tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3303168746542763085..comments2024-03-28T12:59:52.914-04:00Comments on southern orders: ROSEANNE AND MEDIA HYPOCRISY AND POLITICAL MANIPULATIONFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38030143537896215392018-06-04T00:37:32.873-04:002018-06-04T00:37:32.873-04:00We all need to read Condoleeza Rice’s new book, “P...We all need to read Condoleeza Rice’s new book, “POLITICAL RISK”. Excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-54831913254280920012018-06-03T21:42:28.873-04:002018-06-03T21:42:28.873-04:00"Wealth, greatness, and military strength are..."Wealth, greatness, and military strength are the result of being blessed by God."<br /><br />Bunk. <br /><br />When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”…<br /><br />Wealth and power are fleeting. They do not signify "blessing" any more than physical beauty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74611222557810075972018-06-03T20:11:40.847-04:002018-06-03T20:11:40.847-04:00Anonymous (Kavanaugh) @4:04, No one believes in Di...Anonymous (Kavanaugh) @4:04, No one believes in Divine Right anymore. Your statement is hyperbole. Wealth, greatness, and military strength are the result of being blessed by God. If we believe that God works through history and judges nations through history, then we should very humbly give thanks for our blessedness. Indeed, we used to be comfortable calling ourselves a Christian nation. But, the pluralists, atheists, and the egalitarians have gradually, over the years, chipped away at that belief until too many are uncomfortable with it. I love going to ball games at private schools because they unashamedly and boldly pray to God "in the name of Jesus Christ" and then play the National Anthem with everyone standing with their hand over their heart. Many of the teachers begin the day with the Our Father. Holy Scripture is full of examples of what happens when a nation abandons God and when men refuse to confess Him openly...or when they fail to deal decisively with the enemies of the Faith. Perhaps we are not dealing nearly harshly enough with Islam, no. We are so drunk with our post-Enlightenment rationalism that we have lost our compass and are close to giving up our birthright. We need a Jonah.Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-11786426478409576102018-06-03T17:32:03.813-04:002018-06-03T17:32:03.813-04:00One of our great songs that is sung on certain dat...One of our great songs that is sung on certain dates and occasions is "God Bless America". We ask God for His blessings on our country and credit and thank Him for our country being so richly blessed...Yes, we credit and thank Him.<br />What do you think we are...some kind of pelagians? God-fearing Patriotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57248269508630746972018-06-03T16:04:44.198-04:002018-06-03T16:04:44.198-04:00It's not a question of "superiority"...It's not a question of "superiority" or "inferiority."<br /><br />A person from a poor country can and should feel every bit as patriotic toward his/her homeland as a person from a relatively wealthy country.<br /><br />When the material wealth or military strength is mistaken for greatness, then there is a problem. <br /><br />When the material wealth or military strength is mistaken for blessedness in God's eyes, there is a more serious problem.<br /><br />When material wealth or military strength is mistaken for a "divine right" to do was one pleases without much or any regard for the needs of other nations, then the Church's teaching on the universal destination of goods is being ignored. And that is a most serious problem.<br /><br />"It is better than going to war" may be "realpolitik," but it's not a preventative at all. It is a cause of war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53377105281969907122018-06-03T13:56:19.363-04:002018-06-03T13:56:19.363-04:00Fascism advocates full employment and 'class s...Fascism advocates full employment and 'class struggle' replaced by 'class co-operation' (although it is the party which enforces this). In this respect it parts company with Bolshevism, which it resembles in many ways.<br /><br />Fascism is opposed to contraception and easy abortion, since a diminution of population weakens the state militarily.<br /><br />That does not mean that Fascism is a good thing.<br /><br />However, our pluralistic democracy has a lot to answer for.<br /><br />Anonymous's dictionary no doubt has as its primary definition of Fascist as 'someone who is seen by the extreme Left as opposing its views.'<br /><br />I am not a citizen of the United States. However, since the end of the Second World War the US in pursuing its national interest has directly or indirectly benefited its allies. On occasions it has not, but these are of little significance when set against the big picture.<br /><br />I cannot understand why the world's only superpower should feel inferior or consider its patriotism as somehow to be deprecated. I was a Cold War warrior, and when I say 'God Bless America' I mean it. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53885850395197545302018-06-02T22:30:03.934-04:002018-06-02T22:30:03.934-04:00John Nolan, I am sick and tired of providing fake ...John Nolan, I am sick and tired of providing fake catholic priests with a comfortable living, when they really need to go off the dole and support themselves as s barista at Starbucks. What say you?TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-39789540903393500282018-06-02T21:01:30.180-04:002018-06-02T21:01:30.180-04:00America is superior to other countries economicall...America is superior to other countries economically, industrially, technologically, and militarily because that is just the way it is. History is a bitch, ain't it. Using one's wealth and power to achieve political goals vis a vis other countries is just fine. That is what internationalk politics is about. It is better than going to war...although we are superior in that category, too. Hey, the US is at the top of the food chain...live with it...or move to Bangladesh or North Korea. Yeah, move to North Korea and say the same things about that country that you say about this one. See how well that works out for you...loser.Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-26124890919968648682018-06-02T17:31:54.857-04:002018-06-02T17:31:54.857-04:00Fascism is a fusion of revolutionary socialism and...Fascism is a fusion of revolutionary socialism and nationalism. It presupposes a one-party state where the existing structures of government are paralleled by the structures of the party, with real power residing with the latter. The party mobilizes the masses by means of a uniformed militia whose loyalties are first and foremost to the party and its leader. Fascism believes in state ownership of the means of production, distribution and supply, and supports lavish spending on infrastructure projects and social welfare programmes.<br /><br />Calling Trump a Fascist is no more accurate than calling Obama a Trotskyite. <br /><br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80955224260356036542018-06-02T15:07:45.353-04:002018-06-02T15:07:45.353-04:00Patriotism is not loving your own country and pitt...Patriotism is not loving your own country and pitting your country's wealth and power above that of others. <br /><br />That is nationalism. What you and Trump believe is that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it. (see George Bernard Shaw) <br /><br />As George Washington said, "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-1802256717160219952018-06-02T14:15:55.581-04:002018-06-02T14:15:55.581-04:00"Everything you list is your own extreme inte..."Everything you list is your own extreme interpretation of Trump's beliefs."<br /><br />Nope. They're what he says out loud. No "interpretation" needed.<br /><br />Fascism is defined by the list above - Trump manifests them in spades.<br /><br />The only hysterical ones are those who can't see the forest for the trees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-20032424602188977102018-06-02T11:42:26.009-04:002018-06-02T11:42:26.009-04:00Anon @ 11:18, Wow! Your Trump derangement syndrome...Anon @ 11:18, Wow! Your Trump derangement syndrome has reached critical levels. Everything you list is your own extreme interpretation of Trump's beliefs. Believing in America and wanting her to be great is not "hyper-nationalism; it is patriotism and love of country. Calling Trump a fascist is completely hysterical behavior, which libs are prone to, anyway. Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-52602819708321818622018-06-02T09:47:08.235-04:002018-06-02T09:47:08.235-04:00Kavanaugh, still a proud member of the Party of In...Kavanaugh, still a proud member of the Party of Intrinsic evil. Your parishioners deserve a Catholic priest, not you. If being pro-life makes me myopic and small minded, I am proud to be so accused. TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76030797472659020222018-06-02T08:20:21.081-04:002018-06-02T08:20:21.081-04:00TJM's mythopoetic existence requires a singula...TJM's mythopoetic existence requires a singular bete noire in order for his peculiar vision of the world to operate smoothly. <br /><br />I don't know who that might be in the world beyond this blog (and it is a wonderful, grace-filled world!), but I hope that person is as unperturbed as Fr. Kavanaugh.<br /><br />Or, maybe, this blog is the place where TJM and his ilk can vent, sparing others the inanity and small-mindednesd we are subjected to hereabouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53622789469217703802018-06-01T18:37:18.270-04:002018-06-01T18:37:18.270-04:00When we debate complex topics of national, global ...When we debate complex topics of national, global & theological signicance, the smart money’s not on the guy who can’t figure out which one’s Kavanaugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87724494587573278372018-06-01T16:36:25.296-04:002018-06-01T16:36:25.296-04:00TJM, having found one nonsensical item in your pos...TJM, having found one nonsensical item in your post, why need I take the time to ascertain any truth in the rest? <br />I'm not getting paid for this. <br />We've been down this road before. Looking for true facts in your torrent of delusional gibberish is like picking poppy seeds out of the elephant dung.<br /><br />Love ya, bro.Not Kavanaugh, dammitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80260829186998584372018-06-01T16:05:51.093-04:002018-06-01T16:05:51.093-04:00Trump Club: But Trump didn’t literally buy a “seg...Trump Club: But Trump didn’t literally buy a “segregated club,” as when he purchased Mar-a-Lago in 1985 it was a private estate and not a club. It wasn’t until the 1990s that Trump sought to convert the property into a private club, whereupon the town council imposed a series of restrictions upon his plans. Those restrictions didn’t require that Trump operate a segregated club; rather, Trump battled those restrictions, in part, by making the point that it was unseemly for the town to impose greater restrictions upon his plans to open an integrated club than they did upon existing segregated clubs.<br /><br />1973: The US Department of Justice — under the Nixon administration, out of all administrations — sued the Trump Management Corporation for violating the Fair Housing Act. Federal officials found evidence that Trump had refused to rent to black tenants and lied to black applicants about whether apartments were available, among other accusations. Trump said the federal government was trying to get him to rent to welfare recipients. In the aftermath, he signed an agreement in 1975 agreeing not to discriminate to renters of color without admitting to discriminating before.<br /><br />1991: A book by John O’Donnell, former president of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, quoted Trump’s criticism of a black accountant: "Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not anything they can control." Trump at first denied the remarks, but later said in a 1997 Playboy interview that "the stuff O’Donnell wrote about me is probably true."<br /><br />1992: The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino had to pay a $200,000 fine because it transferred black and women dealers off tables to accommodate a big-time gambler’s prejudices.<br /><br />June 2013: Trump tweets: "Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and hispanics [sic]." (This is false.)<br /><br />When asked whether he would trust a Muslim judge in light of his proposed restrictions on Muslim immigration, Trump suggested that such a judge might not be fair to him either.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-58609307308251118882018-06-01T15:42:21.974-04:002018-06-01T15:42:21.974-04:00Kavanaugh,
I would say a "catholic" pri...Kavanaugh,<br /><br />I would say a "catholic" priest who supports the Abortion Party is a major league useful idiot. Why did you ignore the other 2 inconvenient points I raised? Because they are a matter of public record and not subject to interpretation. TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-52973741969703556782018-06-01T14:46:48.900-04:002018-06-01T14:46:48.900-04:00TJM:
On what evidence do you say that Trump "...TJM:<br />On what evidence do you say that Trump "appears to love" his grandchildren? We don't even have proof that he loves his own wife or son.<br />Trump does indeed suffer fools, the kind that support him blindly no matter what he say or does. "Useful idiots," he would probably call them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9313286510140900142018-06-01T12:57:53.342-04:002018-06-01T12:57:53.342-04:00Kavanaugh,
And Obama is still a bloodthirsty abor...Kavanaugh,<br /><br />And Obama is still a bloodthirsty abortion love. <br /><br />Here are a few "inconvenient facts" which blows holes in your pathetic narrative.<br /><br />Trump, over the objections of their members, admitted Black and Jews to his country clubs.<br /><br />Trump, has Jewish grandchildren, and appears to love them.<br /><br />Al Sharpton and Jessee Jackson were big time Trump supporters UNTIL he switched over to the Party of Death (formerly, the Democratic Party).<br /><br />Trump doesn't suffer fools, you know, people like you <br /><br />Grow up<br /><br />TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-81623925342525940032018-06-01T12:19:59.794-04:002018-06-01T12:19:59.794-04:00"Penn Jillett, Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmell, Con..."Penn Jillett, Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmell, Conan O'Brien, Dennis Leary, David Letterman, Stephen Colbert, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg...."<br /><br />Colbert, for one, is a practicing Catholic.<br /><br />I don't know what any of them are accused of saying, but disagreeing with the Church or criticizing the Church is not, in of itself, anti-Catholic.<br /><br />I'm guessing most of these are just people you dislike because they're liberal. That's your right, it's a free country.<br /><br />Maher, I'l grant you, is an ass.<br /><br /><br /><br />Wannabe TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-14313157805974929712018-06-01T11:18:19.209-04:002018-06-01T11:18:19.209-04:00Fascist:
Trump is hyper-nationalist
Trump is a m...Fascist:<br /><br />Trump is hyper-nationalist<br /><br />Trump is a militarist (not supportive of the military, but militarist)<br /><br />Trump glorifies violence and readiness to use it in politics<br /><br />Trump fetishizes youth<br /><br />Trump fetishizes masculinity (How big are his hands anyway? (As if that had anything to do with masculinity.))<br /><br />Trump uses the leader cult mentality<br /><br />Trump is a proponent of the lost-golden-age syndrome (Make American Great Again)<br /><br />Trump defines himself by saying what he is not<br /><br />Trump purges those he thinks are disloyal<br /><br />Trump is given to theatricality (He was a TV "celebrity" and we all know what that means to him.)<br /><br />These are the traits of fascism and a fascist.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38096791008987646332018-06-01T11:07:10.368-04:002018-06-01T11:07:10.368-04:00Racist:
Trump’s real-estate company tried to av...Racist: <br /><br />Trump’s real-estate company tried to avoid renting apartments to African-Americans in the 1970s and gave preferential treatment to whites, according to the federal government.<br /><br />Trump treated black employees at his casinos differently from whites, according to multiple sources. A former hotel executive said Trump criticized a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. … I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks.”<br /><br />In 1989, Trump took out ads in New York newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers accused of raping a white woman in Central Park; he argued they were guilty as late as October 2016, more than 10 years after DNA evidence had exonerated them.<br /><br />He began his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech disparaging Mexican immigrants as criminals and “rapists.”<br /><br />Trump said a federal judge hearing a case about Trump University was biased because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.<br /><br />In June 2017, Trump said 15,000 recent immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS” and that 40,000 Nigerians, once seeing the United States, would never “go back to their huts” in Africa.<br /><br />Trump falsely claimed that President Obama “issued a statement for Kwanzaa but failed to issue one for Christmas.”<br /><br />He frequently offers false crime statistics to exaggerate urban crime, including about Oakland, Philadelphia and Ferguson, Mo.<br /><br />He is quick to highlight crimes committed by dark-skinned people, sometimes exaggerating or lying about them (such as a claim about growing crime from “radical Islamic terror” in Britain). He is very slow to decry hate crimes committed by whites against dark-skinned people (such as the killing of an Indian man in Kansas last year).<br /><br />Trump has trafficked in anti-Semitic caricatures, including the tweeting of a six-pointed star alongside a pile of cash. He has also been reluctant to condemn anti-Semitic attacks on journalists from his supporters, and he echoed neo-Nazi conspiracy theories by saying that Hillary Clinton “meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of U.S. sovereignty in order to enrich these global financial powers, her special interest friends and her donors.”<br /><br />Trump once referred to a Hispanic Miss Universe as “Miss Housekeeping.”<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77762555661586627872018-06-01T09:27:29.789-04:002018-06-01T09:27:29.789-04:00Bee,
It is part of the evil, corrupt, pro-abortio...Bee,<br /><br />It is part of the evil, corrupt, pro-abortion media's disinformation campaign to discredit Trump. Of course, Roseanne is a lefty having been the Green Party's candidate for president. But some morons who post here think the New York Slimes and CNN are not fake news. This is exhibit A that they are fake news.<br /><br />Gene,<br /><br />Maybe the liberals Muslim buddies will toss them off skycrapers or cut their heads off!TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-20446128119550772432018-05-31T21:17:18.011-04:002018-05-31T21:17:18.011-04:00There is absolutely no evidence that Trump is a ra...There is absolutely no evidence that Trump is a racist, a fascist, or a traitor. This is just the only thing the Left can come up with so they keep throwing it at the wall, hoping it will stick. The Left and those who hate Trump, are simply throwing tantrums because their socialist agenda has been interrupted. I'm betting Trump will win a second term. Then, I am hoping Pence will be President. By then, maybe a lot of libs will have jumped off bridges or tall buildings. They can't shoot themselves because they don't like guns.Genenoreply@blogger.com