Friday, October 31, 2008

Fwd: A classic article from Envoy Magazine by Brian Saint-Paul -- Smashing Pumpkins



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Mallon
Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Subject: A classic article from Envoy Magazine by Brian Saint-Paul: "Smashing Pumpkins"

Dear Friends,

I'd like to bring to your attention a fascinating piece on the history of Halloween by my friend Brian Saint-Paul of Inside Catholic (http://insidecatholic.com). The article appeared in Envoy magazine.

A classic article from Envoy Magazine by Brian Saint-Paul: "Smashing Pumpkins"  http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.5/story1.html <http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.5/story1.html>

Be sure also to download the Envoy Institute Catholic Election Special Catholic Voting & the "Seamless Garment" Theory, and spread it around! Get it here:

http://alumni.belmontabbeycollege.edu/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=2161&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&JServSessionIdr001=oncbqy0kk2.app13b
 
 
God Bless,
John

http://johnmallon.net

MORE CENSORSHIP??

Obama Payback Time?

URGENT: Reporters from three major newspapers that endorsed John McCain for president reportedly booted from Obama plane for duration of campaign

YOU DECIDE: Is Obama Campaign Being Unfair?
Washington Times Gets Heeve-Ho
Drudge: McCain Endorsing Papers Targeted

UNBELIEVABLE! Barbara West and her station are banned from any interviews, and now three papers are booted from the plane?? WOW... and people think that this man is NOT someone to be cautious about??

Wow.... I am speechless!

God bless!


Thursday, October 30, 2008

A Wisconsin Right to Life E-Cards from WI Catholic

Dear WI Catholic Readers,

WI Catholic has sent you 4 Wisconsin Right to Life Political Action Committee PAC E-Cards.

To view your E-Cards, click on the following links:


http://www.wrtl.org/pac_ecard/?view=1

http://www.wrtl.org/pac_ecard/?view=2

http://www.wrtl.org/pac_ecard/?view=3

http://www.wrtl.org/pac_ecard/?view=4


We invite you to visit the Wisconsin Right to Life website and send your own PAC E-Card at:
http://www.WisconsinRightToLife.org/pac_ecard/

For over 40 years, Wisconsin Right to Life has been 100% committed to saving lives. The vision of Wisconsin Right to Life is to touch hearts and minds so that all will cherish human life. Each day we work to create a society in which every person's right to life is secure. You can donate online now at: http://www.WisconsinRightToLife.org/donate

--------------------------------------------
WI Catholic requested that we send this e-mail. Authorized and paid for by the Wisconsin Right to Life Federal PAC, Rick Fox Treasurer. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. If you have questions about WisconsinRightToLife.org, please visit our website at http://www.WisconsinRightToLife.org

Wisconsin Right to Life
10625 W. North Ave. Suite LL
Milwaukee, WI 53226-2331

Thoene Blog

I was going to pair the email with the blog entry, but found that would take too long, and would make this entry also too long. For anyone who would want to know the email that came with the blog entry, I have them in my archives at my email.

I have taken all of October's and a few of September's and put them in order, so you can read them in order, or just select the one you are interested in. Any of them will take you to the Thoene Blog, where you can continue on to read without returning here.

God bless!

9/3/2008 - Bodie Thoene

9/5/2008 - Luke and Sarah Thoene

9/18/2008 - Lori Kalner

9/24/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

9/25/2008 - Bodie Thoene

9/28/2008 - Bodie Thoene

9/20/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/1/2008 - Lori Kalner

10/2/2008 - Brock & Bodie Thoene

10/3/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/4/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/5/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/8/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/10/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/11/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/12/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/15/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/16/2008 - Bodie and Brock Thoene

10/17/2008 - Brock Thoene

10/17/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/18/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/19/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/22/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/23/2008 - Bodie Thoene

10/26/2008 - Brock and Bodie Thoene

10/28/2008 - Brock Thoene

10/29/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene

10/30/2008 - Bodie & Brock Thoene




The National Republican Trust P A C Ads

I just learned when visiting youtube that these did not go through when I sent them from that site directly. Wonder why? There are about six others that did not go through also over the past few months.

The National Republican Trust Political Action Committee









Latest News:



"Always remember that you are Americans, and it is your birthright to dream great dreams in this sweet and blessed land, truly the greatest, freest, strongest nation on Earth." — Ronald Reagan

Message from Joe the Plumber

Not sure how this will turn out, but it is funny, and I have gotten it twice, and wanted to post it. To the cartoonist--VERY good!

God bless!


---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:30 PM


Message from Joe the  P LUMBER 

   







Eleventh Hour Election Alert Parts 1-3 -- Fr Corapi

HT to Bodie for bringing these to my attention! Fr Corapi speaks Truth, and does not mince words.

God bless!

This is parts 1 to 3. Fr. Corapi produced a half hour video today that all Catholics (and Americans) should see. It expounds upon what Bishop Rene H. Gracida just said boldly in a recent radio spot. (He is the Bishop that ordained Fr. Corapi a Deacon).

"This is Bishop Rene H. Gracida, reminding all Catholics that they must vote in this election with an informed conscience. A Catholic cannot be said to have voted in this election with a good conscience if they have voted for a pro-abortion candidate. Barack Hussein Obama is a pro-abortion candidate."










Lord, have Mercy!
Christ, have Mercy!
Lord, have Mercy!

Praying esp for N and others...

God bless!

A Video Message From Father Corapi-Please Pass On

I am passing this message on, and will also be posting the videos here in another entry.

God bless, and thank you, Bodie!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bodie Thoene
Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Subject: A Video Message From Father Corapi-Please Pass On


Never give up!   



Eleventh Hour Election Alert

Please read this and forward to all your loved ones, friends, and anybody who may not understand what is at stake!

Fr. Corapi produced a half hour video today that all Catholics (and Americans) should see. It expounds upon what Bishop Rene H. Gracida just said boldly in a recent radio spot. (He is the Bishop that ordained Fr. Corapi a Deacon).


"This is Bishop Rene H. Gracida, reminding all Catholics that they must vote in this election with an informed conscience. A Catholic cannot be said to have voted in this election with a good conscience if they have voted for a pro-abortion candidate. Barack Hussein Obama is a pro-abortion candidate."


This video is offered for FREE on the internet - no cost, so you have no excuse not to spread the word! There are two ways to view this very powerful Father Corapi video:

  1. For Free: We have posted it in a three part series on YouTube. You can view the YouTube viewing page by clicking here. (does not take you to the YouTube website but is totally FREE)

  2. For Weekly Wisdom users: You can view the entire video in high quality, uninterrupted in full screen by clicking here. (requires Weekly Wisdom subscription)

You can also click here for these instructions on Father Corapi's website.


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

We are NOT a punishment....

POWERFUL!!




Word of caution: There are some graphic pictures in the second half. Use caution around children when viewing.

God bless!!

Barack Obama on the Issues of Importance to Catholics

Passing this on....

---------- Forwarded message ----------


Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Subject: URGENT Memo



Dear CatholicVote.com member,

The following is a summary of the record and policy statements of Senator Barack Obama on the issues of life and marriage. Because we are sponsored by a 501c3 nonprofit organization, we are not permitted to endorse or advocate for or against a candidate.

We can however provide you with a candidate's record on the issues. Therefore, we present you with the following facts for your use to educate voters on the candidates and the teaching of the Church in these critical days prior to November 4.

The election is likely to be a subject of the homily for your parish priest this weekend. We encourage you to share this information with your priest soon so he can consider mentioning this information from the pulpit.

Make sure to pass along this information to your friends and family, too. Let's have an informed electorate on Tuesday.

We also have this Urgent Memo available online in flyer format for easy download so you can print it out and distribute this weekend. Download the flyer here: http://tinyurl.com/5a7mop

 

URGENT MEMO 

TO:  American Catholics

FROM: CatholicVote.com

RE:  Barack Obama on the Issues of Importance to Catholics

 

1.  Obama is undecided on whether life begins at conception - Saddleback Church Forum Aug 16th, 2008. Obama voted against born alive protections for abortion survivors four times, and voted against a ban on partial-birth abortion in the Illinois state senate

SOURCES: http://www.bornalivetruth.org
Audacity of Hope written by Barack Obama 
 

2.  Obama has pledged to Planned Parenthood to sign The Freedom of Choice Act, a law which would cancel every state, federal, and local regulation of abortion, no matter how modest or reasonable.  It would even abolish all state restrictions on government funding for abortions.  Catholics that pay income tax will be paying an abortionist to perform an abortion. It would also abolish state laws that protect Catholic doctors and nurses from losing their jobs if they refuse to participate in abortions.  It would abolish requirements for parental notification and informed consent for mothers who consider the procedure. – Obama speech to Planned Parenthood, July 17, 2007
He is endorsed by pro-Abortion industry leader Planned Parenthood and has a 100% NARAL voting record. - 

SOURCES: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/campaigns/barack-obama-endorsement-111.htm
http://www.naral.org/elections/statements/obama.html
 

3.  Obama would repeal the Mexico City policy, which bars federal funding for international nongovernmental organizations involved in abortion-related services and would pit the US against the Vatican on the international fight against abortion.

SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
 

4.  He strongly supports the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion rights and says he will oppose any constitutional measure to overturn it. - 

SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php 
 

5.  Obama has pledged to choose Justices with a Pro Abortion agenda and he voted against Roberts and Alito.
 
SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php


6.  Obama voted no on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions and prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. 

SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php 
 
 
7.  Obama supports the destruction of embryos for experimentation and voted to expand research to more embryonic stem cell lines.
 
SOURCE: http://obama.senate.gov/press/070411-obama_renews_su/ 
 

8.  He voted yes on $100M to fund contraceptives for teens and sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women.
 
SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php


9.  Voted no on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP a program that gives funds to states in order to provide health insurance to families with children.
 
SOURCE: http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/15942


10.  He opposed the federal marriage amendment in 2006 and also favors repealing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which gives a state the right not to recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state.  
 
SOURCE: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080719_6257.php
 

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A National Plan for the Defense of Marriage -- Defending Our Father’s House

EXCERPTS from the Letter sent today (colored highlights and underlined portions done by this writer) :
A National Plan for the Defense of Marriage -- Defending Our Father’s House

At this time, we are witnessing the "most expensive social-issue election in the history of the country" in which the forces supporting a redefinition of marriage have invested millions of dollars in "mammon" to defeat California's Proposition 8. "Marriage" is facing the firing squad and soon it will be too late.

The "execution" began in 1969, when California wiped out over one hundred years of legal protections encoded in the law, in particular, "adultery," as a ground for divorce. Now, any married person can sever his or her marital ties in California because no legal basis is needed. Divorce has become an "at-will" option which puts traditional marriage in the same category as same-sex "marriage" – marriage no longer has any real meaning.

Adultery as defined in Black's Law Dictionary is "sexual intercourse" which would not include the intimate activities of same-sex couples. Therefore, by eliminating this ground, marriage became neutral territory, opening the door to other dyadic options. When we only address one part of the defense of marriage, we are doing an incomplete job. That is why we feel such a great urgency to meet with you and present this fuller picture of what the defense of marriage must mean.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Our Lord said, "And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand." The fool is our own American Bar Association (ABA) that undermined the Institution of Marriage in such a fundamental way that it opened the door to what is happening now. The time has come to address this other part of marriage "defense", beginning with calling to account the Catholic attorneys who earn a living destroying families by day and on Sundays show up to offer the sign of Peace and to receive Holy Communion.


In 1858, lawyer and faithful Bible scholar, Abraham Lincoln, addressed his supporters, quoting Mark 3:25

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

In his prophetic wisdom, our 16th President looked out at America and saw it divided over the issue of slavery. Some Americans wanted to maintain the institution of slavery for financial gain and some found it morally reprehensible.

At issue was fidelity to the Founding Values of our Nation, and Lincoln's deft use of language and subliminal inference directed the listener to the words of Jesus. His speech addressed the incongruities of slavery by saying that Americans could not serve both God and mammon, but needed to decide which it would be – a nation of free people, or one allowing slavery.

He saw a fundamental injustice in letting each state decide for or against slavery while his opposition defended the right to own slaves as a "sacred" right. Using this very same argument, on October 10, 2008 the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a "sacred" right.

Again, as it was for Our Savior Jesus Christ and for his beloved Apostle Paul, the issue was the law, with the machinations of men ruling over the natural laws of the Creator, Our Father. Abraham Lincoln twice faced former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Stephen A. Douglas - in the 1858 Illinois Senate race he lost and again in the 1860 presidential race in which he finally prevailed. Then as now it was a contest between fidelity and brokenness.

The Connecticut Supreme Court Justices' language spoke of marriage in the highest regard for many reasons, recognizing it's historical contributions to mankind and acknowledging it as a fundamental liberty right, essential to the pursuit of happiness. For these reasons, they claimed that the rights of marriage could not be denied to same-sex couples.

Nowhere in this decision did anyone address the rights of children, vulnerable human beings entering the world through the miracle of life, the very purpose and fruit of marriage, to be safeguarded in their lives and development, to be loved and nurtured by their two complementary parents who conceived them through
their act of procreation.



Here again, judges were denying any debt to the Creator, defying nature, and basing their arguments on relativistic rights that uphold the narcissistic urges of individuals over the natural justice owed to other stakeholders in the institution of marriage. For though many in this country may deny the existence of a God, a just society must, at the very least, function as if God does indeed exist, because so many of its citizens live their lives with a fundamental belief in God.

Lincoln knew exactly what he wanted to communicate for the historical record. The "scribes" – the lawyers of the day – accused Christ of being possessed by the Lord of Evil, Beelzebub, for his faithfulness to God in loving his fellow man. Christ asked, "How can Satan drive out Satan?" Now the guardians of the law – our judges – would convince us there is justice in violating natural law, because they argue that marriage is sacred for homosexual men and women, even though they can never conceive children naturally.

Do you know the story of how, between 1965 and 1973, the "guardians of our laws" met in the shadows and conspired to find a way to remove all of the traditional safeguards from marriage: the one-man / one-woman relationship that originated in Genesis some 3500 years ago? In violation of the guarantees promised in our U.S. Constitution, the ABA undermined the institution of marriage, replacing it with the institution of divorce, never for a moment considering the sacredness of what they were destroying, nor the impact it would have on children for years to come. In fact, divorce and abortion are similar in that the children have no voice.

In 1858, Lincoln was describing a House that divided North against South, but today, America's new 'civil war' places the fault line between female and male, both outside and within the home, tearing the heart out of the one-flesh union. Surely, a nation founded on institutional infidelity such as practiced by the Bar, can only collapse and be completely ruined when the rain falls and the floods come.

The marriage crisis today is far greater than the challenge pressed by homosexuals who want to be allowed to 'marry.' For the survival of the Roman Catholic Church, the demise of marriage is a far worse scandal than the early homosexual / pedophile tragedy that nearly brought down our beloved Church.

When members of the Bar maneuvered No-Fault Divorce into every state in the Union they extinguished over 100 years of safeguards without holding any public hearings or giving consideration to the long-term ramifications upon the Rule of Law, upon the guarantees provided by the US Constitution, upon the unalienable
rights endowed by the Creator, upon the economy and security of the nation, and most poignantly upon this nation's children.


Since that time, more than 43 million 'dissolutions of marriage' have been granted, with many millions of them Catholic marriages. Over 30 million children are casualties of unilateral, state-imposed, divorce-ondemand and many millions more of out-of-wedlock births. This is a tragedy of historic, mass injustice, tightly
and purposefully intertwined with the injustice of abortion
that has resulted in 50 million nascent lives sacrificed.

The time has come to expose this holocaust so that our families, communities, and nation will finally see what was done. It is time to begin the care and protection of marriage and family in a renewal that can dramatically surpass that which existed before.

Read the letter in its entirety AND PASS IT ON~~

Letter mailed to 50 Shepherds of the Church today...Nat'l Plan For Defense of Marriage

This needs to be passed on... long, but speaks Truth about the basis on our struggles today... esp on page 5 of the letter.

God bless!

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Subject: Letter mailed to 50 Shepherds of the Church today... with link to full letter below



H.E. Francis Cardinal George of Chicago

President of the Bishops Conference

Your Eminence:

At this time, we are witnessing the "most expensive social-issue election in the history of the country" in which the forces supporting a redefinition of marriage have invested millions of dollars in "mammon" to defeat California's Proposition 8. "Marriage is facing the firing squad and soon it will be too late.

The "execution" began in 1969, when California extinguished over one hundred years of legal protections encoded in the law, in particular, "adultery" as a ground for divorce. Now, any married person can sever his or her marital ties in California because no legal basis is needed....

Defending Our Father's House has a plan to "establish the legal and institutional integrity of marriage and family"...

Our Letter to 50 Shepherds of the Church provides further details....

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

MONIALES OP ~ Dominican Nuns: One Baby One Vote!

MONIALES OP ~ Dominican Nuns: One Baby One Vote!

Prayers asked on Sunday, Nov 2, 2008 @ 2PM CST. Visit the website for more information....

www.onebabyonevote.com

HT to Grace, who pointed me to this.

God bless!!

Gianna Jessen -- Second Ad Released

Gianna Jessen IS a survivor of a failed abortion attempt, and is a living statement that it is not a 'fetus', but a BABY in the womb. She would not be here today had someone not acted after she was born alive. I have written about her many times here, and met her with my children when she was 14 yrs old in Wausau, WI, just as she was starting to speak about her survival, and sing.
To find those others, use the search in the upper left hand corner to search this blog for Gianna Jessen.

Gianna had done an ad that was mocked by Obama's campaign, impugning Gianna, and attacking Senator McCain, calling the ad vile, etc...

Gianna's ad was nothing but facts. Records of his voting record were later found and made public, forcing the Obama campaign to stop denying that he had voted against the Born Alive bill in Illinois.

Gianna's first Ad:



You can read about the Obama response at the sites below, and many of them have his response ad incorporated into the article, so I am NOT going to put it here. His ad is the vile one, as the quotes that they took were not even related to Gianna's ad!!

(Many other links are listed on the BornAliveTruth.org website) , as well as listen to an interview Gianna Jessen and Jill Stanek had with Dr Dobson as well:

DEBATE 3: OBAMA’S LIES

If you missed Dr. James Dobson's October 17 interview with
Gianna Jessen and Jill Stanek on his
Focus on the Family radio show, download or listen to it here.



Yesterday, her second ad was released.




Obama on Born Alive.....

HT to Bevy of Go Sarah Go! This speaks for itself.

God bless!

The Last Lecture--a lesson in living

Wow....

I just spent a little under an hour and twenty minutes listening to "The Last Lecture", and as Randy Pausch ended his talk, I was in tears.

Take the time to hear him, and then pass it on... and God bless!




Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.

May he rest in peace.


Fwd: No further explanation needed

Can you say ... socialism?

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Date: 2008/10/28
Subject: No further explanation needed




Day 2 Novena to Our Lady of Victory

Reminder for Day TWO of the Novena to Our Lady of Victory that Fr Corapi has called us to , as well as Catholic Vote.com and others....


From Fr Corapi:

A Call for a Rosary Novena

No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.

I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that God’s will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the right to choose to murder an innocent human being.

Click here to download a PDF copy of Father's entire article (1 page) to email, link and distribute freely.


Remember to Start The Rosary Novena Today! (NOTE FROM WI Catholic--the Novena began yesterday... )

This particular novena is to pray the Rosary (5 decades) beginning October 27-November 4 (9 days) that God's will be done in the election for President of the United States of America, and that the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from the barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. (see below if you haven't read about the novena yet).

If you are reading this after October 27th, just start praying the rosary for the cause anyway, every prayer will help!

And again, EWTN has a prayer for the election that can be added to your prayers

AN ELECTION PRAYER TO MARY


O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time, we entrust the United States of America to your loving care.

Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection.

Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that accompany human freedom.
Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that God's law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and the strength to build a new Culture of Life.

Peace and justice

Interesting quote showed up on my gmail this morning.

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin."


Think about it for awhile.

God bless!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Join me tonight...CatholicVote.com

Reminder for Nine Days of Prayer, today until Election Day...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Burch, CatholicVote.com
Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Subject: Join me tonight...

Dear CatholicVote.com Member,

Given that Election Day is now only 9 days away, we wanted to deliver the following important message with two specific action items:

First, today marks the first day of our nine day prayer campaign.  We suggested last week that every subscriber consider joining in prayer every night until Election Day at 9 PM.

But don't stop there.  Many opportunities exist to pray, including the Novena to Our Lady of Victory, FastforHope.com, and the prayers available at CatholicVote.com.  Whatever you do, please remember to pray, even for a few seconds.  Petition Our Lord to bless our country during this hour of need.

Second, all members of CatholicVote.com are invited to participate in a national teleconference hosted by Fr. Frank Pavone and Priests for Life tonight at 9 PM EST.

As President of CatholicVote.com, I've been invited to participate briefly in this important call, and would like to encourage every CatholicVote.com subscriber to listen in.

Fr. Frank Pavone's teleseminar is tonight from 9-10pm ET (8 to 9 Central, 7 to 8 Mountain, 6 to 7 Pacific Time), followed by an hour of question and answer from 10-11pm ET. To sign up, just go to www.priestsforlife.org/conferencecall/index.aspx.  Concrete guidance will be given for individual action, action by organizations large and small, and action by churches.

Also participating in teleconference tonight is David Barton, President and Founder of Wallbuilders, Hollywood producer and writer Jonathan Flora, and Dr. Paul Schenck of the National Pro-Life Action Center.

Finally, we thought you would like to know that CatholicVote.com passed 3 million visitors over the weekend. Together, we are making a big difference!

Sincerely,

Brian Burch, President of CatholicVote.com


Proof Beyond a Shadow of doubt -- Shoebat Foundation

This came in just under an hour ago. It is time to stop listening to his surrogates, polls, etc, and listen to his words. The entire interview is from Jan. 18, 2001, and can be found here:

http://www.wbez.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp#010118

If that does not work, take off the characters from the # sign on, and then go to the 18th on the calendar.
God bless!


----Original message---
Friends

Obama has admited publicly in a 2001 on Chicago PBR that he belives the US constitution only deals with negatives when it comes to freedoms and does not deal with what the governemt needs to "DO FOR YOU." A code for socialist marxiist ideals. He was talking about the civil rights movement but it is in perfect context of what this man belives. So if he is president and swears to uphold the US constitution he is actually lieing under oath at his possible swearing in ceremony.

In the same interview he talks about redistribution of wealth.

Obama as a member of Jeremiah Wright's church for twenty years, which espouses Black Liberation Theology which is a marxist revolutionary interpretation of the bible. If you do not believe us please research it yourselves. Obama wrote a book inspired by Jeremiah Wright, wrote a positive blurb for William Ayers book. What other evidence do we need as to prove Obama is not what he is saying as a "centrist" democratic candidate.

For those interested in hearing the truth right from Obama's own mouth here is the link to hear the interview.




(embedded by WI Catholic)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

Our freedoms are in danger, our country is in danger from within, Israel is in mortal danger, make your vote count on Nov 4th even if Obama's ACORN is trying to undermine it.

Keith Davies
Director of Walid Shoebat Fdn

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Open Letter to Nation's Sportsmen Regarding Obama's History in the Illinois Senate

So the ads yesterday and today have been trying to convince me that Obama supports the Second Amendment Rights that our Founding Fathers gave us, huh?

He sounds oh, so... convincing in that short blurb on the air... but then, you read something like this....or you listen to the interview below...

Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson Issues Open Letter to Nation's Sportsmen Regarding Obama's History in the Illinois Senate


CHICAGO, Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is the text of an open letter to the nation's hunters and sportsmen issued today by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson:

Fellow Sportsman,

Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state capitol as the chief lobbyist for the Illinois State Rifle Association.

I lobbied Barack Obama extensively while he was an Illinois State Senator. As a result of that experience, I know Obama's attitudes toward guns and gun owners better than anyone. The truth be told, in all my years in the Capitol I have never met a legislator who harbors more contempt for the law-abiding firearm owner than does Barack Obama.

Although Obama claims to be an advocate for the 2nd Amendment, his voting record in the Illinois Senate paints a very different picture. While a state senator, Obama voted for a bill that would ban nearly every hunting rifle, shotgun and target rifle owned by Illinois citizens. That same bill would authorize the state police to raid homes of gun owners to forcibly confiscate banned guns. Obama supported a bill that would shut down law-abiding firearm manufacturers including Springfield Armory, Armalite, Rock River Arms and Les Baer. Obama also voted for a bill that would prohibit law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one gun per month.
Without a doubt, Barack Obama has proven himself to be an enemy of the law abiding firearm owner. At the same time, Obama has proven himself to be a friend to the hardened criminal. While a state senator, Obama voted 4 times against legislation that would allow a homeowner to use a firearm in defense of home and family.

Does Barack Obama still sound to you like a "friend" of the law-abiding gun owner?

Read the rest here. HT to my Uncle and Cousin


Barack Obama's Gun Record - Richard Pearson interviewed by Dave Kopel

Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association joins Dave Kopel to discuss Obama's gun record. Obama has been paying lip service to how he supports sportsmen and gun rights, but what does his voting record actually say? Tune in to find out!

Listen to the podcast at iVoices.org dated 10/15/08

Posted Wed Oct 22 09:35:14 CDT 2008 at http://www.isra.org

Nothing to worry about? Ask Joe the Plumber and Barbara West

I really have to say that the longer I hear Biden talk, the more I am convinced that Lori Kalner's warning to us is one that we need to hear, and need to heed. The same goes for Obama and their 'spinners'--

When a UNITED STATES CITIZEN asks a question that is a real concern of his, and gets a response that is as flabbergasting as the one that "Joe the Plumber" got from Obama, it is newsworthy. Obama's answer was not as guarded as are his speeches, because HE went out to the public, where HE had no control over what was going to be asked/answered. No script. No teleprompter. No one sitting in the wings whispering into his ear.



The man answered the question Joe asked, and HE is the one who should be looked into for his answer, NOT Joe the Plumber! His answer IS one that a Socialist would give...

Instead, they went after the questioner. NOW we even have reports of the use of government computers to get information on him??

The video HTML didn't work, but you can view it here.

But that one alone, though it worried me, did NOT concern me as much as the response to Barbara West's interview with Joe Biden! She did the job that a journalist is SUPPOSED to do! She asked probing questions on things that ARE bothersome, and DO NEED ANSWERS! She, as a member of a FREE PRESS is duty-bound to ask hard questions when answers are not apparent. The reaction that Biden had, trying to minimize her, and obviously angry, is telling enough. But the reaction that the campaign had, the notice sent out calling her unprofessional for DOING HER JOB makes me cringe even more...for if Obama/Biden get into power, with the Democratic Legislature to back them...what can not only the PRESS, but INDIVIDUALS who ask questions expect to happen?

Joe the Plumber is only one citizen. Barbara West is a professional reporter who has had years of experience, including working with Peter Jennings.

To see that interview, go here

When anyone tries to shut down hard questions that really do matter, but that they do not agree with in a political campaign, it bears concern.

This IS what they did in Germany, and in every other country with totalitarian leadership (aka dictators).

Our FREE PRESS has not been doing its job for a long time. Instead, they have been feeding us pablum, feeding us soundbytes, feeding us opinion dressed as news, feeding us biased reporting.

Pray for Barabara West, and watch what more the left will do to her and others who speak out against what THEY perceive to be... good for us to know.

Pray for US (as in us and the US) as well!

God bless!

A Call for a Rosary Novena By Fr. John Corapi

A Call for a Rosary Novena

By Fr. John Corapi

www.fathercorapi.com

Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our
Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive
times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date
of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces
against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter's Square in
Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to
Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual
battles require spiritual weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the
spiritual order—a true battle between good and evil.

Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light
and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the
United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of
God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate
demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception.
This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic
in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in
the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn
children.

No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for
voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human
life that is abortion.

I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory
between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that God's will be done and the
most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this
barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the
right to choose to murder an innocent human being.

May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in
accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote that well‐formed Catholic conscience.

Please copy, email, link and distribute this article freely.

God Bless You

Fr. John Corapi

www.fathercorapi.com


Note from WI Catholic
EWTN has a prayer for the election that can be added to your prayers:





AN ELECTION PRAYER TO MARY


O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time, we entrust the United States of America to your loving care.

Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection.

Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that accompany human freedom.
Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that God's law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and the strength to build a new Culture of Life.