Tick Tock
It has been 65 days since John Kerry promised to sign Form SF-180 to release his military records. How do I know? PoliPundit has an SF-180 Clock: Click here: PoliPundit.com » The SF-180 clock
Motu Proprio
"The life and martyrdom of Saint Thomas More have been the source of a message which spans the centuries and which speaks to people everywhere of the inalienable dignity of the human conscience, which, as the Second Vatican Council reminds us, is "the most intimate centre and sanctuary of a person, in which he or she is alone with God, whose voice echoes within them" (Gaudium et Spes, 16). "
I have never read an Apostolic Letter. This one by Pope JP II proclaims Thomas More Patron Saint of Statesmen and Politicians. God knows they need their own saint. An interesting document:Click here: Motu Proprio proclaiming Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians - John Paul II (31 October 2000)
The Global Church
The RC Church, of which I am not a member, grew from 700 million to 1.2 billion members during the papacy of JP II. As the Cardinals ponder, surely global evangelism, global freedom and global justice will be on their minds. Click here: TCS: Tech Central Station - Where Is the Poland In This New Cold War?
Newspaper Index
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie-chart format.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave LA to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and they did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country or that anyone is running it; but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist gay dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from ANY country or galaxy as long as they are Democrats.
10. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the
baseball scores.
11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line in the grocery store
