Sent to me via friend Shana. From the notes: Based on the original recordings taken by Peig Cunningham in Dublin schoolrooms from the 1960’s, (subsequently re-discovered and released by EMI record) this film dramatizes the event as a TV crew arrive to record the children and we are treated to the story of John the Baptist told as only children can. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 2001 Oscars. It’s a charmer. And the... Read more
While we have all been distracted by Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Smear Palin, there have been some fascinating (and sometimes chilling) bits of news escaping our attention: Sen Biden received 5 deferments from the draft before being declared “medically ineligible” to serve in Vietnam: Hey, I frankly don’t care. But if “it mattered” about Cheney, then “it matters” about Biden. The left has to figure out – once and for all – when “it matters” (did with Bush) and when... Read more
:::Note:::My latest piece on Palin is here::: I’m sitting here right now with my jaw on the floor. I cannot believe what I am reading on the forums of the far-left. I’m not going to link to them – you know where to find them – or even bother quoting their incredible, insane prattle. They’re in trouble over there. They’re in serious trouble of the mind, and trouble of the heart and trouble of the soul. They are so paranoid,... Read more
So, Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, age 17, is pregnant, and wants to marry the father of the baby. The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. Hey, since Trig is only four months old, and Bristol is five months pregnant I guess the KosKidz can finally put the... Read more
Well, it looks like NOLA thankfully has dodged a bullet (although we said that once before) and the Democrats fondest hopes for chaos seem weakened. I had the impression that Gov. Bobby Jindal was much more in charge, and organized, for Gustav than Gov. Kathleen Blanco had been for Katrina – but then, Jindal didn’t need President Bush to call him repeatedly to beg the governor to call the National Guard. Gad…the press might even have to go cover the... Read more
Deacon Greg has a post I wish I’d written – and a great shot of a young John Paul II, when he was Karol Wojtyła and doing some manual labor. Here’s to the people who work with their hands for a living. Hey…one of the four people running on the national tickets in this presidential race worked with her hands…and is married to a union member! Cool. Read more
Palin in March, “wearing her pregnancy suit” You know, my instinct is to not even address this crazy stuff, to just ignore it. But it’s “out there,” buzzing, so, I may as well jump in. The doyens of uterine politics have decided that what matters about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is not her politics, not her policies, but her periods. Like some old, suspicious grandmother from the middle part of the twentieth-century, Alan Colmes counted back on his fingers and... Read more
What in the world has happened to liberal/Democrat values in the last 48 hours? It seems like the appearance of Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket has caused an immediate disintegration of all of the hard-fast rules and values that have been preached at us ‘lo these many years. Palin was not a half hour in the ring, when a male reporter wondered, “Shouldn’t she be home raising” that Down Syndrome baby. He needed to be reminded by a female... Read more
He’s hit another one out of the park. His parish is much blessed to have him: You really have to feel for St. Peter. A couple weeks ago, we encountered him climbing out of a boat during a storm, trying to walk on water. He floundered, and Jesus had to rescue him. Then, last week, he ended up with a job he never sought. Jesus gave him the keys to the kingdom and called him his rock. Peter has just... Read more
The GOP Plan to turn the convention into a telethon/public service event is brilliant and I whole-heartedly support it. I hope it’s exactly what they do. Of course it will be spun as “cynical opportunism and desperation” by the press and the Dems. But that should never stop you from doing the right thing. And really, it doesn’t matter…no matter what happens, everything is Bush’s fault, or McCain’s fault, or, – “tee-hee God’s apparently loving the Dems so much he... Read more
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