Wednesday, October 29, 2008

News Updates, 10/29

When Bishops Disagree: Contradictory Statements on the US Presidential Race.
An increasing number of bishops are spelling out the immorality of voting for pro-abortion candidates. But some bishops still disagree with each other on this issue. Phil Lawler addresses this in his latest commentary article

In the "Opera Omnia" of Ratzinger the Theologian, the Overture Is All about the Liturgy(Chiesa)
And Benedict XVI explains why, in the preface to the volume that he wanted to have published first. He recalls that this is how Vatican Council II began, too. By giving God first place. And about the direction to face in prayer, he writes...

Court Upholds Harassed 6th grader’s Right to Wear Pro-Life T-shirts
ANN ARBOR, MI — A Federal Judge in Minnesota has signed a Stipulated Permanent Injunction this month, allowing a sixth grade student of the Hutchinson Middle School, located in Hutchinson, Minnesota, to wear his pro-life t-shirts to school.

Franken’s Anti-Catholicism: Media Matters Justifies His Bigotry
Media Matters columnist, Eric Boehlert, posted a piece on October 25 criticizing an article by Katherine Kersten in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that took senatorial hopeful Al Franken to task for promoting anti-Catholicism.

“Forces of Darkness” Distorting British Laws and Consciences on Embryology Bill: Edinburgh Cardinal [LifeSiteNews.com]
"We are facing a crisis in society and we must ask ourselves ‘Is human life important to us or is it not?" said the Cardinal

"We are killed because we are Christians"
Life becoming increasingly dangerous in Iraq

Obama surge confounds same-sex marriage
Minority voters supporting proposed California ban

Pope: Vatican II documents still retain relevance
'We are all debtors of that extraordinary ecclesial event'

Bishop speaks out against Michigan governor
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"Catholic" Mighican Governor Says Embryonic Stem Cell Research is "Pro-life" [LifeSiteNews.com]

Pope closes synod, remembers Christians in India
Special mention also made of Iraqis, Chinese bishops

Abbey treasures auctioned off as nuns move
Decline in vocations plus high operating costs

Vatican gives blessing to gadget evangelism
Bishops want Bible widely available on iPods

Vatican switchboard sees human touch as answer
Mulilingual nuns field half a million calls a year

Barack Hussein Obama Wants All Pro-Life Laws Overturned, Pro-life Group WarnsAmericans United for Life says Obama's position will increase abortions after they dropped to historic lows.

Abuse of Catholic Voting Document Could Lead to Pro-Abortion Obama Victory
Deal Hudson: I never thought it likely that Catholic voters could be persuaded to support a candidate with both the most extreme record on abortion and who favors gay marriage.

Fr. Jonathan Morris: Senator Biden Gets Churched
Nobody in the Catholic Church hierarchy forces its members to believe what it teaches. But on fundamental issues, none of its members can pretend not to know what this teaching is, not even when it is politically convenient to do so. [HT: Rebecca]

“Do not betray the trust the public has placed in you”
San Diego City Council ignores bishop’s plea, approves resolution opposing Prop 8

Issues & Politics
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EXCLUSIVE: Ali Abunimah is Likely Source of Secreted Obama/Khalidi/Ayres Tape
**** UPDATE: Can Ali Abunimah be bought off for $175,000? Depends on what he's getting from greater Arabia, Islamia, and Obama. ****

Quotes from Hidden LA Times Video of Obama at Jew Bash?
Doug Ross gets a note from a reliable source:
Saw a clip from the tape. Reason we can’t release it is because statements Obama said to rile audience up during toast. He congratulates Khalidi for his work saying “Israel has no God-given right to occupy Palestine” plus there’s been “genocide against the Palestinian people by Israelis.” It would be really controversial if it got out. Tha’s why they will not even let a transcript get out.

PA Arabs in Gaza Campaigning for Barack Obama
Palestinian Ibrahim Abu Jayab, 24, is seen next to his computer in his family house in Nusayrat rufugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, October 28, 2008. A young Palestinian in a Gaza refugee camp is doing his part to get out the vote for Barack Obama. With a little help from the internet, 24-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayab is cold calling random American families from his parent's home imploring them to vote for Obama

ACORN Uses Public Funds to Steal Elections, Now Your Gun Rights, Says SAF
ACORN, the publicly-funded national organization linked to voter fraud in several states is now actively interfering with the exercise of firearm civil rights in New Jersey, and the Second Amendment Foundation is calling for an immediate federal investigation.

The L.A. Times Suppresses Obama’s Khalidi Bash Tape
["We the People" don't need to know - Elitists will feed us what they want us to have]

The Khalidi Tape: Putting the Bits and Pieces Together with New Details
There is a lot of discussion about a Khalidi tape in the political blogosphere as of lately. Get details here...
[Remember that the LA TIMES Had No Problem Releasing Candid '06 Arnold Tape]

Obama Compared America to Nazi Germany-AUDIO (about 15:30)
Here’s the quote:
“…just to take a, sort of a realist perspective…there’s a lot of change going on outside of the Court, um, that, that judges essentially have to take judicial notice of. I mean you’ve got World War II, you’ve got uh, uh, uh, the doctrines of Nazism, that, that we are fighting against, that start looking uncomfortably similar to what we have going on, back here at home.”

Barack Obama's Career Path Toward an American Presidency - updated 10/28

Mississippi Voter rolls stuffed with dead and absent registrants (WLBT.com)
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Mississippi's voter situation is hard to believe. Places like Madison County have over 123% more registered voters than people over the age of 18.

A game-changer by Obama
If your toilet is stopped up by something really big and smells really bad, you'll probably need a plumber. Joe the Plumber, as it turns out, diagnosed the trouble, and yesterday we learned what it was. It smells really bad...

Did The "Chicago Way" Work for Obama in Hawaii?
If this was about “Joe the Plummer’s” birth certificate, it would already be on the cover of Time and Newsweak.

Indiana Secretary of State requests investigation of ACORN over voter fraud
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita submitted 100 hours worth of investigative work to the FBI and prosecutors requesting an investigation of the voter advocacy group ACORN. Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter confirms there have been allegations of voter registration fraud in Lake County.

Toledo police clerk charged in "Joe The Plumber" snooping case
(Police Clerk is an ACORN worker? Say it ain't so, Joe...)

Heritage Foundation Calls on Obama to Pull False Ads
The Heritage Foundation today asked Barack Obama to immediately pull two ads that misrepresent the views of Heritage’s Rea Hederman. The campaign has released a 30-second TV ad with false information and repeats it on the campaign website.

Secret Service Investigates WeHo Palin Effigy

Experts affirm: Ayers wrote Obama's memoir
Scientific analyses independently find radical's mark on 'Dreams From My Father'

Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution; Courts Poised For Takeover By Judicial Left

Obama's unsavory ties [Daniel Pipes]
One watches with dismay as Democratic candidate Barack Obama manages to hide the truth on his longstanding, if indirect ties to two institutions: the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), listed by the US government in 2007 as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding trial; and the Nation of Islam (NoI), condemned by the Anti-Defamation League for its "consistent record of racism and anti-Semitism."


And finally, a thought for the day
(from exurbanleague.com)

John McCain: tortured by Communists.

Barack Obama: tutored by Communists.

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