tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post9049380218695340134..comments2024-03-20T10:19:56.838+01:00Comments on the beatroot: Poland wants Obamabeatroothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-26978107392609620842008-11-14T23:06:00.000+01:002008-11-14T23:06:00.000+01:00A soothing balm for those afflicted by Obamatosis:...A soothing balm for those afflicted by Obamatosis:<BR/><BR/>http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/headlines.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-27402970475174440832008-11-14T17:13:00.000+01:002008-11-14T17:13:00.000+01:00Sorry anon, it's OUR country now, you traitor!Sorry anon, it's OUR country now, you traitor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-16907330580575992012008-11-14T17:11:00.000+01:002008-11-14T17:11:00.000+01:00Then I don't think you are going to survive the ne...Then I don't think you are going to survive the next 16 years (and then some).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-67751753301429801402008-11-14T12:00:00.000+01:002008-11-14T12:00:00.000+01:00Aside from the election being FIXED, this is the m...Aside from the election being FIXED, this is the most disgraceful and unpatriotic thing I've ever witnessed. The U.S. sold its soul to the devil (Obama) over lies and broken promises. Only gullible fools would vote for such a creep. "Hope and Change" my ass... this goon will establish a socialist style tyranny like that of craphole France. The retards voted this radical in office and they'll pay for it - DEARLY. (Serves the bastards right). Btw, crackpot Obama is an Arab, not Black. This dog and pony show (election '08) is like a memory of 9/11. I wish the stupid Fucktards out there would stop coddling the enemy. It's boneheads like you who are ruining our wonderful country. Stop trashing President Bush! It's his resolve and determination that permit you assholes to talk shit about him. If you love Arabs and muslims so much, flights are available around the clock. (Hint: get the hell out of our country you Fucking traitors!!!!) Goddamn liberals make me so fucking sick!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-7153273661284751942008-11-11T01:59:00.000+01:002008-11-11T01:59:00.000+01:00Hey Ge'ez, enjoyed the conversation, but what do y...Hey Ge'ez, enjoyed the conversation, but what do you say we give it a rest for a while?<BR/><BR/>I'll be busy looking for a new supplier of hair shirts, the old one will just not cut it for the next four years (too comfortable, not enough pain).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-23126168409508598142008-11-09T21:04:00.000+01:002008-11-09T21:04:00.000+01:00Whose misfortune?What Marxists? There's a dead god...Whose misfortune?<BR/><BR/>What Marxists? There's a dead god for you. <BR/><BR/>If you think the US is a Marxist country, then you must include a lot of people under that ideological tent.<BR/><BR/>You can't have it both and every which way.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if you explain the sides to me...<BR/><BR/>Are those "faint of heart" lumped in with the weasels? Amateurs with the weasels? AC Amateurs vs. the Weasels FC? Will the weasels rip my flesh?<BR/><BR/>In any event, you can include me on Cardinal Martini's side (at least on the matter of the tempest of the moment), so let me know where you place him. You do read Chiesa, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-8310664106381030702008-11-09T19:56:00.000+01:002008-11-09T19:56:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:I detect signs of schadenfreude in your musi...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>I detect signs of schadenfreude in your musings on the problems within the Catholic Church. That clarifies where you stand at the moment. <BR/><BR/>Doctrinal rigidity? Right, tell the Marxists their ideological tent needs to be larger, and hear what they have to say about it.<BR/><BR/>The lines are clearer now then before, and both sides will play to win. Amateurs, weasels, and those faint of heart need not apply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-73779627125484030512008-11-09T16:48:00.000+01:002008-11-09T16:48:00.000+01:00Oh my. Since the 1980s, the number of priests has...Oh my. <BR/> <BR/>Since the 1980s, the number of priests has dropped 10 to 12 percent per decade, and there are signs of a continuing decline in the years ahead. The average age of nonretired priests in 2001, for instance, was 56. <BR/><BR/>The number of U.S. ordinations has ranged between 440 and 540 annually in recent years, but with a long-term gradual decline. Today American seminaries are producing priests at between 35 and 45 percent of the number needed to keep the priesthood at a constant size.<BR/><BR/>Washington, May. 9, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Roughly one-third of the Catholic priests scheduled to be ordained in the United States in 2008 were born in another country, the US bishops' conference has revealed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-28742240605098581082008-11-09T13:32:00.000+01:002008-11-09T13:32:00.000+01:00It is about numbers if you want to win an election...It is about numbers if you want to win an election. Unless you think it was the Holy Spirit that brought about the election of Obama (which is fine by me). <BR/><BR/>No offense but your wrongheaded interpretations of doctrine (not to mention suspect doctrinal development), no matter how clearly, unambigiously and uncompromisingly preached, are going to reduce numbers of folks who consider themselves Catholics and lessen the number of people who attend Mass. You think so many folks have fallen away because of lack of some kind of doctrinal rigidity? You really think that preaching against rubbers is going to pack 'em in? I prefer the big tent and welcoming all to the table. Sounds a lot more Christian to me. Again, what do you think of the Martini bombshell (or is calling it a cocktail more appropriate?)? Are you aware of what the good Cardinal wrote? Check it out in Chiesa. Seems to me he's got to be excommunicated or there's going to really be an uproar coming from your ranks. Folks like 57 are gonna love this coming tempest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-63554231766557451432008-11-09T11:59:00.000+01:002008-11-09T11:59:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:It's not about numbers, it's about clarity a...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>It's not about numbers, it's about clarity and the guts to preach the doctrine. Clear, unambiguous, and uncompromising doctrine makes numbers naturally and quicky. <BR/><BR/>No one follows an uncertain trumpet, even Marxists, and now loosing Republicans, know this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-80943807266483888232008-11-09T03:36:00.000+01:002008-11-09T03:36:00.000+01:00Mark, it looks like you welcome shrinkage. It may...Mark, it looks like you welcome shrinkage. It may well be true that the younger ranks of the priesthood are more into the kind of dogmatism you prefer. But you can bet your booties that they will not grow or maintain the Body of Christ in terms of the number of the active faithful. Hey, did you hear about Cardinal Martini's new book? Hmmm. Will he be excommunicated or will he shake the foundations of the Church?<BR/><BR/>Finally, it looks like we can pray together for one thing -- that Palin will be the Republican presidential nominee. And I hope and pray as well that Rudy Giuliani comes in as her choice for VP to balance the ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-25039145979504035282008-11-09T02:50:00.000+01:002008-11-09T02:50:00.000+01:00Europe has a whole likes Obama. Will they still l...Europe has a whole likes Obama. Will they still like him when he tries to pressure them into sending more troops to Afghanistan?<BR/><BR/>Everyday Obama will be farther from his base. Having Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, is a slap in their face to start. I heard he plans to keep Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense, holding him over from the Bush administration. His inclinations are naturally centrist.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-40933595261136155462008-11-09T02:06:00.000+01:002008-11-09T02:06:00.000+01:00One of the signs is the younger generation of prie...One of the signs is the younger generation of priests, seminarians, and active laity, who are unlike the preceding generation. Much to the dismay of aging progressives.<BR/><BR/>And who's this McCain you're talking about? Was he some kind of a VIP a while ago? Oh yes, now I remember, he discovered our first female president, in the land of Alaska. Much to the dismay of aging feminists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-85061264807562061912008-11-08T23:27:00.000+01:002008-11-08T23:27:00.000+01:00OK.And these "signs" are what???One at a time?You ...OK.<BR/><BR/>And these "signs" are what???<BR/><BR/>One at a time?<BR/><BR/>You should have started with the adolescent behavior of McCain. His inability to keep his pecker in his pants was legendary. It would have also been a good idea to get to that hockey player before they had to pull out that shotgun to make sure he got married.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-2768716483754603882008-11-08T23:16:00.000+01:002008-11-08T23:16:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:It's going to happen one overheated "adolesc...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>It's going to happen one overheated "adolescent" at a time. <BR/><BR/>It starts with the Church, which is finally showing the signs of putting its own house in order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-39123187957379670402008-11-08T22:28:00.000+01:002008-11-08T22:28:00.000+01:00Steubenvillians. I like that. I hope you don't m...Steubenvillians. I like that. I hope you don't mind because I will be stealing that moniker from you in my future references to them.<BR/><BR/>And you are going to stop their "adolescent" behavior how? Your example, moral reeducation, and conversion to the Wanderer-pure version of Catholicism? Sorry but it's never going to happen or work.<BR/><BR/>Again, being remedied now? How? <BR/>By whom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-71900426914218748012008-11-08T19:40:00.000+01:002008-11-08T19:40:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:I'm a Traditionalist Catholic, and will let ...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>I'm a Traditionalist Catholic, and will let the Steubenvillians define themselves within the spectrum of Catholicism. As such, I view the family (father, mother, children, and hopefully grandparents) as the basic cell of any human society. It's an organic unit, thru which the larger society with its culture and economy is built and propagated. This cell is subject to certain natural laws, such as those dealing with procreation and sexuality, love, raising and civilizing children, taking care of the aged, managing capital and inheritance, etc. For Catholics, this cell is also a sacrament, i.e. a divinely ordained institution. <BR/><BR/>In societies where this basic cell is neglected or weakened, and which have no recourse to a moral correcting mechanism (such as the Church), various social pathologies develop in very short order. I see the male as especially vulnerable here, he usually becomes the first carrier of irresponsibility and arrested emotional development. Rubbers, and other birth control methods, only permit these "men" to function at an adolescent level of emotional development for far too long. Rather than assuming the responsibilities of fatherhood and monogamy, they continue to chase their next orgasm. And their past conquests and offspring become brides and children of the State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-22482516026519488482008-11-08T15:14:00.000+01:002008-11-08T15:14:00.000+01:00Lemme guess. You're a Steubbenville kid. If so, I...Lemme guess. You're a Steubbenville kid. If so, I'll pray especially hard for you my poor child.<BR/><BR/>If you want to cut down the number of abortions and deal with irresponsibility, please actually read and consider the public policy initiatives employed in the Netherlands. Rubbers and other forms of birth control may not be perfect, but they do go a long way in preventing most pregnancies. In terms of looming financial obligations, again please consider public policy in the Netherlands. But you prolly think such government support is communism and thus evil to be avoided.<BR/><BR/> BTW, do you think that pregnancy is an affliction or just the morning sickness associated with it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-14955553725818601462008-11-08T14:06:00.000+01:002008-11-08T14:06:00.000+01:00Being remedied now? How? By whom?Being remedied now? How? <BR/>By whom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-31539271359507605102008-11-08T12:46:00.000+01:002008-11-08T12:46:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:Thanks for the links, they are very interest...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the links, they are very interesting. Here are my comments:<BR/><BR/>As far as the Catholic vote for those who openly oppose ex cathedra teachings of the Church:<BR/>this reflects the sad fact that in our country, for several decades now, many faithful didn't hear many of these teachings. What they heard instead was a "social gospel", which purposefully excluded the difficult teachings, especially those linking sexuality with morality. This is one of the problems within our Church being remedied now; <BR/><BR/>In my opinion, the nature of Marxism was never discussed, explained, or analyzed in any depth in the West. Compare one indicator - the number of movies dealing with fascism to the number dealing with Marxism. When it is being mentioned, it focuses on only one aspect of this ideology, the one dealing with the elimination of private property, a mere by-product of its philosophy. The hardest aspects, those dealing with the elimination of individuality, individual conscience and free will, and subjection of the "masses" to the "collective will" are almost never mentioned. However, this is beginning to be remedied as well; <BR/><BR/>As far as Netherlands and abortion - I applaud all those who help pregnant and abandoned women. But where are the men who impregnated them - why do they abandon their "toys" once they are broken and afflicted with morning sickness, growing belly, and looming financial obligations? Why are these males allowed to walk away, and duplicate their irresponsible behavior with a new "toy"? This irresponsible and selfish behavior of many males needs to be remedied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-84532398186175125672008-11-08T11:02:00.000+01:002008-11-08T11:02:00.000+01:00The Wanderer. The Wanderer. So Mark, yare you re...The Wanderer. The Wanderer. So Mark, yare you really that far gone. A "popular" blog. "Pure" Catholic teaching. But not so popular among the 54% of Catholics who voted for Obama, heh? I don't think it's so pure either but I'm not going to get into an extended religious argument here. <BR/><BR/>But, here's more "pure" food for your beleaguered soul that you might find appetizing from the ever "popular" Fr. Hardon. Yea, Father Hardon who informs us that our beloved country has gone Marxist:<BR/><BR/>http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Communism/Communism_002.htm<BR/><BR/>Assuredly, you must walk the talk as recognized by the Most Reverend Robert W. Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph:<BR/><BR/>"You and I will be faced with this legal trial: whether we should pay our taxes making us participants in the slaughter of Innocents or be liable for jail and fines."<BR/><BR/>What is so bad about going to jail when all eternity is at stake?<BR/><BR/>Or will you wuss out like this commenter on that blog: "but wouldn’t render-unto-Ceasar apply here?" <BR/><BR/>And don't forget: The moose will be relieved, I suppose, if she is otherwise engaged.<BR/><BR/>Only one thing. You might want to look at the abortion rate in the Netherlands despite what the good bishop seems to think:<BR/><BR/>http://jimandnancyonpilgrimage.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-56891327401181896372008-11-08T02:55:00.000+01:002008-11-08T02:55:00.000+01:00Ge'ez:I've read your comments about the Catholic v...Ge'ez:<BR/><BR/>I've read your comments about the Catholic vote with interest. You're right, about half went to the left.<BR/><BR/>While we're on this subject, what I offer you below is a link to pure Catholic teaching from Kansas City, with a capital C, and with no apologies. It comes via a popular blog run by Father Z, called "wdtprs". Word of caution for the sheltered and the unprepared - fasten your seat-belts:<BR/><BR/>http://wdtprs.com/blog/2008/11/bp-finn-on-the-eve-of-the-election-woe-to-those/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-75523142755358131312008-11-08T02:14:00.001+01:002008-11-08T02:14:00.001+01:00The moose will be relieved, I suppose, if she is o...The moose will be relieved, I suppose, if she is otherwise engaged.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-6301204320668391252008-11-08T02:14:00.000+01:002008-11-08T02:14:00.000+01:00The moose will be relieved, I suppose, if she is o...The moose will be relieved, I suppose, if she is otherwise engaged.beatroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242716221133886807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13112593.post-71860249702118897092008-11-07T23:55:00.000+01:002008-11-07T23:55:00.000+01:00beatroot,OK, OK, I admit it. It is an incredibly s...beatroot,<BR/><BR/>OK, OK, I admit it. It is an incredibly significant historical event. The preceeding comments were only meant to needle ge'ez.<BR/>When that moose-hunting hockey mom Sarah Palin takes over in '12 it will be an even more significant chapter in USA history.romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988548647887978919noreply@blogger.com