Thanks For The Memories (?) Pelosi

Hopefully we never forget the role she had in the debacle we must now unravel.  Thanks to Right Change for putting this out.  Click here if you can't see embedded video.

Thank God For Gridlock!

For years now, the mainstream mindless media have accused conservatives in Congress of "gridlock" and "obstruction" with the same derision as one might use when talking of mass-murder or terrorist bombing.  But are "gridlock" and "obstruction" really all that "bad"?  Leaving aside all knee-jerk emotions that the libs want us to feel, I think we have to say "that depends".  On what?  Well, on the anticipated condition or event that is the target of such action. 

Sometimes "gridlock" and "obstruction" can be the only things that stand between us and certain destruction.  This is the case now.  While conservatives will hold the majority in the House starting January, there are still two months between now and then.  Pope Pelosi will be swinging that gavel with a vengeance since she'll soon lose it.  They will try to ramrod more onorous legislation through during this lame-duck session.  This legislaton will most likely be worthy targets of much-needed "gridlock" and "obstruction".  So bring it on!

The conservatives did not win control of the Senate, but they did net a significant gain.  That brings us to yet another word that the conservative senators must learn to live and love - "filibuster"!  They must be relentless about employing that tool when disgusting progressive nominations to judicial seats or other offices are placed before them.

The Creative Minority Report posted a piece called "I'm A Pro-Gridlock American."  Let's all wear that title with pride, and hold our newly-elected conservatives' feet to the fire to be "pro-gridlock" as well.

Yesterday's Election Results

Their real
state of mind!

Ladies and gentlemen, there is much turmoil today in the liberal/democrat/progressive/anti-life community.  It can be seen in these pictures.
On a more serious note, I saw the following on a fellow blogger's post - "The Dream - Realized".  I submitted the following comment to that post.

Hand over that gavel, Nancy!

While yesterday's elections are a first step, they are only a first step.  Much work remains ahead of us.  This is no time to break out the champaigne.  We must be relentless about the institution of the Catholic culture of life and not pause for one iota of one second.  "Realized" - NOT!  Let's purge that language from our lexicon and not break our stride.

I hope and pray that those who played roles in yesterday's turnouts do not now go home and sit on their laurels.  I know that Thanksgiving and Christmas aren't that far away, but let that not be an excuse for any one of us to lose focus or relax our efforts and resolve.

If You Don't Bother To Vote, And To Vote For Life And Family...

The below may well depict the result of any such negligence.  Do you want that on your conscience?

Vote tomorrow as though your very life and eternal salvation may depend on it - it may!

Voters' Guides - Why Reinvent The Wheel?

Sometimes the pro-abort websites are good for something - their voters' guides, for instance.  For us, they give us clear indications of those candidates who are entirely unacceptable to us.

For instance, here is NARAL's Voters's Guide.  You can click on your state to see who's running for Federal office in your state.

At the Montgomery County level, we have the Montgomery County Education Association's Apple Ballot Recommendations.  Again, this is a great list of folks for whom you do NOT want to vote.  If you want further information that exposes the leftist agenda of the MCEA, go to http://rottenappleballot.com/ and http://www.mcpscurriculum.com/rotten_apples.shtml.  The MCEA is a chapter of the National Education Association.  To get a gander of what the NEA considers "pressing policies" (none of them having to do with the education of children), go here.

For a list of positive endorsements, here is MD Right to Life's list.  I cannot vouch for the rest of the state, but as far as Montgomery County is concerned, I concur, with one addendum.  They endorse only a few for the Montgomery County Council.  I would say vote for those, but in addtion, we want to rid the Council of all incumbents.  Thus, if you see an incumbent versus someone not on the MDRTL list, please vote out the incumbent.

If any colleagues in other localities have input into other city or county elections, please advise.

It's The Morality, Stupid!

Remember the slogan from the 1992 Clinton campaign, "It's the economy, stupid"?  People swallowed that hook, line and sinker.  They voted their wallets over their consciences - and both were royally insulted.  We need to vote as God would have us vote, and to do so keeping in mind the non-negotiable moral matters. Abortion, euthanasia, abuse of embryos, contraception, and the gay lifestyle must be opposed at the polls, regardless of other issues.  Here Michael Voris declare unambiguously, "if a Catholic votes to put an anti-life, anti-marriage candidate in office, he might as well just pay for abortion for someone, because he has been part of the political machinery that has caused these intrinsic evils to come to reality."

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Voting According To The Ten Commandments

To all humanists and modernists who infiltrate chanceries and Catholic confereences throughout this nation,

TAKE WARNING!

Have smelling salts handy!  Take deep breaths!  Most importantly, get to confession immediately to repent of these sinful philosophies!  The Ten Commandments are precisely that - Commandments!  They are not the "Ten Suggestions"!

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Missy's Ads On RealCatholicTV.Com

Here is the 10/22 episode of Catholic News Roundup.



This program is from RealCatholicTV.com

Please Support Missy Smith's Ads!

The pro-abortion and abortion-apathetic establishment in the DC area (and the nation) are shocked - just shocked, I tell you! - that the results of their advocacy are being displayed for all the world to see.  For the tiniest microcosm of the reactions, go to my earlier post and read the comments, and do the same for Jill Stanek's posts.  Clearly they don't want their consciences stung, but it's only the guilty conscience that can be stung.  Is the populace at large uncomfortable and even grieved?  It should be.  Remember, though, it's not the discomfort or grief that's the problem; it's the underlying evil of abortion that must be eradicated.  For that to happen, there must be deep-seated repentance on the part of many - including the politician who passes abortion-permissive laws, the bishops and priests who refuse to obey Canon 915, right on down to the "ordinary citizen" who won't be bothered to give a damn about the murders occurring at the abortuary less than a mile from his/her home.

There is mass media coverage being given to these ads.  The Washington Times did a piece on Missy.  It also disclosed the abysmal treatment that she is receiving from the DC Republican Party.  Paul Craney, the executive director of the DC GOP, went so far as to ask Missy not to run for that seat.  Mind you, there never was another Republican bucking for that nomination.  He'd rather have no one run than have to face that elephant in his living room.  He admitted so much when he said, and I quote from the Times article, that abortion "is an issue we have skirted because it needs a well-thought-out plan."  (Correction: this "skirted" quote came from Tim Day, one of the GOP candidates for City Council)  "Well-thought-out plan" my arse!  Talk about a lame cop-out!   Mr. Day, Craney et al, it's called the GOP party platform!  Have you read it?  Do you adhere to it?  The answer to that second question is obviously a big, fat "NO".  He has lots of company - the Montgomery County GOP chairman likewise doesn't adhere to the platform - per a public confrontation that I had with him in spring of 2009, but I digress!  Needless to say, people like Craney and the rest of the GOP establishment are why there's a Tea Party movement.

These ads will continue to run through Election Day.  They do cost money.  Please go to her campaign site http://www.missysmith2010.com/ to contribute any sum of money that you can.  Thank you.

Coming Soon To Montgomery County

The current membership of the Montgomery County Council two years ago voted to give so-called "trangender" people special rights that will fly in the face of all other people.  As we fought to bring the measure to ballot, the proponents of this measure mocked us for our concerns.  Unfortunately our concerns are vindicated by an account (from Lifesite News) of a sixth-grade boy, who thinks he's a cross-gender girl, who, by ruling of the Maine Human Rights Commission, was granted the right to use the girls' rest room at school.

What renders this story particularly tragic are the boy's equally confused parents.  Instead of seeking help for the boy that he so desperately needs, they are falling right into lockstep with this madness.  I can only surmise that they aren't playing with full decks either.  At any rate, they are only exaserbating the poor boy's very serious difficulties.

Duchy Trachtenberg and Dana Beyer originated the slop that has placed the above-described scenario in our not-too-distant future.  Fortunately they both lost their primary elections a few weeks ago.  In November, let's retire as many of the other council members as possible.

Maryland's Gubernatorial Race

Note - The following is my opinion only.  I'm not some guru, just a citizen exercising First Amendment Rights. 

The last two posts (and other posts more in the past) make plain my belief that in Maryland's general election, there is no solid pro-life candidate running for that office.  The Republicans had such a primary candidate, Brian Murphy, but he lost to Bob Ehrlich.  The GOP establishment was stacked in Ehrlich's favor, giving him an unfair advantage, but that is its own rant.  I'd have to say that right now we have a flaming pro-abort and two iffy candidates running for governor.

Who's the "flaming pro-abort"?  Do we really need to ask that question?  Martin O'Malley is endorsed by Maryland NARAL.  What more needs be to be said?  He's been a disaster for Maryland, just given the taxes.  There are no positive points to his candidacy.  The other two are superior to O'Malley without a doubt.  But of these two, is one better than the other?

Regarding Eric Knowles, I've already detailed why I believe his pro-life plank is flawed.  He seems to be more libertarian than conservative.  Libertarians seem to have a rather stunted appreciation of the legitimate role of government and the rule of law.  There is a reluctance to acknowledge the responsibility of government to protect the helpless from unjust aggression.  That's not what it means to be appreciative of true liberty; it's more of dodging proper responsibilities.  That being said, he does seem to favor restricting abortion in Maryland.

Bob Ehrlich is the second of the two tepid alternatives.  I've heard several arguments in favor of his candidacy; none have to do with any sterling qualities of Ehrlich himself.  One such argument is that he won't work against pro-life legislation as would O'Malley.  That's probably true enough.  Still, isn't it a sad commentary on the citizens of Maryland when the best candidate they have is one who won't sabatogue pro-life efforts?  Another is that "we need a Republican governor to help redraw the districting maps".  I will say this.  When the Dems did their map redraw a few years ago, they made a royal mess of it - no logic at all.  Take a look at Federal District 4; it is like a long snake, with the bottom end in Charles County and the top end in upper Montgomery County, MD.  Does this make sense?  Now for the objections against Ehrlich.  I've already reported what he did to Bob Smith in 2004, when Ehrlich fired Smith because Smith voiced his Catholic beliefs privately.  Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't "water under the bridge".  What Ehrlich did to Smith he actually did to each and every one of us who dares to bring our faith and morality into the public square - which is our right and responsibility.  Ehrlich has never apologized for his moral malfeasance.  To me, that's a clear indication that he'd be inclined to do so again, should another occasion arise.

To sum up, O'Malley is most definitely unacceptable.  Between Ehrlich and Knowles, it's a toss-up.  Again, that's just my opinion - take it or leave it.

British Bishop Waffles On Church Teaching

The smoke has scarcely cleared away from Pope Benedict's departure jet and already the lead British bishop is falling all over himself in downplaying the Magisterium's clear proclamations regarding marriage.

From Lifesite News, we read, and I quote, "Attempting to defend the Catholic hierarchy from accusations of being opposed to the homosexualist political agenda around the world, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster hastened to assure the BBC’s Huw Edwards, 'That’s not true.'”  Right off the bat, we see a problem.  Why did the archbishop see a need to "defend the Catholic hierarchy"?  The fact is that the Church is vehemently opposed to the gay political agenda that seeks to distort marriage to its own perverted ends.  Instead of defense, what would have been appropriate is polite but bold acknowledgment that the Church promotes God's will in all areas of human life, and that it's the gays that must apologize to the world for the harm they are inflicting.  Note I said "apologize" instead of "defend", for in reality, the gay agenda is indefensible.

Archbishop Nichols made his remarks during a panel discussion that included a gay Anglican professor and a "catholyc" professor known for her dissent on abortion and marriage.  Why did not the archbishop stand and act like, well, a bishop and call these two on the carpet for their destructive advocacies?  Now when the dissenter "accused" the Church of interfering in British politics concerning sexual morality, the archbishop gave a response so pathetic that it will be unbelievable unless I again quote verbatum: "“It’s not true. The times we interfere most in British politics are either to do with poverty or to do with education. The media is obsessed with certain questions. But if you want to know what we’re really passionate about, it’s about the fight against poverty and the education of young people.”

If ever you wanted prima facae evidence that the so-called "social gospel" is usurping the proper priority that must be given to moral issues of life and sexuality, and that weak bishops are using such advocacy as a cloak for their vaccilations, well voila!!  The gay Anglican and dissenter then responded to the effect of saying to the archbishop, "that was a nice grovveling job!  We know you don't take that Benedict fellow seriously!  You're okie-dokie!"  John Smeaton of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child rightly deplored the archbishop's remarks as undermining the Pope's call for Christians to defend Christianity in the public square.

So that's in England.  What does that have to do with situations in the US?  Plenty!  How often have you seen on this blog warnings of the damage done by the so-called "social justice" cabal?  Most (not all!) of that bunch are progressives; certainly their leadership is dominated by such. 
 
Two immediate concerns come to mind.

1. The November 2nd elections.  No doubt some of you are receiving "voter guides" from your states' Catholic conferences.  I'd bet that many of them don't differentiate the non-negotiable issues (abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, gay lifestyle) from other issues upon which good people may disagree (death penalty, environmental issues, taxation).  Not all issues are the same.  If a candidate seems right on most of them, but promotes a "pro-choice" platform, he/she is not worthy of a Catholic's vote - even if that candidate dares to call him/herself a Catholic!
2. The in-pew collection for Catholic Campaign for Human Development is almost upon us.  I would urge that you boycott it, as the collection proceeds are usually funnelled to organizations that oppose Church teaching.  Chicago CCHD is exempted from my recommendation here.  As I've explained previously, the Chicago CCHD has taken significant steps to correct its grant-giving process and at this time seem acceptable.

Another Photo From The 9/12/10 Rally

After the pro-life reminder described in my previous post, this one was my personal favorite.

Let this serve as a prophetic statement as to what will happen to the careers of those who promote the murders of the tiny unborn children, general corruption of morals and national rejection of the Triune God.

Ladies and gentlemen, vote.  After that, never, ever, let yourselves lapse into ignorance and apathy.  One thing that I heard more than once that day was how "awakened" people were, now that the country is headed down that device that's depicted above.  They weren't involved before, but now they're "gung ho". 

Well, that's nice.  But what were they thinking before these personal epiphanies?  Perhaps a better question is "were they thinking at all"?  In all these testimonies, no one acknowledged that a cause of the national malaise was the general apathetic state in which they wallowed.  Such lack of admission causes me to fear a bit that once Obama's defeated, that they'll just slide back into mental oblivion - and spiritual oblivion too, for that matter.

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance".  Note that word "eternal".  That means our watchfulness cannot be relaxed for one iota of a second.  We must constantly watch, pray and work.  While we are on this side of the grave, we are the Church Militant - not the "church mellow", but the Church Militant.

We Must Be Doing Something Right!

At least that can be said about the upcoming conservative candidates who are besting long-entrenched pro-abortion incumbents.  Christine O'Donnell of New Jersey comes to mind.  Planned Parenthood is all atwitter about her and her counterparts across the country, as you can see from this "action alert" (posted on Jill Stanek's blog).

Got that?  They are so shocked that they're...asking for money !  Who'da thunk it?  They're even frightened!  Eeek!  Eeek!

But it ain't over until it's over!  And no, I don't mean that a successful November election will mean that we're done.  After that election, we need to plod ahead and not stop "for a breather".  Turning this Culture of Death into a Culture of Life will require a lifetime of prayer and work from each and every one of us while we're still in the realm of the Church Militant.

Wargotz For Senate (MD)

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More Eggs On The Face for USCCB

Obama Shows His Imperious Streak

From the Baltimore Examiner we read that "the White House issued new rules that require Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to provide free services for dozens of screening, laboratory, and other types of preventive testing measures."  Read that a few times and let the implications become clear in your minds.  And no, I'm not looking at this from a "health care" aspect.  There are much more fundamental issues here, more basic threats that are embodied in this action.

Think in terms of the United States Constitution.  Remember that quaint little document, the one that our elected officials (and law enforcement officials) swear to uphold as they take their oaths of office?  Let's "drill down" a bit and consider a key constitutional concept, namely, separation of powers.  Recall that it is in the purview of the legislative branch to enact laws.  Is the White House part of the legislative branch?  Of course not; it's a key component of the executive branch, whose function it is to execute laws issued by the legislative branch.  In other words, the White House doesn't issue laws "on the fly", as it were.  That means basically that the White House had no constitutional authority whatsoever to make what amounts to a de facto imperial pronouncement. 

The Founding Fathers feared just such a thing as is embodied in the Examiner article.  I now beg leave to give a my own translation of what issued yesterday from the White House:

"Hear ye, hear ye!  Harken now, ye Great Unwashed, miserable peasants that you are!  I, the Messiah Most Miserable, will now dictate how insurance industries must conduct their business, in utter conformity with my messianic will and ego!"   Does that sound farcical?  I wish I could agree!

We need to vote next November those who will uphold life and who will vote to repeal the deadly Obama Hell Bill.

Listen to Dennis Prager

To reiterate - these coming November elections are critical.  We must elect candidates who are proponents of our Judeo-Christian heritage, smaller government, personal responsibility.  And to the little boys of Gonzaga (and any others) who snivvel about "politics being mixed with religion on your blog" or other such tripe, I have only this to say:

PHTPTHPPPHTH!

Obama Proclaims June to Be...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month

It's right on the White House web page (our tax dollars at work!).  June also marks "5 months until the 2010 elections"!  Then perhaps 2 years later, we can clean the filth out of the White House.

The Most Dangerous Challenges, According to the Holy Father

In Portugal last week, Pope Benedict XVI described abortion and "gay marraige" as being among the "most insidious and dangerous challenges that today confront the common good.”

That's right!  Not "immigration reform", not "climate-chage"!  The fundamental issues for true Catholic social justice are the life and family issues.  These must come first.  No other issues may take precedence, least of all the bogus issues fed to us by the progressives via mainstream medial.

It is these issues that must govern our votes this November: 1) abortion, euthanasia and other direct attacks on innocent human life 2) preservation of marriage as being between one man and one woman 3) cessation of embryo abuse (embryonic stem cell research, cloning, etc).  In my humble opinion (which I believe to be well-founded), any attempt to distract from these or to dilute their importance (vis-a-vis lesser matters) is a direct attempt by the Evil One to lead souls to hell.