Just havng beer with the guys…

How long do you think it will take some watchdog group to hit on President Obama for popularizng the drinking of alcoholic beverages? Even though I differ with our president in my political, moral and religious viewpoints (no duh, eh?), I do have sympathy for the fact that the President Read more

Taking the high road

Please take a look at Whispers in the Loggia. http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/. Today’s post about the four Franciscan Friars who trekked 300 miles from Chicago to Washington will inspire you to the hilt. Their example of trust in God – and what that example evoked in others along their way – is Read more

Remind you of anywhere else in the world?

Militant groups trying to impose Islamic law on a country…insurgent-like attacks, thousands have fled their homes… http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence Some might try to tell me that the events in Nigeria and Iraq are unrelated. I beg to differ, wholeheartedly. Perhaps they’re not generated by the same source or carried out in the Read more

Overpopulation?

Those of us who grew up in the sixties and seventies will remember the waves of overpopulation scares. Over and over again we were told to cut back on having children because in a few years there wasn’t going to be enough land or resources to house and feed the Read more

Those special retarded people

Caught this on the New York Post website. Is anybody else wondering about the quality (or lack thereof) of research being put into the proposed health care plan? More and more I’m hearing comments from President Obama and his administration that seem to indicate they know nothing at all about Read more