Category: Culture War

As most of you reading this blog know, Sister Lucia of Fatima passed away this past Sunday, February 13th. Come this Tuesday, February 22nd, Michael Schiavo intends to withdraw the feeding tube from Terri Schindler-Schiavo. We need to invoke the intercession of Sr. Lucia immediately! Therefore, please pass around the following prayer
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Merciful Father, you blessed Sr. Lucia of Fatima as a child with a vision of the Virgin Mary, and granted her the grace to live a life of holiness and heroic obedience to Holy Mother Church. By her life she bore witness to the glory of God. Grant, in this hour of need for your daughter Terri Schiavo, that by Sr. Lucia’s intercession, those souls hardened by the culture of death may come to believe in the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and be moved to revere and protect her life and all innocent human life. Amen.
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This should be interesting

Look, I have a few questions about these Americans moving to Canada because they are disgruntled with the election. Why do all of them seem to be moving to Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Ottawa? These are the four biggest cities north of the US, and each of them has more in common with LA, New York and Chicago than they do the rest of Canada. So let`s stick some of these folks in the True North, Strong and Free and see how they survive in minus 40 weather. If they freeze to death, they are on their own — especially as there are no doctors to help defrost them outside of the four major cities.

A school board member in Fairfax County, Virginia, has made a stir by asking for equal time for his agenda, namely, to promote the idea that homosexuality isn’t the pinnacle of human existence.

[…]Hunt said students often are exposed to the “Will and Grace version of homosexuality.” He contended in the letter that gays often suffer drug and alcohol abuse or physical abuse and that gay men don’t live as long as heterosexual counterparts. “There are huge ramifications for people who may make a choice to go into that lifestyle, and we should make sure they are fully aware of the entire issue[.]”

Read the story.

In my experience, U.S. Army soldiers are a mixed bag: there are lots of good ones, several crappy ones, and some completely outstanding ones. First Lieutenant Prakash of the 1st Infantry Division is one of the latter group. He was awarded a Silver Star for fearlessly leading his tank platoon in the face of fierce, and ultimately futile, enemy resistance. His tank suffered significant damage, but after getting it fixed, he led his men right back into the thick of the fight.
The only soldiers in the news recently have been that freaky West Virginia slut and her slack-jawed, perverted love-master. Men like this deserve some publicity, too. Lt. Prakash is the child of Indian immigrants and planned to become a doctor before he found his calling in the Army. According to the article, his platoon eliminated over 50 human obstacles to world peace during that battle alone. He has the gratitude of his country and the Silver Star bestowed by the Army, but I submit he qualifies for yet another honor: the Catholic Light Total Badass Award for January 2005.