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Shorn of their star player and reeling from a huge step backwards at Murrayfield, a bruised Italy host Wales this weekend in Rome.
Shorn of their star player and reeling from a huge step backwards at Murrayfield, a bruised Italy host Wales this weekend in Rome.
Pardon the melodrama, but Italy without Parisse is like Rome missing the colosseum. Take him away and you lose power, stature and a touch of grace from the Azzurri pack that is nearly impossible to replace.
Italy though must against Wales, so step forward Ratu Manoa Vosawai to fill the gulf. Rome was the scene of historic celebrations at the beginning of this month with victory over France and Parisse was essential to that success. His suspension deprives Italy of their talisman and all rugby fans of his great talent, but there is no excuse for his actions in insulting a referee.
That victory over France however has to be used as a benchmark. Luciano Orquera played the game of his life – deadly accurate in open play, picking the defence apart with his passing and genuinely resembling a completely different player to the one who has been struggling with Zebre at the bottom of the RaboDirect Pro12.
Orquera, however, was so bad against Scotland, that he has been dropped for Kristopher Burton. Attention will turn to Andrea Masi, Gonzalo Canale, Alessandro Zanni and captain for the day Martin Castrogiovanni to provide inspiration.
Whilst Italy on the one hand will have felt deflated following their capitulation at Murrayfield, Wales are bursting with pride.
Their win in Paris was far from a complete performance – their scrum whilst improved certainly benefited from the atrocious turf which prevented France from exerting any dominance – but their commitment in defence and execution when it mattered with George North's match-winning try brought to an end that miserable run of eight consecutive defeats.
An average tackle count of 13 from Andrew Coombs, Ian Evans, Ryan Jones, Justin Tipuric and Toby Faletau summarised their afternoon – with enough hard-work results duly turned in their favour.
Wales have the ability to produce more alluring rugby than the slugfest served up in Paris, and the expectation is that they will go for broke in Rome. If they are to be contenders for the title then inroads have to be made into England's +26 points difference – and Wales will have no better opportunity than this weekend.
Ones to watch:
For Italy: All eyes will be on Ratu Manoa Vosawai as he puts on Parisse's shirt. If he can produce a similar impact to the regular Italian captain, then credit to him. With only two starts to his name out of ten caps – his only appearance at number eight came against Portugal in the 2007 Rugby World Cup – Vosawai lacks experience and is faced with a tough afternoon against the Welsh back-row. Elsewhere, Andrea Masi is flourishing for London Wasps in the centre but starts from full-back.
For Wales: Scotland proved that Italy are far from a defensive wall, meaning this weekend's fixture is made for tries. North may have grabbed the headlines in Paris, but Alex Cuthbert is due a big performance in this year's Six Nations – with Rome appearing to be the perfect opportunity to make his mark along with giving his Lions hopes a boost. Otherwise, attention should be paid to rising star Andrew Coombs in the second row – with the Dragon making a real impression in his first Six Nations championship so far.
Head-to-head: Italy might sense a slight chink in the Welsh scrum, so expect them to throw one of their more lethal weapons in Martin Castrogiovanni at Gethin Jenkins all afternoon. Jenkins has struggled for game-time at Toulon (Castro's future home) but is beginning to hit form, whilst Castrogiovanni will look to replicate his outstanding performance both in the set-piece and in the loose against France this weekend.
Recent results:
2012: Wales won 24-3 in Cardiff
2011: Wales won 24-16 in Rome
2010: Wales won 33-10 in Cardiff
2009: Wales won 20-15 in Rome
2008: Wales won 47-8 in Cardiff
2007: Italy won 23-20 in Rome
2006: Draw 18-18 in Cardiff
2005: Wales won 38-8 in Rome
2004: Wales won 44-10 in Cardiff
2003: Wales won 27-15 in Canberra
Prediction: Italy's form has been so wildly inconsistent over their first two games that it's difficult to predict which side will turn up. But the absence of Parisse will cut deep and Wales with their pride restored will now want to express themselves. Wales by 10
The teams:
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovambattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Ratu Manoa Vosawai, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Francesco Minto, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c) 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Gonzalo Garcia.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (c), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Alun Wyn Jones, 20 Sam Warburton, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Kick-off: 15:30 (14:30 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Pascal Gauzere (France)
Television match official: Geoff Warren (England)
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The Department of the Interior is in the initial stages of work that will lead to public scoping meetings on the San Rafael Swell National Monument. Although no meetings are yet scheduled, county commissioners said that the meetings will begin as soon as possible, realizing that people are understandably anxious about how the proposal will read.
At the core of the proposal will be the legislation that the county sent forward in 1998 as part of its San Rafael bill. That original legislation will be the framework from which the Department of Interior will, through the Bureau of Land Management, work to solicit comments during its scoping meetings.
While public meetings will be held on the monument proposal throughout the state, Emery County leadership and the public lands council are planning to hold their own public information meetings.
According to Randy Johnson, county commissioner, the county meetings will be packaged to coincide with the Bureau of Land Management meetings.
A poll which ran on the Emery County Progress online edition for the past two weeks sought responses to the question "are you in favor of a San Rafael Swell National Monument?" As of Monday the unofficial poll indicated that with 337 total votes, 78 percent voted no, 16 percent voted yes and 6 pecent were unsure. According to Johnson, comments he had received have been overwhelmingly in favor of the monument proposal.


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Skip to comments.HABEMUS PAPAM!!! (Live Thread)
Posted on 03/13/2013 11:12:01 AM PDT by NYer
Having trouble typing .. my hands are shaking. It will take about 45 minutes before we see him. This is so exciting!
(bad Latin — who is it?????)
An American????
Just want to get this started .. bells tolling, white smoke pluming heavenward and massive crowds in the square. Your reaction ...
Won't know for about 45 minutes.
This is much sooner than I'd expected. But then, what do I know?
Wow, this epochipal.
If he is young, this could be a generation-changer!
"Quo Vadis?" means "Where are you going?"
Those are the words spoken by Jesus to Pope St. Peter as he was fleeing the persecution in Rome. Peter turned and went back to Rome, obediently, to his crucifixion and death.
>>This is much sooner than Id expected. But then, what do I know?<<
Assuming they used logic, then if I was choosing I would make a list of the things we need from the Pope (and "reaching across the aisle" would be low on the list).
The Church needs to reestablish Her roots and standards: dare I say to pre-V II standards?
Or is this the dreaded V III???
"Quis est" is "Who is it?"
Semper Ubi
Sub Ubi
>>Quo Vadis? means Where are you going?<<
Hey, I got excited and used the only Latin I had handy that included a verb and a noun...
"Quien Es" seemed so pedestrian...
Qual es Papa?
Probably one of the front runners. Listen to the Latin name for a quick clue of who it will be.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The first clue to the identity of the new pope will be the announcement of his first name -- in Latin, in the accusative case.
If he is not the one chosen, French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the top-ranked cardinal-deacon, will say, in Latin, "I announce to you a great joy. We have a pope: His most Eminent and Reverend Lordship, Lord ..." followed by the Latin version of the chosen cardinal's first name.
If Cardinal Tauran says, "Lord Odilonem" everyone would know the new pope was Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer of Sao Paulo. They would not have to wait for Cardinal Tauran to announce the new pope's last name.
But if he says "Lord Angelum," it would not necessarily mean the new pope was the media-touted Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan; there are three other Italian cardinals also named Angelo.
If the cardinal says "Ioannem," things would be much more complicated. Fifteen cardinals' names begin Juan, Jean or Giovanni, the equivalent of John.
Five cardinals' first names are variations of Iosephum (Joseph), five are named Franciscum (Francis) and five have names beginning Antonium (Anthony).
Only two are named after the apostle Peter, Petrum, and three after the apostle Paul, Paulum.
The 115 cardinals who will enter the Sistine Chapel for the conclave include four named Georgium or George and three who would be called Carolum, like Blessed John Paul II, the former Karol Wojtyla.
There are limits to translation possibilities: Lithuanian Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis of Vilnius would be called Audrys and Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai would be either Bachara or Becharam.
When the Vatican's Office of Latin Letters is called upon to write a letter in Latin to one of the cardinals, the "Acta Apostolicae Sedis," the book of official acts of the Holy See, is the go-to place for which version of their name to use. The volumes for 1909 through the end of 2012 are online on the Vatican website.
Apparently, though, it is not always that easy. Indian Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Isaac Thottunkal, major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, has been referred to both as Basilium Clementem and Isaac.
It also is possible that Cardinal Tauran will not use the accusative case when he announces the name. He could say, "Marcus" instead of "Marcum" if the cardinals choose Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who has been prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
Praise be to God!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope that God's finger was tipping the scales in the right direction. He gives us a great deal of leeway to make mistakes, but this is a critical time for the western world. I prayed that He would take a hand in this critical choice (and I'm not even a Roman Catholic).
Yeah, Yeah and Yeah!!!!!!!!!
EWTN live stream in English
I just hope and pray he's a traditionalist Pope, whoever he is and wherever he's from.
See post #14.
That was the Beatles, not the Cardinals!
That was pretty quick. I just heard on the news the average conclave lasts 3 days.
My husband just called to let me know!
I just hope it's not that the seagull fell down the chimney!
Are you saying that the Archbishop of Buenos Aires was elected?
That means "Where are you going?"
Fingers crossed for Marc Ouellet (aka Pope John Mark I)
I admit I'm blinded by Canadian pride.
One of the EWTN crew spoke with some of the cardinal secretaries earlier today. Hoping to gain some insight into how long the cardinal expected the conclave to last, he asked about the luggage brought by their respective cardinal. The responses ranged from an "overnight bag" to "10 pieces of luggage". Guess the "overnight bag" cardinal got it right ; - )
I'm with you; I hope the Holy Spirit was, too. :)
There must be a clue in 3/13/2013?
Great movie! Peter Nero was more Nero than Nero.
Just PRAY its not Peter the Roman.
How is that last name pronounced?
Wow ... here come the Swiss Guard and the Vatican Marching Band !
Just a wild guess
Somebody call Wikileaks and find out who it is.
LOVE the Swiss Guard. They even look good in rain gear. LOL!
Cool! :-D
Live stream from CSPAN.
So having had two Pope John Pauls, no chance for a Pope George Ringo?
Band getting ready to play the anthem.
Swiss Guard readying.
Pope Peter, in honor of Pete Best?
I read that money is on an American or a fellow from Africa (sorry I do not remember the country name).
NYer, is there someone you are hoping for?
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Skip to comments.It's time patriots declare Victory in the 2nd Amendment war
Posted on 01/11/2013 8:39:36 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
Though its doubtful anyone will hear much about it, neither lawmakers, judges or even a president has the constitutional authority to infringe upon the inalienable right of the American people to keep and bear arms.
One hundred thirty eight years ago, the Supreme Court wrote that the right to keep and bear arms is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. (1)
The case was the United States v Cruikshank and the Court made it clear that the right to keep and bear arms is an inalienable right, God-given and independent of any mandatory approbation by men or their laws for its force and legitimacy
The Founders were so certain as to the absolute nature of these inalienable rights in the Bill of Rights that Alexander Hamilton suggested in Federalist No. 84 that it was unnecessary even to make them a part of the written Constitution. For why declare that...
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While everyone talks about defending the 2A rights Obama is a step ahead with his people discouraging any organized militia efforts.
The culmination of the 2A is to have a well trained and equipped militia, so far people have yet to be well trained.
Its one thing to stand your ground based upon 2A, its another to follow through with the full interpretation. And so far Obama is making a big show with one hand while the other is searching out start up militias, infiltrating them and then planting bogus evidence to bust them open with the goal of creating negative propaganda.
I just tried to buy .223 ammo. in bulk. Many places are out of stock. They also are out of stock for .30 M1 carbine ammo. This is amazing.
I don't think this fight will ever be over, once & for all, until the communists are completely purged from the United States of America. And maybe not even then.
Joe McCarthy should have been allowed to finish the job & we, as a nation, should not have let our guard down as long as there was still a single communist country on the planet. (Actually, it's worse than this. As we allowed the atheists to purge God from our schools & public spaces- & censorship of deviancy & violence was incrementally eroded away, we were kidding ourselves that we were still keeping communism at bay. We knew what the plan was. We had it in writing & it wasn't ambiguous. Our Congress people should have *known* that people like Bill Ayers- known terrorists, were running "foundations", NGOs, & "think tanks", often receiving federal funds. Why did they allow it?)
We have a SCOTUS that really no longer cares much for precedent.
It's like owning ocean-front property and having the sea eat away at your beach, eroding your back yard. You have to stay at it - you have to keep fighting it else one day you'll wake up to find your back porch drops off into the ocean.
I believe the fight will be eternal - and so we need to keep recruiting and training new soldiers in our army.
Take someone shooting with you. Take someone hunting. Pass our passion (and your weapons) down to your children and make them understand why it's important.
When they ask why, you have only to show them the news of the day. The truth of it, that is.
I went to a gun show outside Houston last week. AK's I could buy for $100 a few years back are $1700. The price of pistols has increased substantially as has whatever ammo you can get.
An AR-15 I bought a few years ago for $500 was $3,000.
Is it a bubble? Yes it is unless they pass another law like the assault weapons ban. Will this keep guns off the streets? No, never. Even if they confiscate every gun in America Americans will start building them themselves. We are even already seeing pistols being "printed" from scratch.
Barry whatever his name is does not and has never understood Americans. I doubt he has ever actually met any of the real ones. The real Americans won't kowtow to him or any government.
What a complete failure Obama has been. Instead of becoming one of the greatest presidents of all time who could have healed the divides people have, especially when it comes to skin color, he instead with evil vigor set about to pit people against people on so many levels it is hard to list them all. There is nothing admirable or inspiring about him.
Being a knight meant you could also BEAR ARMS against anyone you pleased ~ or on behalf of your liege lord ~
The full expression "keep and bear arms" means that you are a knight ~ a noble ~ entitled to all the privileges and rights of nobility.
Having a pistol or a rifle is a tiny part of that body of rights and privileges ~
It's somewhat interesting that the old Kingdom of Sweden ~ under the First Vasa king and his immediate successors ~ got into the habit of referring to all of the children of a 'knight' or nobleman with his same rank. Eventually just about everyone there became, literally a noble ~ if not in wealth or power, at least in name ~ that's why your Scandinavian genealogy is so difficult to work out BTW
Also, the Vasa king could look around and see that the Danes had made a major hit on Swedish power by murdering a good number of nobles, including the other members of his family ~ men, women and children according to the records.
He then began acquiring a new nobility from other lands ~ and for some really obscure reasons he obtained men who knew how to take the Kingdom to the status of Swedish Empire ~ and the Defender of Protestantism in Europe.
Our Founders knew Swedish history! The second amendment is not just the embodiement of the French Huguenot belief about the place of personal firearms in the body politic, but also the embodiment of the Vasa king's idea of how to throw off foreign tyranny ~ bring in good people and give them 'the right to keep and bear arms' and you will prevail, not so much because they have arms, but because they are smart and instantly have a stake in the land, their and its fortune, and, of course, their sacred honor.
These are ancient principles which should not so easily be overthrown. We know the Democrats would like to reduce us to tribalism, so we will simply have to fight all the harder, and in the end ~ maybe there won't be any more Democrats.
,,, all this may be very true and before 2008 it may have had standing as the ultimate understanding ,,,, BUT !!!!!! ,,, that was before 0bama took office and the congress became a usless mass of self indulgent liberals on both sides of the isle .
Let me make this "CLEAR" to everyone ,,,, the Constitution as we once knew it no longer exists and the congress we have now does not have in it's interest to challenge "ANY" un-constitutional acts implemented by this regime .
If you want your country and the US Constitution back "YOU" will have to fight for it because the line has been drawn in the sand and the dare to stand up to Mr. Executive Order is now firmly in "YOUR" court .
Congress has already surrendered ..... I just hope I don't get zotted for speaking my true feelings .
The key to victory is to ignore any regulation that requires registration of guns as an infringement of the 2A and therefor illegal. If they don't know where the guns are, they cannot carry out mass confiscations, which is what would trigger a violent response.
Civil disobedience is a powerful tool that pushed the Brits out of India and gained civil rights for blacks in the South.
That's where to make the stand -- let registration fizzlw out like it did in Canada.
That is a fairly succinct and specific statement that says it all.
Here is a couple of useful links.
It takes time to get people trained and organized, at the very best I would say nine months.
In that space of time Obama can shut down all firearms and ammo manufacturing plus bring in outside resources such as the UN to enforce his progressive ideology.
No I disagree, training and organization should have been part of our culture along the lines of the Swiss.
Even if we started right now we would still be overwhelmed with a superior trained force that will follow orders to the letter.
Better to keep your powder dry and your head down until it should become necessary. If gun-owners keep their nerve and ignore registration regulations, it is likely not to become necessary -- because there are still guns behind every blade of grass.
Better to keep your powder dry and your head down until it should become necessary. If gun-owners keep their nerve and ignore registration regulations, it is likely not to become necessary -- because there are still guns behind every blade of grass.
I think you forget that a large portion of the gun owning population are the many combat vets such as myself that are well trained, battle hardened and willing to lay our life down for our country if need be.
So why don't you just surrender right now then? This three percenter and oath keeper will never surrender.
We have a SCOTUS that really no longer cares much for precedent.
That's true, skeeter, and it cares still lessmuch lessfor the Constitution.
"It's like owning ocean-front property and having the sea eat away at your beach"
Here's a more littoral analogy: "Gun control is a tide that is always coming in."
Similar to Islam.
CMP has the .30 Carbine stuff available, but you must have a current membership in a local affiliated club.
Even if we started right now we would still be overwhelmed with a superior trained force that will follow orders to the letter.
Aren't you the same doom and gloomer who's been talking about running away to Australia?
Even though the odds in this fight stand at Citizens 100 / Federals 1, you continue to drone on and on about how Big Brother is an all-powerful, irresistible force, which cannot be beaten.
Even if only one in ten Americans stood their ground in the ultimate defiance scenario, they would comprise an army 10 million strong, which is larger than any armed force that Obama and the Commies in the U.N. could ever hope to cobble together.
Less than 15 thousand committed jihadists tied up our entire war machine in Iraq for nearly ten years!
Add to that, the fact that you're slandering the vast majority of American armed forces personnel, who would NOT obey an executive order to disarm the American public, and I'm beginning to believe that you're a hopeless paranoid, or some sort of disinformation agent.
I'm right there with you, friend. Never give up. Never surrender.
Heh, heh, I've been watching that tide come in since 1967 when I was 18 & made my first gun purchase. GCA-68, AK import ban(s), AWB 94, & now this. Every one of those was tragedy exploitation.
And every one was either watered down or bypassed. That ol' U.S. Constitution is an annoying pesky thing to the gungrabbers, & its harshest media critics are all mostly furriners. Our guns aren't registered and this isn't the Soviet Union, heck's fire now even the Russkies are telling us not to give up our guns.
The Brits are another matter. Our war of Independence began when the redcoats tried to seize weapons, & the Piers Morgan crowd doesn't like it a bit that we won over just that issue.
"..shall not be infringed." Take heart, FRiend.
You can not surrender, sell or transfer unalienable rights, they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstances be surrendered or taken. All individual's have unalienable rights.
Inalienable rights: Rights which are not capable of being surrendered or transferred without the consent of the one possessing such rights. Morrison v. State, Mo. App., 252 S.W.2d 97, 101.
You can surrender, sell or transfer inalienable rights if you consent either actually or constructively. Inalienable rights are not inherent in man and can be alienated by government. Persons have inalienable rights. Most state constitutions recognize only inalienable rights.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
On Ghandihttp://www.markshep.com/peace/Myths.html
"The second form of mass Satyagraha was noncooperation.
This is just what it sounds like. Noncooperation meant refusing to cooperate with the opponent, refusing to submit to the injustice being fought. It took such forms as strikes, economic boycotts, and tax refusals.
Of course, noncooperation and civil disobedience overlapped. Noncooperation too was to be carried out in a civil manner. Here too, Gandhis followers had to cheerfully face beating, imprisonment, confiscation of their propertyand it was hoped that this willing suffering would cause a change of heart.
But noncooperation also had a dynamic of its own, a dynamic that didnt at all depend on converting the opponent or even molding public opinion. It was a dynamic based not on appeals but on the power of the people themselves.
Gandhi saw that the power of any tyrant depends entirely on people being willing to obey. The tyrant may get people to obey by threatening to throw them in prison, or by holding guns to their heads. But the power still resides in the obedience, not in the prison or the guns.
Now, what happens if those people begin to say, Were not afraid of prison. Were even willing to die. But were not willing to obey you any longer.
Its very simple. The tyrant has no power. He may rant and scream and hurt and destroybut if the people hold to it, hes finished.
Gandhi said, I believe that no government can exist for a single moment without the cooperation of the people, willing or forced, and if people suddenly withdraw their cooperation in every detail, the government will come to a standstill.
"That was Gandhis concept of powerthe one hes accused of not having. Its a hard one to grasp, for those used to seeing power in the barrel of a gun. Their filters do not pass it. And so they call Gandhi idealistic, impractical."
>> "I dont think this fight will ever be over, once & for all, until the communists are completely purged from the United States of America." <<
They have taken complete control of the presidency, the congress, the judiciary, and the schools; what do they lack?
I see these kinds of comments often Unk and perhaps you can tell me...
How many military have you talked to in your life that say they will attack and kill their fellow Americans? I genuinely want to know.
Because with a family and many friends both current and former military I have yet to encounter one of them who would. Further, when this subject comes up (often in today's climate) none of them seem to know any of their fellows who would either.
Now Like every part of society, the Military has it's undesirables that would. But they are so much the minority and their potential actions so vile that they would be quickly fragged should try try.
So please. enlighten us. And when you cant, please deliver the message to others who say likewise without anything to back it up.
You think the mil would follow orders to shoot us. The many and diverse members/ranks of the mil I know from around the country, who have served in multiple wars and theaters, say they would not. Either they are lying or not representative of the military as a whole. Which do you think is more likely?
Alexander Hamilton was a globalist, big central government tyrant; that's why he didn't want any rights ennumerated in the constitution.
It's true they have all but completely taken control of the federal government.
What do they lack?
What they lack is the support of the American people. If you believe the hype- that they have 51% support for this president & for their freebies & *their* privileges, look around on some forums that aren't primarily political.
"Crossed the line" isn't just a figure of speech & it isn't just about the 2A. This has been building up for a long time.
By "purge", I mean every communist in the country. We knew the thief was in the house & we gave him his own house key.
I understand that Obama and his cohorts were not legitimately elected, but they do control the election process due to their control of federal prosecution, and the compliance of the very like minded zombies of the MSM.
Part of the problem in the general complacency of our poorly educated population. Government schools effectively reduce the cognition of the masses.
Exactly. That's why I said they all need to be run out of the country. They're so dedicated, I'm sure they'd be welcome in China or North Korea, like Frank Marshall Davis' buddies were in the USSR. They can't control anything if they're not here. Maybe "purged" was the wrong word. Exiled with no possibility of return.
I agree with you 100% about government schools.
Do you mean that we have to rely on the Congress & the courts so it can't happen? Because then I see your point. But they need to go, too. We need to just clean house. By all appearances, people- non political people, are very, very angry. Nobody is holding back on the communism aspect.
51% of the American people didn't support the democrats. Supposedly, 51% of *the people who voted* did. Those people who didn't show up weren't all apathetic. Some of them were ticked off & cynical.
How are you going to make it happen?
What I've been posting over the past few weeks (and over the years) is this: it's time to turn the regulating of the militia into a weekend convention for gun enthusiasts, sanctioned by state national guards.
In Federalist #29, Alexander Hamilton writes:
The project of disciplining all the militia of the United States is as futile as it would be injurious, if it were capable of being carried into execution. A tolerable expertness in military movements is a business that requires time and practice. It is not a day, or even a week, that will suffice for the attainment of it. To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss. It would form an annual deduction from the productive labor of the country, to an amount which, calculating upon the present numbers of the people, would not fall far short of the whole expense of the civil establishments of all the States. To attempt a thing which would abridge the mass of labor and industry to so considerable an extent, would be unwise: and the experiment, if made, could not succeed, because it would not long be endured. Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.
Hamilton expected that the "militia" gather once or twice a year for inspection by officers of the state, or they cannot consider themselves to be "well-regulated." Inspection would include demonstrating that their arms are kept in good working order, and that they are proficient in its use.
One way for gun owners to turn the debate would be to suggest that the states offer "militia inspections" once or twice a year. If a state were serious about doing this, it could be practical to have a unit of a state's national guard travel from region to region and hold weekend "boot-camps" at a reserve army base for volunteers to attend.
I'm sure there are many bitter-clingers who would love to sign up for a weekend getaway to practice being a militia once or twice a year.
This would be a way to make the "militia" argument real and practical, not some archaic term-of-art from a time-gone-by.
>> "Make it a program that someone has to register and pay for." <<
So that the thugs will have the ownership data with which to proceed with confiscation?
I seriously thought about that point. Here are my conclusions.
1. If the movement is large enough, the feds can't get away with it.
2. If people paid for it themselves, then it would be like a trade show or convention, not a government-controlled freebie. That would endorse the idea that it is a citizen-militia under state jurisdiction, and not an extension of a federal standing army.
3. If the states controlled it per Hamilton's writings that the militia officers be under state appointment, then federal confiscation of a legal state militia exercise would be outright tyranny that all the other states would be forced to recognize. It would be Hamilton's worst fears come true, which would prove the Framers' hypthesis for all to see.
Sure, I see the danger, and the optics, of gathering lawful gun owners in one place under the pretext of a militia assembly, only to be rounded up like the Japanese in WWII. That's a stunt that Obama could only pull once. There are many counties in a single state, and 49 other states if he should pull a stunt like that in one place.
Do you really think that's a serious possibility that could sweep the nation?
I would say that the next step is to go to our state legislators & governors. I am, personally, a proponent of secession/ partition. If the left wants to have their socialist utopia, fine- but they will not be our neighbors & we will not foot the bill any longer. What I've seen discussed there isn't "round them up & throw them out" but strongly encourage them to self deport by removing the entitlements that allow them to stay- public assistance, affirmative action, the right of free association to name 3. Socially conservative, traditional values based on the Constitution & the free market would be the law, period. No illegal immigration, period. No discussion, no lawsuit nonsense, nothing. Don't like it- there's the door. Maybe help (literally- funds & services) them relocate if someone couldn't move otherwise because it would save money & peace in the long run.
I read a post on another forum earlier that conservatives should "form their own union" & adopt union tactics, like a strike/ boycott. They were being kinda facetious, but refusing to comply/ participate & being visibly in dissent is about all we have left before the proverbial pitchforks & torches. Violence is *not* necessary (defense might be, if they attacked us with violence first)
I guess a simpler way of putting it is shunning & passive resistance. At least until we can come up with a better plan.
You're not implying that we should just keep rolling over & go along, are you?
Why would the federal government (or even the state, for that matter) have access to that registration? I can see it as a self policing instrument- & for accountability in the event of rogue behavior (such as that would be in martial conflict).
(I seem to be missing this post on my pings. I'm going to reply to PJ's other post- which I have, & go back to fill in)
PJ- Good thoughts. I have thought about that, too (ugh. Musing. I would hope to avert that, BUT...) (in that case) would it be better to amass in a more concentrated region? lol No one's going to agree on this, regionally- I know. Or have concentrated pockets across the country so that the federal government's resources would be spread out- maybe loosely co-ordinated, but doing their own thing, somewhat. The US would probably be like Afghanistan but much worse (because it's not so barren)
This is men's work. I have *no* business in this conversation. 0.o Why is so hot...& what am I doing in this hand basket? Please excuse me...
>> "Do you really think that's a serious possibility that could sweep the nation?" <<
We just watched the cancellation of an entire national election by open electronic vote fraud, and union thuggery.
They'll do anything they wish, and the GOPe is definitely a part of the crime.
Are you suggesting that the federal government will swoop into such a gathering and forcibly confiscate the weapons of the attendees after luring them with the pretext of a constitutional militia inspection?
Or are you suggesting that they'd let the militia gather, and then after they go home the feds would individually visit each attendee and take their weapons later?
Hard to predict exactly what they will do, but obey the constitution is not one of the likely choices.
You have to go by the evidence, and the O-bummah admin has done nothing lawful during its tenure.
Round one hasn't started yet.
That said, one would hope that the more outrageous Obama becomes, the more motivated the population will become to push back. I believe that organizing a militia gathering and then surrounding them and confiscating their lawful weapons would be akin to closing off a Warsaw ghetto and criminalizing its residents.
That would be an outrage that would quickly mobilize the rest of the nation.
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"Theyll do anything they wish, and the GOPe is definitely a part of the crime."
Agree. Why are we sitting around, griping on the internet again? We need to come up with a solution. No one is going to do it for us.
"I believe that we rolled right past our last and final opportunity to do anything 21 years ago."
I disagree. Strongly. We're getting real close, though. I guess I'm one of those 25 million Bill Ayers was talking about. (please pardon me) Screw him! I'll see him in hell before I'll give up.
"Round one hasnt started yet."
^^^^^^^^ This.
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Can anyone help me locate a copy of Pedanius Dioscorides' De Materia Medica in an online format?
Failing that, does anyone know of an Oxford, Teubner or Loeb option?
Perhaps not exactly. I am trying to find the (ancient) scientific etymology for Acacia (the tree).MAubrey wrote:Is this what you're looking for?
wiki:acacia wrote:The generic name derives from ἀκακία (akakia), the name given by early Greek botanist-physician Pedanius Dioscorides (middle to late first century) to the medicinal tree A. nilotica in his book Materia Medica. This name derives from the Greek word for its characteristic thorns, ἀκίς (akis; "thorn").
Exodus 30:1 wrote:καὶ ποιήσεις θυσιαστήριον θυμιάματος ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτὸ
which seems to suggest that the translation might be a descriptive one.LSJ: ἄσηπτος (partial quotation) wrote:not liable to decay or corruption
This is a later designation for the same tree, which is said by the above quoted wiki article to come from "ἀκίς" thorn. But to my thinking, ἄκακος is actually not very dissimilar in meaning from ἄσηπτος (if both are taken in a pysical rather than moral sense).LSJ: ἀκακία(B) wrote: A.shittah tree, Acacia arabica, Dsc.1.101, Aret. CD2.6. II. = Genista acanthoclada. Dsc. l.c.
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1. One thing in, one thing out. Make sure that materials fit into their designated bins. If a container is overflowing, something's gotta go.
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Throughout Draft day on the surrounding fields of the Yale Bowl, CONNY Youth Lacrosse will be hosting one of its tournament jamborees as well, creating a unique lacrosse festival atmosphere for CONNY participants and other fans to enjoy.
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Skip to comments.Vatican urges Catholic politicians to vote along church lines
Posted on 01/16/2003 6:05:27 AM PST by NYer
VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican took aim at pro-choice Catholic politicians Thursday, telling them that Church teaching demands they defend ``the basic right to life from conception to natural death.''
A new set of guidelines approved by Pope John Paul II for Catholic politicians said that Church opposition to abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage was not up for negotiation. The were issued a week before major demonstrations are planned in the United States by pro-choice and anti-abortion groups and amid continuing efforts, mainly in Europe, to legalize euthanasia and gay marriages. The Vatican said it was publishing the document now because of medical and scientific advances and because of the ``emergence of ambiguities or questionable positions in recent times.''
The guidelines, prepared by the Vatican's orthodoxy watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, don't change the church's long-held positions. Rather, they serve as a reminder of Church teachings for Catholic politicians, so that when they vote for legislation or otherwise influence public policy, they do so in line with certain ``nonnegotiable ethical principles.''
In particular, the document said laws concerning abortion and euthanasia ``must defend the basic right to life from conception to natural death. In the same way, it is necessary to recall the duty to respect and protect the rights of the human embryo.'' It said laws safeguarding marriage between man and woman must be promoted and that ``in no way can other forms of cohabitation be placed on the same level as marriage, nor can they receive legal recognition as such.''
The document also referred vaguely to issues of peace, saying Catholics should not confuse the Church's promotion of peace and rejection of violence with ``secular'' pacificist and ideological visions. The pope's opposition to war in Iraq is likely to make him a rallying point in the event hostilities erupt. ``The Church recognizes that while democracy is the best expression of the direct participation of citizens in political choices, it succeeds only to the extent that it is based on a correct understanding of the human person,'' the document said, adding: ``Catholic involvement in political life cannot compromise on this principle.''
The guidelines don't mention punishment _ such as excommunication _ for Catholic politicians who fail to tow the line. Rather, they frame the issue as one of ``conscience'' that politicians will have to deal with.
``Scientific progress has resulted in advances that are unsettling for the consciences of men and women, and call for solutions that respect ethical principles in a coherent and fundamental way,'' the document said.
``Catholics, in this difficult situation, have the right and the duty to recall society to a deeper understanding of human life and to the responsibility of everyone in this regard,'' it said.
The Vatican stressed that it wasn't trying to dictate policy or interfere in matters of state, but to rather ``instruct and illuminate'' Catholic political leaders. And it challenged the idea that ethical pluralism ``is the very condition for democracy.''
The document was released a week before the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision lifting anti-abortion laws nationwide. Demonstrations by the pro-choice and anti-abortion movements in the United States are planned for Jan. 22.
The Vatican never disguised its irritation with Geraldine Ferraro, a Catholic and the U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1984, for her position that she opposed abortion but was also opposed to outlawing it. Recently, former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti, a practicing Catholic, said he deeply regretted having signed the law legalizing abortion in Italy when he was prime minister in 1978.
The Vatican has also been campaigning against efforts, particularly in Europe, to legalize same-sex marriages and offer the unions the same benefits granted to traditional heterosexual marriages.
Jan. 22 also marks the start of the Roman Catholic church's World Meeting of Families _ a five-day meeting in Manila, Philippines to promote family values. Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed the publication of the document, saying it ``addresses some of the profound challenges faced by Catholic politicians and voters who are confronted with various moral and social issues in the context of a democratic society.'' He said he hoped the document would encourage U.S. Catholic politicians to continue to ``respect the most essential moral values of our human nature.'' The Vatican released similar statements from German and Italian cardinals along with the document Thursday.
While not offering concrete examples of legislation for Catholic politicians to promote, the document does propose a model for them to emulate: St. Thomas More, the 16th century lawyer and diplomat who refused to renounce the pope and recognize the king as head of the English church. King Henry VIII had More beheaded for his positions. Two years ago, Pope John Paul II made More the patron saint for politicians. ``He taught by his life and his death that 'man cannot be separated from God, nor politics from morality,''' the document said.
Another example of "catholic lite". How disappointing!
Where has he been, anyway? Guess that five minutes of fame is up.
Can you spot the lie in this statement?
Next to come - Vatican demands that Catholic politicians:
- Oppose the death penalty;
- Mandate the redistribution of wealth;
- Oppose American defense measures;
- Support trade unions;
- Oppose all support of Israel....
And on and on and on.....
President Bush appears to think otherwise. He has gone to visit the pope twice in his presidency and has made numerous visits to American prelates. Apparantly he doesn't share your contempt for the Catholic Church.
That's the humble supremacy of the Christian message; all you need to do is to remind your brethren the precepts of the Gospel.
How many divisions has the Pope...? None!
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Dubya gives State of the Union address Jan.28. The Super Bowl is on Jan 27. Look for Son of Desert Storm I to begin Sunday -late..or early Monday so he can walk into the joint session to tumultuous applause as the "Commander in Chief."
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Given that we're talking about something useful issuing from the Vatican, the micturative metaphor seemed, well, unseemly.
It might be more a case of an iron fist in a velvet glove. It might give those Catholic politicians some pause and make them think about the final results of their votes.
If the Vatican had come out directly with an 'excommunication' notice, don't you think those same politicians would have immediately gotten their backs up and taken the attitude "They can't tell ME what to do!" It is human nature to not want to be controlled. I believe The Vatican understands this, and wants to 'enlighten' those folks rather than turn them right off!
<> Pius, Typical modernist changing the rules.....<>
Perfect analogy, with your usual pinch of hilarity. Bravo.
They are not serious enough to put much thought into the effects of their actions on the country, on liberty, on the world, or much of anything else. Not a word in this book indicates that the White House has any sense of the moral and practical responsibilities associated with heading the world's biggest state. But they are serious enough to believe that they have somehow been blessed by the god democracy to make big, important decisions. Paul O'Neil, who was just fired as Treasury secretary, is right that it is all about "deluding the people" into believing something that is not true.
In his first meeting with Bush, soon after the inauguration, Frum reports that the president had only one firm policy item backed by real conviction: "his determination to dig Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq." This was six months before 9-11, and two years before weapons inspections. Why should anyone take seriously the idea that Bush is waiting for Iraq to comply with anything? Though Iraq was not discussed much during the campaign, the secret plan vengeance was always there.
<> Fortunately, the Vatican knows this Iraq War is all about revenge,propaganda, smoke, mirrors and bovine excrement<>
For the last four months, I have been ordered to face-down the Schismatic Orcs,and, frankly, it is getting tiresome. They never sleep.
I have enjoyed the Fax's of the last day or so because they dealt with Just War, Political Probity, Common Sense, Natural Law, ect.
BTW, it is both a common, and false, view that we Catholic operatives get Holiday weekends off because they are Holy Days. However, that is not true...We have to work MLK Day. He really wasn't a Saint:)<>
It si like being an Oakland Raider this year<>
Can you tell me the great efforts made by the vast majority of Southern Catholics toward the end of segregation? Thanks.
I attended a friend's funeral in Harlem two months ago at the Church of the Resurrection--it runs a parochial school in a clean, sound building within the Church. Supported by funds siphoned from the collection plates of the suburban middle class, many of whom can't afford Catholic schools for their own children, and yet the charity continues. And I will bet most of the kids at that school or at the Headstart building are Catholic. I see that there is a great deal of fruitfulness from the virtue of charity inspired by a Catholic faith. You may have a point that the hierarchy is slow to act, but knowledgeable Catholics will point out that Saints don't usually come from the hierarchy--that doesn't mean we don't need a hierarchy. V's wife.
Chancellor, since I suspect debate would be your strong suit, please restrict yourself to legitimate argumentation. The "when did you stop beating your wife" style is beneath your ability. V's wife.
ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS RUMMEL - In 1953, Archbishop Francis Rummel gave full support to mostly black sugar cane workers on strike in south Louisiana. In a 1956 pastoral letter, Rummel said that racial segregation was "morally wrong and sinful" and insisted that "the alleged mental defects, moral and criminal propensities, economic short comings and social disabilities," far from being an indictment of black people and an argument against integration, was "an indictment against continuing segregation." Rummel promised to integrate the Catholic schools "no earlier than September 1956."He then ran into a storm of protest. The Catholic schools were finally integrated in 1962, two years after the first public schools. Historian Adam Fairclough has written, "Instead of setting a moral and practical example to the public schools, the church set an example of procrastination and delay".
As I went through the list of names and the credit for a passion for social justice and civil rights, I got a sudden mental notion that our Catholic FReepers would scold those same progressive clerics as being a source for rot.
I find myself wondering who the bad guys really are - the hierarchs and the support for secrecy and authoritarianism, or the liberals who want to decentralize authority and reach out to mankind?
Slavery and the Catholic Church
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and generous love of God our Savior appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of His mercy, He saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit... Titus 3:3-5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again the Catholic Church is being accused of another grave scandal. Some people claim that the Church before 1890 was either silent or approved of slavery. It is claimed that no Pope condemned slavery until then. According to one modern theologian: "...one can search in vain through the interventions of the Holy See - those of Pius V, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV - for any condemnation of the actual principle of slavery." [Panzer, p. 2] Other people further claim that the Church changed Her teaching on slavery, so the Church can change Her teachings on other issues too. A recent book, entitled The Popes and Slavery written by Fr. Joel S. Panzer (Alba House, 1996), shows that the Popes did condemn racial slavery as early as 1435. Most of the information below is found in this book.
The issue and history of slavery are quite complex. Throughout history, the Church found Herself among cultures practicing slavery and had to deal with it. An early example is St. Pauls Epistle to Philemon. St. Paul appears to tolerate slavery, but he also warned slave masters that they too have a Master in Heaven who would judge them (Col. 4:1). Due to Her weakness in political affairs, the Church could not stop every evil practice. However, political weakness is quite different than approval. There are many examples of saints buying slaves and then setting them free (e.g. St. Nicholas, Trinitarian Fathers & White Fathers). Unfortunately there were also Catholics and even clergy, who participated in slavery, and their sins caused scandal to the Church.
To further complicate this issue, there are different forms of slavery. Even though repugnant to our modern sensitivity, servitude is not always unjust, such as penal servitude for convicted criminals or servitude freely chosen for personal financial reasons. These forms are called just-title servitude. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which brought an end to racial slavery in the U.S., does allow for just-title servitude to punish criminals: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Even today we can see prisoners picking up litter along interstates and highways accompanied by armed guards. Also the 1949 Geneva Conventions allow for detaining power to use the labor of war prisoners under very limiting circumstances (Panzer, p. 3). However, such circumstances are very rare today. During biblical times, a man could voluntarily sell himself into slavery in order to pay off his debts (Deut. 15:12-18). But such slaves were to be freed on the seventh year or the Jubilee year (Lev. 25:54). The Church tolerated just-title servitude for a time because it is not wrong in itself, though it can be seriously abused. The Popes did, however, consistently oppose racial slavery which completely lacks any moral justification.
Now we usually think of slavery in terms of innocent people who were unjustly captured and reduced to "beasts of burden" due solely to their race. This was the most common form in the U.S. before the Thirteenth Amendment. This form of slavery, known as racial slavery, began in large-scale during the 15th century and was formally condemned by the Popes as early as 1435, fifty-seven years before Columbus discovered America. In 1404, the Spanish discovered the Canary Islands. They began to colonize the island and enslave its people. Pope Eugene IV in 1435 wrote to Bishop Ferdinand of Lanzarote in his Bull, Sicut Dudum:
...They have deprived the natives of their property or turned it to their own use, and have subjected some of the inhabitants of said islands to perpetual slavery, sold them to other persons and committed other various illicit and evil deeds against them... We order and command all and each of the faithful of each sex that, within the space of fifteen days of the publication of these letters in the place where they live, that they restore to their earlier liberty all and each person of either sex who were once residents of said Canary Islands...who have been made subject to slavery. These people are to be totally and perpetually free and are to be let go without the exaction or reception of any money... [Panzer, p. 8; also pp. 75-78 with original critical Latin text]
Those faithful, who did not obey, were excommunicated ipso facto. This is the same punishment imposed today on Catholics who participate in abortion. Some people may claim that Pope Eugene only condemned the practice in the Canary Island and not slavery in general. This claim is hard to accept since he does condemn together this particular case of slavery along with "other various illicit and evil deeds."
A century later, the Spanish and Portuguese were colonizing South America. Unfortunately the practice of slavery did not end. Even though far from being a saint, Pope Paul III in 1537 issued a Bull against slavery, entitled Sublimis Deus, to the universal Church. He wrote:
...The exalted God loved the human race so much that He created man in such a condition that he was not only a sharer in good as are other creatures, but also that he would be able to reach and see face to face the inaccessible and invisible Supreme Good... Seeing this and envying it, the enemy of the human race, who always opposes all good men so that the race may perish, has thought up a way, unheard of before now, by which he might impede the saving word of God from being preached to the nations. He (Satan) has stirred up some of his allies who, desiring to satisfy their own avarice, are presuming to assert far and wide that the Indians...be reduced to our service like brute animals, under the pretext that they are lacking the Catholic faith. And they reduce them to slavery, treating them with afflictions they would scarcely use with brute animals... by our Apostolic Authority decree and declare by these present letters that the same Indians and all other peoples - even though they are outside the faith - ...should not be deprived of their liberty... Rather they are to be able to use and enjoy this liberty and this ownership of property freely and licitly, and are not to be reduced to slavery... [Ibid., pp.79-81 with original critical Latin text]
Pope Paul not only condemned the slavery of Indians but also "all other peoples." In his phrase "unheard of before now", he seems to see a difference between this new form of slavery (i.e. racial slavery) and the ancient forms of just-title slavery. A few days before, he also issued a Brief, entitled Pastorale Officium to Cardinal Juan de Tavera of Toledo, which warned the Catholic faithful of excommunication for participating in slavery. Unfortunately Pope Paul made reference to the King of Castile and Aragon in this Brief. Under political pressure, the Pope later retracted this Brief but did not annul the Bull. It is interesting to note that even though he retracted his Brief, Popes Gregory XIV, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV still recognized and confirmed its authority against slavery and the slave trade.
Popes Gregory XIV (Cum Sicuti, 1591), Urban VIII (Commissum Nobis, 1639) and Benedict XIV (Immensa Pastorum, 1741) also condemned slavery and the slave trade. Unlike the earlier papal letters, these excommunications were more directed towards the clergy than the laity. In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI issued a Bull, entitled In Supremo. Its main focus was against slave trading, but it also clearly condemned racial slavery:
We, by apostolic authority, warn and strongly exhort in the Lord faithful Christians of every condition that no one in the future dare bother unjustly, despoil of their possessions, or reduce to slavery Indians, Blacks or other such peoples. [Ibid., pp.101]
Unfortunately a few American bishops misinterpreted this Bull as condemning only the slave trade and not slavery itself. Bishop John England of Charleston actually wrote several letters to the Secretary of State under President Van Buren explaining that the Pope, in In Supremo, did not condemn slavery but only the slave trade (Ibid., pp. 67-68).
With all these formal condemnations, it is a shame that the Popes were largely ignored by the Catholic laity and clergy. Two Catholic nations were largely involved with slave trafficking. Many Catholics at that time owned or sold slaves. Even some Catholic bishops during the 19th-century appeared to support slavery. The Popes were so ignored that some people today claim that they were silent. These sins brought great scandal to Christs Church. Unfortunately history does repeat itself. Today the majority of Catholics admit to using artificial contraceptives, even though the Popes have condemned contraception (e.g. Humane vitae, Catechism of the Catholic Church 2370, 2399).
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First you criticize our hierarchs for not being out in front on opposing segregation. So, I cite for you a specific instance where our hierarchs were out in front on opposing segregation, often against the wishes of their own Catholic people.
I actually cited for you a case where the hierarchy opposed segregation so forcefully that they resorted to excommunication against many of their own recalcitrant people.
Then your next criticism is essentially a criticism of the laity. Well, of course. In this case, that was the whole point. To vindicate the Catholic hierarch even against his own recalcitrant laity. Your post #36 was a criticism of the hierarchy. I offered a defense of the hierarchs. Your latest post is merely an attempt to change the subject.
Catholics, being good Americans, often were no different than other Americans on the issue of desegregation. Many (but not all) had to be dragged kicking and screaming out of desegregation by their hierarchs.
One point of your post #36 had been that the Church had not opposed segregation. Though many of her laity did not oppose it, the hierarchy did, even to the point of excommunicating laity who differed.
The point has been made. You are shown in error. Now, if you wish, you may change the subject.
Next? V's wife.
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The Mystery of Shuggie Otis
Where was Shuggie Otis all these years? Had he been making music? Was he cloistered in Northern California or hiding in plain sight in Los Angeles? Was his mind mangled from drugs, booze, or Botox?
Upon his re-emergence in January for a show at the Highline Ballroom, these were the questions long-curious fans had about the West Athens–raised, 1970s soul prodigy. He'd been celebrated and sampled by everyone from DJ Quik and OutKast to J Dilla; B.B. King branded him his favorite young guitarist in the early '70s, and later in the decade The Brothers Johnson had a big hit with his "Strawberry Letter 23." Billy Preston invited him to replace Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones (he declined).
Then, his moment disintegrated and he disappeared: no released material and few interviews for 39 solid years.
"I wasn't gone by choice. When interviewers ask, 'Why now?' It's, like, "What do you mean, 'Why now?' I didn't have the chance before," explains the 59-year-old born Johnny Alexander Veliotes Jr., at his publicist's office in West L.A.The official answer to "why now" is that Epic Records is finally reissuing 1974's Inspiration Information, Otis's magic-lantern masterpiece of blues, R&B, and soul fusion. The new edition arrives with four previously unheard tracks and a second disc of unreleased songs recorded between 1975 and 2000.
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Otis now lives in Monrovia, California. The paisley-age afro and incipient mustache from Otis's teen years is gone, replaced by long, wavy, black hair dusted with gray, bundled into a neat ponytail. The 'stache is thicker, accompanied by a goatee, soul patch, and puffy denim shirt. He no longer looks like a young Prince, more like an elegant pirate—especially onstage with a dapper cravat.
After a nearly 10-year hiatus, Otis has started performing live again. His recent local show was his first since backing up Mos Def on a 2004 spot date. It was well received, Depth of Field's Patrick A. Reed calling it "an amazing show, a triumphant return from a long-lost master" and "everything you could hope for."
Before you meet Otis, you encounter the myth: the vanished genius worshipped by crate-digger cultists and waylaid by the industry—a psychedelic phantom sharing a bloodline with Brian Wilson, Arthur Lee of Love and Syd Barrett. Otis has a sphinx-like elusiveness. He answers questions circuitously and describes himself as neither having nor wanting many friends. He's generous with his memories but only to a point.
When asked if he worked a day job during his off years, he responds: "Some . . . but I don't want to mention what they were. Not because I'm embarrassed, but because people still have those jobs. It would be like saying, 'Well, I don't have to do that stupid job anymore.' I actually had fun doing those little jobs. It was funny. I thought to myself, 'If I could put as much effort into my own thing as I put into these jobs, maybe I'll get somewhere.' So I'm doing it now. I'm trying the best I can."
His son, Eric Otis—who is joined in his father's band by his older brother, Lucky—describes his dad as "cinematic." The elder Otis adds that he's always writing stories and movie treatments. "Maybe three or four are good, possibly more—I'm being a little humble," he chuckles.
This much is clear. Otis was born in November 1953 to R&B legend and "Hand Jive" king Johnny Otis and his wife, Phyllis. The Beatles hit when he was 10, and that was it. Otis was enraptured whenever a guitar came on TV, and the attraction only grew stronger when his dad took him to his band's weekend rehearsals. Eventually Shuggie was given a cheap Japanese ax and taught himself chords. One year later,his dad brought him into the studio, and he became an in-demand session guitarist before he could legally drive, appearing on works by everyone from Frank Zappa to Bob Dylan sideman Al Kooper.
By day a minor celebrity at Washington High School in South Central L.A., at night he played clubs as the baby-faced auteur behind the bluesy 1970 debut,Here Comes Shuggie Otis. The next year's Freedom Flight spawned "Strawberry Letter 23," an auroral teenage daydream that only charted via a 1977 cover from The Brothers Johnson, produced by Quincy Jones.
Inspiration Information, his third and final record, landed in 1974 with little advance notice and no pop singles. After three years of relative seclusion that found Otis playing every instrument except horns and strings, the masterwork was mostly ignored. An unruly but gorgeous sprawl of cascading guitars, celestial falsettos, weird jams, drum machines, and drugs, it's something of a hallucinatory blend of Sly Stone funk, teardrop psych-folk and Hendrixian electric blues. Otis says he took acid only three times, but one trip inspired "Aht Uh Mi Hed," the most iconic cut.
"I was very depressed during the making of that album. I started out happy in '72 when I started cutting the tracks, but when I started getting into it, my personal life started to get really dark," Otis says, looking down. "I got through that album, let's just put it that way. I was determined."
He still is. Lesser men give up the ghost, get a job, or self-destruct. Shuggie Otis survived, even if he bears some scars and eccentricities. Preternaturally gifted, when he was dropped from his label he trusted the divinity of his talent. In addition to turning down the Stones, he rejected sideman offers from Spirit and Blood Sweat & Tears because he assumed a label with money eventually would swoop in and re-anoint him. And that's exactly what happened. Kind of.
Otis became an indieground legend with David Byrne's Luaka Bop reissue of Inspiration Information in 2001; this latest Epic iteration figures to introduce him to the Spotify set. His new disc of songs is suffused with enough flashes of genius to further burnish the legacy, and a world tour is planned for this spring. But even if his comeback disintegrates tomorrow, Otis insists he'll never stop making music.
"I always wanted another record deal. I never ran from the music," he says, making rare square eye contact. "Rolling Stone magazine said I retired at 22. That pissed me off when I read that. I couldn't believe it. I said, 'Who is writing this and why?' Is it my fault that I retired because I can't get a record deal? I will never retire. Put that down. I'm never retiring. I'm a musician, and musicians can't retire."
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Grits, that wonderful corn dish so loved and revered in the southern states of our fair country, have traditionally been served for breakfast.
But with this recipe you'll want to serve them up with dinner. Most of us here in the north have at least heard of grits, and many of you out there have even tried them. But you've never had them like this.
Grits are made from corn, or ground hominy. The hull and germ of the corn kernel is removed leaving the hominy. Today this is done by machine, but in the past the corn was soaked in an alkaline solution, such as lye or lime, (not the citrus variety), to loosen the hull for easy removal. The resulting hominy is then ground to different sizes, coarse, medium or fine and boiled in a large amount of liquid, then drained and dried, like pre-cooked oatmeal.
The grits are now partially cooked like quick oats. These "quick" versions of oats I do not recommend, but the "quick" version of grits works out just fine. They have a very delicate, even creamy texture to them and cooked in this recipe they will be a heavenly addition to any meal, breakfast, lunch or dinner.
One of the keys of this recipe is to stir constantly while slowly adding the grits, just like you would do in making polenta, (also a corn dish). In this fashion you will avoid the product clumping together and forming unwanted lumps. So, give this a try and invite me to dinner at your house!
Creamy and Smooth Grits
Serves 6
1 Tbl unsalted butter1 cloves garlic, crushed2 cups low sodium chicken broth, Swanson's organic is best1 cup whole milk1 cup heavy cream1 cup quick grits Salt and ground white pepper to taste (optional) Hot pepper sauce like Tabasco to taste 1/2 cup parmigiano reggiano, grated
Melt butter in sauce pan large enough to comfortably hold all the ingredients. Add garlic and cook until softened and fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute, (do not brown garlic).Add broth, milk and cream, increase heat to medium high and bring to a simmer.
Reduce heat to low and very slowly pour in the grits stirring constantly. Bring to a low and slow simmer and cook for 8 to 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add hot pepper sauce, salt and white pepper to taste. If using the grated parmigiano reggiano stir in at the end.
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I am planning an addition off the back of the house, and with the new bathroom there is an issue of the drainage being lower than the existing sewage line in the front of the house. Other than running the drainage down the outside of the house to tie-into the lowest point close to the street (which is about 150 feet) and ripping up the concrete along the side, is there another more reasonable alternative in terms of cost?
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double bedroom near Tower bridge
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The area is perfectly located if you want to visit the city of London.Just a short walk from the Bermondsey tube station on the Jubilee line which is only few stops from the main attractions of the city. The bus stop is a very short walk too.
There are many restaurants and supermarkets in the area.
The house has recently been refurbished, all rooms and bathrooms are very clean and tidy. (There are two shared bathrooms)
The bedrooms are charming and comfortable.
The Room Facilities include:
-Free Wi Fi internet connection
-Hand soap, toothpaste, shower gel and shampoo provided
-Bed linen,Towel
-Hair Dryer
Bermondsey is one of London's most exciting neighborhoods, with world-class art galleries and museums, including the Design Museum, the Fashion and Textiles Museum, and the White Cube art gallery. There are also many awesome boutiques and gifts stores, and the world-famous Bermondsey Antiques Market is every Friday.
There are some incredible restaurants and bars, and London's most delicious organic farmers markets are near: Borough Market and Maltby Street Food Market.
A lot of sight seeing is close to the house ; Tower Bridge (walking distance), Tower of London, City hall, The London Dungeon, the Tate Modern, St Paul's Cathedral, the Shard, etc.
ALL London attractions are very easy to access.
The area has everything you need in walking distance: Southwark park, restaurants, cinema and the Surrey Quays shopping centre.
By taking the tube from the Bermondsey tube station (approximately 3minutes walk from the house) you will easily reach the main attractions of the city.
Jubilee Line connects to West End, Bond street (Oxford street),
Westminster, Waterloo, Canary Wharf , O2 and Stratford etc
Buses are well connected to main attractions too. Route 188 connects to Waterloo, Holborn/Covent Garden, Greenwich, British museum.
Route 47 connects to Liverpool street station (where you can take the train to the Stansted airport), City hall etc.
Route 381 connects to Waterloo.
(bus station is a 2 minutes walk from the house).
Enjoy your stay! Hope to see you soon!
-Sunday check in is available after 5:30pm.
-Please take off your shoes when entering the property
-No unregistered guest
-Once you come,you will need to give me a £10 deposit for the house key.The deposit will be given back to you when you leave.
-Do not make a loud noise or play music in the house.
-Please do not take a shower after 11pm to 6:30am. Everyone is sleeping.
-You can leave your luggage here before check in and after check out.
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Sunny is a very friendly and gracious host . She warmly welcomed us into her home. The location of the apartment is very central. In 10 minutes you are at the Tower Bridge. The room and bathroom were very clean. The breakfast tasted good. We recommend in any case. And when we are next in London, we will stay again at Sunny.
Thank you for a lovely stay.
Until maybe soon...
Katja and Thomas
My friends and I stayed at one of Sunny's rooms for one week an we really enjoyed our time, especially our daily breakfast, which was so delicious :D Sunny has always been very kind and helpful :)
I can really recommend this accommodation :)
Sunny is a friendly host and she always makes delicious breakfast and is always helpful when you have a question. I'd recommend others to stay at her place as it is always clean and guest friendly.
Perfect place go stay. Super clean, super breakfast and Sunny is very welcoming. I highly recommend this place. Two minutes by walk from the subway, and grom great places to visit.
We have spent a very nice weekend in the house of Sunny, she was very nice with us from the beginning of the reservation. The house is very very clean and all is well organized. She has cooked each morning for us a very good breakfast.
The house is at 2min by walk from a metro station, and 10min by walk from the London bridge. Very good placed.
The perfect option to spend a nice stay in London. 100% recommendable
I was having a really2 wonderful moment at sunny's place. She is a very friendly lovely host who always willing to help me and my family. The place is super duper clean and just been refurbished and i love the decoration of that place too!
I can guarantee anyone that choose her apartment will has a nice cosy stay while you are travelling at london.
Futhermore i love the neighborhood thats seems like very english and clean.
I will suggest whoever who would like to stay at her place to choose underground train since the station is just about five minutes walk from her place..
Looking forward to be at that place again!
Die Unterkunft war OK, die Wohnung lag optimal zur U-Bahn. Das Zimmer und die Bäder waren sehr sauber.
Die Gastgeber waren zuvorkommend und freundlich.
Einziger Kritikpunkt, war die vorgegebene- und sehr kurze Frühstückszeit, damit alle Gäste in der kleinen Küche essen konnten.
nous avons été trés bien reçu, la disponibilité de Sunny est irréprochable, appartement trés propre, la literie est niquel ainsi que la salle de bain, le petit déjeuner copieux. La maison se trouve à 5 mn a pied de la station de Bermondsey et à 15 mn de Piccadilly par le tube et a 15 mn en ligne direct de statford station. Le pub au coin de la rue est très accueillant. Supermarché à proximité ouvert jusqu'à 23 heures.
On reviendra!
Un accueil décevant, froid et professionnel, et trop de règles strictes sont imposées dès l'arrivée. La chambre est sobre et propre. Utilisation de la cuisine impossible, c'est un peu dommage dans un quartier où il n'y a aucun restaurant.
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Hi, I'm cristinaarecha.
I'm a mentor in Caribbean
I'm from Los Angeles, Ca
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My Caribbean Corner
Why I want to be mentor in this category:
I was surprised that there was not a sub category for Cuban cuisine. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had something important to contribute.
What inspires me in this category:
Cuban cooking is food for the soul. Fo me, it brings back wonderful memories of days spent with my two 'Abuelas' in their respective kitchens. I see many 'new' Cuban recipes published, but rarely see the true tradition Cuban home cooking that made the cuisine so popular.
I started cooking Cuban food when I was a little girl in my grandmothers kitchens. They were both accomplished cooks and taught me everything about traditional Cuban cooking.
Biggest Lesson Learned:
Patience and perseverance are the two most important qualities to possess. This is true in and out of the kitchen.
Books, classes, teachers that have helped me:
My Abuela's and my mother were my best teachers. The cookbooks I have are their hand written recipes, some of which date back over 100 years!
Education, Awards, Pro Experience:
I owned my own Catering company for many years. I sold the business and now enjoy cooking for pleasure rather than for income.
My Tips:
- A good 'mojo' recipe is worth it's weight in gold in Cuban cooking.