Lucky

Hehehe- Lurkerspeaks will be out of the contest for a few days since he is taking that new sleep medicine!

That guy must not have been Lucky!

People really think this way: On Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, the Chicago Tribune's editorial board published their opinion of Cardinal Francis George's comments on Chicago's "gay pride" parade. Referring to Cardinal George's hope that the "gay liberation movement" would not "morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism," the editors used the adjective "bizarre." The board's characterization of his analogy as "bizarre" reveals several things: It reveals the editorial board's obvious and increasingly strident liberal bent; it reveals that they, like many homosexual activists, possess an obtuseness when it comes to analogies; and it reveals their ignorance of the views and rhetoric of many within the "gay liberation" movement. As I wrote last week, in expressing his hope that the "gay liberation movement" would not "morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against the Catholicism," Cardinal George was comparing the anti-Catholic rhetoric and offensive parades of the KKK to the anti-Catholic rhetoric and offensive parades of the "gay liberation" movement. Cardinal George never argued that the racism or violence of the KKK was analogous to the actions of the "gay liberation" movement. Rather, he suggested that both groups see the Catholic Church as an enemy. That claim is indisputable. I think it's unlikely that the parade organizers planned the route and time change to disrupt services at Mount Saint Carmel Church, but the utter contempt for the sensibilities and beliefs of all people who hold orthodox Christian beliefs is obvious in the planning and execution of this sorry spectacle that regularly violates public decency laws, indecency which the Trib editors euphemistically trivialize when they with feigned coyness state that anyone who attends the parade will "get an eyeful" (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). Homosexual journalist and "lapsed Catholic," Rex Wockner writes: The Chicago gay pride parade attracts 800,000 people. It proceeds through a heavily congested, dense urban cityscape. Absolutely positively everything in its wake is disrupted. What on earth makes one service at one church on one day special enough to change the start time of a gigantic parade? The "gay liberation" movement couldn't care less if their parade of perversion and egregious public lewdness disrupts the services of scores of churches. And likely the Trib's editorial board doesn't care either. Worse than their obtuseness regarding Cardinal George's analogy is the editorial board's dishonest misrepresentation of his comments. The editors conclude by asserting that the parade does not "stifle anyone's religious beliefs." Nice rhetorical trick. The deceit, of course, is that Cardinal George never claimed the parade would stifle beliefs. He said it might "interfere" with worship. Surely, the editors would concede that it's possible that it might interfere with worship services. Those who don't want to see public nudity or wild celebrations of sexual perversion, or who don't want their children to see such images, might justifiably deem the parade an interference. Although Cardinal George did not refer to "stifling religious belief," the editors did, so I will respond: They must be kidding. Are they actually arguing that no member of the "gay liberation" movement seeks to stifle religious belief? Many in the movement to normalize homosexuality seek to eradicate all orthodox religious belief or at minimum make it so socially, legally, and politically costly that no one will dare express such beliefs. The "gay liberation" movement poses a serious threat to First Amendment religious protections (not to mention speech and parental rights). In addition, the virulent hatred many homosexual activists have for Catholic (and Protestant) orthodoxy is fully comparable to the virulent hatred that members of the KKK had. Perhaps the Trib's editorial board should spend more time visiting some of the infamous "gay" blogs whose commenters regularly spew intolerant, uncivil, and vulgar hatred toward the Catholic Church. As journalists, the Tribune editorial board should remember ACT-UP's interference with services at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Bash Back's interference with a church service in Michigan, the interference of services at Holy Name Cathedral, and the hateful protests in front of Moody Church -- all of which were done at least to oppose if not "stifle" religious belief. Any absolute claim that homosexuals will never organize a march to oppose the Catholic Church would seem naive, foolish, and maybe even bizarre. I, like Cardinal George, hope it will never happen. Take ACTION: If you find the Tribune's pro-homosexual advocacy offensive, please consider canceling your subscription and expressing your views by clicking nah-ahh to send an email to the Tribune's Editorial Page Editor Bruce Dold, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, John McCormick, Editor Gerould Kern, Managing Editor Jane Hirt and Associate Editor Joycelyn Winnecke.

EXPAT, you could have had 21 separate posts there if you had continued. Come on, man, it's a contest. BTW, what makes a song gay?

Hehehe...wrong with me? Take a look at who has the most posts today. You'd flip flop too if it meant that you were going to win!

Oh my gosh! Donald must be so embarrassed!

Does that mean that the bikini boys are on the beach?

I have read elsewhere that they get paid $5 a review. People like Harriet Klausner, who posts multiple times a week. I wrote her once and she insisted that a) she is a real person, and (letter after a*) she does read the books she reviews. Hard to believe the latter. Her reviews mainly summarize the plot. Try typing the letter B followed by a parenthesis. Okay, here is what it comes out:

EXPAT, I am glad to know that we agree here. Would you please post a pic of Jeremy Irvine's ass? Thanks.

How could that be since bill collectors are always ready and willing to discuss it? And do the 3 word posts above count in the contest? I can top them: Very interesting, for sure!

May I ask what is the Huffington Post? Some kind of road marker?

I have...with mixed success. The bf has, and likes it. It can help you relax, so that might be good for sleep.

I don't even think of such things. Johny Weir probably wears ice skates to bed, that's all I think.

I am not looking forward to this movie. As a matter of fact, I have never heard of it. I did start a thread about the movie War Horse, but it died faster than a plow horse in the Politics Forum. I also saw Tinker, tailor, Soldier, Spy, but didn't expect there to be any interest here in such intrigue. Mission Impossible,though, I enjoyed a lot in the IMAX version.

Since you probably never sign out, you do not get to see the stats as to who has the most posts for the day. True enough, MsGuy is only in 7th place for today, but then...

Ha! MsGuy is in 7th place today and he talks of winning? Not gonna happen!

What happened at the big Donald Debate? Did anybody win or did he just lose?

The Donald's ego was on display one night at a Broadway show I attended. Once all were seated after intermission, anticipating the show starting up again, only Donald remained standing, facing the audience to make sure all got a look.

God told me to suck more dick. What do you think I made it for, He said to me. Well, for peeing, I replied. That didn't go over well. "Peeing?" He said. "I made it exciting for men to watch other men pee and they went and put up all these partitions in the bathrooms!"

You are welcome. I use that site a lot, but it is not particularly helpful for Thailand, is it?

Avian influenza returns! As always, this one may be the bad one. One dead so far.

Well, I might not have replied, but now I am in the contest, so go girl. Fight all you want!

My thinking in saying that I would not join the contest was that I had been encouraging folks to participate, thus, if they did, I shouldn't be the one to interfere with their chances of winning the contest. But, a loyal fan writes me to say that if indeed folks were posting because I had asked them too, my position might be valid. But that's not why they are posting. It's the contest that is motivating the extra posting. Okay, well, I liked a good contest as much as anyone, and even the $500 seems appealing. So I am starting in at 3440 posts. We'll see if I make 4000. Go Lucky!

As the resident advocate of catfights, I wonder how many fights you have in your personal life if the first thing you can think of for this newly married gay couple is the fights they will have.

I am going to read at least one book this year!