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June 10, 2011
Prayer Request
A reader writes:
God bless you and thank you for your wonderful blog. I have a rather urgent prayer request. My friend Mona, here as a Fulbright Scholar, is in danger. She has been actively speaking out against the government in her homeland of Syria. She was hoping to receive a visa from France where her fiancé lives, but her request was denied. She has until Wednesday to figure out her next move or else she will be on plane back to Syria, and it is more than likely that she will be arrested once her plane lands. Please keep her, her fiancé and her family back in Syria in your prayers. Thank you.Father, we ask that you would speed the machinery of bureaucracy so that Mona would be able to find safe haven either here or in France and avoid the butcher in her own country. Hear the cry of the oppressed and protect her by your holy angels through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary and St. Ephraem the Syrian, pray for her and for all who care about her, that they will find peace through Jesus Christ.
Gone Today
Where? The Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference! Don't miss it if you can!
I'll be on a panel at 3:00 today. I'm also there tomorrow!
I'll be on a panel at 3:00 today. I'm also there tomorrow!
593 Followers!
Today, my minions, I wish to teach you about Relationships. Rule 1 for Men: If you ever feel yourself attracted to a woman like this, then report immediately to one of my Euthanasia Booths. You'll be happier that way:
Rule 1 for Women: If you ever feel yourself tempted act like this woman, report immediately to one of my Euthanasia booths. We'll be happier that way.
Rule 1 for Women: If you ever feel yourself tempted act like this woman, report immediately to one of my Euthanasia booths. We'll be happier that way.
June 9, 2011
Tin Cup Rattle: The Finale
In keeping with my habit of finding music from the Age of Disco as a clever cultural metaphor for my meaning, permit me to say:
Again, thanks so much for helping us out in this tight spot. I've managed to avoid doing one of these damn things for more than a year and I hope I never have to do another one (please keep praying about the job thingie). But God bless you for your generosity and kindness through our Lord Jesus. Your mensch- and menschetteliness are deeply appreciated. The Tin Cup remains open till midnight and the bookstore is open, well, pretty much all the time!
And do keep me in mind to come speak for you!
Again, thanks so much for helping us out in this tight spot. I've managed to avoid doing one of these damn things for more than a year and I hope I never have to do another one (please keep praying about the job thingie). But God bless you for your generosity and kindness through our Lord Jesus. Your mensch- and menschetteliness are deeply appreciated. The Tin Cup remains open till midnight and the bookstore is open, well, pretty much all the time!
And do keep me in mind to come speak for you!
Remember: Gay "Marriage" is all about Tolerance
Abp. Nienstedt has something to say about this sort of stuff out in Mpls/St. Paul.
One wonders what Bp. Clark, in Rochester, where his flock are getting harrassed and beaned with beer bottles, will have to say? I'm afraid it's fairly obvious.
Haven't followed the Wisconsin Union Thing
But I can tell you, if you think narcissistically dragging your quarrel with the governor into a Special Olympics is going to win friends and influence people, then perhaps you should have yourself tested for some kind of sociopathic personality disorder that makes you unable to relate to normal people:
Reminds me of a time, years ago here in Washington, where some right wing gun advocacy geniuses decided that Martin Luther King Day was the perfect day to have a rally for gun owners at the capitol in Olympia. When somebody pointed out that this was... infelicitous, they just pressed on, insisting that the assassinated civil rights leader would have been four square in favor of it.
Some people just lack the PR sense God gave a goose.
Reminds me of a time, years ago here in Washington, where some right wing gun advocacy geniuses decided that Martin Luther King Day was the perfect day to have a rally for gun owners at the capitol in Olympia. When somebody pointed out that this was... infelicitous, they just pressed on, insisting that the assassinated civil rights leader would have been four square in favor of it.
Some people just lack the PR sense God gave a goose.
Santorum fishes for Catholic Vote
emits boilerplate politico speech: Being Catholic is something to be proud of.
Actually, being Catholic is something to be grateful for. It's a gift, after all, not an achievement or an ethnicity.
Being a supporter of torture, on the other hand, is something to be ashamed of and repentant about. If Mr. Santorum is going to play the Catholic card for votes, I think it only fair to explain that I vote for Catholics who actually uphold the Church's teaching, not those who persistently defy it. I see no great difference between him and La Pelosi, except for the intrinsic grave evils they scandalously promote in defiance of the Church.
Actually, being Catholic is something to be grateful for. It's a gift, after all, not an achievement or an ethnicity.
Being a supporter of torture, on the other hand, is something to be ashamed of and repentant about. If Mr. Santorum is going to play the Catholic card for votes, I think it only fair to explain that I vote for Catholics who actually uphold the Church's teaching, not those who persistently defy it. I see no great difference between him and La Pelosi, except for the intrinsic grave evils they scandalously promote in defiance of the Church.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for Not Being George W. Bush...
...launches War No. 4.
For those keeping track at home, this war is not to oust an oppressive Islamic regime (that's Libya). This one is to *defend* an oppressive Islamic regime.
I wonder how many of the people who voted for Obama on the "lesser of two evils" theory (yes, Dems make the same political rationalizations that Righties do, only using different actuarial factors in their calculus) are wondering if the whole "Lesser of two evils" approach is really all that it's cracked up to be? I guess the absolute silence of the "anti-war Left" answers that question, don't it?
What motivated the supposed "conscience" of Generation Narcissus during the Vietnam War was one thing and one thing only: the draft and free sex. Generation Narcissus didn't want to get killed or have something impede its ability to acquire wealth, so we got all righteous about "peace" just as we got all righeous about the sexual revolution. (We try to take credit for the Civil Rights Movement, but the heavy lifting, as usual, was done by our parents, who also fought WWII and thwarted the Commies.) Once the draft went away, we Boomers have shown ourselves quite ready, willing, and able to send an all volunteer force off to make war all over the place in preservation of the Empire. The "anti-war Left" could not care less about the expenditure of blood and treasure, or the deaths of foreigners, when Their Man is the guy calling the (very literal) shots.
One more reason I have no more use for the Thing That Used to Be Liberalism than I do for the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism.
For those keeping track at home, this war is not to oust an oppressive Islamic regime (that's Libya). This one is to *defend* an oppressive Islamic regime.
I wonder how many of the people who voted for Obama on the "lesser of two evils" theory (yes, Dems make the same political rationalizations that Righties do, only using different actuarial factors in their calculus) are wondering if the whole "Lesser of two evils" approach is really all that it's cracked up to be? I guess the absolute silence of the "anti-war Left" answers that question, don't it?
What motivated the supposed "conscience" of Generation Narcissus during the Vietnam War was one thing and one thing only: the draft and free sex. Generation Narcissus didn't want to get killed or have something impede its ability to acquire wealth, so we got all righteous about "peace" just as we got all righeous about the sexual revolution. (We try to take credit for the Civil Rights Movement, but the heavy lifting, as usual, was done by our parents, who also fought WWII and thwarted the Commies.) Once the draft went away, we Boomers have shown ourselves quite ready, willing, and able to send an all volunteer force off to make war all over the place in preservation of the Empire. The "anti-war Left" could not care less about the expenditure of blood and treasure, or the deaths of foreigners, when Their Man is the guy calling the (very literal) shots.
One more reason I have no more use for the Thing That Used to Be Liberalism than I do for the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism.
Ever Wonder What it's Like...
...to be in formation for consecrated life? It's still the most counter-cultural life you could possibly imagine, a million miles away from the fake counter-cultural life of the postmodern ironic hipster or the self-pitying proud-rich-girl-pretending-to-rebel-while-feeding-from-her-accustomed-silver-platter Lady Gaga and her smug acolytes.
If you want to see real humility, goodness, beauty and quiet courage in the face of a world that despises all these, read Emily Byers.
If you want to see real humility, goodness, beauty and quiet courage in the face of a world that despises all these, read Emily Byers.
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