Monday, July 18, 2011
A Classic American Story
That's Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban refugee who now sits as the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. She served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate before being elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1989. She was the Marco Rubio before Marco Rubio came along.
Ros-Lehtinen recently sat down with The Heritage Foundation to discuss a wide range of topics, and the video of that meeting was on The Foundry (the Blog of Heritage) today.
Word on Fire: The Real Presence
Fr. Robert Barron of Word On Fire discusses the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of The Eucharist, the distinguishing belief of Catholics in the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJjW3LXuHzo&feature=uploademail
Previous posts of Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire can be found by using the "Search This Blog" box under the flags on the right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJjW3LXuHzo&feature=uploademail
Previous posts of Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire can be found by using the "Search This Blog" box under the flags on the right.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Vortex: Homosexual Adoption
Dear Friend in Christ,
The homosexualists are plowing through practically every institution known to civilization to advance their perversity. And perhaps the saddest aspect of all of this is that children are going to be the biggest victims of all. Please watch this episode of The Vortex and get the word out to all your friends and family.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RealCatholicTV?feature=mhee#p/u/0/0UJ1ekB--Fo
GOD Bless you and your loved ones,
Michael Voris
~senior executive producer, RealCatholicTV.com
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
It's Not a Zero-Sum Game, Stupid!
Andrew Klavan and Bill Whittle of PJTV discuss the hypocritical demagoguery of our current president.
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=174&load=5704
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=174&load=5704
Labels:
Economics,
Obama Administration,
PJTV,
Political Hypocrites
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Closed-mindedness, Judgmentalism, and Intolerance Encouraged at Commencement.
(Ave Maria University)
Kathryn Lopez of National Review Online wrote yesterday about the Commencement address delivered to the graduating class of Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida by the Rev. Robert McTeigue, S.J., a philosophy professor at Ave Maria.
The speech should be read in its entirety (it's that important for all of us), but here's a clip to give you an idea just how important it is.
"Father McTeigue also encouraged three bold things — three things that, outside the campus of Ave Maria, may sound not only radical but insane. He encouraged closed-mindedness, judgmentalism, and intolerance.
"Closed-mindedness, because “G. K. Chesterton said that the human mind is like the human mouth — both are meant to close down on something solid.” Unsurprisingly, a priest would advise that this hearty substance has something to do with Scripture and a cross, “life-giving and liberating truth.”
"Judgmentalism, because we have to know the difference between good and evil, the beautiful and the ugly. We owe it to ourselves and the people around us, the communities we are in. “Yes, prejudice is wrong; but a well-honed and hard-won habit of good judgment is a hallmark of moral and intellectual maturity.” Seek good judgment.
"And, finally, intolerance, because:
"Socrates was intolerant of the Sophists. Moses was intolerant of Pharaoh. Jesus was intolerant of the Pharisees. Frederick Douglass was intolerant of slavery. Blessed Rupert Mayer was intolerant of the Nazis. Blessed Mother Teresa was intolerant of abortion. Blessed Pope John Paul was intolerant of the culture of death. Intolerance can be a beautiful thing — you just need to know how to do it properly."
Click below to read the whole article.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/271485/welcome-closing-american-mind-kathryn-jean-lopez?page=1
Kathryn Lopez of National Review Online wrote yesterday about the Commencement address delivered to the graduating class of Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida by the Rev. Robert McTeigue, S.J., a philosophy professor at Ave Maria.
The speech should be read in its entirety (it's that important for all of us), but here's a clip to give you an idea just how important it is.
"Father McTeigue also encouraged three bold things — three things that, outside the campus of Ave Maria, may sound not only radical but insane. He encouraged closed-mindedness, judgmentalism, and intolerance.
"Closed-mindedness, because “G. K. Chesterton said that the human mind is like the human mouth — both are meant to close down on something solid.” Unsurprisingly, a priest would advise that this hearty substance has something to do with Scripture and a cross, “life-giving and liberating truth.”
"Judgmentalism, because we have to know the difference between good and evil, the beautiful and the ugly. We owe it to ourselves and the people around us, the communities we are in. “Yes, prejudice is wrong; but a well-honed and hard-won habit of good judgment is a hallmark of moral and intellectual maturity.” Seek good judgment.
"And, finally, intolerance, because:
"Socrates was intolerant of the Sophists. Moses was intolerant of Pharaoh. Jesus was intolerant of the Pharisees. Frederick Douglass was intolerant of slavery. Blessed Rupert Mayer was intolerant of the Nazis. Blessed Mother Teresa was intolerant of abortion. Blessed Pope John Paul was intolerant of the culture of death. Intolerance can be a beautiful thing — you just need to know how to do it properly."
Click below to read the whole article.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/271485/welcome-closing-american-mind-kathryn-jean-lopez?page=1
Monday, July 11, 2011
QE3 - Just Say No!
In case you think a third shot at "Quantitative Easing" might not be such a bad idea, please watch this video posted here on the subject, on November 25, 2010.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Sundays are for Beauty: Claudio Arrau: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5
Here's part 2:
Claudio Arrau (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991), a Chilean pianist, is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.
Have a Beautiful Sunday.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
ZoNation on PJTV: Liberal Hypocrisy
"Why do Democrats act the way they do? Why are they always lying and accusing people of doing the things that they do so shamelessly? Did the Devil make them do it? Find out."
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=84&load=5709
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=84&load=5709
The Miracle of Capitalism
Peter Robinson of The Hoover Institution posted a fantastic video, produced by The Fund for American Studies, on Ricochet.com yesterday. Here's what he had to say about it:
In just five minutes, a complete, brilliant and wildly enjoyable overview of capitalism. Watch the thing--and then send the link around to everyone you know. (Especially--need I say?--the high school and college students in your life.)
Really. Put yourself in a marvelous mood for the weekend. Watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FB0EhPM_M4&feature=player_embedded
Labels:
American Exceptionalism,
Economics,
Election 2012,
Our Culture
Friday, July 8, 2011
Caroline Glick: The Iranian Threat
Those of us who were confident in the belief that Israel, in the absence of positive action by our current administration, would take matters into her own hands and do to Iran's nuclear ambitions what she did to those of Iraq, on June 7, 1981 (in Operation Babylon) , and to those of Syria, on September 6, 2007 (in Operation Orchard), have reason for concern, according to Caroline Glick.
This is from her column of July 5, Israel's palace coup plotters:
Since the beginning of his first term as prime minister 15 years ago, Binyamin Netanyahu has consistently warned that the greatest dangers Israel faces stem from the forces of global jihad generally and the Iranian regime and its nuclear program specifically. After taking office for the second time in 2009, Netanyahu made blocking Iran's rise to nuclear power his top priority. He ordered the heads of the Mossad and the IDF to prepare plans to attack Iran's nuclear installations.
Last Friday, Haaretz reported that former Mossad chief Meir Dagan and former IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi refused to obey his order. Rather than prepare strike plans, Dagan and Ashkenazi warned that such a strike would foment a regional war. That is, rather than do their jobs, they made excuses for failing to fulfill their duty to obey Israel's elected leadership.
The Left in Israel is, if anything, more brazen than their counterparts here in the U.S., and they seem wedded to the belief that no action in the face of real and imminent danger is the best policy. Caroline Glick's article reads like a fictional novel of intrigue. Would that it were. Click below to read it all.
Israel"s palace coup plotters
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Firewall: Oikophobia (Self-Hatred))
Bill Whittle, in the latest edition of Firewall, "Walking Into Mordor" explains better than anyone else could how the self-loathing monsters in Hollywood have been trying to make us hate our own culture (successfully when one considers the results of the 2008 election). He also tells us how we can fight back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqNVpACRLaI&feature=player_embedded#at=20
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Word on Fire: A Nation Under God
Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire comments on the brazen removal of "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance by NBC during their coverage of the 2011 U. S. Open Golf Tournament. He goes further and talks about A Nation That Keeps the Sabbath.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhWAlZywQDU
Previous posts of Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire can be found by using the "Search This Blog" box under the flags on the right.
H/T: rmc1
Monday, July 4, 2011
July 4, 2011: An Exceptional Nation
This is from The Foundry, the Blog of The Heritage Foundation today.
America was born on July 4, 1776, with the passage of the Declaration of Independence. Today, as we celebrate our great country 235 years later, we reflect upon its meaning.
The Declaration announced to the world that the American colonies were free and independent states. But this alone does not make the document or America revolutionary. What is revolutionary about the Declaration is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to a universal standard of justice: equality. What is revolutionary about America is that it is built upon a foundation of universal principles, not petty interests.
This is the core of American exceptionalism. As Matthew Spalding explains:
America is an exceptional nation, but not because of what it has achieved or accomplished. America is exceptional because, unlike any other nation, it is dedicated to the principles of human liberty, grounded on the truths that all men are created equal and endowed with equal rights.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Sundays are for Beauty: Hayley Westenra Redux
Hayley Westenra was only 15 years old at the time of this video, in which she is singing the Andrew Lloyd Webber version of Pie Jesu.
Have a Beautiful Sunday.















