I have, in my ageing years, always sought the truth (granted, the truth as I understand it). As such, at times I have compromised friendships along the way. In all honesty I would rather be a lonely old man living in a cave, sans friends, then to live without the truth.
As some of you know the anti gay Constitution Amendment initiatives are not over with yet. The Florida bigots get their chance at the ballot in 2008.
We learned from Michigan that the Catholic Church and its minions not only want to destroy gay marriage, they want to destroy gay relationships (I guess it is their way of recruiting more priests). Florida is facing the same language as Michigan and I guess Virginia. This Constitutional Amendment does not only ban gay Marriage, it bans contracts made between two people of the same sex. Your “Dual Power of Attorney” will be null and void. If either you or your partner depend on each other for Health Care Insurance under Domestic partner benefit rules, that will be gone. In the State of Florida Gay/Lesbian partners can not, today, decide the determination of their partners in the case of death. That is to say, a “blood relative” (you know, the one who would have nothing to do with you ever) has more rights then your life partner and will have total claim on your estate if the Constitutional Amendment, vigorously being promoted by the Roman Catholic Church is passed.
Just recently I received an email listing the names of those who signed the “petition” to place the Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot. On that list was a neighbor three doors away. This woman is a Catholic but she has always been nice to me. When I saw her name on the list I almost cried. This lady, with her baby, was in my home, she always came up to me at neighbor parties and was gracious but then I thought, you never know.
So I sent her a copy of the petition showing her name as a signer to ban gay marriage, explaining to her that her signature on this petition not only banned “gay marriage” if banned all contracts between gay men and women and not only released Governments and corporations from offering “domestic partner” benefits but made it unlawful for them to do so. In other words, many Gay Americans will lose their health care insurance.
She sent me an email saying that she never signed any petition. She is a Catholic and attends Catholic Church. My gut feeling and my gut is usually more than correct, is that the Roman Catholic Church has chosen to win at all cost, their souls dammed to hell, in order to destroy the Gay and Lesbian Community. Some aggressive “Catholics” in some Parishes took it upon themselves to sign the names of all the parishioners on their mailing lists, shame on them but shame on us for not taking them to task.
This is not my “Catholic Church”; this is an aberration if there ever was one.
So I have made it my promise and my mission to “OUT” any Gay person associated with the Roman Catholic Church. I can no longer tolerate flagrant hypocrisy I will no longer idly stand by and watch hypocrites preaching hate from pulpits then go sucking dick at the first opportunity, singing songs and clapping hands, while their Church diminishes the dignity of our relationships. This can not stand.
I am not quite sure why anyone would have a problem understanding the honesty of this message, bottom line, It has to stop…….game on.
Peace,
Bart
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Virginia is for Lovers-but Not Gay Lovers
For now, enough about George bush and his lies. I know I am tired of him and I am sure most people are, time to move on, and hope that soon he will be gone. It’s time to have some serious talk about Faith.
When I was a sophomore in High School I volunteered to go on a retreat to a Trappist Monastery. So me and two friends, one of the Christian Brothers and his friend drove from Philadelphia to someplace south of Washington, DC to a Trappist Monastery, to pray, I guess.
Actually it was a thrilling experience, I was a city boy and other then cows on commercial I never came face to face with one. The Monks raised Black Angus and how was I to know a bull from a cow, they were all black and all looked the same to me.
When you are in an Abby you spend most of your time praying. Every three hours they trotted you off to the chapel to pray, in Latin. I am not sure if “yawning” is prayer but I did a lot of that.
But, back to the cows, when we were not “praying” I spent time dodging cow plops and bulls or distraught cows, they chased me. Perhaps they were Dyke Cows and wanted me out of their space. I was agreeable to that so I took on another mission.
I decided that I would get all the Monks that I came into contact with, to speak (they all took a vow of silence). I knew that “yes and no” questions would not work. So I devised a system of questions that would require more then a yes or no answer. “Why” is always a good way to start those questions. To be honest I saw the pain on the faces of some of these, I have to say, gorgeous men, and I just stopped the challenge.
So we left the Monastery, suitcases full of Trappist Jelly and headed home. On the way, in Virginia the Brother who was driving was pulled over to the side by a Police Officer. He, the Brother, apparently exceeded the speed limit in some, as I know now, to be some honky-tonk anti-Catholic town in Virginia (and I have been praying for the souls of that town ever since, NOT). We were sent to jail, three boys, two adult men, for probably doing 25 in a 20 mile zone. The only money the Christian Brother had on him was Christmas card money, so he said, that was collected for the school. That in itself was probably a mistake, Virginians do no like Catholics and money to support their schools was something to be taken away and probably given to their type of “Christianity”.
We were released and sent on our way and we had a few bucks between us so we traveled north and made a stop in Washington, DC to visit the Roman Catholic Shrine to the Immaculate Conception.
My Spirit that day was reborn. I watched women praying at the Blessed Mother’s altar, hoping for some kind of relief from whatever was paining them. As a 14/15 year old I knew whatever they were praying for probably will not happen because of their prayers, it will happen because some fine doctor of science will either fix the problem or determine that the problem can not be fixed with the technology available and some Priest will be drawn in to give them comfort.
I have no idea what those women were praying for but I know the very act of praying gave them comfort. But this is what I pray for,
• I pray that my life will be one that contributes to the Glory of God, whoever He/She is.
• I pray that my life partner and I will always be faithful to one another, truthful and dedicated to each others missions.
• I pray that every service in which I involve myself or my community I do so with distinction and merit.
• I pray that one day human kindness defeats ignorance and that we can move on with programs to benefit all humankind
• I pray that Families, however they manifest themselves, can be free from scorn and prejudice.
• I pray that one day Christians will truly understand the message of Jesus Christ and admit that His rule is that Revelation did not end with is Crucifixion and Resurrection.
• I pray that one day people will no longer make monetary profit by exploiting the Word of Christ.
• I pray that one day we understand that the preservation of Human Life includes those who we think should be killed by the State.
• I pray that one day we will understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to dignify the lives we would have scorned the women from aborting by providing health care, jobs and most of all Dignity to their lives.
• I pray that one day all men (and women) in America will be recognized as being created equally and given the right to pursue the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
AMEN
When I was a sophomore in High School I volunteered to go on a retreat to a Trappist Monastery. So me and two friends, one of the Christian Brothers and his friend drove from Philadelphia to someplace south of Washington, DC to a Trappist Monastery, to pray, I guess.
Actually it was a thrilling experience, I was a city boy and other then cows on commercial I never came face to face with one. The Monks raised Black Angus and how was I to know a bull from a cow, they were all black and all looked the same to me.
When you are in an Abby you spend most of your time praying. Every three hours they trotted you off to the chapel to pray, in Latin. I am not sure if “yawning” is prayer but I did a lot of that.
But, back to the cows, when we were not “praying” I spent time dodging cow plops and bulls or distraught cows, they chased me. Perhaps they were Dyke Cows and wanted me out of their space. I was agreeable to that so I took on another mission.
I decided that I would get all the Monks that I came into contact with, to speak (they all took a vow of silence). I knew that “yes and no” questions would not work. So I devised a system of questions that would require more then a yes or no answer. “Why” is always a good way to start those questions. To be honest I saw the pain on the faces of some of these, I have to say, gorgeous men, and I just stopped the challenge.
So we left the Monastery, suitcases full of Trappist Jelly and headed home. On the way, in Virginia the Brother who was driving was pulled over to the side by a Police Officer. He, the Brother, apparently exceeded the speed limit in some, as I know now, to be some honky-tonk anti-Catholic town in Virginia (and I have been praying for the souls of that town ever since, NOT). We were sent to jail, three boys, two adult men, for probably doing 25 in a 20 mile zone. The only money the Christian Brother had on him was Christmas card money, so he said, that was collected for the school. That in itself was probably a mistake, Virginians do no like Catholics and money to support their schools was something to be taken away and probably given to their type of “Christianity”.
We were released and sent on our way and we had a few bucks between us so we traveled north and made a stop in Washington, DC to visit the Roman Catholic Shrine to the Immaculate Conception.
My Spirit that day was reborn. I watched women praying at the Blessed Mother’s altar, hoping for some kind of relief from whatever was paining them. As a 14/15 year old I knew whatever they were praying for probably will not happen because of their prayers, it will happen because some fine doctor of science will either fix the problem or determine that the problem can not be fixed with the technology available and some Priest will be drawn in to give them comfort.
I have no idea what those women were praying for but I know the very act of praying gave them comfort. But this is what I pray for,
• I pray that my life will be one that contributes to the Glory of God, whoever He/She is.
• I pray that my life partner and I will always be faithful to one another, truthful and dedicated to each others missions.
• I pray that every service in which I involve myself or my community I do so with distinction and merit.
• I pray that one day human kindness defeats ignorance and that we can move on with programs to benefit all humankind
• I pray that Families, however they manifest themselves, can be free from scorn and prejudice.
• I pray that one day Christians will truly understand the message of Jesus Christ and admit that His rule is that Revelation did not end with is Crucifixion and Resurrection.
• I pray that one day people will no longer make monetary profit by exploiting the Word of Christ.
• I pray that one day we understand that the preservation of Human Life includes those who we think should be killed by the State.
• I pray that one day we will understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to dignify the lives we would have scorned the women from aborting by providing health care, jobs and most of all Dignity to their lives.
• I pray that one day all men (and women) in America will be recognized as being created equally and given the right to pursue the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
AMEN
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Magical Mystery Tour - Truth
Whoa, I guess I am on a Magical Mystery Tour of my life, hence, I am going back even further to when I was about 7 years old and was told I needed to have a pair of Rosary Beads which would cost me fifty cents. So where was a kid whose family was buying groceries on “the eye” (that was credit in those days) going to find fifty cents? All of a sudden the opportunity presented itself. I was sent to the store to pick up groceries and with the cash to pay off the “eye”. After all was settled and groceries in “arms” I trotted back from the corner grocery store with change in hand, minus the fifty cents that I placed into my pocket for my Rosary Beads.
Joe and Mona were the merchants who ran the grocery store. To be honest I never knew they were Jewish and my parents never expressed any anti Semitism that I ever heard, indeed we lived in a neighborhood that was changing because of the “great black migration” to the North. In addition, before the blacks, we were more likely to be persuaded to not like Italians.
But I digress. The point is that I was sort of going to blame Joe and Mona for the $.50 shortage in the change, but I can tell you that did not work, at all. Turns out my Mom trusted Joe and Mona and was always grateful for their kindness to our family. They knew when we were on hard times and they “waved things off” sometimes, actually most of the time. So “little Bart” underwent torture that would bring out the truth, even from the prisoners at Guantanamo. I jest of course, my mother was disappointed that I would lie; she thought she taught me better. When I saw the disappointment in her face that day, that day was the day I learned not to lie, ever again. I promised my Mother "that day" that I would never lie again and I have remained faithful to that promise to my mother. I am so glad I made that promise because my life has been easier because of it.
While I am not a believer in the Bible, as factual,there is something in the Bible that suggests that a liar should be tied to a stone and thrown into the waters, drowned. I would perhaps choose not to kill a liar, or anyone else for that matter but there is a lot to be said about that, not to mention the hypocrisy which liars are associated.
And so here we are a government full of lies, afraid to face the people, under oath, and to tell the truth. It is apparent to me that those in control of the Federal Government now did not have good mothers, like I did. Their Mothers did not have the integrity, the honor and the love that would make a child so young to commit to honesty. As a kid I could have caused damage to two wonderful people but my Mom would not be a part of that, she was a humble women but she was truly fond of truth.
Bart
Joe and Mona were the merchants who ran the grocery store. To be honest I never knew they were Jewish and my parents never expressed any anti Semitism that I ever heard, indeed we lived in a neighborhood that was changing because of the “great black migration” to the North. In addition, before the blacks, we were more likely to be persuaded to not like Italians.
But I digress. The point is that I was sort of going to blame Joe and Mona for the $.50 shortage in the change, but I can tell you that did not work, at all. Turns out my Mom trusted Joe and Mona and was always grateful for their kindness to our family. They knew when we were on hard times and they “waved things off” sometimes, actually most of the time. So “little Bart” underwent torture that would bring out the truth, even from the prisoners at Guantanamo. I jest of course, my mother was disappointed that I would lie; she thought she taught me better. When I saw the disappointment in her face that day, that day was the day I learned not to lie, ever again. I promised my Mother "that day" that I would never lie again and I have remained faithful to that promise to my mother. I am so glad I made that promise because my life has been easier because of it.
While I am not a believer in the Bible, as factual,there is something in the Bible that suggests that a liar should be tied to a stone and thrown into the waters, drowned. I would perhaps choose not to kill a liar, or anyone else for that matter but there is a lot to be said about that, not to mention the hypocrisy which liars are associated.
And so here we are a government full of lies, afraid to face the people, under oath, and to tell the truth. It is apparent to me that those in control of the Federal Government now did not have good mothers, like I did. Their Mothers did not have the integrity, the honor and the love that would make a child so young to commit to honesty. As a kid I could have caused damage to two wonderful people but my Mom would not be a part of that, she was a humble women but she was truly fond of truth.
Bart
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Bad CEOs Should be Fired
When I was in 8th grade we were assigned a project to draw maps of South America and identify their economic contribution to the world. While I have forgotten of what each country, at the time, contributed I do remember that Columbia was of course Coffee another was rubber and another was cacao, chocolate.
Now you got to remember this was almost 40 some years ago. In those days you could go to the pharmacist and by empty capsules, which I did. I created a map of South America and on that map I glued little capsules containing the legal exports of the South American countries. Of course as a pre teen I needed to experiment. I don’t remember which country was famous for “salt” exports but I decided to ingest their capsule of salt. Big mistake, for sure, I threw-up. I have since blamed my high blood pressure problem on some South American country ever since, but still not sure which one.
So where am I going with this? Very simple, while I no longer know the economic contributions of countries south of our border, other then human labor, If I was shown a map I could pick out each country, whether labeled or not. For that matter I could pretty much point to any country, other then the newly formed countries as a result of the Soviet Union disbandment. But can most American’s do that? The answer is no. Indeed many leaders in high places think Greenland is in the tropics.
Which brings me to religion, and you ask how did I go from Geography to Religion? Simple, it’s all about ignorance. Do any Americans understand that the reason Religion is not taught in our schools is because some Protestants, now identified as Fundamentalist, were afraid that somehow the Catholic religion would take over. So once again “Fundamentalist” create ignorance. Not only have they created a stain on Catholics they have promoted ignorance in America about other religious beliefs to the extent that some of our elected officials and worse of all most Americans have no idea of the difference between a Sunni and Shiite Islamic.
For those who have no clue and continue to think that there is no Civil War in Iraq, here is the simple take….Sunni Arabs have controlled Iraq for, hummm, probably a century. Shiite Islam is pretty much a Persian sect, Iran and moving westward via Lebanon, but believers occupy the southern portion of Iraq. Shiite’s have been diminished under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Indeed, back in the first Gulf War President Bush, the good one was criticized for not moving into Bagdad and leaving the Shiite in the South of Iraq and the Northern Kurds to the mercy of Saddam. He knew what he was doing, he respected the cost to America’s treasury in lives and economic resources, his son, and the current President did not, has not and apparently will not.
The Global problem with this war is that if we leave now Iran will indeed control the world’s largest petroleum reserves. Not only that, they will be able to create a “crescent” of terror in the Middle East that will endanger our current way of living not to mention the fear that will ensue in the State of Israel.
So how do we solve the problem that George Bush has created and that his Secretary of State, in the words of Donald Trump, “she just keeps waving” but does not seem to be very effective? Simple, get rid of the problem. Since America is now all about corporate enterprise and rules then the failed CEO should be fired, at once.
Now you got to remember this was almost 40 some years ago. In those days you could go to the pharmacist and by empty capsules, which I did. I created a map of South America and on that map I glued little capsules containing the legal exports of the South American countries. Of course as a pre teen I needed to experiment. I don’t remember which country was famous for “salt” exports but I decided to ingest their capsule of salt. Big mistake, for sure, I threw-up. I have since blamed my high blood pressure problem on some South American country ever since, but still not sure which one.
So where am I going with this? Very simple, while I no longer know the economic contributions of countries south of our border, other then human labor, If I was shown a map I could pick out each country, whether labeled or not. For that matter I could pretty much point to any country, other then the newly formed countries as a result of the Soviet Union disbandment. But can most American’s do that? The answer is no. Indeed many leaders in high places think Greenland is in the tropics.
Which brings me to religion, and you ask how did I go from Geography to Religion? Simple, it’s all about ignorance. Do any Americans understand that the reason Religion is not taught in our schools is because some Protestants, now identified as Fundamentalist, were afraid that somehow the Catholic religion would take over. So once again “Fundamentalist” create ignorance. Not only have they created a stain on Catholics they have promoted ignorance in America about other religious beliefs to the extent that some of our elected officials and worse of all most Americans have no idea of the difference between a Sunni and Shiite Islamic.
For those who have no clue and continue to think that there is no Civil War in Iraq, here is the simple take….Sunni Arabs have controlled Iraq for, hummm, probably a century. Shiite Islam is pretty much a Persian sect, Iran and moving westward via Lebanon, but believers occupy the southern portion of Iraq. Shiite’s have been diminished under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Indeed, back in the first Gulf War President Bush, the good one was criticized for not moving into Bagdad and leaving the Shiite in the South of Iraq and the Northern Kurds to the mercy of Saddam. He knew what he was doing, he respected the cost to America’s treasury in lives and economic resources, his son, and the current President did not, has not and apparently will not.
The Global problem with this war is that if we leave now Iran will indeed control the world’s largest petroleum reserves. Not only that, they will be able to create a “crescent” of terror in the Middle East that will endanger our current way of living not to mention the fear that will ensue in the State of Israel.
So how do we solve the problem that George Bush has created and that his Secretary of State, in the words of Donald Trump, “she just keeps waving” but does not seem to be very effective? Simple, get rid of the problem. Since America is now all about corporate enterprise and rules then the failed CEO should be fired, at once.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Stand by Your Country
Using a credit card (s) can be damaging to your wealth, or so we have been told and so many have learned the hard way. However, as any Republican, from the President on down will tell you, borrowing is a good thing, it stimulates the economy, it creates innovation and helps people to start and upkeep their businesses. And so it is, Americans, under Republican rule have probably borrowed us into a "depression". Trillions of dollars being spent on the War in Iraq, today and in the future, assuming that America will continue to “Support the Troops” when the bill for their health care, inclusive of psychological care, comes due. This Administration has been caught in the Wall Street web of “instant gratification”. They never, ever, plan for the future, they never planned beyond “Mission Accomplished”; they never had any thoughts or planned for the future of the health and welfare of the American people. This Republican Administration blew it after September 11, 2001, America was humbled but she was loved by the entire world, now she is an object of scorn throughout the world. I think it should be pretty obvious to most Americans, by now, that the current Republican agenda is to bankrupt the American treasury to the benefit of the International agendas of their financial supporters and to drag the American Middle class into poverty in order to compete in their so called Global Economy. I never thought that “impeachment” was a good thing to do, it distracted the Administration and the Nation from important business, in this case I not only think it is the correct thing to do, I think it is the only thing to do before this Administration causes anymore harm to this country. For those who think that not supporting the President in this time of crises I would like to quote one of America’s really great presidents, a man who understood what it means to protect the American people and, goodness, the environment we live in. “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official...”~Theodore Roosevelt
Saturday, March 17, 2007
“We just don’t get its”. March 16, 2007
This Week's “WE THE PEOPLE JUST DON’T GET IT”
It is the end of the week, March 16, 2007, and boy what a week it has been for “We just don’t get its”.
1. The Catholic Bishop St. Paul/Minnesota telling a group of Catholic clergy and laity, meeting to discuss ministry to the Gay and Lesbian Community that they may not have a Mass. New Ways Ministry is sponsoring this convention that is drawing about five hundred people. On this front I have no clue why the Bishop even cares since New Ways Ministry’s, the organization sponsoring the event, is not recognized by the Roman Church. On the other hand I have no idea why the event sponsors would make a big deal out of the Bishop’s megalomaniac response to a small group of Catholics trying to be Christ like by including everyone into the Body of Christ.
Have your Mass celebrate your Faith and the devil with the Bishop of St. Paul/Minneapolis. What's he going to do, send in those old farts from the Knights of Columbus on white horses with swords drawn to slay you? You are not going to make “him” love or respect you by cow towing to his demands, but for sure Christ will smile on you if you go ahead and be good representatives of His love and compassion for all creation.
On the other hand we all need to consider that the Roman Catholic Bishops are competing for "flock" against the second “I just don’t get it” of the week.
2. This week a Baptist Minister has suggested that “homosexuality” may be “nature” and not “nurture” or a "choice". Hooray for Rev. Albert Mohler. Oops, not so fast, he also suggested that in-uterus hormonal treatments could, in the future, solve the homosexual problem and that Christian families would embrace this. God bless his little heart and mind. To be honest if the Baptists would stop ordaining their ministers in-uterus the world in general would be a happier place.
3. General Pace – This is a sad story. If I had known that General Pace was such a bigot I would never have had sexual fantasies with him being the star. I still have only one General left and I am not sharing his name because the next thing I know you will all be pouncing on him and I will be left in the cold. In the meantime, General Pace, when he is once again a civilian, should be allowed to share his understanding of morality with anyone and everyone. On the other hand, when he is in the service of our Country, in uniform, he has an obligation to respect all American citizens, whether he understands them or not. During the past six years the denial of equal rights to Gay and Lesbian citizens of the United States has been the only domestic issue that Republicans have addressed. I would remind General Pace that his duty to this country applies to all of America and his religious beliefs are better left to him, his family and his god.
4. George Bush leaves town and everything falls apart? Not really, when the house of cards begins to crumble there is nothing that can save it, but the glue of truth. It is not likely that Karl Rove is the “Glue of Truth”, quite the opposite, he is the oil that will relegate this Administration in the dump heap of failure. Emails can kill you if you are not honest and truthful in every aspect of your life and your communication. The only people who should fear emails are those who have something to hide. Karl Rove and the current White House should never have had the ability use “email” they have too much to hide. So the first in a long string of scum will have to face “the people”, under oath and find another way to spin "their truth". It is going to be fun to watch as Karl Rove and numerous operative liars are subpoenaed. My guess is that the Attorney General will “fall on his sword” and “the people” will never get the truth.
5. Valerie Plame – I spent all day watching C SPAN and am wondering why that little ole fat f—k Robert Novak is not in jail for undermining the security of the American People. To be honest he should be in Guantanamo with all the other terrorists.
It is the end of the week, March 16, 2007, and boy what a week it has been for “We just don’t get its”.
1. The Catholic Bishop St. Paul/Minnesota telling a group of Catholic clergy and laity, meeting to discuss ministry to the Gay and Lesbian Community that they may not have a Mass. New Ways Ministry is sponsoring this convention that is drawing about five hundred people. On this front I have no clue why the Bishop even cares since New Ways Ministry’s, the organization sponsoring the event, is not recognized by the Roman Church. On the other hand I have no idea why the event sponsors would make a big deal out of the Bishop’s megalomaniac response to a small group of Catholics trying to be Christ like by including everyone into the Body of Christ.
Have your Mass celebrate your Faith and the devil with the Bishop of St. Paul/Minneapolis. What's he going to do, send in those old farts from the Knights of Columbus on white horses with swords drawn to slay you? You are not going to make “him” love or respect you by cow towing to his demands, but for sure Christ will smile on you if you go ahead and be good representatives of His love and compassion for all creation.
On the other hand we all need to consider that the Roman Catholic Bishops are competing for "flock" against the second “I just don’t get it” of the week.
2. This week a Baptist Minister has suggested that “homosexuality” may be “nature” and not “nurture” or a "choice". Hooray for Rev. Albert Mohler. Oops, not so fast, he also suggested that in-uterus hormonal treatments could, in the future, solve the homosexual problem and that Christian families would embrace this. God bless his little heart and mind. To be honest if the Baptists would stop ordaining their ministers in-uterus the world in general would be a happier place.
3. General Pace – This is a sad story. If I had known that General Pace was such a bigot I would never have had sexual fantasies with him being the star. I still have only one General left and I am not sharing his name because the next thing I know you will all be pouncing on him and I will be left in the cold. In the meantime, General Pace, when he is once again a civilian, should be allowed to share his understanding of morality with anyone and everyone. On the other hand, when he is in the service of our Country, in uniform, he has an obligation to respect all American citizens, whether he understands them or not. During the past six years the denial of equal rights to Gay and Lesbian citizens of the United States has been the only domestic issue that Republicans have addressed. I would remind General Pace that his duty to this country applies to all of America and his religious beliefs are better left to him, his family and his god.
4. George Bush leaves town and everything falls apart? Not really, when the house of cards begins to crumble there is nothing that can save it, but the glue of truth. It is not likely that Karl Rove is the “Glue of Truth”, quite the opposite, he is the oil that will relegate this Administration in the dump heap of failure. Emails can kill you if you are not honest and truthful in every aspect of your life and your communication. The only people who should fear emails are those who have something to hide. Karl Rove and the current White House should never have had the ability use “email” they have too much to hide. So the first in a long string of scum will have to face “the people”, under oath and find another way to spin "their truth". It is going to be fun to watch as Karl Rove and numerous operative liars are subpoenaed. My guess is that the Attorney General will “fall on his sword” and “the people” will never get the truth.
5. Valerie Plame – I spent all day watching C SPAN and am wondering why that little ole fat f—k Robert Novak is not in jail for undermining the security of the American People. To be honest he should be in Guantanamo with all the other terrorists.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Bigotry/Hyprocrisy - It's all the Same
General Peter Pace has done more harm to the spirit of the Constitution of the United States then anyone in the Bush Administration, and that is saying a lot. General Pace has put his religious convictions ahead of the Freedoms that he and the United States Military are sworn to uphold. However, he is not alone. We have known for years that bigoted so called Christians have consumed the military, in particular the Air Force Academy, their objective being to convert everyone to their regressive “Christian” thought.
Isn’t it bad enough that Islamic leadership has fallen into a regressive thinking, has given up all thought of understanding the Universe that God has created? Do we, one of the less civilized modern nations, have to stoop lower then those who choose to give up their natural resources to the highest bidder only to use the profits to diminish their people while creating war and killing human beings, wholesale?
Peter Pace is just one example of how ignorance and prejudice can influence the Foreign Policy of this Nation. This Administration has surrounded itself with neo-conservative anti Christ minnow minds.
However, in keeping with the theme of this Blog, where is the Voice of the Roman Catholic Church, oh, I know, they are still mopping up their pedophile mess, blaming gays for their indiscretions and moving collaborating Bishops to a safe place out of the Country.
The Catholic Church should be on the front lines of this war. The Church should first denounce General Pace for diminishing the dignity and humanity of God’s creation of Gay and Lesbian citizens. The Church should demand that a total accounting of the number of Iraqi civilians be made public. Since the Church is bent on getting political the Bishops should demand that the War be ended, at once.
The Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church are co- conspirators in the tragedy now known as the Viet Nam 2, IRAQ. They waste their time going after what they consider a common enemy, which is not an enemy at all but just a few citizens trying to achieve their rights under the Constitution of the United States. The saddest part of all of this is that a large percentage of them are gay.
In accordance with Church teaching, life is precious and should not be wasted or diminished. In accordance with the Constitution of the United States the Roman Church needs to worship freely but they should never be allowed to promote a political agenda, should they continue to do so then all their properties and all their income should be taxed.
In conclusion, General Pace needs to resign from his position, he has shown himself to be a bigot and the United States can not afford to have bigots in charge, anymore.
Bart
Isn’t it bad enough that Islamic leadership has fallen into a regressive thinking, has given up all thought of understanding the Universe that God has created? Do we, one of the less civilized modern nations, have to stoop lower then those who choose to give up their natural resources to the highest bidder only to use the profits to diminish their people while creating war and killing human beings, wholesale?
Peter Pace is just one example of how ignorance and prejudice can influence the Foreign Policy of this Nation. This Administration has surrounded itself with neo-conservative anti Christ minnow minds.
However, in keeping with the theme of this Blog, where is the Voice of the Roman Catholic Church, oh, I know, they are still mopping up their pedophile mess, blaming gays for their indiscretions and moving collaborating Bishops to a safe place out of the Country.
The Catholic Church should be on the front lines of this war. The Church should first denounce General Pace for diminishing the dignity and humanity of God’s creation of Gay and Lesbian citizens. The Church should demand that a total accounting of the number of Iraqi civilians be made public. Since the Church is bent on getting political the Bishops should demand that the War be ended, at once.
The Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church are co- conspirators in the tragedy now known as the Viet Nam 2, IRAQ. They waste their time going after what they consider a common enemy, which is not an enemy at all but just a few citizens trying to achieve their rights under the Constitution of the United States. The saddest part of all of this is that a large percentage of them are gay.
In accordance with Church teaching, life is precious and should not be wasted or diminished. In accordance with the Constitution of the United States the Roman Church needs to worship freely but they should never be allowed to promote a political agenda, should they continue to do so then all their properties and all their income should be taxed.
In conclusion, General Pace needs to resign from his position, he has shown himself to be a bigot and the United States can not afford to have bigots in charge, anymore.
Bart
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Museum Caretakers
I suppose being Catholic and being confused in the modern world is not necessarily an oxymoron, but I do have to confess that confused I am. I read recently that one of our Catholic Bishops was sent to the retirement farm prematurely because he had the audacity to reach out to the people who could be compared to the lepers in Christ’s time. But that is not the primary source of my confusion. I have been a lay leader of the abandoned Gay and Lesbian Catholic Dignity Community in Sarasota Florida for four years. We have extended our hand to the local Bishops and not surprising we were slapped in the face. The more disappointing surprise has been the lack of compassion and outreach by local pastors and priests. My confusion is that we, as lay persons, are left to provide a sanctuary to Gay and Lesbian Catholics while the clergy seeks self growth within the Church all the time ignoring the true mission of Christ, to love one another.
There will be a time, if the current philosophy of the Church holds, when the Vatican will only be the curators of a large museum and will be looked upon as one of the greatest failures in Christendom. This I promise will happen if they continue on the course they are on.
There will be a time, if the current philosophy of the Church holds, when the Vatican will only be the curators of a large museum and will be looked upon as one of the greatest failures in Christendom. This I promise will happen if they continue on the course they are on.
Pope Wins Another Award
The Pope wins an award for being the Anti Gay Person of the Year. I had to chuckle because as a devout Catholic I pretty mush consider him to be the most irrelevant person of the year right below Anna Nicole Smith. The Pope and the Catholic Church has very little importance in the modern world today because of their choosing. The megalomania of Catholic Cardinals and Bishops has exposed Catholic children to a life time of psychological scars while Catholic Priests have been ripping off the treasury. We can see the diminution of the power of the Vatican in Spain, France, and Canada and gosh darn it, in Mexico City, go figure. The Church has a need to survive and in order to do so the leadership has chosen to appeal to the ignorant side of humanity. So be it, it is probably time for the Western World to understand that the Roman Catholic Church leadership has chosen as their fate to be the care takers of a museum and are no longer responsible for caring for human frailty. The Pope should not have been given the honor of Anti Gay Person of the year; he should just have been denounced to be the Fool of the Year.
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