Why isn't this getting the same kind of coverage as Trayvon Martin? Has Obama called the family or come out publicly expressing his concern over this cold-blooded murder by a group of teens? This happened in his old stomping ground after all. If Obama had a son would he look like one of Mora's six sons or like one of the assailants? Now that we all have the hope and change Obama promised why aren't we all living in racial harmony? Seems these days the lives of some are more important than others, especially based on whether events can be used for political points. I want to know where the hordes are calling for justice for this father of twelve? Where are the rallies? Where is the outrage? Where is the liberal press fomenting the crowds to demand justice? The Huffington Post put up the AP story without comment. I guess the attitude is "boys will be boys." One old Mexican dude just isn't worth the newsprint. Well, it's early yet. Maybe the Chicago rally to City Hall will be next week after the funeral.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Should This Make Us Nervous?
Taiwan Aims Missiles at China
Update: According to Donal Foley, Akita is controversial. I thought it was among the approved apparition sites, but apparently the Vatican has never given approval, which, I guess, puts it in the same category as Medjugroje. Go here for more.
The first thing I thought of when I read this was the scenario that began World War II. Great Britain stayed out of things until Hitler invaded Poland, their ally. Hitler's invasion of Poland marks the first armed attack of the war in Europe and his blitzkrieg defeated the nation within hours. A mounted horse cavalry was hardly an effective deterrent to Nazi tanks.
Well, we have an agreement to defend our ally Taiwan in case of attack by Beijing which continues to aim at reunification of the island nation with mainland China. What will happen if China attacks Taiwan? Not a happy thought is it. But Mother Teresa predicted that the fruit of abortion would be WW III. I see no indications that the countries of the world are becoming more moral. In fact, comparing our behavior to the end of WW II, we are more depraved in every area and in every one of the seven deadly sins. This is surely a time to listen to the Blessed Mother's call for repentance and penance. The messages of Akita should send all Christians to their knees.
The Blessed Mother gave us this prayer during her apparitions. Please pray it every day:
Update: According to Donal Foley, Akita is controversial. I thought it was among the approved apparition sites, but apparently the Vatican has never given approval, which, I guess, puts it in the same category as Medjugroje. Go here for more.
The first thing I thought of when I read this was the scenario that began World War II. Great Britain stayed out of things until Hitler invaded Poland, their ally. Hitler's invasion of Poland marks the first armed attack of the war in Europe and his blitzkrieg defeated the nation within hours. A mounted horse cavalry was hardly an effective deterrent to Nazi tanks.
Well, we have an agreement to defend our ally Taiwan in case of attack by Beijing which continues to aim at reunification of the island nation with mainland China. What will happen if China attacks Taiwan? Not a happy thought is it. But Mother Teresa predicted that the fruit of abortion would be WW III. I see no indications that the countries of the world are becoming more moral. In fact, comparing our behavior to the end of WW II, we are more depraved in every area and in every one of the seven deadly sins. This is surely a time to listen to the Blessed Mother's call for repentance and penance. The messages of Akita should send all Christians to their knees.The Blessed Mother gave us this prayer during her apparitions. Please pray it every day:
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Thy Heart, being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father pleading for the coming of his Kingdom. Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as Thou wilt for the glory of the Father and salvation of souls. Most Holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Thy Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Thy special child. Amen
Our Lady of Akita, pray for us.
Dead Dogs for Obama
You gotta read it to believe it. My dog Shaley died a few years ago. I never thought to register her to vote. But now my eyes are opened. She would have made a good Republican. She was a border collie and a hard worker who spent her days trying to corral the kids.
As for voter ID being discriminatory that is such patent nonsense. If somebody under 35 buys beer at the grocery, he is ID'd. When I went to the doctor's for my annual physical I had to present an ID. If I drive, I have to carry my driver's license ID whenever I'm behind the wheel. To fly on a commercial airline I have to present an ID. We hear all kinds of talk about security. Isn't securing the integrity of the vote important?
I have no intention of registering my dead dog to vote. But I have no doubt that some of our "honest" politicians would happily register dead dogs, dead people, and cartoon characters if it would help them win the election. (Just see what ACORN was up to.) Despite his words, Obama has shown himself to be among the least transparent and most venal politicians in history. We better be sure somebody is minding the store in November to keep the dogs at bay.
As for voter ID being discriminatory that is such patent nonsense. If somebody under 35 buys beer at the grocery, he is ID'd. When I went to the doctor's for my annual physical I had to present an ID. If I drive, I have to carry my driver's license ID whenever I'm behind the wheel. To fly on a commercial airline I have to present an ID. We hear all kinds of talk about security. Isn't securing the integrity of the vote important?
I have no intention of registering my dead dog to vote. But I have no doubt that some of our "honest" politicians would happily register dead dogs, dead people, and cartoon characters if it would help them win the election. (Just see what ACORN was up to.) Despite his words, Obama has shown himself to be among the least transparent and most venal politicians in history. We better be sure somebody is minding the store in November to keep the dogs at bay.
Will Pawlenty be Romney's Veep?
It's looking like either Tim Pawlenty or Bobby Jindal will be Romney's pick for veep. The fact that both have strong pro-life records indicates that Romney recognizes his serious problem with pro-lifers. Picking a strong pro-life vice president may mean the difference between many pro-lifers sitting out the election or holding their noses on Romney and voting for the pro-lifer on the ticket. Romney is expected to announce his veep pick this week. Either one will look like genius compared to Joe Biden. Can't wait for the debate with the man who didn't know who was president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and said President Roosevelt (who wasn't the president) "got on television" which wasn't available in the public market until ten years later, and not commonly available in American households until the early 50s. I remember listening to radio broadcasts of Tweetie and Sylvester and we didn't have TV until I was five or six. Joe Biden is five years older than I am so he surely should remember there was no television in 1929. But maybe he suffers from early onset senility (well, not so early) as well as foot-in-mouth disease. Can anybody imagine him as U.S. president? The thought makes me ROTFL but maybe ROTFC would be more appropriate.
Is Bankruptcy on the Horizon for Your City?
Salad Days of the Public Sector are Over
I confess I'm a little worried about my own local town. The screwballs on the County Board of Supervisors think the taxpayers are a money tree. First they expanded the sewage treatment plant which was sensible at the time because of the housing boom. It looked like Woodstock would be booming along with it. When the housing market collapsed we were left with a plant ready to handle triple or more the number of homes currently in the area, while the expansion plans disappeared overnight.
Then the county took an old Safeway building purchased over a decade ago and turned it into a massive human services building. Every time I go by I shake my head. There are 40,000 people in the county. That building should house the entire county government with room to spare. But there's a huge county building right across the street -- and more town offices a few blocks away. How much governing do 40,000 people need?
Last year the county bought property to expand the school system which a study showed we didn't need. Another study showed we didn't need a regional jail even the sheriff opposed, but that didn't keep the supervisors from committing one third of the funding from our county. Did the sheriff's opposition make a whit of difference to these porkers on the board? Heck no! They think they live in Fairfax and appear committed to growing the government exponentially.
Oh, did I mention the new courthouse? It's a huge multi-million brick building with two, count em, courtrooms. We already have a historical old courthouse and additional courtrooms adjacent to the jail. When my husband was called up for jury duty he never had to go. Apparently Woodstock doesn't have many jury trials. Well, maybe we can get more folks to commit crimes so the new courthouse will be better used. Oh...and the regional jail is in Front Royal about 30 miles away (Thank God it's not in Woodstock!) so the sheriff will have the expense of going to Front Royal to pick up criminals for trial, transport them to court in Woodstock, and drive them back again. What a great use of taxpayers money and the time of the sheriffs deputies.
I suspect that next election most of the supervisors will be booted over their irresponsible and expensive decisions. I certainly hope so. Give me a housewife or a janitor with common sense who knows how to balance a budget any day over the current board.
I confess I'm a little worried about my own local town. The screwballs on the County Board of Supervisors think the taxpayers are a money tree. First they expanded the sewage treatment plant which was sensible at the time because of the housing boom. It looked like Woodstock would be booming along with it. When the housing market collapsed we were left with a plant ready to handle triple or more the number of homes currently in the area, while the expansion plans disappeared overnight.
Then the county took an old Safeway building purchased over a decade ago and turned it into a massive human services building. Every time I go by I shake my head. There are 40,000 people in the county. That building should house the entire county government with room to spare. But there's a huge county building right across the street -- and more town offices a few blocks away. How much governing do 40,000 people need?
Last year the county bought property to expand the school system which a study showed we didn't need. Another study showed we didn't need a regional jail even the sheriff opposed, but that didn't keep the supervisors from committing one third of the funding from our county. Did the sheriff's opposition make a whit of difference to these porkers on the board? Heck no! They think they live in Fairfax and appear committed to growing the government exponentially.
Oh, did I mention the new courthouse? It's a huge multi-million brick building with two, count em, courtrooms. We already have a historical old courthouse and additional courtrooms adjacent to the jail. When my husband was called up for jury duty he never had to go. Apparently Woodstock doesn't have many jury trials. Well, maybe we can get more folks to commit crimes so the new courthouse will be better used. Oh...and the regional jail is in Front Royal about 30 miles away (Thank God it's not in Woodstock!) so the sheriff will have the expense of going to Front Royal to pick up criminals for trial, transport them to court in Woodstock, and drive them back again. What a great use of taxpayers money and the time of the sheriffs deputies.
I suspect that next election most of the supervisors will be booted over their irresponsible and expensive decisions. I certainly hope so. Give me a housewife or a janitor with common sense who knows how to balance a budget any day over the current board.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Did You Know About This Millstone (Oops...milestone)?
Did you know that June was gay pride month at the Pentagon? For the first time in its history, the U.S. military celebrated the disordered attachment of same sex lust among those serving in the armed forces. Leon Panetta made a video celebrating "diversity" and the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell." Panetta's address helps advance the lie that homosexual attractions is a civil rights issue of "equality."
The homosexual agenda isn't about equality for all; it's about special privileges for the few. When has the Department of Defense ever celebrated its Catholic members? Traditionally, Catholics have made up about 30% of the armed forces. Let's take a look at these two "diverse" groups.
Panetta celebrates the "diversity" and open proclamation for those who are so deluded they pretend the rectum is a vagina. Letting them openly proclaim their disordered inclinations is cause for celebration and shows respect for their integrity. Wow!
There's no celebration for the "diversity" of Catholics in the military who believe, like all ethical believers for thousands of years, that marriage and the traditional family are the basis of every healthy society. No, Panetta has no praise for their "integrity" -- just the opposite in fact. While the homosexuals have thrown open the closet and are welcome to celebrate their depraved sexual expression, Catholics and other people of faith are being silenced. Not only are they being warned not to criticize the new, politically correct policy, but some are being told not to mention Jesus. "Get in line or resign," one was told! Can you imagine what will happen in the future to any serviceman sexually harassed by a homosexual? The troops have been warned not to engage in sexual harassment of gays. But for gays harassing straight servicemen - no warning for them. And yet the increase in assaults by homosexuals is alarming. How many servicemen will think twice before reporting an assault by a homosexual? Remember how female rape victims were treated in the past? Men have even more reason to be ashamed and embarrassed not to mention worried that by coming forward they will be seen as the problem because it casts doubt on the policies now in force.
No one can predict what this insanity will do to the military over the next decade and more. One thing is for sure, however. Making the military a social engineering experiment is not likely to improve military readiness. What happened to Israel in the Old Testament (being overcome by her neighboring enemies) looks like our future. Maybe we should all enroll in foreign language classes. Take your pick: Chinese, Russian, or Arabic.
One last point: Do you think it's an accident that the administration chose June to establish this "gay pride" abomination? June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that heart that suffered over the sins of mankind including the depraved sins of homosexual lust. The devil may have been snickering over such a "victory" but, in reality, the timing emphasizes the love and mercy of Jesus for all who are enslaved by the evil one. We all need to offer prayers of reparation to the Sacred Heart and make sacrifices to save poor sinners before they fall "like snowflakes" into the everlasting fire of hell.
Remember the three little shepherds of Fatima who carried the message of repentance to the world. Let us make Jacinta's plaintive cry our own. "We must pray very much, to save souls from hell! So many go there, so many!...Why doesn't Our Lady show hell to sinners? If they saw it, they would not sin so as to avoid going there. I'm so sorry for sinners! If only I could show them hell."
Heavenly Father, give us the gift of fear of the Lord that we might, if not for love, stop sinning out of fear of eternal punishment.
The homosexual agenda isn't about equality for all; it's about special privileges for the few. When has the Department of Defense ever celebrated its Catholic members? Traditionally, Catholics have made up about 30% of the armed forces. Let's take a look at these two "diverse" groups.
Panetta celebrates the "diversity" and open proclamation for those who are so deluded they pretend the rectum is a vagina. Letting them openly proclaim their disordered inclinations is cause for celebration and shows respect for their integrity. Wow!
There's no celebration for the "diversity" of Catholics in the military who believe, like all ethical believers for thousands of years, that marriage and the traditional family are the basis of every healthy society. No, Panetta has no praise for their "integrity" -- just the opposite in fact. While the homosexuals have thrown open the closet and are welcome to celebrate their depraved sexual expression, Catholics and other people of faith are being silenced. Not only are they being warned not to criticize the new, politically correct policy, but some are being told not to mention Jesus. "Get in line or resign," one was told! Can you imagine what will happen in the future to any serviceman sexually harassed by a homosexual? The troops have been warned not to engage in sexual harassment of gays. But for gays harassing straight servicemen - no warning for them. And yet the increase in assaults by homosexuals is alarming. How many servicemen will think twice before reporting an assault by a homosexual? Remember how female rape victims were treated in the past? Men have even more reason to be ashamed and embarrassed not to mention worried that by coming forward they will be seen as the problem because it casts doubt on the policies now in force.
No one can predict what this insanity will do to the military over the next decade and more. One thing is for sure, however. Making the military a social engineering experiment is not likely to improve military readiness. What happened to Israel in the Old Testament (being overcome by her neighboring enemies) looks like our future. Maybe we should all enroll in foreign language classes. Take your pick: Chinese, Russian, or Arabic.
One last point: Do you think it's an accident that the administration chose June to establish this "gay pride" abomination? June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that heart that suffered over the sins of mankind including the depraved sins of homosexual lust. The devil may have been snickering over such a "victory" but, in reality, the timing emphasizes the love and mercy of Jesus for all who are enslaved by the evil one. We all need to offer prayers of reparation to the Sacred Heart and make sacrifices to save poor sinners before they fall "like snowflakes" into the everlasting fire of hell.
Remember the three little shepherds of Fatima who carried the message of repentance to the world. Let us make Jacinta's plaintive cry our own. "We must pray very much, to save souls from hell! So many go there, so many!...Why doesn't Our Lady show hell to sinners? If they saw it, they would not sin so as to avoid going there. I'm so sorry for sinners! If only I could show them hell."
Heavenly Father, give us the gift of fear of the Lord that we might, if not for love, stop sinning out of fear of eternal punishment.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
What Women Really Need
Melinda Gates says she wants to help women. Yeah...like Hugh Hefner of the Playboy Foundation. Give women contraceptives and partner with abortionists who recycle them so they can always be available as bunnies, playthings, tarts, and pacifiers for little boys who are happy to enjoy the benefits of the sexual revolution with none of the responsibilities of adulthood. How does that build a culture of respect for women. All it does is create disillusionment, despair and the question, "Where have all the good men gone?"
Visit HLI's Factsheet on Melinda Gates and pray for her conversion. Pumping women full of drugs with abortion as a backup is not helping build a culture of respect and justice for women. It's this kind of strategy that has trained men to be little boys drooling over their all day suckers.
The Running Nun Tells Why LCWR Doesn't Represent Her!
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| Go, Sister, go! One of the running nuns keeps the pace in the 2011 Labor Day 5K. |
Sister Mary Rose Reddy “We Do Not Feel at All Represented by the LCWR”
What did the Holy See actually say to the LCWR?
Recently the Office of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith issued a statement entitled, Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. (All quotations are taken directly from this 8 page document). Many people in the United States have mistakenly regarded this document as disparaging to women religious. Actually the contrary is true; the document praises the legitimate contributions of women religious over the years: “The Holy See acknowledges with gratitude the great contribution of women Religious to the Church in the United States as seen particularly in the many schools, hospitals, and institutions of support for the poor which have been founded and staffed by Religious over the years.”
At the same time as the Holy See praises these legitimate accomplishments it rightfully criticizes destructive aberrations in authentic religious life that have developed in and through the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). (The LCWR was founded at the encouragement of the Vatican in 1956 to be the official representative body of women religious in the United States). Here are some of the LCWR errors which this document from the Vatican addresses:
1. There has been “a diminution of the fundamental Christological center and focus of religious consecration which leads, in turn, to a loss of a ‘constant and lively sense of the Church’ among some Religious.”
2. Speakers have been allowed to promote destructive teachings such as
How Rich Countries Hurt the Poor and Persecute Their Own Citizens
Keep in mind as you read this that it is ALL ABOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
I was just reading an article by Martin Kohr about Rio 20 and international food policies that damage poor farmers in the developing world. It made me realize how little the average man in the street (Hey, that includes me!) knows about our food policies and their impact. This is what made my ears prick:
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