Linkaround; Flowers & Weeds

April 28, 2009 By

It’s spring; that time before summer when you get to decide what’s a flower and what’s a weed. Kind of like that with the news, too. Let’s look around – lots of stuff I’ve been meaning to share with you, and you can determine the weeds from the flowers on your own! Quote of the [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, 9/10 Mindset, America, American Genius, Barack Obama, Crisis & Opportunity, Enhanced Interrogation, First Things, Free Speech?, Serving up hot links

The "Truth;" There is only One – UPDATE

April 27, 2009 By

The image is – according to the press release, meant to be deliberately ambiguous: we see Barack Obama once again being presented in the image of the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world – an image and narrative that some clearly can’t communicate enough. He stands before the Great Seal [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, Don't try me too high, Faith

Grace; The Baggage Handler*

April 26, 2009 By

I love this simple definition of grace from Dom Augustin Guillerand, O. Cart, a French Carthusian. This is the secret of peace, after committing a fault. What is past is past. And if we accept the consequences, while bracing our will, we can be sure that God will know how to draw glory even from [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, Bush Bad?, Catholicism, Christians in Exile, Crucible of Faith, Enhanced Interrogation, Faith

Hail Colombia & other things

April 22, 2009 By

So, from 2006 onward, President George W. Bush tried to push a free trade agreement through Congress, and Mrs. Pelosi and her crew resisted and obstructed and vowed “no way” would it be allowed to happen. And Candidate Obama decried it. Mostly because Bush wanted it, you understand. Thankfully, President Obama – who, since his [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Alternative Media, Barack Obama, Faith, Medical, Socialism doesn't work, War on Terror

Don't prosecute assaults, thefts & burglaries?

April 22, 2009 By

Reader misogynist – who is a libertarian sort – sends this along with the note, “this is some scary stuff, right here…” Misdemeanor crimes such as assaults, thefts and burglaries will no longer be prosecuted in Contra Costa County because of budget cuts, the county’s top prosecutor said Tuesday. District Attorney Robert Kochly also said [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, 9/10 Mindset, Barack Obama, Bush Bad?, Catholicism, Crooks and Liars, Dumb Democrat moves, Dumb GOP moves, Economic woe, Free Speech?, Illegal Immigration, Litigious Society, Socialism doesn't work, The Fourth Estate, The Pelosi, The Perpetual Adolescents, Touch of evil, TV/Pop Culture/Music, War on Terror

On "feeling less free"

April 21, 2009 By

Yesterday I wrote about a conversation with a cabbie from Afghanistan who loves America but who feels “less free” here than he used to. We were talking about small laws and the encroachment of the state into our personal lives. In response I got an interesting email from an Aussie gent part of whose email [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Socialism doesn't work, The Fourth Estate

Being out of the news loop

April 20, 2009 By

So, basically the last four days have been dedicated to family, and the weather was terrific and I paid zero attention to the news. I highly recommend taking a few days off from news. It’s good for the heart. However, I am a little behind on email and must do some catching up before I [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, American Genius, Free Speech?, Freedom of Worship