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Not even a Catholic bias, which you will ALWAYS find here 
Vote Gopher
Fact Check
Open Secrets
Project for the week: go through the site with the kids and sort out the FACTS. I went through them briefly this morning, and to me it’s still a no-brainer — I’m voting Catholic, period… and that means pro-life. But it’s really educational to see what was spun and what wasn’t; where the candidates really stand on issues. From there you can decide which ones are PRIORITY for you and which ones are lower on the rung. I am thankful that the pro-life/pro-choice position doesn’t seem to lend itself easily to “spin”… they’re either for or against something, and what’s on those sites is how I understood the candidates’ positions to be.
Obama Catholic Argues Bishops Deny Tradition
Archbishop Chaput has strong words for Douglas Kmiec
I Am Woman – Hear Me (Michele Bachmann is the same woman on a YouTube video featured on this blog a couple of months ago, talking about Defunding Planned Parenthood)
Perpetual Rosary calendar from now ’til Election Day.
Please volunteer to say a Rosary (or more, if you are called to do so). There are still slots left today, and many more in the next days leading to the election.
Spread the word!
Five Myths of Socialized Medicine
and here’s Obama’s plan for universal health care
Is this really what we want? Of course, I’m talking about those of us that actually DO CARE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR BODIES, OUR HEALTH AND OUR FAMILIES’ HEALTH. We don’t drink or smoke, we wear our seatbelts, we try to eat a balanced diet, we don’t take unnecessary risks, etc. Why should we have to pay for the health care of someone who eats nothing but junk food and smokes and drinks? Why should we get the same health care as all of these people who are abusing their own bodies? Tell me why that would make sense.
But I don’t have tickets and I can’t believe we’re missing this.
And like Matthew Archbold says, moving.
The video doesn’t really show that much, but do read the letter — something she said really stood out for me:
What I wish I’d been able to say to her is that the major reason I consider her a hero is the way she stands in stark contrast to the false compassion of our day, in which otherwise good people believe love means trying to eliminate suffering by doling out death like it’s the ultimate gift.
Amen, Rebekah.
Bp. Serratelli: FOCA – an alarm for decent Americans to wake up
Why this is critical reading: If you don’t understand how FOCA works/will work, you need to read this. “Freedom of Choice” is such a *NOBLE* phrase — at first glance it may fool anyone into thinking that it’s so magnanimous and helpful to EVERYONE, but let’s not be fools here. If you are reading this blog, you can understand what FOCA is and what it’s meant to do. It’s time to put on our thinking caps and not be taken in by charisma or personality. To borrow Fr. Z’s phrase, What does FOCA really say? We owe it to the thousands of children being murdered each day to answer that question and answer it truthfully.
Barack Obama argues that his proposals to raise tax rates and halt international trade agreements would benefit the American economy. They would do nothing of the sort. Economic analysis and historical experience show that they would do the opposite. They would reduce economic growth and decrease the number of jobs in America. Moreover, with the credit crunch, the housing slump, and high energy prices weakening the U.S. economy, his proposals run a high risk of throwing the economy into a deep recession. It was exactly such misguided tax hikes and protectionism, enacted when the U.S. economy was weak in the early 1930s, that greatly increased the severity of the Great Depression.
In sum, Barack Obama’s economic proposals are wrong for the American economy. They defy both economic reason and economic experience.
More:
Under Obama’s Plan, Joe the Plumber Would Keep .39 Out of Every Dollar After $250,000 — Come on now. Read it and understand.
One of the best I’ve seen, and boy, do we need every single one these days (warning, not for young eyes/ears):
Dissing the Organizer: Obama, ACORN, and Catholic Action by Stephanie Block
It’s all about connecting the dots: Barack Obama, (Cafeteria) Catholic Support, Voter Fraud, and the Financial Crisis.
This is not what scripture or the Church teaches, of course. It isn’t enough that organizations acquire “good things” for their constituencies. They must accept and teach moral truth; they must be principled. A lying or bribing political lobby may win all its temporal battles, but it will have lost its soul.
Liberation theology isn’t Catholic. It doesn’t support the Catholic faith any more than it supports authentic justice or truth. It cannot, therefore, be considered Catholic Action.
Read especially this section halfway down the page and what follows after:
To achieve this, Alinskyian networks are engaged in “restructuring” activities of all kinds. On the political level, they work among the Democratic Socialists of America, the New Democrats, and the New Party, and the Democratic Party. In the economic arena, they have promoted and overseen the Empowerment Enterprise Community Zones in dozens of communities. They support universal health care and are experimenting with church-based health-care clinics. They have driven federal education “reform” and are insinuated in many school-to-work programs. In short, the programs they support involve centralizing benefits that effect larger and larger groups of people.
And don’t ignore this:
What did ACORN give us for that investment? Last year, The Seattle Times reported the biggest voter-registration fraud scheme in Washington history. Three ACORN employees pleaded guilty, and four more were charged for filling out and submitting more than 1,800 fictitious voter-registration cards during a 2006 registration drive in King and Pierce counties.” (Keith Ervin, “Three plead guilty in fake voter scheme,” 10-30-2007)
But that’s not all:
ACORN was a tremendous force for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), created in the late 70s to force banks to make loans to low-income borrowers. Besides fighting for passage of this act, ACORN monitored banks compliance. Some analysts of the current housing crisis contend the CRA policies are in good part to blame. Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, takes the analysis a step further. The “housing bailout” package signed into law to rescue Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae with an unlimited credit line not only increases the federal debt but also gives millions of dollars to La Raza and the ACORN. [Elizabeth Williamson & Brody Mullins, “Democratic Ally Mobilizes In Housing Crunch: Acorn Leads Drive to Register Voters Likely to Back Obama; New Federal Funds,” WSJ, 7-31-08]
It’s quite a web of deceit, ain’t it? But we need to take the time to understand what’s going on. The future of our country — and our children — is at stake here. Scared yet? You should be.
Bishop’s Conference Gave ACORN Over $1,000,000 in 2007
Rich Leonardi: Activity that amounts to organized crime
and the latest, 10/17
A 1997 article on ACORN/CHD. This was ELEVEN YEARS AGO!!! We’re just finding out about it now?
The Influence Of Saul Alinsky On The Campaign For Human Development
Consider this:
Palin Slams Obama’s Pro-Abortion-on-Demand Record
Excerpt:
I believe the truest measure of any society is how it treats those who are least able to defend and speak for themselves. And who is more vulnerable, or more innocent, than a child?
Yes, every innocent life matters. Everyone belongs in the circle of protection. Every child has something to contribute to the world, if we give them that chance. There are the world’s standards of perfection … and then there are God’s, and these are the final measure. Every child is beautiful before God, and dear to Him for their own sake.
- Sarah Palin
Telling it like it is.
could we maybe make an exception and clone this guy for when my daughters are ready to settle down?
Hey, he’s tall, dark and handsome, he speaks Spanish, AND he’s unequivocally PRO-LIFE??? What’s not to like?
The unedited version (contains graphic images of abortion) can be found here.
And not to minimize the impact of abortion on the Hispanic community, but let’s not forget this either.
