Art of Manliness:
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The Huge Blizzard of 2013 You Haven't Heard About
Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle
that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week
and over the weekend.
One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of
five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger
observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to
reach outside of local media.
Democrats to Tax Payers: We Own The Government
The left thinks the
government is their car and the people’s representatives are obstreperous
teenagers trying to borrow the government. Which belongs to Democrats.
That’s not how the
Constitution views the House of Representatives. To the contrary, the House is
considered most reflective of the people’s will because its members are elected
every two years.
As a matter of fact,
the Republicans who mistakenly assume they have something to do with running
the government represent most of the people who pay taxes to run it. So it’s
more like a teenager who is making the car payments, maintaining the car
insurance and taking responsibility for registering the car being told: “It’s
not your car.”
But the Democrats
refuse to even negotiate. It’s their government – and if you
Republicans think you’re going out dressed like that, you’ve got another thing
coming! Needless to say, they absolutely will not consider the
Republicans’ demand that Democrats merely live under Obamacare themselves.
Instead, Democrats
say “the Koch brothers” are behind the effort to defund Obamacare.
They say Republicans
are trying to “burn the whole house down” (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz);
“have lost their minds” (Sen. Harry Reid); are trying to negotiate “with a bomb
strapped to their chest” (senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer); are
“legislative arsonists” (Rep. Nancy Pelosi); and are engaging in “blatant
extortion” (White House press secretary Jay Carney).
The MSNBC crowd
calls Republicans “arsonists” every 15 minutes. They ought to check with fellow
MSNBC host Al Sharpton. He knows his arsonists! In 1995, Sharpton whipped up a
mob outside the Jewish-owned Freddy’s Fashion Mart with an anti-Semitic speech.
Sometime later, a member of the mob torched the store, killing seven Hispanic
employees.
Every single
Democrat in the country uses the exact same talking point: We “refuse to
negotiate with a gun being held to our head.”
Which means the
Democrats will not negotiate at all — not now, not ever. House Republicans have
already passed three-dozen bills defunding, or otherwise modifying, Obamacare.
Senate Democrats and liberal commentators had a good laugh at Republicans for
passing them. Now they’re paying attention!
If you are in the
minority of Americans not already unalterably opposed to Obamacare, keep in
mind that the only reason the government is shut down right now is that
Democrats refuse to fund the government if they are required to live under
Obamacare.
That’s how good it
is!
Ann Coulter
More Obamacare Facts That Will Enrage You
Americans didn’t ask
for Obamacare, they don’t want it, but now their insurance premiums are going
through the roof, their doctors aren’t accepting it, and their employers are
moving them into part-time work — or firing them — to avoid the law’s mandates.
Contrary to Obama’s
promises, it turns out: You can’t keep your doctor, you can’t keep your
insurance — you can’t even keep your job. In other words, it’s a typical
government program, but this one wrecks your health care.
Also, the president
did raise taxes on the middle class in defiance of his well-worn campaign
promise not to. Indeed, Obamacare is the largest tax hike in U.S. history.
Among the other
changes effected by this law are:
–
Obamacare will allow insurers to charge 50 percent higher premiums for smokers,
but prohibits insurers from increasing premiums for those with HIV/AIDS.
–
Nationally, Obamacare will increase men’s individual insurance premiums by an
average of 99 percent and women’s by 62 percent. In North Carolina, for
example, individual insurance premiums will triple for women and quadruple for
men.
–
Health plans valued at $27,500 or more for a family of four will be taxed at a
rate of 40 percent.
–
No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare.
– A
62-year-old man earning $46,000 a year is entitled to a $7,836 government tax
credit to buy health insurance. But if he earns an extra $22 in income, he
loses the entire $7,836 credit. He will have more take-home pay by earning
$46,000 than if he earns $55,000. (If he’s lucky, he already works for one of
the companies forced by Obamacare to reduce employees’ hours!)
–
Merely to be eligible for millions of dollars in grants from the federal
government under Obamacare, education and training programs are required to
meet racial, ethnic, gender, linguistic and sexual orientation quotas. That’s
going to make health care MUCH better!
– Obamacare is turning America into a part-time nation. According to a
recent report by economist John Lott, 97 percent of all jobs added to the
economy so far this year have been part-time jobs. Ninety-seven percent!
–
Obamacare is such a disaster that the people who wrote it refuse to live under
it themselves. That’s right, Congress won a waiver from Obamacare.
Responding to the
people’s will, House Republicans first voted to fund all of government — except
Obamacare. Obama refused to negotiate and Senate Democrats refused to pass it.
Then the Republicans
voted to fully fund the government, but merely delay the implementation of
Obamacare for one year. Obama refused to negotiate and Senate Democrats refused
to pass it.
Finally, the
Republicans voted to fully fund the government, but added a requirement that
everyone live under Obamacare. No more special waivers for Congress and their
staff, and no waivers for big business without the same waivers for
individuals.
Obama refused to
negotiate and Senate Democrats refused to pass it. So as you can see,
Republicans are the big holdup here.
Ann Coulter
Do you believe that Satan exists?
Where is the devil today? Talk to a Democrat.
They're agents of Satan promoting abortion, sodomy, euthanasia, and other sins.
Posted on 8 October 2013 by Fr.
John Zuhlsdorf
I’ve
always liked Antonin Scalia. I like how his mind works. I even read
(most of) his not terribly easy book. From CNS:
(CNSNews.com) –
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he believes in the Devil as a living
entity, “a real person,” and that the Devil is “smart” and “successful” in
today’s world by convincing people to not believe in him or in God. [HEY! All you dopes out there
who think that Pope Francis is somehow... I dunno... a bad Pope. Pope
Francis has talked more about the Devil as a real person screwing with our
lives than ... name the Pope. Go ahead... find a Pope.]
“I even
believe in the Devil,” and “yeah, he’s a real person,” Scalia told writer
Jennifer Senior in an interview for New York magazine published on
Oct. 6.
“Hey, come on, that’s standard Catholic doctrine,” said Scalia,
who is Catholic. “Every Catholic believes that.”
When asked
what evidence there is of the Devil in today’s world, Scalia, who has served on
the high court for 27 years, said, “You know, it’s curious. In the
Gospels, the Devil is doing all sorts of things. He’s making
pigs run off cliffs, he’s possessing people and whatnot. And that doesn’t
happen much anymore.” [Now Ol' Scratch makes them jump into the Democrat party, so they
can support abortion and all manner of vile social re-engineering.]
“It’s because he’s smart,” said the justice. “What he’s
doing now is getting people not to believe in him or in God. He’s much more
successful that way.”
Scalia explained that he did not mean people being atheists was
the “Devil’s work,” but that atheism, or a non-belief in God “certainly favors
the Devil’s desires.”
“I mean,
come on, that’s the explanation for why there’s not demonic possession all over the place,” said Scalia.
“That always puzzled me. What happened to the Devil, you know? He used to be
all over the place. He used to be all over the New Testament. … He got wiler.”
[Your Honor... the incidence of possession is ON THE RISE.]
When asked
by Senior, “Isn’t it frightening to believe in the Devil?” the Supreme Court
justice said, “You’re looking at me as though I’m weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which
believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the
Devil! It’s in the Gospels. You travel in circles that
are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are
appalled that anybody would believe in the Devil! Most of mankind has believed
in the Devil, for all of history. Many more intelligent people than you or me
have believed in the Devil.” [Well done. I would love
to hear an American bishop talk this way.]
[...]
The Devil is REAL.
We work constantly, in a battle, against three main things:
§ The World
§ The Flesh
§ The Devil
Remember that the Devil is the greatest of all created creatures.
He is at the top of the highest pinnacle of created persons, which means,
the created cosmos.
Got that?
THAT’s what we are up against.
Got that?
He is a
fallen angel. AN-GEL!
Don’t be a galactically stupid moronic dupe.
The Devil hates you and wants to help you drag yourself into
eternal Hell where you will forever be tormented in the separation from God
which can never end. Go to Hell and you will experience for eternity the biting
of the worm that does not die (cf Mark 9). I can add more but I think the
Lord’s words about the worm that dieth not outta be … what… more than enough?
Do you think this is… maybe… quaint?
If you do, you are idiots.
I have news for you.
Hell is REAL.
Right now, I want you to imagine what the first 10 seconds are
like for the soul who finds herself in Hell after her death and judgment. What
would pass through her mind in those first seconds.
I implore you, on my knees, please, dear readers
GO TO CONFESSION.
The Miracle of Lepanto
This year on Sunday
October 13, 2013, Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary. Go here to
read all about it. My parish is gathering together at noon CST on
October 13 to pray the rosary at the exact same time that the Pope consecrates
the world to the Mother of God. What better preparation can we have
for that wonderful day than to remember today another victory of the
Rosary.
On October 7, 1571 the
forces of the Holy League under Don Juan of Austria, illegitimate half brother
of Philip II, in an ever-lasting tribute to Italian and Spanish courage and
seamanship, smashed the Turkish fleet. This was the turning point in the
centuries-long struggle between the Christian West and the forces of the Ottoman
Empire over the Mediterranean. The Holy League had been the work of Pope
Saint Pius V, who miraculously saw the victory in Rome on the day of the
battle, and he proclaimed the feast day of Our Lady of Victory to whom he
attributed the victory.
For a good overview of the
battle of Lepanto read this review by Victor Davis Hanson here of The
Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto by
Niccolò Capponi.
Before the battle Don John
of Austria went about the ships of his fleet and said this to his crews:
‘My children, we are here to conquer or die. In death or in victory, you will
win immortality.’ The chaplains of the fleet preached sermons on the theme:
“No Heaven For Cowards”. Many of the men were
clutching rosaries just before the battle. Admiral Andrea Doria went into
the fight with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe aboard his ship. Back in
Europe countless Catholics were praying rosaries at the request of Saint Pope
Pius V for the success of the Christian fleet.
At the hour of the battle,
and this fact is very well attested, the Pope was talking to some cardinals in
Rome. He abruptly ceased the conversation, opened a window and looked
heavenward. He then turned to the cardinals and said: “It
is not now a time to talk any more upon business; but to give thanks to God for
the victory he has granted to the arms of the Christians.” So
that Catholics would never forget Lepanto and the intercession of Mary, he
instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victory. To aid in this remembrance
G. K. Chesterton in 1911 wrote his epic poem Lepanto which may
be read here.
May Our Lady of Victory
send us more knights with the courage and compassion of Don Juan of Austria,
more poets with the faith and eloquence of Chesterton and more popes as holy
and courageous as Saint Pope Pius V.
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