POLITICALLY INCORRECT PHOTOS

I have friends who are always sending me doctored photographs.  Sometimes they are funny and often they are mean.  I collect political buttons of this sort as well, from all the parties.  I suppose they represent a kind of social commentary. I have to be honest here and say that the radio show personality was [...]

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HUMOROUS SIGNS

At an Ophthalmologist’s Office : “If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place.” On a Plastic Surgeon’s Office door: “Hello. Can we pick your nose?” At a Proctologist’s door: “To expedite your visit, please back in.” On a Maternity Room ENTRANCE Door: “Push. Push. Push.” In a Podiatrist’s office: [...]

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CATHOLIC MAN TORTURED IN PAKISTAN

We supposedly fight for our security and for the freedom of people in new democracies. However, so many of our so-called allies in the WAR ON TERROR are really part of the problem. Take this breaking story from Pakistan: 04/27/2007 – PAKISTAN. Qaiser Felix (AsiaNews.it). A mob of Muslims tortured (with the intention of killing) [...]

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UPSTATE NY VISITOR GUIDE

Upstate New York seems to be on everyone’s vacation wish list. This list of rules will be handed to each person entering the state. (Note: Vehicles from New Jersey , New York City and Connecticut will receive two copies.) 1. That slope-shouldered farm boy you are snickering at did more work before breakfast than you [...]

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LIMBO IN LIMBO, OR SUBURB OF HELL?

Can children, and notably infants, go to hell? It seems that St. Augustine (354-430 AD) and some of the early fathers of the Church thought so and for this reason they mandated infant baptism. While they were not guilty of personal sin, they still suffered from the effects of unremitted original sin. St. Augustine’s opinions [...]

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ARCHBISHOP AMATO ON GAYS, ABORTION & EUTHANASIA

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican’s second-highest ranking doctrinal official on Monday forcefully branded homosexual marriage an evil and denounced abortion and euthanasia as forms of “terrorism with a human face.” Okay, so where is the controversy? Everyone knows what the Catholic Church thinks about such things, and what is more, it is the objective [...]

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INTERESTING STUDY – FUEL ECONOMY

A 2006 study by Texas A&M University found that the average American walks about 900 miles per year. Another study, by the American Beer Institute, found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get approximately 41 miles per gallon – not bad!

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IS JOSEPH GIRZONE HERETICAL?

Feel free to join my GOOGLE message group affiliated with this BLOG. http://groups.google.com/group/fatherjoe Today, along with my response, I posted an email I received on a post about Fr. Joseph Girzone, the author of the JOSHUA series. Take a peek and consider joining.  God bless! Father Joe 

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LATE EMPLOYEE

He was in his early 50′s, retired and started a second career. However, he just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day, 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, real sharp, so the Boss was in a quandary about how to deal with it. Finally, one day he [...]

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CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITEHOUSE

Prior to Christmas, my friend Ken White, along with his daughter Celeste and wife Karen, took me, my sister Lena and my mother on a tour of the White House.  Here are pictures of the White House taken from a Homes & Gardens Christmas television special. Msgr. Hughes and I got to visit the White [...]

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EVE OF DESTRUCTION?

The environment has gone haywire, we are fighting for a democracy in Iraq that seems bent on civil war and Islamic rule, Iran and Korea are equipping themselves with nuclear arsenals, immigration woes and prejudice plague us here at home, we have abortion on demand, and Islamic extremists will do anything to hurt us. Such [...]

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IS THIS BLASPHEMOUS OR JUST FUNNY?

Entitled, “My Friend God” This is so strange I am not sure what to think of it. It does make one think, though. So many of our kids are all preoccupied with superheroes like Superman and Spider Man. Nevertheless, the greatest hero is God, indeed, our Lord, not the peculiar one-eyed hero in this video. [...]

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