tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post5484015296346497512..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Coffee Cup Browsing (Cranky Edition)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-52774818539935611942009-09-08T12:26:30.624-05:002009-09-08T12:26:30.624-05:00The Archbishop of Cincinnati got slammed (unfortun...The Archbishop of Cincinnati got slammed (unfortunately), but Fr. Z's readers turned the ridiculous poll in that article around:<br /><br />http://wdtprs.com/blog/2009/09/wdtprs-alert-update-poll-on-ordination-of-women/Emily Teodorskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412848033611843976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-5047386196500739862009-09-08T11:23:37.216-05:002009-09-08T11:23:37.216-05:00Archbishop does his job. Gets slammed. Predictable...<i>Archbishop does his job. Gets slammed. Predictable.</i><br /><br /><br />At Ten Reasons blog, GailF noted that this "Bishop does job" story didn't rate page 6, let alone the front page. The only reason it made there is the typical wimper of, "Authority. We hates it! My Preciousss!"Scott W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-32381421246989160312009-09-08T08:57:44.159-05:002009-09-08T08:57:44.159-05:00Jeffrey,
It's more than my a.m. crankiness......Jeffrey,<br /><br />It's more than my a.m. crankiness...it's my general suspicion and cynicism about all politicians. <br /><br />I think the curriculum material sent out by the Dept of Ed gives us sufficient evidence that the speech was going to be political, if not indoctrinating. Nothing in the speech as it was given would lead to the assignment: "Write to letter to your future self describing how you will help the president." <br /><br />The Dept of Ed withdrew the material and changed the assignment...only after the outcry.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-90762543468387571982009-09-08T08:38:43.332-05:002009-09-08T08:38:43.332-05:00I think it's careless to make claims that ther...I think it's careless to make claims that there was a completely different speech for schoolchildren in the works before parents found out about it. Maybe that was just the crankiness speaking.<br /><br />If there WAS a different speech prepared, and there was no outcry before, and he gave that different speech, and it turned out to be "cult of personality" or morally reprehensible or whatever else, there'd be hell to pay. There would have been a GREATER outcry than there was when the contents of the speech were unknown.<br /><br />Let's not make a caricature of Obama and fight against it. Deal with the actual man and his actual actions. For example, he said if you want to know his policy, look at the people he surrounds himself with. Case in point: Van Jones.Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.com