Protest Update and Two Articles

I am, again, bone tired.  I’m pretty sure this condition will last through the election.
After the election, I mean it this time, I’m going on a silent retreat.  I don’t know where.  Just someplace with some quiet.
 
The protest today went pretty well.  We had two TV stations and the only major paper in town out [...]

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Too busy to write…

Hello, all,
I am up to my eyeballs in trying to plan and publicize a pro-life protest on Thursday that was called for yesterday.  That’s right; about 48 hours from starting to work on it this morning until the actual event at noon on Thursday.  Fun, fun… I knew all that practice in last-second crisis management [...]

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What are YOU doing this weekend?

Sorry, this’ll have to be short; I had mandatory socialization training with the homeschooler soccer league tonight at the new Mexican restaurant.  Good, now I’m socialized.  I was worried about that, being a homeschooler and all.  Now I am confident that I can teach my sheltered, unimaginative, untalkative, painfully shy, unsocialized children how to be properly [...]

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Highlights of the Bishops’ Statements (part 1)

As I was trying to explain myself to the diocesan political guy in the second round of e-mails, it occurred to me that there is a fundamental problem with the way that many bishops have made the argument against voting for pro-abortion politicians.  The arguments have been long, carefully crafted, and thoughtful.  Nothing technically wrong [...]

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Bishops stand up and defend their Bride

Ok, before you get upset about Catholic bishops hiding marriages or something, that isn’t what the title means.
In Catholic theology, we talk about priests being Christ for the Church.  Thus, Christ’s Bride is their Bride, and Christ’s Bride is the Church (see St. Paul’s letters).  Like Adam, priests have a responsibility to defend their Bride and their household.  Like [...]

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Pomegranate beauty pics

On a lighter note, I am delighted to present some beauty photos of my first pomegranate.  Now, if you haven’t seen them, pomegranate flowers are incredible, but, of course, the main point of growing a fruit tree is, well, fruit.  After three years, I finally got some fruit.  (And the birds can’t figure out how to [...]

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The immigrant process, the black community, and abortion

I’m still fuzzy about why the Black community overwhelmingly supports the Democrats.  Is it because the Democrats support big government handouts, like welfare?  (Isn’t it awfully bigoted to say all of “them” are on welfare?  Why do middle class Blacks fall for this?)  Because Republicans are just all mean racists who will mock people for [...]

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The Pro-Life stump speech you probably didn’t hear

It’s no secret that the MSM is desperately trying to sweep Sen. Obama’s abortion record under the rug.  Every so often, an uneasy acknowledgement of Gov. Palin’s pro-life positions will be made… but I bet you didn’t see this speech in the MSM:
(Yes, I’m just copying an article again.  It was a long, hard, conflict-ridden [...]

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“Social Justice” clarity at last

Finally, we got a good sermon on the election and just what’s at stake.  No more lumping of all the social justice issues as equal.  No vague references to “proportionate reasons” for allowing the abortion holocaust to continue.
(The bulletin insert today could, as usual, be understood… or misunderstood, depending on whether or not you read [...]

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Some political humor for the night…

After late hours pounding the keys about the state of our country, its politics, and the current crop of candidates, I needed some humor.  And when it rains, it pours!  (And at least I was up late enough last night blogging to meet the milkman and catch a mistake in my delivery (our dairy just started [...]

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