It’s been bugging me ever since Walter Cronkite suggested – not in so many words, but suggested it, nonetheless – that the lesser folks living inland in New England could live with the affliction of having their scenery marred by the presences of wind farms, for the greater good, because he certainly wasn’t going to acquiesce to any ugly such energy creation within sight of his privileged eyes. “I’m all for these (windmills), but there must be areas that are... Read more
Remember 2000, when the tech bubble burst and President-Elect Bush had being accused of “talking down the economy!” Seems the media’s been doing a good job of “talking down” the economy on its own. I don’t understand why the Bushies do not expound on the 5% unemployment (in 1996 the press called 5.4% unemployment “full” employment) on the housing boom, the good words from Greenspan, the low inflation, the huge tax revenues that are paying down the deficit…but they don’t.... Read more
To deal with family illness. As we read here, from Koba the illness of a beloved family member has a way of bringing grace, but it’s a painful way to get it. I’ve dealt with family members who have suffered strokes, and for a time did volunteer work with folks recovering from brain accidents. Hard rows to hoe. I pray Mrs. Sheehan’s mother’s road is not too terribly difficult, and that it will be made easier by the presence of... Read more
It’s up at Radio Equalizer. You might also want to read this piece by Hugh Hewitt which looks at the Edsel-ing of the MSM in the face of investigative work such as this being done by the blogs, or being highlighted by same. Read more
Am I the only one who looks at that photo and thinks of some of the images of The Passion of the Christ? Another Jew being forced to go where he would rather not? I’m uncomfortable with the Jews being forced to leave Gaza, for several reasons, partly because it seems to be so easy, these days, to simply blame Jews. It doesn’t matter that (Israel) is a liberal democracy that grants rights to women and non-Jews while (the Palestinians... Read more
Elder Brother, hottest day of summer. Buster, hottest day of summer. A child of mine playing football in the hottest day of summer. Unthinkable. Actually what the boy is saying there is, “I hate football, and I’m never doing this again!” And he never did. Read more
Martha, Martha has a quick poll up asking bloggers about their blogrolling practices. If you’ve got a blog, you might want to take it. While we’re talking blogrolls, let me invite you to check out the folks on mine. I tend to blogroll people I read, because I cannot stand it when blogs have unending blogrolls of hundreds of people. What does it mean? Does it mean they actually read all of those blogs a few times a week (unlikely)... Read more
Daughter of St. Paul, Sr. Bernadette, met Christ in Rome: Yesterday, as I prayed in the Blessed Sacrament chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica, I began to explore how Jesus interacts with me as I pray. As I read from the Sacred Scriptures, as I review my day, and as I pray, it almost seems like the relationship is active on my part, but that very little interaction on Jesus’ part is evident. I left St. Peter’s Basilica with this on... Read more
This post needs no commetary from me, and anything I tried to add would be both superflurous and stupidly gratuitous. Maxed Out Mama had her bell rung some time ago, and it has wrought great wisdom. You’ll want to read it slowly and maybe print it out and keep it. To excerpt any part of it is to rob the power of the whole, but I must say, I liked this part the best, because I really understood what she... Read more
Maureen Martin’s satirical pen is locked and loaded. Read more
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