tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63309052011-04-25T10:50:12.103-04:00My personal space to discuss religion, baseball and politicsPaul Smith Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05544231455809008497noreply@blogger.comBlogger19511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6330905.post-1151717879749354842006-06-30T21:36:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:38:00.000-04:00

I've got a new home page for blogging. You can see me at Gazizza.net. So far, you can read my review of Superman Returns there. More will come.

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According to the linked article, the creators of Superman conciously created his back story and motivations to make reflect the Jewish experience in America.I still believe he fits the Christ story even better, which Superman Returns really plays up.Link via The Corner.

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Hilarious video. Not for all tastes, though.Link via The Corner.

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Go see it. Go see it now! Freakin' great movie.

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Canon lawyer Ed Peters defends latae sententiae excommunication for embryonic stem-cell research (discussed here yesterday) as flowing from the historical development and understanding of canon law.Hat Tip: Mark Shea

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And Alabama rejoices!

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Ah, yes, the need to distinguish between public and private. It’s a familiar observation, but I’m not sure I understand it.Nearly every examination of a historical figure ends up looking intensely at his home life and seeing how it influenced his public actions, whether it’s Pontius Pilate and his wife or Warren Harding’s scandalous presidency. Historians know: There is no great divide between

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New Blog. Check it out!

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Scientists who conduct research involving the destruction of human embryos are subject to excommunication, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family has warned.This is only right; research on embryos kill a living human person.UPDATE: The Curt Jester makes an amusing point as to why Catholic politicians who promote laws that endorse or allow embryonic stem-cell research or abortion

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"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." —Joseph Story "Our country offers the most wonderful example of democratic government on a giant scale that the world has

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I've always assumed he'd die. Given the link that exists between Harry and Voldemort, it made sense to me that perhaps one can't die without the other dying as well.Mark Shea argues that Harry is a Christological figure and therefore he will die and rise again. I don't know that I buy that. I've never seen Harry as Christ, and don't really get how he is a figure of Him.

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I have never understood the rationale behind needle exchange programs. "I'm intending to an illegal, immoral and harmful thing to myself. I think you, a law-abiding moral person should be drawn into my depravity by being forced to pay for some of my expense."We're supposed to do this to reduce the spread of AIDS. But making it easier for people to have drug habits will just lead to more people

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Unfortunately not permanently. The flood wasn't big enough for that.

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"A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate." —Thomas Jefferson "One of these days they are going to remove so much of the 'hooey' and the thousands of things the schools have become clogged up with, and we will find that we can educate our broods for about one-tenth of the price and learn 'em something that they might

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Mark Levin makes a good point:Does the First Amendment prohibit states and localities from outlawing flag burning? The Supreme Court says it does. Does the First Amendment prohibit states and localities from outlawing cross-burning? The Supreme Court says it does not. Will those who oppose a constitutional amendment outlawing flag burning in the name of free speech propose a constitutional

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Today opponents of the new translation cite concern over the effects the changes will have on congregations, which have grown accustomed to ICEL's old renderings. While change can certainly be destabilizing, there is a difference between changing in order to move away from tradition and changing in order to return to it. And it is odd for those who pushed for a radical shift in 1970 to be now

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Freedom is my anti-gov!

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It has occurred to me that both parties increasingly dislike their bases, but for different reasons and to different degrees. By both parties I mean the leaders and representatives of the Democrats and Republicans in Washington. I believe I correctly observe that they feel an increasing intellectual estrangement from and impatience with the activists who people their base of support....In the

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"Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being." —Lord Acton "Most of the work of government does not need to be done. And, if you can remember that, if we could all remember that, this country would be better off." —Lyn Nofziger "We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected

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1968 Through legislation signed by Governor Charles Terry, tavern patrons were allowed to stand up to a bar and drink alcohol.That's amazing to me. So were barstools in existance or did people have to sit only at tables? What was it like before this?

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Amy Welborn does her usual insightful job discussing the issue of whether Catholic pro-abortion politicians should be denied Holy Communion. I've argued in the past that they should. For example, Senator Biden has been staunchly pro-abortion pretty much his entire career. Persuasion and cajoling haven't worked; he knows the Church's teaching on abortion and the sacredness of the Blessed Sacrament

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The Peanuts gang dancing to "Hey Ya" by Outkast.Absolutely brilliant.Hat Tip: The Corner.

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"An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others." —James Madison "There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth,

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The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new constitutional challenges to lethal injection, the method used by most states and the federal government to execute death row inmates.In an unanimous decision, the court allowed those condemned to die to make last-minute claims that the chemicals used are too painful _ and therefore amount to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the

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I was just sent this via email:I assume many of you haven't seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up...Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all

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A high school classmate was ordained a deacon in the Legionaries of Christ a few days ago. (Article in the link above.) That's him receiving the Gospel in the picture towards the bottom.

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The term “cafeteria Catholics” has been used over the years by Catholics on the Right to criticize those who pick and choose among the Church’s teachings on issues such as abortion, birth control, divorce, women priests and homosexuality.But I have noticed a new trend: Catholics on the political Left are now using the term as well. They apply it to conservative Catholics who refuse to toe the

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Interesting review of national league franchises historical performance and their overall record. Some surprises. Would you believe the Cubs and Pirates have winning records through their history, and the Braves a losing record (they were awful when they were in Boston)?The Phillies? Well, they've historically phloundered, being the most games under .500 of any major league team: Philadelphia

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This is cool. The Federalist Papers online. Maybe now I'll finally get back to reading them again.

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This guy's either nuts or got a great sense of humor. (I'm betting it's the latter.) Either way, I want him in Congress.

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Jonah Goldberg had a good post on why democracy should not necessarily be our goal in Iraq. As he points out, democracy does not necessarily mean freedom. History is full of examples of democracies gone bad, Germany prior to Hitler's ascension being the most prominent example.He argues instead for liberalism, in the classic sense of the word, not the modern perverted meaning. How we mean

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I think this a good look at "ex-gay" ministries: they can help some people, but they're definitely not for everybody. The author is a pretty popular blogger among Cathlic. (I personally don't enjoy her site, but I think it's a style thing. She's very artistic, and that's not me. Hube might like some of her stuff since she's into comic books.)Good read.UPDATE (3:43 PM): Dappled Things has some

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1776 Separation Day: according to the dictates of the Continental Congress, Delaware officially declared itself free of King George III and British control.Once again, Delaware's ahead of the curve. The rest of the country joined us a month later.

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DelaThought posts about an attempt to raise the minimum in Congress. I recall reading about a similar effort here in Delaware, but can't find it right now.When do-gooders were concerned that too many people were enjoying themselves by smoking cigarettes, what was one of their tactics to reduce smoking? Raising the price of cigarettes through special tax increases. Why did they do that? Because

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"Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families." —Benjamin Rush "This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation... Though silent, it

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I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.Take some time at 7 PM tonight to remember our flag and join in the 27th Annual Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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For this post. K-Lo's a sucker for 80s music.Congrats, Hube!

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The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society except their constant criticisms can feel both intellectually and morally superior."We are a nation of immigrants," we are constantly reminded. We are also a nation of people with ten fingers and ten

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“NRO is a frequent stop on my daily news/opinion surf. Its contributors are often linked by other sites I read, from Prof. Reynolds to TPMcafe. Also, I need my Mark Levin, and I read Mark Steyn wherever I find him. Hey, thanks for including BÖC in the Conservative Top 50 and the second tier, and my well wishes to the entire NRO crew.”— Buck Dharma, Blue Öyster Cult He's got a fever, and the only

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"Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors." —Joseph Story "That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot

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Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,God in three persons, blessed Trinity!Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide

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Althought not for a good thing....Richard Brookhiser writes about his book tour: So far the prize for the kookiest state goes to Delaware, where I got one Anti-Masonic question, and one Anti-Catholic question (if those two people had been at the same event, they could have mauled each other). The Founders took it in their stride.I mentioned the anti-Catholic question in my review of that event. I

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University of Delaware Professor Stephen Barr (bio) has an article in this month's issue of Columbia magazine, published by the Knights of Columbus, that deals with the relationship between science and religion. (It's not available online.) To summarize, he points out that there is no conflict between evolution and religion: science tells us how the human body developed (i.e., how God chose to

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Well, not so much current as I finished it earlier today. I just completed "In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig" by Amdrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College. (No relation.) Honestly, I was a little disappointed. Despite the title focusing on Bug Selig, he really doesn't enter into the picture until half way through. The first half of the book

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Yesterday in the News-Journal there were three letters to the editor dealing with "same-sex marriage." (There were two more today, but they're largely the same content wise as yesterday's. I started this yesterday but wasn't able to finish it.) The first one argued the the proposed amendment to the Constitution (defeated the other day) "defines marriage in a narrow-minded and un-American manner."

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This is cool is a completely geeky way.Hat Tip: The Corner.

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Wandering around wikipedia can be interesting because you learn to put names to things you already believe but developed on your own. In some ways it can be very depressing because you learn that "original" ideas you formed all by your lonesome aren't quite as original as you thought. Turns out someone else thought it first. How annoying. Especially since Solomon even beat me to the "somebody has

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It hit me last night that the people who live in the general area between Broom and Scott Streets and 8th and 10th must hate these two weeks of the year. This week, we have the Greek Festival sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. (Just a beautiful Church, by the way. Absolutely what a Church should look like. Some friend and I toured it last night. One of the friends goes there so he

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With a little downtime at work today, I was checking out some local blogs and Liberal Delight seems like an enjoyable, left-of-center blog. Much more thought-out and rational than many of the other liberals in the Delaware blogosphere. Plus, he often comments on the Phightin' Phils. I'll have to check him out more often.

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An anonymous commenter below reminded me about this article which I had meant to blog on before, but Blogger was down. (Today's four days in a row and again while I was writing this originally!) The decision marked "precedential" by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling by U.S. District Judge Kent A. Jordan, dismissing the lawsuit filed by Michele Curay-Cramer against

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DelaThought also had comments on this article, but I wanted to focus on other aspects of it.Do the Kennedys or Rockefellers look any poorer from the existence of a tax first created in 1917? The real people who pay the levy are the thrifty middle class and entrepreneurs who've built up a modest nest egg or business and are hit by a 46% tax rate when they die. Americans want family businesses,

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The Church Fathers had a distinctive approach to youth ministry.Now, don’t jump to conclusions. I haven’t uncovered any evidence that St. Ambrose led teens on ski trips in the nearby Alps. Nor is there anything to suggest that St. Basil sponsored junior-high dances in Pontus. (There’s not even a hint of a pizza party.) In fact, if you check all the documentary evidence from all the ancient

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"Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights." —Benjamin Rush "If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand." —Francis Schaeffer "He who is unaware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge." —Richard Whately "Once the government becomes the supplier

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The Spirit Guides Us!----------------------John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.--------------------The wonderful thing about the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church is simply that he is there. Many people have the notion that the Church's claim to

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Wanted to post this yesterday afternoon, but Blogger was on the fritz. Again.This is a cool image of the letter Eisebhower sent to the troops involved in the D-Day operation. The use of the word Crusade and the request for the blessing of Almighty God would get the ACLU's panties in a bunch nowadays. I love it.

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I finished Impostor By Bruce Bartlett some time last week, and haven't gotten around to blogging on it yet. Subtitled "How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan legacy," It's a scathing attack on Bush's performance on a variety of economic issues. (Bartlett is an economist, so he focuses on what he knows. He also faults him briefly on many other issues, but the thrust of the

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It's officially close. My neighbors started hanging the red, white and green flags all around the block on Sunday. (There's so many of them that when they're flapping in the wind, I think it's raining.) About 10 trucks just drove up my street heading to the Festival lot to set up rides.Next week will be interesting.

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Good article on a lost virtue.The point was better made by a very wise man:We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline.

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Hat Tip: The Corner.

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Sixty-two years ago today, a lage number of teenagers and men in their early 20s, with their whole lives ahead them put everything on the line to defend free nations around the world. A frontal assault on Hitler's "Fortress Europe" that many of these young men knew they would not survive was necessary in order to defeat one of the most evil regimes this world has ever seen, so they pledged their

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Just got around to checking out this site: FounderBlogs.com. It’s a neat idea; to promote his book What Would the Founders Do?, Richard Brookhiser is writing a series of blogs as he thinks the Founding Fathers would have written them.I got back home about an hour ago from the Constitution Center where Brookhiser speaking about his book. (I went to see him last week with Anna Venger and Anonymous

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"The family is the basic unit of our society, the heart of our free democracy... It is a time to recommit ourselves to the concept of the family—a concept that must withstand the trends of lifestyle and legislation. Let us pledge that our institutions and policies will be shaped to enhance an environment in which families can strengthen their ties and best exercise their beliefs, authority, and

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Happy Harry's, a Delaware-based regional drugstore chain, has agreed to a merger with Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drugstore company, the companies announced today...."My father would be proud of the accomplishments we've made and very pleased with today's announcement," said [Happy Harry's chairman and CEO Alan] Levin, who will continue working with Walgreens....Frank Grilli, Walgreens

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Happy Birthday Adam Smith!!While his economic theory is far from complete and error-free, he was still a great leap forward in showing the advantages of the free economy over government planning. Huzzah!

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Today is the 2nd anniversary of the death of ROnald Reagan, 40th President of the United States and architect of the defeat of Communism.May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

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"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform dignified, and commanding; his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting; correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence and virtue always felt his

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...patting myself on the back, but I passed my Ghostbusters post on to the author who wrote the article that inspired it. He thanked me for sending it and called it "great stuff." I assumed he was being polite, but then I got an email from an associate of his who read my blog and called it "very charming."I da man!----------Here's an amusing thing: I just ran Blogger's spellcheck on this post. (

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I can't offer an opinion on the bill discussed in this article since it's a bit of a technical discussion that I am in no way qualified to discuss, but I wanted to commend DNREC Secretary John A Hughes for his following remark about House Majority Leader Wayne Smith:I know Wayne Smith, and he's a true believer. He's not introducing this bill out of some effort to restrain DNREC, he's doing it

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The message here is: trust your instincts — except that there is an alarming exception. For women taking hormone contraceptives, the reverse is true: they prefer men whose MHC genes are similar to their own. Thus, women on the pill risk choosing a mate who is not genetically suitable (best to smell him first and go on the pill afterwards).Once again, we see that birth control can have harmful,

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And the story ends, at least for now, with a phone call Orioles owner Peter Angelos received a few days ago. You'll never guess, the caller said, who is a pretty good college baseball player now, the all-time hits leader at Wesleyan (Conn.) University, an outfielder-third baseman with a decent chance of being drafted during next week's Major League Baseball amateur draft."Who?"Jeffrey Maier. Yes,

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Last night (Wednesday), I met up with Anonymous Opinion and Anna Venger to listen to Richard Brookhiser discuss his new book What Would the Founders Do? he explained that the idea for the book came from people he spoke to about the Founders of America, whenever he spoke somewhere people would ask him what the Founding Fathers would think of a current situation and what they would do about it.

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I got back a little while ago from seeing X3 with Hube, his wife and daughter and a coworker of his.My brief review: I got a fever, and the only prescription is more Rogue. I know guys love Halle Berry and Famke Janssen, but give me Anna Paquin.A little more detail: I think the setup of the conflict seemed to drag. Getting us there took longer than I think it should have the whole Jean Grey/

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At an ordination during which a group of women, some nuns, were seen to hold out their hands at the consecration, the provincial of the men ordained was heard to say: 'Girls, you can hold out your hands all you want but it's still bread.'Laugh out loud funny.

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Looks like DelaVoice is back!

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"Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the mouths of some it means anything, which enervate a necessary government; excite a jealousy of the rulers who are our own choice, and keep society in confusion for want of a power

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1940 Never to have so many inhabitants again, Wilmington's population reached 112,054.And who's suprised we're not that high any more? For the privilege of living in the City, you get higher taxes, higher crime, parking problems, more noise, and a host of other problems. I say this as a City resident for most of the last 26 years. One thing I do enjoy about the City is the sense of community I

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[T]he Republican party habitually proclaims its fervent wish to put government "on a businesslike basis." Democrats usually favor putting business on a government-like basis. The difference between the two programs is this: the second is possible and it could go forward, up to the point that social cooperations and amrkets collapse; the former is literally impossible.--Joseph R. Stromberg, "On

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Aside from just being a great movie, Ghostbusters also teaches a great conservative message: big government is inefficient, wasteful and overbearing.Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've *worked* in the private sector. They expect *results*.

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The Polish-American VFW Post 3257, 106 Seventh Avenue, (off Maryland Avenue in Browntown), Wilmington, DE 19805 Tel 302 654 8522 has an US Army tank in front of their Post that they would be happy to donate to anyone who could use it. If you are interested, or if you know someone who might be interested, contact Al SOSIENSKI, Tel: 302 427 8980Please note: this is actually serious. This is

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"But if we are to be told by a foreign Power...what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little." —George Washington "A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out." —Harry Browne "Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device

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Let's start off with an example. Say you owned a small 10-pound inventory of coffee that you purchased for $3 a pound. Each week you'd sell me a pound for $3.25. Suppose a freeze in Brazil destroyed half of its coffee crop, causing the world price of coffee to immediately rise to $5 a pound. You still have coffee that you purchased before the jump in prices. When I stop by to buy another pound of

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The Catholic Church (and all apostolic Churches, for that matter) require confession of sins to a priest. Most Protestant churches, who can't trace their history back to the Apostles, believe confessing your sins directly to God is sufficient. While repantance for sins is a requirement, the Catholic Church has always required the confession of sins to a priest for reintegration into the Christian

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Hilarious remix of the Sleepless in Seattle trailer as a horror film.Hat tip: Catholic and Enjoying It!

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A fan waiting in line for a hot dog got something extra - and it wasn't mustard and sauerkraut: It was home run ball No. 715 by Barry Bonds.Andrew Morbitzer was waiting in a concession line Sunday when the souvenir of a lifetime plopped into his hands.This guy claims to be a Giants and a Bonds fan and he was in line to get a hot dog for the historic home run. Allegedly, he was getting food for

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AnnaVenger passed on the following letterDear Parent,I am asking you to support House Bill 422 by contacting your state representative and state senator ASAP. The House Revenue and Finance Committee will have a hearing on this bill Wednesday, May 31 at 3:00 PM. HB 422 provides $750 per student per year in Delaware’s public charter schools. Charter schools are the only public schools that do not

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With (very great) apologies to the Temptations:Every day it grows a little moreThan it was the day beforeThe DCBA just grows and growsOh, how it grows and it grows.And where it's gonna stop I'm sure, nobody knows.The DCBA has added another member: Mynym. Welcome Mynym!

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The word on Capitol Hill this morning is House Republicans are increasingly irritated with Speaker Denny Hastert over his stand in the William Jefferson corruption case. First, they think Hastert is wrong on the law — that the Constitution does not, in fact, give members of Congress a right to use their offices to hide evidence of felonies. Second, they're mad about Hastert's handling of the

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Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child pornography and sex with animals.Reuters filed this under "Oddly Enough!" They have a different take on it than I do. I would have caled it "Perverted Enough!"Make no mistake: this sort of political movement will be coming to America. These activites

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Mark Shea makes a good point that had occurred to me, but I never bothered to blog on it:Protestants of all stripes should be double insulted by the DVC. Not only does it assault their most fundamental beliefs as Christians, but it does so while being too ignorant to even be aware that Protestants exist. For Brown, the only Church in the world is the Catholic Church. No Protestants, Amglicans,

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The author of this book, Richard Brookhiser, will be speaking about it at Border's on Concord Pike this Wednesday (the 31st) from 7 - 8 PM. He'll also be speaking on it at the Contitution Center in Philly next Monday, June 5th at 6:30 PM, but that $12 for members, $15 for non-members.

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The ethical storm over abortions has been renewed as it emerged that terminations are being carried out for minor, treatable birth defects. Late terminations have been performed in recent years because the babies had club feet, official figures show. Other babies were destroyed because they had webbed fingers or extra digits.This is the obvious consequence of a worldview that promotes the notion

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A tribute to those who died in combat in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.Meanwhile, Google, which frequently changes it logo to reflect the current holiday (including the wildly popular Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday), has never changed their logo for Memorial Day. Just makes my desire to get off Blogger (owned and operated by Google) even stronger.Links via The Corner.

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5/29/06Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2006Throughout our history, the men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States have placed the security of our Nation before their own safety. America will be forever grateful for their service and sacrifice. On Memorial Day, we honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.Those who lost their lives in the defense of freedom

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Deuteronomy Chapter 32 was the Canticle in yesterday morning's morning prayer. (Or at least the way I did since I may have messed it up due to the confusion voer the scheudling of the feast of the Ascension. It's called Ascension Thursday for a reason! Why would we move it to Sunday?) Anyway, this is the first part of verse 4 of that chapter: The Rock--how faultless are his deeds, how right all

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Top officials at the Justice Department and the FBI threatened to resign this week if President Bush ordered them to return materials seized in last week's raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office, senior administration officials said.Good for them. There is absolutely no reason that these documents should be returned. Congressional privilege and separation of powers should not extend to allowing

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I read Hint from Heloise because it provides useful tips for around the house and yard. Here's the first paragraph of a letter today:A number of years ago, our basset hound had to have surgery on his LONG, LONG EARS. The vet told us to keep his ears secured on the top of his head to allow for the blood flow to aid in healing. We tried numerous ways to secure his long, heavy ears in place, but to

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Jokes based off this news.* Nothing to worry about, just Frist and Hastert shooting themselves in the foot again. * Does anyone know where Dick Cheney is?

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This History Channel's page on the history of Memorial Day. It's more than just the unofficial start of summer and a three-day weekend. Find some time Monday to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedom.

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In a surprise to me: the Beatles ahve two of the top seven. The Rolling Stones (who I have heard are economically libertarian, Mick Jagger apparently reads Austrian Economics) are on the list twice also.

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