I've got some heavy morning meetings this morning so I'm just going to pass on a few articles of interest.
Some good stuff here:
Cardinal Rigali: "The Truth is the opposite" in response to Doug Kmiec column in CNS
Israel Security Agency Expresses Concern About Assassination Plot Against B16
A pandemic of panic - are we dead yet?
Good Riddance
Arctic Ice Thicker than Expected: Catlin Trek on reduced rations
Give Me That Old-Time Toleration
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Kathy Ireland - Not Just a Supermodel, A Super-Pro-Lifer
A beautiful woman no doubt, but Kathy now reveals her stance against abortion. One that's not very popular in her line of work.
Kathy Ireland Slams Abortion
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"My entire life I was pro-choice — who was I to tell another woman what she could or couldn’t do with her body? But when I was 18, I became a Christian and I dove into the medical books, I dove into science," Ireland told Fox while promoting her insightful new book "Real Solutions for Busy Mom: Your Guide to Success and Sanity."
"What I read was astounding and I learned that at the moment of conception a new life comes into being,” Ireland told Fox. “The complete genetic blueprint is there, the DNA is determined, the blood type is determined, the sex is determined, the unique set of fingerprints that nobody has had or ever will have is already there."
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Kathy Ireland Slams Abortion
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"My entire life I was pro-choice — who was I to tell another woman what she could or couldn’t do with her body? But when I was 18, I became a Christian and I dove into the medical books, I dove into science," Ireland told Fox while promoting her insightful new book "Real Solutions for Busy Mom: Your Guide to Success and Sanity."
"What I read was astounding and I learned that at the moment of conception a new life comes into being,” Ireland told Fox. “The complete genetic blueprint is there, the DNA is determined, the blood type is determined, the sex is determined, the unique set of fingerprints that nobody has had or ever will have is already there."
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Swine Flu - Do you know what it is?
While I'm hearing the news reports on TV and radio, I still don't know that much about it.
What are the symptoms,
how does one catch it,
how to avoid it.
Here's some good information:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Swine Flu
What are the symptoms,
how does one catch it,
how to avoid it.
Here's some good information:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Swine Flu
Catholic Universities
The state of Catholic Universities today.
Let's see you pay, what $20,000 per semester with room and board. You get the presteige of attending one of the top education facilities in the country.
And oh yes, the solid Catholic teachings upheld in the college life of that university.
Well, maybe not.
Georgetown to Honor V.P. Biden
Catholic University - Catholic's for Obama, Biden, The Catholic Majority
Georgetown University Hid Religious Symbols at White House Request
St. Thomas University...Maybe
Notre Dame...definitely
So why the attention to Catholic Universities by Obama? One thought comes to mind 'Divide and Conquer'.
If you're looking for a REAL Catholic University try some of these choices:
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ave Maria University
Christendom College
Thomas Aquinas College
John Paul the Great Catholic University
Belmont Abbey College
Let's see you pay, what $20,000 per semester with room and board. You get the presteige of attending one of the top education facilities in the country.
And oh yes, the solid Catholic teachings upheld in the college life of that university.
Well, maybe not.
Georgetown to Honor V.P. Biden
Catholic University - Catholic's for Obama, Biden, The Catholic Majority
Georgetown University Hid Religious Symbols at White House Request
St. Thomas University...Maybe
Notre Dame...definitely
So why the attention to Catholic Universities by Obama? One thought comes to mind 'Divide and Conquer'.
If you're looking for a REAL Catholic University try some of these choices:
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ave Maria University
Christendom College
Thomas Aquinas College
John Paul the Great Catholic University
Belmont Abbey College
Monday, April 27, 2009
Angels & Demons - Here we go again
Science and Religion seems to be at the core of this hallucination. Dan Brown and Ron Howard's new movie Angels and Demons is soon to hit the local theaters on May 15th.
Already the bookstores are dedicating major displays (shrines) to the Brown classics.
Anyway, Carl Olsen of InsightScoop did a marvelous job of debunking the Da Vinci Code. He has a new post on the upcoming Angels and Demons release, which he does an equally fabulous job.
Where Angels (& Demons) Fear to Tread
The astounding success of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s fourth novel, first published in the spring of 2003, is well known. The numbers are incredible: Over 60 million copies of the controversial novel have sold worldwide, in over 40 languages, with millions of copies of Brown’s previous three novels following fast in the wake of its success. A major motion picture was released in May 2006, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard. It grossed over $240 million in the United States and nearly $760 million worldwide, making it the 26th most profitable movie of all time, ahead of such films as Forrest Gump, The Sixth Sense, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Brown, Howard, and Hanks are now back, this time with the sequel (actually a prequel) to The Da Vinci Code. Angels & Demons, based on Brown’s second novel, which was published in 2000, opens in theaters on May 15 and is expected to be one of the top-grossing films of the year. It also figures to be controversial. The film features the return of Robert Langdon, the Harvard “symbologist” who revealed the alleged fact that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had descendents. It focuses on the Catholic Church and the election of a (fictional) pope, and pontificates—so to speak—on the relationship between science and religion.Despite The Da Vinci Code movie’s worldwide commercial success, it was generally panned by critics, who complained that the movie was clumsy, plodding, and confusing. Some understood this was because the movie followed the book so faithfully. Apparently the producers came to the same realization. “I think we may have been too reverential toward it,” producer Brian Grazer told USA Today in October 2008. “We got all the facts of the book right, but the movie was a little long and stagey.” He promised that Angels & Demons will be different. “Langdon doesn’t stop and give a speech,” Grazer said, “When he speaks, he’s in motion.”
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Already the bookstores are dedicating major displays (shrines) to the Brown classics.
Anyway, Carl Olsen of InsightScoop did a marvelous job of debunking the Da Vinci Code. He has a new post on the upcoming Angels and Demons release, which he does an equally fabulous job.
Where Angels (& Demons) Fear to Tread
The astounding success of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s fourth novel, first published in the spring of 2003, is well known. The numbers are incredible: Over 60 million copies of the controversial novel have sold worldwide, in over 40 languages, with millions of copies of Brown’s previous three novels following fast in the wake of its success. A major motion picture was released in May 2006, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard. It grossed over $240 million in the United States and nearly $760 million worldwide, making it the 26th most profitable movie of all time, ahead of such films as Forrest Gump, The Sixth Sense, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Brown, Howard, and Hanks are now back, this time with the sequel (actually a prequel) to The Da Vinci Code. Angels & Demons, based on Brown’s second novel, which was published in 2000, opens in theaters on May 15 and is expected to be one of the top-grossing films of the year. It also figures to be controversial. The film features the return of Robert Langdon, the Harvard “symbologist” who revealed the alleged fact that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had descendents. It focuses on the Catholic Church and the election of a (fictional) pope, and pontificates—so to speak—on the relationship between science and religion.Despite The Da Vinci Code movie’s worldwide commercial success, it was generally panned by critics, who complained that the movie was clumsy, plodding, and confusing. Some understood this was because the movie followed the book so faithfully. Apparently the producers came to the same realization. “I think we may have been too reverential toward it,” producer Brian Grazer told USA Today in October 2008. “We got all the facts of the book right, but the movie was a little long and stagey.” He promised that Angels & Demons will be different. “Langdon doesn’t stop and give a speech,” Grazer said, “When he speaks, he’s in motion.”
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Fr. Mitch Pacwa: Words of Wisdom
Please visit Fr. Pacwa's website: HERE
April 2009 - Words of Wisdom: Denials & Assertions
Denials
During President Obama's visit to Turkey he denied that the United States of America is a Christian or Jewish or Muslim country; it is a country of citizens. This is a rather odd proclamation in a secular Muslim country where conversions away from Islam are not illegal, but they can definitely be punished outside the rigors of national law. That is why the Catholic converts there have to keep a very low profile and the Church keeps quiet about the new Catholics there.
Another denial came from the White House after President Obama, the elected citizen leader of a nation of citizens, bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia: they denied the obvious fact before the eyes of millions of viewers and told us that the citizen president did not bow to a Muslim king.
A third denial from the White House after President Obama had requested to address the economy at Georgetown University. The prominent displays of IHS - the first three letters of Jesus in Greek, which form the center of the seal of the Society of Jesus - were all covered up for his speech. While Georgetown officials say the White House requested this cover up, the White House denies that it made the request. However, hiding the Name of Jesus during a presidential speech would help promote Obama's agenda to deny that the nation is Christian.
I strongly disagree with the university's compliance with the request. If the White House wants an environment free of Jesus, there are plenty of government buildings available. Perhaps the administration would feel more comfortable in a mosque, unless they make the mistake of asking the mullah or sheikh to cover the words of the Quran which form the typical decoration of a mosque. I doubt that the Muslims would cave to such a rude request as asking the hosts - to whom you had requested the use of their facilities - to hide their identity.
Assertions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other government officials now assert that human made tragedies or problems will be the term of choice instead of calling the perpetrators of terror on innocent victims "terrorism." Such convoluted redefinitions usually have an ideological agenda hidden within them. We will watch and see how that agenda gets spun by the government as time passes.
A far more ominous redefinition comes from the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. While the pro-life people of Arizona are rejoicing that she has departed their state to serve in the present administration, the rest of us have reason to be concerned. An April unclassified document which was not meant for public viewing has recommended U.S. Security forces to examine terror threats from right wing extremists. Napolitano has apologized for including armed forces veterans as terror threats, though her apology did mention the example of Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the first Gulf War, as a dangerous terror threat that supported her original contention of fear (McVeigh was convicted of bombing a Federal office building in Oklahoma City, a skill he acquired in the military, according to Napolitano's apology). However, note that the staunchly pro-abortion Napolitano has included pro-life activists among the domestic terror threats, along with people who strongly favor states' rights over against the federal government.
Due to her assertions, I now sympathize with Al Qaeda - I, too, have become a terror threat because of my religious convictions. I want to flaunt my convictions all the more and let any federal official know that my desire to save the lives of unborn children, desperately sick and dying people, and the mentally or physically handicapped is a terror threat to Napolitano and her department.
However, the real terror threat comes at the end of life for those who promoted friendship with death as a solution to the world's problems. Such people will find the army of those innocents they have killed or helped kill standing before them. More terrifying still will be the Judge of our souls, who will take sides with the innocents who were killed to promote a political or economic or pseudo-religious agenda. His name may have been covered up at Georgetown, but it will be proclaimed with fierce boldness at the judgment. The best preparation for avoiding the terror of displeasing Him is to proclaim His holy Name more boldly in this life and live His Gospel with absolute conviction that reward comes from Jesus and His Saints and Angels, not from Obama and his cohorts.
April 2009 - Words of Wisdom: Denials & Assertions
Denials
During President Obama's visit to Turkey he denied that the United States of America is a Christian or Jewish or Muslim country; it is a country of citizens. This is a rather odd proclamation in a secular Muslim country where conversions away from Islam are not illegal, but they can definitely be punished outside the rigors of national law. That is why the Catholic converts there have to keep a very low profile and the Church keeps quiet about the new Catholics there.
Another denial came from the White House after President Obama, the elected citizen leader of a nation of citizens, bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia: they denied the obvious fact before the eyes of millions of viewers and told us that the citizen president did not bow to a Muslim king.
A third denial from the White House after President Obama had requested to address the economy at Georgetown University. The prominent displays of IHS - the first three letters of Jesus in Greek, which form the center of the seal of the Society of Jesus - were all covered up for his speech. While Georgetown officials say the White House requested this cover up, the White House denies that it made the request. However, hiding the Name of Jesus during a presidential speech would help promote Obama's agenda to deny that the nation is Christian.
I strongly disagree with the university's compliance with the request. If the White House wants an environment free of Jesus, there are plenty of government buildings available. Perhaps the administration would feel more comfortable in a mosque, unless they make the mistake of asking the mullah or sheikh to cover the words of the Quran which form the typical decoration of a mosque. I doubt that the Muslims would cave to such a rude request as asking the hosts - to whom you had requested the use of their facilities - to hide their identity.
Assertions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other government officials now assert that human made tragedies or problems will be the term of choice instead of calling the perpetrators of terror on innocent victims "terrorism." Such convoluted redefinitions usually have an ideological agenda hidden within them. We will watch and see how that agenda gets spun by the government as time passes.
A far more ominous redefinition comes from the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. While the pro-life people of Arizona are rejoicing that she has departed their state to serve in the present administration, the rest of us have reason to be concerned. An April unclassified document which was not meant for public viewing has recommended U.S. Security forces to examine terror threats from right wing extremists. Napolitano has apologized for including armed forces veterans as terror threats, though her apology did mention the example of Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the first Gulf War, as a dangerous terror threat that supported her original contention of fear (McVeigh was convicted of bombing a Federal office building in Oklahoma City, a skill he acquired in the military, according to Napolitano's apology). However, note that the staunchly pro-abortion Napolitano has included pro-life activists among the domestic terror threats, along with people who strongly favor states' rights over against the federal government.
Due to her assertions, I now sympathize with Al Qaeda - I, too, have become a terror threat because of my religious convictions. I want to flaunt my convictions all the more and let any federal official know that my desire to save the lives of unborn children, desperately sick and dying people, and the mentally or physically handicapped is a terror threat to Napolitano and her department.
However, the real terror threat comes at the end of life for those who promoted friendship with death as a solution to the world's problems. Such people will find the army of those innocents they have killed or helped kill standing before them. More terrifying still will be the Judge of our souls, who will take sides with the innocents who were killed to promote a political or economic or pseudo-religious agenda. His name may have been covered up at Georgetown, but it will be proclaimed with fierce boldness at the judgment. The best preparation for avoiding the terror of displeasing Him is to proclaim His holy Name more boldly in this life and live His Gospel with absolute conviction that reward comes from Jesus and His Saints and Angels, not from Obama and his cohorts.
Morning Read - Cup of Joe Apr 24
A cup of Peet's and a few articles:
Parents! We Don't Need No Stiking Parents - Creative Minority Report
Ron Howard Is No Angel - NCRegister
Reproductive Health = Abortion - NCRegister
There's Plenty of Enerty at the Bottom - American Spectator
Against Insect Plague, Nevadans Wield Ultimate Weapon: Hard Rock - WSJ
Special Preview: I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent, Case Closed - Commentary Magazine
Parents! We Don't Need No Stiking Parents - Creative Minority Report
Ron Howard Is No Angel - NCRegister
Reproductive Health = Abortion - NCRegister
There's Plenty of Enerty at the Bottom - American Spectator
Against Insect Plague, Nevadans Wield Ultimate Weapon: Hard Rock - WSJ
Special Preview: I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent, Case Closed - Commentary Magazine
Thursday, April 23, 2009
One baby for World Peace...
A very scary thought.
With so much talk about 'Torture' lately, this article shows the unspoken side.
Water boarding is Torture, sleep deprivation is torture, a bath of bugs is torture.
The cry, "Prosecute the Torturers!"
Abortion is not torture?
Obama's Torture Policy or the Unborn.
If achieving world peace required torturing a single baby, asks a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, would it be worth it?
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature -- that baby beating its breast with its fist, for instance -- and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears, would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth."
The liberalism that Barack Obama seeks to complete answers Dostoyevsky's question with an emphatic yes. What is Obama's abortion-on-demand-forever policy but the building of a modern American way of life upon the graves of tortured babies? And not just the unavenged tears of one baby but millions of them.
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With so much talk about 'Torture' lately, this article shows the unspoken side.
Water boarding is Torture, sleep deprivation is torture, a bath of bugs is torture.
The cry, "Prosecute the Torturers!"
Abortion is not torture?
Obama's Torture Policy or the Unborn.
If achieving world peace required torturing a single baby, asks a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, would it be worth it?
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature -- that baby beating its breast with its fist, for instance -- and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears, would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth."
The liberalism that Barack Obama seeks to complete answers Dostoyevsky's question with an emphatic yes. What is Obama's abortion-on-demand-forever policy but the building of a modern American way of life upon the graves of tortured babies? And not just the unavenged tears of one baby but millions of them.
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Interesting video at RealCatholicTV
I believe we should all prayer for our leaders and especially President Obama. We all should be praying for a successful administration.
But, a successful administration at what price. At the price of our moral stability? At the sacrifice of our Catholic beliefs?
Peace
I believe we should all prayer for our leaders and especially President Obama. We all should be praying for a successful administration.
But, a successful administration at what price. At the price of our moral stability? At the sacrifice of our Catholic beliefs?
Peace
17Year-Olds Set To Use 'Morning-After-Pill'
Another sign that this administration is on track to becoming the most Pro-Abortion in U.S. history.
The FDA is set to make the decision to okay the use of Plan B or as it's more appropriately called the 'Morning-After-Pill', available over the pharmacy counter with I.D. .
Supporters of this contraception say it will prevent abortions which to me is like saying suicides prevent heart attacks.
Makes no sense.
Judge Korman is ruling on this with a little help from his friends...
In his ruling, Judge Korman said that FDA staffers were told the White House had been involved in the decision on Plan B. The government said in court
papers that politics played no role.
And still we have those that insist that Mr. Obama and his administration are pro-life oriented.
FDA Set to OK 'Morning-After-Pill' for 17 Year-Olds.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agency will announce that it is complying with a federal judge's order that overturns a Bush administration policy. The official was not authorized to speak publicly before the FDA announcement, expected later Wednesday.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled in a New York lawsuit that Bush administration appointees let politics, not science, drive their decision to allow over-the-counter access to these pills only for women 18 and older. Korman ordered the agency to let 17-year-olds get the medication, and separately to evaluate whether all age restrictions should be lifted.
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The FDA is set to make the decision to okay the use of Plan B or as it's more appropriately called the 'Morning-After-Pill', available over the pharmacy counter with I.D. .
Supporters of this contraception say it will prevent abortions which to me is like saying suicides prevent heart attacks.
Makes no sense.
Judge Korman is ruling on this with a little help from his friends...
In his ruling, Judge Korman said that FDA staffers were told the White House had been involved in the decision on Plan B. The government said in court
papers that politics played no role.
And still we have those that insist that Mr. Obama and his administration are pro-life oriented.
FDA Set to OK 'Morning-After-Pill' for 17 Year-Olds.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agency will announce that it is complying with a federal judge's order that overturns a Bush administration policy. The official was not authorized to speak publicly before the FDA announcement, expected later Wednesday.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled in a New York lawsuit that Bush administration appointees let politics, not science, drive their decision to allow over-the-counter access to these pills only for women 18 and older. Korman ordered the agency to let 17-year-olds get the medication, and separately to evaluate whether all age restrictions should be lifted.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Ridiculous - Weight Challenged Cause Global Warming
Is this ridiculous or what?
Scientist's warn that the Carbon footprint of over weight people are warming the planet, and thus causing global warming.
Here's the article:
Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production — a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet.
Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage.
I found this book helpful.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Miss California is #1 in my book.
My thanks and support of Miss California for answering a question posed to her on national TV.
Judge Perez Hilton asked the contestant "... whether she believed in gay marriage..."
Carrie Prejean, Miss California answered ""We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
This was not the politically correct answer for the Pageant's co-director Keith Lewis.
"As co-director of the Miss California USA, I am personally saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman," said Lewis in a statement. "I believe all religions should be able to ordain what unions they see fit. I do not believe our government should be able to discriminate against anyone and religious beliefs have no politics in the Miss California family."
I didn't watch the event but I would like to say that Miss Prejean is tops in my book. She spoke the truth and it may have cost her the title. She could have given the answer they would have like to have heard. But she didn't.
Why did they ask this question in the first place? Could it have been judge Perez Hilton's personal openly gay gossip blog or Mr. Lewis' position?
Maybe the pageant wanted to press the contestants to choose sides (...their side obviously) in front of thousands of viewers.
As it happened, Miss California was not chosen as the winner, she won runner up. There apparently was outrage with this as well.
Thanks Miss California!
Miss California Sparks Furor With Gay Marriage Comments onMiss USA Telecast
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When asked by judge Perez Hilton, an openly gay gossip blogger, whether she believed in gay marriage, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, said "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
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Judge Perez Hilton asked the contestant "... whether she believed in gay marriage..."
Carrie Prejean, Miss California answered ""We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
This was not the politically correct answer for the Pageant's co-director Keith Lewis.
"As co-director of the Miss California USA, I am personally saddened and hurt that Miss California believes marriage rights belong only to a man and a woman," said Lewis in a statement. "I believe all religions should be able to ordain what unions they see fit. I do not believe our government should be able to discriminate against anyone and religious beliefs have no politics in the Miss California family."
I didn't watch the event but I would like to say that Miss Prejean is tops in my book. She spoke the truth and it may have cost her the title. She could have given the answer they would have like to have heard. But she didn't.
Why did they ask this question in the first place? Could it have been judge Perez Hilton's personal openly gay gossip blog or Mr. Lewis' position?
Maybe the pageant wanted to press the contestants to choose sides (...their side obviously) in front of thousands of viewers.
As it happened, Miss California was not chosen as the winner, she won runner up. There apparently was outrage with this as well.
Thanks Miss California!
Miss California Sparks Furor With Gay Marriage Comments onMiss USA Telecast
...
When asked by judge Perez Hilton, an openly gay gossip blogger, whether she believed in gay marriage, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, said "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."
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New 'Hip-Slang'.... "Barack You"
Seems it's a growing trend in the realm of being cool and hip ... well like our President Obama.
The story refers to ‘Baracking' - a supposed new form of slang popular everywhere even though nobody has ever heard it used. The piece (surprise surprise!) highlights the coolness of Barack.
The Albany Union found that "What up, my Obama?" and "Barack's in the White House now" (which means "cool it.") are pervasive now in the culture. And just in case those weren't stupid enough, they say the new slang response to someone sneezing is... "Barack you."
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I'm Baracking tonight...
The story refers to ‘Baracking' - a supposed new form of slang popular everywhere even though nobody has ever heard it used. The piece (surprise surprise!) highlights the coolness of Barack.
The Albany Union found that "What up, my Obama?" and "Barack's in the White House now" (which means "cool it.") are pervasive now in the culture. And just in case those weren't stupid enough, they say the new slang response to someone sneezing is... "Barack you."
MORE
I'm Baracking tonight...
The Church's Civil War
George Neumayr as a good post on InsideScoop entitled 'A New Front in the Church's Civil War'.
It's about the the views of Ms. Kathleen Sebelius and the support of prominant Catholics for her.
Modern liberal Catholics chuckle at the history of casuistry in the Church even as they contribute grimly absurd new examples to it. They use tortured reasoning not to discuss the properties of angels but to cloud the records of abortion proponents.
How many dissenting, not very angelic Catholic politicians can dance with modernists’ approval at the head of a pro-abortion administration? An astonishing number, it turns out, and the list is growing. Kathleen Sebelius is the latest Catholic appointment to seize upon their strained sophistries.
No sooner had President Barack Obama nominated the governor of Kansas to head up the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) than “26 Catholic leaders, scholars, and theologians” started up a petition and website to support her.
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It's about the the views of Ms. Kathleen Sebelius and the support of prominant Catholics for her.
Modern liberal Catholics chuckle at the history of casuistry in the Church even as they contribute grimly absurd new examples to it. They use tortured reasoning not to discuss the properties of angels but to cloud the records of abortion proponents.
How many dissenting, not very angelic Catholic politicians can dance with modernists’ approval at the head of a pro-abortion administration? An astonishing number, it turns out, and the list is growing. Kathleen Sebelius is the latest Catholic appointment to seize upon their strained sophistries.
No sooner had President Barack Obama nominated the governor of Kansas to head up the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) than “26 Catholic leaders, scholars, and theologians” started up a petition and website to support her.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Morning Read - Cup of Joe Apr 16
Morning Read. A few articles that I'm perusing with a cup of 'Peets'.
Spirit of '09 - Yesterday's American rallies
Progressive Catholics Dispair - Creative Minority Report
If your're goin to quote Newman, quote him correctly... - InsightScoop
Notre Dame President Rejects Students' Request for Dialogue - Catholicculture
Robert P. Georges vs. Doug Kmiec - "12 Questions" Debate - Catholics in the Public Square
Spirit of '09 - Yesterday's American rallies
Progressive Catholics Dispair - Creative Minority Report
If your're goin to quote Newman, quote him correctly... - InsightScoop
Notre Dame President Rejects Students' Request for Dialogue - Catholicculture
Robert P. Georges vs. Doug Kmiec - "12 Questions" Debate - Catholics in the Public Square
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I'm Pro-Life - NOT A TERRORIST!
Let me repeat that...
I'm Pro-life, Not A Terrorist!
It appears that the Department of Homeland Security is concerned with domestic terrorist.... of the Pro-life persuasion, the family value persuasion, the Veteran home from the war persuasion.
And we all get labeled 'Right-wing Extremist'
Has this administration lost it's marbles? This sounds like a tactic from a totalitarian nation that wants to silence the opposition.
I find this report out by the DHS highly suspicious (and I'm not one easily convinced of conspiracy theories) considering that this came out, what maybe a week a or so before the 'Tea Party' protest.
As far as pro-life terrorist are concerned, I can't remember a terrorist act in the name of pro-life happening in years. Let's see, the only one that comes to mind is the bombing of the abortion clinic and I don't remember what year that was.
I will be participating in a pro-live walk this weekend in my area. Maybe I'll spot some van with dark windows parked along the way.
sheeeessss.
Get this... this is what the report says (via article)
What's that Bruce Springsteen song say.." Like a river that don't know where its flowing, I [we]took a wong turn and I [we] just kept going."
Here's an article on this pathetic report and the links to the document:
The report, titled "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," dated April 7, states that "threats from white supremacist and violent anti-government groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts."
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Satan..just a Metaphor
I think this article on 'Creative Minority Report hits the nail on the head.
Help! I'm Possessed by a Metaphor!
It seems that about 60 percent of "Christians" at least somewhat agree that Satan is not a real entity but simply a metaphor for evil. But while holding that view, 65% also believe that people can be influenced by demons or evil spirits.
I'm not sure how these two things are possible. If they're a symbol how can they affect you?
And get this, about 40% of Christians believe that Jesus might have sinned while on Earth. Uh...So let me get this straight. According to polled Christians, a very real Jesus might have been influenced by pretend demons and committed very real sins?
All I can say to many Christians, is get thee to Catechism.
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Everyone.... let's open up our Catechisms and do a little reading tonight. In fact let's all make a Pentecost resolution this Spring and re-educate ourselves in in faith.
A paragraph a night is all we are asking.....
Fr. Corapi has some excellent DVD's and CD's to select from. Father John Corapi
Help! I'm Possessed by a Metaphor!
It seems that about 60 percent of "Christians" at least somewhat agree that Satan is not a real entity but simply a metaphor for evil. But while holding that view, 65% also believe that people can be influenced by demons or evil spirits.
I'm not sure how these two things are possible. If they're a symbol how can they affect you?
And get this, about 40% of Christians believe that Jesus might have sinned while on Earth. Uh...So let me get this straight. According to polled Christians, a very real Jesus might have been influenced by pretend demons and committed very real sins?
All I can say to many Christians, is get thee to Catechism.
MORE
Everyone.... let's open up our Catechisms and do a little reading tonight. In fact let's all make a Pentecost resolution this Spring and re-educate ourselves in in faith.
A paragraph a night is all we are asking.....
Fr. Corapi has some excellent DVD's and CD's to select from. Father John Corapi
Vatican ambasador...not Kennedy..or Kmiec
Looks like the Obama administration is not getting the message.
So, let's spell it out one more time...
“The Holy See has always set a very simple standard: the person should not be in opposition to fundamental teachings of the Church that belong to our common shared humanity. He or she may not believe in Catholic dogma if he or she is not a Catholic, but we could not accept someone who is in favor of abortion, or (human) cloning or same-sex unions equated to marriage,” the official said.(CNA)
With the forth coming honorary Notre Dame law degree and numerous accolades praising the extraordinary brilliance of President Obama, I'm kind of baffled at the selection process for this position of ambassador to the Vatican.
Is Mr. Obama trying to make a statement? Maybe that he is against the Catholic teachings of abortion and embryonic stem cell research to name a couple?
Mr. Obama, no need to make such a statement. We are well aware where you stand on these issues.
I can't imagine that he just doesn't get it. So just what is the point of 3 strikes in a row, the latest being Caroline Kennedy (Pro-Choice advocate)?
Hmm... any thoughts?
So, let's spell it out one more time...
“The Holy See has always set a very simple standard: the person should not be in opposition to fundamental teachings of the Church that belong to our common shared humanity. He or she may not believe in Catholic dogma if he or she is not a Catholic, but we could not accept someone who is in favor of abortion, or (human) cloning or same-sex unions equated to marriage,” the official said.(CNA)
With the forth coming honorary Notre Dame law degree and numerous accolades praising the extraordinary brilliance of President Obama, I'm kind of baffled at the selection process for this position of ambassador to the Vatican.
Is Mr. Obama trying to make a statement? Maybe that he is against the Catholic teachings of abortion and embryonic stem cell research to name a couple?
Mr. Obama, no need to make such a statement. We are well aware where you stand on these issues.
I can't imagine that he just doesn't get it. So just what is the point of 3 strikes in a row, the latest being Caroline Kennedy (Pro-Choice advocate)?
Hmm... any thoughts?
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Holy Shroud - More Evidence
This time from one who analyzed threads of the Shroud back in 1988. Part of the Shroud of Turin Research Project.
Turin Shroud 'could be genuine as carbon-dating was flawed'
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But in a video made shortly before his death three years ago, he said facts had come to light that indicated the shroud could be genuine.
Rogers, a chemist from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, said: "I don't believe in miracles that defy the laws of nature. After the 1988 investigation I'd given up on the shroud.
"But now I am coming to the conclusion that it has a very good chance of being the piece of cloth that was used to bury the historic Jesus."
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I for one believe this is authentic, although my faith doesn't hinge on this.
Turin Shroud 'could be genuine as carbon-dating was flawed'
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But in a video made shortly before his death three years ago, he said facts had come to light that indicated the shroud could be genuine.
Rogers, a chemist from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, said: "I don't believe in miracles that defy the laws of nature. After the 1988 investigation I'd given up on the shroud.
"But now I am coming to the conclusion that it has a very good chance of being the piece of cloth that was used to bury the historic Jesus."
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I for one believe this is authentic, although my faith doesn't hinge on this.
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