SAYING GRACE
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Is Michael Jackson’s Life Indicative of a Culture Gone Awry?
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A WORLD OF SADNESS
…Americans fawn over the death of a man whose real importance is negligible. Yep, the King of Pop is dead, but so are we, if Americans don’t to wake-up, refocus and genuinely pay attention…
Susan Stanton, American Thinker, June 30, 2009
Real vs. An Authentic World
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…When did we become a nation of habitual voyeurs, panting with anticipation awaiting the next social or cultural train wreck? The King of Pop is dead – so what? . . . This week, our national authenticity has once again been skewered by the media who continually hold us hostage to their reality…
Susan Stanton, American [...]
Alice in Medical Care
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….The great haste with which the latest government expansion into medical care is being rushed through Congress suggests that the politicians don’t want us to stop and think. That makes sense, from their point of view, but not from ours….
By Thomas Sowell
TownHall.com
June 30, 2009
Most political and media discussions of medical care have an air [...]
STUNNING! U.S. Catholic Hierarchy Shows Support for Legislation Requiring Massive Tax Hike
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Catholic World News Brief, (EWTN), June 26, 2009
The US bishops have given their enthusiastic support to the Waxman-Markey bill, a piece of legislation designed to address climate change, which Republican opponents have characterized as entailing “the largest tax increase in American history.”
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 proposes a complicated series of [...]
SUPREME JUSTICE! Reversing Discrimination
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….The Ricci case shows what the politically connected can do to abuse anti-discrimination laws….But the Frank Riccis of the world can’t count on the courts alone. The Ricci case exposed the extent to which anti-discrimination laws, intended to protect all Americans regardless of color or creed, can be used by the politically connected to discriminate. [...]
THE ANTI-FAMILY BILL! Money for D.C. Abortions; Legalization of Marijuana; No Money for School Vouchers
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House Committee Ventures Capitol on Social Issues
Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, June 29, 2009
If you’re looking for a bill that sums up this administration’s anti-family views, the House Financial Services Subcommittee has produced the perfect candidate.
In its appropriations debate, abortion, marijuana, domestic partnerships, and school vouchers are all topics of consideration. As it currently [...]
New Orleans’ New Archbishop is Blessed by Pope
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By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune, June 29, 2009
CNS PHOTO / L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO – Pope Benedict XVI greets U.S. Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans after presenting a pallium to him during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 29. During the Mass, 34 archbishops from 20 countries knelt before the pope [...]
IS OBAMA ‘FAST TRACKING’ THE LGBT AGENDA?
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The President’s Rainbow Connection
Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, June 30, 2009
“Gay Pride Month” may be coming to an end, but we cannot say the same for the President’s pandering.
Today, the administration commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion with a special LGBT reception in the East Room of the White House.
Several activists say [...]
No Room for Pedophiles in Priestly Ministry, Says Cardinal Hummes
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….(Cardinal Hummes) stressed that the majority of priests are “dignified and honorable men” who “fight for human dignity, human rights, social justice and solidarity with the poor.”….
Catholic News Agency, June 29, 2009
Cardinal Claudio Hummes
Rome, Italy – The prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, said last week pedophilia is a “terrible crime” [...]
Founder’s Quote Daily
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“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.”
–John Adams, A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765
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OBAMA’S “COMMON GROUND”! Obama’s New Budget for D.C. Allows Taxpayer Funding for Abortions
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Catholic News Agency, June 30, 2009
Washington D.C. – President Obama has issued a budget recommendation for the 2010 fiscal year that would ease the restrictions on taxpayer funds for abortions in Washington D.C., a change that has drawn criticism from pro-life organizations across the nation.
Unlike other U.S. states and territories, the budget for the District of [...]
Pope: It is a Childish Faith to Oppose the Church Teaching on Life and Family
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By John-Henry Westen, June 29, 2009, LifeSiteNews.com
ROME – Closing the Year of St. Paul yesterday evening, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the writings of the famed convert to Christianity. With reference to Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (4:14), the Pope explained what Paul meant by his statement that Christians should not remain “children at the [...]
GOSPEL & MEDITATION: Letting Jesus Sleep
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Father Jeffery Bowker, LC
Matthew 8:23-27
As Jesus got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” And he said to them, [...]
SAINT OF THE DAY: THE FIRST HOLY MARTYRS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH
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CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY, JUNE 30, 2009
These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul.
Nero was widely believed to have caused the fire that burned down much of Rome in the same year. He blamed the fire on [...]
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
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The Feast of St. Peter and Paul – On this Rock
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Posted by Fr. James Farfaglia Monday,
June 29, 2009
Todays’ solemnity directs our gaze to Rome, the center of Catholicism. As Catholics, our identity, meaning, and direction only have fulfillment in so far as we are united to the Vicar of Christ, the visible head of the Church. The challenging times that we live in provides countless [...]
How Much Longer Will America Be the Abiding Alternative to Tyranny?
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THE GIPPER–Patriot Post, Monday Brief – Vol. 09 No. 26
“The Founding Fathers established a system which meant a radical break from that which preceded it. A written constitution would provide a permanent form of government, limited in scope, but effective in providing both liberty and order. Government was not to be a matter of self-appointed [...]
FOR THE RECORD
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Patriot Post, Monday Brief – Vol. 09 No. 26
“Why do we need President Obama’s big-bang health-care reform at all? What’s the real agenda here? If it’s really to cover the truly uninsured, a much cheaper, targeted, small-ball approach would do the trick. But on the other hand, maybe the real goal is a larger, ultra-liberal [...]
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? A Doctor Helps With a Womans “Problem”
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A Totally Different Look at Abortion
Doubt we have ever thought of it exactly this way. . . . A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close [...]
QUOTE ON “REAL COMMON SENSE”
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Ronald W. Erdrich/Reporter-News
Nicholas’s website: http://www.kidzhaveavoice.com/
…“It shouldn’t be odd. I think all 12-year-olds should be interested in politics. It directly affects every aspect of your lives. If you sit back and let other people handle that stuff, then you’re going to suffer the consequences.”…
- Nicholas Moore, 12, began reading at age 3 and has been homeschooled [...]
INSIGHT
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Patriot Post, Monday Brief – Vol. 09 No. 26
“Men have been taught that the highest virtue is not to achieve, but to give. Yet one cannot give that which has not been created. Creation comes before distribution — or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of [...]
Speaking of Climate Change
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The only emissions problem is on Capitol Hill
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The Eight Republican Cap and Traitors
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By Connie Hair
HUMAN EVENTS,
06/29/2009
House Democrats were joined by eight Republicans to pass the largest tax increase in American history, the Waxman-Markey bill, more generally known as cap and trade. The final vote was 219-211. The support of the eight Republicans was critical as 44 Democrats voted against the national energy tax.
This bill [...]