Byron Cook Visits Pojman’s World

Byron Cook Visits Pojman’s World

By

James Scott Trimm

As many of you know the Large Hadron Collider is now firing at its highest-ever energy level - and scientists hope to make contact with a parallel universe.  I can save them a lot of time and money, I have already made contact with a parallel universe.  It is called "Joe Pojman's World.  It is a parallel world in which the same people exist, but in which many important things are different. 

Joe Pojman is the Executive Director of Texas Alliance for Life.  The claimed mission of this organization is to “protect innocent human life from conception through natural death through peaceful, legal means.” And there was a time when this organization was true to its mission, but today the organization exists largely to give cover to establishment politicians that are weak on pro-life issues. 

In our world, State Representative Charlie Geren recently (when Planned Parenthood came to Austin to lobby for money to murder babies in the womb) went through the halls of the capitol, ripping down pro-life signs from the doors of real pro-life representatives.  Stickland put a sign (supplied by Texas Right to Life) on his office door identifying himself as a “former fetus”. This drew the anger of the Austin establishment and Straus lieutenant Charlie Geren made the news (Star-Telegram March 11, 2015) when he ripped the sign from Stickland’s door and stormed into his office yelling at Stickland’s staff.

But in Joe Pojman's world Charlie Geren was recognized for his courage as a pro-life hero at this years TAL banquet Pojman and his organization actually gave Straus Lieutenant Charlie Geren an award for his “Courageous Defense of Life”.  

In our world State Representative Jonathan Stickland is a real pro-life hero endorsed by Texas Right to Life (a legit pro-life organization).  In fact Jonathan Stickland recently received the "Pro-Life Champion" award from Texas Right to Life, for his work protecting life in the 84th legislature.

But in Pojman's World his ostensibly pro-life organization fights to replace Stickland.  Iin the 2014 primary Pojman’s TAL supported Stickland’s opponent Andy Cargile, despite Stickland’s perfect pro-life voting record.  And in the current primary Pojman’s close friend and ally Scott Fisher is the establishment’s recruit to run against Stickland.

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus was able to make contact with Pojman's world and it only cost about  $54,000 .... that us a lot cheaper than a super collider.... of course some physicists are concerned that our world could be contaminated by contact with a parallel world,  and that is definitely the case with Pojman’s World.

Here is how it works:  Pojman’s organization (Texas Alliance for Life) receives massive amounts of money from Straus’s political arm, The Texas Leadership Fund. State records show that TAL received over $50,000 from this Straus fund in 2014 ($50,000 on 2/25/14 and a second helping of $4,000 on 9/9/14).  Pojman then supports and endorses Boss Straus's establishment cronies, apparently regardless of their pro-life voting record.  

For example Pojman’s TAL endorsed and sent out mailers supporting Bennett Ratliff and J.D. Sheffield.  Yet Ratliff has said that he sees abortion as a right that a woman has and Sheffield voted with Democrats on numerous amendments intended to water down or kill HB 2.  In the case of Sheffield, Pojman’s endorsement created the bizarre situation in which Pojman’s “Pro Life” organization and Planned Parenthood advocates were advocating the same candidate !?!?!?

At the same time Pojman has withheld endorsements from good conservative candidates with real pro-life voting records like Jonathan Stickland, as well as Matt Schaefer and Charles Perry. 

Now Joe Pojman is actually backing Representative Byron Cook, and joined him at his recent campaign kickoff event in Corsicana.  

Yet in May Cook wrote a public letter defending late-term abortions on babies who are diagnosed with a disability! 

And as Chair of the Texas House State Affairs Committee, Cook has repeatedly used his position to water down and even block pro-life legislation.  While Pojman was inside supporting Cook a crowd of about 75 real pro-lifers from all over Texas were outside protesting Cook, despite the downpour of rain! 

Pojman’s support and endorsements have become increasingly disconnected from reality.  Perhaps Pojman should simply dispense with pretense and start making his endorsements available on ebay.  That way Boss Straus could just click "buy it now"....