Check Out "Agenda: Grinding America Down" Recommended by Fr. Tom

This movie explains a lot about what is going on in American and you can view it FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME. Think how different things would be if every American citizen watched this film! Here's a trailer for the film; watch the whole thing:



And here's Fr. Tom's message:

Internet friends -
I saw the movie GRINDING AMERICA DOWN on the internet at  vimeo.com/63749370. It is a thought-provoking documentary on the strategies being used to morally degrade and destroy our nation. Sadly, it shows how the moral decline of our nation is more than the result of the perverting power of sin. Rather it is intimately linked with an agenda to tear us from our Judaeo-Christian roots and to make us all addictive
slaves to the dictates of our government. It is especially timely as we have witnessed gross abuses of power
being "punished" with "golden parachute" early retirements and the ongoing slandering of those who courageously demand truth and accountability from the media and from government officials.

In Christ,

Fr. Tom

And if you want to see more about Curtis Bowers, check out his acceptance of the award for best film of festival in 2010. Learn how his home schooling family supported their dad during the two years of making this film. Wow! Is there someone in your family who needs to see this?

Will Congress "Come to the Rescue" of the Babies?

Judiciary Committee takes testimony on Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 1797) sees gruesome photos from Houston abortion mill.



Murder is ugly. Those who commit it every day become calloused. It becomes easier to commit more and more gruesome acts. That is what abortion is teaching us. Kermit Gosnell was not the only monster on the block. He has many cohorts in the abortion movement. Let us pray for the next Gosnell, Douglas Karpen, to be investigated, prosecuted, and jailed for his heinous acts!

Time Out for Refreshing the Soul

I didn't use the computer much today. Instead I met with a group of women friends for lunch. We are all serious orthodox Catholics engaged in a wide range of apostolates: Catholic education, pro-life, working to get moral politicians elected, etc. Between lunch and desert we stopped to pray the rosary for our country, the election of our Virginia ticket next November, and for our individual prayer needs.

Listening to the lovely voices of these women praying together filled my heart with joy. During our visit, we shared information about each others families, talked about politics, religion, and books, and, not surprisingly, my own latest project: bee-keeping. We laughed a lot. One of my friends commented that we should only agree to discuss gay marriage at the insane asylum because that's where the discussion belongs. Amen!

We decided at the end of our afternoon, as we were all hugging and saying good-bye, that we need to do this on a regular basis, maybe once every few months. In a world hell-bent on suicide, where sanity seems to have fled the scene, those who love God need to meet and rejoice in our common embrace of Christ and His Church. What a refreshing and delightful respite this was, dare I say, a little preview of the joy of heaven?

Yes, we will meet again for fellowship and prayer and bring others into our blessed circle. True joy dispels the darkness. Evil hates it and flees from it. If you are feeling surrounded by evil, smile and repeat the name of Jesus. If you don't know Him, if you don't believe God even exists, ask Him to show you. God never leaves us alone in the dark and He reads our hearts. If we are sincerely seeking Him, we will find Him. And how can anyone, on finding Him not react the way the woman who swept her house looking for her lost coin reacted - with celebration. As Scripture says, "Rejoice in the Lord always."

That's what we did this afternoon and it was a joy to behold. Praise God for good friends!

And to top the day off, on the way home, as if to confirm the joy of the day and His promise to be always with us, we saw a brilliant rainbow arcing across the entire sky. We didn't need the pot of gold at its end to feel rich!

Today is the Feast of St. Rita of Cascia

What a great saint! She lived in 14th century Italy, a time when great factions engaged in open violence. Her husband, watchman for the town, was attacked and killed one night by a rival faction. Afraid that her twin teenage sons would avenge their father's death, she prayed for peace and that God would prevent them engaging in a vendetta killing. Both boys died a short while later from natural causes. While Rita mourned the loss of her husband and sons, she was at peace knowing the sin of murder was not on their consciences.

Rita wished to enter the Augustinian order but there were many sisters of the opposite faction so she was refused. She set about working to establish peace between the two groups and was so successful all objections to her entry were removed.

She is one of the saints to pray to for what seem like impossible causes. In that vein, let us pray that she will intervene in our poor divided nation to bring about peace.

While we can never ignore differences based on morality or pretend that evil is really good, we can treat every person with whom we come in contact with respect and charity. Sinners will never be won over by hate and condemnation. Jesus gave us the way when he asked the woman taken in adultery, "Has no one condemned you? Neither do I condemn you. Go in peace, but from now on avoid this sin." We too, while we recognize certain behavior as sinful, can love the sinner and pray for his strength against temptation. After all, hasn't each of us struggled against temptation" It is only by God's grace that the enemy can be defeated. St. Rita, pray for us. For more about St. Rita go here.

American Spectator: IRS Union Employees and the President's Cozy Relationship

Colleen Kelley, NTEU President

It may be circumstantial evidence, but there's enough of it to choke a horse. Take a look at the article by Jeffrey Lord. Here's just a taste:

According to the White House Visitors Log, provided here in searchable form by U.S. News and World Report, the president of the anti-Tea Party National Treasury Employees Union, Colleen Kelley, visited the White House at 12:30pm that Wednesday noon time of March 31st.

The White House lists the IRS union leader’s visit this way:  

             Kelley, Colleen Potus 03/31/2010 12:30

Whatever Happened to "The Buck Stops Here?"

Former IRS commissioner says scrutiny was not his job as a political appointee

If you believe this, I have a nice bridge here in the Valley I can sell you. Hey, it's an historic covered bridge! Do you actually think that a low level bureaucrat does this on his own? Nonsense! Policy is set by the guys at the top. As the next article contends.

Local Level Staffer Says, "Everything Comes from the top."

That is a much more believable scenario. 

Is This the Smoking Gun? Obama Met with Anti-Tea Party Union Leader Day before IRS Targeting Began

And Now a top IRS Official, Lois Lerner, is Expected to Take the Fifth Today

The fifth amendment that is - the one that protects individuals from self incrimination. In a trial the jury is not allowed to draw any conclusion from a defendant's right to take the fifth, but I think others can reasonably assume that Ms. Lerner doesn't want to tell what she knew and when she knew. Hey, she might even be taking the fifth to protect her higher ups. Maybe she knows the administration was fully aware of the persecution of the Tea Party et al. And doesn't it give you a great sense of peace to know that this lady is going to implement Obamacare? Good grief!

So the question is...how much did Obama know and when did he know it? He claims (once again) to know nuthink. But that excuse is getting a little lame as one scandal after another piles up. Wouldn't it be great if oval office tapes turned up like those Nixon kept? But I suspect Chicago thug-style politicians don't keep that kind of evidence...unless they want to blackmail somebody. 

Let's hold the president accountable for his administration. He's the boss. If he were an honest boss, his underlings know that he'd expect the same honesty from underlings or heads would roll. But, let's face it, he's as honest as Nixon and his enemies list is probably a lot longer. 

Great Letter to the Virginia Review from Fr. Tom...

...on the abuse of power by both unelected bureaucrats and Congress:

Dear Editor,

The revelation of the abuses of power by several departments of the Obama Administration
has raised two fundamental questions about the way we are being governed.

First of all, how is it that Congress can give to unelected bureaucrats powers, which are
not even granted to Congress by our Constitution? By granting to Federal regulators the
power to invade our privacy, to seize our property without due process of law and to violate
our freedom of religion, of speech and of press, Congress has abused or abdicated its proper
Constitutional mandate. We are supposed to be a nation of the people, by the people and for
the people. But over the years, Congress has allowed our government to gradually go through
a fundamental transformation, whereby we have become a nation of the bureaucrats, by the
bureaucrats and for the bureaucrats. And these bureaucrats are so protected by civil service
laws as to be de facto a class of nobility. As a result, our representatives and senators are
often relegated to acting merely ombudsmen/women, who serve us by begging for special
favors or exemptions to be granted to their constituents by these bureaucrats.

Nixon is Back: And It's Watergate on Steroids!

Media compares Nixon era to Obama's scandals.

Obama is closest thing to Nixon

Truth was casualty to both Nixon and Obama

Obama and Nixon Scandals

Obama's Nixon-esque Scandal

Obama Looking Like Nixon

The big difference is that, no matter how scandalous things get at the White House, the media will continue to carry water for Obama. Even when he has them in the cross hairs, they are unlikely to change. It must be the thrill up the leg!

Who are the Real Extremists? Abortionists and Their Advocates!

Praying for the People of Moore, Oklahoma & Partnering with Mercy Chefs

And helping by joining the Mercy Chef family of donors. They will serve thousands of hot meals to those devastated by the tornadoes. Check out their website here. The first imperative for Christians after a natural disaster is prayer; the second is to perform the corporal works of mercy.

Planned Parenthood Says Butchers LIke Gosnell Are an Aberration

Like hell they are!

Texas Gosnell Douglas Karpen

Abortion Doc Who Twists Off Babies’ Heads Killed Woman in Failed Abortion

Maryland Gosnell Nicola Riley

Abortion Doc Who Kept Remains of 35 Aborted Babies Loses License

Maryland Abortionist Overdosed and Killed patient

Romeo Ferrer

New York abortionist Abu Hayat went to jail in the 1990s after butchering a woman and severing the arm of her baby. He was a member of the National Abortion Federation that claimed to oversee their "clinics" and require compliance with their "rigorous standards." 

Abu Hayat Attempts Name Change

Abortionist Jesse Ketchum

From Back Alley Butcher to Legal Provider

Exposing Substandard Abortion Facilities: The Pervasiveness of True “Back-Alley” Practices

Fourteen states have opened up investigations into abortion mills that are butchering women as well as babies. There are more protections for cats and dogs than for women choosing abortion.

And don't forget that Planned Parenthood supports sexual predators who prey on minor girls. Sometimes the predators even kill their victims.

20-Year-Old Man Kills, Sets on Fire 14-Year-Old Who Refused Abortion

Abortion is a bloody business and you cannot murder children day after day without growing callous towards life. Kermit Gosnell was no aberration. He was the inevitable result of making a living as a hired killer. 

Exodus Now: Calling on Christians to Leave the Democrat Party

Check out E.W. Jackson's website Exodus Now calling on Christians to leave the Democrat party. Let's hope many listen and then work to make Republicans stay faithful to the principles articulated in the platform. Money issues are important, the economy matter, but finances are secondary to fundamental principles that begin with the defense of LIFE! Democrats are the party of death. They favor killing babies in the womb and babies born alive after abortion. They defend assisted suicide and see nothing wrong with starving and dehydrating people to death in passive euthanasia. They want an end to traditional marriage and elevate sexual deviance to a civil right. Their solution to poverty isn't to help people get out of it through work, but to make them ever more dependent on government giveaways funded by hard-working families being squeezed more and more by confiscatory taxes.

Candidate for Lieutenant Governor E.W. Jackson: He'll Defend Babies Waiting to Be Born

And he's not shrinking from the reality that black babies are murdered at much higher rates than whites relative to their numbers in the population. Listen to this man and see why I'm thrilled at the nomination of E.W. Jackson!:

The Democrat Party has created an unholy alliance between certain so-called civil rights leaders and Planned Parenthood, which has killed unborn black babies by the tens of millions. Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was… and the Democrat Party and the black civil rights allies are partners in this genocide. (Hat tip to BVBL.)

"Pedophile Protection Racket" at Planned Parenthood

Man Takes 14-Year-Old to Planned Parenthood for Abortion to Hide Rape

And PP had no clue that this little girl was being raped by the male adult who brought her in. They claim to do "counseling." With a young teen, wouldn't you expect them to quiz the girl about whether anyone is abusing or taking advantage of her? And how about the question, "Who's the man who brought you here today?" 

But, of course, they couldn't care less about little girls being raped as long as they can be paid for the abortionist's second rape with the suction machine. Just spread your legs, honey.

Ah...but they CARE SO MUCH about women. 

This is Hilarious: and Six Million People Have Laughed!

Abercrombie and Fitch is a disgusting company more interested in pushing the gay agenda than in marketing clothing. I remember a print ad in one of their catalogues with a bunch of buff guys (in the buff) on motorcycles. Once, when I was a teenager, I burned my calf on the manifold of a friend's cycle. Wonder if any A&F models burned any buff body parts making that ad. Anyway, the project in this video sounds like one with merit. And six million viewers got a good laugh watching it!

My God Have Mercy on Us: Human Cloning Begins

Barbaric: Scientists Clone Human Embryo for the First Time

The cloning technique used by scientists at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center was a version of somatic cell nuclear transfer, the method used to create Dolly. The researchers transferred the nucleus of a cell that contained a person's DNA into an egg that no longer had its nucleus. After stimulation, some of the embryos developed to a stage where they produced stem cells. 

Daniel Sulmasy, a professor of medicine and a bioethicist at the University of Chicago, told National Public Radio (NPR), "This is a case in which one is deliberately setting out to create a human being for the sole purpose of destroying that human being. I'm of the school that thinks that that's morally wrong no matter how much good could come of it."

And it happened here in the U.S. in the state of Oregon, the same state that legalized assisted suicide in 2009. I feel the way I did the day Roe v. Wade was announced. Murder of the babies just took an exponential leap. And the culture of death is moving into an entire new ring of hell where the demons howl with glee over the descent into barbarism by "scientists" playing God.

Penance, penance, penance.

The war against life creates ripples of evil that will touch every aspect of our society. Please atone for this atrocity by doing penance specifically in atonement.

Wintley Phipps, Amazing Grace, and the Pentatonic Scale

I think it's interesting that I learned about the pentatonic scale on Pentecost. It's also called the "slave scale" because Negro spirituals are all based on it. You can also learn a little about the history of the famous hymn, Amazing Grace. If you've seen the film, Amazing Grace, you already know.

A Pentecost Walk in the Capitol: Pour Out Your Spirit, O Lord!

I love Stuart Shepherd's Stoplight! He's pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and a man after my own heart with a sense of humor that's spot on. I think his "stoplight" is also a "spotlight" exposing liberal lunacy. And when you think of all the things liberals believe that simply aren't true (like a man who feeeels like a woman is really a woman or the rectum is a sex organ or killing a baby in the womb is "health care")...well...lunacy is the only word that describes it. If I put on a toga and insisted I was Julius Caesar, people would say I was a few eggs short of an omelet and might need to be restrained, but a man who tells everyone he feeeeeeeels like a woman can get away with sitting around nude in the women's locker room at the pool, etc. and liberals all nod like bobble heads. Of course, he's "transgendered" and has a right to expose himself  to all the little girls entering the locker room. If their mommies don't like it they can put up a curtain where the kiddies can change.

The emperor has no clothes, but it doesn't matter to liberals. They will go to their grave claiming the right of the nudist to expose himself in public. Pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our country to open the eyes of the blind and and change cold stony hearts into hearts of flesh and blood that beat in union with the heart of Christ.

The Republican Convention: 8,000 "Freaks" Pick the Candidates

The Virginia Republican Convention 5-18-13

Well, after a twelve-hour day for most delegates, the Virginia Republican Convention (labeled a "freak show" by the Daily Kos) selected a great ticket for the gubernatorial election in November. Ken Cuccinelli heads the list and set the entire convention on fire with his philosophy of principled government that involves standing for all the people: from the little ones in the womb to the elderly near life's end. He spoke for workers including working women and stay-at-home moms. He spoke about building an atmosphere of fewer government regulations and the right to work. He described his record of prosecuting child predators and assisting those with mental illness. He defended the Constitution and sent a strong message of principled government. You know where Ken stands and you know he's NOT blowin' in the wind. I've known Ken since before his first race for the General Assembly and I was impressed with him from the beginning. How wonderful to think of this family with their seven lovely children filling up the governor's mansion. Go, Ken!

Does MSNBC Live in the Real World?

Even the clueless president acknowledges that the IRS did "[some]thing wrong." I think the reporters at MSNBC are aliens from another planet! Of course, in the liberals' world any persecution of conservatives is "nothing wrong." That was Alinsky's policy (the end justifies the means and "the opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen'”). The liberal media are Alinskyites on speed! Do you think the IRS "did nothing wrong?"

No More Taxes to Kill Babies!

House of Representatives introduces bill (HR 7) to ban tax funding of abortion.

Texas Abortionist Douglas Karpen: Another Kermit Gosnell

Just call his abortion mill Gosnell West!

Washington Times Exposes Benghazi

Read the article. The White House knew this was no attack rising from a "spontaneous demonstration" from the very beginning. They spun a tale to support Obama's story that al Qaeda was on the run. The Benghazi fabrication was all about the election and the lives our people meant nothing. It was all about what's good for Obama. It's ALWAYS about what's good for Obama.

A big question: Why was the security reduced as things heated up? Is the speculation that there was a "kidnapping" plan accurate?:

According to a report from the Washington Times, retired 4 Star Admiral James Lyons reveals the entire plot that led to the deaths of Americans in Libya that could have been prevented, who gave the orders, and why events took place as they tragically did. Admiral James Lyons is probably the highest ranking figure ever to intervene in a federal government criminal case, and testify. Thanks to this man’s dedication to his country and the truth, we will finally know the truth and who was responsible.

Did the IRS Go After Filmaker Joel Gilbert?

Did Gilbert, who filmed Dreams from My Real* Father make the Obama Enemies List? Did the IRS pass info on his finances to leftwing reporters? Read the article, watch the video, and decide for yourself. Would Gilbert be a likely target among the conservatives in the crosshairs of Obama's IRS thugs?

Duh!

And the IRS is going to be overseeing Obamacare? Now isn't that just peachy?