My friend at Les Femmes put up a post last week about how the disaster of the Obamacare website can be attributed to cronyism - that is, give the plum jobs to your friends who've been helpful to you in the past. But this is just a microcosm of what we should expect from the main rollout - treats for the progressive lackeys and tricks on the rest of America.
Speaking of "trick or treat", I found this on Facebook and thought it very appropriate. Enjoy!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
USCCB Partners With DHHS To Promote Amoral "Child Protection"
First, thanks to Catholic Culture for bringing this to light. It is they who highlight this "Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services" initiative. The training manuals (to which the Catholic Culture page links) are copyrighted by the USCCB and give politically-correct yarn about dealing with kids who are "gay and transgendered". While they are quick to denounce any harassment, they say absolutely nothing about sound Christian morality and the importance of quitting these deviant behaviors. Remember - the USCCB is putting their "stamp of approval" to this.
The larger picture, in my opinion, is that the USCCB has started this initiative - with a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The latter, of course, is overseen by pr-abort cino Kathleen Sebelius. Might this be a factor in the rather tepid response of the USCCB towards the abortion-laden Obamacare?
The larger picture, in my opinion, is that the USCCB has started this initiative - with a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The latter, of course, is overseen by pr-abort cino Kathleen Sebelius. Might this be a factor in the rather tepid response of the USCCB towards the abortion-laden Obamacare?
The Pax Christi Event At St Francis Of Assisi This Evening
If you attended that event in Derwood Maryland and are visiting this site, no doubt you are doing so because this was left on your car. The only difference between this online version and the paper flyer is that the hyperlinks are indeed "clickable". I strongly urge you to study those links. Please note that two of them are links to Pax Christi's own site. The evidence of Pax Christi's dissent from Christ's teachings don't get any more "first-hand" than that!
I contend that any debatable benefit that you might have gleaned from this evening's event is far outweighed by the harm wrought by lending Pax Christi your audience and a moral credibility that it simply doesn't deserve. I've no doubt that many people are genuinely unaware of Pax Christi's desire to undermine Church teaching in fundamental matters of faith and morals. For any new awareness that has come about, I am thankful.
I contend that any debatable benefit that you might have gleaned from this evening's event is far outweighed by the harm wrought by lending Pax Christi your audience and a moral credibility that it simply doesn't deserve. I've no doubt that many people are genuinely unaware of Pax Christi's desire to undermine Church teaching in fundamental matters of faith and morals. For any new awareness that has come about, I am thankful.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Shades Of Stalin And Hitler In Maryland
Last August Audrey Hudson, while writing for the Washington Times, was "visited" by the Maryland State Troopers, Homeland Security agents and the Coast Guard - at 4:00am. Allegedly they were searching for a "potato launcher". Ms Hudson found out several weeks later that they seized source material that she used while writing on the Federal Air Marshall program. They also seized the Hudsons' legally-obtained firearms. I wonder if they seized any boxes of Pop Tarts for good measure? Read the Fox News account.
Marylanders, this happened here. The video indicates that this occurred in Anne Arundel County. As Defend Life learned a few years ago, the Maryland State Troopers do tend to be, uh, "constitutionally challenged". That is, they display woeful ignorance, if not blatant disrespect, of the First Amendment. In the Hudsons' case, we can also list knowledge of the Second Amendment and Fourth Amendments to their intellectual deficiencies. Now I'm sure there are decent Troopers in uniform today, but where is the internal hue and cry against this blight on their profession? This is what happens in a statedictated governed by progressive ideologues.
I understand that the Washington Times has filed suit against these tin-horn tyrants because of this raid. Good for them. But some "leadership" in the DHS and MD State Troopers (and the judge who signed the search warrant) need to do some serious jail time in addition to losing their jobs.
WMAL interviewed Ms. Hudson yesterday. Here is the clip.
Marylanders, this happened here. The video indicates that this occurred in Anne Arundel County. As Defend Life learned a few years ago, the Maryland State Troopers do tend to be, uh, "constitutionally challenged". That is, they display woeful ignorance, if not blatant disrespect, of the First Amendment. In the Hudsons' case, we can also list knowledge of the Second Amendment and Fourth Amendments to their intellectual deficiencies. Now I'm sure there are decent Troopers in uniform today, but where is the internal hue and cry against this blight on their profession? This is what happens in a state
I understand that the Washington Times has filed suit against these tin-horn tyrants because of this raid. Good for them. But some "leadership" in the DHS and MD State Troopers (and the judge who signed the search warrant) need to do some serious jail time in addition to losing their jobs.
WMAL interviewed Ms. Hudson yesterday. Here is the clip.
Monday, October 28, 2013
MD Abortionist Ordered To Halt Abortion Practice
I've written a bit about Maryland abortionist Harold Alexander in the past, detailing his wanton disregard for his patients. Today Operation Rescue announced that the Maryland Physician's Board has issued to Alexander a "Cease and Desist" order. Among the offenses that occasioned this order was the permitting of non-licensed employees to issue sedatives to patients. The Operation Rescue page contains a link to the actual order.
Operation Rescue, its staff and its Maryland collaborators are to be commended for their dogged efforts in removing this one threat from the Maryland landscape. Also to be commended in this instance are the Maryland Board of Physicians and Maryland Office of Health Care Quality. We now pray that CINO O'Malley sees fit to act like a true public-servant governor and let them do their jobs.
Operation Rescue, its staff and its Maryland collaborators are to be commended for their dogged efforts in removing this one threat from the Maryland landscape. Also to be commended in this instance are the Maryland Board of Physicians and Maryland Office of Health Care Quality. We now pray that CINO O'Malley sees fit to act like a true public-servant governor and let them do their jobs.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
When The Church Disregards Subsidiarity...
Then we can expect church "leaders" to wax apoplectic and hysterical when the federal money spigot runs dry. Apparently that is what they did, according to an article that appeared on page 3 of the print edition of the Catholic Standard -dated Oct 24, 2013.
The article is entitled, "Faith Leaders Welcome Government Reopening, Point To Unfinished Work". I could not locate this on the Standard's web page, nor did I see it on that of the Catholic News Service. I finally found it on the site of the Not-At-All Catholic Reporter. Of course it is the sort of pig-slop that one might find on the pages of the socialist-injustice aficionado rag. By the way, when I call it "pig slop" I don't impugn the integrity of the Reporter's reporting - on this occasion. Rather, I use the term to accurately describe the whining and sniveling that I'm sure did spew forth from the mouths of these, uh, leaders.
They bemoaned the "lack of services" and lack of "safety net". Well, if one examines the Principle of Subsidiarity as put forth by various popes, we see that centralized government is to be the last-resort type of safety-net, not the "first responder" as it were. However, as I noted a week or two ago, the USCCB and the puppet-bishops seem to have some serious difficulties with reading the Catechism. Here's paragraphs 1883-1885 regarding subsidiarity (scroll till you see those paragraphs).
Then the article goes on to quote Network, citing it as "THE Catholic social justice lobby" (emphasis mine). Notice that it touts the Obama regime's yarn, claiming that the debt and deficits will decrease (??!??!). Network clearly is in the number of the Minions Most Mindless of the Messiah Most Miserable. Even the USCCB seemed to have an eye-opener regarding them, be that insight ever so brief. This came about as Network embraced the abortion provisions in Obamacare; read this from the National Catholic Register (The Register, as opposed to the Reporter, does deserve the "Catholic" designation).
In a side bar in the Standard's print edition (found only there, as far as I know), it was lamented that the shutdown "cost Catholic Charities $25,000 each day". What is lamentable is that Catholic Charities is just another piglet attached to a teat of the federal entitlement sow. Ultimately, from where does that $25k/day originate? Boys and girls, can we all say "OUR TAX DOLLARS!"? This is not charity; it is legalized extortion. The government has no authority under the US Constitution to exact such taxes. Moreover, under the principle of subsidiarity and the Seventh Commandment, the Church has no moral right to accept, let alone request, such funds that are the result of aforementioned legalized extortion.
If the Church leaders were truly observing the Principle of Subsidiarity, no government shutdown would be able to get their undies bunched as they obviously were two weeks ago. The Church is, first and foremost, about the business of saving souls. Charitable works, while important in and of itself, plays second-fiddle to eternal salvation. When will our modernism-boondoggled bishops acknowledge that?
ADDENDUM/CLARIFICATION
I noted in the fourth paragraph that Network was cited as being "THE Catholic social justice agency". It should be pointed out that this ridiculous statement is the product of the Catholic News Service, an arm of the USCCB. Both the Reporter and the Standard are merely repeating the absurd opinion.
The article is entitled, "Faith Leaders Welcome Government Reopening, Point To Unfinished Work". I could not locate this on the Standard's web page, nor did I see it on that of the Catholic News Service. I finally found it on the site of the Not-At-All Catholic Reporter. Of course it is the sort of pig-slop that one might find on the pages of the socialist-injustice aficionado rag. By the way, when I call it "pig slop" I don't impugn the integrity of the Reporter's reporting - on this occasion. Rather, I use the term to accurately describe the whining and sniveling that I'm sure did spew forth from the mouths of these, uh, leaders.
They bemoaned the "lack of services" and lack of "safety net". Well, if one examines the Principle of Subsidiarity as put forth by various popes, we see that centralized government is to be the last-resort type of safety-net, not the "first responder" as it were. However, as I noted a week or two ago, the USCCB and the puppet-bishops seem to have some serious difficulties with reading the Catechism. Here's paragraphs 1883-1885 regarding subsidiarity (scroll till you see those paragraphs).
Then the article goes on to quote Network, citing it as "THE Catholic social justice lobby" (emphasis mine). Notice that it touts the Obama regime's yarn, claiming that the debt and deficits will decrease (??!??!). Network clearly is in the number of the Minions Most Mindless of the Messiah Most Miserable. Even the USCCB seemed to have an eye-opener regarding them, be that insight ever so brief. This came about as Network embraced the abortion provisions in Obamacare; read this from the National Catholic Register (The Register, as opposed to the Reporter, does deserve the "Catholic" designation).
In a side bar in the Standard's print edition (found only there, as far as I know), it was lamented that the shutdown "cost Catholic Charities $25,000 each day". What is lamentable is that Catholic Charities is just another piglet attached to a teat of the federal entitlement sow. Ultimately, from where does that $25k/day originate? Boys and girls, can we all say "OUR TAX DOLLARS!"? This is not charity; it is legalized extortion. The government has no authority under the US Constitution to exact such taxes. Moreover, under the principle of subsidiarity and the Seventh Commandment, the Church has no moral right to accept, let alone request, such funds that are the result of aforementioned legalized extortion.
If the Church leaders were truly observing the Principle of Subsidiarity, no government shutdown would be able to get their undies bunched as they obviously were two weeks ago. The Church is, first and foremost, about the business of saving souls. Charitable works, while important in and of itself, plays second-fiddle to eternal salvation. When will our modernism-boondoggled bishops acknowledge that?
ADDENDUM/CLARIFICATION
I noted in the fourth paragraph that Network was cited as being "THE Catholic social justice agency". It should be pointed out that this ridiculous statement is the product of the Catholic News Service, an arm of the USCCB. Both the Reporter and the Standard are merely repeating the absurd opinion.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Pax Christi - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing Coming To Montgomery County Parish
Here is more key data on Pax Christi USA, the spiritual predator that is being granted admittance to St Francis of Assisi Church in Derwood MD this coming Wednesday.
My Catholic Media Coalition colleague Stephanie Block wrote an article on Pax Christi USA in her newsletter Los Pequenos. I link to the archive here; you'll need to go to page 14 of the pdf. As usual, Stephanie has done thorough research. For the rest of this piece I'll refer to Pax Christi USA as "PCUSA".
PCUSA is also linked to many dissident organizations. From the program of their recent national conference we see that they allowed New Ways Ministry to be a vendor at their conference. New Ways Ministry is solely dedicated to advancing the acceptance of sexual perversion by the Catholic Church. Its founders have been censured by the DC bishops throughout the years (being headquartered in Prince George's County MD, within the Archdiocese of Washington). To further document Pax Christi's own embrace of perversion, please review this page of photos from that same conference; about halfway down the page you'll see their slide projection stating quite openly that "if PC-USA is to remain relevant and on the frontier as a Catholic movement of peace-making with justice, it must intentionally welcome people of all gender identities and sexual orientations."
In August 2012 the fight over the HHS mandate was getting underway as various dioceses and Catholic organizations filed their suits in court. A naive person might have believed that Pax Christi might have stood for religious freedom, respect for conscience, etc. Well, think again! When the Diocese of Erie (PA) filed its suit, four of the so-called "Catholic social justice" groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs siding with the Obama regime! Two of them were Pax Christi (Pittsburgh area) and Call to Action. Their reasoning? They themselves dissent from Church teaching on contraception - pure and simple.
As the astute reader of this blog and others may have noticed, many of these progressive groups can be intertwined in lots of coalitions. Pax Christi and Call to Action are both to be found in something called "Catholic Organizations for Renewal". While the latter does not have a national website, some sites do exist and can be quite informative. Take, for instance, this site in which its congratulations to Pope Francis on his selection as Pontiff is seen. The various organizations - including Pax Christi - voice their "hopes" for Francis's pontificate. Those "hopes" include "women's ordination", gay "rights" and unrestricted abortion.
My Catholic Media Coalition colleague Stephanie Block wrote an article on Pax Christi USA in her newsletter Los Pequenos. I link to the archive here; you'll need to go to page 14 of the pdf. As usual, Stephanie has done thorough research. For the rest of this piece I'll refer to Pax Christi USA as "PCUSA".
PCUSA is also linked to many dissident organizations. From the program of their recent national conference we see that they allowed New Ways Ministry to be a vendor at their conference. New Ways Ministry is solely dedicated to advancing the acceptance of sexual perversion by the Catholic Church. Its founders have been censured by the DC bishops throughout the years (being headquartered in Prince George's County MD, within the Archdiocese of Washington). To further document Pax Christi's own embrace of perversion, please review this page of photos from that same conference; about halfway down the page you'll see their slide projection stating quite openly that "if PC-USA is to remain relevant and on the frontier as a Catholic movement of peace-making with justice, it must intentionally welcome people of all gender identities and sexual orientations."
In August 2012 the fight over the HHS mandate was getting underway as various dioceses and Catholic organizations filed their suits in court. A naive person might have believed that Pax Christi might have stood for religious freedom, respect for conscience, etc. Well, think again! When the Diocese of Erie (PA) filed its suit, four of the so-called "Catholic social justice" groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs siding with the Obama regime! Two of them were Pax Christi (Pittsburgh area) and Call to Action. Their reasoning? They themselves dissent from Church teaching on contraception - pure and simple.
As the astute reader of this blog and others may have noticed, many of these progressive groups can be intertwined in lots of coalitions. Pax Christi and Call to Action are both to be found in something called "Catholic Organizations for Renewal". While the latter does not have a national website, some sites do exist and can be quite informative. Take, for instance, this site in which its congratulations to Pope Francis on his selection as Pontiff is seen. The various organizations - including Pax Christi - voice their "hopes" for Francis's pontificate. Those "hopes" include "women's ordination", gay "rights" and unrestricted abortion.
The Latest Two Scandals From Georgetown University
Scandal #1
From the Cardinal Newman Society we learn that a class at the Georgetown Law School will have its students interning with a pro-abortion advocacy group. The professor for that class is Kelli Garcia, who happens to be senior counsel for the National Women's Law Center. The NWLC has also tasked Garcia with overseeing "the Center's efforts to address religious restrictions on women's access to reproductive health services, including its work with hospital mergers and crisis pregnancy centers". By the way - that last link is from Georgetown's site, not NWLC. Well we all know what the pro-aborts are trying to do with pregnancy centers, right? (One of the main purposes to the MD-NARAL bash was to raise funds to cripple pro-life pregnancy aid centers. But I digress.) Read her biography on the NWLC site, along with her blog pieces; one bemoans the pro-life victory in Texas - this from a professor at an ostensibly Catholic institution. The students will have the "opportunity" to participate in meetings and conferences between NWLC and "partnering organizations". Will these students be endeavoring to endanger more unborn babies?
Scandal #2
(HT to Pewsitter) Hoyas for Choice has announced a (drums and trumpets, please!) a "condom delivery service". Their "mission" (using that term loosely) is to "make condoms more accessible to Georgetown students at parties". These things would be ordered by the host of the party and most likely would be placed in a bowl. I wonder if it's set with the chips and salsa or with that unmarked keg? Of course the Georgetown administration is wimping out, ostensibly because Hoyas for Choice does not utilize campus funds. If any of these orgies are being held on campus grounds, why should that matter a whit? Either the administration is a pack of wimp OR they actually approve. I think it's the latter case, particularly given what kinds of professors they allow into their classrooms (see scandal #1 above).
I hope Mr. Blattney's suit moves forward with all alacrity.
From the Cardinal Newman Society we learn that a class at the Georgetown Law School will have its students interning with a pro-abortion advocacy group. The professor for that class is Kelli Garcia, who happens to be senior counsel for the National Women's Law Center. The NWLC has also tasked Garcia with overseeing "the Center's efforts to address religious restrictions on women's access to reproductive health services, including its work with hospital mergers and crisis pregnancy centers". By the way - that last link is from Georgetown's site, not NWLC. Well we all know what the pro-aborts are trying to do with pregnancy centers, right? (One of the main purposes to the MD-NARAL bash was to raise funds to cripple pro-life pregnancy aid centers. But I digress.) Read her biography on the NWLC site, along with her blog pieces; one bemoans the pro-life victory in Texas - this from a professor at an ostensibly Catholic institution. The students will have the "opportunity" to participate in meetings and conferences between NWLC and "partnering organizations". Will these students be endeavoring to endanger more unborn babies?
Scandal #2
(HT to Pewsitter) Hoyas for Choice has announced a (drums and trumpets, please!) a "condom delivery service". Their "mission" (using that term loosely) is to "make condoms more accessible to Georgetown students at parties". These things would be ordered by the host of the party and most likely would be placed in a bowl. I wonder if it's set with the chips and salsa or with that unmarked keg? Of course the Georgetown administration is wimping out, ostensibly because Hoyas for Choice does not utilize campus funds. If any of these orgies are being held on campus grounds, why should that matter a whit? Either the administration is a pack of wimp OR they actually approve. I think it's the latter case, particularly given what kinds of professors they allow into their classrooms (see scandal #1 above).
I hope Mr. Blattney's suit moves forward with all alacrity.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
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