It appears that Senator Dick Durbin gave a press conference this past Thursday on the downgrade and the current economic mess in general. They let slip in Bill Kelly of the Washington Times. Kelly listened to Durbin blame the Republicans, Tea Party etc for the mess. Kelly asked Durbin if he accepted any of the blame. Watch below to see Durbin - with the assistance of the liberal reporters there - try to blow off Kelly. Here is more evidence why alternative media such as this blog is needed, and why the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" is a snake in the grass.
Oh, by the way. This is the same "catholyc-in-name-only" Dick Durbin with whom Cardinal McCarrick saw fit to rub elbows in his ill-advised campaign for the DREAM Act. The cardinal has shown a distressing propensity for hanging around immoral progressives - I wonder why!
Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Boycott August 13-14 Second Collection In Washington DC Archdiocese
Why? Because it's the collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) collection.
You might say it sure didn't sound like it from the pulpit. If you were confused, don't feel bad - for I believe that such confusion was desired and intended. What you most likely heard was that it is for the "Catholic Communications and Human Development Campaign".
Uhhh.. Wait a minute now! There is, besides the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, something called the Catholic Communications Campaign - two different things, to be sure. However, what we heard from the pulpit today was a most curious (and I daresay suspicious) amalgamation of those two names! When I blogged this last month, I was unaware of the existence of the Catholic Communications Campaign. Still, this collection just doesn't pass the smell test. If they're merely doing both on the same Sunday, why didn't they just say so openly? Here is the second collection schedule from the Archdiocesan web site (click this link, then click the pdf link to open it). You'll see not only this strangely-named collection, but you'll notice that the usual November collection for the CCHD is gone.
Please take the monies you might have contributed and give them directly to a worthwhile charity, such as your local pro-life pregancy center. Also, in next week's collection, drop a note in the basket to explain precisely why you have given no money; let this be an educational moment for the Archdiocese. The American Life League developed cards for such purpose; here they are.
Because this collection is just one day away, I ask that you spread word of this quickly and to as many people as you possibly can.
You might say it sure didn't sound like it from the pulpit. If you were confused, don't feel bad - for I believe that such confusion was desired and intended. What you most likely heard was that it is for the "Catholic Communications and Human Development Campaign".
Uhhh.. Wait a minute now! There is, besides the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, something called the Catholic Communications Campaign - two different things, to be sure. However, what we heard from the pulpit today was a most curious (and I daresay suspicious) amalgamation of those two names! When I blogged this last month, I was unaware of the existence of the Catholic Communications Campaign. Still, this collection just doesn't pass the smell test. If they're merely doing both on the same Sunday, why didn't they just say so openly? Here is the second collection schedule from the Archdiocesan web site (click this link, then click the pdf link to open it). You'll see not only this strangely-named collection, but you'll notice that the usual November collection for the CCHD is gone.
Please take the monies you might have contributed and give them directly to a worthwhile charity, such as your local pro-life pregancy center. Also, in next week's collection, drop a note in the basket to explain precisely why you have given no money; let this be an educational moment for the Archdiocese. The American Life League developed cards for such purpose; here they are.
Because this collection is just one day away, I ask that you spread word of this quickly and to as many people as you possibly can.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS GIVE TO CCHD!
Contraception And Salvation - Final Installment
Below is the fourth and final installment on Real Catholic TV's series on contraception, featuring Dr. Martin Brenner.
Dr Brenner directs his comments to bishops primariy, admonishing them to instruct their priests so they in turn can preach Catholic sexual ethics from the pulpit. Listen to this key point at the 9:35 mark, "once you affirm contraception, there's almost no way not to end up in fornication." Two minutes later he says, "you can't have a prophetic voice unless you address this issue."
One important "aside". Many good Catholic pro-life people do wax nostalgic about the 1950s, as though going back to a society such as that is preferable to what we have today. Listen at the 27:00 mark as Dr Brenner exposes that wish as the dangerous fantasy that it is.
Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Dr Brenner directs his comments to bishops primariy, admonishing them to instruct their priests so they in turn can preach Catholic sexual ethics from the pulpit. Listen to this key point at the 9:35 mark, "once you affirm contraception, there's almost no way not to end up in fornication." Two minutes later he says, "you can't have a prophetic voice unless you address this issue."
One important "aside". Many good Catholic pro-life people do wax nostalgic about the 1950s, as though going back to a society such as that is preferable to what we have today. Listen at the 27:00 mark as Dr Brenner exposes that wish as the dangerous fantasy that it is.
Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Messiah Most Miserable Is Frustrated!
The Messiah Most Miserable has made an utter mess of our economy (and yes, Boehner and the RINO cabal gave him a pass on this!). Now guess what? He's frustrated! Not only that, he's very frustrated! I mean he's wealy, wealy, weally fwustwated!! Awww! How does he think we feel? I will say this, though. We as a society have flouted God's laws. We have allowed contraception and its attendant evil of abortion to destroy tiny people and undermine the purpose of marriage. We are allowing perversion to assume the same moral legitmacy reserved for marriage between one man and one woman. It should be no surprise that we should feel the economic
consequences of such rampant sin.This link will take you to the video.
Reducing The "Need" For Abortion??
How often have you heard so-called "moderates" scold pro-life activists, saying that we must "first reduce the need for abortion"? Usually we hear that pap from the so-called "common ground" bunch.
Right now I can just imagine my progressive fan-club getting all a-twitter about me being such a "right-wing fanatic" (or other euphamism of their choice) and perhaps some of the pro-life "kinder and gentler" crowd getting all nervous. They might even think that "reducing the need for abortion" is a pretty darned-good idea! If they've swallowed that bait, then they've just shot their credibility down the crapper.
Morally speaking, the object of a legitimate need must be a moral good in and of itself - or at least morally neutral. One would never dream of trying to "reduce the need for bank robbery", would they? No one in their right mind would consider bank robbery to be a true "need". One would reduce bank robbery by incarcerating the perpetrators. Similarly there is no way that sane people can equate baby-murder with a legitimate need.
We need to be very clear about this. We also need to be equally clear that we cannot seek "common ground" with those who support such a heinous, barbaric evil such as abortion.
Right now I can just imagine my progressive fan-club getting all a-twitter about me being such a "right-wing fanatic" (or other euphamism of their choice) and perhaps some of the pro-life "kinder and gentler" crowd getting all nervous. They might even think that "reducing the need for abortion" is a pretty darned-good idea! If they've swallowed that bait, then they've just shot their credibility down the crapper.
Morally speaking, the object of a legitimate need must be a moral good in and of itself - or at least morally neutral. One would never dream of trying to "reduce the need for bank robbery", would they? No one in their right mind would consider bank robbery to be a true "need". One would reduce bank robbery by incarcerating the perpetrators. Similarly there is no way that sane people can equate baby-murder with a legitimate need.
We need to be very clear about this. We also need to be equally clear that we cannot seek "common ground" with those who support such a heinous, barbaric evil such as abortion.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Carhart's Slush Fund
Thanks to Jill Stanek for doing the research on this little matter. I'll link to her article, so the wheel doesn't get distorted in the re-invention (if you get my drift). It turns out that Carhart, along with wife and daughter, are officers of the Abortion Access Fund, Inc. Tax-deductible donations are solicited for it, as the AAF is touted as being a "501(c)3" charity. Funny thing, tough! Neither the IRS nor Guidestar has record of this organization as being a "501(c)3" charity! There is no record of the AAF filing the annual IRS Form 990. If it was organized to secure a $350k mortgage, it surely attained the minimum goal that would cause its filing of the Form 990 to be mandatory. So where is it???
Speaking of the pro-abortion Summer of Choice, a commenter on the Stanek piece posted this picture that is all-too-typical of pro-abortion supporters. Observe.
I understand that for many good people, the Summer of Mercy was their first foray into the world of pro-life activism. I pray it is not their last. We need you to help save lives. Remember - while you were out there this past week, no little children had their brains torn from their heads. Come out often!
Speaking of the pro-abortion Summer of Choice, a commenter on the Stanek piece posted this picture that is all-too-typical of pro-abortion supporters. Observe.
This is outside the Mother Seton church. That is the Gabriel Project sign, familiar to many pro-life people. Yes, the sign was vandalized. Are we surprised? Of course not! People who celebrate the murder of tiny babies will also celebrate all sorts of childish and destructive behavior - and perhaps commit those actions themselves.
I understand that for many good people, the Summer of Mercy was their first foray into the world of pro-life activism. I pray it is not their last. We need you to help save lives. Remember - while you were out there this past week, no little children had their brains torn from their heads. Come out often!
John Kerry Asks Mainstream Media To Censor Conservative People
It's right here. Why any intelligent people vote for him is beyond me, as he doesn't even bother to disguise his collosal arrogance. This is what progressives think of decent people. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
State Of Maryland Toys With Abortion Clinic Regulations
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is toying with the idea of regulating the abortion mills in the State of Maryland for the first time. I've got to say it's a start, albeit a weak one. This Gazette article states that the proposed regulations would subject abortion centers to the same standards that bind other outpatient surgical centers. Now think about that sentence for a moment. What it's saying is that hitherto, abortion mills have not had to meet nearly the same standards as other places that perform surgery.
Read further down the article. The oversight of abortion mills has been so remiss that the MD Dept of Health doesn't even know where the mills are located. A department spokesperson admits that they have to look them up in the Yellow Pages. Well, you have to start somewhere, I suppose - but what of those shady joints who don't advertise their presence to the public? Guess they'll just fall by the wayside, I suppose!
The Stephen Chase Brigham debacle of last year seems to have been the straw that broke the camel's back; the State of Maryland realized that they could not ignore these quacks any longer and maintain some semblance of credibility.
The proposed regulations are on line. The Department is taking public comments on them through August 19th. Here is information on how to make your opinions known. My personal take is that they are so weak as to be useless. There is too much allowance therein for the "fox guarding the hen house", so to speak. But please read them and draw your own conclusions.
Read further down the article. The oversight of abortion mills has been so remiss that the MD Dept of Health doesn't even know where the mills are located. A department spokesperson admits that they have to look them up in the Yellow Pages. Well, you have to start somewhere, I suppose - but what of those shady joints who don't advertise their presence to the public? Guess they'll just fall by the wayside, I suppose!
The Stephen Chase Brigham debacle of last year seems to have been the straw that broke the camel's back; the State of Maryland realized that they could not ignore these quacks any longer and maintain some semblance of credibility.
The proposed regulations are on line. The Department is taking public comments on them through August 19th. Here is information on how to make your opinions known. My personal take is that they are so weak as to be useless. There is too much allowance therein for the "fox guarding the hen house", so to speak. But please read them and draw your own conclusions.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Contraception And Salvation - Third of Four Parts
I post here the third of the four-part series presented by Real Catholic TV of Dr Martin Brenner's reflections on contraception.
When he says, "most people are saved because of the dynamic requirements that they respond to in marriage," I don't know how that jives wth the revelations that so many saints claim to have received, that state that those saved are a very small percentage of the entire collection of humanity that has ever and will ever exist. Of course, both sets of opinions are precisely that - opinions. They don't define any dogma, one way or the other. I suppose, too, that according to Dr Brenner, salvation would depend on the quality of response to marriage - meaning, of course, that the usage of contraception in marriage would seriously endanger and perhaps render impossible the salvation of the couple. Our Lady of Fatima did tell the children that most marriages did not please God - and she was talking of marriages circa 1917. One can only imagine how she would deplore the state of marriages today!
The clip is below. At the end, Dr. Brenner gives a bit of a "teaser" for the final segment, which I'll post next weekend. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
When he says, "most people are saved because of the dynamic requirements that they respond to in marriage," I don't know how that jives wth the revelations that so many saints claim to have received, that state that those saved are a very small percentage of the entire collection of humanity that has ever and will ever exist. Of course, both sets of opinions are precisely that - opinions. They don't define any dogma, one way or the other. I suppose, too, that according to Dr Brenner, salvation would depend on the quality of response to marriage - meaning, of course, that the usage of contraception in marriage would seriously endanger and perhaps render impossible the salvation of the couple. Our Lady of Fatima did tell the children that most marriages did not please God - and she was talking of marriages circa 1917. One can only imagine how she would deplore the state of marriages today!
The clip is below. At the end, Dr. Brenner gives a bit of a "teaser" for the final segment, which I'll post next weekend. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Rosary Procession At Summer Of Mercy
Due to some scheduling conflicts and annoying technological glitches (which I now just solved), I just now got the footage from Sunday evening's Rosary Procession uploaded. There is some good news, which my commenter from the post previous to this pointed out.
Because of the Christian witness that will be at this place of death this week, the abortion mill will be closed. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a victory in and of itself. For a little over a week, the blood of babies will not be shed. That office park will be free - albeit ever so briefly - from the stench of murder and death. Little babies will be spared a gruesome death. Operation Rescue has more to say on this.
Now here's my video of the Rosary Procession from three evenings ago. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
Because of the Christian witness that will be at this place of death this week, the abortion mill will be closed. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a victory in and of itself. For a little over a week, the blood of babies will not be shed. That office park will be free - albeit ever so briefly - from the stench of murder and death. Little babies will be spared a gruesome death. Operation Rescue has more to say on this.
Now here's my video of the Rosary Procession from three evenings ago. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
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