The Vatican's Epic Fail – UPDATE

July 16, 2010 By

Oh, for crying out loud! See here and here and here and here and here Honestly, do I have to go to Rome and storm the press office of the Holy See, and sit the curia down and pull their hats off to smack them upside the head? Must I bang on their desks and [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking

Obama crashes; Hillary Waits – UPDATE

July 14, 2010 By

Don’t know if this is making the rounds, but it should be – Obi’s Sister cracked me up with this opening: While the honeymoon has been over for a while, inside sources whisper that Obama is now sleeping on America’s couch. It won’t be long before he’s kicked out of the house and asks his [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, 9/10 Mindset, Barack Obama, Bookchat, Crisis & Opportunity, Our Hillary!, Predictions, Send in the clowns, The Fourth Estate, The Pelosi, The Perpetual Adolescents, Touch of evil, Voter Fraud

RFK, MLK, Oakland, Race & Us

July 11, 2010 By

RKF, MLK Landmark for Peace Memorial A few days ago I linked to a piece by J. Peter Nixon and his thoughts and actions in anticipation of a trial verdict toward which a few hundred agitators had been encouraging civil unrest. Having remained in Oakland that night, choosing to pray at a Cathedral rather than [...]

Filed Under: Crisis & Opportunity, Crooks and Liars, Faith Perspective, Race in America, Why can't weeee be ...

The Radical Religion of Abortion

July 7, 2010 By

Source: Newsweek We hear a lot, particularly from the “new” atheists and their supporters, about the danger of religion, which–we are told–too often encourages a murderous fundamentalism. Such “tolerant” great thinkers as Rosie O’ Donnell have suggested that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam.” I am inclined to think that radical anything, [...]

Filed Under: Alternative Media, Catholicism, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Culture of Life/Death, Faith Perspective, rants

Obama Knew Spill Scope from Day 1

June 5, 2010 By

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Wait, what? Critics have bashed President Obama for being slow to seize the political initiative in combating the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast, now widely believed to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The White House has battled back, releasing a timeline of events showing that Obama was [...]

Filed Under: American Genius, Barack Obama, Crisis & Opportunity, Oil Spill, The Fourth Estate

Pray for Nancy Pelosi

June 1, 2010 By

Just pray for her. Pelosi’s office did not respond to CNSNews.com’s follow-up questions regarding the speaker’s statement that she seeks to make policy in conformance with the values of the Word made flesh. It takes a special kind of cognitive dissonance to speak fervently of the Word Made Flesh, and to understand that by his [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Catholicism, Communion of Saints, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Faith, Freedom of Worship, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, Pop Culture, Prayer, Saints, Scriptural stuff, The Pelosi, The Perpetual Adolescents, The Rosary

Witnessing the heart as it cracks – UPDATED

May 28, 2010 By

It is not possible to remain unmoved as Rep. Charles Melancon (D-LA) finds the break point. “Everything that I know and love is at risk.” Watch it all. Melancon’s sincere pain is a rebuke to the incessant political posturing we see out of Washington, and all the artless media outrage to which we have become [...]

Filed Under: American Genius, Barack Obama, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Katrina/Rita, Obama Bad?, Obama White House, Oil Spill, Philosophy, Send in the clowns, The Fourth Estate