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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.
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Fulton Sheen Live…ish
The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen rocks. I really hope his cause for canonization succeeds.
If you're a fan of Sheen and can't get enough of his fantastic Christ-centered orations or just wonder who the heck he was, be sure to check out FultonSheen.com. There you'll find streaming audio and downloadable mp3s.
Do I Really Have to Love Spammers?
I'm supposed to love my enemies, and spammers are enemies, so I guess I have to love them. Crap. Why, Lord, why? Spammers are so evil. *sigh*
The related problems of spam and splogs have been getting worse recently. I've had to up the security ante. Here's a list of the anti-spam plugins I'm using. If […]
2006 Gomer Davis Pumpkin Chase 5K
Thisentryis part 12 of 14 in the series 2006 RunningThis morning I ran the Gomer Davis Pumpkin Chase 5K sponsored by the Wilmerding YMCA. The course was described as flat. Riiiight. It was what I've learned to call "Pittsburgh flat". That is, there were about as many downhills as there were uphills, making the overall […]
Celeres Nexus Pro 2006-10-19
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The USCCB: Criminalizing the Use of Church Documents (Fedora Tip: Mark Shea)
We used to include many significant documents in our database from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, but not any more. The USCCB goes after web sites which make use of USCCB documents, threatening legal action for copyright violations. This policy […]
