I’m down with a fever and likely this will be my only post for the day; if I feel better later I will record and post Compline, but right now kind of out of it. And cranky. Just three thoughts. 1) It seems like President Bush – who tried in 2003 to prevent the economic meltdown we’re in today – has pulled everyone’s asses out of the fire. He will get no credit for it. President Bush appears to be... Read more
This may sound a little scratchy; I’m punk with a fever/sore throat/stiff neck thing, and down for the night. Here is the podcast for Compline; Night Prayer for Thursday. As I said yesterday, if your computer can handle it, a very nice way to pray along with any of these podcasts, is with the recording going on in the background and this page opened. As several have asked, here again are the book and guide I am reading from. Tonight’s... Read more
Sometimes you just have to step back and be a little frivolous, in the face of all the madness, and it is both mean and crazy out there. Can you imagine the press not talking about the invasion of Sarah Palin’s privacy, and the press’ own unwillingness to co-operate with the FBI, because a) they’re Obama-enthralled and b) they don’t want to create “sympathy” for a candidate who – like unlike Hillary Clinton back in 2000 – has SERIOUSLY had... Read more
I’m sorry…my jaw is ON THE FLOOR at this headline: Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave Crisis to Fed, Treasury The Democratic-controlled Congress, acknowledging that it isn’t equipped to lead the way to a solution for the financial crisis and can’t agree on a path to follow, is likely to just get out of the way. Lawmakers say they are unlikely to take action before, or to delay, their planned adjournments — Sept. 26 for the House of Representatives, a week... Read more
It has been such a stressful, ugly day today, I took a few minutes to record the podcast earlier. By the way – a very nice way to pray along with any of these podcasts, is with the recording going on in the background and this page opened. I’m feeling a bit punk, so it’s unlikely I’ll be doing morning prayer. Read more
Remember in 2000, when Rick Lazio was running against Hillary Clinton for the NY Senate, and he walked across the stage to hand her a piece of paper and was instantly condemned as “threatening” and excoriated for “invading her space?” A lot of people regard that as the moment Lazio lost the race. People didn’t like perceiving a woman as being “threatened.” They did not like her “space” being invaded. Now the Obamaphiles – the angry, crazed, hate-filled part of... Read more
Bookworm writes that the Democrats are accusing the GOP of speaking in “code” about Barack Obama’s race. Apparently Kathleen Sebelius (who, like Pontius Pilate is a GOVERNOR – [gasp!] – but of KANSAS, not Jerusalem [sigh!]) said this: ”Have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African-American?” Sebelius asked with sarcasm. “(Republicans) are not going to go lightly into the darkness.” Ed Morrissey sees that since then, someone in the press has seen fit to “clean up” that... Read more
UPDATE II: Here is a long and anti-climactic denouement to this whole story. Bottom line: both the press and Obama need to be taken with a grain of salt. We should know that, by now. ::: Yes, yes, yes, Sen. Barack Obama really did – while on his “Behold, It’s Me World Tour” – interfere with American foreign policy and troop withdrawal negotiations in Iraq: The Obama campaign spent more than five hours on Monday attempting to figure out the... Read more
September is a big birthday month in this family, and this month everyone got the outstanding, never-to-be equaled Mystic Monk Coffee, except for one brother, who doesn’t drink coffee, so I got him the CD And of course, while I was ordering gifts, I discovered that the monks have two new blends. The budget wouldn’t stretch to try them both this month, so I tried the Hermit’s Bold Blend, which I was a little leery of. It sounded very bold,... Read more
Wherein we pray Morning Prayer in a podcast, suitable for downloading and with a few answers to your questions before we begin. Feel free to join in. If you’d prefer not to hear me – and I don’t blame you – I always liked this, too, first posted in January of this year: From Love to be Catholic The bells ring, the cock crows and golden sunlight beams in once more…the birds begin their morning song – all creation comes... Read more
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