In an astonishing move, U.S. Representative Joseph Barton of Texas, a Republican, apologized to BP executives for an Obama shake-down, as Barton called it. He criticizes Obama for his actions at yesterday’s meeting with BP in getting billions of dollars in restitution to fix and restore the Gulf of Mexico in regard to the oil […]
Latinos, the Scots, the Welsh, and Braveheart
OK, so I stretched a bit in coming up with the title above, but it helps me to make a point. Recently the following reader comment was made: . . . I oppose Tagalog in Alaska and French in Lousiana and Maine if used for official government purposes. And in New Mexico Spanish language rights […]
Private property and the Roman Catholic Bishop’s immigration statements
Let’s look at another point raised by one of those who commented on immigration as regard the statements of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called Strangers No Longer: #35 says that “all the goods of the earth belong to all the people”. Wow. That eliminates all private property up to and including my […]
On the use of multiple languages in the USA
In answer to yesterday’s posting, a couple of comments were made. In fact, I am now facing the problem that there have been enough points brought up that I will not be able to deal with them all. So, let me deal with the subject of language today. One of the points that was made […]
Answering some questions on the RC’s and immigration policy
Five days ago, one of the posters actually read the joint statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Conferencia Episcopal de Mexico called “Stranger No Longer.” The poster had several comments. Let me quote some of them today and some to come. Frankly, that is in part because it is Sunday […]
USA and Britain tie in futbol (soccer)
Okay, I agree that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with Orthodox theology. But, THE USA TIED BRITAIN IN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD CUP!!!! There are no heavenly choirs singing, but certainly quite a few happy residents of the USA, whether they are here or stationed abroad. Britain is in a state of […]
On kisses in the Orthodox Church
Father Orthoduck so appreciates Pithless Thoughts. One of the challenges facing converts to Orthodoxy is that we have this way of going around kissing everyone. You kiss when you first see someone. You kiss when you say goodbye. You kiss during the Kiss of Peace. And, sometimes, for no known reason, you kiss some more. […]
What were the voters thinking?
We have all read news stories where we wonder what people were thinking when . . . . Well, as we all know, the primary races in South Carolina this year were, to put it politely, rather full of garbage. Accusations of racism, claims of sexual relationships, slurs, verbal garbage piled so deep that it […]
Normal versus abnormal? — Weird world we live in
People always seek to justify themselves. It is easier to justify one’s self than it is to admit that one could be wrong. We have been this way since Adam and Eve. The whole description of the confrontation with God in the Garden of Eden begins with a scene of denial and self-justification. But, if […]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflicts
Every so often, I like to put up a comic as a Rorschach (inkblot) test. Think of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict that has been ongoing for several decades. Now read the comic above. Now quick, before you can think it through, who is the elephant, who is the zebra, and who are the crocs? […]
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