The following material appeared in a documentary that aired on RNN back on September 26, 1996. It was entitled, "Migrant Farm Workers: The Rural Reality." Witt is a primary source of information for the host of the program. He is featured prominently throughout the piece. One exchange in the piece typifies what levels Witt will stoop to. The scene takes place along side Pulaski Highway in the black dirt farming area of Orange County.
After watching this piece one comes away with the following impression:
Sometime between 1993 and 1994 a 6 year old child of a farmworker crossed a busy highway in the dark of night to use an outhouse, with no door, that was across the road and faced the highway. The child was struck and killed. Some time after the child died Witt held a memorial service which was disrupted purposefully by a crop duster. It is unclear if the crop duster disrupted the service of his own volition or was put up to it by local farmers.
Here is what actually happened:
The accident occurred not in 1993 or 1994 but in 1989. The toilet for the housing was actually on the same side of the road, it did not face the highway, and had a door. Young Guierrmo Zuniga (known as "Junior") was not going to the bathroom when the accident occurred, neither did it occur at night. "Junior" was riding on a single pedal bike with his brother late morning. Pulaski Highway is indeed a busy highway, and the two children riding the single bike made the fatal mistake of cutting across the highway to get to Skinners Lane. A young woman struck the bike and "Junior" was killed. A funeral was held a short time later at the T.S. Purta funeral home in Pine Island, which the farmer and the farmer's family all attended. It is my understanding that neither Richard Witt nor anyone connected with Rural & Migrant Ministry bothered to attend that service. No one, no farmer, nor the crop duster knew anything about this alleged ad-hoc ceremony held somewhere on the highway, but to suggest or imply that the farmers put the crop duster up to, or the crop duster of his own volition, purposefully disrupted a memorial service for a child so tragically killed, is a heinous and despicable lie. For Witt to even suggest it does a terrible disservice to that collar he wears.
Finally, if Witt felt the piece was edited in such a way to misrepresent the facts, after the documentary proper ended there was an additional 30 minutes or so spent in the studio, with Witt, the narrator and another "source," who took calls and added additional information. Witt at that point certainly could have corrected any mistakes in the piece. He did not.
Another fun fact, according to RMM's website
http://www.ruralmigrantministry.org/about/about_2.asp
Witt didn't take the job at RMM until 1991. The boy died in 1989, two years prior to Witt taking the job.
One final note regarding this example, if you go to this link on RMM's website
http://www.ruralmigrantministry.org/edu/education_3.asp
you will see a photograph of Witt standing with a few college students. It appears to be a recently taken picture. The spot where the photograph is taken is exactly the same spot where the above mentioned incident occurred in the RNN program. Do you think Witt is there to "set the record straight" or, more likely, is he still telling that story, again, using it as propaganda fodder for future activists?
Though Witt is supposed to be a representative of "the Prince of Peace," his actions are more reflective of Machiavelli's "The Prince." It seems the "ends always justify the means," whether it be lying to the IRS, misleading the public regarding laws related to farmworkers, or claiming to represent farmworkers when he doesn't, or using demonizing rhetoric like refering to farmworkers as "slaves" and farmers as "slave owners," etc....
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ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
Dude, one of us is very confused. I'm not scared of Carlin. I agree with Carlin and I am a fan of his comedy. My video is an example of exactly what he is talking about in his riff from his stand-up which I linked it to. The Episcopal priest in my video is a total bs artist. Virtually everything he says in the piece is bs. Virtually everything. As Carlin says, again, "in the bs department, in the bs department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman." My video is a perfect example.
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
"Does your God ask you to project all this hate, simply because you believe different? You most likely must be a Christian..."
Does yours believe that it's okay to lie about a tragic death and misuse it to further an unrelated agenda in the most sleazy of fashions?
To repeat what Carlin says again: "in the bs department, in the bs department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman."
How true.
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
"Are you afraid of something, perhaps truth among his lies?" What? Are you on glue? Lies are lies, truth is truth. This sleazebag tells a bunch of lies and misuses the boy's death to further his unrelated agenda and you defend that? Are you for real?
As Carlin says "in the bs department a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman" and this guy is the perfect example of that statement. I don't hate my fellow man, I loathe despicable turds like this clown. And btw, doesn't God hate liars?
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
As I stated in the comments under the more info section under my photo and username, virtually everything he says in this video is a lie. Stooping to use this death as a means to further his agenda is deeply disturbing. He gets away with it and is not called on it because he is a priest. Just like he gets away with his false claims on his organization's tax returns year after year.
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
Hey researchOne23, I posted this as a response to the George Carlin riff because I agree with Carlin and this Episcopal priest is the quintessential example of a bs artist. I have been dealing with this guy for over 14 years and the amount of lies he tells is unbelievable. "In the bs department" nobody can top him and what you see in this video is a great example of the lies he will stoop to to further his agenda. You should see his organization's tax returns. See my other video about that.
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago
The only part of this story that is true is the boy died and it's a busy highway. All of the rest is bs. Read my comments under more info to the right for the details.
ChrisPawelski 2 years ago