Ok, I told you so...

Obama's legacy?

As an article from World Net Daily explains, an abortionist has lost her medical license and the owner of the abortuary is being sued. But the question remains: why has no one been charged with murder in the death of this ALREADY BORN baby? Owing to the details alleged in the case, the abortuary owner, Belkis Gonzalez (pictured here) should be in jail awaiting trial for murder.

From the article:

"As a direct and proximate result of the negligent conduct of the Defendants, Plantiff Sycloria witnessed the live birth and suffering of her daughter as she struggled for life in pain, moving and breathing on the recliner. She witnessed Belkis Gonzalez enter the room and knock the live baby from the recliner seat where she had given birth to the floor. She then witnessed the murder of her daughter by Belkis Gonzalez before her eyes, as Belkis Gonzalez picked up a large pair of orange shears and cut the umbilical cord connecting mother and daughter. Belkis Gonzalez did not clamp the baby's umbilical cord allowing the baby to bleed out and also threw or by some accounts literally swept the breathing live child into a biohazard bag to suffocate and bleed to death. There are reports that Belkis Gonzalez also placed a caustic chemical in the bag with the live baby."

Where is the outrage, even among those who are proponents of preborn killing? This is the very type of killing that our new president, Mr. Obama, has supported in the past by actively opposing legislation that would make it illegal (h/t to Jill Stanek and her outstanding work). He has made it clear that he will accept no limitations when a woman "chooses" to kill her fetus, or, whoops! - her child. What euphemism shall we use for a child who is unexpectedly born before she dies like she is supposed to..."product of birth?" "A lump of born tissue?"

This is evil, and those who turn away from it (Mr. President?) are complicit.

More Planned Parenthood evil

Once again, pro-life heroine and UCLA student Lila Rose has exposed Planned Parenthood as rot in our society. Live Action Films has released the latest in its series of undercover video exposes of PP, this one in Arizona. For those of us who spend our lives trying to protect and defend the young and innocent, it is nauseating. Many do not know that, if this happened in NY State, the "mandated reporter" law does not actually protect a 15-year-old under these circumstances - it protects the abortionist, the "27-year-old boyfriend," and any others who are complicit in her rape and the killing of her baby. There is an unfortunate loophole that allows this thing to continue while our daughters are wounded and our culture slides deeper into the pit.

I wonder how long this video survives before YouTube decides to inexplicably take it down. Any guesses?

Another good article on Deacon Adam Crowe

Another good blog/article on Deacon Adam Crowe - please pray for him!

UPDATE:
Our Diocese has posted an excellent tribute to Adam, including the homily from his funeral Mass, our Bishop's remarks, a bio and some vido.

From where did all the Canon lawyers come?

I keep hearing over, and over, and over about how Pope Benedict has made a huge mistake in lifting the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson because of his holocaust denial. I don't think you need to be a canon lawyer to understand that denying the Holocaust is not a matter of faith and morals. Stupid - maybe, ignorant - beyond doubt, but unless there are evil intentions, sin, it is not.

Bishop Williamson is, by my reading, not denying the facts of the Holocaust because of anti-semitism or pro-naziism - he just has been grossly misinformed of the evidence/facts surrounding this sad part of our history. What some don't know is that he delivered a letter to Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei on January 30:

To His Eminence Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos

Your Eminence

Amidst this tremendous media storm stirred up by imprudent remarks of mine on Swedish television, I beg of you to accept, only as is properly respectful, my sincere regrets for having caused to yourself and to the Holy Father so much unnecessary distress and problems.

For me, all that matters is the Truth Incarnate, and the interests of His one true Church, through which alone we can save our souls and give eternal glory, in our little way, to Almighty God. So I have only one comment, from the prophet Jonas, I, 12:

"Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you."

Please also accept, and convey to the Holy Father, my sincere personal thanks for the document signed last Wednesday and made public on Saturday. Most humbly I will offer a Mass for both of you.

Sincerely yours in Christ

+Richard Williamson

Now, many believe he should have gone further by renouncing his earlier statements. In his letter he is clearly setting out his "imprudence" with what he said. He can only do what he has already - apologize and acknowledge that he was out-of-bounds by making the statements in the first place. The Holy Father and many other bishops have repeatedly spoken on the Holocaust, even canonizing victims of it (e.g. - Sts. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross-Edith Stein and Maximillian Kolbe). The Church's position is clear and our informed Jewish brothers and sisters are aware of it.

The biggest trouble with this is the amateur canonists among us who are quick to condemn Pope Benedict without recognizing that the lifting of the excommunications had nothing to do with the SSPX Bishops' personal views on historical facts. If I were to publicly state that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hoaxes, does that make me eligible for excommunication? No...commitment for observation, maybe, but not excommunication.

There are even some so-called Catholic congressmen who have weighed in on this, despite the fact that they are walking around sporting large millstone necklaces for their active pro-abortion position (h/t to Ed Mechmann on this). How much arrogance does it take to participate in the eradication of millions of babies and then lecture the Holy Father on how he should carry out his ministry?

Great quote

I ran across this quote the other day and I think it has a ton of relevance when it comes to our current economy and the proposed solutions proposed by our bloated Congress and President. It makes so much sense because it's simple and logical:


"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

~~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers , 1931 to 2005 ~~~