I'm a Catholic and proud of it, but I would not allow a priest to be alone with my children. The corporate structure of the Church is one of its greatest strengths and its greatest weakness. Understand though, that while the connection between a parish and its bishop is fairly strong, the connection between Rome and some church in Ireland is very very loose.
The Pope is a Bishop. Cardinals are Bishops. I don't think people understand these things. The Catholic church has not changed in the dogma much at all in 1800 years. What does this tell you about individual Popes and their effect on the church? It tells us that the faith itself is so much more important than the structure.
The people that are criticizing the Church don't like it because of its structure. These problems are most likely worse in protestant churches (http://www.catholicleague.org/research/abuse_in_social_context.htm) but no one discusses this because the vast majority of these churches are only loosely related with other churches if at all. Inotherwords, the underlying hatred of the Catholic Church has less to do with sexual abuse than it does general hatred directed at large institutions.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Obama the Liar and Dictator
Does this administration do anything openly and honestly?
In an interview with ABC, President Obama claimed, "Here's one thing I know and I just want to make sure that this is off the table. The Senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated," Obama said. "People in Massachusetts spoke. He's got to be part of that process.
Was Scott Brown involved in any way in the passing of a health care bill?
The senate was unable to pass the cap-and-trade bill so Obama gets the EPA to say they're simply going to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The courts rules against the FCC in their assertion that they have the power to regulate the Internet so now the Obama administration wants congress to pass a law explicitly authorizing the FCC to regulate the Internet. What is the problem with that you ask? Simple: the Internet is working great as it operates under the current system so why does the FCC want to regulate something that is working perfectly right now? The answer is obvious: The government wants more power. The FCC is making this argument with terms like net neutrality but there's a huge problem with their arguments; the broadband providers are already doing what the FCC wants them to do.....
So not only is this administration expanding government involvement in nearly every major industry in the country, if they don't get their way through normal government processes, they simply execute their plans via fiat.
Regardless of whether you're on the right or the left, you have to wake up and see what the Obama administration is doing to the system of checks and balances. The courts are merely a speed bump, the congress is simply the legislative arm of the oval office and even then, they change the rules on the fly to suit themselves and their agenda.
There are so many thing I could list that I liked about Clinton. What is there to like about Obama?
In an interview with ABC, President Obama claimed, "Here's one thing I know and I just want to make sure that this is off the table. The Senate certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated," Obama said. "People in Massachusetts spoke. He's got to be part of that process.
Was Scott Brown involved in any way in the passing of a health care bill?
The senate was unable to pass the cap-and-trade bill so Obama gets the EPA to say they're simply going to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The courts rules against the FCC in their assertion that they have the power to regulate the Internet so now the Obama administration wants congress to pass a law explicitly authorizing the FCC to regulate the Internet. What is the problem with that you ask? Simple: the Internet is working great as it operates under the current system so why does the FCC want to regulate something that is working perfectly right now? The answer is obvious: The government wants more power. The FCC is making this argument with terms like net neutrality but there's a huge problem with their arguments; the broadband providers are already doing what the FCC wants them to do.....
So not only is this administration expanding government involvement in nearly every major industry in the country, if they don't get their way through normal government processes, they simply execute their plans via fiat.
Regardless of whether you're on the right or the left, you have to wake up and see what the Obama administration is doing to the system of checks and balances. The courts are merely a speed bump, the congress is simply the legislative arm of the oval office and even then, they change the rules on the fly to suit themselves and their agenda.
There are so many thing I could list that I liked about Clinton. What is there to like about Obama?
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