Our Future
Congress passes $3.5 trillion budget in the dark
by Ed Morrissey
*****"Even the White House’s rosy projections show this to be a disaster. It grows the deficits in every year over the next 12 even under the best of circumstances. In an era where Americans have to tighten their belts and reduce their borrowing in order to shore up their own financial situations, Congress and Obama have shown no such sense of shared sacrifice. Instead, they’re busy borrowing like maniacs to pay for their own pet projects. It’s a disgrace, and even some Democrats have discovered this. read the rest
*****The Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling yesterday finding that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples.
*****The government reported Friday that the unemployment rate soared to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983.
*****And while all this and much more is going on, our current President is running around Europe apologizing for the United States and all the "bad" things we have done. He is as big a disgrace as his budget.
The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.
Norman Thomas 1884-1968 Leading American socialist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America
Johnny Cash 1932-2003I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went HigherAnd It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire
“A great civilization cannot be conquered from without until it destroys itself from within” Ariel Durant. 1898 - 1981
*****Last Saturday I had the radio tuned to my favorite (ok - my only) talk radio station while I was busy painting the dining room ceiling. I never did catch the name of the preacher who was giving the sermon. I knew he wasn't Catholic because his talk was centered on Christ crucified and he even used the word "sin" (a lot).
*****To be fair we have many wonderful priests "in the trenches" doing a great job. I'm thankful so many of them decided to embrace the new technology and bring the message of authentic Catholicism to those that suffer under the politically correct version.
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*****I'm going to be busy painting today and tomorrow. I will be taking time out to read Father John Speekman's homily. One thing I can always count on is his ability to lift my spirits and put me back on the right path. I'm looking forward to reading his Palm Sunday homily after breakfast.
