http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=7186
Group asks Pope to stop sale of Boston’s Catholic health-care system
August 11, 2010
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A coalition of lay Catholics has appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to block the sale of Boston’s Catholic health-care system to a secular corporation.
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http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=7192
Court victory for Loretto Sisters in dispute with California bishop
August 12, 2010
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A California appellate court on August 10 sided with the Loretto Sisters and against Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento in a dispute over proceeds of the sale of a Catholic high school to a charter school.
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My fellow Jasper alums,
Taking off my CIC hat, I presume to write you as a fellow alum.
You’ve read my rants. Some of you have pushed back publicly and privately.
But here are two indisputable data points. You may think you have First Amendment “rights”, but you don’t. The evil Gooferment has been slowly crushing the civic, social, and religious life out of this country by consuming all the “air”. It is supplanting God as the thing to be worshipped.
Note the “health care system” sold to “secular”. Think they will do abortions? Note the school sold to a “charter”. Think it’s going to teach religious virtue.
Now I am just a fat old white guy injineer with a low index, but even I see the handwriting on the wall. The Gooferment religion is going to be worshipping The State from which all benefits flow. Attended by its bishops and priests aka politicians and bureaucrats. And, all you who disagree just take your place in that railroad car over there for a ride to the “Work Will Set You Free” camp vacation.
How stupid are we not to see the hand writing on the wall?
It may be well to late to turn the Titanic. I’d suggest that you examine EVERY person standing for public office. You really only have to query on a few issues: guns, money, and abortion / death penalty. Those are the litmus tests.
- Do they trust you with a gun with which you may resist the thugs who would force you to comply with Gooferment diktats? (The Second Amendment is NOT about hunting unless by hunting you mean tyrants.)
- Do they want an honest commodity — gold and / or silver — based money? (Printing press money aka fiat currency is like a rubber yardstick that can always be stretched. With printing press money, the Gooferment is never broke and you pay the hidden tax of inflation. BTW do you believe there is zero inflation? By any food lately?)
- Do they support abortion or the death penalty? Feel free to examine your Constitution. No where does it give the Gooferment the power to kill folks unless there’s a declaration of war. Or, they use Marque and Reprisal; even that doesn’t allow them to do “wet work” personally, just promise not hold the killer accountable. So how are they not defending the rights of future citizens? How are they killing “convicted murderers”? “Enemy civilians”? “Collateral damage” in foreign countries? Targeting and killing American citizens in foreign countries? And, don’t forget turning inner cities into third world countries with “free fire” zones with their Pseudo War On Some Drugs.
That’s all you have to do. Call out politicians and bureaucrats with “Strike One: Guns”, “Strike Two: Money”, and “Strike Three: Death”.
Sorry to intrude but this has my shorts in a knot.
Respectfully submitted for your consideration,
fjohn68
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