I wish that this was satire, but it isn't. Apparently some study done by Dr Nicolas Cowan from some British scientific think tank discovered (?) that humans release trace amounts of methane and nitrous oxide when we exhale and/or emit flatulence. He states, "we would urge caution in the assumption from humans are negligible."
Well, suppose he's correct. Just what in hades do these people plan to do about it? Just how much methane did Dr. Cowan emit when he put out his hypothesis?
The fact is that some of these envirowhackos want to limit human population to "save the planet", and the Vatican, under Francis, is right on board with this murderous agenda. They have been for quite some time and they are getting more and more brazen about it.
As noted in a previous post, I'm currently reading Taylor Marshall's excellent book, "Infiltration". In it he explores the history of the corruption of the Church hierarchy. In reference to that corruption, we are now staring at its horrible consequences as they unfold before our very eyes. Only those who stubbornly and yes, sinfully, persist in wearing rose-colored glasses will pretend to be ignorant of the sickness and impotence of today's parishes (with some exceptions).
Many people believe that the trouble started with the Vatican II council. That is only when the disasters started to manifest themselves. In reality, they have been almost 200 years in the making. Recall that Pope St Pius X issued many encyclicals against modernism and he died over 100 years ago. Again, I refer you to Marshall's book and to the source materials therein. You can also browse the writings of the popes; you'll see the link on the right side bar of this blog.
Other ominous movements were afoot during that period, running parallel with the attempts to infiltrate the Church. All of these bear the paw prints of freemasonry. Within this anthology of posts I link to a movie called Maafa 21, exploring the eugenics movement as it rose in the United States following the Civil War. You'll see therein how many of the eugenicists were involved in the Ku Klux Klan and the American Birth Control League. The latter became known as Planned Parenthood. In fact, Margaret Sanger, the foundress of Planned Parenthood, gave an address to at least one meeting of a women's auxiliary KKK group and corresponded with Nazi "doctors" prior to the outbreak of World War II. Those doctors mastermined the mass murders of Jews and other "undesirables". It is Sanger herself who referred to the poor as "human weeds". Now it is important to ponder the term "Planned Parenthood". Doesn't that sound like they simply want couples to plan when they have children? Well, that's the current myth, but Sanger herself was up front about her intents. If it were up to her, parents wouldn't do the planning, for by her sick measures, they might not be "fit" to be parents. She must have realized that sort of totalitarianism wouldn't fly with the Americans of that era, so contraception became her answer. I'd urge you to watch the Maafa 21 film.
I will now post a movie done by Ben Stein called "Expelled". It details how atheistic Darwinism conquered academia and how it's stifled any differing scientific opinions about intelligent design. My post will continue after the video.
All those who hold to Darwinism to the point of quashing other opinion whine and moan about how the intelligent design theory will empower religious people. Quite frankly, their misgivings, from their warped perspectives, are rather logical. Intelligent design implies a Supreme Intelligence, does it not? Of course that means that mankind is not the supreme being in the universe, and that there is a God that has legitimate demands on our allegiance, obedience and worship. They must either obey or disobey, with consequences to follow. From that truth they instinctively recoil and lash out against those who dare propose the truth.
At the 1:12:00 mark, you'll see how the Darwinist position, with its emphasis on "survival of the fittest", is just another facet of the eugenics position. Both were atheists. In rejecting God, they also rejected the truth of eternal life after this sojourn on earth. Understanding that mental paradigm, we can see how they would only be focused on this life. Their emphasis would be to make life on this earth to be their paradise.
Can we not see this same mindset in so many of our progressive clergy? Take note of their obsession with environmentalism. We have seen recently how this pope has engaged various "population control" advocates to formulate the thinking behind Laudato Si and now the Amazon Synod.
Such deadly poison has long ago infiltrated Catholic clergy. In this article we see that a Catholic priest (Franciscan) is chiding pro-life activists for prioritizing babies over "the environment". He has in fact relegated the environment to the status of a de facto deity. This is gaia worship. His own claims to being pro-life ring hollow.
This error stated by Fr. Horan is quite compatible with the horror stated by democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. He stated that abortion and birth control would be part of his plan to address "climate change". Given his previous heretical blooper, how could Fr Horan argue with that? More importantly, would he be inclined to argue with Sanders.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the pope's continuing destruction of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family. We now see that Archbishop Paglia (yes, him) pretends that the term "life" needs to be redefined. What's next? Will this crowd try to redefine the word "God"? For 2000 years now, the Church has proclaimed God's teachings of life, family and morality. Any attempt to modify the meanings of those truths, by definition, will be to introduce deception and confusion to crystal-clear truth.
Speaking of "modifying teachings", that is exactly what will be attempted next month at the Amazon Sin-Nod. Pray your Rosaries for protection.
As faithful Catholics know, the pope has a lamentable habit of insulting us precisely because we are faithful Catholics. Not at all surprisingly, one big slur he hurls at us is that we are "pharisees" because we acknowledge that God's laws are as immutable as He is, and that they are to be obeyed by everyone in their entirety. Of course that is not the essence of being a "pharisee". What does that term mean?
I link to Mark 7:1-13. The key phrase is in verse 13: "making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth". I believe that sums up what it means to engage in pharisetical behavior: to create man-made precepts and to ascribe to them the status equal to that of God's own laws.
"Seamless garment" adherents do precisely that. They regard their progressive causes - most notably illegal immigration amnesty, climate-change junk-science, and the abolition of the death penalty - with the same level of concern as they might regaard contraception, homosexual behavior, abortion. Did I say "same level"? In most cases the progressive causes are deemed worthy of more attention and effort than those matters that are truly intrinsic evils. Moreover, I believe I've amply stated the case why these so-called "seamless garment" advocacies may well be sins in and of themselves: see here, here, here.
Within the past few days we've seen the progressive-controlled USCCB go ballistic because one of their pet causes is being dealt some well-needed blows and because Steve Bannon spoke truth to the liberal-pandering of the nation's bishops. We have also seen hysterical cries for "climate-change" deniers to be jailed simply for disagreeing with progressive tyrants. Toronto Catholic Witness advises us of a Franciscan friar who a) advocates criminalization of "climate change deniers" and b) advocating for gay rights. By the way, as TCW makes plain, this friar is the quintessential pharisee: trashing God's moral teachings and substituting junk-science precepts. He is not alone. Many join him in earning that title; faithful Catholics who love Our Lord and His Traditions are not among that number.
Yesterday President Trump announced that the US would be extraditing itself from the hamstring boondoggle known as the "Paris Agreement". As Huffington Post sniffs, this is within a week or two of the pope presenting to President Trump his faux-gospel known as Laudato Si. He must have read it and understood its basis in progressive crap-science. Breitbart News posted a list of harms that have been averted due to our rejection of the Paris Agreement.
The HP piece quotes Bishop Sorondo as whining that Trump's action "would be a slap in the face for us". Truth be told, the whole Pontifical Academy for the Sciences might benefit from some slaps to the kissers. Of course I speak figuratively for I would never assault clergy in that manner. To strike the ordained is an act of sacrilege; even if they don't hold their sacerdotal orders in high esteem, I do. The adulation they have heaped upon notorious baby-killing proponents (Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Ehrlich, Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown, etc) betrays their allegiance to progressivism and hatred for western (that is, Christian) culture. I've been following the encroachment of environmentalism in the Church for a while now. To an ever increasing number of people it is becoming clear that environmentalism is a Trojan horse for population control (via contraception, sterilization and abortion), one-world government, with that government encroaching so much on the lives of people that it supplants God in their lives. Here is just one expose of that fact; I urge you also to go to the Vortex link in this article.
The anti-life philosophy behind environmentalism reared its ugly head as recently as last month, when environmentalists tried to maintain the Paris Agreement. You can see that in the video below, seeing how they reacted to the pro-life message. I thank God that President Trump thwarted these people for now.
Yes, it's that annual day set aside by envirowhackos to engage in gaia-worshiping debacles. Sadly, but not too surprisingly, some progressive katholycs (like Catholic Climate Covenant) are participating in the idolatry.
Oh, I can see that some are going to whine and complain about how "mean-spirited" I am, and that I never help them out. Well, let me set things straight. Here are some videos to help us all get in the proper frame of mind to celebrate this most solemn of days.
Here we have Earth First teaching us, by example, how to snivel over trees.
Here's some music that shows the (lack of) beauty of the envirowhacko mindsets. This is from a "people's climate march" three years ago. I understand one will happen today downtown. Hopefully the music will be better than what you see below. I can't see how it could possibly be worse.
Last month the Catholic Relief Services, ever on the cutting edge of crusading for true justice and charity (Stop that snickering right now! Shame-shame!), issued a clarion call to the Trump administration to address what it holds to be the most crucial issue of the day. Is it the murder of babies in the womb? Is it the ever-encroaching demands that flagrant gays are making on Christians to celebrate their perversions? Oh, wait - CRS itself has been caught harboring gays. None of these. They are clamoring for an end to -climate change!
The CRS, with the USCCB, sent to President Trump a letter to that effect. They said, "Sadly, environmental issues can be politicized for partisan agendas and used in public discourse to serve different economic, social, political and ideological interests." They should know for they are the experts in doing precisely that at the bidding of their puppet-masters and sugar-daddies.
With the Catholic Climate Covenant, they are lobbying for support of the Green Climate Fund and Paris agreements, both of which really promise to be huge drains on cash as they further empower the United Nations. I for one note with pleasure that the President plans to remove us from the Paris agreements and to curtail funding of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Some might remember the Catholic Climate Covenant as promoting a progressive stunt called the Lenten Carbon Fast. I can no longer find their version of the "carbon fast calendar" online, but other similar calendars exist that feature the same nonsense as did the CCC version.
This gem from the Global Catholic Climate Movement urges us (see March 19) to "let our dishwashers breathe". Ladies and gentlemen, if you notice your dishwashers breathing, might I suggest that you call an exorcist? What these envirowhackos do not consider that it is that "energy-intensive drying cycle" that sterilizes the dishes, helping to prevent the spread of germs.
Some Catholic envirowhackos from Austrilia have their own calendar, one that has particular focus on their locality. On March 23rd they suggest the consumption of kangaroo meat as opposed to beef or lamb because, well,..methane! Need we go into detail? Bad little cattle! Bad little sheep! Killing the planet via flatulence!
So that is one way that the Catholic Relief Services is squandering the donation dollars of faithful Catholics. Pleading with their higher-ups has proven to be an exercise in futility. The only language they seem to understand is that of "$ ka-ching $". It is our silence with regard to that language that they need to experience.
Speaking of "donation dollars", the second collection for the Archdiocese of Washington during the weekend of March 25-26 will be for the CRS. That is in addition to the lenten Rice Bowl shakedown. As we are boycotting the rice bowl thing, let's boycott this as well and in the same way. I suggested what to do with the Rice Bowl two weeks ago. I'd suggest putting that same note in your envelope and dropping that in the collection basket this weekend.
I was informed yesterday that my Catholic Media Coalition colleague, Stephanie Block wrote an article about a UK-based outfit called Catholic Climate Movement. It caught my eye because a few days prior, on the aggregater site canon212.com, I saw articles in which the authors question the "morality" of having babies as the world deals with "global warming". In this latter article, we see the anti-life underpinnings of the "climate warming" hysteria becoming more manifest; the protagonists aren't concealing it anymore - or at least not as much.
As Ms. Block says, this "Catholic climate movement" things makes reference to Laudato Si, a papal writing that is fraught with difficulties, not the least of which is the false legitimacy it lends to leading proponents of population control, such as Jeffrey Sachs and others. I've written about these in the past. To refresh your memories, I suggest you read these posts and the linked material, paying special attention to this expose that Michael Voris did several years ago regarding the "global warming" hoax.
In the past several years that I've been looking at these outfits, I've learned that much can be gleaned from these outfits by looking at their members, directors, and other resources, usually readily available on their sites. This "Catholic climate movement" is no different. Looking at their member organizations, we see quite a few of the "usual suspects":
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
Pax Christi
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Franciscan Action Network - By the way, this November they are presenting a "Cardinal McCarrick award" to Karenna Gore, director of "Center for Earth Ethics". They conveniently forget to mention that she is a daughter of Al Gore and most likely pro-abortion in her own right.
Catholic Charities - Recall that its national CEO, Msgr John Enzler, donated to the the campaigns of two pro-abortion politicians.
That first organization, being a recipient of money from George Soros, makes me wonder how much Soros money is in this "Catholic climate movement" thing. We know that Soros' money had a role in the murder of Terri Schiavo.
Take a look at these facts and understand how the "movers and shakers" of the climate-change hoax are playing the "social-justice" crowd for dupes. Please warn your family, friends, etc not to swallow that kool-aid. Ms. Block finishes her excellent article by stating that "you don't need to be Catholic to sign a climate petition". I might have amended that to read "no real Catholic should sign this climate petition".
Yep! Another one has come and is almost gone! If this stupid stupendous event escaped your notice, you are not alone! According to National Journal, approximately 74% of Americans rarely - if ever - discuss Earth Day. Eek. The horror. The terror. I shall faint from fright at my earliest convenience.
I've written numerous times about this scam but still the progressives - in and out of the church - continue to sing this swan song. Hopefully their audience is dwindling. Now here's a person who's celebrating Earth Day as it should be celebrating - Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor. He's contemplating the elimination of over 50 of the state environmental agency's jobs. Talk about a reduction in waste and useless consumption of resources. In all honesty, if Walker runs for president, he will be on my short list.
Intelligent people always knew that the buzz-phrase "freedom of choice" was a mockery, something in which the pro-abortion crowd never believed. Now they are dropping their pretenses.
Princeton "bioethicist" Peter Singer declared his latest schlock: "Women's reproductive rights may one day have to be sacrificed for the environment". And where was he when he made this none-too-surprising statement? Why, he was at that Women Deliver Conference last week, along with Melinda Gates, Kathleen Sebelius and Leroy Carhart. What a charming bunch of folks.
(By the way - Women Deliver, Inc has 501c3 status. I wonder if Lois Lerner made them jump through hoops and turn over their donor lists, website passwords, etc? But I digress!)
Read that LifeSite News article; Singer's arrogance is actually quite typical of progressives. Don't you just get a thrill when he says regarding women's rights, "there can be imaginable circumstances in which you may be justified in overriding them." Wanna bet that Carhart and other abortionists in attendance were contemplating how they might "assist" in such "overriding"?
He's concerned - very concerned - about "greenhouse gases". One immediate step he and all the other attendees could take would be to shut their mouths and stop emitting their own noxious gases. But that won't happen.
Addendum: For a nice synopsis on real ecology in the service of humankind, see what Pope Francis says about the saving of babies as being the most important aspect of preserving environment.
This blog (and others) features several key posts exposing the anti-life underpinnings of the environmentalist poison infecting much of modern thought these days. Now we have the Sierra Club to thank for the latest pieces of evidence.
Last week they sponsored a rally in Washington to protest the Keystone Pipeline. Human Life International and Americans for Limited Government have interviewed protesters who have called for population control. One man voiced support for the implementation of China's "one-child" policy here. That's nothing new for the pro-abortion crowd. In 1989, Molly Yard, then president of NOW, called China's brutal policy "among the most intelligent in the world". So much for "pro-choice", but I digress.
Another Sierra devotee coined (or parroted) the term "earth patriotism". And what does that mean, you ask? Well, it means not having "excessive children", that is, not more than two. As you watch this video, try not to be too under-whelmed with the (dearth of) intellectual depth of the environmentalists. After all, these are the folks who voted for the Messiah Most Miserable (evidence at 1:31 to the left of the screen).
It keeps coming up like a bad penny, usually on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. This time, though, there's a bit of a name-change. It's now the (drum roll and trumpets, please!)
Lenten Caring for Creation Calendar
This appeared in my parish's bulletin today - on green paper of course (must stay on that green theme!). They even have the audacity to glom off the "Year of Faith" designation for 2013. Some of the usual politically correct drivel includes:
(Feb 18) Running clothes washer on "cold/cold" settings (in other words, don't worry about getting clothes clean and disinfected)
(Feb 21) Skip the "energy intensive" dry cycle with your dishwasher (but be prepared to share more germs since the dry cycle is the real sterilizer)
(March 7) check your car's tire pressure (a pearl of wisdom borrowed from Obama himself)
Of course, peppered throughout this thing (March 12, 21, 24) are solicitation to glom onto environmentalism with a faux-katholyc veneer via the "katholyc climate covenant", etc.
It's bad enough that this bulletin insert was itself an abysmal waste of paper, green paper dye and ink. What's even worse is that it couches an anti-life philosophy in "catholic-sounding" language.
I would suggest that one and all do some reading on Agenda 21, for this "Caring for Creation Calendar" is not much more than a segue into acceptance of this new-age, progressive attempt by the United Nations to seize control of our very lives. Please see:
There are many other, of course. I myself have written quite a bit about global warming, citing many excellent sources in so doing. In particular, I point you to this expose done by Michael Voris; please watch the video. It is worth the investment in time.
Getting back to Lent that is starting on Ash Wednesday, forget the "caring for creation" tripe. Focus on real healing and restoration. Go to Mass more frequently. Go to Confession (many parishes are offering additional Confession times). Attend the Stations of the Cross. Participate in your local 40 Days for Life efforts. And yes, educate yourselves on Agenda 21 and the other nefarious aspects of the progressive agenda and then alert others to them. The "caring for creation" stuff is actually quite insidious.
I've written many times about environmentalism - not only its sheer stupidity but also the underlying anti-life mental paradigm that drives so many of its proponents. Here is a smattering of things written in the past. As you read them, you'll see stories of how the public education system is brainwashing our children into blind acceptance of the idolatry of environmentalism.
What are the effects of all this hype on impressionable children? If this account is accurate, the effects are harmful. The little girl just finished telling the reporter that "I wish we didn't exist". Apparently the girl's rather ditzy mother was standing by, no doubt enthralled at how "sensitive" the little girl was. Try "traumatized". What does this say about how the little girl values her own life? How many others are growing up wishing that humanity did not exist? As you go through the montage of article that I wrote earlier, you'll see (particularly in the linked material) plenty of environmentalists who wished they (and the rest of humanity) did not exist.
Warren Hern, late-term abortion (and pal of Leroy Carhart) wrote that he considers mankind to be a "malignant eco-tumor destroying the earth". Of course he, Carhart and too many others are making a killing (I mean that in all senses of the word) ridding the earth of as many babies as possible. Perhaps it's really environmentalism that is a spiritual tumor eating away at love of God and true stewardship of His creation.
That is the title of an article in the NCR - that is, Not-so Catholic Reporter. The first tear-jerk individual is not a person. The first 4-5 paragraphs focus on the plight of Fiona - a stray dog who was rescued. The next several paragraphs carry on about folks who are suffering and how that suffering was brought about by mankind heaving around all those "environmental toxic pollutions".
In other words, this puff-piece is an exercise of apologetics for the pseudo-religion of environmental worship. The question is asked, "When will the plundered earth and stripped-away rainforests have their Easter mornings of resurrection?" The author places the "plundered earth" and "rainforests" on a par with Our Crucified Lord!
Then they start quoting a Sister Paula Gonzalez - an "environmental spirituality educator"! Interesting title! She invited all to "see the Earth Charter as a prayer we need to practice".
I cannot continue writing about this nonsense. You have to read it to believe that this is the sort of crap that is being taught in supposedly Catholic media. Part of Cardinal Dolan's efforts at cleaning up Catholic catechesis might be to shut down this NCR rag.
So much attention has been focused on the different Republicans running that most folks assumed that Obama was not going to be opposed by any other Democrat. Not so, it seems!
Obama's first-announced rival for the Democratic nomination is Harry Braun of Texas. He has filed his candidacy papers, according to his website. Take a look at it.
There are a number of progressives who seem to think that Obama isn't ruining the country quickly enough to suit them. Mr. Braun seems to be of that ilk. I will say one thing for him, though. He is correct in acknowleding that the United States of America is not a pure democracy. He states that the USA is a republic, but even there his definition is lacking. We are a constitutional republic, governed by rule of law as set forth in the United States Constitution. He wants to obliterate that and reduce us to mob rule - something which the Founding Fathers feared (perhaps even then they could see the nightmare of the French revolution and subsequent Reign of Terror on the horizon).
As one can see, he is of the "evil, industrialized man is destroying Mother Earth" brainwashed cabal. His lack of scientific knowledge (not to mention any common sense of decency) was revealed in this statement, breath-taking for both its arrogance and ignorance, made recently at the Iowa State Fair, "Are you going to go and have your blood checked to see how many poisons you have in it or do you want a child like Trig who is never going to grow up?” He's referring, of course, to Sarah Palin's son who has Down Syndrome. Sane people realize that Down Syndrome has its basis in a specific genetic anomaly and not in "poisons in the blood".
By the way - why can't these progressives leave that little boy alone? Do they resent him so much for actually being born and for showing one and all that he (and all Down children) are human and thus deserve to live? Braun's rantings are proof that radical environmentalism is, at its roots, anti-human-life.
As this man travels about, we can expect more "precious pearls of wisdom" (or whatever) to spew forth from his mouth. At least he doesn't appear to be tethered to a teleprompter!
So when will the Democratic Candidates' Debate be held? Will the DNC allow it to be televised, or will they be too afraid that their candidate-offerings will make fools of themselves and a laughingstock of the Democrat Party?
Warning! Please don't read this post if you're weak of stomach and have just eaten, or will soon have a meal!
I heard of a cockamany scheme to "convert" human feces into "edible" format. In Japan, researcher Misuyki Ikeda was retained by Toyko Sewage to research possible ways to utilize sewage. He thinks he did and seems to have conned a number of folks into believing it. Because this seemed so far-fetched to me, I googled the words "Toyko Sewage Ikeda" and a quite a few links popped up. I picked one from Manila Bulletin at random and the whole revolting theme is layed out. They're trying to make the crap look like a typical steak. Ikeda thinks his glop "will someday lead the culinary revolution". In reality, it's more like "culinary revulsion". Here's an article from Northern Virginia Magazine that links to a video of the manufacturing process. I've seen another video that claims this whole thing is a hoax; while I'd like to believe this fellow and he does make some interesting points, I doubt his credibility.
I bet you can guess the motivational factors behind these poop burgers! Yep! They're supposedly "cruelty-free"! Are you PETA types going to snarf these things up? Bon appetit!
And of course, these things are touted as being "environmentally-friendly". Slaughterhouses generate those big, evil "greenhouse gases"! They help cause "global warming"! One wonders about the processes to convert the feces to fake-steaks. That has to make some carbon footprint, right? After all, an exploder is used in the process. I also understand that the steak-appearance is achieved by food coloring! I thought food coloring was supposed to be carcinogenic; or is that an obsolete canard jettisoned for the latest politically-correct fad?
If this catches on, just think of the ensuing name changes. The Outback Steak House might reduce their name to the Outhouse. And McDonald's might change their "Happy Meal" to "Crappy Meal"!
When the 2012 Lenten Carbon Fast rolls around, let's examine that calendar very closely. They may be advocating several new kinds of s@#t! On this point I'm halfway serious. If they're addle-brained enough to suggest usage of those mercury bulbs, they will be ditzy enough to suggest that we eat human dung to "save the planet".
We recall the vitriol and venom that greated David and Victoria Beckham of England when they brought their fourth child into the world. They were chided and derided - even by some of the British Parliament for being "ecologically selfish" and other assorted nonsense. Mind you, many of them are of the same ilk that shriek "My body! My choice!" when they want to champion baby-murder. However, where's the respect for the choice of the Beckhams? How their hypocrisy shows. By the way - similar maltreatment is being heaped upon Boris Johnson, Mayor of London.
Michael Voris did a clip on this. He made mention of an entire website devoted to spreading word of "child-free" resorts. It is http://www.leavethembehind.com/. I would recommend visiting it - to learn which resorts you should boycott! Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
So much for "thinking of the children". Primatene Mist inhalers will soon be discontinued because they "damage the environment". Forget about people with asthma simply trying to breathe. Bowing to his envirowhacko task-masters, the Messiah Most Miserable and his Minions Most Mindless values polar bears and ozone layers above human beings.
None of this is surprising, though. To see what Real Catholic TV has learned about environmentalism, click here. For additional information, go to the search box at the top left, and search for terms such as "environmnentalism", "global warming", "climate change". It will be eye-opening.
Sister Carol Keehan! Are you paying attention? Do you care? Is the Pen of Perfidy worth it? Thanks for nothing!
This past Tuesday, the Maryland Board of Education voted to require that each student be "environmentally literate" before they graduate from high school. Let me translate - the progressive lemmings who control the Board of Education have dictated that all students be brain-washed into parrotting the junk science known as environmentalism.
Meanwhile, kids are graduating school without decent foundatons in real subject matter. If I had displayed such poor language skills as do many of today's high school graduates, I would have flunked fourth grade. Why not teach the kids to read and write a proper sentence? How about focusing more on math, biology, physics, history (and not the politically-correct variety)? How about a basic civics course, so that kids actually know how the government works?
By the way - John Dewey, for better or worse (and I think it's worse), is regarded as "the father of modern education". Well, he certainly did put modern public education in an adversarial role to true education. Google his name. I did so and saw this. Notice how one of the bullet points says "Regarded education in a democracy as a tool to enable the citizen to integrate his or her culture and vocation usefully." In other words, Dewey saw education as a tool to brainwash pupils into being docile little puppets who would blindly follow the flow of "his or her culture", "culture" of course being the progressive, politically-correct gestapo known as "government" today. Of course, Maryland is one of the leading liberal la-la lands in the USA today, thanks to the left-leaning progressives who prowl the State House and legislative buildings. They love environmentalism, as it is a perfect vehicle by which they may encroach into our lives. This latest move of the Board of Education stems directly from Dewey's vision of education.
I'd now like to direct your attention to an article written by Pat Buchanan, entitled "The Dumbing Down of America". He focuses on the abysmal lack of knowledge of US history that so many students display today. I for one think such ignorance is intended, so that students remain unaware of their national heritage; thus, they would be more likely to disregard their national past in favor of progressive machinations.
A Green Party candidate for a local Canadian office, Roger Benham, stated that he got a woman pregnant and "thank god we decided to get rid of it". The man is brutally honest. Perhaps it's more accurate to say he's honest about his brutality. The original article had capitalized the "g" in the second word. I made it lower-case because he could not have possibly been thanking the One True God whose Fifth Commandment he had just mocked, as well as the child created in His image and likeness.
He whines “I am sick to death about hearing murdering babies." Well, Roger old boy, I have this to say.
GET USED TO IT!!!
As long as males (no one who advocates baby-murder is a true man) like you are running amok, we will be calling you on the carpet, and to your faces! Don't like it? That's just tough toe-nails! Our culture is devolving into barbarism thanks to "bloody selfish men" (your words!) like you. Moreover, Our Lord, whom you mocked, seeks your salvation. We just celebrated His death and resurrection. Will you heed Him - before it's too late?
By the way - Roger's murderous views are quite typical for environmentalists. Go to the first blog label, click on it, and do some fascinating reading.
