No matter what you think about the guy, this really says something. It is a pic from a rally at American University in DC. I don’t see any of the other candidates getting a reaction like this.
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Ever wonder why the Catholic chruch survives in the midst of such unbiblical practices? They actually fulfill the word of Jesus, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?”
He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.”
He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”
And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.”
Under this newly proposed law, to do that without making sure has proper American documentation would be agains the law.
The Gospel vs. H.R. 4437 - New York Times
Editorial in the NYT
Published: March 3, 2006It has been a long time since this country heard a call to organized lawbreaking on this big a scale. Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest, urged parishioners on Ash Wednesday to devote the 40 days of Lent to fasting, prayer and reflection on the need for humane reform of immigration laws. If current efforts in Congress make it a felony to shield or offer support to illegal immigrants, Cardinal Mahony said, he will instruct his priests — and faithful lay Catholics — to defy the law.
The cardinal’s focus of concern is H.R. 4437, a bill sponsored by James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin and Peter King of New York. This grab bag legislation, which was recently passed by the House, would expand the definition of “alien smuggling” in a way that could theoretically include working in a soup kitchen, driving a friend to a bus stop or caring for a neighbor’s baby. Similar language appears in legislation being considered by the Senate this week.
The enormous influx of illegal immigrants and the lack of a coherent federal policy to handle it have prompted a jumble of responses by state and local governments, stirred the passions of the nativist fringe, and reinforced anxieties since 9/11. Cardinal Mahony’s defiance adds a moral dimension to what has largely been a debate about politics and economics. “As his disciples, we are called to attend to the last, littlest, lowest and least in society and in the church,” he said.
The cardinal is right to argue that the government has no place criminalizing the charitable impulses of private institutions like his, whose mission is to help people with no questions asked. The Los Angeles Archdiocese, like other religious organizations across the country, runs a vast network of social service programs offering food and emergency shelter, child care, aid to immigrants and refugees, counseling services, and computer and job training. Through Catholic Charities and local parishes, the church is frequently the help of last resort for illegal immigrants in need. It should not be made an arm of the immigration police as well.
Cardinal Mahony’s declaration of solidarity with illegal immigrants, for whom Lent is every day, is a startling call to civil disobedience, as courageous as it is timely. We hope it forestalls the day when works of mercy become a federal crime.
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This is among the most disturbing articles I have read in a long time.
A mother is hoping to win £250,000 in compensation after her twin daughter survived an abortion four years ago.
I can’t even begin to comment on the mind of this woman. I wonder what the conversation will be like when the daughter asks why her mom killed her sister. I would gladly aadopt this child and relieve the mom of all financial “burden.”
These are the kinds of things that you don’t talk about in civil society. This woman should be shamed into quiet for the sake of her daughter.
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I wish more Christians would stand up for what the Gospel calls us to do. You see very little political activism in the NT. You do see people helping people. Though I am disinterested in the personalities here, I am interested in Christians calling out the people who claim to represent us.
December 18, 2005
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A Challenge for Bill O’ReillyBy NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Let us all pray for Bill O’Reilly.Let us pray that Mr. O’Reilly will understand that the Christmas spirit isn’t about hectoring people to say “Merry Christmas,” rather than “Happy Holidays,” but about helping the needy.
Let us pray that Mr. O’Reilly will use his huge audience and considerable media savvy to save lives and fight genocide, instead of to vilify those he disagrees with. Let him find inspiration in Jesus, rather than in the Assyrians.
Finally, let’s pray that Mr. O’Reilly and other money-changers in the temple will donate the funds they raise exploiting Christmas - covering the nonexistent “War on Christmas” rakes in viewers and advertising - to feed the hungry and house the homeless.
Amen.
Alas, not all prayers can be answered. Fox News Channel’s crusade against infidels who prefer generic expressions like “Happy Holidays” included 58 separate segments in just a five-day period.
After I suggested in last Sunday’s column that a better way to honor the season might be to stand up to genocide in Darfur (a calamity that Mr. O’Reilly has ignored), Mr. O’Reilly denounced me on his show as a “left-wing ideologue.” Bless you, Mr. O’Reilly, and Merry Christmas to you, too!
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The War’s Realists
At some point the truth must be exalted. You can shuck and jive for only so long. That time is rapidly approaching this administration. My pastor says, “It is never to late to start doing the right thing. he should be a presidential advisor.
The War’s RealistsBy E. J. Dionne Jr.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005; A21“We’re fighting the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan and across the world so we do not have to face them here at home.”
That’s what President Bush said in his speech yesterday at the FBI Academy in Quantico. After the attacks on Britain, our closest ally in the war on terrorism, it is an astonishing thing to say. “It’s a very insensitive statement with regard to the British,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). “Tony Blair must absolutely have blanched when he heard that.”
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it Just Gets Worse - New York Times
July 11, 2005
It Just Gets Worse
By BOB HERBERT
Back in March 2004 President Bush had a great time displaying what he felt was a hilarious set of photos showing him searching the Oval Office for the weapons of mass destruction that hadn’t been found in Iraq. It was a spoof he performed at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association.The photos showed the president peering behind curtains and looking under furniture for the missing weapons. Mr. Bush offered mock captions for the photos, saying, “Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere” and “Nope, no weapons over there … maybe under here?”
If there’s something funny about Mr. Bush’s misbegotten war, I’ve yet to see it. The president deliberately led Americans traumatized by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, into the false belief that there was a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda, and that a pre-emptive invasion would make the United States less vulnerable to terrorism.
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This is an interesting article that challanges the current thought on why marriage is declining.
The Heterosexual Revolution - New York Times
July 5, 2005
The Heterosexual Revolution
By STEPHANIE COONTZ
Olympia, Wash.
THE last week has been tough for opponents of same-sex marriage. First Canadian and then Spanish legislators voted to legalize the practice, prompting American social conservatives to renew their call for a constitutional amendment banning such marriages here. James Dobson of the evangelical group Focus on the Family has warned that without that ban, marriage as we have known it for 5,000 years will be overturned.
My research on marriage and family life seldom leads me to agree with Dr. Dobson, much less to accuse him of understatement. But in this case, Dr. Dobson’s warnings come 30 years too late. Traditional marriage, with its 5,000-year history, has already been upended. Gays and lesbians, however, didn’t spearhead that revolution: heterosexuals did.
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EU votes on Turkish entry plan
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EU votes on Turkish entry plan
by Joe Grima
Joe Grima says that he is against Turkey joining the EU
Thursday, 30 June, 2005
“The executive of the European Commission meets in Brussels this Wednesday to decide whether to adopt a plan for opening membership talks with Turkey. If the draft negotiating mandate is approved, the document will form the basis for entry negotiations with the government in Ankara. Formal discussions are due to start in October. The European Commission’s mandate must be approved unanimously by all of the 25 member states. But political pressure is growing for a suspension of Turkey’s EU entry after French and Dutch voters rejected a proposed EU constitution a month ago.” Deutsche Welle
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Dangerous Incompetence - New York Times
By BOB HERBERT
The president who displayed his contempt for Iraqi militants two years ago with the taunt “bring ‘em on” had to go on television Tuesday night to urge Americans not to abandon support for the war that he foolishly started but can’t figure out how to win.
The Bush crowd bristles at the use of the “Q-word” - quagmire - to describe American involvement in Iraq. But with our soldiers fighting and dying with no end in sight, who can deny that Mr. Bush has gotten us into “a situation from which extrication is very difficult,” which is a standard definition of quagmire?
More than 1,730 American troops have already died in Iraq. Some were little more than children when they signed up for the armed forces, like Ramona Valdez, who grew up in the Bronx and was just 17 when she joined the Marines. She was one of six service members, including four women, who were killed when a suicide bomber struck their convoy in Falluja last week.
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