Is it just me or is Newt Gingrich sounding more and more like an emperor everyday?

Much love,

Shawn

After working for several months to get everything in place, I am now ready to release the new company website I have worked on.  ZellaTek is my attempt to help consumers get the right protection, information, understanding, and accessories for their smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc.) from an unbiased look.

To check out the site click here. While you are there please click on the links for our Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter pages and add us as friends. We will be doing some great giveaways in the coming weeks so add us and you are automatically entered to win!!!

Until next time!!

Much love,

Shawn

Earlier today I posted this picture on my Facebook page with the caption:

“I am just wondering, when did this stop being a baby?  Wait, when did this stop being a human?”

I was in no way trying to offend or make angry, I was merely asking a question of our culture.  When did our children stop being our children and become a choice?  When did fellow humans stop being human and just a bunch of cells?  While I certainly know that abortion is a very sensitive subject and many have strong feelings about it, I was unprepared for the backlash I received from posting the picture.

Abortion is a tough issue and I think we do ourselves a great disservice by not really addressing it.  Since abortion became legal 50 MILLION children have been aborted!!!  50 MILLION!!!!  Future Presidents, Doctors, Lawyers, Mom’s, Dad’s, Pastors, Teachers. Nobel Prize Winners, etc. all dead!!  Many killed because of convenience.  Others because of pressure.  Some because of rape or incest.  ALL still dead.  Many who commented on the post asked that I remove the picture immediately because it was gross or disturbing.  But should disturbing pictures of an aborted baby be taken down because they are “gross” or “disturbing?”  Should we turn a blind eye to something because it makes us uncomfortable?

While I am not here to condemn anyone who has had an abortion.  I do desire to talk about the fact that much like divorce in this country, abortion has become WAY to easy to get!!!  Abortion is the little sin that no one really wants to talk about and wrestle with!!  While I am staunchly pro-life I do wrestle with abortion.  Here’s what I mean:

* I believe life begins at conception.  I believe life is precious and should be protected.  I believe that when sperm and egg meet we have life and that life should be given EVERY opportunity to live, no matter the circumstances that brought it into the world.  I believe that easy to get abortions are wrong.  I believe that information should be fully disclosed to the woman. man, and everyone else involved on what happens during an actual abortion.  I don’t believe that rape and incest are grounds for abortion.  As a matter of fact the only time I think that an abortion is MAYBE the right choice is when the life of the mother is in actual danger of death.  That means that the baby and mother will die if the baby is not aborted.  EVEN THEN I WRESTLE WITH IT!!! *

I have a wonderful bride whom I love dearly!!  I would honestly wrestle with the decision of an abortion if we (key word here is we) were pregnant and her life would end if we carried the baby to full term.  Anyone who says they wouldn’t wrestle with that decision is a liar!!  If you haven’t talked about this issue with your spouse, YOU SHOULD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

Many will take what I am saying and claim that I am supporting abortion.  That is not what I mean.  What I mean to communicate here is that I believe we make abortion a light issue by not wrestling it out.  I believe that we are afraid of what it would mean for us if we actually talked about it.  I think we would be surprised by how we really feel about it.  Most would say that they are totally 100% against it, while others may favor it as a last effort to save the mother.  Either way I think we should talk about it without name calling and anger.  I believe we can be more effective in handling abortion if we were to look at the above photo and call it son or daughter.  Maybe I should call it Truett, Graham, or Breslyn.

Often times when we put a name to a face we personalize that individual.  Maybe if we humbly came together to discuss this issue with closed mouths and open hearts we would be able to effect more change.  Maybe.

Until next time.

Much love,

Shawn

Unless you were in a coma last week I’m sure you saw the uproar over the draconian legislation introduced in Washington called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).  While it was guised as legislation that would put an end to piracy on the internet it was an attempt by the government to censor websites they deemed dangerous.  However, after a strong response from several major internet sites like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, and several others the legislation was put on the back burner.

But don’t let that fool you!!  If there is one bill that the government is offering that gets defeated, you can pretty much guarantee that the Thought Police in Washington will either have one as backup or try to sneak one in on another bill.  Say hello to ACTA!!!  What is ACTA?  Almost the EXACT same legislation as SOPA!!!  Check out this video on what it the potential of doing if passed:

From Wikipedia:

“The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement.^[1] It would establish an international legal framework for countries to join voluntarily,^[2] and would create a governing body outside international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations.^[1][3] Negotiating countries have described it as a response “to the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works.”^[2] The scope of ACTA includes counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet.^[4] Groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) oppose ACTA,^[5] stating that civil society groups and developing countries were excluded from discussion during ACTA’s development in an example of policy laundering.^[6"

The reason the governments around the world are beginning to crackdown on the internet is because the internet is the last beckon of freedom and free speech the world has.  Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace have helped social movements grow from a few protesters to MILLIONS around the world.  Sites like Google and Wikipedia have opened up the flow of information to every person with a computer or smart phone.  This is a threat to the establishment authority.

If the world is to continue in the spirit of freedom that is sweeping the globe it will because the internet remains free.  Should there be protections for intellectual property?  Absolutely!!  However, there are already laws to deal with such problems, they only need to be enforced!!  For now we must keep our eyes open to keep governments from restricting free speech on the internet or we all may be criminals soon!!  Until next time.

Much love,

Shawn

Our current foreign policy is unjust, illegal, and dangerous to our national security!!  We MUST CHANGE IT NOW!!!

Welcome to the Resistance.

I know what you might be thinking, “What do you mean Welcome to the Resistance? We’ve been here since September 17, 2011!!”

This I am aware of. However, I mean no disrespect by my greeting, I mean only to welcome you to the membership of those who are awake to the truth. I have watched over the last several months as your movement has grown. I watched as you expanded your numbers and began to put real fear in the hearts of the establishment. I watched as you bravely stood your ground against police brutality and riot police who shot you will “rubber bullets” in the name of “keeping the peace.” I have watched as you expanded your reach around the world and caused millions of sleeping people to awaken to the fact that they were being raped, robbed, and taken advantage of. For this I applaud you.

However, I want to address some concerns I have with you. Please understand that those of us in the Resistance stand with you in exercising your rights as citizens. We stand with you in your fight to awaken a generation to the crimes of Wall Street and Governments around the world. We stand with you against the violence perpetrated against you by police officers who have broken their oath to the Constitution.

Many among your movement seem to desire the forcible theft of the spoils of others. Many of you want to tax the rich without an understanding that a tax to take from one person to give to another is NOT a tax, but theft. Many among you talk of things like socialism, anarchy, and a total end to capitalism. This shows that you are naive and have no understanding of history. Socialism has NEVER worked!! EVER!! Socialism has given rise to the worlds most evil men. Socialism has caused the murder of MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of people around the world in just the last century!!!

You also speak of anarchy in the streets if your desires are not met. Please understand that the Resistance will consider that a threat against our families and we will act with aggression if need be. Anarchy is nothing more than a collective mass of people throwing a childish fit. It does nothing to sustain a livable society or bring peace and equality, which you claim to desire. If you want anarchy then you want death for yourself and decent citizens the world over. If you knew better you would realize that the reason Wall Street was bailed out was because our elected leaders have, for the most part been bought out (except for a few) by big business and the Military Industrial Complex.

While we agree with you that big business and corporations need to be removed from the electoral process, from influencing our leaders, and lobbying in Washington. We cannot stand with you in bringing capitalism to an end. Capitalism is the reason you can afford the tents you sleep in, the sleeping bag you stay warm in, and the cloths that cover your body. Capitalism is not evil. The abuse of capitalism is evil. Just like money in and of itself is not evil but what you do with it certainly can be. Capitalism has never murdered, stolen, or destroyed anyone. It’s the abuse of Capitalism that has done that. We agree that our system has become more about gree We agree that there are abuses (and they will be confronted) against the “little man.” We agree that those in power are stealing from the everyday man to line their pockets, while our children go to bed hungry.

However, if you are going to get angry at anyone or blame anyone for the crimes taking place in this nation, you should first look in a mirror. The reason our government is so bloated and out of control is because “We the People” have allowed it to be. The reason Wall Street is taking advantage of Main Street is because “We the People” have allowed it to happen. Maybe you didn’t see it happening when you were sipping your coffee at Starbucks or grabbing groceries at Whole Foods, but the truth is that the bottom fell out a long time ago.

Our nation is in the condition it is in not because of Wall Street, Washington, Lobbyist, Big Business, or whatever other bogeyman we can come up with. No. The reason our nation is in the condition it is in is because “We the People” have abandoned our Founding principles. We have forsaken the values and ideals that our Founding Fathers used to birth the GREATEST, MOST POWERFUL, AND MOST SUCCESSFUL nation to EVER grace planet earth. The ONLY way we can get back to a system that is beneficial to all is to return to those principles. If we do not then all your protesting will be in vain. I sincerely hope you will consider this a challenge to learn what made America great and contend for that.

America is not only great, she is good!!! If we desire as a people to see that goodness again in our lifetimes it will require us standing up for the right values, ideas, and principles that our Forefathers stood for!!

Sincerely,

The Resistance