Rabbi Dov Fischer on Michael Jackson on National Review Online:
"In 1993, after law school, we drove from California to Kentucky, where I served a year's clerkship for an appeals-court judge. En route, we listened to the car radio and, for the first time, I heard the pop music to which my children were subjected. I was shocked--absolutely shocked. So we moved the family to country music. Yes, country music includes lyrics about bars and drinking. But they also speak about mama and family--even about God. I would rather that my pre-adolescent children sing Garth Brooks's 'Unanswered Prayers' than Britney Spears's latest panting and moaning."
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Jonah Goldberg's Goldberg File on National Review Online
Great column today (funny too) on media bias.
Great column today (funny too) on media bias.
Jay Nordlinger's Impromptus on National Review Online:
"Finally, that same Jermaine has said, 'My brother is not eccentric.' Now, forgive me, but if I were a Michael-defending sibling, I would not say, 'My brother is not eccentric.' I might say, 'My brother is damn eccentric, but he's not a child molester,' or something. But, come on: Jermaine needs a more credible set of talking points."
"Finally, that same Jermaine has said, 'My brother is not eccentric.' Now, forgive me, but if I were a Michael-defending sibling, I would not say, 'My brother is not eccentric.' I might say, 'My brother is damn eccentric, but he's not a child molester,' or something. But, come on: Jermaine needs a more credible set of talking points."
New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Rush & Molloy: Gere draws a battle line with Clark:
"Mason-ic plot Jackie Mason cracked a Polish joke on WABC-AM, but Poles weren't laughing.
"The comedian said on Mark Levin's broadcast last month that 'Polish people hate the Jews, they just don't remember why.'
"The Polish American Congress' Anti-Bigotry Committee shot off a letter to Mason and program director Phil Boyce complaining that Levin remained silent after the remark.
"'Not only did Poles save Jews more than anyone else,' wrote the Congress' Frank Milewski, 'but because Poland was the only country in German-occupied Europe where the Nazis ordered death for doing it, more Poles were killed for saving Jews than anyone else.'
"Milewski told us, 'We haven't had any response from the station.'
But when called by the Daily News, Boyce responded, 'Jackie Mason is his own person. He is known for controversial comments.'
Mason's spokesman didn't really help his boss' cause when he added insult to insult when he told us: 'God bless American democracy when crackpot groups can be heard in the media.'
"Mason could've used New York's many Polish-Americans to buy tickets to his Broadway show 'Laughing Room Only.' It's closing next Sunday, 10 days after opening."
People should be nice to the Poles...we just don't remember why.... ::kidding::
"Mason-ic plot Jackie Mason cracked a Polish joke on WABC-AM, but Poles weren't laughing.
"The comedian said on Mark Levin's broadcast last month that 'Polish people hate the Jews, they just don't remember why.'
"The Polish American Congress' Anti-Bigotry Committee shot off a letter to Mason and program director Phil Boyce complaining that Levin remained silent after the remark.
"'Not only did Poles save Jews more than anyone else,' wrote the Congress' Frank Milewski, 'but because Poland was the only country in German-occupied Europe where the Nazis ordered death for doing it, more Poles were killed for saving Jews than anyone else.'
"Milewski told us, 'We haven't had any response from the station.'
But when called by the Daily News, Boyce responded, 'Jackie Mason is his own person. He is known for controversial comments.'
Mason's spokesman didn't really help his boss' cause when he added insult to insult when he told us: 'God bless American democracy when crackpot groups can be heard in the media.'
"Mason could've used New York's many Polish-Americans to buy tickets to his Broadway show 'Laughing Room Only.' It's closing next Sunday, 10 days after opening."
People should be nice to the Poles...we just don't remember why.... ::kidding::
New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Rush & Molloy: Gere draws a battle line with Clark:
"'I believe only God has the right to take life,' declared the star of 'An Officer and a Gentleman.' 'We as people don't have that right.'"
God is a person too...three actually...
"It's got to be a sad Thanksgiving at model Lauren Bush's house. The President's stunning niece has already been coping with the messy divorce of her parents, Sharon and Neil, President Bush's younger brother.
"On Friday, a Texas judge ordered Sharon Bush to allow Lauren's 14-year-old sister Ashley to accompany Neil Bush to France to spend the holiday. "They don't even celebrate Thanksgiving in France," a friend of Sharon Bush noted."
Considering they don't even have Thanksgiving in France...
"'I believe only God has the right to take life,' declared the star of 'An Officer and a Gentleman.' 'We as people don't have that right.'"
God is a person too...three actually...
"It's got to be a sad Thanksgiving at model Lauren Bush's house. The President's stunning niece has already been coping with the messy divorce of her parents, Sharon and Neil, President Bush's younger brother.
"On Friday, a Texas judge ordered Sharon Bush to allow Lauren's 14-year-old sister Ashley to accompany Neil Bush to France to spend the holiday. "They don't even celebrate Thanksgiving in France," a friend of Sharon Bush noted."
Considering they don't even have Thanksgiving in France...
Salon.com | The world press on American politics:
"Yet the Queen reportedly found Dubya charming on that occasion. Since then she has changed her mind. The Daily Telegraph reports the Queen was 'apparently less than chuffed' to learn that President Bush, invited to stay with her, brought along five of his personal chefs. "
Given that a reporter for the Daily Mirror managed to get hired for the palace staff using a false reference, perhaps the security precaution of bringing his own chefs was wise. That's what it is really, the President uses Navy chefs so that he can be sure of their trustworthiness.
"Yet the Queen reportedly found Dubya charming on that occasion. Since then she has changed her mind. The Daily Telegraph reports the Queen was 'apparently less than chuffed' to learn that President Bush, invited to stay with her, brought along five of his personal chefs. "
Given that a reporter for the Daily Mirror managed to get hired for the palace staff using a false reference, perhaps the security precaution of bringing his own chefs was wise. That's what it is really, the President uses Navy chefs so that he can be sure of their trustworthiness.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Aerial photo of what I think is the Holy Cross Novitiate...not certain, but it is in the right area. The building is right in the center 1/4 mile south (along the highway) from the exit for Pike's Peak Highway. The orange speck at the center is the building and zoom in to see it more clearly then zoom back out for the scale.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World:
"This ambiguity, along with the fact that both characters are sympathetic and likeable, is what elevates these conflicts above so many military-movie clashes pitting a hard-nosed by-the-book officer against a more nuanced subordinate or other foil (cf. K-19: The Widowmaker, Crimson Tide, etc.). "
This is exactly right....GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
"This ambiguity, along with the fact that both characters are sympathetic and likeable, is what elevates these conflicts above so many military-movie clashes pitting a hard-nosed by-the-book officer against a more nuanced subordinate or other foil (cf. K-19: The Widowmaker, Crimson Tide, etc.). "
This is exactly right....GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Nation: Commentary: Need hope? Join Call to Action ranks
Well...having boosted DignityUSA Tom Fox now boosts Call to Action...arrghhh...
Well...having boosted DignityUSA Tom Fox now boosts Call to Action...arrghhh...
EDITORIAL: Birth control rerun adds little to Catholic life:
"a reversion to a discredited teaching, insistence on perpetuating a theology of sex and marriage that has little relationship to the lived experience of millions of married Catholics,"
Discredited by whom? Charles Curran still can't get a job as a Catholic theologian.
Every married couple in the country is made up of 2 sinners. No one obeys the church doctrine that you shouldn't sin. We haven't given up on sin yet [though maybe the NCR has...].
"Further, we only wish the teachings on charity would take up as much worry time for some of the Catholic hierarchy as do concerns over what married laity might be doing in their bedrooms."
Cause...ya know...you never hear the Bishops talk about charity. They're not the biggest charitable care providers in the country or anything...
"There is a sexual scandal in the church, but last we knew, it had little to do with lay people."
Why can there only be one sexual scandal in the Church? NCR would be willing to admit to the child abuse scandal and a hypothetical financial scandal at the same time...
"Why the high interest?
"Maybe it provided easy diversion.
"After all, there is a serious priest shortage that threatens the very sacramental life of the church. One might think that critical subject would take center stage."
They just might be related you know...
"The teaching has been ignored not because Catholics are willfully defiant..."
Umm...yes it has, just because they disobey because the disagree doesn't make the disobedience not defiance and make it unwillful. Sheesh...they are accidently disobeying the teaching because they disagree with it? That seems unlikely.
"While Natural Family Planning may have value for some, most faithful married Catholics have found it impractical."
Really? One is reminded of Chesterton (from memory) "It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, it is that it has been found difficult and left untried."
"a reversion to a discredited teaching, insistence on perpetuating a theology of sex and marriage that has little relationship to the lived experience of millions of married Catholics,"
Discredited by whom? Charles Curran still can't get a job as a Catholic theologian.
Every married couple in the country is made up of 2 sinners. No one obeys the church doctrine that you shouldn't sin. We haven't given up on sin yet [though maybe the NCR has...].
"Further, we only wish the teachings on charity would take up as much worry time for some of the Catholic hierarchy as do concerns over what married laity might be doing in their bedrooms."
Cause...ya know...you never hear the Bishops talk about charity. They're not the biggest charitable care providers in the country or anything...
"There is a sexual scandal in the church, but last we knew, it had little to do with lay people."
Why can there only be one sexual scandal in the Church? NCR would be willing to admit to the child abuse scandal and a hypothetical financial scandal at the same time...
"Why the high interest?
"Maybe it provided easy diversion.
"After all, there is a serious priest shortage that threatens the very sacramental life of the church. One might think that critical subject would take center stage."
They just might be related you know...
"The teaching has been ignored not because Catholics are willfully defiant..."
Umm...yes it has, just because they disobey because the disagree doesn't make the disobedience not defiance and make it unwillful. Sheesh...they are accidently disobeying the teaching because they disagree with it? That seems unlikely.
"While Natural Family Planning may have value for some, most faithful married Catholics have found it impractical."
Really? One is reminded of Chesterton (from memory) "It is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, it is that it has been found difficult and left untried."
FBI scrutinizing anti-war protesters:
"Critics said they remained worried. 'What the FBI regards as potential terrorism,' Romero of the ACLU said, 'strikes me as civil disobedience.' "
Hello folks! Civil disobedience is illegal and not protected by the first amendment. The police should actively combat it. Monitoring and intimidation are completely appropriate as for any criminal activity. ::smack::
"Critics said they remained worried. 'What the FBI regards as potential terrorism,' Romero of the ACLU said, 'strikes me as civil disobedience.' "
Hello folks! Civil disobedience is illegal and not protected by the first amendment. The police should actively combat it. Monitoring and intimidation are completely appropriate as for any criminal activity. ::smack::
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Friday, November 21, 2003
Congrats to the JMuck... But don't stop praying yet, I'm currently blogging from here, where I am trying to make it 2 for 2. (3 for 3 when Alysse joins the Pink Sisters and 4 for 4 when Jeanetta becomes a Carthusian [I'm sorry, but it's the only way we can get her to be quiet.])
So...my strategy to respond to this cartoon (frr) is to buy 1000 copies of this and mail them to the artist...
Has Jeanetta gone into the catacombs? or has she just adopted a rodent sleep schedule...? Developing...
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