Election Day Omens
The little dark cloud was like the early exit polls...soon overwhelmed by the happy sunny cloud of the impending Republican ascendancy!
We Have A Pope!
I am so relieved. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (see ratzingerfanclub.com/blog) is now Pope Benedict XVI. There has been a growing awareness by some of us for the need of a 'muscular Christianity.' In Pope Benedict we have our Arnold Schwarzenneger. Many have noted the speed or shortness of the conclave to elect the new pope, which was the result of the unanimity of the Cardinals to continue much of the legacy of John Paul the Great. Much of the mainstream media have lamented that Benedict XVI has gone on record condemning relativism in the modern world. It's going to take a strong man with indestructible belief in truth and faith to counter the tide of the secular world, particularly in western Europe and North America, and in Benedict XVI we have that man! I believe as the pope has said that the exclusivity of the Roman Catholic faith, the Church's teaching that there is an absolute truth and that the Church was instituted by Jesus Christ, will mean a leaner, more v...
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Now, yours truly was asked in the month of October to help organize pro-life Democrats in central Indiana. I believe that it can be done, although I'm uncertain that I'm the right person to take on that challenge. Heck, I was born and bred GOP and helped my grandfather, the precinct committeeman with the polling of his neighborhood from my early grade school years. Who knows, they probably dragged me along for photo ops, although you'd think that I'd remember it.
Now as for the USCCB, I think that the only way to know whether or not the Bishops are taking their teaching authority seriously in regard to elections is to follow the way they exercise that ministry. Some Bishops are more in-your-face than others, especially when it comes to voting issues. Others prefer to let the conference literature speak for itself. However, I'd be mighty wary is one or another Bishop actually had the nerve to tell me to vote for one particular candidate.
I was undecided until the last minute... and when the last minute came, I was too sick to get out of the bed and vote. Much to the chagrin of the blogger, I was leaning toward Kerry. But, neither Mr. Bush nor Mr. Kerry got my vote... only the barf-bin did.
As for the talking heads wearing black, it was common across the board, on nearly every channel last night, because they couldn't be caught wearing something remotely partisan in color (blue, red, green or whatever). I noticed our local news anchors wearing black last night, and I thought that it was a smart choice!
So, now the real tasks are at hand. Health care for the uninsured masses demands attention, especially since I'm one of them. The unemployed who are consistently seeking to work and can't find a job... yes, I'm one of them, too. The brazenness of a corporate culture that chews up employees like they're so much fodder for the profit-mongering hordes of boards... I've been chewed up, as well. And, that damned war that robs mothers of their children, children of their parents, and the world of peace... how will it end?
Yegads, am I really starting to sound like a Democrat? Naaaah, just call me a New Republican.
http://karmalight.blogspot.com
Of couse, I'll take some flak for the fact that my blog title is way too new-age for most, but the fact was that "Carmelite" was not available. I guess they didn't want someone purporting to blog for the whole order, eh?
All are welcome to view my blog at your convenience. Meanwhile, I'm back to morning prayer...
the maestrina
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And regarding the media and their appropriate non-partisan dress on election day. Are you kidding me?! Katie Couric was wearing black the day after the election, and she knew that Kerry was stalling to concede so i won't buy the argument that the election was still in flux. The Today crew and '60 minutes' crew were wearing their hearts on their sleeves. BIg TIme!