The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance

Go and read The Anchoress.  She’s on a roll today. 

…The press has voluntarily surrendered its own freedom in order to advance the stifling cause of political correctness and the endless restrictions on liberty to which PC is dedicated. When Al Gore can tell the press not to report dissenting scientific opinion on global warming, and the press dutifully obeys, that press is no longer free. When the press silences itself rather than report good news, that press is no longer free.

I know this story is about Canada, but Americans had better pay attention, this is not about a nation; it’s about a mindset. This story and the next one are about what you might call the United Far-Left States, which is multinational, borderless and faithful to no ideal but its own need to control.   

(Emphasis added)

 

Mass of St. Josemaría in the San Francisco Bay Area

You and your family are invited to
a Mass celebrating the feast of
St. Josemaría Escrivá,
Founder of Opus Dei

Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis of Assisi Church
860 Oak Grove Rd., Concord, CA 94518-3461

Principal Celebrant
Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron
Bishop of Oakland

For more information about St. Josemaría, go to www.opusdei.org
Sacrament of Reconciliation available starting at 6:30 p.m.

 

GREAT summer camp for girls

My oldest daughter has been attending for years, loves it, and is going back this year as a junior counselor.  The camp has become so popular that the organizers added a second session this year, which means spaces are still available!  It strikes a terrific balance between POD stuff for the girls (Mass, Rosary, catechism, etc.) and good, old-fashioned camp fun.  Check it out! 

 

Best Comeback Ever…

…to the suggestion to “Get those tubes tied!”

Um, no thanks, I think they should keep racing ’til one of them wins.

-”Funnyyetsavvy” at Catholic Answers Forums.

 

Not to be missed– HV Conference

Sadly, I will be out of state for this conference– I would dearly love to attend.  Speakers include Archbishop Burke, Janet Smith, Ray Dennehy…  Wow.  Kudos to Bishop Vigneron of Oakland for sponsoring it!

 

One does not simply…

Been meaning to post this for ages.  Put down your drink immediately.

Originally from: http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/mortor.gif

 

Sneaking Euthanasia into California via AB 2747

The Organization Formerly Known as the Hemlock Society, in conjunction with the Usual Suspects in the legislature, is trying to legalize euthanasia in California via stealth.  Instead of legal injections, let’s allow “terminal sedation”– i.e. sedate the patient into unconsciousness, then dehydrate and starve said patient to death à la Terri Schiavo. 

Get more information at Catholics for the Common Good, then call your legislator immediately.  Don’t bother emailing– pick up the phone if at all possible, or else send a fax that includes your full name and mailing address.  Most staffers just keep a running yes/no tally of feedback from constituents, which is why you need to include your address.  Emails normally don’t carry the same weight as calls and faxes, so please take the extra thirty seconds to make it count!

 

Communion and Pro-Abortion Politicians

There is a lengthy, detailed and pretty darned civil conversation on this topic running over at Fr. Z’s place…

 

Home, Work and Feminism

Another outstanding article by Jennifer Roback Morse.  I’m so glad she’s on our side… 

The subject of this panel is “Bringing Home and Frying up the Bacon: Home versus Work.” I am here to say that women have been poorly served by the way work and home balance has been framed. The trend of increasing educational attainment and labor force participation of married women began at the turn of the twentieth century, well before the modern feminist movement. The 1960-style feminism assigned a particular meaning to these trends and drove them into a very specific channel. In my view, this direction has been almost entirely destructive.

Read the whole article here.

 

Alaskan Governor delivers FIFTH baby…

..and he has Down Syndrome, which she knew before he was born.  Sarah Palin is a young, energetic, pro-life Republican woman.

Sarah Palin for VP, anybody?  Are you listening, John McCain?  She beats Carly Fiorino hands down!!!